Harry finds himself at the mercy of the Ministry of Magic after his claims that he is hearing voices are made public. Deprived of his magic and held prisoner in his own body, Harry must wait for a mysterious Healer to help him find his way.

Takes Place: 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Hospitalization, Incognito!Snape, Injured!Harry, Physical Impairment
Categories: Fic Fests > Tri-Writing Tournament 2019 > Round One

“Yeah, I get it,” Harry said raggedly, looking away from Snape’s fierce gaze, “I just… it’s not safe for you to do that. I could hurt you when I’m like this – I have hurt you before.”

Snape jerked his head in a dismissive gesture, “Hardly more than a few bruises, Potter. I can’t expect you to recognize me when you are in this sort of state, you don’t even recognize yourself. Occlumancy is the only solution to drawing you out of your suffering. I will not argue with you about it again.”

“You could die,” Harry protested quietly, looking up at the man and feeling the edges of the wooden chair press into his thin shoulders and back, “I’m not a child anymore, Snape, I know that this could kill you.”

“Then it kills me,” Snape responded flatly.

Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts
Tags: Injured!Harry
Categories: Fic Fests > Tri-Writing Tournament 2019 > Round Two

Terror and destruction seemed inevitable after Voldemort finally revealed himself to the Wizarding World, but at Hogwarts, Harry lives a disturbingly unchanged life. He exists in parallel to the people around him, and as time passes the line between friend and foe stretches into a complex gradient, difficult to decipher. Seeking desperately to become the hero the Order needs, it becomes more and more clear to him how dangerous that prospect is.

But, in a life fraught with crisis and tragedy, what's just a little more?

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape's a Bully, Snape is Kind, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

With Slytherin's monster at large, the Board of Governors decided to close Hogwarts for the Christmas holidays. Not wanting to go back to the Dursleys, Harry ends up temporarily homeless and is found by the most unlikely person.

Takes Place: 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: Runaway
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Fic Fests > Tri-Writing Tournament 2019 > Round Three

Christmas is supposed to be a time of giving and caring, but nine-year-old Harry Potter knows the Dursleys will do whatever they can to make him miserable. After a terrible day at primary school, he doesn’t expect the evening at Number Four, Privet Drive to be any better, but perhaps it’s not too late for something good to happen.…

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts
Tags: Injured!Harry
Categories: Fic Fests > Tri-Writing Tournament 2019 > Round Three, Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape