17yearold Lucius Malfoy leaves Hogwarts one night to join the Death Eaters, but is it everything he expected? Is it what he really wanted, and can he do everything the Dark Lord wishes of him? Full summary inside.

Sirius knew he would never again hear the voice of his best friend – his brother. 'Brothers look out for each other.'" Sirius had the perfect plan to protect James. But what happens when a flawless idea is not so flawless? Full summary inside.

Dragons, vampires, hospitals, and riddles all combine together to give Lucius Malfoy a trying experience as he seeks out the answer to a plaguing problem: How to get his magic back. A Gauntlet Challenge II submission on MNFF.

Even in the middle of all the terror, there are light moments: even in a world of hatred, love can be found. Such is the case when two friends admit their feelings for each other, feelings they've harboured for several years. Full summary inside. RHr.

What if both answers to a dilemma led you down a path that isn't right or easy? Selena Rosa struggles with making just such a choice, a choice where neither path seems right. What will she ultimately choose? Full summary inside.

Laughter gave him comfort, it gave him security. It spread to others, and no would think you were upset if you laughed. 'You laugh when you are happy,' he thought. That is what everyone thinks . . .' Written for Spring Challenge on MNFF.

The tall, black haired man gave no evidence that he felt the storm.' A storm, a long locked room, and memories help a young man come to a decision. Full summary inside.

Who would have thought that a sleepless night would spawn an adventure that includes Dark magic, giants, Diagon Alley, secret societies, and ancient prophecies? Certainly not Sirius Black. Written for the 'Mini Gauntlet Writing Challenge' on MNFF.

Forbidden fruit is sweetest.' The temptation is always strong when one discovers knowledge that they should not see. And not everyone denies the sweetest of all fruits … Some embrace it hungrily.

"Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret." A late night stroll to clear the mind leads to an unlikely conversation between two friends, where walls that have spent years being built up are suddenly torn down.

"I will not break." He wouldn't give in. "I will not fall." He fought for them. "I made my choice." He wouldn't forget the choice that mattered. "I will stand strong." They tell him he'll give in. But he knows he won't. [Set in Robin4's Unbroken Universe.

Harry does not feel like anyone is with him, but rather that he is completely and utterly alone. Nothing is right and everything is wrong, now … And while his godson feels alone, Sirius must do the hardest thing that anyone ever does and say goodbye.

Perhaps that was the story of his life, summed up in just a few, simple words: Freedom Gained and Lost. He would gain that much desired for feeling of freedom only to have it snatched from him. He would escape only to be trapped again.

Nightmares created another sleepless night for Sirius Black, but who would have thought the night would include meeting old friends, trying to decipher cryptic poems, and travelling to centuries in the past to supposedly complete an as-of-yet unknown task

It'd been three days since they were together. Three days ago, she'd told him. Three days ago, he'd left. Now, with only minutes left, they tried to express everything they felt, say everything they wished to say, before time ran out. "Come back to me."

She knew he wasn't ready, knew he was too young. Yet there was nothing more she could do to keep him from making such a choice. But when he's given a suicide mission, she does what any mother would do. She makes her decision, and she does it for her son.

Is a dream only a dream? Helga has a dream that shakes her focus and one that could have unforeseen effects on a friendship and on a school. Will the Founders fall, or will Hogwarts truly become the school they have always envisioned? Full summary inside.

The summer day had ended, yet not everyone had been granted sleep. He had wanted to be alone, and she had wanted a drink to defeat her insomnia. He remembered, and she watched. And both had wondered. SBHG. -Companion story to 'Come Back To Me'-

One ran. One pursued. And one tried to understand. There was one night. There were three men. There was one emotion.

Sirius Black. How many memories two such simple words could trigger. 'Why him' .... Nymphadora Tonks. The name brought forth memories long-since forgotten for the dark-haired Animagus. 'Why her'