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The Crossing by Bleached Gears reviews
Robb tells Edmure his plan to trap Tywin and changes the course of the war. Winning a war and ruling after one prove to be different tasks, and with the realm fractured every lord sees an opportunity to advance. And in the background outside forces seek to invade and reclaim the kingdom.
A song of Ice and Fire - Rated: M - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 7 - Words: 41,244 - Reviews: 65 - Favs: 295 - Follows: 456 - Updated: 6/18/2017 - Published: 2/12/2016 - Margaery T., Robb S., Tyrion L.
The House That Fire Built by Ready For The Laughing Gas reviews
Robb Stark has lost his father and sisters to the paws of Tywin Lannister. And now to win this war, he is surrendering his freedom to Daenerys Targaryen. Political Marriage AU
Game of Thrones - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 10,917 - Reviews: 68 - Favs: 98 - Follows: 155 - Updated: 7/19 - Published: 5/31 - [Daenerys T., Robb S.]
The Wolves of Winterfell by Assa-h reviews
"He foreswore himself, shamed an ally, betrayed a solemn promise. Where is the honor in that?" "He chose the girl's honor over his own. " But what happens if Robb decided otherwise?
A song of Ice and Fire - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 10 - Words: 40,967 - Reviews: 85 - Favs: 430 - Follows: 653 - Updated: 7/8 - Published: 10/22/2017 - Arya S., Catelyn T., Jon S., Robb S.
The North Volantis Alliance by KING IN THE N0RTH reviews
"He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in the bedchamber" Ser Jamie Lannister. The Young Wolf married for love and it cost him dearly...but what if it didn't. What if his marriage was the smartest political decision of the war. When one of the ruling Triarchs of Volantis learns that a distant kin of his has married a Westerosi King an alliance is formed.
Game of Thrones - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 27 - Words: 111,810 - Reviews: 312 - Favs: 735 - Follows: 954 - Updated: 1/5 - Published: 1/5/2016 - [Robb S., Talisa M.] Theon G., OC
Jon of the Kingsguard by Tacit Whisky reviews
AU where Jon goes to Kingslanding instead of the Wall, there's no war, and he becomes a knight of the kingsguard even as Joffrey marries Sansa. As Joffrey's true colors inevitably show Jon is forced to choose between the vows of a knight and the duty of a Stark.
Game of Thrones - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 9 - Words: 22,836 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 87 - Follows: 127 - Updated: 5/16 - Published: 2/27
Gorgeous Beasts by choppinbroccoli reviews
Daenerys Targaryen is coming to Westeros. Jon Snow is King in the North. What now? Re-imagining* of what happens after season six, with greater focus on Jon and Dany. (*With more Reeds, horns and princes)
Game of Thrones - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Family - Chapters: 41 - Words: 106,894 - Reviews: 167 - Favs: 270 - Follows: 379 - Updated: 8/25 - Published: 5/14 - Daenerys T., Jon S., Tyrion L., Sansa S.
Trailblazing by winter machine reviews
"Hi. I'm Meredith Grey. And YOU must be the woman who answered my husband's phone." A plane ride from Seattle to DC kicks off an alternate season eleven in which Meredith and the kids get to the east coast before Derek hits the west - and stay there. MerDer, Zola, Bailey, the whole shebang. BACK as of June 2018!
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 11 - Words: 39,843 - Reviews: 270 - Favs: 98 - Follows: 156 - Updated: 7/3/2018 - Published: 7/3/2017 - Derek S., Meredith G.
Handful of Eternity by RainingMonday reviews
What if Addison hadn't come to Seattle? MerDer’s lives play out completely differently, but when their daughter gets cancer, Meredith discovers Derek's secret past and Derek must accept salvation from the very people who destroyed him. MerDer, Maddison
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 17,034 - Reviews: 77 - Favs: 33 - Follows: 60 - Updated: 1/26/2010 - Published: 1/2/2010 - Meredith G., Derek S.
