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"Whelp" is a Featured Story here, yay Readers!  The sequel, "Whelp II -- The Wrath of Snape" is nearly done, and has been nominated for an award at The Quibbler.  Extra points for whoever guesses the title for Book three . . .

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"Better Be Slytherin!" was Featured here, as well, and won a First Round Quibbler Award for Best Chemistry at The Quibbler, where I was Runner-up for Best Author and "Better Be Slytherin" and "Whelp II" got Runner-Up awards for several other categories. See the banner here:

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After the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry has one last job to do.

Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 15 Sep 2007 / 15 Sep 2007
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: One More Such Victory 15 Sep 2007
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    Yeah, I could have used a chapter like that before the epilogue of DH, or better yet, instead of it. I've read several other stories of this ilk -- one last chat with our favorite Potions Master -- and they tend to be overly maudlin, but not yours.

    As Snape would say, "It was well done." Thank you for sharing.

After Harry is caught for exploding a cauldron in 2nd year Potions, Snape insists he keep a firm hand on the boy he must secretly protect. However, he discoveres that there is more to the twelve year old than unruliness and disrespect. Similarly, Harry learns from and gains a new perspective of his professor.

Takes Place: 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Stern
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Profanity
Chapters: 32 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 17 Jun 2008 / 25 Sep 2007
Series: Emerald Eyes - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 13: Chapter 13 20 Dec 2007
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    Ewwww, mouth soaping. I 'member getting that a few times as a kid. No fun at all. Glad Snape followed through, and that he's still going to teach the nipper Defense. Harry certainly needs it.

    Author's Response: I'm so thrilled that you're following my story.  Considering that I'm obsessed with your fics, it's a great compliment to know that you're reading ;)  So thank you!  I actually never experienced 'the soap' as a child, so I kind of had to use my imagination on that part...lol.  And yes, he does need Defense lessons.  Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!  It means a lot.

When Harry runs away from the Dursleys at the start of 3rd year, he is captured by Death Eaters and nearly killed, resulting in the loss of his magic. Only one man can help him now, Severus Snape, who has just discovered a shocking revelation . . . Harry is his son! Follow Harry and Severus as they attempt to build a relationship, resolve past conflicts, and heal Harry from the trauma he has endured.

Takes Place: 3rd summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Runaway
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Profanity, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 22 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 26 Mar 2008 / 29 Feb 2008
Series: Hidden Away - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 8: Remember When? 25 Jun 2008
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    Awww, such a lovely scene! I love the memories Snape has of young Harry, and the references to Prince of Thieves is really cute. I'd like to see what they made of "Die Hard." :-)

    I just found this fic and am enjoying it immensely. I do have a couple of questions/critiques, though, which will hopefully be addressed in the remaining chapters. If not, perhaps you could go back and edit. For one thing, I'm wondering why Harry hasn't had any nightmares of what recently happened to him with the Death Eaters. I recall that canon!Harry had horrific nightmares after what happened in the graveyeard when he was tortured and Cedric was killed. Why no nightmares after the horrific torture he went through in Albania?

    In fact, he seems to not have spoken or thought of that time at all, except when bemoaning his loss of magic, and the one query about whether the DEs are still after him. The child counselor in me thinks it's unhealthy for him to be repressing that ordeal, and that Snape should be pressuring him to speak of it, if not to him, than to a professional counselor. Elsewise the memories of those days he was tortured will fester and might turn into PTSD. I hope that lack is remedied in later chapters.

    Another question I had is about the extra year Harry had before Voldie killed Lily and James; How does that work? -- I mean, in canon, Harry learns what happened to his parents mostly by reading about the incident in "Greatest Wizards of the 20th Century" or something, and learns they died in 1981. So, unless everyone in the Wizarding world is in on the lie, there should be some reason for the extra year. I hope that will be explained, too.

    I know this story (and its sequel) are already completed, but these points really jumped out at me as things that need to be addressed to make for a better story.

    Again, I love the story, and you have a great way with words and imagery. *off to read next chapter . . .*

    Author's Response:

    harry has been repressing those nightmares and they will be coming out soon.  Severus knows this but doesn't feel comfortable yet pushing him to reveal them, he hopes they will emerge on their own.  They aren't yet at a comfortable stage of their relationship for Harry to reveal all that went on at the DE hands just yet.

     

    As for the extra year difference, that is explained simply by the fact that this is AU and things occurred at a different time and pace than in the original books.  I gave Harry an extra year with Lily, Sev, and James because I wanted him to develop more memories of his early years and that is why the time is different. Harry was told several lies as well which accounts for the discrepency. 


Title: Chapter 9: An Issue of Trust 25 Jun 2008
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    "Friends" debuted in Sept. 1994, which hasn't happened yet in this world, but otherwise, this was a very good chapter.

    I'm glad the nightmares have finally showed . . . not that I'm happy he's having them, but glad the emotion is not being repressed anymore. And Harry must have been repressing them fairly deeply to not recall that his magic had been ripped from him -- he didn't remember that happening when he was in the infirmary, after all.

    Author's Response: Yes, it was an altogether horrific experience, one which his mind acted to block from his conscious memories, and I took some more liberties with TV shows here, and timelines, this is a what if universe, and it's fun to play around with things.   

Title: Chapter 16: Moony Arrives 26 Jun 2008
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    I'm continuing to enjoy this story, but when I came across this bit, below, I have to admit being confused:

    Since the MacIntyres were Muggles, Severus didn't reveal that he was a wizard to them, they thought he used to be a chemistry professor for a posh English boarding school.

    I don't understand why he'd lie to them. I mean, if they don't know he's a wizard, how is he able to give their son Advanced Potions lessons? I assume they pay him for his time like any tutor, yes? Or is Neil sneaking out to get lessons? They must know that Harry is a wizard, too, since he plays Quidditch at their house, and was going to go to the Big Game, so why would they bat an eye at Severus being one, too? It doesn't make any logical sense.

    Lastly, if the MacIntyres have a Floo for talking through, why doesn't Harry use it to get back and forth to their house? That way he wouldn't need to rely on car rides (or Don't See Me --which in canon is actually "Notice Me Not" -- charms) to see his friends.

    Author's Response: The MacIntyres don't know their children are wizards, they think Severus is giving Neil advanced lessons in another subject and their wizard tutor, who teaches them much like a Hogwarts professor, is just a glorified math, history, and algebra teacher teacher.  That's why they only use a Floo for talking and its only the two brothers who use it, plus Severus doesn't want people to know he is a wizard and is keeping a low profile.  The MacIntyres don't believe in or accept magic, which is why all the secrecy.  As for the Quidditch, the charms work on them as well, and they can't see their sons flying, their eyes slide away. 

Title: Chapter 18: The Morning After 26 Jun 2008
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    Harry grimaced as the impact of his father's words sunk in. He'd never thought it would be dangerous just walking home alone.

    That seems an odd thing for Harry to think, considering merely stepping outside of his home, alone and *with* his magic, was what started off this story, with him in the hands of the Death Eaters.

    Author's Response: Yes, but that was back in England, where he was the Boy Who Lived and had enemies, not here in the US where no one knew him and he was just Harry Snape.  He doesn't realize there are Muggle predators who search for victims much like the DE.  Plus, the neighborhood he's in is known to be a safe one, with hardly any crime.

Title: Chapter 22: Always A Snape 26 Jun 2008
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    Wonderful ending!

    I can't believe Dumbledore, though! The wanker says he wants to make nice with Snape, but then he goes behind the man's back to wheedle Harry into returning to Hogwarts. If he were a real person, (and magic were available to me) I'd hex him six ways from Sunday. And then, once more for good luck. :-)

    Author's Response:

    yes and so would I.  I see Albus as someone who wants to do good, but he sees only the big picture and tends to lose sight of the fact that his players are people with feelings and lives and just because you want to do good--like slay Voldemort--doesn't mean you should manipulate people.  The old saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" fits him to a T, in my opinion.  he wants so much for Harry to be a hero and kill Voldy that he forgets that Harry is just a boy and should not bear such a burden.  Good thing in my universe he has Sev to look out for him, huh?

    Check out the sequel if you want, I followed the books a bit more closely there, but I still added a lot of my own ideas in there. 


Sequel to Hide Yourself Away! Please read or skim that first before you read this one, or else you’ll be quite lost.

Harry and Severus return to Hogwarts to finish out the third year, and encounter more problems, in the form of an escaped convict and a meddlesome Headmaster, but are aided by new and old friends to discover a truth that was hidden away.

Takes Place: 4th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Azkaban Character
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Physical Punishment Spanking, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 26 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 19 Apr 2008 / 27 Mar 2008
Series: Hidden Away - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 23: Jailbreak 29 Jun 2008
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    Nicely rescued, but . . . why was it necessary again? In canon, Sirius' innocence (or lack thereof) can only be "proved" by Harry and his schoolmates, because no adults would be believed. Lupin had been outed as a werewolf, so his word was suspect, and Severus would never speak up for Black, so the rescue was the only way Black would survive the night.

    Here, as you've written the story, since Lupin's wolfiness is still a secret (and Snape will never out him since they're friends), the Minister has two well-liked (or at least respected) Professors who also heard the conversation and whose word should be taken into account on this case, but Snape, at least is acting all secretive about it. Why?

    And Dumbledore could also use his "considerable influence", too, -- to pull for at least having a trial for Black this time around. There's no need for the time travelling rescue.

    Also, though I like this story alright, I don't care for it as much as the original, as I'm not all that enthusiastic about inserted "Mary Sue" characters, like Aria, since they take center stage away from the characters I'd rather read about. And I'm really starting to get annoyed at Harry. He seems to be acting like he used to a year ago, before going to NJ -- like a snotty, talking-back and disobedient, unthinking brat, with the bad temper to boot. Didn't he learn anything from the meditation Snape was teaching him in the last story (which I assume was a prelude to Occlumency)? Or the many talks Sev has had with him about his temper, taking responsibility, and especially about being in danger from Death Eaters? He seems to have regressed badly from all the growing up he did in the US, and it's been disheartening to see him in trouble all the time, while his "good behavior" becomes almost a footnote amongst all the bad. Almost every chapter is him getting in trouble, or Snape lecturing him or punishing him for getting in trouble, a far cry from how he was doing for the 8 months they were away from Hogwarts. The major problem with such a regression, though, is that there's no apparent reason for it. If there IS a reason for this regression, please please please let me know! This strange Harry-bot is no fun, alas.

    Sorry this isn't the nicest of reviews, but I wanted to be honest, especially since I enjoyed the first story in this series so much and I really wanted to enjoy this one, too.

    Author's Response:

    I followed the book more in this one than in the other one for the plotline of this story, since I saw no reason not to except for a few obvious changes, one of them being Harry as Sev's son and Aria Lupin.  Aria is what makes this fic an Au one, and not merely a rewrite of the original, I have had original charcters in here before and don't know why some people don't care for her...but I like her and she is a major player in this series. I made her to be family to Remus, who is always so alone, and who needs someone to love and to parent and also because I wanted Harry to have a Slytherin friend who was not Draco or any of the characters in canon.  Aria is not a perfect character by anay means, so I don't understand why some people label her a mary-sue which to me emans a cardboard cut-out with no background and no personality.

    Sirus Black--Fudge still beleives Sirius is a criminal, he doesn't want to listen to anyone except himself, despite Sev's attempts to tell him otherwise, Black escaping looks bad on his record, he's a politician, and needs a big coup to get better PR and that's why the rescue is necessary, plus Severus oncehad connections as a DE, and still has that past to live down, so he's not as well-respected as you might think.  Fudge only thinks he's a hero because he brought in Black. As for Albus, he never bothered to help Sirius much in canon, so I'm keeping him the same here.  Plus it gives Severus a chance to interact with Sirius.

    Harry-while he cna be mature for his age, he is also a thirteen-year-old boy, and all thirteen-year-olds go through a period of rebelliousness and testing.  he didn't test Severus before in HYA because he was still getting comfortable in their relationship and healing, now he's back at school, things are different, and he's going to push all Sev's buttons, like he did in canon.  In canon, all those kids did was get into trouble, only they were never called into account for their actions.  Harry isn't used to having a parent on staff to keep an eye on him and make him toe the line, at school he and Ron and Hermione pretty much ran wild, but he can't do that here, not with Severus and Remus.  I know it seemed like they fought every chapter, because in canon, which I was following, that was how the events played out, and though you'd think he'd behave while in school, knowing his parent is there, the sad fact is he didn't and then has to face consequences.  Some of them aren't so nice either, but he will eventually learn and he and Severus will get along better.  My nephew went through a  period like this as well, drove everyone in the family nuts with his attitude and disrespect and it happened overnight too soon as he hit the teens, until he finally relaized it got him nowhere and started to behave rationally again, almost a year later.  Harry is, in this fic being a typical teenager rebellious brat, annoying as it may be. 

    In the next one, he will be much more mature, though not done getting into trouble, because he is still a teenager and they all do.  As always thanks for reviewing.


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?

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Child fic
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Healer Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 20 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 03 May 2008 / 14 Apr 2008
Series: Never Again! - Challenges: Tobias Snape
Title: Chapter 12: Looking For Trouble 25 Apr 2008
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    Any ideas on what Sev will do to him?

    Probably give him The Time-Out to End All Time-Outs. And the little snot would deserve it. :-P But seriously, why wasn't Sev's Lab locked? Or had an alarm set on it, in case any 6-year-olds decided to make free with the ingredients? For someone as safety conscious as Sev is about his son, not having locks or magic alarms doesn't make any sense to me, so the trouble Harry gets into didn't seem likely to me. I suggest have him get mixed up in cooking in the kitchen. Plenty of messes (occasionally dangerous ones) to get into there, without breaking this reader's suspension of disbelief.

    Author's Response: Normally, his lab is locked, so you'll see why it wasn't, and he was never intending to be that long speaking to Matthew, it just happened, but your idea was a good one too, it simply didn't occur to me.

When Harry wakes one morning, he discovers a badly injured Snape in his living room, and tries to hide him. But Petunia discovers them and reveals a secret she has kept for thirteen years--one that will change the course of Harry's life forever, and Severus's as well. AU, pre-GOF.

Takes Place: 4th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Kidnapped, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Character Death, Physical Punishment Spanking, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 35 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 19 Aug 2008 / 15 May 2008
Series: Prince Manor - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 22: Smidgen's Solution 11 Jul 2008
Reviewer: jharad17 (Signed)
    Lovely chapter; the shimmerling is too cute!
    I think there's a typo here: "an impartial prophecy is impossible to decipher" where I think you meant "partial," not "impartial."

    Author's Response: Whoops, you're right! I'll have to go and fix that, thanks!


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