The first time Dante met his son, the runt stole his pizza. The second time he had half the police force of Capulet East after him. The third time he saved the Kid's life and got a kick to the face. This time, he was determined to introduce himself.

Dante was a lot of things: a gambler, a drinker, a lover, a fighter. But if there was one thing he was not, and never intended to be, it was the personal guard of a little kid. But how could he say no when those blue eyes were as haunted as his own?

WIP. Harry makes a different choice in King's Cross and is given the double edged gift of a second chance. Time Travel AU, DH canon.

She didn't have need for an assassin, but she couldn't very well reject the gift without angering the Serkonos regency. They were a traditional people with a traditional mind. She'd have to work around it. (A take on how Corvo Attano came to be the Royal Protector and the object of Jessamine's heart.) CorvoXJessamine mute!Corvo

Hiccup didn't see the point in stopping Astrid as she ran off towards his village—towards his father—with his most desperately protected secret. He was leaving anyway. A coming-of-age tale. Deviates from movie. Borderline bromantic-comedy.

After the war, Iroh retired to Ba Sing Se. Retired; yeah, right... There's another reason why he didn't become the Fire Lord, and it's got nothing to do with jasmine or ginseng.

Dragon's fire is not so easily extinguished; when Zuko rediscovers a lost firebending technique, shifting flames can shift the world... Follows "Theft Absolute".

Snippets of life, mostly centered around Cloud. Compilation compliant. Cloti. Het. Not told in chronological order and updated when I feel like it and/or have something to post.

aka Why Hollow/Quincy/Shinigami Flatshares Are a Bad Idea. Mostly filler-free! Now with 100% fewer moths! Beta'd by Love Psycho. #45: A Brief Interlude, a.k.a. I ATEN'T DEAD.

AU During his fourth year, Harry begins to feel that something is Not Right. He studies incessantly and when Voldemort is resurrected, he knows of a spell that can get rid of the monster forever . . . unfortunately, there are side-effects . . .

Loki had every intention of wreaking havoc upon Midgard the moment his suicide attempt had failed, it was just too bad that Midgard ended up being so distracting. Who knew that such a primitive society would have such a novel concept as therapy?

Two-Shot. His mother is gone. His uncle is missing. And Zuko runs for his very life.

Morgana will kill Arthur unless Emrys reveals himself. So he does.

Governmental contracts usually go to the lowest bidder. Even in galaxies far, far away. And, here or there, you get what you pay for.

The truth was nowhere near as cleansing as he'd come to believe.

Desmond wakes up a captive of some strange lab experiment looking through these strange memories of an ancestor of his named Altair ibn La-Ahad. Rated for Desmond's mouth and Altair's violence.

Because people asked for more Veers/Piett interaction. With the occasional side of Vader.

Young Harry liked numbers, he liked using numbers and working out the value of things. When he found out that he was a wizard and had a big pile of gold... well, he had something new to calculate. oneshot, complete, don't own.

On a reluctant mission of beneficent grave robbery, Merlin finds Ygraine's tomb and stops for a one-sided conversation.

Uchiha Mikoto takes the hand of an outcast child, and with it rewrites the destiny of her clan. AU. *SEQUEL UP*

Ozai sent Zuko to serve in the Home Guard, rather than risk Iroh's influence with Zuko roaming the world looking for the Avatar. When love for family comes to be at odds with love for people, however, one or the other must break.

Series of one-shots with various pairings, themes, and maybe the occasional crossover. First chapter: Generations - Sometimes, one can't help but wonder if turning his sword into an interdimensional key wasn't Sparda's brightest idea.

How can you have time to ponder a name you don't remember when the world is crashing down all around you? An interpretation of the first mission in the game.

A frozen kid in a locked room on a navy base. The NCIS team think they have seen it all, but this time the case might just prove them wrong.

What if Drusilla took her interrogation of Giles too far? What if he was killed & turned, but the Scoobies got to him in time to return his soul? Can the gang keep it together with their world upside down? AU post Becoming P2.

