Summary: When Harry arrives at Hogwarts, he has been conditioned by the Dursleys' treatment to accept bullying and abuse. Malfoy takes advantage of Harry's obvious vulnerability, tormenting and bullying him constantly. Harry accepts Malfoy's cruelty without complaining or going to a teacher. When Snape learns of Draco's behavior and Harry's true nature, he's forced to realize that he may have more in common with James Potter's son than he's comfortable with.
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Summary: The food and sweets at Hogwarts are plentiful, too plentiful in fact. What happens when Madame Poppy notices that the children are becoming too plump?

Ideas:

• Dumbledore requires the teachers to set an example for the students.
• Snape becomes one of the new physical education teachers.
• All of Hogwarts is put on a diet, Snape and Harry both sneak into the kitchens at the same time for food/sweets.
• The teachers and students are put into support groups, depending on what their needs are (overweight, underweight, too much exercise, too little exercise, unbalanced eating). What group are Harry and Severus placed into?
• The Ministry gets involved. Perhaps someone like Umbridge will be the new Health overseer at Hogwarts.
• Will Dumbledore have to give up his lemon drops and switch them to something healthier?

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Summary: Harry's Aunt and Uncle die, leaving both himself and his cousin Dudley without any guardians. They experience some sort of temporary living arrangement, such as Muggle or ministry custody, brief foster parents, or living on their own before finally ending up in the custody of Severus Snape. How much of a struggle was it to get both of them and how did he do it? Do they want to go?

Does this experience help Harry and Dudley bond, or do they hate each other even more after Petunia and Vernon's deaths? How does Dudley take being in the magical world?

Extra points to pick from:

• Both Dudley and Harry experience an abusive environment together.
• Someone runs away (Doesn't have to be Harry or Dudley).
• One of the boys gets in trouble with the Muggle authorities.
• Dudley stands up for someone being physically bullied.
• Ron Weasley turns one of the boys in when they do something wrong.
• Dudley is thought to be crazy when he mentions Magic to Muggles.
• Dudley tries to do Magic.
• Harry finds out that he is allergic to something.

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Summary:

Voldemort attacked the Potters when Harry was c. five. Lily and James both survived, but James had been terribly injured - he lost most of his memory, his mind was damaged and he regressed to the state of a five-eight years old child. Lily and Harry are glorified and James ignored by the magical society.

Lily repeatedly refuse to put James to a mental ward at St. Mungo's, however, she can't do everything alone. Some of her friends support her. She hopes that James might recover. Severus is her friend, strongly dislikes James and is one of the few probably capable of finding a cure.

NOTES - things to consider/play with:

1. Harry knows something happened to his daddy. (Really, he has to.) What does it do to the family?
2. What caused the change in timelines? Play with fates of Severus, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Dumbledore... You can even have the Weasleys, the Dursleys, the Longbottoms, whoever you like.
3. Make a simple, realistic story - don't overdo it for forty chapters, but don't make it two either. Don't overdo the drama, but don't forget about it. Don't forget to include some happy moments.
4. Be extremely careful in your characterization of Lily, Harry, Severus and James and of their relationships. I'm not that great fan of SS/LL, but I can enjoy it when it's well written. However, a story where Lily jumps into Severus's arms the first moment James is gone (disappeared, dead, incapabled) is sick. If you really have to see them together, at least make it believable first.

You should put some work into this. Besides that... good luck!

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Summary:

The Sorting Hat goes back in time and changes how House sortings are made. Previously, it sorted children by wishes and family inheritance. Now it will sort only by personality traits, and is free from any compulsions placed on it originally. Be creative!

Requirements:

• The Sorting Hat goes back in time, to anytime (it could even go back to the Founders and tell them that the whole House system thing is a stupid idea).
• No pairings, or pairings play a very small and almost unnoticed role.

Things I Would Like:

• Goes back to Harry's time, the Marauders, or shortly before/during Tom Riddle's start
• Extremely uneven Sortings, so that the teachers are forced to hold mixed classes
• NO OOC-ness
• Parseltongue plays a key role (double points for this)
• Parselmouth!Lily
• Decently written and semi-original Sorting songs; the Sorting Hat should go with different songs than 'before'
• Second year, Harry either is the one who is given Tom Riddle's diary or he has it for longer/ knows of its power for longer
• Not-super-nice Snape
• Someone other than James is Harry's father (another thing to get creative with; also how it's revealed)
• Dark!Sirius (regardless of what time)
• Independent! and/ or Gray!Harry (but not Dark/ Evil)
• Lily somehow ends up resurrected (points for creativity)

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