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Summary: Everyone knows that the Astronomy Tower is the coolest place to go at night. So what's Harry's reason for sneaking up to the Astronomy Tower one night? And what in the world is Severus Snape doing up there?
Categories: Comrades, Guardian, Teacher, Mentor Characters: !Snape and Harry (required)
Summary: Something happens (couldn't have guessed that, huh?) and Harry temporarily loses his memory. It can be some sort of potions accident or a strange hex/curse, whatever, but it is determined that his memory will return.

When Harry does start to remember things, however, they are not scenes from the life of Harry Potter, but that of somebody else!

Other:

~The life Harry is remembering can be that of anyone in the magical world (Snape or Cedric Diggory, perhaps?) except James Potter

~As Harry has no memory of his own life, he thinks he is (and behaves as) this person

~Whether or not there is an actual "cure" for Harry's condition and whatever side effects is entirely up to you

~While I love a dash of humor in anything, this is not meant to be a humor fic
Categories: Misc Characters: !Snape and Harry (required)

Summary: All the 3 Potter children (oldest girls and little Harry) wanted in their life was to be loved. When September draws near to a months time and the letters are never opened, Dumbledore sends Snape to investigate. He discovers their home life, changing everything he ever thought about the children of his bestfriend and the man who supposedly stole her away. Must have: One of the Potter girls is sorted into Gryfinndor, the other into Slytherin. New names for the children after they learn Snape is their biological father.
Categories: Father, Mentor, Teacher Characters: !Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, James, Lily, Original Character
Summary: A portal from another universe opens up, and a still-living version of James, Lily, and Harry Potter pop out. All is well...until the other Harry turns out to be a jerk and James the instigator. Sirius (and Remus?), of course, becomes quite attached to James and our Harry is feeling left out.

What's worse, is Harry's friends don't like the alternate Harry, and are worried that his opinions (Ron is nothing more than a side-kick, Hermione is an annoying know-it-all only useful as a homework cheat-sheet, Ginny is a prize to be won, etc.) reflect the the original Harry's, causing quite a bit of tension as they start avoiding both.

Seeking refuge, Harry retreats to the Grimmauld place library, which already has an occupant- Professor Snape. Snape, who is recovering from a recent illness and at Dumbledores insistence, is staying at Grimmauld place and has been watching from the sidelines.

At first they simply enjoy mutual silence, but then (whether after multiple visits or later in the same one) Harry is especially frustrated and Snape, without his usual venom, discusses the sitation with Harry, who is feeling robbed of Sirius but selfish for needing him when he's doing 'so much better', and worried that everyone thinks of him like he thinks of the alternate Harry (stuck up and selfish), and feeling like a failure for not being more like James, but not wanting to be.

After this, they build a mutual respect relationship, with Snape standing up for Harry after everyone wants to know why he's been absent so much recently, how he's not 'appreciating the once in a lifetime opportunity', etc.

Harry likewise defends the professor when the others accuse him of stealing Harry as revenge against Sirius and James. The alternate family can have a younger sibling or two, or no. The alternate Harry can be the Boy-Who-Lived in his universe or not. Can be set anytime after GOF, including after OOTP where Sirius survives the ministry.
Categories: Comrades, Enemy, Mentor Characters: !Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, Fred George, Ginny, James, Lily, Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Remus, Ron, Sirius
Summary: Someone has an addiction to Dreamless Sleep. Who finds out, and how? Is this important? or not? Does anything need to be done about it?
Categories: Apprentice, Brothers, Comrades, Enemy, Father, Guardian, Healer, Mentor, Reverse, Teacher Characters: !Snape and Harry (required)
Summary: After Voldemort kill Lily and James, Sirius went there to find out if ethier of them was still Alive. Snape went to find out if Lily survied.Ignore there riverly they both look after Harry. They keep it quiet but let Harry have friends like the Weasleys. But some of the old Death Eaters find out inculding Lucius and Peter Pettigrew. What then happens? No Slash.
Categories: Father, Guardian, Keepers of the Snitch Characters: !Snape and Harry (required), Draco, Dumbledore, Fred George, Ginny, Hagrid, Hedwig, Lucius, Luna, Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Neville, Percy, Remus, Ron, Sirius, Wormtail
Summary: Based off the story premise for the movie, It's a Boy, Girl Thing. Harry switches bodies with a girl he recently met - she is Ravenclaw, anything else about her is up to the author - and they must find a way to reverse it before anyone finds out. A cursed object must be responsible for the switch and the only thing that can turn them back is for them both to get a little more open minded. It happened because Harry and the girl were both being little snots and talking badly about each other in whatever way the author wants. Snape must suspect Potter of being gay...because of how he acts when the girl is in his body...and so they have to avoid the Potions Master as he tries to figure out what is going on and WHO it is going on with.
Categories: Teacher Characters: !Snape and Harry (required), Original Character, Other
Summary: Severus Snape discovers that Harry has been hurt. Severus believes that it was caused by the Durlsey's, but it's not. Who hurt Harry? Will Harry want to tell his Professor? What happens if he does, and what happens if he doesn't? What does Snape do about it?

