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Call me: tambra (female) Member since: 01 Mar 2008
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I have been writing fan fiction for the Harry Potter series since 2007.  I blame my boss, who told me about this wonderful, whacky world of fans writing impossible stories for tales that they love.  I generally write strange pairings when i'm not focused on the fguardian relationship between harry and Severus.  My other works can be found on Archive of Our Own under the same pen-name, though be warned, some are fairly dark.

I am a red head (go gingers!), a dog groomer by trade, close to half a century old, and am also an avid animal lover.  In my spare time, I care for three dogs and a husband who is not only odd, but comes from the island of Borneo.  While he doesn't share my affinity for telling tales, he does love animals and has a terrific sense of humor that shows itself at odd times.  I am the proud step-monster to three children and step-grandmonster to one and half grandchildren  (My oldest daughter is due in September! (Woot!)

Thanks for reading this, and feel free to check out my stories.

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Harry realises that he needs to improve his Potions mark if he wants to become an Auror. He does everything possible in order to make this happen; studying with Hermione, working on his own and finally asking his Potions Professor for help. 2010 Challenge Fest Entry. In response to the Talented in Potions Challenge by PotionsMaster90.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death, Romance/Het
Chapters: 3 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 02 Jul 2010 / 02 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Talented In Potions
Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3 03 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    Hmm... I'm going to have to think on that ending. I liked the story. I loved the dynamic between Snape and Harry and how it pretty much stayed the same as cannon, but they both came around to a mutual respect in their own ways.

    Good job.

    Author's Response: I wanted to write a stroy that was slightly less AU than the stuff I usually write. Thank you very much for your review!

He knows it's not normal: Normal people don't live with these worries, normal people aren't afraid all the time. An attempt to keep Snape out of Azkaban after the war has unexpected consequences. 2010 Challenge Fest Entry. Response to the Student Snape Challenge by Foolish Wishmaker.

Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Misc > Strictly Canon Universe, Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 02 Jul 2010 / 02 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Student Snape
Title: Chapter 1: Crooked Line 03 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    What a heartbreaking story, and how true that one wrong move could have destroyed any one of them. I like your version of Dumbledore. He's well-meaning but too interfering, just like in cannon.

    Great job on the story.

Fawkes has a secret. Challenge Fest entry. Response to A Fawkes Secret by little-sun.

Takes Place: 4th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Azkaban Character
Categories: Parental Snape, Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 03 Jul 2010 / 03 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Fawkes' Secret
Title: Chapter 1: Fawkes' Secret 04 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    A nice twisty tale. I loved that you kept the cannon bits while putting a new spin on them.

Severus thinks it was bad enough being seventeen the first time around. Having to live through it a second time is surely a severe penance he doesn't deserve. 2010 Challenge Fest entry. Response to the Student Snape Challenge by Foolish Wishmaker.

Takes Place: 7th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: No - Updated: 08 Jul 2010 / 08 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Student Snape
Title: Chapter 1: Second Chance 10 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    I loved that. It was just so clever and witty and funny.

    Can't wait for more.

Snape appears to Harry when he goes to his death.2010 Challenge Fest entry. Response to Death Walk by ObsidianEmbrace.

Takes Place: 9 - Post Epilogue (middle aged Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Misc > Strictly Canon Universe, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 11 Jul 2010 / 11 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Death Walk
Title: Chapter 1: Death Walk 14 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    Nice. I'm sorry I missed this. I really like the sense of closure this story gives. Thanks for sharing.

    Author's Response: Im glad you liked it Tambra.

An unfortunate potions accident leaves Harry free of inhibition and forced to tell the truth, no matter the consequences. Winner for Best Story in the 2010 Challenge Fest. Response to the Another Potions Accident Challenge by Ebbtide.

Takes Place: 3rd summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Runaway
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Profanity
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 09 Nov 2011 / 15 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Another Potions Accident
Title: Chapter 1: Secrets Buried 16 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    Good job with the prompt. I especially liked this line: Wasn't it funny how his whole life fit in an scuffed up, three-by-two-by-two foot deep trunk?

    That was a very poignant observation of Harry's life.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Author's Response:

    Thanks Tambra. You did an amazing job with yours. 

     

    Yeah, poor Harry. The poor boy doesn't have much to show for his fourteen years, does he? 


Severus Snape and Harry Potter think that they know everything about each other. However, when Headmaster Dumbledore persuades his Potions Master to give duelling lessons to the youngest Triwizard Champion, events unfurl which will change both their lives forever. 2010 Challenge Fest entry. Response to the Safe Corridor at Hogwarts Challenge by Jan_AQ.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Kidnapped
Categories: Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Misc > Keepers of the Snitch
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Profanity
Chapters: 12 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 16 Jul 2010 / 16 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Safe Corridor at Hogwarts
Title: Chapter 1: Sanctum Sanctorum 18 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    I loved the concept when I first read this. I can't wait to dig into the story and find out what's going to happen.

    Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I hope you enjoy the rest of the plot :)

Title: Chapter 2: Experto Credite 24 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    I loved the care Harry took in creating his dueling clothes and how he has already started to mimic Snape. It's too bad the triwizard tournament had to intervene in Snape seeing Harry for who he is, rather than who Snape wants to see him as.

    Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I think Harry and Severus really needed to be forced, by events, into sharing a hobby they both loved, without an audiuence of minideatheaters, to actually engage

Title: Chapter 3: Veritas Vos Liberabit 24 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    Nice. I'm glad that someone stood up to Dumbledore. I like that Snape resorted to the same type of physicality that Hermione did with Draco. It's kind of full circle in a way.

    Author's Response: Thanks for the review. Yes, if cerebral people are pushed far enough, they can lash out in a rather surprising way lol!

Title: Chapter 4: Ex Tenebris Lux 24 Jul 2010
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed)
    Unexpected, but nice. I think Hagrid would make a great if somewhat reckless parent (at least in his choice of pets for Harry.)

    Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I know- I think we'll just have to rely on Harry, Severus and Aberforth's influence lol! Also, Hagrid probably wouldn't give Harry anything that would hurt Hedwig.  


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