Stories by Alternatively

Sirius just wants to do one good thing before it's all over. An alternative beginning for Remus and Tonks.

Things happen. Or you let them happen. Or you make them happen. Or something. An alternative beginning and middle for Remus and Tonks.

If that kiss had never happened... Hermione has a lot of big feelings. Mostly rage. Definitely. Just hatred, and general venom. That's all. Definitely not love. No. Can't be that.

Stuck in the back of the car as they drive across Australia looking for Hermione's parents, Ginny gets a glimpse of the Ron-and-Hermione who aren't a couple, but who also always have been. A little dark and moody, but an alternative beginning.

Things rarely turn out the way they ought to, and defeating a Dark Lord can really throw your life off course. An slightly alternative future for Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny.

Gratitude and acceptance are not all they're cracked up to be, and can seriously get in the way of your love life. Also, people can be awful, and the heat distribution in pizza is problematic. Tonks takes the lead.

An alternative start for Tonks and Remus, because tropes exist for a reason, and sometimes you just need an excuse to make a start.

Meeting new people is always difficult, especially if they spend the entirety of secret meeting staring at you. A glimpse at an alternative early beginning for Remus and Tonks.

If the ministry had reclassified metamorphmagi as Dark Creatures. An alternative start for Remus and Tonks.

A little relationship moment for Ron and Hermione, in which Hermione solves puzzles fast, and Ron experiences much embarrassment.

Relationships progress at their own pace, irrespective of meddling. An alternative start for Ron and Hermione, with a bit of Ginny and Harry too.

Because sometimes the biggest mistake of your life is... more of a hiccough, really. Tonks and Lupin after the 'running away' debacle.

Sometimes other people heartlessly eat your breakfast and change your life. Lupin and Tonks.

How to freak out in several directions at once, and stumbling start for Lupin and Tonks.

An alternative, unambiguous beginning for Lupin and Tonks.

An alternative lycanthropy explanation, and an arbitrary excuse for a snuggle. A tentative beginning for Lupin-and-Tonks.

If they hadn't been sacrificed for some narrative symmetry, and because it really is unusual for things to move that fast. A brief alternative Lupin-and-Tonks relationship arc.

If it had all started with an emergency trip to Mungo's... an alternative, Remus-and-Dora story.

If Remus Lupin wasn't the only member of the Order plagued by the moon.

If you're ok with narrative asymmetry… and you really want some way to believe Lupin and Tonks might've survived… an alternative no-I-refuse-to-believe-they're-dead ending.

Why it took them so long. Ron and Hermione.

After her first year at Hogwarts, Ginny is determined not to keep a diary. At least, not a proper one.

If it was more than just stony silence... missing moment for Ron and Hermione during Deathly Hallows.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative post-war Ron-and-Hermione turning point.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together, featuring a hangover and lots of soap (includes a little nudity and accompanying adult themes).

If that kiss had never happened... but they both knew it would at some point. A frivolous, alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together.

If that kiss never happened... a slightly weepy alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together.

If that kiss never happened... Ron finds himself in a muggle police station with Draco. Schemes and hijinx afoot. An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together, with a sneak peak at an alternative future.

If that kiss never happened... an alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together, with side of depression-y gloom and lashings of optimism.

If that kiss had never happened and Hermione got walloped by a memory charm during the final battle. An alternative Ron and Hermione get together.

If that kiss never happened... an alternative, angsty, pent-up Ron-and-Hermione get together (includes a little nudity and accompanying adult themes).

If that kiss never happened... and grief is strange and smelly.

If that kiss had never happened... an alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. A conversation with an old friend the morning after the battle.

If that kiss had never happened... an alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. The day after the battle.

Molly Weasley has a few things to say before Ron, Harry, and Hermione start Auror training. A little glimpse of an alternative future...

If that kiss had never happened... an alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together (fanfic inspired- Freudian slip anyone?).

If that kiss had never happened... an alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together (with a fanfic style premise- Freudian slip anyone?).

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative explanation for what happened next, and why.

If that kiss had never happened, but it wasn't an accident.

If that kiss had never happened... and the Weasley boys have a few butterbeers one Summer afternoon a year after the battle.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. Post-battle.

An alternative post-war, back-at-Hogwarts for seventh year night time escapade. A turning point for Ron and Hermione.

Why a certain young herbology professor thinks his career might be over.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. Four years after the Battle of Hogwarts.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. St Mungo's, post-battle, with a few minor tweaks to certain bits of battle action.

If that kiss had never happened...An alternative Ron & Hermione get together. Byron Bay, Australia.

If it all worked out.

If that kiss had never happened... and Ron asked Harry for advice.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. After Hermione has a run in with a boggart.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. A year and a half after the battle.

When she tampered with her parents' memories, she was assuming she wouldn't survive. But she did. So she cleans. Ron cooks. George taste-tests. Harry... does what Harry does.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. Post-battle.

If Harry had seen it coming. Hermione can't cook. Ron has conflicting loyalties. Harry is uncharacteristically thoughtful.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. Bookshelves feature.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. Fred's wake.

If that kiss had never happened... An alternative Ron-and-Hermione get together. Post-battle, Grimmauld Place.