When Hagrid takes Harry to his vault for the first time, he finds a letter from his mum in his vault, which contains secrets which shape all his future years at Hogwarts (and potentially cause major problems). Warning: severe James Potter bashing.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Loving Snape, Stern Snape
Tags: Hufflepuff!Harry, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape

Terror and destruction seemed inevitable after Voldemort finally revealed himself to the Wizarding World, but at Hogwarts, Harry lives a disturbingly unchanged life. He exists in parallel to the people around him, and as time passes the line between friend and foe stretches into a complex gradient, difficult to decipher. Seeking desperately to become the hero the Order needs, it becomes more and more clear to him how dangerous that prospect is.

But, in a life fraught with crisis and tragedy, what's just a little more?

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Bully Snape, Kind Snape, Secretive Snape, Stern Snape
Tags: Adoption
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

Harry doesn’t think living in the orphanage is that bad, but he’s tired of being picked on for having no one that wants him. When someone sends word they want to adopt a young wizard, Harry leaves the orphanage to go to his new home. The problem is, there’s been a mistake. Severus Snape would never have requested to adopt Harry Potter, and now that he’s there, he doesn’t want to keep him.

Takes Place: 2nd summer - Snape flavour: Angry Snape, Canon Snape, Comforting Snape, Controlling Snape, Cruel Snape, Kind Snape, Loving Snape, Mean Snape, Stern Snape
Tags: Adoption, Injured!Harry, Injured!Snape, Royalty!Snape, Runaway
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Teacher Snape > Unofficially teaching Snape

Help is found in the unlikeliest of places. I hope that you enjoy this updated version of my story. Some things will be the same as the original, but there will be subtle changes. This story is Alternate Universe. Severus mentors Harry story. The characters will be a little OOC.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Comforting Snape, Loving Snape, Out of Character Snape, Stern Snape
Tags: Adoption, Evil!Albus, Injured!Harry, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

Severus Snape had a secret. It gnawed at him. It ate at him. He'd never told a soul. Until Harry came to Hogwarts. This is the canon story we all know, but with a twist and a different final battle ending. This is a, 'what we could have been seeing all this time and not realized' story (in a very Potions and Snitches sort of way).

Takes Place: 1st Year, 2nd summer, 2nd Year, 5th Year, 7th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Comforting Snape, Kind Snape, Loving Snape, Secretive Snape, Stern Snape
Tags: Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape