22,801 - 22,820 of 29,922 Stories

An "application essay" by Tom Riddle regarding his Award for Special Services to the School. So earnest. So modest. ... Such a crock.

While it\'s very interesting that Harry, Ron, and Hermione are taking off to hunt down Horcruxes, Jimmy Peakes, Ritchie Coote, and Demelza Robins are a bit more concerned with the state of their Quidditch team. After all, without a Seeker and a Keeper, how will they ever win the Quidditch Cup? As they discuss potential replacements, their conversation takes some interesting turns.

A grieving Remus Lupin contemplates Sirius's life and tries to come to terms with his death.

It's soon to be Sirius' birthday, the others are throwing him a surprise party. Can they pull it off without him finding out? Can they humiliate Snape in the process? Can white paint ever really come out of robes? Find out the answer to most of these here!

Narcissa's mentally unstable and on ocassion finds herself in her childhood again.

Hannah Abbott is tired of being average. Can a Hufflepuff show courage?

Eileen Prince has only been glimpsed as a sullen girl and a cowering woman. Here's another quick look at a resolutely quiet witch.

Ron has always fantasied about his first kiss with Hermione ... it wasn't what he expected, but sometimes... reality's better.

Draco obsesses over Harry.

After a nasty fall, Harry is stricken with amnesia. Now it's a race against the clock as Harry struggles to regain his memories before Lord Voldemort can take advantage of his vulnerability. (Response to the Multifandom Soap Opera Cliche Challenge.)

Standing by a window on a cold winter's morning. A Tonks/Remus ficlet.

Detective Ronald Weasley is telling one of his famous Cases, can you solve the crime bfore he does or will someone get killed in the process? Read to find out.``Prologue: Ron Weasley summarizes one of the cases that he will tell you this day... it may not be halloween but what the hey!

Ron was the only one who truly understood Ginny and stayed by her side, so when he leaves Hogwarts, Ginny loses control of her Darker side. She becomes a notorious Death Eaters and the new Mrs. Draco Malfoy. Set on vengeance and power, Ginny's mission is to kill the Weasleys; kill Hermione for taking Ron away from her; and convince Ron that he belongs on the Dark side because both of them have the Darkness in their eyes unlike everyone else.

Ever since he turned sixteen, Blaise Zabini has experienced vivid dreams of a brown-haired girl plummeting to her doom. But who is she, and how can Blaise prevent the worst from befalling her?

What do Harry and his friends actually DO while they're waiting for us to put them into our stories? And how do they feel about US? A behind-the-scenes glimpse of our favorite characters. **** Pairings: nearly everyone, at one point or another.

A love so strong, it binds two people together even through obstacles like death.``Cho reminesces of the past and longs for Cedric.

The story of how Bellatrix Lestrange and nine other Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban during The Order of the Phoenix. Who needs a mole when you can have a rat?

Ginny reminisces about her relationship with Draco over the years.

"I learned, I learned, I learned elsewhere, From muses unhired by you, dear mother." -Sylvia Plath, The Disquieting Muses. A series exploring Sirius's relationship with his family, what they did to him and what he did to them, from many points of view. Who is leaving? Who got left?

Even before he murdered his father and his grandparents, Tom Riddle had split his soul in more ways than one. For murder is not the only event that will break the heart.

In the spring of 1996, Remus Lupin composes and delivers his first love letter.

'Her classmates couldn't be more correct: Lavender Brown is a daft cow with no common sense and nought a spare thought in her head.' [SS/HG]

Pansy is drawn to Hermione. Hermione isn't sure. Pansy is quite certain that it's dreadfully wrong, but she keeps watching. It isn't exactly perfect, but that is not what they want. Starring Pansy, Hermione, and Draco's colour-coded charts!

Ron is having visions of Luna Lovegood, watching as the world disintegrates around her. He sets out to find her and save her before these images become reality. RW/LL

Regulus Black gets Sorted. He will learn some things that will affect the rest of his time at Hogwarts. Sirius, Bellatrix, and Severus all make an appearance. Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge.

