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They are coming. As an army of Death Eaters led by Voldemort himself march on Hogwarts, the remnants of the school prepare for a last stand, pledging to win their freedom or die trying.

Snape stood before a tall hooded figure that could have easily been mistaken as an elongated shadow of a surrounding Death Eater in the dim light. Long, white hands issued from its black sleeves....Voldemort reached into his robes and grasped his wand. He pulled out it into sight and pointed it threateningly at Snape's chest.... 'It takes only one spell, Severus,' he said menacingly, 'I believe you know the two words.'...'Ah, there you have it, Severus,' he said as he stared down at Snape. 'Terrible thing when someone denies you their friendship, isn't it?'

Draco has a plan, and it has led him to a place he never imagined he would venture. But if there is one thing he has learnt over the past two years, it is the price of hesitation.

This story defies being summarized for the time being...just read it. You'll like it, just try it.

Can a life be summarized in a conversation? Can a soul be found in an afterthought, intentions in a passing glance? The war was won, but the price for victory was steep. It cost some people their lives, some their pride, some their position, some their soul. Five years after the war that shook everything the wizarding world took for granted, things have returned back to normal. Lives are being rebuilt, lost, and earned for the first time. Virginia Weasley knows this. She has moved on; she has let things go. But the man at the bar has not. Perhaps this is why he is so interesting to her. Perhaps the reasons run otherwise. In a broken world, nothing can be taken for granted. She always remembers, when it rains...

Ginny's thoughts as Tom leads her to the Chamber of Secrets.

One-shot, inspired by the scene in HBP where Harry says he'd like to visit his parents' graves. A post-war Harry, Ron and Hermione fic with a twist. R/Hr.

Harry always helps a friend in need, no matter the deed. Hermione needs an undercover to help her work her object of affections. Harry marches valiantly in, wearing no less than a pleated skirt and knee-high socks. Eyeshadow, rusty sporks and Bloodthirsty!Hermione come together in a wacky, very random piece.

Sometimes the ending isn't as good as it seems.

After all, Remus had transformed last night, and he hadn’t become the harmless wolf he normally turned into. He had actually become quite vicious. He had thrown Sirius down the hill, for God’s sake. What would have happened if he had done something to Harry, Ron, or Hermione? Come to think of it, he thought as he stepped into his office, he nearly had. As he began packing his things, he recalled last night, though he could only remember bits and pieces of what happened after he transformed.

Harry died -- probably -- killing Voldemort. His friends, and others, speak at his memorial service.

What if Luna Lovegood never met Harry and his friends on the train? A look at the world as Luna sees it, written as a suicide note.

Continuation of 'Terrified'. Harry confronts Hermione, and she confronts him right back.

Beyond the veil, Sirius Black learns that time can be a thing to appreciate and that sometimes perfection can truly be found. It won’t be long now, for Lily and James Potter to make his fears disappear and the things he’s waited for eternity to come true.

Firestar038’s April Fool’s Day Challenge Entry. What is in store for Severus on April Fool's Day?

The Malfoy code of conduct, murder, deciet, extracurricular studies and Wizard’s Chess, the Pureblood Way.

This is a story about the birth of Tom Riddle and the death of his evil father. It goes into much more detail than the book.

It seems everything is going well for our hero Harry Potter. He's been named Headboy and he has a girlfriend from America. But things quickly go downhill when the war with Voldemort begins and he discovers that his girlfriend is not who she seems. Will Harry survive his final confrontation with Lord Voldemort and fulfill his destiny?

Night Before Christmas parody, told by sixth-year Lily Evans. Slightly sick, yet touching.

Harry allows his time to slip away in recollection of a dark night, months ago. Voldemort has won, and all that is left is the crying.

'Once upon a time, there was a horrible boy who was not very intelligent. But he had a cousin who was a nonconformist. One day, the boy met a smart girl, and suddenly, he began to understand that he wasn't all alone in the world.' A different kind of DM/HG. Set during summer before their 6th year

They came together through that which kept them apart. Theirs was a love to outlast all things. Lily/James

"A Peck of Owls," the chapter was called, the second chapter of the long-awaited fifth book.... so what about those owls? Was Hedwig really out hunting all evening? Or was she closer to home than Harry realized?

Daniel's birthday causes a Muggle invasion on Hogwarts that rearranges a few still standing prejudices.

Draco is on the path to commit suicide. Can Lucius convince him otherwise?

Remus has trouble speaking his feelings but after Sirius' death it's dangerous for him to keep things bottled up. So he writes in his diary, all the thoughts and feelings he went through before, during and after the fatal fight at the Ministry. He feels bitter, angry and guilty. But gradually he'll get over Sirius', and be able to carry on his life again just like his friends would have wanted.

One last desperate letter tells the story of how humility can find even the most corrupt of souls when death is the only way out. Things always look different in the end, but it goes to show that it's never too late to redeem yourself, to show compassion without prejudice, and to be merciful.

"Remus observes that Draco smiles differently when away from his classmates - secretive pleasure, as if savouring some rich and costly sweet, rather than smug malice. Neither is endearing."

"To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." ~Niccolo Machiavelli. "There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept." ~Gaelic proverb. [Contains HBP spoilers.]

Lucius meets Tom in the dungeons. Slash. Set during their Hogwarts years.

Even the Half-Blood Prince has his problems. Will Lily Evans ever notice him in that way, and does she actually enjoy dancing with that arrogant Potter? Featuring the lyrics “Love in Motion” by Icehouse.

The War is over, but Harry still has a score to settle.

For too long had she been his prisoner. Now she sees a second chance of escape... Draco Malfoy/ Blaise Zabini

His happiness nourishes me. He surrounds me, swallows me, tears me apart and puts me back together, and makes me feel more alive. He is my fire. I am his, to the last breath. Nothing exists without her. She is my infatuation, my fetish, my fixation, and my drive. I cannot let anyone else have her. Harry and Hermione slowly descend.

3rd Year, Hogsmeade. Victoria (OC) tracks down an "old friend," determined to get some answers. (Sirius Black story.)

[Slash] In which the author parodies herself in a self-insertion Mary Sue-ish masterpiece after spending a little too much time reading certain journals and communities at LiveJournal.

With apologies to George Lucas: "Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?" Written for hd_worldcup 2008, Team Epilogue, Prompt "The Fool."

Percy broke with his family. It seemed so easy. But was it?

There are straight relationships, male-male and female-female relationships. Why not inter-species? This is a stand alone between Dobby and Gollum from LOTR. Will their relationship make it?

The Weasleys take time out to look at life with one another to the time of that ill-fated day. Now, they need one another.

Four young wizards receive invitations to a school that is located under Lake Superior! What? Don't LOOK at me like that, it's anti-Muggle security. Ahem, anyways, follow their adventures!

Harry wants to be normal. He doesn't want eyes staring or people talking about him. And it is all because he is...

What could induce a former Marauder to return to a life of naughtiness? Perhaps it has something to do with a certain nosy git and two rambunctious twins with frustratingly perfect timing. A Christmas chestnut with secret passages, close escapes, and a surprising new accomplice.

"I have stood for many centuries now, keeping a silent vigil over those within my walls. I have seen many students come and go. I remember each one."````Hogwarts is alive... and she watches over her students.

Lily wants to peform in front of thousands, but it's proving to be difficult. Sirius keeps dragging James off to punk-rock concerts. Voldemort has never loved a soul, until a certain Mudblood comes onto the scene. Phantom of the Opera cross-over.

In a world rearranged by Voldemort, Luna Lovegood and Percy Weasley cling to tenuous hope.

Chapter 8.5 of Amalin's wonderful story Two Lost Souls.

Regulus Black receives a letter from his older brother, and as a result has to take on a new role within the family.

Arthur Weasley watches the woman he married and thinks about the life they have shared.

Harry's sixth year. Shaken by the events of the past year, he turns to an unexpected source for comfort. Why is it that Dumbledore seems to know more than he's letting on? As usual, Voldemort's after Harry, but how? And how far will he go?

You are a young girl, whose life is riddled with misery. You are a young girl, who yearns for acceptance. You are a young girl named Myrtle. This is your last hour.

