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Fanfiction author for many years - been writing HP fanfiction since 2005. Most of my stuff is posted on FA or FF.net.

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Antithesis by mandancie starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 131]
This story is from the Summer Fic Fest. A prompt by Scorpia that I saw on Potions and Snitches website. Harry is kidnapped and Draco is the only one who saw it happen and who knows who did it.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Kidnapped!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Godfather Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Fic Fests > #18 Summer 2015
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Out of Character, Rape
Chapters: 23 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Feb 2020 / 21 Jun 2015
Series: None - Challenges: Draco is the Only Witness
A World Of Grey Clouds by Livia Ethelind starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 224]
To the world Harry Potter is either a deranged freak or a celebrated hero, but the truth about Harry and the secret the child carries is about to turn the world upside down - not only Harry's but Snape's as well!

Takes Place: 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year, 2nd summer - Snape flavour: Snape is Depressed, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Girl!Harry, Resorting, Slytherin!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 35 - Completed: No - Updated: 19 Feb 2018 / 07 Feb 2016
Series: None - Challenges: None
Those Who Endure by The Lonely God With A Box starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 38]
Sequel to Those Who Grieve. Harry is recovering from the Dursleys' abuse and spends the summer after his fifth year with Severus at Spinner's End. Severus is also recovering from his time as a Death Eater, and Harry is slowly helping him heal.

Takes Place: 6th summer, 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Overly-protective Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Profanity, Rape, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 10 - Completed: No - Updated: 26 Nov 2016 / 06 Feb 2015
Series: Those Who... - Challenges: None
A New School, A New Path by harrysnapefan starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 33]
Harry was determined at a young age to get away from the Dursley's forever and set out to go away to school far away from them. Harry begins attending a very exclusive school in Greece before he can receive his Hogwarts letter. There he receives a good friend in Severus Snape's secret squib son. How will this change the relatonship between him and the potions master in the future? And what happens when Dumbledore finally learns of his location. Will he attend Hogwarts or choose to stay where he is?

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year, 2nd summer, 2nd Year, 3rd summer, 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Loving
Tags: Adoption, Sibling Addition, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 22 Nov 2015 / 09 Aug 2015
Series: None - Challenges: Real Brother, Multiple Challenges, Another School
Harry Potter and the Whispering Man by ParryHotter starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 153]
After arriving back at school a week early, Harry's new school year is set to be filled with mystery and adventure. Who is the Whispering Man and what does his presence at Hogwarts mean? Is the Wizarding World safe now that He Who Must Not Be Named is returning to power? Join the adventure as Harry, Ron and Hermione navigate their Fourth Year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Takes Place: 4th summer, 4th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Azkaban Character, Elves, Kidnapped, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Misc > Strictly Canon Universe, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Torture, Violence
Chapters: 2 - Completed: No - Updated: 30 Jul 2014 / 29 Jul 2011
Series: None - Challenges: None
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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
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Out Of The Mist by chrmisha starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 32]
What if Harry hadn't chosen to return to the final battle after he "died"? What if he'd chosen to return to a different time altogether in hopes of making a difference?

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 2 - Completed: No - Updated: 25 Oct 2012 / 24 Mar 2012
Series: None - Challenges: None
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The High Road by Anesidora Nichole starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 118]
Lily has survived the attack that Halloween night and Severus sees this as his opportunity to make things right with her. He would worry about the Potter brat later. If only it were that simple . . .

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Stepfather Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Physical Punishment Spanking
Chapters: 12 - Completed: No - Updated: 24 Sep 2012 / 07 Apr 2012
Series: None - Challenges: None
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From Green to Red by evelynrosemarks starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 13]
Dumbledore believes that they sort to early at Hogwarts, and out of the kindness of his heart gives Severus a second chance at happiness eleven years after the second wizard war. And who else to ensure that happiness but Harry James Potter, himself? (Story takes place a couple months after the original deaging)

Takes Place: 9 - Post Epilogue (middle aged Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Deaging
Categories: Reverse Roles > Parental Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 01 Apr 2012 / 26 Feb 2012
Series: None - Challenges: None
Comments: var fctb_tool=null; function FCTB_Init_acb91f01bf5640168fde8b9e3dde4771(t) { fctb_tool=t; start(fctb_tool); } FCTB_Init_acb91f01bf5640168fde8b9e3dde4771(document['FCTB_Init_86098d664f374aea8829c3637d3a5df4']); delete document['FCTB_Init_86098d664f374aea8829c3637d3a5df4']
A Promise Well Kept by evelynrosemarks starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 48]
Severus was trying to brew a potion that could help him preserve the life of his loved ones, however when testing it on himself intending for it to just take off two years of his life it took off about...hmm...thirty.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Deaging
Categories: Misc > All written in Snape's POV
Rated: T - Warnings: Neglect
Chapters: 11 - Completed: No - Updated: 25 Mar 2012 / 24 Jul 2011
Series: None - Challenges: None
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