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Disowned by his family, Sirius finds unexpected solace in familiar places.

The final war is over. Voldemort has been defeated but everyone involved with the final war has been killed except for two individuals. Harry Potter and Hermione Granger don't know why they were the only two to surivive the final battle between the good and evil forces in the wizarding world but for some strange reason their lives were spared. Mourning the loss of all their friends, the two set out to start a new life - void of magic and their troubled past. But a new force has stepped forward and is threatening to shake the scale that Harry and Hermione have meticulously constructed.

Sirius Black is a collection of contradictions, accumulated over time from experiences and a certain knowledge. His experiences supposedly determine his actions, dictate how he acts, who he befriends, and who he hates. But so also do his friends influence his decisions, in what they do to and for him. An extended character sketch with the storyline woven through, and snapshots that tell the story.

I was a child back then, and did not realize that hexing people in the corridors for the fun of it would not impress you. This clearly wasn't the best way for you to fall for me, but I did. I fell flat on my face for you, figuratively and literally alike, and believe me, I tried my hardest not to. Slowly but steadily, I began to love you when I turned fourteen years old. That day I remember me dreaming of you and how you had become my girlfriend; you loved me more than life itself. ~James/Lily.

Once Hermione and Ron left Harry, but he never knew the reason. Somehow, Malfoy seemed to know. Will Harry find out why? And the blue rain from the sky fell and his tears his hands cleaned...

"Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?" A one-shot femmeslash fic in which Cho tries to figure out what she wants to say to Ginny, and then Ginny says it for her.

Draco joins a band. Ginny is having serious late night run-ins leaving her badly bruised, and Hermione has discovered a dangerous plot buried within the whisperings of the Hogwarts school.

During Dumbledore's funeral, Ron Weasley reflects on the one person who makes him extra-ordinary. Hermione-Ron and implied Harry-Ginny.

Under the unleashed anger of a storm, a little boy runs away from the orphanage - from the pain and hurt and all the pent up anger inside. ````This dark little one shot tries to understand the beginnings of a young boy who will grow up to take the wizarding world by storm.

When the Ministry's seemingly harmless discovery sends Harry to another world, a world where everything is different, he is forced to become someone else and find his side in a war he must end. [AU, slash]

Blaise finds himself speculating on matters following an encounter with a certain redhead and an uncomfortable conversation with Pansy, after which he comes to a few conclusions.

They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. I don’t know about other men, but when it comes to Ronald Weasley this saying is more than true. Post Hogwarts Ron-Luna one-shot.

It all started with a challenge... And then a dress at a Christmas Ball that sets Harry and Hermione out to begin a new phase in their relationship. Written for the PP.org New Year's Eve Challenge Fest.

Near the end of Fifth Year, Harry and Ron share their worries about surviving into adulthood.

Valentine's Day. Lucius plays a joke on Narcissa. She plays one back.

Lord Voldemort's second chance at life.

Hermione finds herself having an odd conversation with a dead man. Post Deathly Hallows

The events of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban through the eyes of Remus Lupin.

Behind every picture-perfect smile, there's bound to be a lie. There is no exception when it comes to the teenage portraits of the Four "Great" Founders that supposedly got along swimmingly until the end. Godric and Helga seem to be the perfect couple, while Salazar is in love with the hot-headed Rowena. Now, if only Rowena would see it that way...

Draco Malfoy is Harry Potter's Secret Keeper. "You tell him that it's stupid, and he's made a wrong choice, and he ignores you – like he always does. Draco is his Secret Keeper, and he always will be."

Snape has a new research project. It's pure science, but unfortunately, elements of humanity seem to be getting in the way.

One dark and rainy August day, a seemingly random assortment of people gather furtively in a run down old building on a remote corner of Diagon Alley. They face the death of a friend, enemy, role model, student...everyone face the loss differently, and that can have explosive consequences.

A story which times Hermione's decline from Ron's P.O.V; a sad romance.

Rikendry "Rikka" Clark just transferred from her NYC school to Hogwarts during her 6th year. When she is put into Slytherin house, however, the school's rivalries are turned upside-down. First of all, Rikka is the first Slytherin muggle-born ever, and she knows Dark Arts. Will Rikka survive the year and keep her secret to herself? Full of dances, new teachers and a world-wide wizard dueling tournament.

