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It is the middle of the night, and every student, teacher and creature of Hogwarts is fast asleep. Only one young wizard is aware of the danger waiting to pounce on the school. And with that feeling in the pit of his stomach telling him he's probably going to die, Harry Potter isn't about to wake anyone up and drag them to his final confrontation with Voldemort.

Harry reflects on the past year, on both a personal level and the changes in the wizarding world. However, what appears to be a normal Christmastime in the Weasley household, takes a sudden sinister turn as night falls.

Severus Snape recalls his relationship with Sirius Black through their third and fourth years at Hogwarts, as told to Remus Lupin during Harry's third year at Hogwarts.

Vinyl isn't just something to wear. Music, mayhem and Muggle love abound during the summer of Harry's fifth year. To be played at maximum volume...

This fic is an attempt to describe how the Dementors came about, and why they are naturally the servants of the Dark Lord.

Two friends sit reminiscing about the past and remembering better times. But the arrival of dire news causes arguments to erupt and choices to be made. Guilt is still felt, the past is remembered, but he won’t let it happen again.

Something good comes out of Malfoy’s favouritism - Goyle learns that he can do well. Non slash, in character, in canon, cheering fic!

Ginny changes

Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair are confused about their Floo bill. A Mr. S. Black has been using the fireplace, but the only other residents are the Jarvey and their large dog, Harold...

How serious can a boggart really be? It can be a simple fear of spiders or something more horrifying, like the fear of fear itself. Sirius has an all different fear: the fear of someone's disapproval. Semi-Sequel to The Boggart.

Even in the deepest friendships, we are ultimately alone.

Mistakes of the past become nightmares of the future. Snape views a memory in the Pensieve he would rather forget. Snape/Lily.

A companion of sorts to “Third Death”. D/G. Draco muses on the person that gave him a soul and the one who took it away.

'You start to wonder what happened to all of the others who fell from the edge, and why they’re not keeping you company. Why you’re not seeing the dry white bones floating by like the candles in Hogwarts.'

Drucila Weasley, cousin to Ronald and the others is coming to Hogwarts. Placed in Harry's sixth year. She comes from Durmstrang and she is absolutely disgusted by Harry Potter. All seems well on the train until they get a message that Hogwarts has collapsed. How did it happen? Where will they stay? What house will Dru be in? What will happen in the way of romance? (Drucila IS Ron's age and year)

We know that the unicorns were the first victims of Voldemort's return to power. The innocents are always the first to die... But unicorns are intelligent creatures, and we never got to know how they felt, or what they thought...

Harry is being chased by Death Eaters, until he is cornered. What will happen in the end?

Severus Snape contemplates his home for a few quiet moments at the beginning of the summer before The Half-Blood Prince.

Neville Longbottom realises that his admiration for his third-year Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher isn't just hero-worship... it's love.

Sirius Black wonders about a past with a Slytherin girl of high social standing, a girl married to Lucius Malfoy. That which is in the past does not haunt the future. Right? A Sirius/Narcissa fic with plenty of angst and a bit of romance.

There is a place, it exists for nearly all of us, that seems to serve solely as the physical manifestation of everything that reminds us that we are imperfect, uncomfortable, or simply don\'t belong. This place, for Sirius, is none other than the drawing room in Grimmauld Place. A Sirius Marauders-era fic.

It is like a game. Whichever arm bleeds the most gets the most points, but in the end they all win. She sometimes compares it to Quidditch. Sometimes it hurts, but you always feel satisfied in the end. This isn't rated R for language, just the whole idea. This is the story about a girl who is so depressed she will do whatever she can to end it...

A hero's gone. Ginny Weasley isn't sure how to cope.

First-Year Bellatrix Black doubts herself; Rodolphus Lestrange "comforts" her.

After the death of her famous parents, Harry and Hermione's (seemingly) nameless and emotionally barren daughter must deal not only with the fact that she must live with the only surviving member of the Trio, but also with the fact that he had an affair with her mother.

Remus and Sirius discover that Summoning Charms can have unexpected consequences. (R/S)

She will wake up, and it will finally occur to her that she can’t remember her own name. The cot will be foreign, the scratches will be upsetting, and she will cower in the corner until one of them comes... Then she will meet the shadows all over again.

Epilogue to Nine Months in F Minor.``Hermione and Ron's relationship finally reaches the next level; Harry makes a confession; and Draco's punishment is finally realized. H/G, Hr/R Quite angsty.

After the battle in the Department of Mysteries, Ron and Ginny retreat into their home and each other. Until Luna arrives to rock their tiny world.

Not all Muggle realms are strange. Philosopher’s Stone. Redux from our favourite Longbottom's perspective, with a twist.

Draco had always felt alone until he met her. Years later he still needed her even though she's gone forever. Draco mourns the loss of the only thing that ever mattered to him.

