Harry always knew that there was something unique about him. In a way, the arrival of the Hogwarts acceptance letters was almost expected... except, why are they all addressed to 'Harriet Potter?

Suppose Tom Riddle never bothers to show mercy, and Harry Potter dies with his parents? What would that mean for the world, to have no Boy-Who-Lived to save them? ("A couple of stubborn kids" just doesn't have the same ring to it.)

Harry James Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, the Defeater of Voldemort, Chief Auror, Master of Death, finds that he is five years old. It should not surprise anyone that things in Magical Britain immediately become rather strange.

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.

Odd little one shots that may or may not be turned into their own stories.

When the past and present collide with the Potter/Weasley children... A bit AU with characters' names and some pairings. Family tree now posted on my profile page. 3/16/10 -- going back and cleaning up a few things; nothing major will change.

The Do-Over Fic - a chance to do things again, but this time-To Get it Right. But is it really such a blessing as it appears? A jaded, darker, bitter, and tired wizard who just wants to die; but can't. A chance to learn how to live, from the most unexpected source. slytherin!harry, dark!harry, eventual slash, lv/hp

AU. Harry, Ron, and Ginny send themselves back in time to avoid the destruction of everything they hold dear, and the deaths of everyone they love.

Harry Potter is not standing up in his crib when the Killing Curse strikes him, and the cursed scar has far more terrible consequences. But some souls will not be broken by horrible circumstance. Some people won't let the world drag them down. Strong men rise from such beginnings, and powerful gifts can be gained in terrible curses. (HP/HG, Scientist!Harry)

Harry Potter and Tom Riddle are enemies, born adversaries, prophesied leaders of opposite factions. 2001 to 1932, forty-seven days to change the fate of the Dark Lord. This is a 'Harry travels back in time to raise Tom' story. SLASH. TR/HP. Translation of a Chinese fanfic.

Milo, a genre-savvy D&D Wizard and Adventurer Extraordinaire is forced to attend Hogwarts, and soon finds himself plunged into a new adventure of magic, mad old Wizards, metagaming, misunderstandings, and munchkinry. Updates monthly.

A trap during the Horcrux hunt sends Harry into a dimension where war has raged for 28 years. Harry must not only protect himself from Voldemort, but also from a rising new Dark Lord, the evil Ministry, a war-hardened Dumbledore... and himself. Will he find his way back home to finish his own war? COMPLETE.

AU. Salazar Slytherin once left Hogwarts in disgrace, vowing to return. He kept his word. A thousand years later he rules Wizarding Britain according to the principles of blood purity, with no end to his reign in sight. The spirit of rebellion kindles slowly, until the green-eyed scion of a broken House and a Muggleborn genius with an axe to grind unite to set the world ablaze.

Ron has the ability to see the future and he has the choice to either let it happen or change it for the better. Not Powerful!Ron. Pairings undecided as of the moment. Latest chapter for fifth year now here! Thanks for reading! Will continue until 7th year.

Harry's lived a long life. A good life. He's ready to go, but like all bureaucracies, Death's a little behind on their paperwork. He'll be fine in a temporary storage track, right? AU Epilogue-compliant WARNINGS: ineffective suicide(s), light gore, swearing, off-kilter humor, sort of dark!Harry, sort of time travel

Students are required to write to a pen pal in the spirit of 'International Cooperation.' New friendships and a new romance arise going into the fourth year at Hogwarts.

Over the summer, Harry read "The Communist Manifesto". Now, he returns to Hogwarts a changed person.

The odds were stacked against him: a child from a blended home with no friends, no social skills to speak of, and a terrible secret. Yet slowly Remus Lupin began to discover there was a place for him in the world, if he could find the courage to claim it.

... How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cruciatus. Albus Dumbledore always worried about the parallels between Harry Potter and Tom Riddle. But let's be honest, Harry never really had the drive to be the next dark lord. Of course, things may have turned out quite differently if one of the other muggle-raised Gryffindors wound up in Slytherin instead.

19-year-old Lily Evans finds herself mysteriously in the future, a world she no longer recognizes. With no one else to turn to, she goes to her old friend Severus for help and sets out to fix the past. What will Severus do when the love of his life returns to him? [SS/LE]

In 1991, a child came to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with obvious gifts, but which few suspected would change the world... Oh, and Harry Potter enrolled that year as well. *** A few tweaks to canon, plus extrapolating Hermione's apparent intelligence realistically. I expect events to diverge fairly quickly. ;) *** cover image cc by-nc RooReynolds @ Flickr

A series of letters between different characters, set during books 1 through 7 and beyond. Some of the characters' names are slightly AU.

Ginny is sorted into Slytherin. It takes her seven years to figure out why.

Neville is the Boy-Who-Lived, Harry Potter just another orphan. Without the scar on his forehead Harry is free to choose his own path. His Slytherin sorting is only the first surprise to his parents' old friends. Darkish themes. Dark!Harry. Rating could go up to M later.

In which Harry goes to Beauxbâtons instead of Hogwarts. Butterfly effects ensue, with Voldemort reviving without opposition from Harry, Dumbledore trying to save the situation and Fudge making everything worse. Meanwhile, Harry learns French. (Twist on the cliché and a slow-going Independent!Harry)

"I'm still alive, as you may surmise from this note. Of course, I could be dead and someone is faking the letter to fool you…" Harry is NOT happy about being left at Privet Drive all summer with no one to talk to.

What happened at Hogwarts when the Boy Who Lived disappeared?

The first thing everyone noticed about Hope Potter was that she may have had her mother's face, but she had her father's penchant for causing trouble or somehow finding it, and it only made sense that danger was attracted to her very scent. She was going to prove she was more than just the Girl-Who-Lived. (Fem!Harry) Mostly canon-compliant, diverging in book eight

AU First Year onward: Harry's relatives were shocked when the Hogwarts letters came. Not because Harry got into Hogwarts. They had expected that. But Dudley, on the other hand...That had been a surprise. Currently in 5th year. *Reviews contain SPOILERS!*

She may not have been able to join Harry, Ron and Hermione, but Ginny refuses to go down without a fight. As war approaches, Ginny returns to Hogwarts to resurrect Dumbledore's Army and face the darkest year the wizarding world has ever seen. DH from Ginny's POV. Canon. Winner of Mugglenet's Quicksilver Quill Awards 2016, Best General (Chaptered).

And here Harry had thought being the Master of Death was just a frivolous title.

An assortment of Harry Potter one shots. Though listed as "Humor/General," the collection also contains Drama, Horror, Family, and Tragedy, as well as a few experimental fiction stories as I work out my stylist chops. Contain crossovers with several fictional worlds, including the Cthulhu Mythos, Starship Troopers, Star Wars, and James Bond.

Magic can solve all the Wizarding World's problems. What's that? A prophecy that insists on a person? Things not quite going your way? I know, lets use this here ritual to summon another! It'll be great! - An eighteen year old Harry is called upon to deal with another dimension's irksome Dark Lord issue. This displeases him. EWE - AU HBP

Harry is accidently transported fifty years back in time through a fluke with the mauraders map. Here he runs into and befriends Tom Riddle, hoping to find his only weakness. No Slash.

It has been Severus Snape's greatest wish to go back and fix his life with Lily. What happens when he suddenly gets the chance, remembers everything, and has changed enough to avoid Slytherin? Marauder-era, pre- and established Severus/Lily. 50/50 COMPLETE!

What would happen if someone else provided Harry's introduction to the wizarding world? Harry Potter and Septima Vector

Ron needs help and only his Mum is up to the task.

With the trio locked up in Grimmauld Place for a month, tensions were bound to run high.

Ginny goes against her brothers' wishes and uses a Patented Daydream Charm.

Ron and Hermione have a lazy afternoon.

An older and more experienced Harry and Hermione return to their first year at Hogwarts. Their goals? Assassinate Death Eaters, destroy Horcruxes, and deal with Voldemort's hidden contingency plan... by any means necessary. And maybe they'll fix a few other things along the way. UNLIKELY TO BE FINISHED

Ten years later. All was well ... until Harry's wife dies under suspicious circumstances. Harry will not rest until he has vengeance. Neville is tasked by the Ministry with uncovering the truth before the Chosen One does something he will regret ...

The Mirror of Erised is supposed to show your heart's desire - so why does Harry Potter see only vague, blurry darkness? Aberforth is Headmaster, Ariana is alive, Albus is in exile, and Harry must uncover his past if he's to survive his future.

After the fall of Voldemort, Harry makes a dumb career choice and Ron tags along. Hermione, sensibly, doesn't. Seven years later, a very different trio are drawn into an international web of intrigue by a little girl and an old relic. Lesson to be learned: stay in school, kids. Post-DH; Slightly AU. Rated M for language and violence. Not slash.

The world is breaking. War and technology push on the edge of the unbelievable as S.H.I.E.L.D. desperately tries to keep the peace. Soldier and scientist no longer hold the line alone, as an ancient fire burns alongside them. The last of all wizards.

AU. Fudgeritus – that’s right, Fudge has Harry taken from the Dursleys a year before he goes to Hogwarts. Includes an alcoholic Mrs Fudge, Malfoys, Dumbledore the Muggle-born activist, an Azkaban escapee and later, Tom Riddle.

Voldemort's mastery of dark power was unrivaled in history. Grindelwald's legendary charisma came a hairsbreadth from bringing Europe to its knees. "Now, which one will it be for you, Mr. Potter?" Massive AU, Durmstrang Harry

!COMPLETE! The story of Lord Voldemort's life, from the moment he becomes a wizard to the moment he dies. Everything—Slug Club, Horcruxes, Chamber of Secrets, Death Eaters, working at Borgin's, both wars, banishment, resurrection. With details of what happened in Albania. Names and dates are all canon. Gets significantly darker as the story progresses.

Harry Potter saw things. Many things didn't gaze back. Harry Potter heard things. Many things didn't listen back. Five pitiful senses were not enough to gaze into the deep abyss, but with magic being magic a sixth sense is more than enough to see what humans were never meant to see. Harry Potter and the Cthulhu Mythos clash.

Part I of a collection of moments in the life of Minerva McGonagall. "For there are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life." - Victor Hugo

It is time for the Potters to visit the Dursley family.

The boy from the train was right. In order to be Sorted, they really did have to fight a troll.

Hogwarts is over. Voldemort is no more. Time has passed. Finally Harry Potter and his friends can relax and just be young adult wizards in a world they want to explore. A night in muggle London leads to new sports, strange girls and a surprising revelation from an unlikely new friend.

Hermione Granger deals with the marriage law the Wizengamot passed after Voldemort's defeat - in the style of the French Revolution. Old scores are settled but new enemies gather their forces, determined to crush the new British Ministry.

'Those who do not learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat them' - sometimes literally so. A Harry Potter 'Groundhog Day' story.

The presence of a foreign soul may have unexpected side effects on a growing child. I am Lord Volde...Harry Potter. I'm Harry Potter. In which Harry is insane, Hermione is a Dark Lady-in-training, Ginny is a minion, and Ron is confused.

As Master of Death, Harry can't really die. What he can do is get reborn, in an alternate dimension that is so much like his old world but so different at the same time. Taking down Voldemort again? Bring it on. MoD Harry DISCONTINUED

WIP: However much he might think he hates him, that night at Godric's Hollow, Severus can't leave Lily's boy behind. Drabble series, 5 drabbles per chapter.

Harry had never been able to comprehend a sibling relationship before, but he always thought he'd be great at it. Until, as Master of Death, he's reborn one Turais Rigel Black, older brother to Sirius and Regulus. (Rebirth/time travel and Master of Death Harry)

Harry Potter loves, and is loved by, his parents, his godfather, and his brother. He isn’t mistreated, abused, or neglected. So why is he a Dark Wizard? NonBWL!Harry. Not your typical Harry’s brother is the Boy Who Lived story.

Astoria Greengrass wants to set up Harry Potter with her sister, Daphne. But her plans don't really go the way she wants them to. Not your usual Harry/Daphne/Astoria fic. Rated for some language and some adult content.

Also known as 'Harry and Voldemort Explore Fanfiction Tropes Together'. Different Harry Potters visit Little Hangleton, and Voldemort's the only one with much sense around here. I almost feel sorry for him. Includes Slytherin!Harry, Fem!Harry, Plothole!Harry, Flamboyant!Harry, Joker!Harry, Dark!Harry and more.

After years of battles with Dark magic and each other, Ron and Hermione have earned the right to spend a couple of days in bed.

When Harry Potter dies trying to save her life, Daphne Greengrass takes his place to prevent the wizarding world from collapsing into a panic at the return of Voldemort and the loss of the boy-who-lived. Can she keep her secret and pretend to be the hero the world needs long enough to find a way to bring the real thing back to life? Or will she eventually stop needing to pretend?

Post-HBP, DH divergence. Albus Dumbledore left Harry more than just a snitch. Armed with 63 years of memories, can Harry take charge of the war? No bashing, canon compliant tone.

Wizard Lenin and Lily briefly address the future in which Wizard Lenin returns to the material plane leaving Lily behind. The future, it seems, is more uncertain than either of them expected. Side fic to Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus

Severus finds the trivial gossiping of his colleagues quite amusing to listen to ... That is, until he hears something that isn't trivial at all. Oneshot, SSHG, AU.

Neville thinks about his classmate Ellie Potter and about the difference between what they thought she would be like and how she is. In the end she doesn't seem to want to live up to any of their expectations. Side fic to Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus

At six years old Harry Potter becomes the heir to a Somali Warlord. This story follows his life from 6 to 16 years of age as he grows up in a country ripped apart by war before being dragged into the one waged against Voldemort. dark!Harry - eventual HPDM

It's Sunday and Wizard Lenin and Lily are visiting the mysterious uncle Death but Wizard Lenin decides to spend this particular Sunday making the mysterious Death less of a mystery. Side fic to Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus.

As per the Hat's decision, Harry gets Sorted into Slytherin upon his arrival in Hogwarts—and suddenly, the future isn't what it used to be.

The Mirrorphone, the latest advance in Wizarding communications. Now, of course, everyone seems to own one. The kids seem to be incapable of living without the device. How did it happen? Who was responsible for the design? To find out we must return to the year 2000.

::Year 2 Divergence:: What does it take, to reshape a child? And if reshaped, what then is formed? Down in the Chamber, a choice is made. (Harry's Gryffindor traits were always so much scarier than other peoples'.)

The centenary of the Battle of Hogwarts is less than a year away, and the Wizarding world continues to move forward. Modernisation requires change, and some things must be swept aside in the name of progress. Buildings can be demolished and statues, even statues of deceased heroes like Harry Potter, can be relocated. Can't they? Hubert Dalrymple has a problem.

COMPLETE. James Potter casts his own spell to protect his only son; but he was never as good with Charms as Lily was. (A more ruthless Harry Potter grows up to confront Voldemort). Dark!Harry. Slytherin!Harry HP/HG and then HP/HG/TN.

I never pretended to know what I was doing in my last life. Why should I pretend to know anything about this one? Well, the other option is a horrific and bloody death, so...I better start learning how to be a witch. OC Self-Insert/Draco's Younger Sister. [DEAD]

Death, Lily, and Wizard Lenin have a conversation on what, for them, is a typical Sunday afternoon. Spin-off/side fic to Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus.

The summer before his fifth year, Harry obtains a computer and an internet connection. Two months later, he emerges a changed person, for what has been seen cannot be unseen. AU with the whole Harry Potter timeline moved forward to the modern day. References to internet memes, video games, anime, etc.

