| Takes Place: 6th summer, 6th Year | Chapters: 30 |
| Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern | Completed: Yes |
| Categories: Healer Snape, Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape | Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Family, General, Hurt/Comfort |
| Tags: Addicted!Harry, Animagus!Harry, Azkaban Character, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, Physical Impairment, Runaway | Word count: 114827 |
| Main Characters: .Snape and Harry (required), Draco, Dumbledore, Filch, Flitwick, Ginny, Hagrid, Hedwig, Hermione, McGonagall, Neville, Original Character, Other, Pomfrey, Remus, Ron, Sirius, Voldemort | Read: 266418 |
Summary: After helping Draco Malfoy escape the custody of Sirius Black, Harry endures the wrath of his Godfather. When Snape comes looking for Draco, Harry tells him that Draco has run away, and that he won’t tell him where Draco is unless Snape takes Harry with him. **Note** I'm aware that some of you don't like bad!Sirius stories. Don't worry, Sirius isn't actually in the story much, however there is redemption in the end. It's not so much that he's just bad, more that he's fallen. This story is about how people fall, and how they can make it back out in the end, getting a second chance. It is NOT a character bashing story.
Awards:
Rated: 16+
Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Death, Drug use, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Profanity, Romance/Het, Violence
Series: None
Challenges: Unforgivable Sirius
Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Death, Drug use, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Profanity, Romance/Het, Violence
Series: None
Challenges: Unforgivable Sirius
Story Notes:
This story partly inspired by the ‘Unforgivable Sirius’ challenge. It is also inspired by several songs, including ‘Crawling’ by Linkin Park, and ‘Falling Awake’ by Gary Jules. Give them a listen on YouTube.
Table of Contents
1. The One's We Trust by JAWorley [Reviews - 8] 
(2083 words) 
Note: It's very late and I'm very tired. I have not beta'd this chapter yet. There are probably mistakes.
Also note: I'm aware I have other unfinished stories. My notes and whatnot for other stories are all on my other hard drive though which has been damaged somehow. I'm still trying to recover my documents to finish up those other stories. Until then, all I can do really is write on new ones.
2. What They Sent You by JAWorley [Reviews - 18] (1530 words)
Note: It's very late and I'm very tired. I have not beta'd this chapter yet. There are probably mistakes.
3. In Shadow by JAWorley [Reviews - 8] (2451 words)
4. Souvenirs by JAWorley [Reviews - 23] (2753 words)
“Scars are souvenirs we never lose.” -Goo Goo Dolls ‘Name’
5. Made To Be Broken by JAWorley [Reviews - 21] (2244 words)
Despite that this chapter is only four pages, I'm pretty certain you'll enjoy them!
6. And If I Don't Belong by JAWorley [Reviews - 4] (3232 words)
Some of Snape's perspective, and a lot of Harry and Draco.
7. What Abides by JAWorley [Reviews - 11] (746 words)
What follows is the absolute shortest chapter I've ever written in my life I believe. 2 Pages. But I feel like it's packed and needs to be set alone by itself. In the future I will try not to give you such short chapters lol.
8. The Reason by JAWorley [Reviews - 13] (2761 words)
Ba ha ha ha ha. 3 Chapters in 5 hours.
9. Rattling Their Cages by JAWorley [Reviews - 13] (3228 words)
Nine pages for chapter nine! Woo! This makes the forth chapter in 24 hours for this story!
By the way, two good songs to listen to for this chapter would be: Falling Awake by Gary Jules (hence ch. title) and also In Reverence by David Tolk. Although I've also been listening to Let That Be Enough by Switchfoot throughout the writing of the last four chapters...
10. Who We Are by JAWorley [Reviews - 11] (3180 words)
Some happy, and some sad.
11. Numb by JAWorley [Reviews - 16] (2643 words)
Not edited yet. Bear with me.
12. Dirt Devil by JAWorley [Reviews - 5] (3080 words)
12 pages for chapter 12. I haven't edited it yet. Hot off the press. No more wondering about his addiction.
13. Light That I Can't Find by JAWorley [Reviews - 4] (4812 words)
This song inspired the title of this one, and a lot of the lyrics fit this chapter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORxjcqpf50E (I didn't make the vid, I just found a Harry Potter version that fit ok with the song).
14. Reason by JAWorley [Reviews - 11] (1461 words)
Listened to 'The Reason' by Hoobastank for this one. After such angst this far through the story, I felt we really needed some fluff. Here you go. Fluff it up people.
15. The Struggle by JAWorley [Reviews - 3] (3583 words)
Harry struggles with the addiction, and his father...
16. Divided by JAWorley [Reviews - 3] (3985 words)
Angry Harry, some letter writing, time with Ron, and a heartfelt talk between Severus and Harry.
17. Muscle by JAWorley [Reviews - 13] (2303 words)
In which hilarity ensues...
18. Transformation by JAWorley [Reviews - 14] (7624 words)
A long time in coming, but a good chapter (I think). Don't worry, the angst is not yet over. Thanks HP for sticking with me while I wrote it.
19. Growing Pains by JAWorley [Reviews - 2] (5255 words)
Not edited, there may be spelling errors because I am writing on Word Pad, not Word, so there is no spell checker. A nice long chapter for you, even though it only covers 1 day, there is angst and some things get worked out. In case you'd like to know what a polar bear grizzly bear hybrid looks like (yes there is such a thing even in the wild), here are some pictures from online of pizzly/grolar bears:
In my mind Harry's face looks like the last one, because the black rings around the eyes are his glasses.
20. Christmas With Professor Snape by JAWorley [Reviews - 4] (3969 words)
2 chapters in one day. A rather mellow Christmas chapter.
21. Just When It Couldn't Be Better... by JAWorley [Reviews - 3] (3813 words)
We had a few chapters there with less angst and more fluff. This is a transition between the good times, and some major angst. Prepare yourselves.
22. Not Completely Alone by JAWorley [Reviews - 5] (3589 words)
2 Updates in one night. I'm on a roll. I actually wrote a third chapter tonight, but it's not going to get posted for a while. Yes, evil cliff hanger, I know.
23. Colorblind by JAWorley [Reviews - 5] (3195 words)
24. As If I Could Make Any Other Choice by JAWorley [Reviews - 4] (6081 words)
An angst filled chapter.
25. Falling Awake by JAWorley [Reviews - 10] (2618 words)
Sirius is starting to come back into things now. We've not seen the last of Harry's Godfather! Not as angsty of a chapter.
26. Monkeys In My Heart by JAWorley [Reviews - 6] (6500 words)
A long awaited update. This was mostly done and just sitting on the computer. Finally finished it up today. Nice and long.
27. Nothing But The Ink Beneath My Skin by JAWorley [Reviews - 3] (5098 words)
28. Covered In Skin by JAWorley [Reviews - 4] (2792 words)
Two chapters in one day :)
29. Eagle In The Dark by JAWorley [Reviews - 3] (11029 words)
The music I was listening to for this last chapter while I wrote is as follows and you can find all of these on YouTube. If you want to know at what point I was listening to what, I will put that in the authors note at the end if you care to scroll down there. Hasn't really been edited yet. I spent like 4 hours working on this and wanted to get it up. I will come back and edit later. 2-Hours Epic Music Mix | THE POWER OF EPIC MUSIC - Full Mix Vol. 2
Call Me by Shinedown
Simple Man by Shinedown
Second Change by Shinedown
30. Invictus by JAWorley [Reviews - 13] (7189 words)
The End.
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