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Harry Potter is just coming to terms with his past when a visit to Diagon Alley raises some very dire questions. Who is this “pretty maiden” that badly needs Harry’s guiding help and in what way is she connected to the startling dreams that haunt him at night? What is the riddle that Harry comes across trying to convey? Who is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and what is her secret? As the Defense Against the Dark Arts class gets smaller and smaller, Harry is forced to answer some questions that will truly prove once and for all if he is a hero. But first Harry must confront Voldemort, save a lost kingdom, follow his heart to find true love, and solve the riddle of the Rule of Jupiter.

Minerva's POV of the night that Lily and James were killed. What if she'd gotten Harry instead of Hagrid? Slightly AU

Draco may be dying, but maybe things aren't as bad as they seem.

Padma grows up, and Parvati wants.

Severus and Hermione's relationship through the eyes of their child.

Minerva and Remus share a night of light-hearted fun. Will it turn into something more? RL/MM With our favourite couple, music, fluff, romance, and a whole lot of dancing!

Luna Lovegood wants a Christmas tree.

She always did smile too much.

Draco was trapped by a responsibility he realised he did not want. Hermione was captured by the Death Eaters just to find that Draco was one of them. Harry was having a hard time pulling himself together. How was it possible for them to find happiness? DracoHermione.

Written pre-HBP. This one-shot fic sees a confrontation between an irritated Hermione and a rather willing-to-be-confessional Ron after another fight over the Viktor issue. (Ron/Hermione)

"...I glance to the side, where I know Draco is, and I see he's leaned forward, mask pulled down so he can watch more intently. His face is impassive, but his Adam's apple bobs erratically with each spastic breath– he's afraid. Afraid the Dark Lord will, in one way or another, rob him of this precious thing." -- Bellatrix observes the induction ceremonies of the new Death Eaters. Hints of B/V, B/L, L/N, D/G, T/G.

An H/D songfic from Harry's PoV, slightly angsty, implications of....things. The song is Everybody's Fool by EvaneScence

How do you permanently defeat Dementors? A memory they bring Hermione shows her the way. Songfic to the Ode to Joy.

Hermione Granger once loved Draco Malfoy. Burdened and heartbroken by his absence, she reflects on happier times, and what brought her to such a low.

Events drastically turn when the pureblood squib finds her only weapon in the dangerous magical world: an unfinished prophecy. And so she must set out on a quest that Harry Potter's own life depends on.

Tom Riddle has no memory of his mother. He knows only three things about her.

As Harry's birthdays fly by, we see a Harry distraught by the world around him and what he believes he's done to the world. He attempts to cope with his problems, but are they too much for him to handle? This is a rather ironic songfic on the words to the "Happy Birthday" song. Sadness comes along for a ride...

The date is the 22nd April. In three days time, Hermione and Draco's lives will be changed forever.

'His bones ached in the chill of the dungeon--he'd never noticed it before, this insidious, almost-comfortable chill, prickling like the breath of a Dementor.' Severus Snape remembers. Implied slash.

Hermione finds herself alone after the Death Eaters ravage and maimed... except for one mysterious blond-haired boy.

Helen Corana Levine is lost, abandoned, confused and hopeless. But a suicide attempt is interrupted by the most unlikely of people - and Helen finds herself in the most unlikely of places. What is this place called Hogsmeade? How is it that magic can really exist? It all seems impossible - until Helen meets a wolf in sheep's clothing: Remus Lupin, both her savior and her curse. But despite bad first impressions, Remus and Helen have a destiny to fulfill... amends must be made for terrible mistakes made centuries ago, and that have been too long forgotten under the pressure of time.

What else did Hermione smell in Slughorn's dungeon during HBP? What was so embarassing that she refused to say it out loud? Could it have to do with Ron perhaps? R/Hr

A Slytherin girl speaks up against Draco Malfoy, the hero of the House, with violent repercussions.

Harry and Ginny have had a long and happy marriage, until the moment came where the truth just wouldn't stay a secret any longer. With this secret came much sorrow and pain. You get to live that pain through the words of this tale. It's a tale of sinful endeavors and how it has affected the people involved.

A short attempt in the portrayal of deathbed mourning.

Ron reaches his limit.

