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How did Lockhart become a teacher in Hogwarts? It was by accident really....

Before the events of "And So Life Goes On..." (@schnoogle), Harry fell into a deep depression because the one person who understood him, who was there for him in his greatest time of need, and who loved him unconditionally was taken from him. Without Remus Lupin, Harry no longer has a reason to live until Severus Snape offers him one.

Draco dreams, but he doesn’t know that dreams are only an extension of reality. For the 15minuteficlets challenge.

Draco mulls over the two worst words in the English language: if only.

Ginny doesn’t know who she is anymore. She wakes up and there is a new feeling, not unfamiliar, but so unexpected it robs her of breath and all she can do is lie on her back and blink slowly.

By the Moonlight is a story about Lily's desicion to keep her friends close, or listen to her heart. Jade, Lily's friend, happens to be going out with Remus while Lily falls for him. The marauders have been planning secrets and Lily has to be in the middle of all the chaos.

“Why do you hate Harry so much?” she asked carefully. Draco held her gaze. His lips were tinged with blue, and he clutched his chest but he answered her nevertheless. “Because everyone knows how you feel about him,” he answered finally. “And he’s the only one moronic enough not to realise it.”

"I'm a Dursley now, not an Evans." Petunia goes through love, life, and death. A tracing of her evolution from her wedding day to the morning that Harry arrives on her doorstep. L/J, Vernon/Petunia, coarse language. Can be read with 'Enharmonic' or as a standalone.

What does Harry like about staying at the Dursleys'? (I challenged myself to write a piece that meets the requirements of Icarus's essay "How to Write Harry Potter Magic.")

Harry's PoV on a horrific event that happens in the heart of the Forbidden forest when he, Ron, and Hermione find their way there one night. . . .

"I remember my sister, yes I do. I remember her long, red hair and her green eyes. I remember how she was popular and how she could be so excited about everything."

A married Draco and Ginny struggle with exile from their families and eventually infertility.````A story about the strength of love.

Voldemort has been defeated and a new Purple Lord has taken over. Can Harry and his Muggle-born resistance defeat him? Course not.

On a whim, Sirius joins Remus for a study session at the top of the Astronomy Tower. Under the stars, they discover a connection neither expected. Prequel to The Prank.

Harry and Draco--love, unrealistic expectations, and realignment.

They say that love is blind but he highly disagreed. Just because he loved her didn’t mean he couldn’t see her flaws. H/Hr

"...But it's ok, cause Harry always forgives."

People go to long lengths to hide things. Keeping secrets is a part of humanity even if secrets can keep people from living... "I wanted to be there for my son for everyday of my life. He'll hate me, you know, for leaving him."

'The blood of Black demands more blood.' Even after all these years, Andromeda takes her lessons to heart.

Hermione bids goodbye to a loved one and a best friend.

He wore a silver band on his thumb. It wasn't ornate or intricate in any way, which intrigued me to no end. It was simple, unblemished, unambiguous; everything he was not. D/Gish

Two "heavy" characters from the Harry Potter world decide to seek a professional, muggle style. They discuss their concerns, problems, and anguish. It's a venting session. You find out some "dark" secrets. You can probably figure who these characters are from the beggining, but why not find out if it's a fun and interesting session.

Severus Snape is dead... or is he? Riva Lupin, Remus Lupin's niece--and a good friend of the late professor--doesn't believe so. During the summer, Harry and she--along with her pet turtle Remington--will conduct an investigation that will lead them to a shocking conclusion.

[ The Tightrope Fictionally Yours Challenge 2007/08 - Hanson/

A month after the rebirth of Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew takes a moment to contemplate the meaning of life, loyalty, and strength--or at least of his new hand.

Draco/Goyle. (Are you still there?) Set post-war and victory. When you're on the losing side, you don't expect the hero's treatment. Draco learns what it is to live when everything you once knew no longer exists -- and finds it just as he never imagined.

After the rough break-up with Harry, Ginny confides in someone to make her feel better.

If you have your life planned for you already, you have to grab your pleasures where you can, and not waste opportunities. You're going to have all your life for regrets. Femslash and het and a whole lot of angst.

"Valentine's Day. Whoever thought to enslave the human race with frilly hearts and oversweet candy was sick. Brilliant, yes. But nonetheless, sick." A story of love, devotion, and random mentions of chicken.

There's something strange about Lavender's pet rabbit Binky... (American version)

Dumbledore’s birthday is approaching, and the Muggle Studies NEWT class are going to put on a performance in his honour. This is another take on how Remus and Sirius might have got together.

So many gravestones, so many new gravestones.

Terry Pratchett told us that all libraries are one, and Gaiman told us about one particularly unique library. Hermione discovers a twenty-year-old experimental potion which allows her to access the Dreaming.

Lucius finds them in the hall that has become the testimony to Lord Voldemort's last stand...

Harry's dreams are plagued with the image of a beautiful young girl in white. Is there something else he doesn't know about his past?

Single Shot of a brief moment missing from The Deathly Hallows

Inspired by DH and REM's Everybody Hurts. Severus fixes his gaze on those green eyes and finds what it is to live. My tribute to my favourite and most loved character.

