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Call me: Lena (female) Member since: 10 Jun 2009
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Due to computer issues, I can't access fanfics I added to this site prior to January 2011. I don't know when/if the issues can be fixed. Until then, new chapters for those stories won't be up for a while. I'm sorry to anyone waiting for updates on those fics, but it's out of my control.

May, 2017:  I'll resume several stories not affected by the above issue. As some haven't been updated in a long time, I need to re-edit/polish them to my current writing style or removing and reworking them as a fresh story. This will take a while, sorry. I still get regular reviews on my stories; thanks all of you so much for that. As I'm going through a very rough time, please be patient.
Stories I'll be returning to in 2018/2019: A different Pair of Eyes, He Listened, Riddle in Mind, The Forgotten Child, and The Son Becomes the Father. Those are the ones I have absolutely decided on; there are more I intend to return to, I just don't know if they'll be resumed sooner rather than later. 

September, 2018: For now, I'm primarily focusing on updates for Potions Prodigy, the Geminus series,  and Always a Snape. I work on others when I have time, but won't be updating them yet.

Though outdated - here are links to tribute/promo videos for some of my stories, if anyone's interested.

Brothers of Bond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTpexUPVLJQ

The Son Becomes the Father #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ZpfwAjtls and #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA_nzJl2Or4 

Just Harry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1XXEn0TyEI 

If you like role-playing games, why not check out Hogwarts AU RPG? http://haurpg.com (Re-opening October, 2018!)

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Stories by watercrystals
Potions Prodigy by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 45]
When Harry arrived at Hogwarts, no one expected Professor Snape to be his favourite teacher – no one, except the mysteriously familiar witch teaching DADA.

AU. Romance tag is for Lily/Severus, but isn't relevant until later in the story.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Overly-protective Snape, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Injured!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Romance/Het
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 11 Jul 2017 / 25 Jun 2017
Series: None - Challenges: None
Geminus: Year One by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 26]
When everything Draco and Harry knew about their lives crumble, can Severus be there to pick up the pieces and give the twin boys a family they'd always wanted?

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Stern
Tags: Kidnapped, Ravenclaw!Harry, Runaway, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Neglect
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 10 May 2017 / 08 Apr 2017
Series: None - Challenges: None
Always a Snape by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 7]
He would always be Snape's son. Discovering the truth made Harry an outsider in his own family, but he's got a very different year ahead of him...

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Child fic, Injured!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Neglect
Chapters: 1 - Completed: No - Updated: 01 May 2017 / 01 May 2017
Series: None - Challenges: None
Misguided Fate by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 86]
Harry and Severus are struck by rare magic-infused lightning, triggering de-aging and altering effects. Four-year-old Harry and twenty-one-year-old Severus move to the Burrow, but Fate isn't finished with them yet...

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Child fic, Deaged!Harry, Deaged!Snape, Deaging, New Identity!Harry
Categories: Misc > All written in Snape's POV, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Neglect, Romance/Het, Violence
Chapters: 7 - Completed: No - Updated: 16 Dec 2014 / 20 Aug 2013
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Son Becomes the Father by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 631]
Following the death of Sirius, Harry isn't sure what to make of the sudden appearance of a six-year-old boy. The pair form a bond, unaware they're half-brothers, and Harry decides to take the boy to Hogwarts and hide him there. To aide the boy's education, Harry anonymously exchanges letters with Snape.

A story of a how a young boy becomes a father-figure to another while their own father is oblivious of their biological existence. But can sixteen-year-old Harry give what he himself has not gained? Can he go an entire year without being discovered? Just how far will Severus go to find the writer of those letters...Or are some things best left unknown?

Takes Place: 6th summer, 6th Year, 7th summer, 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Alternate Universe, Child fic, Kidnapped, Runaway, Sibling Addition, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Neglect, Violence
Chapters: 33 - Completed: No - Updated: 06 Oct 2013 / 04 Mar 2011
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Forgotten Child by watercrystals starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 228]
Voldemort is gone and Harry's relatives had no desire to keep Harry for long, so he was placed into an orphanage until he was adopted by a family. But when they pass away a few years later, he is placed into the custody of another who had just moved to Spinner's End. That is when Severus first saw the boy without even knowing who he was. The little boy, seven years old, who was always forgotten, uncared for and treated like filth. Severus watches this boy and sees a reflection of his own childhood. And when they meet, Severus vows to offer kindness where no one else does, in the form of a simple piece of food the boy lacked or a warm blanket for the cold days ahead. And when things get worst, he even offers shelter to the child the world had forgotten and cast aside.
The boy Severus now wants to save.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Child fic, Runaway, Slytherin!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Healer Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Violence
Chapters: 25 - Completed: No - Updated: 07 Sep 2013 / 16 Oct 2010
Series: None - Challenges: None
Unmagical by watercrystals starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 24]
When Argus Filch first met Harry, he sympathised with the young wizard who showed all signs of having no remarkable magic at all. In fact, the squib could relate to the boy and therefore decided to help him. Together, the two unmagical pair work at Hogwarts where the young orphaned boy will become intrigued by a certain Potions Professor who works there.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Neglect
Chapters: 2 - Completed: No - Updated: 21 Aug 2013 / 17 Feb 2012
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Curse of Carter Carnival by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 40]
After a chance encounter, Harry and Severus discover a carnival that promises to make all of their dreams come true.

Takes Place: 2nd summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Kidnapped, Runaway
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Neglect, Romance/Het, Violence
Chapters: 7 - Completed: No - Updated: 08 Aug 2012 / 28 Feb 2012
Series: None - Challenges: None
Fireflies from the Heart by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 30]
Severus receives a life-changing visit from an 8yr old boy with Lily's eyes. Entry in the 2012 Prompt Fest. Prompts: fireflies, footsteps in the distance

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Child fic
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Fic Fests > #14 Prompt Fest 2012
Rated: K - Warnings: Neglect
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 29 May 2012 / 29 May 2012
Series: None - Challenges: None
Reaching Out by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 66]
Severus and Harry wake to find themselves in an unfamiliar place where Lily is alive. The boys could have what they'd always wanted - a home and loving family, but there is one catch: Lily says they are father and son. Will their past resentment ruin a potentially happy future? Is any of it even real?

Takes Place: 4th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Stepfather Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Neglect
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 19 May 2012 / 21 Jun 2011
Series: None - Challenges: None

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