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How did a brilliant little boy become the Dark Lord Voldemort? What motivated this young man to make the decisions he did? What went through Tom Riddle's mind as he killed his father and grandparents that night? Who is Tom Riddle really? Simply "evil" is not satisfactory. How did he become the way he is?

Poor Draco Malfoy receives temporary amnesia when he meets Potter in the corridor. When Snape comes across him later on, he is in an odd predicament.

Because Draco will always be second to Harry. (Post-Hogwarts fic).

Somewhere amidst the Order, Death Eaters and O.W.L.s, Remus Lupin worked behind the scene – only to have his Sirius taken away from him yet again. sbxrl, hp+rw (post ootp!)

Because sometimes a sword really is just a sword.

James Potter is a person who everyone thinks they know.``But does anyone really? Lily Evans is about to get a glimpse of who he``really is.

Justine March always knew she was different from the other kids. This is the story of her journey from awkward preteen to confident, powerful adult witch. Friendships abound, enemies are made, and life just happens.

Red was always his favorite color.

“We have something to tell you,” said Dumbledore, very gravely. “The Potters are dead.”

The price of war for Ron and Hermione. Short angsty-fluff.

Albus went to the concert to make Rose happy. He didn't expect to enjoy himself. He didn't expect to find entertainment. Most importantly, he didn't expect to find love.

Excerpt: "Eskimo girl, won't you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight?" Ron sang to himself as he made his way outside into the two foot deep snow (and it was still snowing). "Wohoo!" Ron rolled around in the bitter cold for maybe three minutes before he had to come back in to get some more clothes on. "I almost forgot to put on my lucky underwear!" he shouted as he came back in and ran up the Grand Staircase to the Gryffindor Tower...

The year is 1996, and the Second War is starting to pick up speed. In a twisted series of events, Remus Lupin embarks on a mission to gain the support of powerful Eastern European werewolf clans. Traveling beyond the borders of his country, Remus is confronted with far more than he bargained for. As the stakes are raised and the fate of the werewolf community is hanging by a thread, he must find a way to answer the persistent questions that continue to hound him, for time is running out. And only Remus can avoid a certain path to destruction.

Snape finds himself in the afterlife with the person he least wishes to see.

Letters to no one, from two love sick people through the years, with an ending that only a dead man's tale could leave behind.

The new year at Hogwarts is supposed to be a normal one for Harry and his friends, but two new fifth years change that all. With a secret rivalry brewing between the two of them, and a deep dark secret that not even Dumbledore knows will keep all the students on their toes. That is if they find out...

Harry tries to convince himself he doesn't love Ron.

Follow the young Draco Malfoy during his first year at Hogwarts. Follow him through his adventures, through his matchmaking and his cunning slytherin plans. See the year though his eyes, see the things no one else saw because they where to busy looking at that Potter. Warning! Should not be read by sane people. We wrote this only for the sake of our madness, and if you expect just the slightest trace of reason in it, you will be disappointed. You have been warned.

Just how did Severus Snape earn the nickname 'Snivellus'? Here's my take on it.

Flashbacks and a Halloween Masquerade. What will Ginny do when she is convinced she is unrecognizable?

Post-war fic. Percy's life is disrupted when a chance meeting with Hermione sets off a shaky friendship. Percy drinks Earl Gray tea, falls in love by firelight, and begins to understand patience and despair.

Hermione's thoughts as she goes to the furneral of someone she loves. H/H.

Harry Potter is going into the sixth year. Sirius is dead. Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort are after him. And the year he has been dreading has come.

Romilda Vane: girly, flippant, and catty. What happens when she needs a favour from Luna Lovegood? Certainly, Romilda never expected to get her come-uppance for tormenting the school's infamous Loony! Set during HBP, and written for the Broken Quill challenge.

Pre-Azkaban; Remus has a work now. But it is an illegal one, because he's a werewolf; he works in "club", trades money for sex. The only way for him to earn money. He doesn't like doing it, but it's his only choice. Sirius notices and foils Remus; so Remus has no idea whatever to think of Sirius. He likes to ignore the fact that he's still in love with him. But Sirius only uses him. Or does he?

How did the lamp-like eyes on the skeletal dusty cat come to roam the halls of Hogwarts? Not a romance in the traditional sense, a look at Mrs. Norris.

Percy just wants to set the record straight and for no one else to fall down that road.

Dumbledore has sent him on a mission -- one that could mean life or death. (In tandem with Into the Terrible Night)

This is my take on how the FINAL showdown between our hero Harry and that evil serpent Voldemort will happen! I've been told it's funny... but then again, I'm justifiably insane, so don't hold anything you read against me!

It seems that Harry has gotten over Sirius's death. But what about Buckbeak, the hippogriff that spent the last two years of the man's life with him? Read and find out!

Dean experiments with his art, and Seamus experiments with frustration and aggrivation. How can they be happy when they don't understand each other?

Draco and Hermione as discuss their last night at Hogwarts and the passion they shared through letters.

Sitting on a cliff, waiting to kill myself, I try to force myself to think of all the things I fear...

Ron finally loses at chess, and against a most unusual opponent.

With Albus Dumbledore dead, you make the final decision that life is unbearable.

Ginny Weasley was there when Sirius Black fell through the Veil in the Department of Mysteries. She knows he's dead. But when she starts having unsettling and increasingly vivid visions of him, everything she knows is called into question. Now she's on a desperate journey to the depths of Hell to free an innocent man from eternal torment. To save him, she will have to undergo dangerous changes and join forces with questionable allies. But will these seven Sundays bring Sirius back?

A few years ago, I met a young woman in Knockturn Alley. Leaning against the cold stone wall outside the pub, she looked alien, like a colourful exotic bird suddenly appearing in the shadows.

There are several different types of drunk person. Sirius is a Philosopher. He sits in a bar and, in between drinks and coming up with an innovative new towel rail design, contemplates Love. (Post-Hogwarts Marauderfic), Remus/Sirius, James/Lily

It's in a decadent world of black moons, white roses, and siren's songs that Harry finds her, and he can't believe his eyes.

An analysis of Gringotts and the Wizarding economy and monetary system, from a Vienna-Chicago-Virginia school monetarist perspective

Sirius drops in to visit Harry. They talk about a lot of random stuff, from Muggle television to anime to Being Gay. This is a good example of why never to obey the impulse to jump up and scribble down half-dreams at three a.m.

The heir of the fabulous Malfoy fortune falls in love with the lonely daughter of the Weasley clan. A retelling of "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.

Ron Weasley is dying. But his deepest wishes haven't been fulfilled. With time running out, will he survive? And will his wishes be fulfilled?

Luna sees things that others do not. (Hints of Harry/Luna. Eventual Ginny/Luna.)

"Don't you get it, Tom? Love isn't fighting for immortality it is one of those that administer it!" Sometimes the dreams will show you the truth, sometimes dreams are only the truth we've accepted.

It's Hermione's birthday and she has got some really thoughtful gifts - or so she thinks! Soon, the gifts show their true colors and, well, you've got to read the rest!

What would Draco have faced if he had had the chance to face the boggart in POA? You know what they say, Your worst fear is.....

Make no deals with the Devil, child, and the Devil will have no power over you. Susan Bones knows that someone in her House is abusing a student in another. How does she react?

A one-shot response to the Fallen FQF. Remus is afraid of flying. James wants to teach him to enjoy it. However, there are some fears that you cannot just forget -- especially if those fears are not your own. Mild SLASH RL/JP.

She's gone back to fix what she did wrong. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a fondness for following the rules. She'll do her best to stick to the plan, but did the Founders do what was best when they chose to do their work through her?

--I looked you in the eye once a day, slipping glances between potion ingredients and magical beasts. Waiting for the instant when the spark would reappear and your spells would turn into caresses.--

Harry didn't expect it to happen, but it did: he survived the confrontation with Lord Voldemort. Though the wizarding community is quick to leave (though not forget) the event in the past, the war has left deep marks and challenging obstacles in the recovery effort. While Harry tries to reintegrate himself to homework and school intrigue, a sinister and virtually undetectable enemy threatens to infiltrate Hogwarts -- and if it's not stopped, what remains of the magical community.

The boy who lived - but doesn't anymore. BE WARNED- strongly implied necrophilia, dark fic. Not for the easily squicked.

Peeves the Poltergeist gives us a brief history and explanation about who he is, and why he does his job so well.

"Narcissa stares at the child lying in his cot." The light that once illuminated Narcissa's life has gone out. It was flickering for the longest time.

Crazy random things! In the form of a note-to-self tape, this 'day in the life' extends to really encompasing all of Hedwig's deepest and darkest moments. Overall, a touching story, and a real tear jerker. Damn pigeons...

How can such a book series ever have a conclusion? What motives does J. K. Rowling have in ensnaring us all in her books on the wizarding world? When everything is over and done with, what lies at the very end of the Harry Potter series? A rather unconventional fan fiction, which is what I hope the final ending will be.

In this AU ficlet set in 7th year, Harry and Hermione must learn to cope with a life without Ron. Harry blames himself; Hermione wishes she could help him fight his demons. Slight H/Hr overtones.

He's finally snapped.

"There are no more statues of heroes with chivalry in mind, no more heroes with a kind smile and a brave hand. The only heroes in this world are those willing to live long enough to die."

Harry has been captured and is being tortured by Draco, or is he?

Set during Seventh Year. Ron tries to ready the team for its last match of the schoolyear. Harry and Ginny interrupt practice when they begin dancing...on their broomsticks??? Inspired by the musical track "Fawkes the Phoenix" from the Chamber of Secrets musical score.

Harry has had a bumpy emotional ride this summer. So what's this new feeling he has for Ginny? It's not a silly crush, but it's not just friendship. Once again, he turns to Ginny with his problems and get's an answer that will turn his world around. Will this change be for the best or the worst?

Hermione gives Ron an enchanted alarm clock to get him up to study. But that boy could sleep through anything! Just a some silliness and a hint of R/H.

"It had been nearly two months since that terrible night of June; two months since the members of the Order had made sure that Harry was on his way to his uncle and auntie's house; two months since everybody else had moved back into Grimmauld Place; two months that Remus Lupin spent every day in his room."

Draco is dead and Harry is clinging onto his ghosts and memories. Draco needs to move on, but Harry doesn't want to let go.... HP/DM slash.

Hermione and Ron are married and are expecting their first child. However, things are not as wonderful as they should be for Hermione as she thinks about her someone else. He/R, Ha/D, one-sided He/?

Time passes, the world forgets, and one woman is left alone with her grief...and memories...of course, if your husband threw your son in prison for the most shocking crimes imaginable, could you forget?

The dark confessions of Remus Lupin to a departed friend on the edge of Judgement Day. Grief can do strange things to an individual. A jaunt through the land of sexual frustration. Harry/Remus

She is depressed and wants to find a way to end all of her pain. No one notices her, no one cares for her, no one loves her. She tries to end all of the grief, not wanting to live through life anymore. She is bleeding and screaming for salvation. She prays to be saved by someone. And someone does.

Insane version of MWPP, set entirely in the wrong time line. Not to be taken cereal (seriously), or with medication.``Prepare to meet: Loony Loppy Lupin, Peteranna, Cereal and Antler-boy!

He of all people should’ve known better than to take Remus joyriding. Sequel to A Madness Most Discreet.

She couldn't see his face, but there was something forlorn about the lone boy, almost the same age as she, who sat on the opposite bank with his head in his hands.

This is a short and sweet one shot of Lily and James in their seventh year.

Harry goes for a walk late one night. He is overcome by memories of his lost godfather... but he is not alone.

Malfoy hexed Ron: now he's obsessive-compulsive. How will Harry and Hermione resolve the problem? Button fixing, making faces in food, and book-straightening. Idea primarily from Monk, on USA. (TV show)

Ron reveals all of his private thoughts about what really goes on at Hogwarts.

Draco is exiled from the wizarding world and now he is without wand, without money and out of rum. And who does he run into? The last person in the world who would ever help him, Harry Potter.