[One Shot - Based on 'The Fifth Act'] He marched through the hallways purposefully, his mind focused on one goal. One person. It was probably Not A Good Idea... and that was putting it mildly.

[One Shot - Based on 'The Fifth Act'] On Cloud's suggestion, Vincent takes Sephiroth to see Lucrecia. What they did not expect was to get a surprise visitor... or two.

Things change really fast when certain parties get their frail human hands on a weapon. A silly one-shot.

On the Modeoheim mission, Zack noted strange wisps of mako green light near that trooper who just might turn out to be new good friend. One-shot with a dash of temporal manipulation.

The title says it all: Dante and Patty watching movies at Devil May Cry while it rains. Patty should have guessed that Dante would make comments about the movies. Rated T for one or two curse words.

Episode Rewrite Challenge: Firefury said it wasn't enough to just criticize an episode. Why not make it better? Here's my attempt to revise a flawed episode that had huge potential.

1943. AU It was supposed to be Tom Riddle's sixth year at Hogwarts. A few more months then he would 17 and be free of the Muggle World forever. No one expected that he would be drafted. Grindelwald's campaign doesn't seem as righteous as it did before.

In which Malik and Kadar's first mission together involves annoying archers, bad French, awful plans gone questionably right, and an obvious use of a thesaurus.

Or, Why Sir Leon Isn't Dead. Whenever the subject of Leon's propensity towards living is brought up, everyone in the household gets shifty eyed and twitchy. Is it skill? Luck? Magic? No, of course not, magic's illegal, don't be ridiculous…

Disciplinary duty takes a turn for the surreal when General Sephiroth uses Cadet Strife for his personal errand boy. However, when Cloud starts to notice something wrong with the General, he takes it upon himself to do more than just scrub the ceilings.

Complete - After Al Mualim's death, Malik struggles to run the Order.

Harry returns to Privet Drive after 4th year and finds it...empty! What do you do when you can't go to your friends for help? Additional Story Notes FYI: a. AU Summer before Fifth Year Fic, b. Not particularly fast paced.

After a lot of hard work, Danny and company finally reach the end of their journey. But is it really? Perhaps its just the start of something new.

Why do you hate me so much?" With a scoff, the hollow gave Ichigo the obvious response: The King was weak. But deep inside, he knew the real answer. "Because you betrayed my trust in you... aibou..." Full story of Ichigo’s hollow. The true reason why.

Dumbledore gives Harry an offer he can't refuse. A year at Hogwarts without constant whispering, life-threatening situations, or Voldemort. How? By taking a trip to when Marauders were still faithful and 16. !Um, make that one out of three!

One-shot. After Avalanche tries to blow up the Sector 5 Reactor, Cloud starts getting messages from a mysteriously well-informed stranger on his PHS.

Cloud has an accident with a Time materia. There are people to save, and for that, some people need to die.

Uchiha Itachi hadn't planned for this possibility, but then, if he'd had his way, he would be dead. How this had happened was a useless question. What mattered was, what would he do now? To be or not to be... It all hinged on his choices. Time travel.

-Stories want to end. They don't care what happens next. Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad.- On the other hand, I do and I speculate. And then I write. A collection of after AC snippets of mostly Cloud, Tifa, Marlene and Denzel. Completed: 19th Aug

Denzel and Marlene give Cloud gifts on a seemingly nondescript Sunday, and he has no idea why. As always, Tifa is there to enlighten him. Post Advent Children.

Shortly before the Penn Station incident, Alex Mercer takes a rather long walk and considers his situation. Pre-game, if you've read my other fics you know what to expect in terms of writing style. Might not be everyone's cup of tea.

Desmond, and becoming Altair.

In the wake of Midgar's destruction, Rufus remembers a brother who was never truly his. Rufus, Lazard, Complete

Hufflepuff is the house of the leftovers, the losers, the forgotten. Well, Tom Riddle thinks, it's time to change that.

Zack has returned, not from the dead, but from hiding. Cloud is relieved to see the old friend he had to keep swearing was dead, but Tifa and the others don’t quite get what’s going on… No slash.

The man before her was familiar and that hurt her above all else. Now, she learns even that familiarity may have been a lie. A different take on the whole Vergil-Nero relationship. Two-shot.

Making enemies is as easy as breathing, making amends is far more difficult. Reeve, Rufus, Turks. Gen.

Rufus, the future, and the ruins of Midgar. Rufus, Turks. Gen.

Five things Gus keeps alphabetized

Some records are better left unbroken ...

When a Marine goes missing, his twin brother comes to NCIS looking for help. Then things get weird.

A six year old Sasuke wakes from a nightmare...but Itachi wouldn't really kill the clan, right? As for Naruto, well, maybe he won't be so alone...this time around.

Zuko and Jin are strong enough to attempt to lead normal lives in Ba Sing Se, and strong enough to fight when the time comes.

After the Forest of Death Naruto tries to get Kakashi to train him. But Kakashi has to train Sasuke, so how does he get out of this without hurting his students feelings... too much?

Kyrie deals with grief, thinks about the Devil Bringer, and begins anew. NeroxKyrie

Cloud winds up in an outfit he swore he would never wear again. Crossdressing. Everyone/Cloud.

Memories bleed across time and space, and Desmond is remembering things he shouldn't.

He's dying, and Jerusalem is going dark. Desmond and Altair and the blurring line between the worlds.

There are times when he wakes that he doesn't know if his mind is in the right body. Ingame. Hints of Cloti if you're biased toward them. Gen if not. Oneshot.

There's a missing code, and a missing mathematician, and a missing agent. Can the NCIS and FBI find them before it's too late? Story complete.

Angeal really hates summer in Midgar.

Look at you, you think you've got it so damn hard!" Tifa had no idea.... What happened the night Cloud left Seventh Heaven.

It’s a sweltering hot summer in Edge, and during a trip to the store with Denzel, Cloud comes up with a plan to beat the heat; one that involves water guns. --Oneshot. Some Cloud/Tifa--

There’s nothing quite like the sound of bullets entering flesh. Crisis Core end scene fic. Sometimes it's better not to remember the details of your forgotten memories.

She could hear him screaming, "I am here because I am this girl's bodyguard, made mighty by testosterone, and never will I wear women's clothes." Slices of sector six and Aerith's thoughts as she and Cloud plan to infiltrate the Don's mansion.

Zack is forced to get a haircut despite his best efforts of avoidance. Real entertainment's hard to come by in a ShinRa-dominated city after all. That's where Zack comes in. Non-yaoi *gasp*

AU one-shot set after sixth year. Harry confronts Voldemort with an alternate reason for some of the Dark's Lord's failures, and offers to help him out, for a price.

Why Sephiroth, Genesis and Angeal don't eat in the Shinra cafeteria anymore. Crack fic. Extremely short.

In hiding on Dagobah, the Lars family aquires a holocom. There are unintended consequences. AU oneshot. Humor.

The tragic tale of Anakin Skywalker from the eyes of an often overlooked character: the Force.

When Cloud Strife is taken to Galbadia, he is forced into a job he swore never to do again. His mission? To assassinate Sorceress Rinoa. Squall won't be pleased about that...

New wounds can reveal old scars. Set shortly after the Soul Society arc.

One Shot. Zack has a special scheme in mind for keeping Cloud and his loved ones safe from Jenova, and being deceased isn't going to stop him. No way. Post-Advent Children.

A collection of 100 short stories and drabbles, ranging from gooey to creepy, K through T. See chapter 1 for a list of stories, summaries, genres, and ratings.

In which more is learned about Chaos and his relationship with the world in general and two people in particular. Warning: rough seas, cuteness, cuddling, and general oddity dead ahead. Whales to starboard. Confused Vincent off the port bow.

Of fighting and an incident that never again shall be spoken of. Vergil-centric.