Even if Lily's parents had survived the war, Dumbledore wouldn't have given Harry to them for the very same reason that the Evanses had been proud to have a witch in the family.

Even on the darkest days, Hermione knows there is at least one thing that can make it better.

Why is Harry Potter considered the worst firebender in Gryffindor? Why doesn't he want to be noticed? Probably the same reason he dreams of drowning every night. [Harry Potter characters in an AU with magic replaced by the elemental powers of Avatar: The Last Airbender / Legend of Korra. Full summary inside.]

(Not shipping) Dean has never met anyone like the Doctor before. For that matter, the Doctor hasn't met anyone like Dean. They keep meeting out of order, too, and that only complicates what is already a rocky relationship. The Doctor isn't human, after all, and he has a tendency to show up when trouble is brewing.

Here's an interesting fact that I just made up. In a strange universe slightly disconnected from this one, Harry Potter was born premature on the 31st of July 1980. In this story, he wasn't. Born 27th of September 1980 this is a Harry Potter with no scar, new classmates, a sinister looking wand, and somehow he's got a strange diary belonging to T. M. Riddle.

Harry Potter dies in the graveyard of Little Hangleton. GAME OVER. Start new game? Concept borrowed from Majin Hentai X and Chibi-Reaper. ABANDONED

AU: The first wizarding friend Harry made wasn't Ronald Weasley... it was Veronica "Ronnie" Weasley, first-born daughter in the Weasley clan for generations. And suddenly the future of the wizarding world, not to mention Harry's first year at Hogwarts, looked very different. Not a canon rehash, not a romance. STORY COMPLETE, SEQUEL POSTED

Five year old Lucy wants a bedtime story. Blaise has come prepared. He's brought one of the new books she's so fond of: The Adventures of Dean and Seamus.

Fred and Sirius have something of postmortem chat while Fred considers his afterlife options.

This is a story about a man named George.

To prevent a pair of werewolf infections on the night of Pettigrew's escape, Harry and Hermione decide to turn their stable time loop into a time corkscrew.

Harry Potter never had traditions to call his own. What happens when Harry discovers the true magic behind the wizarding world - a culture and a set of beliefs that will set him apart from the Muggles he was raised by? Features a Ravenclaw Harry. First Year complete and posted.

Go back to the beginning, that was the plan. Stop Voldemort on the cusp of becoming a dark lord, stop him before he created his first horcrux and change history before it could be written. That was the plan, only Harry made a mistake. HIATUS

Getting expelled from Smeltings was probably the best thing to happen to Vernon. Finishing her Nursing degree was probably the best thing to happen to Petunia. In this universe, Harry Potter is left on the doorstep of a very different Dursley family.

There's a reason that adults don't usually play hide and seek - especially when they are nothing more than overgrown children.

Harry runs away at age four. After bringing him back, Dumbledore's attempts to keep him at Privet Drive gets progressively more ridiculously extreme with each of his escapes. Animagus!Harry, Crack

Gilderoy Lockhart was a successful con man, but that's all he was. So how did he talk Dumbledore into hiring him? And why was he such a failure as a teacher that a bunch of twelve year olds could see through him? One shot.

COMPLETE. The odds of temporal displacement were tiny, too infinitesimal to count, and yet… The Harry Potter luck striking again, he supposed. So now there's an older, wiser, more mature Harry (well, the older part's true at least) stuck in the past. And he's determined that if he's going to change things, he'll have some fun doing it. (OR: Time travel minus angst equals this.)

Dead. Severus Snape is dead. But now, he has the most important choice to make, and a green-eyed doe comes to guide him. This is my version of a "lost scene" from the end of Deathly Hallows; the Snape equivalent of the King's Cross chapter.

Remus orders Sirius to tell Harry a bedtime story. Harry, however, is fifteen and would really rather just go to sleep. Oh, and Sirius's story sucks.

An avid fanfiction reader falls into the Harry Potter Universe just before the Triwizard Tournament, and has to come to terms with what he's lost, take advantage of what he's gained, and figure out how to deal with the truths he's hiding. Complete! Detailed rune magic, witty banter...not your usual SI, so give it a shot! See my author page for more info.

A mix up causes Harry's Hogwarts letter to be returned. Having missed the deadline to reply, he begins his education at Stonewall Secondary School. During the December holidays, Prof. McGonagall attempts to recruit him to Hogwarts.

Dedicated to my friends in the Teachers' Lounge. Lord Voldemort's attempt to possess the soul of Ginny Weasley was successful, but his triumph was not without consequence. Find out how our favorite arch-villain deals with the pitfalls and pratfalls, the laughter, loss and love of a teenage girl's life at Hogwarts.

(1/7) At Madam Malkin's, Harry Potter introduces himself to Draco Malfoy. Draco offers to help Harry navigate the bizarre, new wizarding world, and Harry accepts. While Harry finds magic to be strange and amazing, there is no class to teach Harry about the complexities of friendship and social life in Slytherin... AU, Slytherin!Harry.

"If you're thinking that I'm not going to put you in Slytherin, then you're quite right," sniffed the Hat, sounding somewhat vindictively gleeful. "The house which actually suits you best is—HUFFLEPUFF!"

YAHP/GHF. Harry is repeating the worst day of his life over and over again. Department Of Mysteries Day.

Professor McGonagall makes a habit of writing to the parents of her students once a term. However, her owl has recently taken to pretending he has a broken wing whenever the name 'Weasley' is mentioned.

Living for a century is an accomplishment, even for a wizard. Two is a rarity. Living them all? That is the territory of the gods. Harry Potter remembers a cat's glowing eyes, a strange old man with a wicked smile, and pain. It is the year 3050 B.C.E. and he has all of history as his future.

Sooner or later, every character gets their shot at a second chance. This is Peter Pettigrew's. He may not deserve it but he certainly wasn't happy with how things ended up. The only question was how to get a better future without having to possess the kind of bravery that the lack of had sent him running to Voldemort in the first place...

31st October, 2001. Hermione, at the end of an average day at work, remembers a not-so-average day she had ten years ago that changed her life in every way. Trio friendship fic.

Professor Sirius Black, Head of Slytherin house, is confused. Who are these two strangers found at Hogwarts, and why does one of them claim to be the son of Lily Lupin and that git James Potter? Dimension travel AU, no pairings so far. Dark humour.

Colin Creevey leaves his camera with a muggle girl but never returns to collect it.

Five years after his defeat the shade of Voldemort visits Harry Potter, and has a slight accident with one of his Horcruxes. The Dark Lord wanted a new body, but this isn't what he had in mind.

How different would Harry Potter's first year of school have been if the Dursleys had successfully suppressed Harry's natural curiosity? This NARRATIVE shows what could have been.

Oh, Dumbledore...

The story of Ron and Hermione through a series of missing moments. Who said love was simple? Runner up in Best Hermione and Best Romance in the Romione Awards!

Harry Potter stepped back in time with enough plans to deal with just about everything fate could throw at him. He forgot one problem: He's fate's chewtoy. Mentions of rape, sex, unholy vengeance, and venomous squirrels. Reposted after takedown!

AU. On that night, Neville Longbottom was the child that You-Know-Who marked as his equal. Surprisingly, Longbottom lived through He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's Killing curse. Fourteen years later, the Boy-Who-Lived and Harry confront their destinies.

We all remember Harry's first trip to Platform 9 and 3/4 but what about the rest of his fellow future Gryffindors?

We have the testimony of Harry, but witnesses can be notoriously unreliable, especially when they have only part of the story. This is a biography of Severus Snape from his birth until his death. It is canon-compatible, and it is Snape's point of view.

If he's lucky, the freak will be killed in a back alley somewhere. Vernon signs Harry's permission slip for Hogsmeade trips in exchange for Harry leaving Privet Drive for the rest of the summer. Understandably, stuff happens. oneshot, complete, don't own.

Nicholas Flamel and Albus Dumbledore were wrong – there is an arithmantically satisfying and most important thirteenth use for Dragon's Blood.

Harry has to marry a witch for the good of Wizarding Britain. Harry does not like this.

Severus wakes up in the afterlife expecting something rather different than being almost-seventeen again. Seriously, what kind of game is this? But wait - Lily's come back, too - from 1981? Perhaps it's a second chance... but to do what? SS/LE

After swearing I was done tinkering with the first entry in the series, the Muse struck me. Essentially the same story, but with a more solid introduction to the new characters. Names changed to protect the innocent. Less canon text. More Snape!

Past and Future members of the Order of the Phoenix are pulled together at Hogwarts during Christmas, 1980 by an 18 year old Harry Potter. The Order must read seven books that may help them change the future for the better.

This essay is a study in the demographics and geography for fanfiction writers who want to envision what America might be like in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. It is certainly not canon; it rarely rises above the level of rank speculation!

Being a keeper is more of a mindset than it is a job, as Oliver Wood showed during his life. His final save came in his last game for England. Written for thecompletebookworm's 'In Memoriam' challenge. The prompt was 'waterfall'

Dark Lord Voldemort needed a vacation. He even had the perfect plan so that his followers would not even notice his weeklong spree. Too bad his closest horcrux resided in Harry James Potter, the "Brat-Who-Lived"!

Faced with nothing better to do, the Trio break out Monopoly. Complicated by the fact that Ron's never played before and this IS Hogwarts, the game somehow becomes rife with outrageous corruption, lousy service, and jail time for minor traffic violations

"Have you found out how to get past that beast of Hagrid's yet?" ...Snape kicks Harry out of 'Remedial Potions', but as we know from The Philosopher's Stone, there is another Occlumens in the school good enough to keep out the Dark Lord. Stupid oneshot.

1 day; 1 couple; 10 drabbles. First place in Addicted-to-Sugar-Quills' One Day Competition. [formerly titled 'Hearts of Ten']

It's something of an unspoken rule that every Hogwarts student who passes through the castle will find at least one class at Hogwarts that they really, really just cannot stand. For Harry, it was Potions. For Hermione, it was Divination. But what about some of their classmates? Second place in Quintessential Dreams' "Ten" Competition.

In 1998, Severus Snape was given a second chance. In 1976, he has to figure out how to take it.

A series of ten interconnected 100 word drabbles about Harry and Ginny.

Seven years; seven times Severus Snape refused to show weakness. He never did learn. Gen fic, focusing on the adult characters mostly.

Power corrupts. Absolutely. Harry Potter finds the Death Note and resolves to use it to save the world. Dark!Harry

Dean Thomas has never quite managed to grasp the importance of being able to flirt well.

"When a lake ripples, and catches the light of the stars and moon on its surface, there are flickers that catch the eye of onlookers with their brightness; there are others that simply glimmer dully, quietly, before fading away."

A sort of a love story.

Harry and Ron, just weeks after the final battle, have a little celebration for the Chosen Boy Who Lived or somesuch. They really don't know, honestly. They're just glad Harry's made it to his eighteenth birthday.

Massively AU. Assume nothing. Harry Potter is born into a very different world than the one in canon. A world where the Greats of history walk among mere men. A world where power is all that matters, and young Harry Potter is a commodity desired by many.

Professor Snape has a hard time in his new job.

A collection of shorts and one-shots pitting the HP cast against the most terrifying opponent of all - silly fanfiction plots!

Hermione life suddenly changes, courtesy of an experiment conducted by herself from an alternate, future universe. You'd think messages from the future would have more then vague hints and a headache. Or was that from fighting the troll. CH1-3 Beta-ed.

A unique and priceless object has been stolen. Who is responsible for the theft? Theodore Nott investigates

Some things never change, no matter a past which no longer sleeps. This is a lesson Alastor Moody must learn first-hand.

Crabbe and Goyle finally take McGonagall's advice- a bit too literally.

It's easy to cheat on tests when you have a very knowledgeable Dark Lord only a mind's connection away. Oneshot. Winner of the 2011 DLP April Humor Competition!

What will finally drive Harry to the killing edge? No relationships, One-off and SHORT .

After a potions accident, James and Lily switch bodies. However, they need to keep it a secret:- Brewing the potion wasn't exactly in the school rules. Watch how they cope living inside each others skin.

Over fifty people died at the Battle of Hogwarts, there are dozens of stories of loss, betrayal, heroism and sacrifice. These are some of those stories.

A witch struggles to conform in a society that restricts her. A wizard thinks he has nothing to offer anyone but his duty and, ultimately, his life. An SS/HG Regency Tale. As AU as you get. M for later chapters.

Ron and Seamus on a St. Patrick's Day pub crawl. What can possibly go wrong? With real-time chapter updates!

Ron Weasley, the night before Valentine’s Day, in a lingerie department. What more do you need? This story was Runner-up in both the "Best One Shot" and "Best AU Fic" categories at the 2009 Ron/Hermione Awards on Livejournal.

For the Ancient and Noble House of Black, the height of power marked the beginning of its decline. A game of politics, for personal gain, for the good of everyone… but using Voldemort's rise to prevent a war was a gamble.– Winner of DLPs January Contest.

JOIN THE DEATH EATERS results not typical, your experience may vary. Side effects may include fear of snakes, torture, mind control, being defeated by 1 year olds and death. Mudbloods need not apply.

Dieter Heydrich is a model German boy with perfect Aryan complexion, exemplary conduct in the Hitler Youth, and fanatical loyalty to his beloved Führer. But on his eleventh birthday, he discovers a hidden magical world led by Gellert Grindelwald...

Post DH. Harry could never have known Albus-Severus was the herald of the new dark age. He watched as his youngest child came to be known as the Dark Son. Now Harry goes back in time to save his family and his son from the dark path.

Harry and Ron, both 58 and both alcoholics, are sent back to their 4th year and given a chance to do everything again. Will they be able to do it right this time? Or will history repeat itself? Canon to Epilogue, then not so much... (Reworked)

The Battle of Hogwarts is over. The following day Harry wakes to a changed world, to a future he did not think he would have. This is a story about those first days after the battle. Days of mourning and funerals. Grave Days.

My first ever challenge response, from the Thank God You're Here thread on DLP. Just a little crack!fic oneshot. Reasonably good response for it on there, so please enjoy. The premise: 'A confused Ron finds Hermione's Dildo'

A minor touch of philosophical rambling that you might find interesting.

Fifty years ago, Grindelwald won the duel that shaped the world. In a land overwhelmed by darkness, a hero emerges: a young wizard with the power, influence and opportunity to restore the light. Harry Potter, caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse, must decide what he truly believes. Does this world deserve redemption? Or, more importantly, does he?

Sirius decides that it's time for Harry to receive 'The Talk', Harry just wishes he could escape- little does he know, he will never look at donuts or bananas the same way again.

The last words of each departed Harry Potter character, if only they could have been said.

Hermione is killed by Voldemort, and is now dead. Well, sort of. Turns out that death is a little more complex than she knew. Ignores epilogue and last 50ish pages of DH.

AU. Sirius defeats Voldemort in Godric's Hollow but is disenchanted by the Wizengamot. A story of intrigue and rebellion, inspired by the history of Julius Caesar. Sirius descends from politician to army general to dictator, while Harry and Draco grow

Summary: AU Young Harry learns to steal as he is fed up from his deprivation of his wants and needs by his guardians. A Thief is born in Privet Drive.

Dudley Dursley lived a very normal life. But when an all too familiar letter makes an appearance on his son's 11th birthday, Dudley must seek the guidance of a cousin he hasn't seen in 19 years. Who else but Harry Potter?

