| Takes Place: 3rd summer, 3rd Year | Chapters: 25 |
| Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape's a Bully, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern | Completed: Yes |
| Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Fic Fests > Fic Fest 2018 | Genres: Angst, Canon, Drama, Family, General, Hurt/Comfort |
| Tags: Adoption, Azkaban Character, Incognito!Harry, Injured!Harry, Runaway, Spying on Harry! Snape | Word count: 159491 |
| Main Characters: .Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, Original Character, Other, Sirius | Read: 143063 |
Summary: [COMPLETE] After Harry blows up Aunt Marge and catches the Knight Bus to Diagonalley, he decides to take charge of his life when he learns he’s being sent back to Four Privet Drive. Harry spends the summer turning life in Diagonalley on its head, trying not to worry about the murderer Sirius Black, and attempting to avoid Severus Snape. In the midst of this he finds himself embroiled in an intense legal battle against Albus Dumbledore to decide his future. For the first time his fate rests solely in his own hands, and depend on the decisions he finds himself being forced to make. Harry wishes he could just be a thirteen year old boy, and begins to wonder if he’ll ever have the childhood he desires the most. Some of the warnings listed just as a precaution for things mentioned or alluded to. This story is part of the series, Building Doors. The next story in the series is Building Bridges.
Awards:
Rated: T
Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Suicide Themes, Violence
Series: Building Doors
Challenges: None
Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Suicide Themes, Violence
Series: Building Doors
Challenges: None
Story Notes:
In this story Harry blows up Aunt Marge at the very beginning the summer. In this story Dumbledore is good. He’s not manipulative or evil, or even barmy despite what Harry may believe. Dumbledore believes he’s doing what’s in Harry’s best interests. Whether he is, or isn’t, is up to the reader.
Snape appears in this story at first to be a great character assassin and cast doubt on Harry’s ability to make sound decisions. As the story progresses however, Severus finds himself doubting his own decision making ability regarding the Boy-Who-Lived. He isn’t in the story much in the first five chapters, but appears more and more as the story progresses and begins to play a major role in the second half. This is a Harry centric story because of Harry’s predicament and he spends a lot of time on his own without adults, so please be patient for encounters and interactions with our favorite Potions Master.
Table of Contents
1. The Barrister by JAWorley [Reviews - 7] 
(4103 words) 
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Burle
2. A Start by JAWorley [Reviews - 3] (3169 words)
3. Accounts And Holdings by JAWorley [Reviews - 2] (5031 words)
4. The Head Of Slytherin And The Headmaster by JAWorley [Reviews - 9] (6494 words)
5. Responsibility by JAWorley [Reviews - 6] (7905 words)
6. The Snort by JAWorley [Reviews - 8] (6792 words)
7. Interim by JAWorley [Reviews - 7] (6223 words)
8. A History Lesson by JAWorley [Reviews - 6] (6076 words)
Here's an image of how the alley's are in the story now. I had to make this for myself to visualize things so I could know how to describe them. Dark blue buildings are buildings Harry owns. Light blue grayish buildings are ones he doesn't own. Green indicates the Muggle businesses and buildings along the Muggle roads.
9. Barrow, Bellamy, And Professor Snape Again by JAWorley [Reviews - 8] (4218 words)
10. A Plan by JAWorley [Reviews - 11] (6932 words)
11. Filings And Proceedings by JAWorley [Reviews - 9] (4818 words)
12. Coombs For Dumbledore by JAWorley [Reviews - 7] 
(4011 words)
13. The Potter Barrister, The Ruling, and Professor Snape’s Decision by JAWorley [Reviews - 15] (5854 words)
14. The Truth That Harry Knew by JAWorley [Reviews - 8] (5706 words)
15. Harry's Guardian by JAWorley [Reviews - 28] (6780 words)
16. Help Him If You Can by JAWorley [Reviews - 5] (4682 words)
New chapters will be coming all week long! I have several ready to post as of July 14, 2021.
17. On Holiday by JAWorley [Reviews - 3] (3527 words)
I wanted to pause for a moment and thank KatebHarlow for letting me kick ideas around with her a few weeks ago. Sometimes all I need is someone to talk about the story with and it creates all kinds of new ideas for me to continue a story or work towards finishing it up. Also note, new chapters will be coming daily all week!
18. Business Doesn’t Wait For School ie. How Many Broomsticks Do You Need Potter? by JAWorley [Reviews - 4] (8505 words)
19. Eclipsed by JAWorley [Reviews - 5] (4958 words)
20. A Shadow So Dark by JAWorley [Reviews - 7] (10217 words)
21. The Bazaar by JAWorley [Reviews - 7] (8669 words)
I think this makes 6 chapters updated this week?
22. No Darkness Too Deep by JAWorley [Reviews - 7] (10498 words)
23. A Burden To Share by JAWorley [Reviews - 2] (9692 words)
24. Those We Choose by JAWorley [Reviews - 1] (11751 words)
25. Those Who Choose You by JAWorley [Reviews - 16] (2880 words)
The End.
JAWorley is the author of 61 other stories. This story is part of the series, Building Doors. The next story in the series is Building Bridges.
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