As the unwitting personification of Death, reality exists to Lily through the veil of a backstage curtain, a transient stage show performed by actors who take their roles only too seriously. But as the Girl-Who-Lived, Lily's role to play is the most important of all, and come hell or high water play it she will, regardless of how awful Wizard Lenin seems to think she is at her job.

Never underestimate the power of good advice. A few wise words into a pair of young ears leads a young would-be ninja to a decision; the Leaf will recognise him, but not as the fox... now separate from Win Some, Lose Some!

Hatake Kakashi was a shinobi, and as a shinobi, the only people who could give him orders were his military superiors. The idea that a Council made up of civilians and peers was under the impression they could give him orders...displeased him. Or: He was ordered to pass Team 7. He was fine with that, until they actually passed.

Haruno Sakura. Status: Clinically insane, if the floating eggs and sparkling children are to be considered. Wherever the hell she is, it's certainly not in the Five Elemental Nations anymore. (crack of sort).

Emiya Kiritsugu was happy living the rest of his short days. He had put his past behind him... until he began to dream of futures that had yet to be. Let it be known that the Magus Killer was not dangerous simply because he was dying and had no plans to fight.

When Professor McGonagall went to visit Harry Watson, son of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, to deliver his Hogwarts letter, she was in the mindset of performing a familiar if stressful annual routine. Consequently, she was not prepared to find Harry Potter at 221B Baker Street. BBC Sherlock HP crossover AU

Things did not turn out well at the last second, so of course Urahara has a reset button. Suddenly, Ichigo is once again a nine year old boy watching his mother get attacked by a hollow. My own take on a Bleach time travel fic.

Iskandar: a Heroic Spirit, a peerless leader, a dauntless fighter, an unparalleled strategist and now a pirate. What? Follow Iskandar's adventures in the One Piece world as he sets sail on the endless oceans, looking for new territories to conquer and new bonds to form. Kings, beware. You will submit, or you will die.

Bilbo Baggins wondered what Gandalf was thinking. Oh well, Bag End would sort him out. His house did NOT approve of vandalism, thank you very much. That rune carved into his door learned it personally. Besides, it served the wizard right for not heeding the rumors about Bilbo and the Old Forest.

Fourteen-year-old Shinji Ikari finds himself being mentored by the greatest English teacher in the multiverse. The real question is, will the strange man called the Doctor help save the world - or end it? (Cover art by Epsthian-Artist on DeviantArt. Used with permission.)

A missive to the Gotei 13 from Yamamoto.

Dying and being reborn into Sakura Haruno's body at the start of Naruto can really put a spin on a girl's perspective. Self Insert, single OC warning & actual summary inside. -COMPLETE-

After his death in Las Noches Ulquiorra Cifer finds himself in the land of Equestria through the actions of Discord.

WIP An unconscious Iruka forces Naruto to return to the academy for another year. It also marks the beginnings of a prank whose far-reaching consequences will shake Konoha to its foundations.

Or the one where Tsuna can cook really, really, really well. (A crackish drabble-like series with no real plot. Canon AU, mostly gen)

Complete, semi-AU. There's such a thing as being too much like the 1st generation. Tsuna didn't mean to start a vigilante group, but somehow it happened anyway. Well done, "Neo Primo," well done. (bonus chapter 6-2016)

Alone of every power in Middle-Earth, Saruman innovates, notably gunpowder. But he lost. What if he had a little help? Actually a cross-over between LOTR and the General series by David Drake. Uses both book and movie elements.

"You should think of this as an opportunity to learn about a completely different method of applied thaumaturgy," Zelretch explained. He then sighed and lamented, "For shame, to be cursed with such an ungrateful apprentice..."

The seal was supposed to seal away the demon at the cost of his own soul. And that's what happened. Really. Do the details honestly matter that much?

Cloud's first thought on waking in the Shinra training grounds..."Where's the hidden camera?". What is one supposed to do when they find themselves inexplicably in the past? Become a terrorist four years early, of course. And look up a few old friends.