Sequel to 'Choices'. Draco still can't believe Hermione left him. Hermione can't believe that he won't change his selfish ways for her. After all, how could she love a man who loved power more? Draco doesn't want to change. He finds a solution to both their problems... permanently.

There are killer toilets running amuck. Can they be stopped?

Neville is feeling depressed and useless. Who's there to help him but Hermione? A very sweet fic where Neville conquers his fears and finds acceptance and true love. Neville/Hermione.

Sirius loves London, loves visiting Harry and dropping by the shops and playing Quidditch in the backyard, but he's still waiting for one last piece to fall into place.

Set nearing the end of the marauder's years at Hogwarts. Peter witnesses a nasty trick Lucius and Snape play on Remus and Sirius. His intrigue leads into his gateway to darkness.

Lavender accompanies fiance Neville on one of his monthly visits to his parents at St. Mungo's.

Harry can’t explain how he feels, or why he’s stealing chances to be around Ginny. Luckily, all Ginny wants him to explain is why he's an idiot.

A songfic from "Anastacia"

Maybe it's love after all.

Draco Malfoy, the sole heir to the Malfoy family, master of concealed emotions and pureblooded wizard, was in shock. He was unsure of what to make of her, but he did know that this girl was a shock and awe.

"My name is Harry Potter. I have lived through war and fear, pain and grief. I have seen my best friends die in front of my eyes." Harry had nothing left in the world, save a desire to kill Voldemort. His thoughts before the battle.

Funerals are hardest on those left behind.

It is Halloween and Lucius is heading out to make the world a better place.

He heard someone approaching. He turned, smiling. He knew who it was. When he saw the outstretched arm pointed at him. holding a wand that had brought an untimely fate to so many wizards and witches, his smile faded.``"Draco."``"Harry."````Harry thought he'd finished the Dark Wizard reign of fear. He didn't know his lover was destined to continue it.

Harry finds out about Draco's illness. What does he do about it? This is the sequel to 'I Had a Bad Day'.

Hermione observes Ginny. D/G not femme-slash

"When Harry awoke, the man that had rescued him was almost dead..."

Welcome to the World of Courtney Carson, a pessimistic fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After following the terrible trio as an extracurricular activity for four years, Courtney admits she's taking a liking for the famous Harry Potter. Things can't get any worse when she faces one embarassing situation after another, Harry is in steady relationship with her worst enemy, she gets into a row with her best friend, and someone unexpected asks her out.

One shot. Some years after the war, Draco, traumatised and alone, reaches out desperately for human contact.

It was easier to hate him when you didn\'t know he was human. Letters between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter after their sixth year offer a glimpse into the aftermath of obsession and the desperate lengths some go to for companionship.

It seemed like it was going to be the best year ever. At least that's what MWPP, and Lily and Co. thought. That was until a sinister mystery presented itself to them...

Narcissa reflects on her life.

Harry goes to Military School for the Magical, and with his new-found powers, vows to get revenge on He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Set a few months after HBP. The war is gaining momentum; Harry, Ron and Hermione are in training. On a standard reconnaissance mission, Harry stumbles upon one Death Eater that didn't quite make the cut. H/D.

You build your own Azkaban, and you let yourself out.

Snape knows better. Features: Occlumency, Pensieves, inevitable madness, and memories. SS/HP, in a very roundabout way.

Post OotP...Harry begins to cope with the devastating loss.

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Rita Skeeter, gossip queen extraordinaire.

What will Harry do when Voldemort kills someone important to his world?

[TRxGW] "...be a man... try... try for some remorse..." Dark Lords did not feel remorse ... but if he had, if Tom Riddle had felt even one second of regret, it would have been for her. Twoshot.

Lily makes a difficult choice that changes her life -- and death -- forever.

Remus kisses his lover goodbye one last time.

