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Final Note 6 - June 2018:

Although it has already been a long time since I have posted or updated anything, it is time to make it official.

I will no longer be writing fanfiction.

I haven't come to this decision because I have run out of ideas or inspiration for my current works - to the contrary, I have put a lot of thought and planning into each of them. Even now, the moments and scenes I had planned live happily in my head. The issue becomes the fact that I have limited free time, so I must choose how to spend it. This is why there have so often been extremely long breaks between updates. In turn, this becomes unfair to readers, as I know that they often have limited free time as well and it is very easy to forget the plot of a story that wasn't born within your own head (and sometimes even then!).

Now, I know many of you would continue to wait for updates. We lovers of fanfiction are tenacious that way. However, since my free time is limited, I have decided that my focus needs to be on my original works.

In that spirit, though a part of me is saddened, I hereby abandon all my current works-in-progress. I will not be updating them again. However, I also open my stories up for adoption, should anyone be interested in continuing them in my stead. (Though, to be clear, I don't honestly think anyone would, but) I ask only that I be credited and that no large portions of my work, incomplete or no, be copied by another (so please link/direct readers back to my work if you continue it).

I've had such a great time in this fandom. Thanks to all who've helped keep the magic alive!

Warm regards,

Dream Painter

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He promised to protect her son. Two years later, a cat visits Privet Drive.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Child fic, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 14 Sep 2010 / 13 Sep 2010
Series: None - Challenges: None
Comments: ^^
During Harry's 5th year, the Ministry decides to interfere with Hogwarts, namely the sweets and fatty foods served by the house elves. Will Hogwarts finally be whipped into shape, or is the Ministry going to find a bit of a revolt on their hands?

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 12 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 10 Sep 2010 / 30 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Healthy Eating and Exercise is Key
Comments: ^^
A series of six one-shots where Harry is being stalked by a deranged person.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 6 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 10 Sep 2010 / 05 Sep 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Quarry
Comments: ^^
Harry has an...outburst...in potions class. Response to the Mr. Prozac Called challenge by Dream Painter

Takes Place: 7th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 05 Sep 2010 / 05 Sep 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Mr. Prozac called...
Comments: ^^
When Harry goes through some...changes...the summer before his Fifth year, his relatives don't react well. Suddenly Harry finds himself homeless and alone, and learning to cope with yet another whole new world he'd never known existed.

Takes Place: 6th summer, 7th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Creature!fic
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Parental Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 15 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 01 Sep 2010 / 20 Dec 2009
Series: Outcast's Alley Series - Challenges: None
Comments: ^^
It is extremely unfortunate for Harry Potter that once the bond of an apprentice is made, it cannot be undone… that is until the Master relinquishes control. It is unfortunate for Mr. H. Potter, graduate of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, that a mistake has been made, and he has become apprenticed to Master of Potions, Severus Snape. Response to "Apprentice Mistake Challenge" by ObsidianEmbrace

Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Deaged!Harry, Deaging, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry
Categories: Master Snape > Apprentice Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Romance/Het, Violence
Chapters: 8 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 22 Aug 2010 / 16 Sep 2009
Series: JAWorley's Challenges - Challenges: Apprentice Mistake, Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Comments: ^^
Sequel to the Definition of Home. Now back at Hogwarts, Harry balances school and his home life as he prepares to face Voldemort and learns to trust Snape's guidance. Along the way they both learn that family also means support.

Takes Place: 7th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Deaging
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 14 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 04 Aug 2010 / 07 Jun 2010
Series: Redefining Life - Challenges: None
Comments: ^^
After a horrific accident, Harry returns to the living world without any of his memories. When memories do reappear, they are not his own. In response to the “Wrong Memories” challenge by Dream Painter. Note: This will be a short 3-5 chapter story.

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Stern
Tags: Amnesia, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, New Identity!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 4 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 03 Aug 2010 / 30 Jul 2010
Series: JAWorley's Challenges - Challenges: Wrong Memories
Comments: ^^
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...

NOTE: This story has a prologue. It is not necessary to the plot of the story, but if you wish to read it, it is called(predictably enough) 'Prologue to Life as Dictated by a Talking Hat'

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry, SuperPower! Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Profanity
Chapters: 35 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 24 Jul 2010 / 15 Mar 2009
Series: Life as Dictated by a Talking Hat - Challenges: None
Comments: ^^
It is not only the war that changed things: Severus himself is no longer what he was and that changes everything. 2010 Challenge Fest entry. Response to Student Snape by Foolish Wishmaker.

Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 14 Jul 2010 / 14 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Student Snape
Comments: ^^

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