Ginny Weasley finds out that her boyfriend, Harry Potter, is harboring secrets from her. Tired of being ignored and being lied to, Ginny decides to take matters into her own hands and get revenge. When her heart hardens to all around her, especially the Trio, she fulfills the prophecy and becomes the Ice Queen... (slight h/g, d/g, h/hr)

Draco and Harry stand in an alleyway near Hogsmeade, contemplating the future of their relationship. Harry loves two people - but who will he choose? Harry/Draco. Draco's POV

Draco thinks that his cousin will be boring and ugly, that is, until he meets her. She is pretty, adventurous and has a good sense of humour. Then, comes the downfall, they kiss. Leaving the situation uncomfortable for both of them. Priscilla (his cousin) notices a small box in the corner of the room, its highly decorated and violet, which is different since the whole room is a golden colour. Will she look in the box? If she does, will it contain any of Draco's secrets?

H/D slash. Just a short fic where Harry watches as Draco plays the piano. Idealistic.

The threat of Voldemort is increasing daily. The magic world calls for salvation, but who knows where to find it? Few, like Dumbledore, know where, but will an unexpected invocation of deep magic destroy all hope? warning, slash and much angst!

Various scenes from "Half-Blood Prince" from Severus Snape's perspective.

My first one-shot fic. It's from a challenge on FictionAlleyPark. Post-Hogwarts. DM/GW. They have been dating for over a year, what goes on when Ginny is asked to go to Hogwarts to fill in for Pomfrey?

AU -- Harry and Snape have been childhood friends since birth. Harry’s cute, happy go lucky, and the only one in the world to make Severus show other feelings besides cold indifference. When Harry turns eleven his parents die in a car crash and he’s sent to his aunt and uncle’s to live all the way across England. Years later, Harry transfers to a new school in his last year, when his uncle makes a deal with another company and moves. Harry’s surprised to see his old friend Severus going to the all-boys’ boarding school he is now attending.

Hogwart Students on Cedric's Death. Starts with Cho Chang. Everyone says their feelings of his death - no-holds-barred. People remember what it was like, their relationships twords him, and how they feel now.

Something funny is going on at Hogwarts this year, what with that crazy contest, and everyone maturing. People have started to notice each other in a different light, and then there are those who already have.

This ploy has been used so many times I'm surprised that it hasn't been used for cliché fics yet! Sirius is gone but something is pulling him back. Maybe a memory or perhaps a regret? Not slash, but you can interpret it anyway that you want! Remember that this is a one shot, it can be misleading!

See the tears. See them fall. See the love. See it all. Its name is perfection, and they love it. G/D.

Songfic. Draco wonders what happened to his relationship with Ginny...

Trying to finish a History of Magic essay that's far less interesting than Hermione would have him believe, Harry muses that really, some things haven't changed at all.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. (Please note--very dark.)

Draco is obsessed with both desecration and gaining his father's respect; after he is betrayed, he makes a promise he soon fears he cannot keep. A plot to overthrow the school is soon uncovered, and he is faced with the ultimate decision. His coming of age and maturity lead to an attraction to someone both unlikely and unsympathetic: Hermione Granger.

Harry finds Sirius asleep and dreaming when he returns from Diagon Alley. What Sirius is dreaming could change Harry's life forever, and his view of Severus Snape. Leaves you waiting for the next part!

Harry attends the reading of his father's will and learns more about himself and his father than he ever could have imagined. For a Fandom Cliché Challenge.

Hermione gets into a rift with Ron while trying to defend her growing relationship with Luna Lovegood... Femslash.

Sequel to "Other." A frustrated Madam Pomfrey reflects on being helpless in the face of the worst problems.

Even when it comes to this, she still loves him.

Nothing is ever said out loud, yet the murmuring follows them wherever they go. Saying they're not right for each other. Saying it's all false. Saying they cannot be a couple... it just doesn't do. The whispers are the background noise to their every day, and like static on the WWW it might be forgotten for a while... but it's always there.

Oh sweet Merlin’s nipples, but Arithmancy was a painfully boring subject.

Ginny's hurt and confused. After five years her feelings for Tom haven't faded away yet. Who will help her out of her anguish? Who will help her to keep on living?

Femmslash. Fleur/Ginny. Ginny and Fleur meet at a bar and drink as they talk about the uselessness of the male half of the population. Then, they head back to Fleur's place...

This is a blatant parody of Mary Sue fics. -- Mary Sue is headed to Hogwarts... but nothing goes the way she expects.

Ginny is stuck in a dungeon waiting for someone to rescue her. It isn't a prince on a white steed. It's a dragon.

Ron Weasley doesn't get this. This is Harry Potter territory. Hermione Granger territory.

Sirius and Remus look after Harry for Lily and James.

Will Lowby embarks upon his fifth year at Hogwarts, discovering something he just might like more than Quidditch. Backstory for the "Interwoven" universe.

Harry contemplates his position as his father's son, and wonders what he's supposed to do now.

Harry's first Christmas. James and Lily have an argument. Will they make up in time, or will Christmas--and their lives--be ruined?