Peter never felt guilty about betraying Lily and James. He does, though, when he sees their memories in the graveyard. The graveyard scene out of GoF through Peter's eyes.

Harry is comatose, Hermione and Ron aren’t much help, and Draco isn’t sure about anything anymore. [Harry/Draco]

Sequel to 'Red as Blood' -``'“You don’t belong with them, Ginny,” her father said, whispering. It looked like he was in pain. Some of the blood, Draco thought, belongs probably to him. Or maybe he was just in pain over the fact that his beloved daughter wanted to kill them? Draco shook his head. It didn’t matter. Not to him. Only she mattered to him.'

A rainy day in the Potter household, not unlike any other.

The Fat Lady has a nice chat with a stranded Gryffindor. Have you ever wondered about the pink-silk-dressed guardian of Gryffindor Tower? Here is a (small) part of her story.

A new exchange student arrives from Beauxbatons, and has everyone (especially Harry) thinking...

Remus is outed by an unexpected kiss, and Sirius reacts as many straight flatmates would. Accusations, high emotions, and the breaking of several small objects ensue. A co-authored fic, ten weeks in the writing.

Severus Snape is an intelligent man, a brilliant man. Nothing he has learned in a textbook, however, can prepare him to cope with his role in the death of Sirius Black. SS/AD. Slash. Companion to “Somnus Misellus."

While Voldemort has not made any threats on Harry’s life since the TriWizard Tournament three years ago, now, three of Voldemort's most infamous followers are slowly causing chaos. The Dark Lord himself starts to prepare his successor to take his place, which wouldn't be such a shock... except that when his successor is revealed to be Harry Potter’s twin brother, everything everyone thought they knew is thrown out the window... Spies, double agents, polyjuice potions, snogging sessions, and more, are plentiful in the Trio’s last year. H/G later on... as well as a bunch of other couples.

Yet another take on the Whomping Willow incident.

Everything still smells like Sirius...

Everyone thinks it was a mistake to put Tris, Quinn, Basil, and Oliver in Hufflepuff. Was the sorting hat correct? Usually Hufflepuffs are shy and not very outgoing but these four? There was no where else to put them. Courgage, cunning and clevernss came to the four through each other. The loyalty they showed pushed them together. Join them as they find out something about themselves that will push their friendship even farther.

Remus sits at the table, an unfinished chess game before him. He and Sirius had been playing the game before Sirius had died... He reflects back to the day the Potters died, and even back to just before they married. He remembers... Songfic to Faith Hill's You're Still Here.

Ophelia Lane is the hugest, hottest rock star on the planet and Harry, Hermione and Ron get to see her in the flesh.

Why I did it? Why did I turn? Why did I turn when I had the best friends anyone could ever have? When I had a bright future? One reason.

Chicago. 1944. Severus Snape is a private detective, hardened by his service as a cop and now in his new line of business. Remus Lupin is a hardened criminal, Snape's arch-nemesis. But what truly happened between the 16 year old versions of these men in the summer of 1929? ~AU Film-Noir fic, Potterverse style.~

Draco has been acting very strangely, but one night with one girl may bring it all to an end. DM/LL.

During his conversation with Harry after returning from the Ministry, Dumbledore thinks about his mistakes, his emotions, his failures, and Harry's ability to feel. In Harry’s deliverance from indifference and guilt, is Dumbledore's redemption...

Based on Christian Hans Anderson's The Little Mermaid (not the Disney version), in which Draco learns that sometimes, all you need is love. Slash, HP/DM, HP/BZ. Angst ahead.

"...it wasn't so hard to remember that what Remus loved most in this world was flying." James/Remus/Sirius.

Lavender Brown-Weasley reflects on one afternoon. This is her reflection on an afternoon that changed all of their lives. Forever.

Severus Snape, a former Death Eater, reflects on his past and a past lost love.

Ron looks back and tries to forget... until someone reminds him it's not forgetting that's good, it's remembering...

Just what did happen when Neville worked up the courage to ask Hermione to the Yule Ball? And what will the girl who always knows what to say do when words are no longer enough?

Set in nineteenth century England, Harry, an overconfident young man of his early twenties, sets off on a mission to rid the world of the deadliest evil. His path starts and ends with Draco, an opulent Victorian aristocrat with a sadistic streak a mile long and an infinity wide. Harry and Draco accidentally learn what it's like to love and hate in the most complicated tangle of human emotion. Later, they suffer from the effects of such actions that, not only destroy themselves, disrupt the realms of time, space, society and sanity.

