| Takes Place: 3rd Year | Chapters: 39 |
| Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern | Completed: Yes |
| Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape | Genres: Family, General, Hurt/Comfort |
| Tags: Alternate Universe, Physical Impairment, Snape-meets-Dursleys | Word count: 92962 |
| Main Characters: .Snape and Harry (required), Draco, Hermione, Other, Ron | Read: 399007 |
Summary: By third year, Harry was starting to think he knew his own identity. Then, the discovery of an old secret threatens to throw his world into turmoil, yet again. Nor is he the only one who finds his life affected...
Who is he, anyway?
Awards:
Who is he, anyway?
Story Notes:
Title inspired by the innumerable clever monikers created by equally clever writers.
Basic canon through second year and right up to the point Harry runs away from the Dursleys' and stumbles upon the Knight Bus; Sirius Black remains in Azkaban (where I intend leave him for now); all canon back story pretty much disregarded.
Stories such as this come a dime a dozen (a knut a parcel?), but I've done my best to make it my own.
Use of alcohol mentioned, leading to impairment (and a hangover), but no undue violence.
Rated primarily for language.
Table of Contents
1. Chapter 1 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 6] 
(2448 words) 
2. Chapter 2 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 7] (2557 words)
3. Chapter 3 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 7] (3089 words)
4. Chapter 4 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 7] (2546 words)
5. Chapter 5 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 8] (2552 words)
6. Chapter 6 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 7] (2472 words)
7. Chapter 7 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 0] (2262 words)
8. Chapter 8 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 1] (2905 words)
9. Chapter 9 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 1] (2233 words)
10. Chapter 10 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 3] (2220 words)
11. Chapter 11 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 5] (2642 words)
12. Chapter 12 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 4] (2136 words)
13. Chapter 13 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 4] (2750 words)
14. Chapter 14 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 9] (1696 words)
15. Chapter 15 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 3] (1656 words)
16. Chapter 16 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 9] (2044 words)
17. Chapter 17 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 6] (2165 words)
This chapter is dedicated to Pandora in honor of her heart-warming enthusiasm for this tale. ^^
18. Chapter 18 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 13] (2384 words)
19. Chapter 19 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 11] (2585 words)
20. Chapter 20 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 3] (2442 words)
Sorry for the delay!
I started writing this chapter two different times. (If you don't count the numerous false starts, as nothing seemed to sound right to me.) The first began the same as below, then I decided that, No, that wasn't where I was originally going to go with it, so I started writing it a second time. That, though closer to what I had intended just didn't seem right, so I came back to what you see here. Hope I made the right choice between the two.
21. Chapter 21 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 1] (2173 words)
22. Chapter 22 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 0] (2084 words)
23. Chapter 23 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 0] (2344 words)
24. Chapter 24 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 0] (2748 words)
Many profuse apologies for the long delay!
25. Chapter 25 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 4] (2238 words)
26. Chapter 26 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 6] (2490 words)
Terribly sorry for the horridly long delay. I've been... distracted.
27. Chapter 27 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 10] (3769 words)
Long delay, I know. Sorry. >.< Just moved across the country.
28. Chapter 28 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 5] (2817 words)
29. Chapter 29 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 9] (1726 words)
I'm afraid this is a rather short chapter following quite a long delay, and for both, I apologize. Between RL cares and other distractions, I am not often in the right frame of mind for serious writing.
That said, though the stretch between updates may be long, I will not be abandoning this tale. Thank you for your patience, and I apologize in advance if this chapter isn't as good as it ought to have been...
30. Chapter 30 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 12] (2441 words)
Belated author's note... Anyhow, I live! And I am back in the saddle. Alas, I cannot promise when updates will be. RL is as demanding as ever; furthermore, I have school and other writing projects. I'l try not to take quite so long to update this time, though. Promise.
31. Chapter 31 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 8] (2926 words)
32. Chapter 32 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 9] (1992 words)
I meant to get this up before I returned to school, but between my Muse stalling and other distractions, it just didn't happen. I will try to update as often as I can, but updates will be slow because of school. Thanks for bearing with me!
33. Chapter 33 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 5] (2822 words)
A heartfelt thanks for all the reviews and love this story has received and to those who are still following it after such a long stretch between chapters. My muse seems to have perked up now that I am no longer in school, so it is my hope to be able to actually post with some regularity this time around.
Thanks for not giving up on me or this story, yet.
34. Chapter 34 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 3] (2380 words)
The first section of this chapter gave me a bit of difficulty. I was afraid of botching it, so it made me hesitant to simply push through. Sorry for yet another long delay. I am starting a new full-time job next week, so I can't promise when I'll have the next installment up, but I will try to be quicker this time.Cheers.
35. Chapter 35 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 5] (2434 words)
Much love and thanks to all who reviewed! I know I didn't respond to very many of you, but each bit of feedback is cherished and much appreciated. I think any many major questions that I did not answer have been or will be addressed before the story's close. I suspect that is actually coming up in a few chapters, actually, but that is beside the point.Here, we have a rather Sirius-heavy chapter, for those who have been missing our charming dog-person. I'll concede that he may be a bit out of character from the canon, however, for the purpose of this story, I feel it is a good place for him to be. He learned a lot from his time as a dog.
36. Chapter 36 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 4] (3177 words)
37. Chapter 37 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 3] (1538 words)
Greetings, all! I fear that this is a rather short chapter following a long delay. Sorry about that. The next chapter ought to be longer. For now, I just needed to get myself back into the groove of things, as it were.
38. Chapter 38 by Dream Painter [Reviews - 3] (2474 words)
So, here it is, folks. Chapter Thirty-Eight, and as it turns out, this is the final chapter of The Boy Who..? Crazy, right? I hadn't realized it would be until I got to writing it and realized that I had resolved all the major things that needed resolving.I have taken a different perspective on Narcissa, here, which I felt went well with this universe - I hope you like it. And of course, we close with Snape and Harry. It has been a very long journey, and again I thank you all for having such patience with me during the very long delays between chapters. While I acknowledge that this is by no means perfect, I feel it has been a worthwhile endeavor. Thank you for taking this journey with me.
39. Epilogue by Dream Painter [Reviews - 23] (605 words)
The End.
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