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Before Harry arrives at Hogwarts, the faculty have a meeting and decide that Harry will need a mentor to help him adjust, keep him out of trouble, and make protecting him easier. They decide that this person should the Head of the House into which Harry is sorted, presumably Minerva McGonagall. But things, of course, don't turn out as planned, and Harry is harder to deal with than anyone expected. Nobody asked him if he wanted a mentor, after all...

NOTE: This story has a prologue. It is not necessary to the plot of the story, but if you wish to read it, it is called(predictably enough) 'Prologue to Life as Dictated by a Talking Hat'

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry, SuperPower! Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Profanity
Chapters: 35 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 24 Jul 2010 / 15 Mar 2009
Series: Life as Dictated by a Talking Hat - Challenges: None
DEATH EATER KIDNAPS BOY WHO LIVED! read the newspaper headlines across magical Britain. SS, HP/HG. Entry in the 2009 Challenge Fest. Response to the Unmagical Harry Potter Challenge by Jan_AQ.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Misc > All written in Snape's POV
Rated: K - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 05 May 2009 / 05 May 2009
Series: None - Challenges: Unmagical Harry Potter
All the First Year students have been told that a certain Potions Master is a Vampire but only three students are willing to venture into Severus Snape's private chambers. Entry in the 2009 Challenge Fest. In response to the On a Halloween Night Challenge by Missy Eye.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 06 May 2009 / 06 May 2009
Series: None - Challenges: On a Halloween Night
Harry Potter is hit with a weakened spell, giving him cat ears and tail. He ends up in the Kitchen Corridor, and finds Professor Snape. Strange things happen when your influenced by a feline spell. Written for A Feline Predicament challenge. Rated for mild language.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Misc
Rated: T - Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 09 May 2009 / 09 May 2009
Series: Feline trouble - Challenges: A Feline Predicament
Voldemort is dead, and so are quite a few others. Harry's back at the Dursleys & depressed. A potion changes everything. Snape adopts Harry. Canon more or less up to the end of GoF, after that AU. The first in the Second Chance series.

Takes Place: 4th Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Deaging
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 19 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 03 Apr 2011 / 03 Apr 2011
Series: Second Chance - Challenges: None
Harry is a runner of drugs, but becomes addicted to alcohol along the way. Severus finds out, and tries to help him.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Drug use, Neglect, Profanity, Rape, Self-harm, Violence
Chapters: 29 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 22 Aug 2011 / 25 Jun 2009
Series: Runner - Challenges: None
Snape discovers Umbridge's preferred method of detention.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect
Chapters: 4 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 19 Oct 2017 / 04 Jul 2009
Series: None - Challenges: Not such a protector after all
An inside-out and upside-down answer to the "First Impressions" challenge. A tale of many misconceptions, wishful thinking, best-laid plans and all that.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Slytherin!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 10 - Completed: No - Updated: 25 Dec 2009 / 09 Aug 2009
Series: None - Challenges: First Impressions
The summer after his first year at Hogwarts, Harry gets in trouble with the Ministry for unauthorized use of underage magic. Dumbledore talks the Ministry into releasing Harry, and asks Snape to step in as guardian for the summer. Snape is a reluctant guardian at first, but quickly decides that he will use this time to teach Harry about self-discipline and controlling his magic.

Takes Place: 2nd summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Physical Punishment Spanking
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 08 Nov 2020 / 09 Aug 2009
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Ministry forces Severus to decide between getting de-aged or go to Azkaban. So he lives a new and better childhood with Albus and Minerva as his parents. Mentioned child abuse but otherwise a fluffy story!

Takes Place: 9 - Post Epilogue (middle aged Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Child fic, Creature!fic, Deaging
Categories: Reverse Roles > Big Brother Harry, Big Brother Snape, Misc > All written in Snape's POV
Rated: T - Warnings: Neglect, Romance/Het
Chapters: 15 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 28 Sep 2009 / 02 Sep 2009
Series: A Better Childhood - Challenges: None

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