the Black Cat
Ravenclaw!
A pair of shoes, a set of mittens. How are two seemingly mundane items going to change the lives of both a snarky man and a troubled child?
Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st Year
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Snape flavour: None
Tags: Child fic, Physical Impairment, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Membership status: Member
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Reviews by shadowienne
Rated: T
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Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 11 - Completed: No - Updated: 03 Aug 2014 / 04 Dec 2009
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 11 - Completed: No - Updated: 03 Aug 2014 / 04 Dec 2009
Series: None - Challenges: None
| Title: Chapter 9: Seasonal Decisions | 03 May 2013 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- Oh, wow-- they didn't know they were being watched from the shadows! But how cool of Snape to be so tolerant of the little sneaks! It's gratifying to see him truly putting Harry's needs first. And just WHERE will Harry choose to go? (Given shadow's knowledge of aut's recent real-life obsession, shadow has definite ideas of their travel plans! *snicker*) Great chapter!
Author's Response: Haha! thanks for reading and reviewing Shadow! Yep, they were being watched in the shadows. Severus didn't want to leave his son. :-) And, yep, he knew Harry's needs were paramount so his friends were allowed to stay. :-D Hehe and yep, you know me all too well. :-D
On Christmas Eve, an unwanted child is left in a manger and found by a young Potions Master, changing both their lives forever. AU, implied child abuse, neglect, possible CP, Sev raises Harry.
Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Baby fic, Child fic, Runaway, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Baby fic, Child fic, Runaway, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+
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Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Death, Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Romance/Het
Chapters: 24 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 11 Feb 2010 / 07 Dec 2009
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 24 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 11 Feb 2010 / 07 Dec 2009
Series: None - Challenges: None
| Title: Chapter 2: Silent Night . . .Sort Of | 10 Dec 2009 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- Wow! I can't wait to see what happens next! I felt so tense as Snape was trying to deal with Harry-- probably almost as tense as Snape himself was feeling! You really described the situation realistically, as well as making your readers feel the emotions that Snape experiences.
Author's Response: Thankas, I always try and put myself into the character I'm writing and think about how I would react or feel and I guess it really worked well. Hope you enjoy my next chapter as I've updated this!
Abandoned in the wilds of northen England, lost and alone, Harry stumbles across a small town and discovers a street called Spinners End...
Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Child fic
Categories: Fic Fests > #10 Holiday/Winter 2009, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Child fic
Categories: Fic Fests > #10 Holiday/Winter 2009, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T
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Warnings: None
Chapters: 2 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 25 Dec 2009 / 24 Dec 2009
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 2 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 25 Dec 2009 / 24 Dec 2009
Series: None - Challenges: None
| Title: Chapter 1: Snowfall and Silence | 25 Dec 2009 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- Oh, I loved this! The perfect Christmas Eve read! Snape's threat about the books was great, especially considering all he really had to do was Obliviate Harry in the morning! Also, Harry's opinion of the rug was cute, as well as appropriate. Both characters have terrific potential, in case you were considering continuing the story in the future!
In response to Jan_AQ's challenge "Summer School," Harry learns that he is going to be spending his summer in school because he did absolutely appalling on his finals during fourth-year. He's not happy about it, though, because it was supposed to be his first summer of not having to live with the Dursleys. However, at Hogwarts, they have a different approach to summer school than Muggles do. Summer school teachers cannot teach their own subject. What, oh, what will Snape teach, if not Potions?
Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T
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Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Profanity, Romance/Het, Violence
Chapters: 36 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 12 Aug 2010 / 15 Apr 2010
Series: Ties that Bind - Challenges: Summer School
Chapters: 36 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 12 Aug 2010 / 15 Apr 2010
Series: Ties that Bind - Challenges: Summer School
| Title: Chapter 36: Lessons Learned | 25 Oct 2012 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- This story was such a trip to read! I can't imagine the chaos that switching out the teachers' classes could create-- all expectations are out the door! But it provides a fascinating backdrop for the rest of the action, and I'm so glad that Harry (& Draco) have acquired a warm-and-feathery family! Sinistra is fabulously courageous, just what Sev needs in a wife. And I can't wait to see the baby! And wonder what kind of trouble Harry will get himself into in the sequel! Thanks for such great fun! :-)
Author's Response: Thanks.
Set during the summer before Harry’s 5th year, Harry and his friends spend time at Grimmauld Place. Throughout their time there, Harry becomes closer to Snape as he realizes that Snape was always there to protect him even if he does dislike Harry. Will these two finally see the light...and what does Professor Sinistra have to do with this?
Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T
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Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Profanity, Romance/Het, Violence
Chapters: 30 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 26 Apr 2010 / 26 Apr 2010
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 30 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 26 Apr 2010 / 26 Apr 2010
Series: None - Challenges: None
| Title: Chapter 22: Pocketful of Sunshine | 29 May 2010 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- Hee hee! Not exactly what Harry expected to overhear while foraging for a midnight snack! But it works well to show the prickly relationship between Snape and Sinistra. (Sort of the grown-up version of Ron & Hermione's bickering!)
Author's Response: It's something like that. :) Thanks for the review.
| Title: Chapter 23: You & Me | 29 May 2010 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- Hmm... Seems that Sev may be in denial on several levels...
Author's Response: Oh, yes, he's definitely in denial. :) Thanks for the review. :)
| Title: Chapter 24: The Red | 29 May 2010 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- Payback-- I think we've all been there, even if we can't (or won't) follow through on the impulse. So the impulse is where Sev & Harry connect psychologically.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. :)
| Title: Chapter 25: Someday | 29 May 2010 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- Ooohh-- that's a CHILLING chapter! With a great tension-breaker at the very end! :-)
Author's Response: I felt like this chapter needed to be written. Snape had lots of knowledge that Harry never learned, and who better to learn from about revenge not working than Snape? Thanks for the review. :)
Eleven year old Harry Potter is not the boy everyone expects him to be. Unpopular, picked on, and unable to perform magic correctly most of the time because of a stutter, Harry is the boy nobody wants to be around. What happens when Severus Snape, the Potions Master currently spear heading the anti-Potter party, gets a glimpse of the boy’s true personality and inner workings?
Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Cruel, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Mean, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Adoption, Injured!Harry, Physical Impairment, Runaway
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Cruel, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Mean, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Adoption, Injured!Harry, Physical Impairment, Runaway
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T
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Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 11 - Completed: No - Updated: 17 Oct 2010 / 20 Jun 2010
Series: None - Challenges: None
Chapters: 11 - Completed: No - Updated: 17 Oct 2010 / 20 Jun 2010
Series: None - Challenges: None
| Title: Chapter 11: Hagrid's Pets | 13 Mar 2014 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- I've really been enjoying the story (to the point where I just click "next" because I can't wait to see what you have in store!), and I especially like the way Snape is fighting what he thinks is his own better judgement regarding his evolving opinions/feelings about Harry. He still doesn't trust his heart 100%-- or he's afraid to give in to pure emotion-- but it's fascinating to see a Snape who takes his time in testing the boundaries of an unexplored emotional landscape. :-) I also liked a description from an earlier chapter (I HOPE it was this story and not someone else's!!!) where you said Snape had a headache the size of a Quaffle! Cool comparision! I'd never thought of headaches having an actual physical size, but that was wonderfully graphic! Next time I have a killer migraine... Hee! ;-D
Severus contemplates his life after Voldemort and settles into an anonymous retirement away from the wizarding world until fate strikes with an advertisement from a very recognisable former thorn in his side. Winner for Best Challenge Answer in the 2010 Challenge Fest. Response to the Potions Tutor Needed Challenge by Jan_AQ.
Takes Place: 9 - Post Epilogue (middle aged Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry, Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010
Takes Place: 9 - Post Epilogue (middle aged Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry, Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010
Rated: T
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Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 06 Jul 2010 / 06 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Potions Tutor Needed
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 06 Jul 2010 / 06 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Potions Tutor Needed
| Title: Chapter 1: Witches Promise | 06 Jul 2010 |
| Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) |
- I loved the way this story avoided the obvious cliches and gave an original slant to Snape's character after his retirement. He really comes across as a new person, although remnants of his old persona still hang upon him like a familiar, tattered cloak. His interactions with Harry are authentically abrasive, but I'm glad to see them finally come to terms with each other. Bless little Lily for opening the door to Snape's heart! Now he has a real future ahead! Oh-- I loved Bette's dialogue about the genie and the potter!!! ;-D
Author's Response:
That bit of dialogue by Bette came out of nowhere. I don't even know what I was thinking, but it makes me laugh too.
Thanks for the kind words. I tried to avoid the run of the mill Snape/Harry traps and imagine their meeting in a new context. I don't think Snape's public image would change that much, but his interior after the war, would undergo a revolution. Bette and Lily were the two responsible for his awakening, and Harry was responsible for his healing. It takes an odd-little wizarding village to raise a Snape.
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