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Summary: Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter swap bodies. Snape is called to help.
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Summary: Harry faints. It can be in potions class, in the Great Hall, or any other place Snape also is at the time.
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A small prompt to build off of :)

The Great Hall was abuzz with the chatter of students, all discussing the events of the day and making plans for Hogsmeade weekends. The gold and scarlet Gryffindor table, usually the loudest and most vibrant, had an unusual cloud hanging over it. In the center of it all was Harry Potter, staring blankly at his plate, prodding his treacle tart with a fork. His usually bright green eyes were dull, overshadowed by dark circles so pronounced they could've been painted on.

Across the days, Harry had found himself waking up in the most bizarre places: once on the Quidditch pitch with a broomstick beside him, another time in the Forbidden Forest, closely surrounded by a circle of curious centaurs. And just this morning, he'd been woken up by Peeves, who gleefully sang a shrill song as Harry found himself hanging upside down in the Trophy Room, his feet somehow tied to a chandelier. Harry couldn't recall when or how he had fallen asleep, let alone how he'd ended up in these odd locations. Every time someone asked, especially Hermione, he'd brush it off, putting on a brave face. But the constant exhaustion was wearing him down, making it harder and harder to concentrate on anything.

From the shadowy corners of the Great Hall, Professor Severus Snape observed the Boy Who Lived with an intensity that few could match. He noted the unmistakable signs of fatigue, the hollow look in Harry's eyes, the slow way he moved. For years, the Potions Master had been quick to write off Potter's antics as a bid for attention or a result of his reckless nature. But this? This was something entirely different. That night, as the students made their way to their common rooms, Severus decided to follow Harry, cloaked in the shadows, to unravel the mystery that threatened to consume the young wizard.


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Summary: Part 1: For no other reason than finding her very attractive, Snape or Harry (or both) visits a Muggle palm reader, despite mentally dismissing the practice as "utter rubbish" -- especially since the reader is a mere Muggle without any knowledge of the wizarding world, much less having any magical ability to predict the future. What will she find written in the lines on his/their palm(s)?

Part 2: Character(s) reflect(s) on the palm reading several years later -- how accurate was the Muggle? How much came to pass? The prediction might focus on several significant minor Canon events, or just one detailed major Canon event.

What conclusions do(es) the wizard(s) reach regarding a Seer's ability?

You can choose the starting point for the palm reading, but the reflection should come near or following the Final Battle at Hogwarts.
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Summary: Moody hunts wizards like Snape for a living and he is very very good at it. Is Harry with Snape or is he with Moody?
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Summary: Walking and using large muscles helps release happy anti-depression chemicals. Snape needs all the happy chemicals he can get. The staff conspire to make Snape patrol around the castle and grounds as much as possible, much to the chagrin of misbehaving students.
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Summary: Canon Snape comes face to face with a version of himself from another universe. A universe where he raised Harry Potter.
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Harry has been brewing and taking dreamless sleep potions, but he has a problem he's run out of ingredients in his potions kit. In his tiredness he can only think of one way to get what he needs.

The challenge. Put the following two paragraphs somewhere in a story!

His dreams, once filled with whimsical magic and camaraderie, had been replaced by unnerving nightmares of his days at the Dursleys'. Harry found himself in an endless cycle of cold sweat and trembling. As a result, he had resorted to secretly brewing Dreamless Sleep Potions in the third-floor girls' bathroom, where Moaning Myrtle provided gloomy company.

However, his potion kit was now barren. The only person with access to the ingredients he needed was the person he dreaded the most: Professor Snape.


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Summary: What if Voldemort won the first war?

Voldemort goes after the Potters but instead of Lily, he gives James the choice to join his Death Eaters and let him through, James refuses and this provides the necessary sacrifice needed for Harry's protection. Voldemort doesn't kill Lily, instead he just stuns or otherwise incapacitates her until he deals with her son. Voldemort doesn't vanish after firing the killing curse but is weakened and retreats thinking the threat is eliminated. As per promise, Lily is spared and Snape is summoned to collect his reward prior to the Dark Lord retreating. While Lily refuses to leave her baby behind and fights Snape tooth and nail, they suddenly notice that the Harry is still alive. The killing curse did not actually kill him, he was only temporarily dead or only appeared to be like In DH. Obviously the dark Lord can never know of his survival. Snape uses a potion to alter Harry's features permanently and forges a new identity for the kid, the child of a Prince relative who joined the Death Eaters but was killed by the aurors. Snape took him supposedly in as he felt responsible for the last Prince and to make sure the kid is raised into a proper Death Eater.

Voldemort takes over the Ministry after recovering and tries to defeat Dumbledore. Things do not look good for the light, Dumbledore vanishes with the help of Fawkes and stays hidden until he can mobilize more order members. Sirius is still arrested and taken to Azkaban for openly defying Voldemort, Remus is on the run.

The wizarding world is under the control of Voldemort but he's not as insane as canon. He only kills those who openly defy him, he is keeping the statute still in tact for now but issues a lot of laws regarding muggleborns.

They're not threatened but obviously treated as second class citizens with limited education and limited job opportunities. Wizards and Witches are no longer allowed to marry muggles or muggleborns or procreate with them. Muggleborns are removed from their family after their first performance of accidental magic, their parents obliviated and the children given to Death Eater and Pureblood families to raise. They are practically homeschooled, not allowed to attend Hogwarts and are taught basic magic or specialize in whatever will serve their pureblood families. Essentially, they're a little above house elves. Hermione ends up with Severus and Lily and they teach her everything they can.

During the early years, Snape is forced to imperio Lily when Voldemort or the Death Eaters are present because he doesn't trust her to control herself. They don't question it, after all Snape needs her body not her mind. Snape later on convinces his colleagues that the events of 1981 and being under prolonged influence of imperio have damaged Lily's mind, she's no threat and believes Snape's "nephew" to be her dead son Harry. Should Voldemort ever look into little Harry's mind, this will be the explanation of any loving memories with his mother and why he is called Harry. Lily, has meanwhile, perfected the art of occlumency and impeccably empties her mind whenever the Death Eaters are present.

Snape is still involved with Dumbledore and helps him gather the Order members. Sirius breaks out of Azkaban and looks for Remus, they try to rescue Lily from Snape but she explains to them what is going on and reveals the Order's secret Headquarters to them. There are multiple assassination attempts against Voldemort but all miraculously fail, Snape infers that Dark Magic must be involved and Lily starts her research until she comes across horcruxes.

Let the hunt begin.

During the early years, Snape and Lily are a total mess together, Lily can't forgive him and believes he's enjoying this situation. They're constantly fighting but she settles down a little after realizing that she has no other choice but to stay with him. She later comes to understand Snape's true loyalties and their relationship improves. They may just have a platonic relationship or it could develop into something of a romantic nature later on.
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Summary: Snape knows all the proper brewing/seeping times for every type of tea leaves. He has a built in timer in his body from all the potions work he does. He gets irritated when the water is too hot, or too cold, when people remove their leaves too early, or when they are left in too long, etc. Harry either is rubbish at making tea, or good at it thanks to the Dursleys.
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