After leaving Britain to continue his education, Harry tries to bring the British Wizarding world into the 21st century. Author's note: This was written before the seventh book was published. Character-driven drama with a lot of introspection.

Seamus, Dean and Neville come up with a way to make Quidditch more entertaining. Umbridge isn't pleased. Rated for language and slight SLASH

The school stood long before the boy with the unusual scar arrived. Each year new students enter, and old leave. 1835 featured its own triumphs and tragedies as students in the houses contend with each other for recognition as the best house at Hogwarts.

Mulciber pranked Mary Macdonald and Snape did not care; what if he had pranked Lily instead?

Hermione attends a very one-sided, yet eye-opening, job interview. Some non-canon content; not for Hermione fanatics.

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

Imagine Harry Potter raised under the guiding hand of Sibyll Trelawney. He arrives at Hogwarts versed in the higher arts of Divination, Arithmancy, Numerology, and Palmistry - you know 'real magic.' Prepare yourself for one humorous ride.

Draco Malfoy's postwar career as a Ministry functionary has been a slow progression upwards in the world. So it seems profoundly unfair that it should all be thrown into disarray by a combination of undersized vegetables and the disillusioned Head Auror.

An ongoing series of one shot stories exploring how Slytherin!Harry would have handled key moments from the books. Events will appear out of order, so don't be surprised if it jumps around. Small but important edit made to Chapter Five

In the kitchen at the Burrow, Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Molly and Arthur sit down at the table. The youngsters look nervous. Arthur suspects that they are up to something. What is going on inside…

Molly Weasley reflects on her children. Post-DH.

A description of the French school of magic, written by fans for fans and in the hopes that it would inspire more 'Harry in Another School' stories.

Lily, after her death, gets the chance to see all of the mistakes she made in life, by viewing the lives of other Lilys who DIDN'T make her mistakes. Most pairings are SS/LE, but there are some JP/LP and others.

Harry Potter scowled as he fisted his hands in his hair. Why was this happening to him? All he wanted to do was lose his virginity! But everyone was just, wrong. Perhaps he was being a little too picky? LVHP

Sick to death of his DADA professor, Ron decided to compile this list.

One Shot. AU. A marriage contract. They want him to sign away his freedom and his future and his life on a girl who didn't even attend her best friend's funeral. Harry has other ideas.

The author goes to sleep one night and wakes up the next morning to find he's become Gilderoy Lockhart! He doesn't know any magic, he's got no idea who's making breakfast downstairs, and Dumbledore is due at his door any moment now! Complete.

James knew why Remus went home once a month. Of course he knew. How could he not? They shared the same dorm room, after all, and James was apparently far more observant than Sirius or Peter.

While bored in class one day, Crabbe and Goyle decide to write poetry. Bask in the glory of their literary genius!

After his last battle with Voldemort, eighteen year old Harry wakes up in the future. He’s older, next to a wife he never married and working as the Ministry of Magic’s finest expert in solving murders. They tell him that he won, but Harry knows better...

Ten years after the defeat of Voldemort, Lee Jordan asks what life was like during the Death-Eaters' reign for the Muggleborn son of a prominent Tory family, and what he learned as a member of the commission which investigated how they came to power.

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.

The day Harry Potter turned eleven was the day he would have re-entered the magical world. But the letter never came; Harry Potter was a Squib. Dismissed by the wizards, he makes a quiet life for himself and will not stand for them to ruin it.

AU: JKR portrays Harry as completely unaffected by trhe Killing Curse cast at him, but how would things have gone if it had been different? Drabble series, five drabbles per chapter.

For the Greater Good. Harry understands this.

Hell was, Snape decided, a crowded railway platform.Post Deathly Hallows. Contains spoilers.

No," said Snape, his black eyes on Fleur's and Roger's retreating figures. "I am not such a coward." "No," agreed Dumbledore. "You are a braver man by far than Igor Karkaroff. You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon...." Deathly Hallows, pg 680.

“...take the steps I have suggested, and you will be remembered, in office or out, as one of the bravest and greatest Ministers of Magic we have ever known.” - Albus Dumbledore – Goblet of Fire

Mentally damaged, Harry defeats the Dark Lord with the only spell in his arsenal: Scourgify. A collection of drabbles with a common theme of Voldemort kill-offs. Will be updated as inspiration hits. Many appear in Crys's "1001 Deaths of Lord Voldemort."

The Harry Potter saga told in a form where every word in the story is composed from the letters “Harry James Potter.” It's slightly harder than it looks .

The true story of how Harry and Ginny's kids got their names. Really, it's all Snape's fault. Crackfic oneshot.

After the war, Neville and Harry meet up to mock people and get drunk. It's a good life. Post-DH oneshot crackfic.

The first fifteen minutes of a not-quite-ordinary morning in the Auror's Department for Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. "Really, what were ex-girlfriends and ex-Slytherins with itchy wand hands when there were monster children and pregnant wives at home?"

What happens after someone really dies in the universe of Harry Potter?

Semi-sequel to "In the Words of Ginevra Molly Potter." Voldemort was dead, all was well, but the real enemy had yet to reveal himself. Time-Travel Story.

ONESHOT. AU. How could have Harry's sorting ceremony looked like if the first war against Voldemort went down a bit differently. Dark and disturbing.