The most unlikely hero imaginable inadvertently saves the galaxy from evil dominion and oppression. And Luke thought it had to be hard… ROTJ ends just a bit differently.

Luke Skywalker, battered and bruised after his collision with destiny on Bespin, is called upon by the Alliance for a desperate rescue mission that goes horribly wrong. There's only one person who can save him: his father. Shameless Luke & Vader. COMPLETE

With friends - and family, like Sephiroth, who needs enemies? Not Cloud, that's for sure.

Most great discoveries are not made on purpose. You try to find a way to India and end up in the Caribbean. An apple falls on your head and the theory of gravity is born. Harry Potter's discovery was equally accidental. And equally important.

Walking around in a seedy weapon shop, Cloud never expected to be hit with a wave of nostalgia for his old days as a Shinra cadet. Drabble. Advanced critique appreciated!

Pre game fic. Vincent Valentine returns to the world of the living earlier than expected, awoken by two small children from Nibelheim who couldn't resist poking about in the abandoned mansion.

What Zuko learns at the Western Air Temple, whether he wants to or not. Spoilers through 313.

Crisis Core fic. Angeal would’ve liked to say he knew straight away, but in truth it was a few months after he first saw the new bunch of cadets that he realised. Fair certainly did look a lot like his mother.

Crisis Core. Zack awakens in Aerith's church with her sleeping on top of him and wonders how he got there. Not smutty. ZackAerith.

Photographs are little stands against the flow of time. They preserve a moment, a face, a smile that will never be seen again. Cloud finds a picture of Zack, the man who was once his best friend, and reflects on what he actually remembers about him.

Nero's encounter with demonic forces in Mitis Forest left him injured, but what else did it leave him with? A pre-DMC4 story going into more depth about Nero and his relationship with the Devil Bringer.

Harry/Dursleys. The right way to ruin children.

The night after the events of “The Western Air Temple” finds two characters who don’t get along but feel compelled to try to understand each other nonetheless. Zuko and Katara, not a romance or a friendship, but not exactly enemies. Coda for episode 3x12

The weak and the broken do not lead.

Toph's life as a blind girl, beginning with her birth and ending with her joining the Avatar. FINISHED!

What if Aeris found unexpected help before Zack broke out? AU.

Series of drabbles. Aperture Science wants to give Gordon cake.

Harry goes back through time and becomes his younger self. The discovery that Lily was a Changeling Child switched with the Evans' real child at birth leads him back to his inhuman roots.

Oneshot. It would never have occurred to Barret that there were people behind those uniforms.

A series of in depth analytical essays about different controversial or vague topics in the Danny Phantom Universe. This update's topic: An analysis of what Phantom Planet tells us in regards to the future and how it sums up the series as a whole.

Oneshot: It’s amazing how much grief a tiny, insignificant, inanimate object, such as a broken materia, can cause Sephiroth when in the right conditions.... Such as getting roped into helping Zack attempt, keyword here attempt, cooking.

ONESHOT. Takes place after Infinite Realms. Jack shows Danny a family heirloom...

Cloud must win a race at Gold Saucer to clear their names and escape Corel Prison beneath the huge resort... But can he?

ObiWan lost the duel on Mustafar, but instead of dying, he finds himself on a ship leaving Tatooine, with his old Master and a familiar young boy. As events begin to unfold, can he stop the future he knows from occuring? TPM AU, ObiAniQui bonding, DONE!

AWE SPOILERS – Assumptions. People made all kinds of assumptions. About duty, responsibility, roles and Curses. Especially about curses.

A few years postAC. Cloud, children and chocobos. Gen, slow and peaceful kind of fluff. COMPLETE.

Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of your very own DANNY PHANTOM unit! To have your HALFGHOST HERO up and running at maximum efficiency, please read the following instructions.

It was difficult to raise the child of the galaxy's most renowned Jedi Knight. They were always conviced he could have taught them better. A series of vignettes about Luke and Leia from the points of view of Owen, Beru, Breha, Bail, and others.

Maddie contemplates all that has happened to her family during the recent crisis and what the future may bring. OneShot. WARNING: Contains Spoilers for Phantom Planet You have been warned!

Luke Skywalker, hero of the Alliance, needs a new hand. Problem is, he first needs to get his insurance to cover it.

He was him, and yet he was someone so completely different that is seemed there was no possible way for them to have once been the same person. Shirosaki, i.e. Hichigo, from his first moments of consciousness.

Someone's using Anakin Skywalker's bank accounts five years after his 'death' in the Jedi Purges. Can two intrepid financial agents figure out why?

As a new Master, ObiWan is asked to keep a journal for the first six weeks of training.

A Jedi Padawan is lost 3,000,000 lightyears from home and his Master wants him back. If I gave away any more, this would be ruined, but it's a crossover. And it's ridiculously funny as an idea.

After duelling Darth Vader on Bespin, Luke thinks about the father he never knew. A vignette from Luke's point of view.

The mutant telepathic attack on the world's population in XMen: United has some unusual repercussions at PrincetonPlainsboro. House and Xmen crossover.

Gordon and Barney set out on an epic journey to fix what they have wronged... and for headcrabs.

Early one morning, Danny picks up the mail and is astonished to find a very surprising letter.

A meeting with Danny Phantom gets Maddie thinking about his nature and his relationship to her son. Oneshot.

The Ultimate Challenge. A test of will, skill and... Endurance.

I know it's a silly question, but, come on! You've thought about it, haven't you? Haven't you? My first HalfLife fic.

Gordon Freeman was very confused. [Oneshot]

Phantom is on the roof of City Hall studying for a test and doesn't notice Val sneak up until she is inches from him. Will she finally be able to destroy him?

Harry has to explain what happened last night to Headmaster Dumbledore.

ONESHOT. Kwan's walking home one night had had a ghostly encounter and gets to some thinking. Yea you heard me! A Kwan fic! How many of THOSE do you see arround here huh? Yea, I thought so...

Tony doesn't become team leader overnight. First, they have all have to watch movies, develop new neuroses, and make flowcharts.

Iruka is known among teachers for being able to spot a prodigy without ever having seen them fight, and everyone has their own theories on how he does it.

Short crossover. Enjoy.

A mission goes horribly wrong and ObiWan finds himself taking shelter in a castle full of women devoted to... wait, who? Inspired by the Monty Python Castle Anthrax scene, and contains Obi, Ani, and a whole lot of fangirls. COMPLETE!

In an attempt to get revenge on Dash, Danny throws a fastball that the coach of the baseball team witnesses. Now the coach will do anything to get Danny to join the team...and when Danny joins, he becomes the best pitcher the team's had in years!

Sequel to Playground Philosophy. Maddie and Jack have their little discussion. Do you think it goes smoothly? Remember, this is JACK FENTON we're talking about.

Maddie finds more than she barganed for when she takes off on a solo hunt for the ghost boy.

While digging through an old chest, Tifa's grandchildren unearth a 60 year old photo of their Grandmother, Aunt Aeris, and some beautiful nameless woman. And poor Tifa can't stop the laughter.

10 WORST Things...but the title is pretty much self explanatory. Just picture Cloud trying to write one of these for school. XD

A pregnant Maddie Fenton is tinkering with some gadgets in the lab when she has an accident. Tragedy occurs...or does it really? Oneshot.

Just shy of his second year, Danny learns of a custom meant to honor the day each ghost first entered the next world. Now the great Danny Phantom must face a throng of well meaning ghosts and somehow survive their gifts with his secret and sanity intact

Casper High's new psychiatrist has some interesting interviews ahead of him.

It's hard getting through the funeral of a loved one... especially when he's whispering rude comments in your ear.

Vincent, meet Marlene.

Mace Windu makes a critical decision in the Chancellor's Office that changes the outcome of the entire SW saga. Note: This story starts from a point in Matthew Stover's RotS novelization and borrows heavily, at times, from the text in that book.

Barret remembers his reason for voting yes to Mako. Drabbly.