"Pig’s fluttering around like an idiot. And hooting. It’s really hard to pay attention." But his owl gives Ron the chance to reflect on the Ministry break-in. Who knew that a gift and its giver could be so alike? One-shot.

During the first night of her final year at Hogwarts, Ginny reflects about the past.

In Azkaban, a prisoner goes slowly insane, unable to remember who he is. He grasps at his forgotten identity and at memories he cannot understand as the Dementors feed on his frustrations.

James is suspicious (and jealous!) of his two friends, ``and decides to see if they are up anything late at night. (Remus/Sirius, one-sided James/Remus)

'Harry had a habit of keeping things he shouldn't.' That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.

Malfoy is drawing on the walls, Ron supports him in his artistic endeavours, Harry tries to play the hero, Hermione wants to be the hero, Fred and George go to the library, and chaos ensues! All thanks to that one little Plot Bunny... [Semi-crackfic]

James, Sirius, Remus, and Remus's girlfriend Rebecca set up a prank during an awards ceremony that they deem will be the best joke Hogwarts has ever seen.

Sirius watches Peter as he tries to convince James to use Peter as the Secret Keeper. The night the Potters die, Sirius vows for vengance. The confrontation in the alley, and being led away to Azkaban. All in Sirius' point of view.````A parrallel to The Sin We Share.

After Sirius falls through the veil, he struggles to find his way back to the other side, not knowing if he's dead or alive. Along the way he meets a strange companion, Nizi, prophet of the fairies, and discovers the art of travelling to other worlds voluntarily, of which the first is a dream world. There meetings of old friends and new enemies are not near the impossible. Acceptance of what is is what Sirius learns, but that never stops him from trying to change it!

Tom visits his mother's grave and reminisces.

Percy likes authority figures very, very much. Percy/Fudge.

Ginny Weasley reflects on the paths her life has taken.

Harry is out of clean socks, so he pops off to the laundromat, where he runs into his arch-nemesis Voldemort! Is Voldemort waiting there to kill Harry? Or is he just doing his laundry? Will black always be in style?

A reaction fic to the death in Order of the Phoenix. Harry looks back on his memories and wonders what's to come.

A timeless story of love and…stuff. A new spin on Jack Spratt and reality, among other things.

"Remus Lupin was lying awake in bed, on his back with his arms folded under his pillow. It was nearly midnight and he had not managed to shut his eyes for a single minute. He thought everybody around him must have been asleep and it was driving him crazy to know that he surely was the only one still awake."``What could be considered as a quick sequel to my other fic, My Immortal.

Harry is back at Hogwarts, but everything is going wrong. What's really happening, and why are Ron and Hermione being so different? Why are they crying? H/Hr, Hr/R.

Harry sees that Blaise is slowly killing Draco, but he understands nothing. Gift-fic for Ali-chan.

Harry and Severus continue their relationship and Harry comes out to his friends with very interesting consequences.

On the run from Death Eaters, Cho Chang encounters the last person she'd ever expected to see again. One thing leads to another, and Cho comes face-to-face with the ghosts of her past. How much will she sacrifice to go back in time, even for just one night?

A Death Eater reminisces about her childhood and the changes in later life. Written for the Unexpected Task challenge: \\

Pansy hates that she's thought of as a whore. She just wants to be accepted by others. Especially the one she loves, Draco. One-shot fic. Pansy’s POV.

In September of 1981, a month after they broke up, Remus is playing a guitar and remembering how he and Sirius got together and how they were torn apart.

Ginny Weasley was a normal girl. The key word being 'was'. This is what really happened between Ginny and Tom and it isn't what Harry thinks. Slight one-way Ginny/Tom.

Harry has a dream that seems so real that he doesn't want to let go.

What drives Severus Snape? A short character study.

What is worse, to remember nothing or to remember everything? The war is over and Severus and Bellatrix are living their hell.

Remus Lupin is 25 years old and going nowhere fast. Until he meets an unusual old man, and confronts his past, with mixed results. Remus/Sirius friendship story (sort of) - read it if you're interested in what Remus did during those 'lost' years.

