[COMPLETE] After Harry blows up Aunt Marge and catches the Knight Bus to Diagonalley, he decides to take charge of his life when he learns he’s being sent back to Four Privet Drive. Harry spends the summer turning life in Diagonalley on its head, trying not to worry about the murderer Sirius Black, and attempting to avoid Severus Snape. In the midst of this he finds himself embroiled in an intense legal battle against Albus Dumbledore to decide his future. For the first time his fate rests solely in his own hands, and depend on the decisions he finds himself being forced to make. Harry wishes he could just be a thirteen year old boy, and begins to wonder if he’ll ever have the childhood he desires the most. Some of the warnings listed just as a precaution for things mentioned or alluded to.

Takes Place: 3rd summer, 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape's a Bully, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Azkaban Character, Incognito!Harry, Injured!Harry, Runaway, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Fic Fests > Fic Fest 2018

With the anniversary of the defeat of Voldemort fast approaching, the Wizarding World is finding it hard to bounce back. It is then that a certain Trio (plus one) find a chance to fix things the first time around far too good an opportunity to pass up. Harry hopes to save those he lost, including a certain Potions Master.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Time Travel
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape

And now the story was repeating itself. With the same Shrieking Shack, the same werewolf, and the same Potter brat. In Severus’ opinion, James and Harry were the one person with the only difference – they belonged to different time lines.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Kind, Out of Character Snape
Tags: Azkaban Character, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Werewolves
Categories: Healer Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape

Challenge by WhiteTail about a Natural Disaster at Hogwarts. When he looked out the window all he could see was thick smoke, and the smell of burning sulfer in the air. He swallowed the fear thickly, unable to believe that something like lava had penetrated Hogwarts

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Azkaban Character, Physical Impairment
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

To learn more about careers in the wizarding world, all third year students are required to interview a professor about what led them to becoming a professor or master of their craft.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Depressed
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape