A Slant-Told Tale by Squibstress
Rated: Professors •Summary: Before she was Professor McGonagall, she was Minerva Macnair. After an arranged marriage forces her into an impossible situation, Minerva does what she must to survive. Featuring Minerva, Albus Dumbledore, and Alastor Moody, this is the semi-gothic tale of a woman, her secrets, and how she keeps them.
The Aurors by FloreatCastellum
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: The last thing Harry Potter wants is to be lumped with a trainee, especially not one that idolises him. As he guides her through the realities of being an overworked Auror and tentatively settles into adult life with Ginny, a dark plot brews on the horizon...
Aunt Marge's Even Bigger Mistake by FloreatCastellum
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Ginny persuades Harry to attend Dudley’s wedding. Unfortunately, both of them forgot that Aunt Marge would also be attending.
Tugging the Dragon's Heartstring by pookha
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Charlie Weasley has loved and lost twice. Can his broken heart find love again. Charlie/Tonks, Charlie/Luna, Charlie/OC.
A Sackful of Holiday Horsefeathers by Piwakitt
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: This story has a bit of everything in it. Humor, romance, Slytherin schemes, and mystery! Set during Christmas holiday in Hermione's fifth year. Lupin visits McGonagall, Snape has a strange dream, Draco falls for Hermione, and Trelawney has a vision.
The Green Knight Rises by Kerichi
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary:
In Creevey Comics the Green Knight works alone to uncover the truth. Scorpius Malfoy has Rose Weasley and Super Wizard Harry Potter.
A Ship to Wreck by FloreatCastellum
Rated: 6th-7th Years •
Summary: And good God, under starry skies we are lost
And into the breach we got tossed
And the water's coming in fast!
And oh my love remind me, what was it that I said?
I can't help but pull the earth around me, to make my bed
And oh my love remind me, what was it that I did?
Did I drink too much?
Am I losing touch?
Did I build this ship to wreck?
Padma/Astoria, for the Doomed Ship Challenge
The Apothecary and the Bane by Icarus Unbound
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: The apothecary receives a visitor in the wizarding slums of London.
On The Verge Of Happy Endings by WrenWinterSong
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: After the battle but before all was well, those left in the wake of the Battle of Hogwarts struggle to find their lives again.
This story follows Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna, and Draco in a series of one-shots that capture their coming to terms with all they've done and all the things done to them. With such choatic early years, normal seems just as out of reach as it did a year ago. But all will find they still have a place in this new Wizarding World, though some may fight it. Happy endings may or may not exist, but this could be the preface to a happy beginning.
The Unwelcome Friend by FloreatCastellum
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Sirius Black knows he is innocent. Alone in Azkaban, he thinks back on the five days that have led to his descent to the darkness…
Chocolate Frog by L A Moody
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary: Amid the desolation of Diagon Alley, a tiny ray of hope lay buried. Nothing more than a tidbit amid the sweeping despair of Deathly Hallows, yet it would not let go of my imagination. Had I found the casually inserted pivotal clue that would rise like Nicolas Flamel from the pages of the first book? Or had I stumbled upon another Mark Evans: nothing but filler detail in the opening pages of The Order of the Phoenix, JKR having overlooked that he bore the same last name as Harry’s mother?
So I waited for my little gem to bear fruit, to become one of those climactic surprises we should have seen coming, but somehow overlooked. Only it never came to pass. The death count mounted to a staggering high, the epic moments came and went, Snape’s back story was finally revealed, and still nothing.
So it has lain, bereft and unwanted, among the detritus of a Diagon Alley the Death Eaters had turned into a bully’s playground. But in the intervening years, this rough diamond has become the inspiration for this story, spreading its tentacles into new and intriguing territories.
Although Harry mentions Chocolate Frog as the title of Mad-Eye Moody’s autobiography at the end of my previous tale, The Dark Phoenix, this version of the story goes beyond that. Nonetheless, the sections representing Moody’s memoirs are clearly labeled.
This story begins with events recounted in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and continues beyond the end of the series. I have attempted to conform to canon as much as possible, elaborating only where the circumstances are vague or passed over. It is an interpretation of the events that happened behind the scenes, so to speak.
The Deathly Children by teh tarik
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary:
Somebody Like You by Kerichi
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary:
In 1988, after tea leaves predict romance, Severus Snape makes a mocking wish on a falling star, speaking the words aloud to make sure they never come true.
Another star falls.
How to be Beautiful by BrokenPromise
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary:
Narcissa Black and Lucius Malfoy were put on earth for each other: the most perfect soulmate the other could find. But life wasn’t going to make it easy for them…
This is a story of young love, stubbornness, misunderstanding and forgiveness. This is the story of them.
I have upped the rating for later chapters. However, most warnings are for milder instances.
Little Lions by SexY_LydZ
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary:
On a stormy October evening, a letter, a late night trip to the library and a secret conversation lead Lily Evans to discover that there are several mysteries in her life that only she has the capability and the inclination to solve. The first mystery is James Potter – what could turn him from the arrogant, could-care-less boy that she had previously known to someone withdrawn and far away? Then, perhaps more troubling, there is Esther Collins, the fifth year who has vanished without a trace. Furthermore, one of Lily’s best friends, Izza, is seeing a mystery boy and Lily is determined to know who.
Then there is the threat of war, backstabbing friends and NEWT’s. A disinherited and emotionally battered Sirius Black is the source of heartache for his friends, except perhaps Izza, who, with her own terrifying family, might just understand him. Lily’s closest male friend, Remus Lupin, is hiding a dangerous secret from her. Peter’s girlfriend is screwing him over, and the whole time Lily is struggling to stop the people she loves from coming apart at the seams.
The Impossible Task of Being by Ashlumos1888
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: A penniless thief, a carefree prankster, the school's golden boy, a rich player and a blue-blooded aristocrat.
For these five, it was never a question of just getting good marks, or trying to avoid detention. Everyone always told them that Hogwarts would be some of the best years of their lives, but nobody mentioned how difficult life could be, or what would happen to their friendship along the way. However, despite their struggles, they always remembered this- you'll never have friends like the ones you make when you're seventeen.
The Fickle Finger of Felix by Al Clark
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: A great wizard develops a dependency on a "curious little potion" that might have dangerous side effects.
I'm not saying that this is how it happened, but we wouldn't know that it didn't happen this way, would we?
(The latest update, on the afternoon of 25 September 2014, fixed a few small errors and addressed one or two other issues. The overall story line remains the same as the original version.)
A Different Kind of Magic by unjellify
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: James Potter is Head Boy and Gryffindor Quidditch captain in his seventh year at Hogwarts. He has three best friends and his life seems perfect--except that Lily Evans, the only girl he's ever loved, can't stand him.
Lily Evans is Head Girl and top of their class. She's always been disgusted by James' arrogance, yet she can't seem to stop blushing when he's around.
As their Head Boy and Girl duties bring them together, can James find a way to win Lily's love?
A Different Kind of Magic has been nominated for the 2011 Quicksilver Quills: Best Canon Romance. Thank you!
Four Secrets by hestiajones
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: In a world where Peter does not hero-worship James, James’s life foreshadows Harry’s, Remus hides his Patronus for love, and Sirius is raised by a loving family, how differently would their lives turn out?
This story is dedicated to my dogs, since it came to me while I was ridding them of ticks.
On a less serious note, I also want to dedicate it to my Marauder Era goddesses--Gmariam/Gingin and Equinox Chick/Croll. Croll deserves all the beta reader awards in the planet for her valuable tips.