Daddy's little girl by montgomry reviews
"Do you think things would have been different if you had kids?" (Meredith Grey) *** After getting home on an average day and finding his wife in bed with his best friend, Derek Shepherd is completely shaken and flees to Seattle with his 5-year-old daughter. There the two have a new beginning of life and everything changes even more with the inclusion of a new face. ADDEK.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 23 - Words: 231,085 - Reviews: 63 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 30 - Updated: 9/7 - Published: 1/25 - Addison M., Derek S.
All In by MDer reviews
Takes place after 15x15. Can Teddy, Tom, and Owen get past their issues to give their daughter a happy family? Toddy relationship, Towen friendship.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 9 - Words: 35,382 - Reviews: 58 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 17 - Updated: 5/26 - Published: 4/2 - Owen H., T. Altman
I Can't Make You Love Me by kirahelena reviews
A story from Addison's point of view as she tries to make her marriage work with Derek and forms a friendship with Alex. Follows cannon events from S2E12. Addex eventually. Minor Addek.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 27,069 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 18 - Updated: 6/19/2018 - Published: 5/9/2018 - [Addison M., Alex K.]
The Drum Beats Out of Time by xxLittle Black Dressxx reviews
With Addison desperately fighting to save their marriage and Derek going through the motions, their relationship seems beyond repair. But when someone from their past tragically reappears in their lives, it causes old memories and feelings to resurface … and causes them to reevaluate everything.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 28 - Words: 86,293 - Reviews: 322 - Favs: 78 - Follows: 106 - Updated: 6/19 - Published: 3/4/2018 - [Addison M., Derek S.] - Complete
Around and Around We Go by Portraits4thehopeless reviews
Meredith Grey knew that Thatcher was an alcoholic and cheater before his divorce from her mother. Ellis had told her that a night of drinking resulted in the end of his marriage and the birth of a daughter the same age as her. She never thought she'd meet her sister until a dark hair woman came to Seattle with no knowledge of who her father was or that she had siblings. L/S D/M AU.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 29,144 - Reviews: 101 - Favs: 129 - Follows: 204 - Updated: 2/9/2014 - Published: 5/6/2013 - Lexie G., Mark S., Meredith G., Derek S.
Save Me by unnamedconspirator reviews
Still reeling from Lexie's death and the consequences of the plane crash, Meredith's past comes back to haunt her. Now things she buried for sixteen years require much more than courage to face. Can the strength of her newly formed family with Derek and Zola be enough to Save Her? Or will the past threaten that too? Season 9 AU-ish.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Drama/Crime - Chapters: 10 - Words: 21,241 - Reviews: 68 - Favs: 49 - Follows: 108 - Updated: 8/3 - Published: 2/17/2018 - Derek S., Meredith G., Zola S., OC
Lost and Found by unnamedconspirator reviews
Gary Clark took Derek from her, and another tragedy took her baby 7 months later. Or did it? 4 years later, Meredith will finally realize what she needs to keep on living... maybe its right in front of her. In the meantime, Everyone else faces the same thing in different ways. S11 McSlexie, Japril, Calzona, Jolex, Omelia. Basically like watching Greys TV Read to find out more!
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 42 - Words: 123,550 - Reviews: 213 - Favs: 104 - Follows: 176 - Updated: 6/27 - Published: 5/24/2016
The Rest Is History by GoofyGal2008 reviews
He believed that love could be born from a single glance across a crowded bar; she preferred not to believe in anything at all. Years after their brief encounter, their paths will cross again - and this time, no one will be spared the consequences.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 34 - Words: 77,942 - Reviews: 324 - Favs: 93 - Follows: 134 - Updated: 8/18/2012 - Published: 10/22/2010 - Derek S., Meredith G.
For Every Action by GoofyGal2008 reviews
Two weeks into her suspension, an unexpected phone call leaves Meredith with a decision to make. Feeling betrayed by the hospital she trusted, she takes a leap of faith, never imagining the direction her life would turn, all because of one choice. Post-13.13; explores the unexpected consequences of the recent changes at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: K+ - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 17 - Words: 34,763 - Reviews: 172 - Favs: 217 - Follows: 343 - Updated: 6/14 - Published: 2/22/2017 - Meredith G.
