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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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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."

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

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

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

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

Single Shot of a brief moment missing from The Deathly Hallows

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. . . .

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?

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.")

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

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 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.

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.

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

Sirius and Remus look after Harry for Lily and James.

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

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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

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

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.

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!

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.

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...

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

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?

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.

Tonks is struggling with the death of Sirius. Can she get through it alone or does she need Remus?

You know who I am. Or you think you do. I am just another dark wizard to you, am I not? You think I was some twisted mind easily deduced and simplified with Aristotle's textbook-like laws of the spirit. You could not be more pathetically and heart-wrenchingly wrong. Mine is a story of sorrow, of loss and of horror. I have set these words down in preparation for the time when I must kill Godric Gryffindor. Read it at your own risk.

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!

"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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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?

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

"...Under different circumstances, let’s say if Ron didn’t think he was about to die, he would have appreciated the house. It was huge! The whole Burrow could have easily fit in the entrance way. Ron was dragged into what looked like a torture room. There is where he was strung up..."``To see what happens to Ron, read on! Also, there is an implied Draco/Ginny at the end.

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.

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

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.

Harry has fallen so deep into a depression that he commits suicide. Unfortunately, he hasn't been allowed to cross over. Instead, his "guardian angel" has come down to show him what will happen to those he left behind. The "angel" gives him a second chance, but will what Harry sees change his mind about taking his life?

Luna has back problems, and Ron wants to be taught.

In 1948, the village of Blackwater - a center of civilization in the wizarding world - was wrecked to ashes by the forces of Grindelwald, causing its inhabitants to question the existence of magic - wiping it out of the village. Thirty-six years later, Remus John Lupin, fresh out of psychology study in a muggle college, wanders into the lost village. Confronted by immense prejudice and self-denial, the ability to resolve the denial is in the hands of Remus, and in the questions of two children - a nine-year old orphan and an unwilling metamorphmagus.

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

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

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...

When Ginny Weasley falls out of the sky and lands on the Malfoys' front lawn, confusion breaks out. Featuring romance, snogging, butterbeers, and threats!

A Harry/Draco post-war ficlet. Quote: "I beat you," Draco said with a maniacal grin settling comfortably onto his face quietly now, as blood loss really was a hassle and staying conscious definitely overrated.

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.

Barty Crouch Jr. made a mistake. Of course, his father was never there for him, so it wasn’t as if his father could have prevented this. Barty joined the Dark Lord, for Voldemort was the only person that seemed to care. As a Death Eater, he was sent on a mission . . . a mission that was doomed to fail.

Harry Potter is in... um, 6th year, or something, and ``lots of people are dying. Poor Harry.

Hermione's Graduation Day speech. What does she say?

Sometimes if you love someone, you must assume the practices of vigilance and solitude. In Ginny’s unsteady hands quivers the ultimate power that leaves her utterly powerless: love.

Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks have been married for five years, but Remus still can't let go of Sirius. Nymphadora does her best to ease his pain in the only way she knows how. Nymphadora-Remus and Sirius-Remus.

The Hogwarts students go on a trip to see a certain person suspended above the Thames.

Father—``All of Hogwarts has gone crazy, and you need to come here and put it all to rights. Please hurry.``Your son,``Draco``P.S. This is all Potter’s fault.

Delia, a new student to Hogwarts, is anxious to get on board, but with a problem: how to get on Platform 9 and 3/4! Helpless, but with the Weasleys' help, she's able to get through. As she meets the famous trio, she's even more eager to get to school, but is nervous at the same time from their many stories from the past...

"You are one lucky girl. You leave home to spend some time with your fiancée and you come back future mother to the heir of an ex-convict, and empowered with unknown magical powers." "I like those kinds of holidays. But you forgot to mention that I got to wear lace garnet." He laughed, throwing his head back. "And you also forget the part where there's a lot of money. That alone would suffice to make my choice." "You're marrying me for the money?" I laughed. "Of course, dear. For the money and for the sex. Both are pretty abundant here." May or may not be AU. It depends on how you look at it.

Henry and Jonathan Weasley are at Hogwarts for Christmas and have been landed with the job of looking after their cousin Sirius. Jonathan, however, has other plans. Set two years after 'Like Mother Like Son'

A horrible rumour has been spreading through the Wizarding community that Draco Malfoy is predictable! In order to suppress this vicious lie, Draco devises a not so clever scheme to prove the world wrong. But to his chagrin everyone else is acting strangely out of character. Just what on earth is going on in Hogwarts?

What would you do if your own father wanted you dead? Draco is alone and without friends. Who can he turn to for protection from death?