This is THE ULTIMATE GUIDE to Harry Potter fanfictions. Here, you will learn the dos and don'ts of the wizarding world, and how to handle your fanfiction in a way worthy of Rowling herself. You can learn to avoid cliches, think creatively, and make your readers forget they're reading a fanfiction at all, which is the goal. Hi, I'm Ellie, and I may not be JKR, and my word is not law, I have quite a bit of experience writing fanfiction. I will be the first to admit, too, that some of my earlier works are as cliche as Harry Potter having a twin sister, and there's no shame in that! Just be glad you can learn from your mistakes, and mine, and be prepared for a couple of laughs along the way! Warning: This is NOT a rant book. I don't just say what I think is wrong with fanfics, I give suggestions to make them better. Very rarely will I let my emotions control what I'm writing in this book. Feel free to rant within the comments, but don't expect me to do the same!

Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs certainly feel quite accomplished after completing what they dub as the Marauder's Map. A map designed to show every classroom, hall, corridor, and even secret passageway of the Hogwarts Castle but also capable of identifying every person, ghost, and poltergeist roaming about. Or so they thought. It takes Elspeth Hayes casually strolling down the corridor one afternoon for the boys to realise that she's not showing up on the map and they want to figure out why. But Elspeth is not about to give away her secrets so easily, after all, a girl has to have her secrets to keep the boys on their toes.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 Kiara Malfoy, twin sister of Draco Malfoy, was a Malfoy but, unlike any other. From her birth, she was expected to follow the expectations of her family and support Dark Magic. But that all changed when she arrived at Hogwarts and was placed, not in Slytherin, the house where her family was placed for generations, but in Gryffindor. Being in Gryffindor, she became close to Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and the Weasley family. Now, we enter Kiara's fifth year at Hogwarts but instead of having a normal year, things change dramatically for Kiara beyond her wildest dreams. Including falling in love with Fred Weasley.

Phoenix Aumry (Slater) was a secret until her father was arrested by the ministry. Given the chance to attend Wizarding School for the first time in her 16 years - she jumped at the chance. After befriending many of the most popular people in school, Phoenix is stretched when keeping up with the lies she's told them and the secrets she's kept from them. She tries to defend her privacy and her secret identity, but having a deatheater for a father isn't exactly easy when Voldemort is soon on the rise. But coping with the school work, friendship drama and a crazy, evil father isn't her only problem - she is haunted by a past life and it begins to take over. This book follows the Goblet of Fire and The Order of the Phoenix plots. Phoenix follows the Harry Potter storyline, told by her point of view, often skipping things or skipping ahead, she may miss out some details or change them, but that's to fit her in. The whole Harry Potter storyline and franchise is owned by J.K.Rowling, this story is merely a fanfiction, an interpretation of what it would be like with original characters thrown in the mix.

Being unknown is what Ariana Black only knows. Well until the Weasleys and the Order of Phoenix come to stay in the house of Black.

ENTIRE 7 BOOK SERIES COMPLETED! Astra Lewis is not normal. In fact, some would go as far as to say she's a freak. Strange things happen around her, things that no one can explain. But maybe she's not a freak. Maybe she's just different. When a woman with flaming red hair arrives with a message from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Astra discovers that there's a whole world of people like her. She makes real friends, and finally is given the love and attention she never received at home. But Hogwarts is in danger. Someone is targeting the students, and no one knows who the attacker is, or what he wants. Will Astra and her friends, Albus Potter and Wren Predatel, be able to stop him? Or will the attacker find what he's looking for, no matter how many children he has to take down to get it? ~Quick Disclaimer: This story was written in 2015, and will not follow Cursed Child in any way because of that~ Started: 6/18/15 Ended: 8/25/15

"It's much harder to stay hidden from the Dark Lord when you're in love with a Death Eater." Evelyn Hawkings' parents were well-known Death Eaters, but they died when the Dark Lord fell and Eve was only an infant. Now fifteen years have passed and Voldemort is back, and Eve has changed her last name to stay hidden from him. She lives a quiet life, staying out of trouble and avoiding the life of a Death Eater...but everything changes when she meets Draco Malfoy. He's the bad boy, the guy everyone avoids if they know what's good for them. But what happens when the bad boy meets someone completely different? What happens when Draco Malfoy, against all odds, falls head over heels for one girl? Which will come first, the girl he loves...or his reputation as a Death Eater? What will he do when he finds the bird that can finally set him free? A Draco Malfoy love story.

Grace Kellner is a small Ravenclaw who's always seen carrying a certain journal. Most people assume it's a diary, but she knows it's not. It's a book full of ideas. Ideas that seem impossible. Fred and George Weasley become interested in the book when Grace's friend Reese let's something slip. "Diary? Oh Merlin no! She's always flipping pages, always adding something, and it's very protected. If it was a diary there'd be no need to protect it, her life isn't very interesting. Probably planning the greatest prank ever." Now the twins want to know what Grace is planning, and they'll do anything to find out. -Art on cover belongs to Charlie Bowater- -Harry Potter characters and universe belong to J.K Rowling-

Book 3 of the Star of Gryffindor Series! Your favorite trouble-makers are back for their third year at Hogwarts! Astra Lewis is hoping for a peaceful year - after all, you'd think she deserves one by now. However, life never seems to go as planned, as Astra will soon find out. Even with a newfound ally in Colette St. Pierre, this year might be tough. There's a new first year obsessed with her, though this seems to be for different reasons than Adalyn Lostry. Her dreams are getting more vivid. And Mr. Potter discovers something that might just uncover who her father is. This is a year of questions answered, which only lead to more raised. It's the year where Astra crosses the threshold from child to teenager, and the year when she realizes things aren't always as black and white as they appear. Things start to heat up when Astra stumbles on the Headboy near death in one of the corridors. It's the start of the most dangerous year she's faced yet. What did this to him? Will it come back? Is anyone safe here, in what is renowned to be the safest place in the wizarding world? Started: 1/5/16 Ended: 5/28/16

Hi I'm Alex, I'm an orphan, I'm 12. I have brown hair, my eyes didn't turn out like my mother's or my father's.... there black but rarely they change color. Most people thing that Lilly Evans only had Harry Potter. Well that's a lie. I was an accident. My mother had an affair with Tom Riddle. I was born just in time for James to get back from a trip to Hogwarts. I was well hidden in tell harry was born. I was forgotten and left to turn into the depressed teen I am today. i can speak to animals. mainly snakes but yeah. This is the start how my life changes entirely. Will I find my father? Or my Brother? And will I fall in love? More like will I ever be loved?