When Albus Dumbledore makes him personally meet the Boy Who Refuses To Read His Fucking Letter, he does so with great reluctance. When he finds himself in the middle of nowhere, confronted with an old enemy… Well, Severus Snape may hate Harry Potter—but he DESPISES Petunia Dursley.
Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11)
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Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape
Tags: Alternate Universe, Child fic, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
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Rated: T
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Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Out of Character, Profanity
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 03 Jul 2023 / 26 Jun 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 03 Jul 2023 / 26 Jun 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
In Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts, Dolores Umbridge, a Ministry of Magic representative, arrives as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Cruelly tormenting Harry as part of her campaign to control the narrative about Voldemort's return, Umbridge escalates her punishment to casting the Unforgivable Cruciatus Curse. Harry endures the brutal torture, hiding his pain and torment from his classmates and friends. However, his teacher, Professor McGonagall, notices his struggle and calls him for a private discussion.
Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Angry
Tags: Injured!Harry
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Angry
Tags: Injured!Harry
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K
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Warnings: Torture
Chapters: 5 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 29 Feb 2024 / 29 Jun 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 5 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 29 Feb 2024 / 29 Jun 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Harry's newfound parseltongue ability brings about newfound friends.
Takes Place: 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving
Tags: Hufflepuff!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Takes Place: 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving
Tags: Hufflepuff!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K
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Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: No - Updated: 31 Oct 2023 / 31 Oct 2023
Series: that's the thing about illicit affairs - Challenges: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: No - Updated: 31 Oct 2023 / 31 Oct 2023
Series: that's the thing about illicit affairs - Challenges: None
Harry is dragged along for trick-or-treating to collect double the amount of candy for Dudley. After being dropped off in an unfamiliar neighborhood, Harry is tricked by Dudley and his friends to go to the Forbidden House on the Corner, a supposedly haunted house inhabited by a child-eating vampire.
Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Fic Fests > CozyFest 2023
Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Fic Fests > CozyFest 2023
Rated: K
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Warnings: None
Chapters: 2 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 18 Oct 2023 / 19 Sep 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 2 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 18 Oct 2023 / 19 Sep 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
"He's gone, Harry," Professor McGonagall said gently, voice thick.
Harry nodded, saying nothing.
What could he say? Severus was gone, and now Harry would never see the light at the end of those tunnels again.
Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry), 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape Disciplines
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Stepfather Snape
Harry nodded, saying nothing.
What could he say? Severus was gone, and now Harry would never see the light at the end of those tunnels again.
Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry), 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape Disciplines
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Stepfather Snape
Rated: T
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Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Sep 2023 / 20 Sep 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Sep 2023 / 20 Sep 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Harry Potter won the war and was hoping to finally get some rest from the busy world, but some unknown dark forces are stepping onto the chessboard, challenging him to play a deadly 'hide-and-seek' game. Who would win and would it be worth it?
Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Desperate
Tags: Alternate Universe, SuperPower! Harry
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Colleague Snape and Harry, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: 16+
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Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Bashing, Character Death, Profanity, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 28 Jan 2024 / 03 Oct 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 28 Jan 2024 / 03 Oct 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
It's year six and Harry struggles with the visions he's inherited from Voldemort. Dumbledore is reaching the end of his time and needs to ensure someone will take care of Harry after the headmaster is gone. An incident in the Forbidden Forest where Snape must care for an injured Harry without using magic sets in motion far reaching changes in their lives and in the magical world.
Alternative Year Six story written originally from 2004-2005 under the username GreenGecko. Canonical (as much as possible) through OotP.
This is the 5th edition.
Takes Place: 6th Year, 7th summer, 7th Year, 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Adoption, Animagus!Harry, Injured!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys, SuperPower! Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+
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Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Panic attack, Profanity, Rape, Romance/Het, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 73 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 17 May 2024 / 25 Oct 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 73 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 17 May 2024 / 25 Oct 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
A prophecy is only real when allowed to occur naturally, so when a series of unexpected events happen in the summer before 5th year, a second prophecy long lost deep in the Ministry of Magic awakens, telling of rare magic and an incredible bond to be forged between the most unlikely people. This magic and bond will be the end of the Dark Lord.
Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape Disciplines , Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Injured!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+
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Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Bashing, Character Death, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 50 - Completed: No - Updated: 24 Apr 2024 / 11 Nov 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 50 - Completed: No - Updated: 24 Apr 2024 / 11 Nov 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Harry Potter is no stranger to life turning out completely different to what he could have ever expected. He was an abused boy with murdered parents who turned out to be a wizard and the target of a dark lord after all. Given everything that had happened since he entered the wizarding world, he was used to his life being turned upside down. However, as the world gets torn apart by Voldemort's raging war in his 5th year, Harry is about to discover that everything he thought he knew all this time was a terrible lie and threatens to destroy everything he's created.
Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape Disciplines , Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+
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Warnings: Character Bashing, Character Death, Out of Character, Panic attack, Violence
Chapters: 8 - Completed: No - Updated: 02 May 2024 / 11 Nov 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 8 - Completed: No - Updated: 02 May 2024 / 11 Nov 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
One-shot story set after So Close and before Far From Perfect. Severus and Harry are caught by surprise by a delegation of Gryffindors and teachers coming to terms with their new dynamic.
Takes Place: 4th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+
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Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 14 Nov 2023 / 14 Nov 2023
Series: Coming Home - Challenges: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 14 Nov 2023 / 14 Nov 2023
Series: Coming Home - Challenges: None