Series Summary: Before Harry arrives at Hogwarts, the faculty have a meeting and decide that Harry will need a mentor to help him adjust, keep him out of trouble, and make protecting him easier. They decide that this person should the Head of the House into which Harry is sorted, presumably Minerva McGonagall. But things, of course, don't turn out as planned, and Harry is harder to deal with than anyone expected. Nobody asked him if he wanted a mentor, after all...

Series Summary: When Severus adopted 6 year old Harry Potter, he vowed that Harry would never know the abuse he had suffered as a child. But what happens when Severus is attacked and falls into a coma and the Ministry decides to turn Harry over to his next of kin—Tobias Snape! Will Harry survive?

Then the sequel, Growing Pains, and  various short stories, plus the prequel, Where Shadows Go.

Series Summary: When he came to Hogwarts, Harry was sorted into Slytherin: he had no idea how much this would affect the connections he'd make, or the friendships he would foster. Follow Harry through his Hogwarts career, avoiding goblin plots, murderous fanclubs and even Lord Voldemort himself. No Horcruxes, no Riddle diary, no Lord Potter, no creature inheritance, etc. Canon divergent; first year's is similar to the canon, and after that, every year is quite different to the original.

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In the summer before Harry's fourth year, Dumbledore brings the young Gryffindor to Snape's manor and gives him guardianship of the young man. However, after a year of being under Snape's guardianship, Harry's grades drop. He fails four classes: Potions, Herbology, History of Magic, and Astronomy. So for his summer that he thought would be nothing but relaxing, he soon finds himself back in school for the summer. All is not as it seems, though, at Hogwarts summer school. Will Harry get that perfect family he's always dreamed about since he was little? And what's this about the Sword of Slytherin?