Blaise and the incredible world of Draco Malfoy's ego, metaphors and celestial bodies. Boy!Blaise/Draco

Maybe, she wondered, Lucius is awake now, rolling over and finding that I am no longer there. Maybe he will simply fall asleep again, or maybe he will go out and look for me. She walked until she stood in the middle of the Malfoy estate, mansion on her left, impenetrable woods on her right, surrounded by a green that she couldn’t see. Tilting her head upwards, she breathed in the freshness that rain always brings, shutting her eyes against the feathery touches of the rain. Lucius/Narcissa.

Funerals are a time for remembrance. Severus Snape, who has always hated James Potter and his gang, recollects memories of his own at the funeral of James and Lily Potter.

Which pain should we be grateful not to have? Molly's and Andromeda's points of view of their abuse at the hands of Andromeda's older sisters. ``Warning: femmeslash, torture.

When a baby and a dog are forced to live together, the dog is always the afflicted one. Padfoot has to learn that by his own bitter experience: Caine has just been born. A sequel to Baby on Board.

Set during the events of Chamber of Secrets; a Muggleborn student is trying to figure out exactly what she is when someone sets free a Muggleborn killing monster in the school.

Marauders era hypothetical love triangle. To say more would be to give it away. Mild slash warning.

Harry goes to the barren land of... Canada! Along the way he meets Doris-erm, Stockwell Day, Avril Lavigne and... Mike from Canmore! But why is everyone so mad at him?

Hermione is fed up with living; she loves her husband and her friends and family, but she hates living. Life is too much to cope for the Gryffindor and she takes the hard way out.

Ever wondered what goes on in the mind of Crabbe, sidekick of Malfoy? Here's a brief insight into the head of the one-dimensional character that so many people have bypassed...Many startling facts are revealed about him...(Crabbe Soliloquy in short)

‘I never had a childhood of my own, so sometimes I just sit back and admire his.’ The Dark Lord watches over the one he’s marked.

An impatient author attempts to write Book 7 before it's written! Harry finds clues to unravel the mysteries of the Horcruxes. But he can't do it all alone. With the help of his friends, will he be able to defeat He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, once and for all?

Set in Harry's sixth year. Because of a heart problem due to being hit by a dark spell at the ministry, he won't be able to fight Voldemort and has to resort to other methods to deal with the prophecy. Completely AU after fifth year, partly OOC.

A pregnant Luna requires a particular type of chocolate.

It's teatime at the Longbottoms'. Neville's gluttonous Uncle Algie and two his grand-nieces are eating many tempting sweets and exchanging Ministry gossip. Only poor Neville does not get even a small piece of his favourite apple pie. Why?

Draco and Harry's romance is at an end...or is it?

Someone is trapped in Azkaban... Someone is going insane... Someone doesn't know it.

"I do not know why he turns to me. Surely he knows that I can do nothing to help him. We are both too far gone."``With the only woman he ever loved lying lifeless in his arms and his one-time enemy dying at his side, Draco Malfoy reflects. D/G, Draco's POV.

Beatles songfic based on the song "A Day in the Life." One morning at Hogwarts, the student body makes a horrific discovery. Hope seems lost, chaos reigns, and the stage is set for the rule of Voldemort. How will they cope? Can evil be surpassed by the weaker good? And, most importantly, how will the world face the loss of a hero?

“Well done, Ha –“ But the Death Eater Hermione had just struck dumb made a sudden slashing movement with his wand from which flew a streak of what looked like purple flame. It passed right across Hermione’s chest; she have a tiny “oh!” as though of surprise and then crumpled onto the floor where she lay motionless. “HERMIONE!” What if Hermione HAD been killed that night at the Ministry of Magic? Would Harry have been able to go on? Here's what might have been if the unthinkable had happened....

Percy Weasley used to like the colour red. He loved it, even. No more.

This is a (maybe) one-shot fic about my intake on how Snape decided to steal Christmas, and how Hermione knew it was him. For any person / Like the one who just pulled your sleeve / Has a special story / You must see to believe

A short description of what Gilderoy sees after the "mishap" with Ron's wand in the Chamber of Secrets...

While still alive they did divide / Their favorites from the throng / Yet how to pick the worthy ones / When they were dead and gone? / 'Twas Gryffindor who found the way, / He whipped me off his head / The founders put some brains in me / So I could choose instead!

The wind blew us off course. Seven years of Remus and Sirius' friendship, condensed.

Remus and Tonks in their final moments before the end. RL/NT missing scene.

