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Dumbledore defeated the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945... what if Harry and co. had something to do with that particular triumph?

How could Cedric be Champion if all Hufflepuffs are so mediocre? Why don't the Ministry just assume all Slytherins are Death Eaters? What's with Percy? These and other questions answered here.

After the final battle, Draco & Harry retreat from the Wizarding World into the house they share. Harry becomes consumed by the memories that torment him, but is there anything that Draco can do to bring him back from the prison of his own mind?``Told from Draco's POV

A year after Hogwarts graduation, Hermione Granger reflects on the death of the one she loves. Songfic to Rinse by Vanessa Carlton.

The Sorting Hat, after much thought, decided to quit singing.

Some animals just don't make good pets... A tale of friendship, choice, and many, many familiars.

Draco contemplates war, and the value of sides.

Godric confesses his sins, and Salazar breaks his promises.

Sequel to Inner Musings. You are a student of Hogwarts. How does it feel? Step inside... This episode: a certain someone you've had your eye on, and how time plays tricks on you.

Prickling touches still linger in the morning over silent attempts at breakfast. At night, they come together. At night, they become the dark. One is the spy. Has to be. Remus/Sirius.

I am his future, you are his past. (H/D)

Pansy laughs, smoke rolling out from between her lips. "Don't fool yourself into thinking you're his first love." Ginny will give up everything for love. Including everything she has ever believed in.

‘Harry can’t be called The Boy Who Lived anymore, can he?’ Harry Potter is a legend, though maybe that’s a lie.

Voldemort is in the Chamber of Secrets waiting for Wormtail to return with the potion that will allow him attack Hogwarts from the inside. There was only one problem with this plan. Wormtail delivers the wrong potion to Voldemort--a love potion.

Could they be merely replacements of the loves they had lost? A short Remus/Ginny fic set in the future.

What seems like an error in Potions leads Snape to sing and dance like a disco queen... everybody laughs, but there is more to the situation than meets the eye. The only thing is, will the only person aware of the truth do the right thing, or will they be scared and frightened, and possibly be responsible for Snape's death?

Short, stupid fic in response to a "Sickeningly Impossible Challenge" from K-Trina Puffinstuf. A Death Eater dinner gone a bit wrong - Enjoy!

During a crazy holiday party, Harry gets a letter from a secret admirer.``This silly fic was written in response to Ginnysdarkside's Christmas ``Challenge on her Live Journal. When I rolled my pairing, I almost ``refused to write it!

"Oh do you care, I still feel for you..." So, do you really care? Can you understand her reasons? (T/G)

A lone soldier reflects before the decisive moment of a war.

Same words unspoken, same dream lost. A bitter story of what might have been...H/D slash.

Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers first:. Lord Voldemort keeps a long-time promise to his followers, and Hermione -- along with every other Muggle-born and Squib in the Wizarding World -- is swept up in the current.

Severus reminds himself of what could have been. The message hits hard.

Takes place in the summer after SS. Sort of character study/summary

In the summer after OotP, Harry is again at 12 Grimmauld Place. He feels sorry for himself, as usual, but with the, er, 'help' of a certain werewolf, he gets over it.

Harry and Draco are both too stubborn and risk loosing everything.

Sirius tells Harry about the day he was born.

Take potions, charms, and spells, throw in contraception and out comes a system of classification for magic in the HPverse.

What is love? Sirius was barely sixteen when he had his first idea of what love was. He had just been convicted for murdering thirteen people, when he realised what love was. He had thirteen years to ponder love, but it took him fifteen to realise it: The tenderest part of love is to forgive each other. Will Sirius be able to forgive the one he loved and more importantly: Will Sirius be able to forgive himself?

Written PreHBP. “Don’t do anything rash,” Draco tried again. Without taking his eyes of the knife Potter whispered, “Give me a reason Draco. Just a single one.”

One-shot fic about Cho and suicide.