The Burning Tower by Sanogon reviews
Dragons are brought back into the world, but the North sees them first. (Rule 63)
Game of Thrones - Rated: M - English - Drama/Fantasy - Chapters: 9 - Words: 18,112 - Reviews: 67 - Favs: 210 - Follows: 259 - Updated: 7/19/2018 - Published: 10/22/2017 - Jon S., Catelyn S., Robb S., Theon G.
Rhaegal's Rider by f1gymnast reviews
Jon meets Rhaegal under some testing circumstances. Set after series 7. This is now officially an AU fic. This will not follow season 8 in most aspects. Bear with me, I do intend to update this. This story is not dead, I have just had some major problems in life that have come first.
Game of Thrones - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 18 - Words: 77,538 - Reviews: 239 - Favs: 538 - Follows: 730 - Updated: 8/26 - Published: 11/19/2017 - Daenerys T., Jon S., Tyrion L., Tormund G.
First of His Name by Sue-Drae reviews
Westeros never deserved Tommen, but he was the king that it needed. This answers the what if that has been plaguing me: what if Tommen hadn't killed himself? He had told his grandfather once that he would be a good king. Here, Tommen I gets his justice. It just might take a while. (Feat. Sansa/Tyrion later, no Jon/Dany)
Game of Thrones - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 14 - Words: 49,131 - Reviews: 92 - Favs: 296 - Follows: 440 - Updated: 3/12 - Published: 4/4/2018 - [Tyrion L., Sansa S.] Daenerys T., Tommen B.
A Chorus of Flame and Snow by BlandGardener reviews
AU story where Jon and Daenerys are gender-flipped and have to deal with their respective lives in a different way. Will primarily focus on the two of them. Will borrow elements from the show but will follow the books more closely. Will diverge from both at times.
A song of Ice and Fire - Rated: M - English - Drama/Fantasy - Chapters: 9 - Words: 136,132 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 92 - Follows: 111 - Updated: 4/20 - Published: 11/12/2017
The Emerald City by mistymorningwritings reviews
Amber Karev is about to join Grey Sloan's surgical team as an intern. While she's excited about new professional challenges, she dreads the reunion with her estranged brother Alex. The night before the big day, she meets fellow surgeon Andrew DeLuca at a bar. Unaware of Andrew's intricate connection with Alex, Amber starts to fall in love with him. (canon divergence of s15)
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 5 - Words: 18,733 - Reviews: 45 - Favs: 62 - Follows: 104 - Updated: 3/24 - Published: 7/28/2018 - Alex K., Jo W., Andrew D.
Beyond the Curtain by Bobika reviews
Twenty years ago, Voldemort won the Battle of Hogwarts. Eighteen years ago, Harry Potter disappeared, presumed dead. He only now resurfaces to guide Neville's team through the Magical Curtain that separates the rest of the world from Voldemort's empire, where magic is out in the open and wizards reign free. No prominent pairings. 5* stars from DLP.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Mystery - Chapters: 18 - Words: 119,883 - Reviews: 195 - Favs: 487 - Follows: 718 - Updated: 7/26 - Published: 8/27/2018 - Harry P., Neville L., Bill W.
Sword of Slytherin by Incarnadine reviews
AU after CS17. Harry pulls a very different sword out of the Sorting Hat, and that changes everything. The Sword of Slytherin has powers that go far beyond just killing legendary monsters, and soon Harry finds himself caught up in an improbable adventure and a bizarre case of mistaken identity. It just goes to show that strange things can happen when time meddles with wizards...
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 11 - Words: 54,860 - Reviews: 118 - Favs: 509 - Follows: 624 - Updated: 2/25/2015 - Published: 2/25/2014 - Harry P., Draco M., Helga H., Rowena R.
Anticlockwise by Casscade reviews
Terrible things happen when wizards meddle with time, Miss Granger. Particularly to those caught in their way.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Horror - Chapters: 4 - Words: 52,598 - Reviews: 95 - Favs: 331 - Follows: 578 - Updated: 11/25/2018 - Published: 8/2/2018 - Harry P., Hermione G.
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