Cloud discovers that there is really such a thing as being too pretty for one's own good. [nonspoilery postAC ficlet, humor, slight TsengxCloud]

Chad thinks Ichigo's dad is a shinigami. Ichigo thinks Chad is crazy. Oneshot, not serious at all.

Really, where is the harm in asking?

Karin worries after Ichigo leaves her behind in his room.

Come hell or high water, he would stick to the Plan. Naruto swore it on his blood.

Tucker's account of his friend's first flight.

Lots of people have postulated that Naruto's good at financial planning. Let's follow that thought a little farther into the future.

An accident reveals an old deception, and Darth Vader must make a decision that will change not only his life. AU

[postAC] It was just another day at the Seventh Heaven. The kids were home from school and Cloud was out at work... or was he? A phone call might make the family crumble... or at least harass Tifa for a day.

Luke Skywalker finds a mysterious object in the Lars homestead garage.Oneshot.

Gee, Challenges, I don't know. Xander goes to LA—Angel Investigations, specifically—to apologize to Angel. Xander should know by now no good deed goes unpunished.

Just what the title implies. Anakin lays down a few rules, inspired by two sources. One, SG 1's fic about borrowing Daniel. And crazyundeadfairy's Obi Wan's rules for dealing with Anakin. R and R. I don't bite.

Guidelines for Working Alongside My Former Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, as composed by ObiWan Kenobi.

An Umbridgebashing fic. Professor Trelawney is about to be sacked by the High Inquisitor, but refuses to leave. And a seer can be very tricky to nail down...

A Vincent oneshot. Sitting in the Mideel clinic watching Cloud battle Mako poisoning, he notices the similarity between the two of them, and their personal struggles.

Celestial Requiem sidestory. A tough New York private investigator is on the hunt for writer Harrison Evans, alias Harry Potter. She's determined to get him and close the case, even if it takes a little bit violence to get her point across.

A ROTJ Missing Scene that takes place between Luke and Vader on the docking bay of the Death Star, right before the Dark Lord takes his son before the Emperor.

Jack does some thinking after Million Dollar Ghost.

An Imperial officer almost has something to talk about.

Sparda holds his newborn son for the first time.

After rescuing a train from Doc Ock's attack, Peter Parker found himself unmasked and indebted to those he had just saved. 4 months later, a train passenger again crosses paths with the young hero. Based on events from SpiderMan 2. Author's update, April 2016 : I'm on Archive Of Our Own now. Search for "katherynefromphilly". You'll find me. :)

Cid's first thoughts on meeting up with AVALANCHE. Drabble. POV.

Harry Potter discovers a way to defeat Voldemort, but in order to do so he must leave his friends behind and embark on a quest that will lead him to a world not his own. Please RR

In this beginning, the Web-Slinger had a few things to learn about protecting his city-and his city had a few things to learn about him! COMPLETE!

An introspective narrative dealing with the complex and subtle nature of the blanket scenario told, sadly, in low burlesque.

Harry, much more cynical and worn from 5th year, wants to be heard without discrimination. He wants to learn how to deal with Voldemort on his own, being the best that he can be without conforming society's mold for him. Enter the writer, Harrison Evans

Cid has joined the party and the group has just fled from Rocket Town. They find themselves on the shore of Wutai.

Obi Wan and Qui Gon had to meet somehow, right? My version of their unusual meeting. When the Force fails to show these dense Jedi that they belong together, Yoda's stick stepps in. A lighthearted drama with a small touch of humor and compassion.

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan return from a mission to discover they seem to have set a precedent for arriving at the Jedi Temple.

Luke dreams of a life beyond Tatooine, but he has things to learn first.

One day, someone asked the nagging question that has plagued SW fans for years: can stormtroopers actually hit a target? Read on for more details

While Vader searches for the pilot who destroyed the Death Star Luke, Han, and Chewbacca head to Ord Mantell on a mission for the Alliance which quickly goes sour.

Obi-Wan devises a test to teach Anakin trust