| Takes Place: 3rd summer | Chapters: 18 |
| Snape flavour: None | Completed: Yes |
| Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape | Genres: Drama, Hurt/Comfort |
| Tags: Alternate Universe, Runaway, Snape-meets-Dursleys | Word count: 91167 |
| Main Characters: .Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, Original Character | Read: 99757 |
Summary: Just before Christmas, Harry hears the basilisk again and believes he's going mad. Why else would he hear a voice that no one else can, talking about blood and death? Unable to take the stress, he flees the castle in the middle of a blizzard. Severus Snape follows him and they end up trapped in a cave, along with a very rare creature. Will they survive to see Christmas morning? Will they finally learn to set aside old grudges and impressions and learn the truth about each other? Christmas 2010 fic! Sick!Harry and sick!Severus, AU, mentor/apprentice, COS.
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Story Notes:
I shouldn't be writing any new fics, not with my crazy work schedule, but . . .the Muse wouldn't shut up and was driving me crazy.
Hope you all like!
banner made by LeeRoy with snake pics from deviantart
Table of Contents
1. Going Round the Bend by Snapegirl [Reviews - 20] 
(3394 words) 
Harry is driven out of the castle by a mysterious voice
partly canon complient with Chamber of Secrets
2. Frozen to the Bone by Snapegirl [Reviews - 15] (3433 words)
Severus tracks Harry through the snow. Will he be able to rescue him before Harry freezes to death?
3. The Wise One by Snapegirl [Reviews - 15] (3238 words)
Severus and Harry speak to the giant snake.
A/N: snake speech-the S-s-s on some words indicate a long hiss, the double ss on some words means a short hiss
4. Hidden Truths by Snapegirl [Reviews - 17] (2495 words)
Harry reveals some long buried secrets to an astonished Snape
5. Tell Me No Lies by Snapegirl [Reviews - 15] (4847 words)
Severus tries to get Harry to open up
6. Tale of a Basilisk by Snapegirl [Reviews - 16] 
(5068 words)
Severus reveals some very interesting history about the basilisk and the Wise One helps Snape heal Harry
7. Return of the Parselmouths by Snapegirl [Reviews - 17] (5233 words)
Harry has two very important discussions and they finally return to the castle
8. Unexpected Complications by Snapegirl [Reviews - 14] (3639 words)
Harry makes a startling discovery and Snape has a conversation with Dumbledore
9. Snake's Milk and Honey by Snapegirl [Reviews - 15] (2933 words)
Severus is gravely ill. Who will save him?
10. The True Heirs of Slytherin by Snapegirl [Reviews - 8] (5475 words)
the true heirs of Slytherin are revealed and the so is the fate of the basilisk
11. A Boy's Worth by Snapegirl [Reviews - 15] (4820 words)
Severus, Harry, and Dumbledore pay a visit to the Dursleys
12. Slytherin's Voice by Snapegirl [Reviews - 15] (4275 words)
Icefyre tracks Voldemort down
13. The Perfect Present by Snapegirl [Reviews - 8] (6919 words)
Christmas finally comes
14. Doubts and Quarrels by Snapegirl [Reviews - 8] (4624 words)
Harry finds out something he'd rather not about Snape . . .is it true?
15. Sins of the Past by Snapegirl [Reviews - 11] (4019 words)
Harry learns the truth about Snape's past
16. Finding the Way Back by Snapegirl [Reviews - 9] (8535 words)
Many things happen
17. Peace Through Understanding by Snapegirl [Reviews - 10] (5638 words)
Severus and Harry finally talk
18. Resolutions by Snapegirl [Reviews - 22] (12582 words)
Many things are settled and we come to the end of the story
The End.
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