The Founders decide that they need a way to pass their values on when they are gone. Written for The Sky Is Falling festival at Sycophant Hex.

At the end of sixth year, Draco had some troubles, the only person that noticed, cared and did something about it was Harry. Angsty. A little fluffy, but not bad, and a short little ficlet. This is one of my first fics ever! *sniff*

What does the all-powerful Half Blood Prince think of Harry Potter? His unbiased (ahem!) opinions may surprise you ...

Set from Hermione's POV. This story is set in the few seconds after Ron explains to Hermione what a Mudblood is when Draco calls her one after the Quidditch argument in the second book.

It's the summer after fifth year, and the last place Harry wants to be is Grimmauld Place. So of course, that's exactly where he is, still wrestling with his guilt and anger. Is there anything that can bring him peace? Harry opens his bureau and finds something unexpected.

One January night in 1981, six year-old Percy Weasley writes a story about a dark and stormy night and the "bad wizards". He has questions about the war that neither of his parents are sure how to answer.

Reflections of a friend, and a promise.

"But at the ends of the earth, will the deep end be any different than the shallow if we are there for the same purpose?" Someone thinks about a certain death and his great promise to Harry after the funeral.

It is Cho's sixteenth birthday and she is celebrating with her friends. Yet something deep and painful comes back to haunt her when she opens a particular gift that may seem plain and simple on the outside...

A one-shot from the perspective of first-year Blaise Zabini, at the end of the year.

One boy lost, another one saved. A son of a Death Eater must make a decision.

When Organized Wizarding Crime boss Vladimir Brezhnev finds that his longtime rival/enemy has a terrible new ally, a stolen dark magic artifact that could allow him to harness the terrible power kept in the Dept. of Mysteries and a ministry official on his side too, all hell breaks looseÐliterally. (Harry and Draco and some other originals briefly come into it, too.)

Voldemort's rant on human emotions. Kinda scary.

Harry is alone in the world, alcohol his only savior. But when he begins to lose himself, is there any retribution? A companion piece to Soul Searching

His story begins too many times to count; in fact, it is always beginning, just as surely as time is always existent. But he does not own the story, for time is too great for one to reign, and Harry Potter is too powerful for anyone, even his son, to possess. And besides, fate is untamable, and choices are to the decider. But even if the story isn’t his, he is the story’s. And there are no endings, but only beginnings for Mark Evans; for Mark Potter.

Alternate ending for "Pretend to Sleep". In which Draco's life becomes a bit more than he can handle, Harry forgets to be the hero, and Ron forgives Draco...at the last minute.

What happened to Ginny Weasley down in the Chamber of Secrets? A reminiscence to what happened to her...

Phoenix Bannon thought she was just an ordinary, if unusually lonely, teenage girl. Then on the night of her sixteenth birthday, she is told who... and what she really is. She goes to Hogwarts during the sixth year of the trio, and learns some unusual things about herself, and those around her.

A dark exploration of Ginny. Songfic to "Precious Things" by Tori Amos. H/D slash undertones.

The weirdest fic you've ever read. Written by alternating words between insane authors. Includes a burned-down school, a squashed rat, and Brad Pitt.

The second prequel to Somewhere in Between. This fic follows on from Of Purple Mice & Floating Paperweights but can also stand alone. It's Ginny's Graduation and an unexpected visitor interupts with a warning.

After the term ends, Severus Snape reflects upon the death of an old enemy.

Sometimes guilt eats you up and makes you reveal things you don’t want to. Sometimes what causes the guilt is so bad the reprocussions for you are enormous. What if you were taken by the enemy in a war for your beliefs? And what if you let the enemy comfort and protect you? What sort of person would you be? A traitor? Explories Ginny’s feelings in a post-Hogwarts G/D darkfic.