A lonely man broods... has he chosen loneliness, or was it forced upon him by society?

In which the Marauders have a very deep, yet slightly comical talk about best friends and Peter is very itchy. Set in their seventh year and very foreboding.

I would be just too depressed. There would be rumors and speculation about things no one had the faintest idea about. Stories and slander I didn’t want to deal with. The Boy Who Lived didn’t want to deal with it anymore.

Remus Lupin was part of the mischief-making band of the Marauders when he was in school. Now, twenty years later, he is once again meeting someone who good life can be. Remus/Tonks.

The first of the Fabled Ones confronts her destiny. And learns that not all families leave a happy legacy. All with a little help from a Weasley and some talking paintings.

A potions accident leaves Snape as a cat until who-knows-when. Harry's already got his hands full when a prankster starts sabotaging the rebuilding of Hogwarts. But what if it's not just a prank?

Today is THE day. Pansy waits for Draco to propose. But what is this? Cold feet?

An investigation into the death of Regulus Black. Who``did it and how?

It's Christmas Eve and Penelope Clearwater is about to make a decision that will change her whole life. Percy/Penelope. Set during Ootp.

Percy Weasley reflects... upon the past, the present, and how his sister had changed throughout the years. Somewhat angsty one-shot about siblings growing apart.

Draco loves music, and plays the piano like no other. Harry just soars.

A cliche line: every hero needs a dragon to be slain-- Harry got one.

Fanfic comprised mostly of original characters! Malfoy and Snape and Slytherin-in-general oriented! ``It's about a character named Elise *who's based on me* and her trials through her 5th year at Hogwarts. Also, what she finds late one night, and how the item changes her forever....

Hazel and Fairley have been best friends since preschool, when Hazel dumped paint all over Fairley's new sweater and``Fairley later got blue marker on Hazel's cheek. The summer after they turn eleven, they receive unexpected news. But it can't be real, can it?``Harry Potter's just a book...

A sad fic about Draco; seen from Hermione's POV. Character death.

First sequel to "Somewhere in my Past". When Harry first opened his eyes that night, it was Draco he first thought of.

One dull autumn day in Ottery St. Catchpole, young Ginny Weasley plays a favourite game, but this time it produces some surprising results.

She could feel him stare at her constantly.

As he is brutally told his brother fled the house, Regulus understands he has to make Sirius come back. He'd prefer not to think about their differences.

"A man with a hazel wand came without sound/He changed me suddenly/I was looking another way..."

Hermione laments about her failed relationship with Draco, and about how happiness is overrated and sometimes the truth is not always best.

Hermione will now know not to call Draco Irascible.

Draco reflects on his attitude toward Harry.

Harry and Voldemort finally come face to face. What will happen? Will Harry be strong enough to face Voldemort? Or will all be lost?

Hermione, an old woman on her death bed, remembers her best friends.

Was it always meant to be? Harry and Hermione in love? Mild Fluff.

On a rainy, fateful night in October 1981, the world which was perfect crashed down before Sirius Black's very eyes... Songfic to the Ronan Keating song of the same name.

Regret. Grief. Longing. What he kept from everyone. How it really feels to loose so much at sixteen.

Alone. The word bounced around in his head, reverberating over and over. He’d always been alone, even in a crowded room. Had anyone else in history ever been so isolated as he?

Harry has returned from his fifth year at Hogwarts and now everything that has happened has started to sink in. He also learns he must say goodbye to someone before he can move on.

Snape's reaction to Sirius' death - and the repercussions.

A single spell can change the very essence of a thing evolution spent thousands of years creating. Magic makes all things fluid and subject to change- and Lisa Turpin learns that words can change lives just as instantaneously as magic, and that as one life falls apart, it may transform into another.

HP/DM SLASH. Fairytales never come true, and life isn't like the movies.

After Harry regains his memory, Ron must see things as they are. Sequel to Post Bellum.

Ever wondered about that scar above Dumbledore's left knee (the one that was a "perfect map of the London Underground")? Or why he said scars can be useful? Or why he likes chamber music? This story explores all those things, and also speculates about how Severus Snape spent the summer before Harry Potter started at Hogwarts. Two wizards meet a Muggle woman who learns something about magic, and about her own family.

‘He was older than me by three years, so naturally he thought that he knew everything before I did.’ ````Regulus Black reflects on Sirius and their relationship earlier on in life.

Harry has lost his glasses. What does Draco have to do with it?

Marcus Flint has insomnia and tends to think about a certain Gryffindor Quidditch Captain.

Four years of war, four years of loss and death and tragedy; but nothing could have prepared Harry for losing the one thing he fought so hard to gain.

"It was a beautiful, lazy Sunday, and only the most studious of students were in the library. Most were seventh years. All were being heckled by Madam Pince." Blaise has a typical Sunday morning.

It's Peter Pettigrew's funeral, and someone's got a dubious confession to make.