There's such a thing as being too British.

Sirius is unwillingly risen from the dead and sent to Grimmauld place. But when an unexpected turn takes him to a somber place, he is wondering how much, and who, he has missed.

After Voldemort's defeat, Severus Snape feels he's let everyone down. Unable to forgive himself for the things he did under Voldemort's direction undercover for the Order, Snape wallows in self-pity until he meets someone who can convince him of his own innocence.

It was only a quick game while they were waiting. But it didn't turn out quite the way the boys anticipated...

Neville is a little wary about Luna's plans for attire at their wedding. (Alternate title: Proper Wedding Attire)

Written for McTabby's blame someone else challenge, this is a piece about the rules governing the interaction between Weasleys and Ravenclaws.````Rule 4. If one is desperate, a Weasley is always worth having around for companionship, if only for entertainment value. With the potential for entertainment comes also the potential for embarrassment, and one is therefore encouraged to choose your Weasley wisely.

The soul's age is measured not by years but by depth of experience. Just hours after Harry brings the terrible news of Dumbledore's death, Tonks and Remus experience the truth of this. One shot, missing moment from HBP. COMPLETE.

After a rather harsh comment made by Peter, Sirius is forced to reconsider his feelings for Lily. A bit angsty, but with a fluffy ending.

Remus and Tonks hide in their own ways: from everyone else and from each other. When that hiding ends, will they be the only ones to benefit?

What do you do when the girl you want is straight? Parvati's having that issue, and Pansy just wants to help. Really!

Remus Lupin taked the train back to Hogwarts for the first time in many years- this time as a teacher. This is the ride on the Hogwarts Express in Prisoner of Azkaban from Remus' point of view.

The War has ended. Many have been lost. In the middle of night, Severus sneaks to look at three portraits. He reflects the past in his mind - everything that was, would have been, and would never be. Only at night, he could cry. Implied SLASH RL/SB/SS

Remus's memories of Sirius, from when they first discovered he was a werewolf to present time. SB/RL slash.

"He is Dark. I am Light. We are both Black. Black as night. Black as sin. Black that obscures and blinds both Dark and Light." Internal monologue from Sirius Black. Companion to "We Were Brothers Once"

Severus Snape's son, Alexander Snape, comes to Hogwarts in the middle of sixth year and is sorted into Gryffindor. He acts the part of a loner, but Harry, Ron and Hermione think there's more to it than that.

The diary of Severus Snape if he were ever to live with me for three months (in America, in the Muggle world, and invisible to the Muggle eye).

Voldemort's been defeated by Harry, and Lupin and Dumbledore look on as Harry lies in a pool of his own blood.

Harry Potter comes to a realisation of who he his, what he has achieved, and what he can do. Sometimes the clarity of the truth is all that is needed.

The Mask of Anarchy is a poem that leads Hermione to investigate the death of her friend. Involved in her investigation is a new DADA professor and her friend. Snape enters the scene as well as Lupin when it is discovered that Voldemort is behind all of it. The plot thickens when Snape finds out one of the Death Eaters is a sister of the new DADA Professor. Harry becomes tempted by Voldemort's powers after the loss of someone close to him, and everyone works to protect him from himself. Includes SS/HG, DM/??, LM/??, RL/??, RL/HG, SS/?? as well as some others.

Sometimes falling in love requires finding common interests. One winter day Harry takes a wintry walk in the wood to clear his thoughts and discovers that he and Draco may share some common ground apart from the Quidditch pitch. This is a fic that takes place in Harry’s seventh year at Hogwarts. This fic is slashy at heart, but like a well trained postal owl, it is tame by nature.

Angelina married George, instead of Fred.

A Founders story, casting Salazar, Rowena, Godric and Helga into the real events around the turn of the last millenium. Salazar plays a monk expelled from his monastery for his ability to speak Parseltongue, Godric is a wizard from the Danelaw, a dangerous person at a dangerous time, Helga is a witch captured in the north and sold into slavery far to the south, while Rowena is the wife of the powerful but Dark wizard who draws them all together. The founding of Hogwarts!