    Ideas of who could have hurt Harry: Weasley's before summer, intentional or not; Hagrid by mistake; Sirius; Remus; Death Eaters; Neighborhood bullies (not Dudley); other students on the train; magical letters creating physical injuries; Snape himself; Arabella Fig; the police; creatures; Dementors; House Elves; Ministry workers; Aurors; a Muggle Gang... anyone else.

Categories: Apprentice, Comrades, Guardian, Healer, Mentor, Teacher, Keepers of the Snitch, Misc Characters: !Snape and Harry (required)
Summary: After Sirius' untimely death, Harry grows weary of Dumbledore's manipulations and vows to himself that he will never work for him again. While spending the summer alone in his room, Voldemort slowly drives him to the brink of insanity with dreams and visions, promising Harry that it will all stop if he becomes a Death Eater. Too stubborn to try and get help, Harry eventually gives in and receives a Dark Mark and a terrible assignment to complete during his next school year...

Severus witnesses the event and is unable to stop it without giving himself away. What happens next is up to you.
Categories: Enemy, Guardian, Healer, Mentor, Teacher Characters: !Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, Voldemort
Summary:

It's been months since the start of their Occlumency lessons together, yet much to Snape's disgust Harry seems unable to make the slightest bit of progress. Frustrated by what he believes to be sheer laziness on Harry’s part, Snape decides to “attack” Harry’s mind in order to show the boy what would likely happen should he fail to learn the skill.

Yet, when he does, he is surprised to find nothing but the most irrelevant memories in the boy’s mind--a mind seemingly without a single bad memory. Knowing that such a mind does not exist, he decides to probe further…

Maybe the boy is better at shielding his thoughts than the professor ever gave him credit for…

Requirements:

  • Snape must angrily invade Harry’s thoughts (be it in a way to “teach a lesson” or in sheer frustration)
  • Snape must notice the lack of bad memories (it being almost as if the memories were removed, leaving a hole… but not in the same way as with usage of a Pensieve.) although Harry does have them
  • It must be stated or implied that Harry does have his own way (a natural talent or a defense mechanism) to keep the darker memories out of his professor’s grasp (be it intentionally, sub-consciously, or other)
  • Snape must eventually discover the truth of Harry’s home life (up to the author to set the level of violence and punishments)
  • Snape must in someway comment on how Harry really wasn’t as incompetent as he thought (be it to himself or another)

Misc

  • Mentions of detentions with Unbridge
  • Can be before or after OotP (ie: choosing to resume lessons) or even AU (after the series end)

Categories: Comrades, Healer, Mentor, Teacher Characters: !Snape and Harry (required), Dudley, Petunia, Umbridge, Vernon
Summary: After the disastrous Occlumancy lesson where Harry views Snape's memories, Harry runs out and back to his dorm. Snape, still furious, lets him go only to become afraid that he hadn't made his point clear enough to Potter. Livid, Snape rushes to the Gryffindor dorms to catch up with Harry. Snape catches Harry right before he is going through the portal and threatens Harry about never telling anyone and to never speak of what he's seen and takes a step too close. Still confused by the memories he'd seen and not thinking, Harry pushes Snape to get away. Unfortunately, the push is hard, and Snape is sent stumbling backwards and begins a long, painful fall down the stone steps. Horrified, Harry rushes down the stairs to the professor, but Snape's unconscious. So Harry rushes Snape to the hospital wing. Despite having a few broken bones and some brusies, it looks like Snape is going to be okay, but when he wakes up, he doesn't remember anything; not his name, not his birthday, nothing. Guilt stricken, Harry decides that he should help out as best as he can considering he's the one that hurt Snape in the first place.

Mood: Overall more of a dark feeling to it, but with some light hearted moments.

Rating: Any.

Deal Breakers: I don't want any real romance in the fic. Maybe some hints, but not much, so no major snog fests.

Bonus: Harry can convince Sirius to actually HELP rather than sneer and laugh about the situation. Put in some snippets of Lily or Lily and James would make a very happy Ivy.

Overall: Just have some fun with the idea. A Snape with a blank slate should prove to be VERY interesting!
Categories: Comrades, Healer, Reverse Characters: !Snape and Harry (required), Draco, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Hermione, James, Lily, McGonagall, Remus, Ron, Sirius, Tonks, Voldemort
Summary: Write a fic based on the song "Talk Tonight" by Newton Faulkner.
Categories: Mentor, Apprentice, Guardian, Teacher Characters: !Snape and Harry (required)


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