"You are the embodiment of what he fears most. A strange paradox, you are. The new, the old. The unafraid, the timid. The moon, the -" Dana bit her lip. "But that would give it away." - The girls get their fortune told at the fair.

"I want to be a freak in the middle of a city of freaks and be beautiful again." Lavender needs to find herself.

Ginny wants to be left alone after losing a Quidditch match. Angie thinks they can be alone together.

Dudley has a stuffed toy koala and he loves his stuffed toy koala.

Dudley decides to be a weatherman for Halloween.

Ron dreams of an apple pie life with Lavender.

Draco struggles, subconsciously, between who he is and who he wants to be. / I wonder if Astoria baked anything special, and a pang of guilt goes through my stomach. "This is your fault, you know," I tell the corpse behind me. "If you hadn't been worth so much money, I would have let someone else take the job."

"The first time Lucretia Black felt attraction to a woman, she was getting lessons from Papa on the Hogwarts Founders."/ Or, the one where Lucretia Black is gay.

Narcissa comes home cranky and wet, and a half naked man in her living room is the last thing she wanted to deal with just then.

"No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal. And music has always been a great way to make people aware of that connection." - Josh Groban :: A collection inspired by the songs of Josh Groban's albums "A Collection" and "Closer," with the titles corresponding to song titles. :: Written for the Album Challenge [REVIVED].

Remus won't wear a dress, so Sirius wears it instead (and slays).

Minerva McGonagall does not approve of Professor Tom Riddle.

i can't exist within my own head. / Unrelated collection written for the Emotions Challenge.

Marcus Flint files a request with Death. Inspired by: "For a star to be born, there is one thing that must happen: a gaseous nebula must collapse. So collapse. Crumble. This is not your destruction. This is your birth." - NT / OCs/ Trigger for implied rape.

"Instead of treated/ We get tricked." Draco says he'll come home (but Astoria knows he won't).

Dudley did not care for his cousin.

"She laughed breathlessly as she hauled a corpse from the truck bed. 'Oh, no. We need to take advantage of your muscles while we can.' Draco froze - the body he was pulling from the truck did not. It fell on top of him, pushing him to the ground. He struggled back up, his face red as Hermione laughed." Apocalyptic!AU

"So what? So I've got a smile on, but it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head. Don't believe me, don't believe me, when I say I've got it down." - John Mayer::Unrelated and maybe not chronological moments from the life and marriage of Dorea Potter, nee Black. In which Dorea and Charlus are not Jame's theoretical parents.

Fred is a proposal genius. Or the one with the Valentine's gone horribly wrong.

In which Tom Riddle Sr. was the wizard, Merope the Muggle, and she makes a sacrifice that breaks her heart. Inspired by 'Bottom of the River,' by Delta Rae.