Summary: One morning. One morning will change Sirius’ life forever. And it’s a morning that should have never come.

Technically, it is a companion to For Him, though it stands alone quite well.

Summary: "Never," said Harry, "The night that your brother died, he drank a potion that drove him out of his mind. He started screaming, pleading with with someone who wasn't there. 'Don't hurt them, please... hurt me instead.'"
--Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling

This gives a snippet of a younger Dumbledore's life, as he relived it when he drank the potion.

Summary: It's a month after Voldemort's death and Harry is called to the Ministry of Magic by Kingsley.

There he is introduced to a young woman who was found at Malfoy Manor. Everyone thinks she's insane, but Harry knows better.

The girl has a story to tell, a story that will help Harry come to terms with the horrors of the last seven years.

But someone doesn't want the girl's story told. In fact, they will do anything to stop her talking.

Harry must save the girl, and save himself, before it's too late... Suicide warning for brief mention in chapter 4.

Summary: Once branded by the Dark Mark, the sole most powerful sign on the planet, Bellatrix was sent on a mission. A mission that would mean everything or nothing, and she held the power to decide which. To her Lord it would prove her loyalty, her everything, and she was more than prepared to do just that.

Summary: A house that hasn't been touched in twenty-one years. A man with a lost past. A woman with a baby. Merge that with a whole lot of Teddoire fluff and you're in for a hell of a ride.

Summary: She placed her head on his chest to see if she could hear a heartbeat. She waited expectantly to hear the gentle thud of his heart beat against her ear. A few seconds turned into several minutes, still no heartbeat. The only heartbeat she could feel was her own as it thumped faster and louder in her chest at each passing second of silence. Why wasn’t his heart beating, unless he really was gone?

“F-Fred, p-please wake up,” she sobbed, not moving her head from her son’s chest.

A look at the Battle of Hogwarts from Molly Weasley’s POV from the death of Fred to her final confrontation with Bellatrix Lestrange.

Summary: It’s coming, believe it or not. The Ministry doesn’t believe it, but who will then? It’s infuriating to know you’re invisible to society, but then there’s something exhilarating, entrancing about it. It’s dancing the devilish dance: provocative, teasing- leaving the viewers wanting more, or better yet, it’s like having an addiction.

An addiction with a purpose to be more precise… oh, and the occasional bite. Who are we then? We’re the out casted of the outcasts within a secluded society that further alienates us and leaves us utterly alone, but we’ve finally found each other so we’re not as alone. Things can change in an instance, though, and they already have. I have to confess: I’m scared, but I’ve already started to dance so I must keep dancing.

And besides, I don’t want the vampire or werewolf communities seizing control of the Ministry because I’ve already seen what they’ve done.

Summary: Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore are both searching for something they believe with benefit their present situations. But sometimes we don't always know what we're looking for until it's too late.



Written by HorcruxHunter14 and Hermione_Rocks, both of Slytherin House, for the sixth run of the Gauntlet.

Summary: Cadmus Peverell was given a rare gift, but its terrible powers have ruined him. The Resurrection Stone that altered this man’s life forever has been passed down through the generations, always accompanied with a grim warning. Now it has changed hands from Marvolo Gaunt to his dejected daughter, Merope, who has no idea of the horrors this tiny object can generate. She can’t resist the temptation to use it, yet the results are unexpected. What will happen when Merope attempts to alter Fate? (Slight AU because the behavior of people brought back to life by the Stone is a bit different than in canon. Also note harsh language in chapter 2.)

Winner of the Summer Challenge: Hallows!

Summary:

All is not well.

George uses work and Firewhisky to cope with Fred's death until a drink with a friend leads to something that dulls pain better than alcohol. Emotionally torn by grief, he struggles to allow Alicia into his life...and then comes baby....

*Winner of the 2008 Quicksilver Quill Award for Best Dark/Angsty Story*