Nightmares created another sleepless night for Sirius Black, but who would have thought that the night would include the meeting of old friends, trying to decipher cryptic poems, and travelling to centuries in the past to supposedly complete an as-of-yet unknown task?

A vengeful witch, an ebony-haired victim, a familiar tale... but in the Dark, nothing is as it seems. Chaste but kinky Snape/Hermione, graphic and somewhat violent.

Written for angelofthenorth in McTabby's Blame Each Other Challenge. There's a set of twins, one magical, one a Squib. What happens when the Squib shows up at Hogwarts? Title and story also inspired by Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved.

Draco realizes his mistake a little too late for both Harry and himself. Can he save both of them too late?

When a potion goes wrong, Hermione and Draco find themselves stranded alone in The Shadow Lands, hearing nothing but each other's thoughts. When those thoughts get a little private, will they be able to keep seeing each other in the same way?

Written in response to a challenge. NOT a songfic - just a few lyrics from The Rolling Stones song, Paint it, Black. This is the short story of a woman in mourning over the loss of a loved one. Quite dark with a vaguely twisted ending.

Pansy has been promised to Draco and goes out for a midnight stroll to clear her mind where she runs into Harry. A relationship forms, and things go downhill from there.

In his sixth year, Harry Potter makes what Ginny Weasley thinks is a terrible mistake. He gets pissed off, she becomes offended, what's new in life? A fluffy, one-shot, H/C turned H/G fic.

Character study. Mrs. Lestrange awaits her trial. Let it never be said she wasn't dedicated.

We all know how Harry reacted after the death of Sirius. But how did others react? A look into the minds of Lupin, Dumbledore, Ron and Hermione and how Sirius' death affected each of their lives.

Hermione dreams of a boy with laughing blue eyes. But that boy is gone forever, and she is about to be wed to a boy with cold eyes. Cold, silver eyes. She gave her heart away a long time ago, and never got it back.

Harry has more than the usual amount of parents, but considering he is dealing with more than the usual amount of emotional pain right now, he really can't care. In between bouts of insanity he's depressed. Can anyone save him?

Peter listens as Sirius tries to convince James to make Peter the Secret Keeper. Then the night that the Potters were killed, Peter watched Sirius come to the wreckage of the their home. Finally, the confrontaion in the alley. All from Peter's point of view.

After being kidnapped and trapped in a trunk for so many months, Alastor Moody is reunited with his long-time lover and friend. Post-GoF, hurt/comfort/fluff slash. Dumbledore/Moody.

AU. Peter Pettigrew did not betray James; Sirius, who was Secret Keeper after him, also did not betray James. As ghosts, they have a different view of the world... Maybe, just maybe, it was James and Lily Potter who betrayed them.

Ginny has endured many losses. Will she recover? Where does Draco fit in?

Harry Potter believed he defeated Tom Riddle in the Chamber of Secrets, but unfortunately, some memories are harder to beat than others.

Just a short parody about the night Lily and James died using the song "I Will Always Love You"... I've been told its a little sad...

Harry contemplates the balance of his and Draco's relationship.

Oliver dreams of Percy's freckles, and a silly childhood game.

What if there was more to 'the power he knows not' than Harry or the Headmaster knew? What if Harry's whole life was a test? How would the Wizarding World pass? What would be the consequences of the Wizarding World's neglect and betrayal?

"Just because he was dead before then..." Ravenclaws get the best of both worlds: not-so-magic markers, Draco Malfoy's green (no, peridot!) cushion, SoPro-ElWel, Montague obsession, music overload, and Snape's horrible pronounciation.

Cute little H/Hr story. Songfic to *N Sync's Girlfriend. Good little fluffy piece. Some angst. Starts off with Hermione dating someone else, and Harry's desire to go out with her. With the help of Ron, Lavender, Ginny, and Parvati, the two end up together!

James Potter has been living his life on an estate near Devon. How does he find Real Life?

When Ron and Hermione are killed during Voldemort's defeat, Harry is lost. After months of wandering the school at night, Draco Malfoy finally confronts the hero. The result is neither anticipated nor desired by either boy. With Harry's first human interaction in months, however, things may simply run their course. Slash.

Harry's been brought to stay at The Order's headquarters. He believes that finally he'll have a chance to talk to Sirius face to face but it's not as easy as he expected.

Revenge is sweet, and it is exactly what this one-shot is all about. Sequel to "This is What a Story Looks Like When You're Drunk." The girls write a little story of their own.

Ginny Weasley and her brothers have a hectic life both at Hogwarts and outside in the wizarding world. Six vignettes follow Ginny's growth from the baby of the family to a maturing young woman and the way she interacts with her older brothers along the way.

One young lover watches his love work, no words are exchanged but there is no reason for words to be spoken. Mystery Man's POV

Lily and James are married, they're already in hiding with their infant son. They're starting to realise that being a young married couple, and young parents might not be so easy after all. And maybe love isn't enough.

Petunia Dursley deals with the aftermath of Marge's... blow-up. An alternative look at Harry's aunt and the deal she made with Dumbledore all those years ago.