I love "Harry is rescued from the Dursleys" stories but never found one that was quite right. So I had to write one myself.

Severus was dying in the shrieking shack, and he did indeed die. However, forces out of his control rendered him the ability to re-choose. going back and choose differently.

In canon, Petunia Evans wrote a letter pleading to be allowed into Hogwarts. But what if she didn't have to? How many lives would change if Petunia was a Witch too? Major AU!

Lily was bullied & teased for being too smart & a Muggleborn, until Sev, wealthy Prince heir, decides to defend her and cause the scandal of the decade. AU, LE/SS.

The future is lost, so to save it, both Harry and Dumbledore go back the moment it all began - that Halloween night. Of course, things do not go exactly as they had expected. Unspeakables, Wild Magic, Time Travel, Vampires, Bonds, Goblins.

The wards around Privet Drive fall and Harry is taken. He is rescued and returns to Hogwarts a different man. It's time Harry shed his mask and became who he was always meant to be - a Slytherin. One that just might be able to win the war. Harry ends up finding the Founders Portrait what awaits to be learned? SLASHSS/HP MPREG Manipulative perverted Dumbledore YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

What could have happened between Lily and Severus if he had said the right thing outside the Gryffindor Common Room. This story is AU. Everything you recognize belongs to JKR everything else is me. Rating is for violence, language and some adult content.

An attempt to continue Josephine Darcy's epic story The Marriage Stone. Important announcement regarding the story posted in chapter 38. Please read.

Severus Snape is forced to marry a mute Harry Potter, who has lost his voice after his latest clash with Voldemort. It is through touch, in many senses, that Severus and Harry slowly get to know each other...Chapter 47 (Notification) posted!

What if Severus had never called Lily Mudblood? What if Potter's deliberate bullying had never managed to break them up? What if they decided to get married and have children despite the turbulent times? Not J. Potter friendly. Please read and review. This story is AU and is NOT canon-compliant. Image is from Dorian Gray and credited to Alliance and Ealing Studio, 2009.

Voldemort chooses Neville but the Potters do not escape unscathed. Five years later, Lily Potter walks back into Severus Snape's life. Things are about to get complicated. AU Severus/Lily.

Deathly Hallows spoilers ensue. This story is being written as a response to JKR's comment in an interview where she said if Snape could choose to live his life over, he would choose Lily over the Death Eaters. AU Sequel posted: The Moment It Ended.

What if Severus accepted the position as Potion Master at Hogwarts only to find that Lily Evans, James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were teaching there too? Warning: AU and NOT canon-compliant! Dumbledore and Marauder bashing. Good Reg, Lucius, and Narcissa. Please read and review. Image courtesy of archiburning at Deviantart.

What if Severus decides he's going to bring Harry his Hogwarts letter? What if he decides he wants to adopt Harry? This story is AU and NOT canon-compliant! Please read and review. Image is credited to Warner Brothers, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001.

Sequel to Common Ground. After Halloween, Snape and Harry begin to bond even more as they discover some common interests. But will it stand the test of time . . .and can Sev protect Harry from the evil that stalks him? AU, Sev/Harry mentor/guardian story. Complete!

Dudley demands to go to a fair, it so happens to be in Cokeworth, where Petunia grew up and during the summer...where everyone's favourite hermit called Severus Snape lives. The Vow comes into play and needless to say it has consenquences but who for? Dumbledore? Harry? Severus? Voldemort? well all we can do is wait and see...and hope for the best. Severus rescues Harry story.

The entire Wizarding world believes Lily Potter was murdered by Voldemort on that fateful night in 1981, including the man who would've given his immortal soul to save her. But there's another side to Lily's sacrifice, ancient charms and hidden truths that may have the power to change everything.

SSHP. To avoid the machinations of the Ministry, Harry must marry a reluctant Severus Snape. But marriage to Snape is only the beginning of Harry's problems. Voldemort has returned, and before too long Harry's marriage may determine the world's fate.

Harry's finally got a summer without the Durselys, only problem is he's staying with Snape. Harry has certain issues that come to light but Snape wont care will he? They hate each other, and it's gonna stay that way right? Mentor/Guardian/Father Snape, Slightly OOC Features bladder issues and bedwetting

The final two years of Hogwarts prove more confusing than the previous five combined to Lily Evans. Receiving the benefit of unbiased advice from a mysterious pen-pal, she gains new perspective and learns more about herself and those around her.

...you have to do it yourself. In their 6th year a mysterious disappearance forces Lily and Severus to work together despite their falling out and puts them on the path meant for a certain bespectacled boy but if you want something done right... LE/SS AU.

The sequel to Still Life

AU. When Lily died, Snape removed his heart and replaced it with a steel trap. But rescuing her daughter from the Dursleys in the summer of '92 is the first step on a long road to discovering this is less true than he'd thought. A girl!Harry story, covering CoS - GoF. Future Snape/Harriet. Sequel "No Journey's End" (Ootp - DH) is now posting.

AU after GoF. Trelawney makes a new prophecy about a mysterious Half-Blood Prince, and Dumbledore struggles to find out who it's about. Already walking a tightrope between two masters, Severus Snape feigns ignorance while making his own plans.

Suppose the Marauders torture hadn't driven Snape to Voldemort and he had been the better man. What would the future have looked like? Warning: may now contain DH spoilers.

One lonely little boy. One snarky, grumpy git. When the safety of one was entrusted to the other, everyone knew this was not going to turn out well... Or was it? AU, sequel to "Harry's First Detention". OVER FIVE MILLION HITS!

The Prince's heir was a strange little child. He was powerful and sarcastic, brave and cunning, kind and gloomy. It felt like you are looking at a grown man that has seen too much, has lived two lifetimes, rather than a ten-year-old wizard. There was so much sadness in his eyes, and you want nothing more than to wipe them away. /rebirth/Snape.

What if Severus took custody of Harry Potter within a month after he was dumped on the Dursley's doorstep by Dumbledore? Dumbledore, James and Sirius bashing. Please read and review. This story is AU and NOT canon-compliant. Image courtesy of Adahy 04.

Sixteen-year-old Severus leaves Hogwarts to attend school in the U.S., and possibly pursue a new life. But what of the growing darkness back home that threatens Lily and all he's ever known? (This story is an AU and does not follow HP canon!)

What if the Board of Governors had been paying attention? Eventual SSHG. AU after OOTP.

It has been Severus Snape's greatest wish to go back and fix his life with Lily. What happens when he suddenly gets the chance, remembers everything, and has changed enough to avoid Slytherin? Marauder-era, pre- and established Severus/Lily. 50/50 COMPLETE!

Following the end of the War, Death Eaters are sentenced to lives of servitude. Although Severus was determined not to break, he cracks at the treatment that he endures. After rescuing him from harsh conditions, Harry is left to pick up the pieces, and must grow up far too fast. Slow-paced SS/HP.

"Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief-Makers are proud to present: The Marauders' Map". What if there is a different person instead of Wormtail as the fourth member of the Marauders? How would that change Hogwarts, how would change the future? Once known as Ani and Raiders

What if there was a darker truth hidden in Harry's story? Summer before third year, Harry begins to question his memory blanks. What happens when he finds himself before Snape for help? includes mentor Severus, MPD, child abuse, protective Remus

Alternate Universe. Severus Snape in a universe where James and Lily Potter's child was a daughter, not a son, but who was still the Dark Lord's target on Hallowe'en 1981. Author Notes expanded 11th May, 2015. Slightly expanded/'polished' version of 1992-1993 school year posted 20th May, 2015. STORY ON HIATUS.

Harry is called up to Dumbledore's office at the end of his fourth year and told he is to go and live with Severus Snape. Severus does what no one else bothered to do― he takes care of Harry. Watch as Harry flourishes to all that he was meant to be: A Slytherin with a heart of a lion. No slash. Will Harry be able to beat Voldemort and save the people he loves? Read and find out.

During the summer before sixth year, Harry finds an injured bat in the garden and decides to try to heal it...and an unwilling Snape learns just what kind of a person Harry Potter really is. No slash.

Because of a student death, new measures are being taken to screen students for abuse. With Dumbledore facing an enquiry, Snape is in charge of making sure every student receives an examination. Abused!Harry. Character death. Sevitis. In answer to the "New Measures for Screening Abuse" challenge at Potions and Snitches. Yes, it is a "Snape is Harry's biological father" story.

When, after that fateful Halloween night, the wrong Potter twin is hailed the Boy Who Lived, how will Harry's life turn out? With a power he knows not, an ancient prophecy and one Severus Snape practically raising him, interesting at least is a given.

Due to the losses of the war, the Ministry has decided to try and encourage young witches and wizards to marry young, by allowing them to look into a mirror that shows your one and only. Of course things never do go as expected for Harry and with death eaters having escaped Azkaban, it truly seems that Harry would never have a calm year in Hogwarts. (Snarry) Please Review.

When Severus Snape is left in charge of Hogwarts over the christmas break, he is less than pleased to discover Harry will be one of his charges. Events force him to face that Mr Potter may not be quite what he has assumed all these years. Year 6

Following on from the end of series 5. Merlin meets Alba near the lake of Avalon. He discovers the truth about the triple Goddess and how part of her plans to destroy the world they have tried so hard to build. Can Merlin pay the necessary price for Arthur's life? There is a great evil waiting to be released and only the sorcerer and the king together can hope to defeat it.

As Severus Snape lay dying on the filthy floor of the Shrieking Shack, bleeding in the arms of Harry Potter, a profound, devastating realization awakens a long lost love, latent for years and torn asunder by time's cruel fate. Is love strong enough to overcome the pain from the past and ensure Severus' survival? Time-Travel fic. SSHP - COMPLETE.

What happens when Severus Snape can simply take no more of the abuse? Please leave feed back Reviews are the sustinance that keeps us writers going, plus they are filling and non fattening!

Eileen Snape receives a mysterious summons to Nurmengard in the late spring of 1971, which will turn the Snape family fortunes upside-down. Alternate universe. One-shot. Rated 'T' to be on the safe side. Minor rewording in places, July, 2014.

Hermione overhears something she shouldn't concerning Professor Snape and decides that maybe the House-elves aren't the only ones in need of protection.

Right after Harry's 21st birthday, he learns of the Infinity bond between himself and Severus Snape. The good news is, he can accept it. The bad news is, Snape has disappeared. With the Case of the Poisoned Patients stalling, the Ministry needs Snape's help and Harry is sent to find him. HP/SS Slash EWE

Story is being re-worked, so chunks from a few chapters are now missing. It's intentional. Current chapter is new for those subscribed, while I make sure rest of story is site compliant. Over 18's can read unedited version on my AFF.

A world-weary and shattered Professor Snape, in the wake of the events of Hallowe'en, 1981, wants nothing more than to try to get on with being the best teacher (by his lights) that he can. A series of short sketches of scenes in the headmaster's office. Alternate Universe. One-shot.

Sequel to Resonance and Revolution. Harry enters his second year as an Auror Apprentice. Snape's wedding looms, and Harry's odd new powers mature, creating mayhem, perilous temptations, and opportunities to gain real wisdom.

It's 1st September 1971 and the deputy headmistress has broken a promise to the Sorting Hat, with consequences for the forthcoming sorting... 'Seed-point' of an AU. Warning! Canon characters mercilessly judged and sorted into non-canon houses. (Punctuation mistakes cleaned up, 9th March, 2014)

Sirius decides to play a trick with Love Potion to get his pal, James and his fancy Lily to bed together. Two unforeseen mistakes ruin his plans and change lives forever. James/Sirius bashing a bit. M for explicit content at times.