Elliot Wood doesn't want to be known as Oliver's little sister, the Weasley twins' other friend, the smart girl, or the girl who dated Cedric. How far will she go to get out from under the shadow of everyone else?

Adonis Rookwood was brought under mysterious circumstances to the Rookwood household, the most notorious and wealthy Wizarding clan in Britain, on the day of his birth. Katherine Reynold is a driven young witch who lost her mother to the hands of war. So what do these two have in common? Lord Voldemort. Their meeting was no coincidence, for there are no real coincidences. And as their seemingly different worlds clash, both begin to unravel Lord Voldemort's hidden past through cryptic objects, dangerous encounters, and tales from the most unlikely of people. Throughout their journey, not only do they learn of how Tom Riddle became the Dark Lord, but of themselves, and what it truly means to be human.

"She laughed, pushing him away, and he was happy because she was laughing, even though he was withering away on the inside." Remus/Lily.

Five different beginnings for Ron Weasley. Ron/Luna, Ron/Padma, Ron/Pansy, Ron/Cho, Ron-Draco.

I watch the chapel fill, slowly. People I remember from school, that I had never been friends with. They aren't there for me, but I don't care. They are there for Blaise, for Hermione. For Snape. Oh, it's a laugh. Me, the person least liked - after Snape and Voldemort - at Hogwarts, and the chapel near the Manor is filled with people come to help bury me. More than can be said for some people more liked, more loved.

A quick songfic about the relationship between Dumbledore and McGonagall.

Eugene knows everything. Creepy isn't it.``Hinted at past R/Hr``Definite H/Hr

Dedicated to all the members of the HMS Wolfstar. What do we do when memories are all we have? Can we ever move beyond the regret?

After everything, Neville Longbottom is still an outsider. That's one of the few things about him that haven't changed. He's a different person than he was - and so is Luna Lovegood.

Percy writes a letter to his youngest brother. Written for amidalashari for the LJ springtime_gen exchange.

Luna overhears the Trio making Horcrux hunting plans. She insists Harry keep in touch with those he's leaving behind and gives him a stone that her father says will allow people to communicate in their dreams. Loony Lovegood might just be the only person who can keep Harry sane.

Draco Malfoy reveals in this diary entry about how he truly feels about Harry, Ron, Hermione, and his father's wanting for him to become a Death Eater after "The Goblet of Fire". Set to Christina Aguilara's "Reflection".

Polyjuice Potion is both versatile and complex - in this essay, I've tried to put forward some information, both canon and from opinion, about some of the most popular Polyjuice rumours and questions.

"Now I'm grinding my teeth because she is laughing, her smile wide and real. And it hurts. Because he is the one making her smile." RHrR; slight mention of one-sided slash.

Three students from three different schools compete in a dangerous tournament. What will they risk to win?

Lily Evans buys a magic mirror, and is drawn in by its dark magic. Chaos ensues, and ends with a ship you'd never expect.

The deepest desire, the one craving written onto the surface of the very soul is never altruistic. It is what self is; the blueprint, the essence. Snape, Dumbledore, the Mirror of Erised, odd explanations, odd style, general oddness...

He didn't own the beloved trinket he wore around his neck; he was merely holding it for a friend.

(During Harry's second year.) Furious at how Lucius Malfoy is spreading word about the flying car incident, Arthur Weasley confronts him at the Ministry of Magic. Chaos and slash ensue. [AW/LM]

Songfic based on Chevelle's "The Red." Harry does the unthinkable. And Lucius Malfoy wants him to do it again. Not Slash. Partially Dark!Harry.

Regulus Black is R.A.B. His descent into fear, madness, and death as he continues on with his hopeless mission. Regulus was just a lion from the stars sorted into a Slytherin snake, but in the end, none of that mattered.

The celebration of Draco's birthday leads to a fight with Harry, who only wanted to share his Muggle customs.

Draco Malfoy wants to talk to Hermione about something...what on earth is he up to?

Ginny lives as a shadow of her true form. Living day to day, sullen and silent. Will she learn to feel again?

And they waltzed around the hallway, Pansy as light as air in his arms. Sometimes she seemed so frail, it was if she wasn't there at all, but she danced for him, closing her eyes and leading him through the steps so he would not falter. She was his Octavia, his Messlina. She was his, but then again, not quite. Theodore Nott/Pansy Parkinson

The Marauders take James Potter out to paint the town red on his last night as a bachelor. A pub crawl through the wizarding world leads to a foray into the seedier parts of Muggle London, and then things really go downhill when one of his friends makes a pass.

Mid-OotP. After the events in the Department of Mysteries, Harry's best friends come to an understanding of the past, the future, and each other. Minor R/Hr.

"I will remember you Will you remember me? Don’t let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories..." - "I Will Remember You", Sarah McLachlan