Pansy Malfoy looks back on a childhood memory, the turning point in hers and Draco's marriage.

Auror Frank Longbottom makes a hash of young Severus Snape's life and career plans.

Draco watches Harry more often than he’d care to admit. No-one understands how shallow Harry’s life is, including himself, until one Quidditch match, everything becomes clear. H/D slash

We don't know a lot about Remus Lupin, but these five scenarios definitely did not happen. AU.

"Granger, I understand the incessant need most people have for getting absolutely besotted with the holiday, but I don't quite think this is what is expected." DHr fluff!

Remus/Sirius. All Remus wants to do is bake the gingerbread to take to the Potters, but Sirius would rather snog him senseless. Short little ficlet.

Aleka is definitely not your average girl. Her family was taken captive by pirates, and she was raised as one. Now, a mysterious letter comes to her saying that they have answers about the one person she has been trying to forget.

Remus and Sirius take a moment to relax and buy shoes, but their ideas on shoe shopping are very different. Pure fluff.

Petunia is the sister of Lily Evans. Petunia is the sister that hated Lily Evans. Petunia is the sister that was jealous of Lily Evans, because Petunia could only wish she were Lily Evans.

Post OoTP. Snape is assigned to a dangerous and all but impossible task by Voldemort, and it is in the Order's best interest for him to deliberately fail in achieving any end result. However, when Harry finds out about Snape's assignment, the necessity of failing clashes with Harry's agenda.

Love, Lavender mused. It should have been hand in hand, a careful kiss in the corridor outside the common room, smiles freely given across the heads of their classmates. ``Not like this.

Sometimes there is nothing to be sorry for.

Ten years after Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy must deal with the sins of his past. Memories are tearing him apart. Memories of his life as a Death Eater and his life as a spy. Draco must make up for his wrongdoings but first he must think back...

T'was the night before Christmas... A look at the life of Remus Lupin during his twelve lost years.

All I do is hide, which is something I have never done before. I used to be strong; I used to be able to stick up for myself. But then you came into my life and all that changed. You made me hide, you took all the innocence I had and that everybody loved and turned me into the female you.

"Do you really want me? Am I something special? I am throwing myself at your mercy just spare the life of this worth less human," cried the girl on the ground at his feet. He smiled an evil grin. "You do not think he is worthless. Why should I see him as?"``"He holds more then you could ever see. To you it is of no value but to me it is all the riches of the world. Do you comprehend what is being said to you?" she asked as her body shakes from being tired of crying. "I do comprehend but I still see no reason," he said as he began to circle her.

After the events on the Astronomy Tower, nothing feels real to Remus Lupin. Nothing that is, except Tonks. HBP Spoilers.

When everyone around Harry begins thinking practical, Harry has a hard time adapting

Harry's entering his sixth year at Hogwarts. With his wounds still open from Sirius' death, can he cope with NEWTs and the ever more relentless threat of Voldemort? Will he discover who he truly is and can he ever learn to love?

Draco Malfoy. Eighteen, out of Hogwarts, imprisoned in a block of ice by his father wearing only boxer shorts. Could he be any sexier?

Neville Longbottom contemplates the circumstances which caused the demise of his wand. Post-OotP.

In a Wizarding World now free from the horrors inflicted by Lord Voldemort and his followers, life has all but returned to normal. But there are some who have still not won their battles. Who struggle against bonds that continue to stifle them and deny them a normal life, long after the hand that originally bound them, has disappeared. She is one of them. But the arrival of a battle weary young boy is about to bring her back. He sparks a memory inside her. Triggers a feeling is always there, lurking in the back of her mind. “Remember,” it says. “Remember.”

Draco and Hermione’s secretive relationship gets put to its very first test: meeting Lucius Narcissa Malfoy. Features a round trip to Malfoy Manor, a bad boy, and some rather unexpected reactions.

It is the night Sirius left Grimmauld Place. This one-short shows the events that finally motivated him to leave and turn his back on his family.

