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River of Dreams by nottajjas

Summary: When Severus Snape finds a certain brat-who-lived out after curfew the year after Voldemort's return, it starts a chain of events that he wouldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams. Or nightmares.

1. In the Middle of the Night by nottajjas [Reviews - 6] (4061 words)

Well, I suppose you’ve spent the last four years proving that rules were made for you to break, why change the habit now?

2. I Go Walking in My Sleep by nottajjas [Reviews - 4] (3539 words)

He didn’t have time to contemplate just how bad the landing was going to be before he hit.

3. Through the Jungle of Doubt by nottajjas [Reviews - 4] (3924 words)

At least Longbottom would be too intimidated to be irritating.

4. To the River so Deep by nottajjas [Reviews - 4] (5640 words)

I wonder if stupidity is catching…

5. I Know I'm Searching for Something by nottajjas [Reviews - 3] (4351 words)

Perhaps I should set up a vacation house. Strongly warded against dark lords, headmasters, and obnoxious students.

6. Something So Undefined by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (4669 words)

Whenever we make our reappearance back in London, I believe I will make sure he is walking in front of me.

7. That It Can Only Be Seen by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (6395 words)

"Ow! What was that for?�

“My sanity.

Some liberties with Occlumency and the teaching of have been taken in this chapter.

8. By the Eyes of the Blind by nottajjas [Reviews - 3] (6154 words)

If I was going to seriously injure you, I’d have tossed you off a branch days ago.

Warning: Some memories of Harry-abuse in this chapter.

9. In the Middle of the Night by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (5463 words)

“Damn it all, can nothing ever be simple?”

Warning: Memories of Harry abuse and Severus abuse.

10. I'm Not Sure about a Life After This by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (4191 words)

He’s supposed to be intimidated!

11. God Knows I've Never Been a Spiritual Man by nottajjas [Reviews - 3] (4853 words)

“In Merlin’s name, what is going on here?”

Warning: It's really not Severus' day.

12. Baptized By the Fire, I Wade Into the River by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (5613 words)

“Severus? Merlin, Severus, you look horrendous!”

13. That Runs to the Promised Land by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (3652 words)

“Something amusing, Mr. Potter?”

14. In the Middle of the Night by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (5909 words)

I will not kill the brat. I cannot kill the brat. I could maim him, but no doubt someone would get annoyed.

15. I Go Walking in My Sleep by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (5013 words)

“Mr. Potter, should I ever desire your views on a particular subject—as unlikely as that scenario is—I assure you that I will ask. Until such a time, kindly remember that no one is interested in your opinions and you would do better not to interrupt your elders.”

16. Through the Desert of Truth by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (6288 words)

Maybe I won’t encourage Harry to tell him who he’s been staying with—it would be amusing for the first five minutes and then I’d be forced to hex him into oblivion just for the sake of my sanity

17. To the River so Deep by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (5890 words)

I’m not sure I’d care to go into battle with an actual target painted on my chest, but to each his own, I suppose.

18. We All End in the Ocean by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (4443 words)

Severus would swear that he’d seen that liquid before, seen the same crystal type….

Warning: Severus torture

19. We All Start in the Streams by nottajjas [Reviews - 3] (4269 words)

It’s hardly a conversation when I’m not even permitted to speak.

Warning: Results of Severus torture. I swear it will get happier eventually.

20. We're All Carried Along by nottajjas [Reviews - 5] (5616 words)

“And the day that I utter the phrase ‘pretty cool,’ I expect to be immediately committed to the mental ward at St. Mungos.”

21. By the River of Dreams by nottajjas [Reviews - 0] (6162 words)

And the hat wanted to put you in Slytherin? It must need respelling.

22. In the Middle of the Night by nottajjas [Reviews - 0] (3845 words)

“Mr. Potter, despite what you and your little friends might think, it is not your duty to take care of the entire Wizarding world.”

23. I Don't Know Why I Go Walking at Night by nottajjas [Reviews - 5] (4158 words)

I am neither a babysitter nor a sounding board for distraught students.

24. I'm Tired and I Don't Want to Walk Anymore by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (4536 words)

“Despite what the quality of their homework might indicate, the majority of our students can read.�

25. It's Not Going to Take the Rest of My Life by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (4709 words)

Perhaps not, it’s one thing if she gets eaten, but Albus will be annoyed if a class of students is consumed with her.

26. To Find What I've Been Looking For by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (4680 words)

Severus debated answering honestly and then decided that swearing at the staff wouldn’t help him get out of there any sooner.

27. In the Middle of the Night by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (5232 words)

“I take it that your window wasn’t sealed either?” he asked as he began to rummage around on one of the lower shelves. “That doesn’t seem particularly vigilant.”

28. I Go Walking in My Sleep by nottajjas [Reviews - 3] (5544 words)

If Longbottom was supposed to be the savior of the Wizarding world…Merlin help us all.