With Lord Voldemort risen again, all the wizards of the world know that the first people to suffer will be the Death Eaters who betrayed or abandoned him. This is the account of one such ex-Death Eater, Severus Snape...

It's New Years Eve, and Dean Thomas is alone, quite unwillingingly, by choice. Dean realizes a way to deal with the demons and dreams that haunt him, now that he's the last man standing. A post-Hogwarts fic that isn't horribly depressing.

This what if centers on Book Four. Krum asked Harry what there was between he and Hermione. Harry assured him there wasn't anything going on between them, and Krum believed him. What if he hadn't? This story deals with that possibility.

"I was just trying to get to you before you got to me." Harry and Ginny devise a scheme to prevent Ron and Hermione from dancing around each other any more. It won't take you a minute to read.

One-shot, fun, sick, and twisted, yet romantic follow up to Elemental Alchemy -- the DaVinci Code/HP Crossover. Robert and Tonks are invited to the annual couples' Halloween Dress Ball in DIagon Alley. Hermione plays matchmaker and costume designer, and has some wicked ideas of her own. Robert's costume becomes more than meets the eye -- and the heart. Some mild violence, but it's all just fantasy.

Tonks finds herself bound by a very common misperception about Remus and Remus sticks to his litany of "too old, too poor, too dangerous" for Tonks. A Remus/Tonks story set during OotP.

In many ways one would consider Harry Potter victorious. He had conquered the dark Lord Voldemort and managed to live. He had put many of his Death Eaters in Azkaban. He drove away the greatly feared Dementors. He saved the world from a dark fate. However, Harry Potter did not see himself as some victorious hero. Blood stained his hands -- blood that would never wash away.

This was written for greyangel through McTabby's Blame Each Other Challenge. Snape/Pomfrey. "A late night visit to the dungeons, untold secrets... He has to heal her... in more ways than one."

Ginny is persistent with Harry about her feelings when she finds out he may be leaving soon to fight Voldemort. And Harry surprises her and himself with his response. But then Harry and Ginny have to cope with Harry's perfect goodbye.... maybe forever.

Draco recites poetry to Harry. Slash warning. Mild involvement of Dr. Seuss and maybe a candy cane or two.

That was a really wild party.... Ginny Weasley goes to a birthday party for one of her good friends, simply for something to do. Based on a true story.

No one understood. They all knew she had tried to help him in his battle and that she was devastated from his passing. It seemed ironic that the disease she despised so much would also take her life. Still, no one knew of her pain. No one knew of her guilt.

Hermione Granger. Harry Potter. A timeturner. A locket. And R.A.B. You have no idea.

Can you keep a secret? I suppose it matters little if you can. I am a marked man and my days are numbered, so it's only a matter of time before they come for me.

When Harry Potter was ten, he could see his life stretching out before him in a long, empty line.

When a surprisingly strong-witted friend of Rowena Ravenclaw comes to visit her in the Hogwarts castle, she begins to brew up some unknown emotions: love, hatred, and disgust among the four friends. Her arrival means death and lust.

Draco and Blaise have been hiding their relationship since their 5th year at Hogwarts, but now their silence is going to broken. This is a tale that will show a much more loving side of Draco.

Harry's thoughts during his stay at the Dursleys' before sixth year!

"Hermione feels a twinge of something--not jealousy, she insists, it is too much of an ache for the heady rush of jealousy--as she crawls into her own bed and pulls the curtains. She pretends not to care but she listens anyway, feeling that twinge again at every soft peal of laughter, every whispered secret she will never hear because she’s not a part of them. They are friendly but they’ve never been friends, and Hermione knows she will always be an outsider."

She was born with everything. He was born with nothing. But he's about to take everything he wants and more, and she might be the only one who could save him. But at what cost to herself? TR/OC.

Ron comes across his old dress robes while rummaging around in his trunk. A debate ensues as to how he actually got them and just who is this Nigel kid?

Ron's had an awful summer. He keeps waking up in his front yard and has no idea why. Can Harry and Hermione help figure out what's been happening to him?

The cold and the darkness bear down on her and her only saviour is the one clouded in darkness. What's the mystery? Who is he? Where is everything I've ever believed in?

This is my first song fic. It's about Harry and Hermione breaking up after a long relationship.

A mysterious stone is forged into the lives of three children. Two of them are related and live in America, the other lives in the UK. What ties them together is magical, but originally serves as an attempt to completely collect the lost fragments or 'Horcruxes' of Voldemort's soul. The stone is broken into two of these children, and the third is the only person that can extract the stone from them. These factors play a minor role in how others react to them, but play a major role in how their lives unfold in and out of Hogwarts. Yet, how will the Wizarding world react to having the only keys to restoring Voldemort walk freely among them?

Redneck Wizards are alive and well in the American South. Learn to identify them from a safe distance for your own protection!

Hermione Granger, pride of the Auror Department, is given the task to scry out the latest aspiring Dark Lord, who seems to be a very real threat, as he is hailed to be as powerful as the late Lord Voldemort...

Sybill Trelawney remembers a time when Minerva McGonagall let her hair down...

In the dark days before Halloween 1981, Sirius and Remus have allowed suspicion and mistrust to come between them.

Harry Potter is the only one who has ever survived the Killing Curse. It was a miracle that was thought of to happen only once in lifetime... But does not everyone love someone?

I decided what heaven was going to be like, for me at least. The image has stuck with me, although I was only 11 at the time. However, I must confess that it’s a pleasant surprise to find myself breaking the solitude, even such peaceful solitude the one I just described, that plagued me through my mortal life. It was a wonderful shock to see all of you again.

Everyone's lives are put in jeopardy when a secret revealed causes identity confusion and a tangle of assassins after the Boy-Who-Lived. When the hunter becomes the hunted, who can put things right? A tale of love, family, lies and blackmail.

Forgetting is easy. It's the memories that are hard. Remus reflects on his life and his memories after Sirius' death.

Lily Potter tells her feelings before she dies.

Harry and Draco just can't let go of each other.

James Potter gets all bent out of shape when Lily Evans, his three-month girlfriend, gives him a pet name. Good thing his best mate, Sirius Black, is there to set him...well, not straight. Terribly pointless Sirius-James fluff.

On a quiet day in Malfoy Manor, Narcissa watches Draco and remembers days spent in the company of the two men she has most strongly loved.

Sirius and Hagrid's confrontation at Godric's Hollow after the Potters' deaths.

HP/Celtic fairy tale crossover. Did you ever wonder how such a bad wizard came to be? Or why Tom Riddle grew up in an orphanage?

Severus Snape has been brutally murdered. Then why is he showing up on Hermione’s doorstep with Dumbledore? Hermione must deal with him as a roommate while standing on the edge of disaster as the true web of deceit behind his feigned death threatens her life as well as his. HG/SS, with a little unconventional GW/DM

Lily Evans is everything to James Potter. He changed everything that defined him to make her happy. And yet, for all he has tried, he still can't get her to see that he is no longer the same arrogant jerk that he used to be.

Things had always been simple for Riley Lestrange--that was, of course, until her world started crashing down around her. She was supposed to get betrothed, completely support the Dark Lord, and somehow manage to stay calm in the midst of a sudden. When she runs into Sirius Black, a former best friend and a current hated Gryffindor, she finds that things can change, if only she has the courage. But when it all comes down to it, will she choose the life she’s always known, or the life that could risk everything?

He touched him... he touched him there, and he doesn't know what to do, and the Devil will come and steal his eyes for it, because he reacted. He reacted, and he has been shamed, and now he is light-forsaken, doomed to return back to that room and let the demon touch him, hurt him, bleed him. Graham Pritchard is being abused, and he doesn't know what to do- until he finds safety and hope in the most unlikely of people. Companion piece to The Love of a Brother.