Time travel, the ultimate hoax to cheat in life and turn bad odds to your advantage. Or, it would be if Naruto had any idea what he was doing. Trying to save lives he holds dear, he somehow ended up as an international S-class criminal with a flee-on-sight order. Oops.

From the moment he had woken up to see names and levels floating over people's heads, Sawada Tsunayoshi knew that something was really, really wrong. Drabble series, crackish, very, very mild All27 that will show up later.

Avengers. Artemis Fowl. AU for something that could have happened instead of book 6...

Petunia married a biochemist, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter, and a world of intriguing new possibilities to exploit. And new friends, like Hermione Granger, and Professor McGonagall, and Professor Quirrell... COMPLETE.

Rest in peace, Monty Oum. Ruby is not resigned. More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.

Side stories for Crosswinds of Fate of varying canonical degrees.

Naruto and Kurama accidentally end up in the past, on the day of Naruto's birth, and are forced to live their lives all over again. They make the best of it, to everyone else's extreme confusion. (Alive Minato and Kushina, humor.)

[These are the moments that define you, seconds that are eternities, crouching on water like it is glass and waiting for your prey.] In ANBU, there is no need for banter, or names, or even faces. There is only the fight. One-shot, complete, rated M for violence (just in case).

Reborn had admittedly heard that his new pupil was a difficult one. He just hadn't thought his largest hurdle would be to make Tsuna give up his dream of becoming the pirate king. AU where Monkey D. Luffy was reborn as Sawada Tsunayoshi

Complete, slight AU, gen. Flames and the Trinisette are far from the only secret power in the world. In which Tsuna is half-youkai, and his Guardians aren't quite all human either. The mafia won't know what hit them.

The year is 1934, and Superman has arrived in Metropolis. Features Lex Luthor as the villain protagonist as he comes to grips with the arrival of an alien god. Occasional point-of-view chapters/sections featuring Lois Lane. Takes place outside any established comics continuity. Complete.

An accident bestows a completely new Kekkai Genkai on an orphaned boy, a bloodlimit that nobody could have foreseen...

Boys have to be knights, there to whisk you away. Girls have to be the princess in the tower. Don't look for a way out. Let the men take it from there. Ino/Sakura.

What if Naruto were to be raised by the Joker? Such an idea is so wrong, and yet so right. Not to be taken too seriously.

In canon, healers and mediwitches were seemingly spared from the predations of the Death Eaters during both Blood Wars. St. Mungo's would have been a very soft target, but it stood inviolate. One patient was attacked, but the hospital and it's staff were spared. The question is, why? What could have kept mad killers in check? As with a great many other things, Poppy knew.

Not every idea Orochimaru ever had was bad. When one of his mothballed programs gets refreshed by the Third how will the world change for Team 7 when they are given brutally honest evaluations of their skills, personalities and potentials. With this knowledge laid bare before them and their Sensei what do they do and how to they grow. STRAIGHT/NON-YAOI

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

And Start Your Very Own Secret Ninja Organization. Three months into Naruto's training trip Jiraiya must leave him behind to go to check on a situation in Iwa, leaving Naruto to his own devices. Naruto thinks everything he did makes perfect sense, Kiri thinks he is a cult leader and Tsunade thinks she doesn't get paid enough to deal with this. 100 drabbles format.

A brief look into the reasons behind why Kayaba designed SAO the way that he did. Because it really was a well-thought-out masterpiece, and to change anything about it you'd probably have to change his entire motive.

Honestly, Shirou was beginning to think that he should be used to this; being unwittingly selected to take part in brutal tournament that he had no idea existed until he found himself in the middle of it. Then again, second times the charm, right?

A tale of the Uchiha coup, and what it takes to save their clan. Reincarnation.

Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni is, at heart, an old man who likes his tea prepared a certain way and has a soft spot for talented youngsters. His latest fledgling seems to be one Kurosaki Ichigo, substitute soul reaper. (Alternatively, a story in which Yamamoto is a crafty old man, Ichigo grows up to be utterly terrifying, and Aizen doesn't stand a chance.)