It was a cold night, espicially for a night in June...when we were near enough to hear what was going on, we were too near to turn around...and 5 seconds later we were in the middle of the mess.````Ron's view of Voldemorts last battle. Comparison fiction to The Sound of Silence.

Alone, they were shattered, but together, the cracks weren't as visible.

They reminded each other of the seasons. A look at Draco and Ginny's relationship.

Ron\'s heart is broken, and he doesn\'t know what to do. But what seems like the end of his world may be just the beginning. If only he could see what Hermione has known for so long.

As Peter Pettigrew begins his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, things in his world begin to change. For the next ten years, these changes will affect his life and lead him, ultimately, to betraying an old friend.

Years after a wartime fling, Dean and Luna meet in China, and a long-forgotten flame is reignited.

A subtle response to the ship that sunk in HBP.

Regulus Black had eight kisses. His first was the most important. (Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge #6 - "Regulus's First Kiss.")

CHOMP.

Draco and Ginny to the tune of Ordinary Day by Vanessa Carlton. Companion piece to Your Song.

Severus's love from his Death Eater days comes back... How does he react?

What's life like for a toad before The One arrives in his life? A look at Trevor the Toad.

James and Lily were not the only of Sirius's loved ones killed by his supposed betrayal. And some scars run deeper than flesh wounds ever could. Angst. Sirius/Remus.

You. Just look at you. You're pretty; no- not pretty, but gorgeous. Beautiful. You're a complete goddess who doesn't deserve to be here with us, the mortals. Every guy in the world wouldn't need a second glance at you to say 'I do' in front of an altar. I am not every guy though. I am one of the most misunderstood people here at Hogwarts and you don't notice it. You just... don't.

The Malfoy family does not bribe, it blackmails...

Harry's avoiding suffering the long-lasting after-effects of Draco's brutal dump-o-gram by going to a strange dream world through trance. Pairings: H/D, G/Hr.

Ella comes to London in search of someone who can help her rid herself of her family's curse. While in hiding, she gains the heart of the last man she would ever expect, but will it be too late? Eventual SS/OC.

Vernon has a surprise encounter. Dudley needs a job. Fred and George have a new business. General chaos ensues.

Loss is always hard, especially when it is someone you love very much. But when you have someone there, who hurts just as much as you, it helps you cope. It may even lead to love.

After one month with Harry, Ginny thinks everything is perfect. Then Harry breaks up with her and Ginny runs away to her special room. The only thing is, someone's already there. *Femmeslash*

Ron is the boy who lived.

Two friends sit alone in a room as they wait for their best friend to return from the most important fight of the war. …It was silent… (A different style of fic - Ron/Hermione)

"Happiness and hope are fragile things. They can come as easily as they go and disappear without a reason. They can keep a person hanging on, searching, or they can lead them to their end." The war is over, but a shadow of gloom and despair lingers over the wizarding world. When hope and happiness seem like long-lost concepts, what do you have left? Ginny is content with half-living like everyone else, but a couple encounters with an old enemy may be just what she needs to put the fire back into her life and remind her just what she is missing.

Ginny goes to a Ministry-run bachelorette auction and is won by the person she least suspects-but secretly hoped for.

A British witch who is using unauthorized magic in New Orleans is Draco's new assignment. What happens is a surprise to both of them.

It's a few years past Hogwarts. The wizarding world is warring with the Dark Lord. Draco and Ginny just got to know one another better. The remaining wizards have been ordered to battle the last fight - including Draco. Will they cope with being seperated? D/G

Blood, death and a Sunday to remember.

It is always a bad idea to forget your best friend's birthday. It is also a bad idea to remember it. James/Lily.

Legends never die. They live in the hearts of others and most importantly through their legacies. Read and find out how Godric and Salazar still live through their heirs- the children of Destiny.... "The heirs - you two - have powers that no human should ever have.... You two are the embodiment of magic, strength, and brains. You could be called the personification of power itself...." Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter are two boys who are totally different but absolutely the same. Find out how they develop an unexpected friendship while trying to deal with their special gifts which are more like curses.

Harry/Draco slash. The first snow of the year brings Draco to contemplate the parallels between his life and snow after Harry breaks up with him without a reason. Featuring Snow!Draco.