There are three new students at Hogwarts. Apparently, they are there because they have nowhere else to live. Their magical skill is so great, the three have passed up the skills of even Dumbledore, yet are only old enough to be in their fifth year. What everyone doesn't know, is that these three are in the league with the dark lord, Voldemort, and are only there to try and take over Hogwarts. Throughout the year, the three come to know emotions they never knew before, such as true happiness, joy, and love, which makes their time at Hogwarts quite...interesting.

Remus is ill and taken to St. Mungo's, but Sirius isn't allowed to visit him! The solution? Get a nurse's uniform. However, getting the uniform isn't actually the hard part.... (Mild SiriusRemus.)

Remus's mission isn't going so well, and as the time passes it becomes clear that he's not going to be done before the full moon. Looks like it's time to seek help, but he's not expecting the help that he gets.

Double slash (//)- slashing and they find out that they are related to each other... ewww... Voldie finds his love, and so does Dumbledore... and Ron... and the giant squid...

Blaise and Draco deal with Potter, possessiveness, and love. Gift-fic for auriasve-chan.

One-shot, based on the poem by Stephen Crane. During the climax of the war, a day which could very well be her last, Ginny struggles with the concepts of helplessness and the fairness of war.

Remus Lupin reflects on the Maurader’s Map. Follows an unlikely group. And with the help of a old friend tells the truth. Rewrite of Chapter 17 of PoA

After speaking with Igor Karkaroff at the Yule Ball in "Goblet of Fire," Snape reflects upon his past. What choices did he make upon his path to becoming a Death Eater, and what choices were made for him? He was led into temptation, but broken and betrayed, he cannot deliver himself from bitterness. Time is supposed to heal all wounds, but there are some marks it can never erase. Even in the dark of winter, however, there is always hope of spring. Snape/Karkaroff slash.

In his fifth year at Hogwarts, Regulus Black attends a career interview.

Lily and her best friends Remus and Stella decide to play a game. Petunia gets annoyed and someone has an accident.

Megan Jones can be irritated by one person, and one person only. Since she first met Zach Smith, he's known what buttons to push and she's let him. But even a Quidditch boy has a heart.

When I look at Harry I see so much, I see James and Lily, I see Dumbledore, I see Tonks, I see Remus and I even see a little bit of me. I see all that I could have given him and never did. I see all that Lily and James meant to give him and were never able to. I see someone worth fighting for.

A couple of weeks after Sirius's death, Lupin and Snape reflect.

The War has been won, but there have been many casualties. One stands along and reflects on his true lost.

"The boy lifted the lid of a box in his arms and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside poked out a long, hairy leg." So...how did that long, hairy leg get in that box? Not a romance in the traditional sense. A companion piece to "The One".

Lily Evans and Lucas Edwards seem perfect. They have been together for over a year and everyone at Hogwarts is convinced that one day, they will marry and live happily ever after. However, Lily's true feelings and insecurities may upset everything this year, and who should help, but a certain James Potter?

Dreams do not come easily. They cost us always, sometimes dearly. And the things that matter most to us are always priceless. It is impossible to put a tangible value on them. After the "final battle," Hermione is forced to accept what the victory cost them... in this case, one very special life. One shot.

The events after reading the Sunday Prophet article about Voldemort’s return in the hospital wing through Hermione’s eyes. Listen as she speaks of the shadow in Harry’s eyes and her own thoughts about the ... loss of Sirius and her fears of the war to come.

Remus and Harry haven't talked much since the war ended, but is Remus ready to talk, of all things, gay sex with with the godson of the only man he's ever been with?

Sirius Black was (in)famous for his outrageous pranks. When he finally crosses the fine line between outrageousness and cruelty, however, Lily Evans is hellbent on exacting revenge. She will make the heir of the Black family become a color he will never forget. . . or be able to live down.

Australia - a country running rampant with magical creatures, bush that stretches for kilometers, and ample room for broomsticks. Their lazy contemporary magical societies have carried on peacefully for 200 years under English rule, quietly laid-back and unassuming. In a land where werewolves roam with dingoes by the full moon and are accepted by all but the blue-bloods, it's easy for a brand spanking Lycanthrope to fit in. Right?

The Hogwarts faculty is bemused by the transfer students from Henson Academy.