Like a fox will always return to lick the earth where its blood was spilt, Hinamori comes back to him to ask for help.

With Aizen's plans foiled in Karakura, Ichigo and his friends are called to investigate strange happenings in nearby Fuyuki City. Hang on, what the heck are Magi? And who's that woman who's calling Ichigo "Master?" AU after chapter 389 of BLEACH

Sai is destined, maybe, probably, to be a strange one... (A short chronicle of the beginnings of Fujiwara no Sai)

A new Don eager to learn the ways and rules of his world is given the monumental task of preparing to meet with the esteemed Vongola Famiglia. With a guidebook , a loyal vassal and an army of last minute tips ringing inside his head as his only defense against the madness that is Vongola, is there anyway for him to survive?

The spite of the spirits opened a door better left untouched. On the other hand, with Fire and Earth as one's allies, sometimes escaping is the easy part.

In the final battle with Aizen a different choice is made, and now Ichigo and his greatest enemy have gone back to the beginning. His best friends are powerless, his allies don't know him, and everything he loves is in danger. No non-canon pairings. Complete, with the sequel now posted.

It was a freak accident. A series of events joined together to achieve the impossible. Now Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke are living their lives over and over again, with no end in sight. So they decided, be it a blessing or a curse, to make the most of the situation they find themselves in. They will live by their own rules and do whatever they want to do. This is their story.

The tale begins when Tony shows up at SHIELD, only to be sidetracked by a loud, curvy, 21-year-old looking for Hawkeye. Rated for Darcy, Clint and Tony. Sequel now up, titled "…And Everyone Else".

Because an eye for an eye makes the world go blind. Naruto forgives everyone, Kyuubi only one, Sasuke wishes Naruto would stop forgiving him, Kakashi is willing to pretend for Naruto's sake and Iruka isn't quite deliberate enough for it to actually count as forgiving.

"Her face. I remember her face." A boy trained to kill is brought into the light. Grey, different Naruto heavily stealth based and Root trained, but not in the traditional sense. How will he cope with that most dangerous of foes: emotion?

Not entirely serious story. So, performing a summoning technique without a contract lands you with your most appropriate summon? Naruto sees someone summoning while still in the academy, and gives it a go.

A perfect world. Kakashi, Obito. post-612.

There are laws.There are people who follow the law; people that break the law and people who administer the law. There are Mafia. There are mafia men who follow the law; mafia men who break the law and mafia men who administer the law. Then there is the Vongola, who follow the law and break the law. And then there is Decimo's Vongola-who defines their own law.

Konan is not the only angel in Amegakure. One shot, crossover with Doctor Who, spoilers for both series, implied KakaRin.

If Sephiroth can be manipulated by the stuff in the ShinRa Mansion library, Vincent'll make sure that he's manipulated in the right direction. And while he's at it... well... he might as well, mightn't he?

A storm sweeps the Thousand Sunny into the centre of the British Empire, in the summer of 1889 of the Victorian Age.The foremost detective of the century is about to have his logic challenged by one man... the pirate captain, Monkey D. Luffy. Written under then Creative Commons. One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda, Sherlock Holmes to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. COMPLETE

Late one night in the Clock Tower, a frustrated Rin and a mildly amused Zelretch have a little chat. As the moon shines down, the Wizard Marshall weaves a tale for his prize pupil, of the greatest and most costly battle of his career...

A scyther is captured, and she hates it - right up until she doesn't. Whether this is a good thing or not depends on who you ask.

They've gone back to the past. They've gone too far back into the past and they just don't want to wait around years and years, so they figured they might as well start early. Team 7, gen, time travel. Angst/Drama/Humor.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was unassuming. Resourceful. Surprisingly adaptive. And his hyper-intuition hasn't been wrong yet. Regardless, he didn't need that indication of doom to know that Reborn was the harbinger of utter chaos. WIP

In those days, the Company was in service to the Eye of Barad-dur. . .

