Summer after fifth year: Why did everything bad happen to Harry Potter? Why did it always have to be Severus who picked up the pieces? And why did the kid in Severus’ neighbourhood had to be such a Hufflepuff?

Interrupted in his well-earned summer holidays of tending to his vegetable garden and just reading a lot of sciene fiction, Severus Snape is sent to track down one runaway Harry Potter.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Angry, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean, Snape's a Bully
Tags: Adoption, Runaway
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

Winter break of Harry’s first year at Hogwarts brings awful memories of his life with the Dursleys and new stresses in the forms of Quidditch rivalry and wizarding biases. Still trying to figure out what Hagrid’s three-headed dog is guarding, Harry’s also struggling to adapt to a world that he didn’t know existed mere months ago. When fighting between the Slytherin and Gryffindor teams gets out of hand, Harry suffers because of it and Snape must help him begin to heal.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts
Tags: Injured!Harry
Categories: Fic Fests > Bingo! Fic Fest, Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape

"Might as well get yer uniform," said Hagrid, nodding towards Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions. "Listen, Harry, would yeh mind if I slipped off fer a pick-me-up in the Leaky Cauldron? I hate them Gringott's carts."

Harry readily agreed to this, but as soon as the half-giant was out of sight, he immediately doubled back on himself, making a beeline straight for Gringotts. He'd noticed something on his earlier walk through and, given the opportunity, he decided to investigate further. Once inside, he headed for it— a list of services that could be procured within the bank. There it was, under Wills and Inheritance: Guardianship of Dependent Children.

The bank was a thrumming hive of activity, and no one seemed to notice Harry as he picked his way through the crowds. He nervously approached a wizened goblin seated beneath the sign at an individual desk, set aside from the hustle and bustle of the bank of tellers Hagrid had taken him to earlier. At Harry's approach, the goblin raised his head from the parchment in front of him, fixing him with an expectant stare that seemed to demand, "Well?"

"Um, hello," said Harry, hesitantly. "I'd like to look at my parents' wills please, if I may?"

Takes Place: 1st summer before Hogwarts - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

“Are those carnations?”

Harry looked over to see a tall, thin man wearing dark clothes. Harry thought that he must be rather hot in the summer heat. “Yeah. They are.”

The man nodded, then asked after a slight hesitation, “Do you recognize me?”

Harry shook his head, flummoxed. “Should I?”

The man sighed. “Yes.”

“Oh,” was all Harry could think to say. “I’m sorry.”

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It's summer break, and Harry is enjoying the two months off of school with his family. A strange man keeps trying to talk to him, however, and he increasingly begins to feel that something is not right.

Keep looking. For oddities. You will find them.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Desperate
Tags: Kidnapped
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape

“Breaking news from the Ministry this morning as Cornelius Fudge announced the formation of the Department of Family and Children."

When the Ministry of Magic takes an active role in protecting children, both Harry and Draco's worlds are turned upside down. They will need to learn to cope with the tumult the Ministry has cause in their lives and learn a few things about family along the way. Rated for some bad words.

Severus Snape, Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ted Tonks, Andromeda Tonks, Nymphadora Tonks, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Charity Burbage, Madam Bones, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Molly Weasley, Millicent Bulstrode, Original Male Character, Original Female Character.

Canon Compliant to Book Two

Takes Place: 3rd summer - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape