Rather than allowing Harry to stay at Diagon Alley after he blew up Aunt Marge, the Ministry sends Harry back to the Dursleys. Harry returns to school after a terrible summer, to find that he's not the only one with this kind of secret. A student has been killed by his family. New screening measures are put into place by the Ministry: Every student must be given a medical exam and interview to look for child abuse. With Dumbledore facing an inquiry, Snape is entrusted with the task of making sure EVERYONE receives one.
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 57 - Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Tragedy - Completed: No
Characters: Dumbledore, Hermione, McGonagall, Neville, Pomfrey, Remus, Ron, Snape and Harry (required) - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alternate Universe, Character Death, Neglect, Self harm, Snape-meets-Dursleys, SuicideThemes, Violence Takes Place: PrePoA
Published: 24 Feb 2011 - Updated: 22 Apr 2013
Categories: Guardian, Healer, Father > Sevitus - Challenges: New Measures for Screening Abuse - Series: None
Categories: Guardian, Healer, Father > Sevitus - Challenges: New Measures for Screening Abuse - Series: None
A duel with Draco leads to drastic and permanent consequences for both Harry and Severus.
Rated: T - Chapters: 79 - Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Draco, Dumbledore, Ginny, Hermione, Ron - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Self harm, SuicideThemes Takes Place: PreHBP
Rated: T - Chapters: 79 - Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Draco, Dumbledore, Ginny, Hermione, Ron - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Self harm, SuicideThemes Takes Place: PreHBP
After a series of tests to discover why Harry's magic has become erratic, a secret is revealed, one hidden for over fifteen years. But not all secrets disappear without consequence, leaving Severus to learn that potions cannot heal everything.
Rated: T - Chapters: 45 - Genres: Drama, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required) - Warnings: Alternate Universe, Profanity Takes Place: PreHBP
Rated: T - Chapters: 45 - Genres: Drama, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required) - Warnings: Alternate Universe, Profanity Takes Place: PreHBP
Published: 29 Jul 2009 - Updated: 23 May 2012
Categories: Guardian, Healer, Father > Sevitus - Challenges: None - Series: Alea Iacta Est
Categories: Guardian, Healer, Father > Sevitus - Challenges: None - Series: Alea Iacta Est
Before Harry arrives at Hogwarts, the faculty have a meeting and decide that Harry will need a mentor to help him adjust, keep him out of trouble, and make protecting him easier. They decide that this person should the Head of the House into which Harry is sorted, presumably Minerva McGonagall. But things, of course, don't turn out as planned, and Harry is harder to deal with than anyone expected. Nobody asked him if he wanted a mentor, after all...
NOTE: This story has a prologue. It is not necessary to the plot of the story, but if you wish to read it, it is called(predictably enough) 'Prologue to Life as Dictated by a Talking Hat'
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 35 - Genres: Angst, Drama, Humor, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: Yes
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, Hermione, McGonagall, Original Character, Other, Pomfrey, Ron - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alternate Universe, Profanity, Slytherin Harry, SuperPower! Harry Takes Place: PreCoS
NOTE: This story has a prologue. It is not necessary to the plot of the story, but if you wish to read it, it is called(predictably enough) 'Prologue to Life as Dictated by a Talking Hat'
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 35 - Genres: Angst, Drama, Humor, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: Yes
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, Hermione, McGonagall, Original Character, Other, Pomfrey, Ron - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alternate Universe, Profanity, Slytherin Harry, SuperPower! Harry Takes Place: PreCoS
Published: 15 Mar 2009 - Updated: 24 Jul 2010
Categories: Enemy, Guardian, Mentor - Challenges: None - Series: Life as Dictated by a Talking Hat
Categories: Enemy, Guardian, Mentor - Challenges: None - Series: Life as Dictated by a Talking Hat
What's in a name? The-boy-who-lived, prophesied defeater of the Dark Lord, son of the supremely intelligent Lily Evans and talented James Potter, Golden boy of Gryffindor, part-time punching bag and house elf of the Dursleys and the bane of Severus Snape's teaching career, Harry's used to labels. Who would want Harry when they can see instead whoever they like instead? Having never been entirely sure who he is makes him a little too open to suggestion though and unfortunately for him, Umbridge wants to banish his old list of names and create a new one of her own.
Beneath the names others have branded him with will anyone be able to find Harry?
Rated: T - Chapters: 16 - Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Hermione, Other, Ron, Sirius, Snape and Harry (required), Vernon - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Self harm, SuicideThemes, Torture, Violence Takes Place: PreHBP
Beneath the names others have branded him with will anyone be able to find Harry?