Sirius and Remus, the tilt of the earth makes the seasons.

In which Ginny broods about her situation, then makes the first move. (Pre-slash, Ginny/Hermione, implied H/D)

I don't know how to summarize this story, it hits rather close to home to me, but I'll try....How the certain someone feels when they want are wanted back but they don't feel like they're good enough

"It's alright... it was only a dream"

Ron tries to move on after the death of Hermione. Sequel to When I Leave this World. Features the songs: Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to be with You" and Elvis' "Are You Lonesome Tonight."

Dudley enjoys a nice hot dog, when someone comes along to put a claim on his lunch.... Short and silly.

Draco can't sleep the night before the big battle and goes to talk to someone who's awake; Bill Weasley.

It had been purely by accident that he had even stumbled upon her refuge. A small courtyard — was that what this would be called? — surrounded by great fir trees. He didn’t know precisely where on the grounds of Hogwarts that they were, but he didn’t really care, because he wasn’t thinking of such things. He was thinking of her.

Dean/Ginny. Ginny must come to terms with her fading relationship with Dean and decide whether all the emotional trouble his leaving has caused her is worth still having him in her life.

Dumbledore never asked for the power he has been given and with each passing day he is finding it more and more of a burden. He’s a tired old man who wants nothing more than to enjoy life but how can he while he has to hold the entire Wizarding World on his shoulders? Not to mention leading the fight against Voldemort and dealing with a very angry Harry he views as a son and a certain teacher that is falling further into darkness.

Harry was all set to apparate back to England when he was almost taken for questioning by the Italian hit-wizards. Why was Harry in Italy? What's going on? Harry becomes involved shoulders deep in a plan headed for disaster. And why does Draco Malfoy keep on turning up?

Remus is uncertain, and Sirius is not. The London rain washes away colours, but that's not all it washes away, and both Remus and Sirius know where love and hope can be found. Remus/Sirius.

The Way Things Were Meant to Be takes place during the trio's seventh year at Hogwarts, assuming they go back next year, Dumbledore and Sirius didn't die, Draco didn't become a Death Eater, Harry and Ginny didn't break up, and Neville and Luna got together. Lately, the mention of Viktor's name has sent Ron flying off the handle, even more than usual. This is a Ron/Hermione fic for your enjoyment.

He’s been following me now for two days. Not outright about it, of course, otherwise Mum’ll have his head, but when I turn around during dinner, he’s watching, when I leave the table, he’s watching, and when I walk up the stairs, he’s still watching. Ginny/Sirius, rated R for a touch of non-con.

During their second year, Ron sneaks down to the hospital wing to pay a special visit to Petrified Hermione.

You-Know-Who was gone, thought banished by the very boy who now stood at his side. The boy who now bowed to the wizard who had killed hundreds, including the boy's own parents. No one is what they seem, least of all Harry Potter. AU

The aftermath of the final battle between white and black, dark and light. Who will win? Or will there be any winner at all? DM/HG

Her lungs were bursting inside of her ribcage, her mind fogging up from the lack of oxygen. Suddenly, she felt her head bash against something hard. Ice, Hermione realized with rising terror. Trying not to panic, she slammed her fist against the frozen surface. Nothing happened. Oh, God, we’re trapped.

The past and future are nothing more than points on a path we all must tread. Through memories and choices everyone has the ability to walk his or her own path whenever they choose. However, what if you were cursed to see the paths of others? To see where they have been and where they have yet to go? Do you believe you could handle all the things you might see? Do you really believe you could fulfill such a Destiny? One woman believed she was capable... she was wrong.

A song fic to the Celine Dion song "Seduces me". This is about the night Draco expalins his feelings and finds out that Laura feels the same. Lotsa kissy kissy action!

You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood . . . blood screaming inside you to work its will. - Spike, Lover's Walk, BtVS. Marcus Flint feels nothing for Oliver Wood, but every night Oliver leaves the Slytherin dorms. Oliver Wood is better than Marcus Flint, but only if Marcus says so. A short ficlet focussing on passion and the tragedies that follow. Warning: male slash!