Cho never used to be much of a crier. But the day of the third task, her heart is ripped out of her chest, and everything in her world changes. And crybaby becomes her new title. The hatred she feels when that word is spat at her is unbearable. Cho/Cedric.

"I love you," Cedric whispered, burying his face in her hair. He took enormous comfort from the presence of the beautiful girl in his arms. "I love you too," she whispered back. What if Harry had died instead of Cedric on the night of the third task? The day after, Cedric and Cho share a precious moment. Cedric is filled with guilt, and Cho is there for him.

AU, in which Harry lost his life at the end of first year. "Never mind, Petunia," Vernon said gruffly, laying his hand on her shoulder in a would-be reassuring manner. "Maybe now, those freaks will leave us alone, and things can go back to normal." But Petunia Dursley knew that things could never be the same again.

Harry Potter had really done it now. The boy was nothing but an arrogant, ignorant, selfish little brat who didn't deserve to be on the planet. He had gambled his mother's sacrifice, the sacrifice of the only woman Snape had ever loved, for nothing but a romp in Hogsmeade and a pathetic bag of sweets.

AU. "Oh Ronnie, baby, I'm so, so sorry," Molly whispered, cradling her young, sobbing son to her. She couldn't tell him that everything would be all right, that it was just a nightmare, because it wasn't. All she could do was hold him and try to soothe a broken heart. What if Harry hadn't survived his fight at the end of first year?

AU. What if Harry hadn't survived first year? Deep in the bowels of the school, in the Slytherin common room, Draco Malfoy acts cheerful and exhilarated on the outside. But what is really going on inside his mind? Yesterday Harry Potter had been here to hate, to insult, to mock. But now he wasn't, and everything had changed.

AU in which Harry didn't survive first year. The morning after his death, Percy goes to visit Ron in the hospital wing. All he wanted was the best for him, and now, his innocence had been completely lost in the course of one night. A look at Percy in a more sympathetic light.

AU. "I'm afraid," said Professor McGonagall in a voice that was trembling terribly, "That Harry Potter is no longer with us." And with that, she fled the hall, not being able to face the students anymore. Neville sat rooted to the spot, his entire body going numb. He was an insult to his parents' memory; he had killed Harry Potter.

AU from end of PoA. Sirius and Remus take Harry in to live with them. Under their care, he finds out what it is like to be loved unconditionally. All three learn from each other, and discover the true power of family. R/Hr, H/G.

"He's not James, Sirius!" Molly Weasley's shriek echoed over and over again in his mind, anger and sorrow roiling in his gut. The words only sought to remind him how spectacularly he had failed to keep those closest to his heart safe.

"You never cared about her, so don't pretend you do now!" Aberforth screamed, and with that, he swung his arm back and punched his brother right in the face. Albus fell to the ground, blood spurting from his broken nose. And Aberforth, his world having collapsed all around him, ran from the cemetery, unable to look back. My take on the funeral of Ariana Dumbledore.

"I do," Lily said softly, a world of love in her enchanting, beautiful emerald eyes. And with that, the last shred of hope Severus Snape had was destroyed. She had done it. Lily had done it. The love of his life had married his worst enemy.

"Harry, you are the one beacon of hope I have in this dark world," Sirius said softly. "Ever since I escaped Azkaban, you are all that has been keeping me going." Sirius and Harry talk after they both see the boggart posing as a dead Harry in 12, Grimmauld Place.

"I swear, even if it's the last thing I do," Sirius said determinedly, "I will make sure Harry knows just how much his parents loved him, and just how much they loved each other." A conversation between Sirius and Remus after their discussion with Harry in the fire in OotP.

"I may not be your mother, Harry, and I would never do anything to replace her in your heart. But I love you, darling, and I always will." A moment between Harry and Molly Weasley, set at the end of Goblet of Fire.

He knows his best friend, his brother, will never smile at him, make mischief, or reminisce with him ever again. His beautiful life was snuffed out by the flick of a madman's wand. And the girl his best friend had loved lies lifeless on the floor, her emerald eyes dull and unseeing. If it's the last thing he does, he will take the life of that stinking, traitorous rat.

Four times Sirius Black was able to escape his fate and one time he wasn't. Strangely enough, though, the time he could not escape was the time he was set free.

Before Harry got himself together and decided that Sirius wouldn't want him to give up hope, he experienced bitter thoughts in his hours of stewing at the Dursleys. Here is a snapshot of one of his worst days that summer.

AU. Ron and Hermione's minds wandered back to all the life-threatening adventures they'd been on with Harry. Now, they thought with breaking hearts, he is alone for this fight. And there was nothing they could do about it.

"I'm sorry, child," Dumbledore whispered as Harry's body was lowered into the ground. "I know you tried your best, and I couldn't be prouder of you. Wherever you are, my child, never think you failed."