29. From the Mountains of Faith by nottajjas [Reviews - 3] (4816 words)

“Yes, I know, life is just horribly tragic sometimes.�

30. To The River so Deep by nottajjas [Reviews - 4] (3549 words)

Perhaps St. Mungos offers a two-for-one special.

31. I Must Be Looking for Something by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (3715 words)

“I’d ask about irritability, but I’m afraid that that could hardly be classed as a symptom in your case.”

32. Something Sacred I Lost by nottajjas [Reviews - 2] (3974 words)

“Yes, fine, does three years from Tuesday work for you?”

33. But the River Is Wide by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (6691 words)

I’d sooner expect Sybil to predict that I’ll live a long and happy life

34. And It's so Hard to Cross by nottajjas [Reviews - 6] (4954 words)

“I am going to murder that brat.”

35. Even Though I Know the River Is Wide by nottajjas [Reviews - 1] (4301 words)

Hot pokers, or the rack? Or boiling in oil, perhaps; my oversized cauldrons should be large enough.

36. I Walk Down Every Evening and Stand On the Shore by nottajjas [Reviews - 5] (5226 words)

“Well, what do you do to relax?�

“Invent poisons.�

37. I Try to Cross to the Opposite Side by nottajjas [Reviews - 8] (4103 words)

What in Merlin’s name is that supposed to mean; they plan to strap one of Sybil’s crystal balls to my forehead?

38. So I Can Finally Find by nottajjas [Reviews - 6] (5995 words)

‘Until’ rather than ‘if’ Severus noted…the headmaster always was overly optimistic.

39. What I've Been Looking For by nottajjas [Reviews - 6] (5524 words)

At the rate he was going, Severus suspected that his teeth were going to be bloody well splintered before this evening was over.

Once again, I’ve stolen some of J.K. Rowling’s dialogue for this chapter. If you recognize it, it’s probably not mine.

40. In the Middle of the Night by nottajjas [Reviews - 6] (4838 words)

Thomas, Dean. Hm. Five points for excessive letter size and a crooked stopper.

41. I Go Walking in My Sleep by nottajjas [Reviews - 11] (5215 words)

Merlin save me from teenagers and what constitute their ideas about valid plans.

Yes, I'm back...sorry, but real life has been winning over writing/reworking lately.

42. Through the Valley of Fear by nottajjas [Reviews - 5] (3094 words)

Or, possibly, I might feed you both to the squid.

Thank you to everyone who has read/reviewed, and I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve updated. Thanks for sticking with it. Between computer hell and the fact that I’ve been doing some major rewriting (according to my beta and sometimes-beta Severus turned into a complete sap somewhere around chapter 44 and I’m having trouble getting them to the point where I can still follow the ending storyline convincingly), I’m not sure when the next chapter will go up, but hopefully it will be much more quickly. I hope you enjoy.

43. To the River so Deep by nottajjas [Reviews - 6] (4364 words)

As last I heard, curiosity is supposed to kill cats, not unsuspecting potions masters.

Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed, and thanks for everyone’s patience in waiting for new chapters to come out.

Some liberties taken with Voldemort’s Horcruxes in this chapter.

44. I'm a Searcher for Something by nottajjas [Reviews - 5] (5599 words)

"I think you’ve been spending too much time with Alastor."

45. That's a Part of My Soul by nottajjas [Reviews - 5] (5026 words)

Returning to the Chamber had been Minerva’s idea; she could bloody well be the one to defend it.

Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed, and my apologies to Billy Joel for lyric editing in the next couple chapters.

46. Something Hidden Not Lost by nottajjas [Reviews - 4] (4079 words)

“He could have hundreds of people wishing him all manner of harm.�

“If not thousands.�

47. Something Making Me Whole by nottajjas [Reviews - 4] (6430 words)

"Those voices in your head really don't like you, do they?"

48. In the Middle of the Night by nottajjas [Reviews - 4] (5050 words)

"Thank you for averting that potential existential crisis."

49. I Wasn't Born to Walk On Water by nottajjas [Reviews - 6] (4136 words)

“At the moment, I’m considering sending you in first in lieu of a canary.”

50. I Wasn't Born to Sack and Slaughter by nottajjas [Reviews - 10] (4302 words)

"I wasn't aware that walking down a corridor constituted lurking, actually."

Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed (and who has stuck with this thorough the million-and-twelve rewrites of the chapters to come that have resulted in such long delays between postings).

Kudos to everyone who recognized "Falcon in the Dive" as the new set of titles…they're going to be a little bit off where I originally intended, but they should fit soon enough.

51. But On My Soul by nottajjas [Reviews - 5] (5098 words)

I will not die on Gryffindor bloody Tower!

Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed. No, this story hasn't been abandoned, updates just tend to take longer since it's been rewritten a few (hundred) times and I'm still trying to get the chapters to line up how they're supposed with plot points in the right places so it actually reaches a conclusion. At some point. In the distant future.

52. I Wasn't Born by nottajjas [Reviews - 10] (3138 words)

Why couldn't I have spent my childhood becoming familiar with the Forbidden Forest? At this rate, it would have been safer.