| Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year | Chapters: 10 |
| Snape flavour: None | Completed: Yes |
| Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape | Genres: Angst, Drama |
| Tags: Child fic, Snape-meets-Dursleys | Word count: 42185 |
| Main Characters: .Snape and Harry (required), Dudley, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Hermione, McGonagall, Percy, Petunia, Pomfrey, Ron, Vernon | Read: 89921 |
Summary: When the Dursleys abandoned Harry in the Hut on the Rock, he never could have foreseen how his dire predicament would lead to the fulfillment of his birthday wish for a different, better life.
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DISCLAIMER: J.K. Rowling owns all things Harry Potter; I own nothing Harry Potter. No copyright
infringement is intended.
The backstory is canon compliant (SS) with the exception that the Hogwarts owls do not come to Number 4 Privet Drive until the day after Harry’s eleventh birthday, which he celebrates in Little Whinging. The Dursleys flee the owls in August.
Note: No time travel takes place in this story, which begins on September 1, 1991 with Snape.
However, Harry’s chapters are flashbacks in time, from July 31 through August until Harry and
Snape meet on September 1. Each segment of the story is labeled to help avoid confusion.
Rated T for Violence and threats of violence.
infringement is intended.
The backstory is canon compliant (SS) with the exception that the Hogwarts owls do not come to Number 4 Privet Drive until the day after Harry’s eleventh birthday, which he celebrates in Little Whinging. The Dursleys flee the owls in August.
Note: No time travel takes place in this story, which begins on September 1, 1991 with Snape.
However, Harry’s chapters are flashbacks in time, from July 31 through August until Harry and
Snape meet on September 1. Each segment of the story is labeled to help avoid confusion.
Rated T for Violence and threats of violence.
Table of Contents
1. A Lovely Start by shadowienne [Reviews - 5] 
(2104 words) 
2. The Most Important Wish by shadowienne [Reviews - 7] (1834 words)
3. Vernon Takes Charge by shadowienne [Reviews - 3] (2667 words)
4. A Calamitous Night by shadowienne [Reviews - 4] (3122 words)
5. Neighborhood Watch by shadowienne [Reviews - 4] (4015 words)
Snape-Meets-Dursleys to the max! I took the Dursleys’ canon paranoia right over the top!
6. Kettles and Bottles and Owls-Oh, My! by shadowienne [Reviews - 5] (7371 words)
7. Wizarding Rescue by shadowienne [Reviews - 4] (4562 words)
8. The Sorting by shadowienne [Reviews - 3] (6550 words)
9. Potions by Penlight by shadowienne [Reviews - 4] (5477 words)
10. Into the Dungeons by shadowienne [Reviews - 54] (4483 words)
This chapter contains several of JKR’s familiar phrases lifted from SS book and film.
The End.
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