Rated: T - Chapters: 16 - Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Hermione, Other, Ron, Sirius, Snape and Harry (required), Vernon - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Self harm, SuicideThemes, Torture, Violence Takes Place: PreHBP
Summer after fourth year is finally over, and things are not as expected when Harry makes it back to the magical world. Badly broken and determined for it to stop, Harry turns to, surprisingly, a certain Potions Master, who in turn finds within himself, of all places, a heart still beating and waiting to love, and be loved in turn.
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 34 - Genres: Action/Adventure, Humor, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Hermione, Ron, Snape and Harry (required) - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Deaging, Snape-meets-Dursleys, SuperPower! Harry Takes Place: PreOotP
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 34 - Genres: Action/Adventure, Humor, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Hermione, Ron, Snape and Harry (required) - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Deaging, Snape-meets-Dursleys, SuperPower! Harry Takes Place: PreOotP
Published: 23 Sep 2008 - Updated: 18 May 2013
Categories: Guardian - Challenges: None - Series: None
Categories: Guardian - Challenges: None - Series: None
In the summer after the fiasco at the Department of Mysteries, Dumbledore finds an abused Harry. For his safety, Dumbledore decides Harry needs to go into hiding and institutes a student exchange program. No one knows where Harry is, but Neil is in plain sight.
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 23 - Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Draco, Hermione - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alternate Universe, Neglect, Resorting, Self harm, Violence Takes Place: PreHBP
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 23 - Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Draco, Hermione - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alternate Universe, Neglect, Resorting, Self harm, Violence Takes Place: PreHBP
During the summer following the death of Sirius, Harry isn't sure what to make of the sudden appearance of a six-year-old boy. The two orphans instantly form a connection (unaware that they are actually half brothers!), and Harry makes a decision to take the boy to Hogwarts and hide him there. To aide the boy's education, Harry also anonymously write letters to Snape, who has no idea who he is replying to.
A story of a how a teenage boy becomes a father-figure to another while their own father is oblivious of their biological existance. But can a sixteen-year-old boy give what he himself has not gained? Can he even 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?
Rated: K+ - Chapters: 31 - Genres: Angst, Drama, Family, General, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery, Tragedy - Completed: No
Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Eileen Prince, Ginny, Hagrid, Hermione, Luna, Narcissa, Neville, Original Character, Other, Pomfrey, Remus, Ron, Snape and Harry (required), Tonks, Voldemort - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Alternate Universe, Character Death, Child fic, Kidnapped, Neglect, Runaway, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Violence Takes Place: PreHBP, PreTDH, TDH Pre Epilogue
A story of a how a teenage boy becomes a father-figure to another while their own father is oblivious of their biological existance. But can a sixteen-year-old boy give what he himself has not gained? Can he even 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?
Rated: K+ - Chapters: 31 - Genres: Angst, Drama, Family, General, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery, Tragedy - Completed: No
Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Eileen Prince, Ginny, Hagrid, Hermione, Luna, Narcissa, Neville, Original Character, Other, Pomfrey, Remus, Ron, Snape and Harry (required), Tonks, Voldemort - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Alternate Universe, Character Death, Child fic, Kidnapped, Neglect, Runaway, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Violence Takes Place: PreHBP, PreTDH, TDH Pre Epilogue
Harry receives a very special gift on his 16th birthday that leads him to the help he needs...Snape is finding respite from his growing pressures and discovers one in need of help. Despite himself, he finds he CAN grow close to another living being. Only..."everything would've been so much simpler if it'd actually been a cat"...
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 51 - Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Adoption, Creature!fic, Kidnapped, Neglect, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Torture, Violence Takes Place: PreHBP
Rated: 16+ - Chapters: 51 - Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Adoption, Creature!fic, Kidnapped, Neglect, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Torture, Violence Takes Place: PreHBP
This story is a continuation of my story, "In Care Of." You'll need to read that first to understand how the characters got to where they are in this part of the tale. I'm keeping it as close to canon as possible...I actually got the idea for this story while waiting for book 6 to come out, and this was the direction I imagined I would have taken it had I been JK Rowling (which I'm not by a long shot!).
The characters belong to Rowling, by the way...this is for fun (and writing practice) only.
Rated: T - Chapters: 10 - Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, Voldemort - Warnings: Violence Takes Place: PreHBP
The characters belong to Rowling, by the way...this is for fun (and writing practice) only.
Rated: T - Chapters: 10 - Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort - Completed: No
Characters: Snape and Harry (required), Dumbledore, Voldemort - Warnings: Violence Takes Place: PreHBP
Published: 30 Apr 2009 - Updated: 09 Jul 2011
Categories: Mentor - Challenges: None - Series: Fathers, Brothers & Sons
Categories: Mentor - Challenges: None - Series: Fathers, Brothers & Sons