Gore. Death. Mass Murder. Demons. Hell on Earth. Voldemort's pleasure.

fragile (adj.) 1. easily broken or damaged, 2. weak and uncertain; easily destroyed or spoilt, 3. delicate and often beautiful. Example: A fragile alliance / relationship. ``A series of three scenes, exploring the frail beauty of budding friendship, love, and how easily it all shatters. H/G

Ginny decided long ago that she wouldn't wish for anything from Harry. So why is she standing here waiting for him in the freezing cold?

Set after the end of the series; Ron, Harry and Hermione revisit Harry's past, and think about the things that led them where they are.

A world of Weasleys to choose from and all of them diverse.``Why choose just one when I could have the lot and say it all in verse.

We could escape when Hogwarts burnt down in the last days of the war and Harry was killed. We did survive when the shadow covered the land and civilization was destroyed. Now, after twenty years, we are still hiding and waiting for signs that will speak of a brighter future, signs of confidence and hope. We know that we are not alone. Not everyone has died. Many of our former friends are scattered all over the land, and they are waiting for us. Finally it's time to leave. A message has come, sending us to the ruins of Hogwarts. We will follow the path that leads into the unknown North. Maybe we will live, maybe we will die - one thing is sure: our fate is the fate of the Land.

Ginny Weasley is sick of being forgotten and ignored, so she tries to kill herself. Dumbledore finds her just in time, and sends her home where she discovers more about the mysterious threads she can see. Draco Malfoy becomes involved later on.

There are only a few people capable of telling centuries worth of historical knowledge. Fortune is one of them. Since the dawn of time, she has watched people make decisions regarding destinies and fate, and in all of her watching, Fortune has chosen her favourites. They are different, yet at the same time alike, and only one word can describe them all --- They are all brave.

God, she loved him when he was being dense. Draco/Ginny

Draco has been abused by his father for as long as he can remember. The marks are usually gone by the time he has to go back to school. But not this time. He couldn't leave soon enough, & now he has to find out how to keep his home life a secret. Most people don't think twice about it (this IS Draco Malfoy), but one red-headed girl can't stomp on her curiosity. She has to know.... The relationship that blossoms drags Draco out of his ongoing deep depression, & puts Ginny at the forefront of her family's conversations - & not in a good way. But how long can this relationship last? How long will everyone let it? Soon, Draco will have to choose between his love for his mother, & his new-found-love, for he fears he won't be able to have both.

It takes a will of steel to tame a dragon, but some are all too willing to be caught. H/D dark!slash.

It it common knowledge, in the wizarding world, that Salazar Slytherin was one of the founders of Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and that he left after the foundation. But who knows about his childhood and his family? Who knows where he learnt magic and came up with this project?

Grandfather tells a favorite bedtime story, of a fair maiden named Maire and a young wizard named Brennan, and of hatred and fear.

"We're marked, you and I, by Voldemort." Can allegiances be formed out of old misunderstandings?

Such imagination seems to help the feeling slide.

His tattered robes hung loosely about his shoulders as ribbons of blood streamed down his exposed chest. Black hair matted against his neck. A coarse beard irritated his pale skin, though he refused to complain. There were much worse matters to resolve. Wiping a bead of sweat from his brow, he gripped his wand even harder. Glittering stones of onyx darted back and forth across the battlefield, assessing the situation.

Francis Zabini, eminently foolish Dark supporter, faces the results of being caught in a compromised position.

After defeating Voldemort, Harry spends the next year in hiding, unsure of how to go about living in a world where he no longer has that burden on his shoulders. Just when he is about to reconsider joining society, he is blamed for a devastating murder. Those who hear from him are the only ones surely-rooted in their belief that Harry is innocent. It turns out, that the first murder is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what someone has plotted to try and bring down the world's hero--Harry. Never knowing just who to trust, or what to do next, Harry must thrust himself back into the world he hid from, avoid capture at all costs, and prove his innocence to everyone.

Regulus can't follow him, even though he wants to. He has to stay behind and do everything his brother never did.

When Ron Weasley wakes in the middle of a stormy night, a mysterious figure comes to visit. This is a crossover between the HP universe and Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time universe.