After the coronation festivities, the real work begins. Gen adventure set during/after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Complete as of July 31, 2011. Warnings: for movie-level violence and realpolitik. NOTE: FFN has screwed with the formatting. Find a better version here: /series/4249

In this final installment of the Elemental Chess Trilogy, Fuhrer Grumman and the loyal allies of Team Mustang must stop the villainous Acheron...but can they figure out his plans before someone dies? Full ensemble, pairings as in two prior parts.

The Raikage's decided that Uzumaki Naruto is what you get when you take the worst qualities of children and add a God complex and histrionic personality disorder to the mix. Spoilers for 541. AU.

Amestris's chessmaster will need the support of all his closest pieces when he's challenged by an unseen opponent. But even if he wins, he still might lose... Post manga/Brotherhood, spoilers. RoyAi. Volume 2 of the "Elemental Chess" trilogy.

"Fullmetal, you're the only guy I know who can turn getting married into an international incident." Ed's wedding plans get disrupted when unknown forces attack Central City. Post-Brotherhood, spoilers; ensemble. Volume 1 of the "Elemental Chess" trilogy.

She's teamed up with the little girl instead of the boy who loves her. Katniss Everdeen and the girl from Eleven are ruining their best-laid plans. So, "Caesar," they say, "Announce the change." -This is an alternate chronology for The Hunger Games.-

Akira wanted a rival. In walked Shindou Hikaru, abrupt, abrasive, brilliant... and refusing to care. Not everyone's life is a game.

Law enforcers everywhere must hate dealing with the Vongola. Ten times they tried to deal with the Famiglia that doesn't only break the laws of men, but also the laws of physics; as far as the judge and jury were concerned magical bullets do not exist.

When Louise Valliere performed her summons for her familiar, she certainly didn't expect for it to be a human! Strangely enough, the boy she summoned, Shirou Emiya, didn't expect to get summoned so soon. He hadn't even died yet!

Harry recalls that a pale little girl called Sally-Anne was sorted into Hufflepuff during his first year, but no one else remembers her. Was there really a Sally-Anne? Harry and Hermione set out to solve the chilling mystery of the lost Hogwarts student.

Oneshot: Once again Tsuna spends a Saturday afternoon bailing Hibari out of jail.

Naruto finds he is flung back in time and must repeat the entire Chunin exam over and over and over, until he gets it right and possibly saves Konoha in the bargain.

“All you’re doing is surviving, when you could be winning. Now you’re lucky that gang you just slaughtered was a buncha downright bastards nobody liked, or I’d be thinking more than twice about saying this. Join my crew, Revy Two-Hands.”

One Shot. Her entire universe is a tapestry of colors. Blues and pinks and greens. Bright like giggles and little girl kisses. But sometimes, she opens her eyes. And there is no laughter.

It is the greatest threat the world of magic has ever faced. It cannot be reasoned with. It cannot be bargained with. It cannot be hexed. It cannot be cursed. It cannot be stopped. It cannot be killed. And only Lord Voldemort stands in its way.

Harry Potter. Antonin Dolohov. And a Secret.

Kyouko and Haru deal with Family and family politics. Post-TYL arc, divergent future, 18000 words. TsunaxKyouko, GokuderaxHaru, I-Pin.

A beautiful, heartwarming tale of how Squalo and Xanxus surmount their relationship of tyrannical boss and whipping boy, and become best friends forever via human trafficking, falling couches, and dead goldfish. Xanxus x Squalo

One Piece Bleach crossover: Zoro and Sanji bust their way into the Court of Pure Souls. Hijinks ensue.

It was incredibly rare to find a person so pathetic and deprived of love and affection that they’d turn to someone like him for comfort. Love, Zetsu realized, and humanity’s selfish desire for it, had bestowed him with a sense of normalcy.

Uchiha Itachi, there is no sin in killing your clan when they are only imposters.

Gimli son of Gloin never forgot the Lady Galadriel. But love can find you in the most unexpected places and the strangest ways...An unusual thing in this section: A Gimli story which does not, repeat, NOT contain any elves. At all.

Kisame still remembers the period of time in his life when Zabuza was present. [One-shot, no pairings.]