“Not really,” Harry said, as though he were talking about a stranger’s life, and not his own. “My uncle isn’t very nice, and he’s always horrible about my mum and dad. He says they’re ‘six feet under and good riddance’ when anyone asks about them.”

Jo gasped.

“Oh, but I don’t believe him,” Harry responded, seeing her stricken face. “I don’t think they’re six feet under and good riddance, I think they’re with Stripes.” He smiled a little.

“S-Stripes?”

“He was my cousin’s kitten. He got hit by a car. Aunt Petunia said Stripes was a good kitty, so he got to go to heaven. I think my parents must be in heaven, too.”

From a child-fic called A Magic Beyond by Kiki Cabou

Recomendations

I have a lot of recommendations that I would like to say here. They will be linked for your convenience. These are honestly the best stories I have ever read. I highly recommend them.

Top Harry Potter Fanfic to make you cry- Recnac Transfaerso
This fic is pretty popular, but if you haven't read it yet, I highly suggest it. If you are one who cries from tragedy- this has lots. If you are one who cries is destructive family situations- this fic has it. If you are one who cries at helplessness- this has it too. If you are one that cries of happiness- this has that too.
Harry is the main character, and he suffers from abuse. Sure, with that it just sounds like any other pity-me-I'm-abused fic, but it is really so much more. When some neighbours notice the abuse, they try to help him, and Harry grows to accept them as a sort of family. Then the father of the family becomes ill with cancer, and Harry performs a once-in-a-lifetime spell which transfers the cancer to himself. The catch? Nobody but Harry knows that he's now sick with cancer, not even the father who he took it from.
All of the characters are well rounded, and nothing happens without a reason. All of the relationships are followable. My absolute favourite relationship in this fic was the one between Harry and Sirius. That was the element that made me cry.
I have reread this one so many times that it is starting to lose its magic to me, but I'm talking six or so times. If you are done reading it and want more, there is a completed sequel and a completed alternate ending already finished.

Top Harry Potter Fanfic to make you think- The Greatest Trial
This fic kept me glued to my seat. While it isn't super long, at 13k words, every single line counts. You get to see the weak sides of everyone in this story. Absolutely no-one is perfect, and all experience desperation. It involves beautiful miscommunication, and it's not so drawn out that it's painful. The summary is, "After Harry Potter is seemingly executed, the then Minister of Magic crusades to determine the truth. The resulting posthumous retrial of Harry Potter leaves the entire Wizarding World speechless." This story does not fail to impress.

Top Cardcaptor Sakura Character Development- Jagged Amber
This fic is also relatively popular in the Cardcaptor Sakura genre, but I definitely recommend it. Currently, the Syaoran in this fic is my third most favourite character of all time. (They are, in order: Rei Kashino from the manga MARS, fanfic Severus Snape, and this Syaoran, although he is nearly tied with Tsuraga Ren from Skip Beat!)
This fic starts out with Syaoran, who was blinded when he was younger, in an incident which also killed his father. Now he is a cold-hearted martial artist, who only wants to be left alone and become the head of the Li clan. Enter Sakura, who is his Japanese tutor, and was sent to China by Syaoran's mother. Syaoran has had countless tutors before, who all wanted something from him whether money or marriage, and also tried to stop him from being so cold. Syaoran is distrustful of all tutors now, and Sakura is supposed to teach him.
I loved this fic because of Syaoran's character development, and also the relationship between Sakura and Syaoran. This isn't some "and-I-loved-them-from-when-I-first-saw-them" fics. The relationship develops as beautifully as Syaoran's character develops.
My one complaint is that there are grammar and spelling mistakes throughout the story that could be fixed by a quick Beta-read. They don't hinder the story, so you can probably look past them.

I don't have enough time to write some more reviews, but I also suggest that you check out 3003, and One Timeless Chance, which are both amazing time travel stories. (one to the future, and one to the past, respectively)

Addressing my Stories

One Epic Battle of Epic Proportions (Formally I'm Going to Kill You Voldy vs Fred): Basically a one-shot about Fred being captured by Death-Eaters and saving the world. I'm told its funny. It's pretty parody-ish though. I may be doing a "Voldy vs Mr. Weasley" one... I came up with a brilliant idea.
Oh my Gosh! Best thing ever- windylucy has translated it into Chinese. View it here .

High School Musical in Harry Potter: This story is on HIATUS until I find more people are reading it. It has no plot, but it is a retelling of the Harry Potter plot through the familiar melodies of High School Musical 1 and 2 in no particular chronological order.

The Frog Princess: I've noticed Lily is very Mary-Sueish, but the plot is original. It's complete now! It will be revised soon. I've noticed people are actually reading it- YAY! I have started to outline a revised plot which makes more sense, and manages to keep everything canon. It'll take a while to work out the kinks and write it out though.

Are You Really?: I wrote a plot graph and outlined characters... but then i realized it really doesn't have a real plot. So this is probably on permanent hiatus. I may delete it soon, so that I don't clog up people's alerts. If you would like to pick up the story yourself, I would be happy to give you the character outlines and plot outline, as long as you credit me somewhere. :D

Obsessed: This is a slight alteration of a Jonas Brothers story I wrote for a Valentines fic exchange. It is the embodiment of how godawful I am at making sane characters. Nonetheless, I quite like it. The original is posted here.

Profile updated- 18 November, 2013