What would you do if the only thing you could do is flee or fight?````If you had to survive against armed assassins with only your broom? ````And to make it worse, it's all in someone's little game....

It was Friday evening. The calming warmth, which drifted in through the open windows was usual for this time of year. It was also usual at this time of day to find me, Hermione Granger, in the dusty library, usually poring over a dusty book, reading some information to help for the usual Potions essay. I usually spent evenings alone in the library, but unusually, sitting opposite me was the object of my affections, the red-headed wonder, Ronald Weasley.

Narcissa reflects on the past, on the days when her son was still innocent and her part in changing him.

Alicia Spinnet is doing some research about Rowena Ravenclaw for a History of Magic homework when she stumbles upon a diary. It is the beginning of a trail into the past, showing her a story of hatred, desertion, loyalty and love that she had never before imagined, and the history which underlies the Wizarding World.

Insanity and torture. A delve into the sadistic tendencies we know a certain Malfoy must have.

There's more to the Interruptions Saga, as it's come to be known. But, things are not what they seem! The marauders and Lily show you some of their most embarrassing moments, including James and Lily's wedding disaster. There is also a bit of rambling, but that's purely my fault for not editing what was said. This is your last chance to learn the further secrets of the marauders! Enter at your own peril!

Draco reflects on his last weeks at Hogwarts and makes unexpected friends of the Boy Who Lived.

A group of Muggle girls are going to the Muggle show Survivor. During a storm and someone nearly dying, the group of Hogwarts Students are forced to settle down on the same island.

Neville tried standing up for himself and what he thought was right. All he got was a Full Body Bind from the people he thought were his friends.

Companion fic to Fire but also a stand-alone. "I have to admit he was sublime. A slug, yes, but sublime. He was spoiled, rich, snobbish, and a future Death Eater. Everyone knew it, and they either detested him or worshipped him for it. I knew he was evil, oh, yes, everyone know Draco Malfoy was evil. But he had smooth skin, robes that were trimmed with silver although it wasn’t really allowed, and hair so blond it looked silver. Then he had those eyes, those cold, gray, icy eyes that could swallow you whole. At least, they swallowed me. "

In order to save her child, a mother has to sacrifice her own life. These are her thoughts, as she approaches the end...

It was a bittersweet love, wasn’t it? When you were alone and could pretend that he really loved you, but was too scared to admit it, it was heaven. But when you went back into the real world, just for a glimpse of him, you knew it wasn’t so. He loved her.

Virginia creeper: native woody vine of the grape family, tall growing and popular as a wall covering in the temperate United States. It has blue-black berries and clings by disk-tipped tendrils, some branches hanging free in graceful festoons. The five-fingered leaves—brilliant yellow to red in the fall—are sometimes confused with the three-fingered poison ivy. ``````A boy fighting for the lives of all he knows and cares for--and a great many he doesn't. A girl trying to make her way in a new and unfamiliar world. An ancient magic binding them both. And above it all, a darkness surrounding the home they have grown to know and love, drawing ever closer, threatening not only them but all around them.

Several years ago, Draco Malfoy was sent to Azkaban from the cause of a certain Miss Weasley. But now he's back for revenge and will stop at no means to finish what he started. But time is running out. Emotions are churning. Anxiety and suspicions run high. The Dark Lord is waiting.

"She stared at her reflection in the mirror and tried to imagine the girl she’d been back then, or even before that. She couldn’t. It was like trying to imagine an imaginary friend she hadn’t pretended to see since she was six. As far as her mind was concerned, that girl no longer existed, and she hadn’t even been real. But that girl had existed. She knew it, because she had been that girl..."

Filch. He's mean. He's cruel. He's, overall, quite unintelligent. He collects Technicolor Kitten Plates. So what happens when he meets another mean, cruel, quite unintelligent, Technicolor Kitten Plate collector? Read and find out!!!

She hated her sister. Perfect Lily with perfect friends and perfect grades and perfect everything. And her, left behind.

A fire doesn't always kill-sometimes it can even refine a person's destiny. Founders' era fic.

Your favorite girls are back again! This time it's Halloween and the girls have more than a few tricks up their sleeves...

Hermione reflects on life as a Muggle-born witch.

Remus takes Harry to Godric's Hollow, in memory of Sirius.