The players were released from the grand game of death known as Aincrad, and not everyone who entered the game lived, while many didn't come back the same. Some never made it back at all. 300 of them should have. This is the tale in which Asuna wasn't the one who was trapped in ALfheim after Aincrad.

Harry always felt that people demanded more of him than he could give, and the more he gave, the more they wanted from him. At this rate, there wouldn't be anything left. Challenge from The Hazel-eyed bookworm.

Cheaters never win, and they certainly never prosper.Oneshot.

"The sorting hat wasn't always known as the sorting hat. He wasn't always tattered, dirty, a patchwork of thoughts, fabric, and time. Some people tended to neglect this, whether it be out of ignorance, or apathy. He had had been something else once. But it was the past, meant to stay in the past." Possibly AU, a series of one-shots centered around the Sorting Hat.