SS/HG A moment of inattention transports Hermione to one year after the fall of the Dark Lord, but with no way back to the present. Her only clue is an object that she finds between worlds. She enlists the aid of a young Professor-but he has his own agend

The war is over, and all is well, they say, but the wounds remain unhealed. Bitterness divides the Houses of Hogwarts. Can the first children born since the war's end begin a new era, or will the enmities of their parents be their permanent legacy?

COMPLETE. Two years after defeating Voldemort, Harry falls into an alternate dimension with his godfather. Together, they embark on a new life filled with drunken debauchery, thievery, and generally antagonizing all their old family, friends, and enemies.

Vague spoilers for PS-HBP. One-shot. James Potter observes as Harry arrives to an alternate dimension where his parents are alive and Neville is the Boy-Who-Lived. Trying to teach old cliches new tricks, here.

"Of course it's missing something vital. That's the point." Dennis Creevey takes up his brother's camera after the war.

The Death Eaters attempt to do bad things, but mostly just do things badly.

Twenty-one years later, Harry and friends reflect on the Wizarding world.

What if Vernon and Petunia were even more successfull in 'beating all that nonsense' out of Harry? A silly AU story of a nonpowerful, but cunning, Harry.

It's been coming on for a while," said Percy ... "But I had to find a way out and it's not so easy at the Ministry, they're imprisoning traitors all the time." DH, ch30 . This is Percy’s journey to that point.

In Goblet of Fire, JKR established that it was absurdly easy to bind other witches and wizards unwillingly into binding magical contracts with a simple, school-taught 'confundus' charm. What if Harry took note of that and decided to do something about it?

Hogwarts has a Sarcastic Little Git inside it’s walls. That Sarcastic Little Git is deeply disgruntled. In an effort to strike out against those who annoy him [read:everybody], he is posting mocking and vaguely offensive “Guidelines” on the notice boards.

Hermione tries to talk herself out of liking a particular idiot boy the way teenage girls have been doing since time immemorial: she makes a For & Against List. All the reasons we love Ron Weasley in handy list form!

With all the crappy stuff Harry goes through at Hogwarts, the smart money would be on him transferring to a different, better school early in his career. Here’s one way it might have happened. No planned pairings.

AU of Year One. The Dursleys have done one good thing for Harry Potter’s continued safety: their neglect has made him suspicious, sneaky, and cruel. A brief explanation of how things might have gone differently. Includes DH spoilers. Amoral!Harry.

Whilst still abiding in Azkban Prison, Stan Shunpike reflects on life, love, and the perils of blackmarket wristwatches...

Snape's life would have been so much easier if Rose Potter had been born a boy.

One shot, post DH. Mrs. Weasley and Ginny bring a bit of entertainment to the dinner table at the traditional Weasley family dinner as they fight over the usual thing: When will Ginny end the anticipation and have baby Potter?

Or, Ron Weasley's Year Six Diary: the whole of Half-Blood Prince from Ron's point of view. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to shake him. Winner of "Best Humour Fic" at the 2008 Reviewer's Choice Awards on FFnet.

Yet another take on Harry's first Occlumency lesson with Snape.

Ron and Draco are together. While their fathers are stubbornly refusing to face the situation, Molly and Narcissa decide to at least try, and therefore meet for tea once a week. Drabble series, four drabbles per chapter.

Full title: How the Brazilian Boa Constrictor Did Not Help Harry Potter Defeat Voldemort. A crackfic in which Hermione's given Harry an idea about defeating Voldemort but the boa constrictor, an essential part of the plan, has other ideas.

Waiting. He was always waiting. He'd already buried one best friend and now the other will follow. There was nothing he could do or say. There was no Harry without Hermione. Ron witnessed the beginning and now he must accept the end. HHr. 4parts Complete!

Arthur Weasley's first day at the Ministry.

Harry lives the same day over and over again.

Neville's most spectacular Potions failure ever. 'You have twelve minutes to complete your cackhanded concoctions and hand them in to me.' Snape is going to wish he never said those words...

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

What things should First year students at Hogwarts know? A two chapter list fic of warnings and information vital to happiness and success at Hogwarts, or maybe not.

A VERY long Tuesday in the life of Minerva McGonagall. With rampant Umbridgeitis, uncooperative Slytherins, Ministry interventions, an absent Dumbledore and a schoolwide shortage of Hot Cocoa, it’s a wonder she’s as nice as she is.

Rain can evoke powerful emotions Long forgotten memories can dance to the surface and strength you didn’t you had can reappear. Alice Longbottom learns this the hard way every single time.

Harry has a power that Voldemort does not know of and through deception, victory.

Harry has learned the prophesy and he does not believe that a schoolboy can defeat Voldemort, so he decides that if he is going to die then he is first going to live.

COMPLETE. OneShot. 1943. A Slytherin prefect on the brink of a series of lifechanging events, needs to settle on a secret identity that will inspire fear in the hearts of the weak... You didn’t think 'I am Lord Voldemort' was his first choice, did you?

Complete! Draco hits his head and wakes up in a world where he's a Gryffindor and Harry is a Slytherin.

AU - Post GoF, incorporating OotP. After Harry gets a strange birthday gift, he and his friends end up on an epic journey across the ages as they try to get back home. First in the series, rewritten up to part 18.

What Crabbe and Goyle talk about when no one is around.