What do you get if you start with a very moody Ginny, you add a rampant Bludger and then you go and mix in a little Harry Potter? Mild profanity, some H/G fluff.

A liberal twist on the romance of Cho Chang and Cedric Diggory. Secrets, kisses, and whispers all over.

"Harry sobbed into the old man's shoulder. Remus was all he had left, the last link to his parents’ memory, the last link to Sirius. Harry couldn't lose Remus."

Ginny Weasley looks back on her first year. A huge battle is going to take place soon, and she feels that she is all alone in the world.... (T/G, hints of H/Hr)

She had fully intended to spend a warm summer afternoon away from the other founders and their bickering about having pureblood students in the school or not. In fact, it was good to get away from the place and just be alone, somewhere to be quiet. Alone with nature, and many hours of daylight left, Helga could be left to her thoughts where no one could intrude on, or interrupt or tell her that she needed to see a head doctor, because surely, she had been possessed in some way. ````A founders one-shot. Helga has run away from the arguments of her friends to spend the day alone. She wanders the fields surrounding Hogwarts in hope of seeing Him again. HH/OC

James Potter struggles to learn that marriage means compromise. When you don't, there are consequences.

Regulus Black faced death in order to bring about the Dark Lord's demise, but a house-elf's disobedience creates a world very different from the one we know. The First War continues and the Order must defeat Voldemort without the help of a chosen one. AU

About two of the characters dying. The title is kinda bad but hopefully the story is better. Rating is just to be safe.

I was disappointed with some of the luke-warm-ness of the death in OOTP. Searching deeper into and between the words in canon, this popped out...

What is a chicken doing near the subtle science and exact art that is potion making? Why is Luna sitting at the Gryffindor table--why does she wish to be a farm animal? For what possible reason am I running for my life?``Sadly, the world may never know.

Harry saves Ginny from a dangerous and life-threatening Herbology detention.... All right, maybe not so dangerous and life-threatening as... vaguely scary and somewhat unsafe. But still. Almost-nearly-certain peril. At least.

Wrong turns in this maze called "life" invariably lead to brick walls. H/D.

After Harry defeats Voldemort, he makes one mistake; a mistake that will come back to haunt him.

A monster, held back by those around him, can't hurt too many, right? But what if the monsters were many... the victims, limitless... and those in control ready to set loose... The Hogwarts students captured by the Dark Side know they're being held for something big... but what? In three parts, plenty of darkness and angst, and lots of action!

Near the end of OotP, Malfoy tells Potter he’s going to pay, and now it’s time for him to cash in. Be warned: this is not pretty.

“I should have stayed and helped. I should have gone back. I shouldn’t have gone in the first place. I should never have gotten mixed up in this. Draco, what have we done? What are we doing? There’s not a goddamn good reason for any of it. Why do we do this to ourselves?”

To return, after the war, the scars and all the loss, is to remember. A few of our favorites subconsciously meet in the courtyard, post-war, and reflect, reminisce, and sing Kenny Chesney.

Hannah Abbott is a typical Hufflepuff, isn't she? She's safe, loyal and boring.

Sirius Black thinks Lucius Malfoy is like the North Sea.

'He who offers to me with devotion only a leaf, or a flower, or a fruit, or even a little water, this I accept from that yearning soul, because with a pure heart it was offered with love.' - The Bhagavad Gita, 9:27. Arthur Weasley receives a visitor. A little alternative scene set during OotP, with references to incest and slash.

It's been a long time coming, but Draco finally finds what he's been looking for. H/D. Part of Scenes From A Hat, Part One.

A look into Ron and his feelings for Hermione and Harry. How does the world see Ron, and how does he see himself? Sometimes it is best to remember that everything is not so simple as it seems. Slight slash implications.

A Holiday-Fic. It was a lovely day at the snow-filled park...

A few brief glimpses into James and Lily's last days.