Harry's been beaten by his uncle, tortured by Voldemort and consumed by anger and guilt over the death of his Godfather. But when a mysterious stranger from the future finds a way to bring about change by forcing the truth, is there hope for the future? - NOW COMPLETE!

The scene after the 1976 fifth year OWL exam, where in canon Lily and Severus break apart, is interrupted by the advent of a teacher upon the scene, and he's not happy... Alternate Universe. One-shot. Minor corrections, March, 2013.

Since his parents demise at the hands of Voldemort Harry has lived a life no child should have to at the hands of the Dursleys. Every year he has made this same wish on his birthday. Will his wish finally come true? Snape/Harry mentor fic. Rated for abuse

Umbridge goes too far with the blood quill and it results in a trip to the infirmary, better instruction, a TA position, and falling in love for Harry Potter. Growing up is never easy, especially for The Boy Who Lived.

Severus wakes up in the afterlife expecting something rather different than being almost-seventeen again. Seriously, what kind of game is this? But wait - Lily's come back, too - from 1981? Perhaps it's a second chance... but to do what? SS/LE

This story starts from when Severus first met Lily, and the way their friendship evolved during their school years. It is mostly canon, continuing seamlessly from Ch.33 in JKR's book the latter marked in italics .COMPLETE

A duel with Draco leads to drastic and permanent consequences for both Harry and Severus. AU from the end of OotP.

After Voldemort's defeat, and in order to keep control of Harry Dumbledore enacts a marriage contract between Harry and Ginny. Bound by Pureblood Traditions, Harry can only use that to his advantage. Not a Harry/Ginny fic. Pre Slash.

Severus gains custody of an abused and strangely silent seven year old Harry Potter. Severus OOC.

AU. Yes, the old Snape retrieves Harry from the Dursleys formula. I just had to write one. Everything changes, because the best revenge is living well. T for Mentor Snape's occasional naughty language. Supportive Minerva. Over three million hits!

SS/HP. Slash. When Harry begins to break under the pressures of death and prophesy, help arrives from an unlikely quarter: Snape. Despite their own doubts, manipulations from all sides and hapless interventions combine to bring their two souls together.

Just before Christmas,Harry hears the basilisk and thinks he's going mad. He flees into a blizzard and is followed by Snape. Trapped by the storm, they hide in a cave. Will they survive to celebrate Christmas? Sick!Harry & sick!Severus. AU, COS, mentorSev

Voldemort is dead and Harry has finally graduated from Hogwarts and is ready to live his life, but his world is turned upside down when he realizes friends can become enemies and enemies become friends. Powerful Harry. Mild Slash HP/SS

This is an epilogue of The Definition series. It's basically little scenes that didn't make it into the series, presented as photographic short stories. There is no set timeline, some are from times in the story, and some are after it finished.

Sequel to the Definition of Home. Now back at Hogwarts, Harry balances school and his home life as he prepares to face Voldemort and learns to trust Snape's guidance. Along the way they both learn that family also means support.

Voldemort didn't just give Harry some of his powers that night. He gave him all of his memories. With them, his allies and friends, Harry shall change the Wizarding World like no one ever before. LightHarry. GoodDumbledore. Chaotic magic. COMPLETE!

Harry finds that his fourth year is going to set him apart from his peers again but he doesn't have any idea just how much he will gain because of this. Slash and chan 14

AU. How would things be different if Lily had been in Slytherin and Snape had been in Gryffindor?

The Gryffindor boys take a compatibility test that forces Harry to come to terms with his feelings for a certain broody older man. But how will Snape take it when he tries to confess? Snape x Harry. COMPLETE.

After Snape's visit to Surrey, Harry writes him a thank you letter that triggers an extended correspondence between the two of them. Sequel to The Guiltless.

Desperate to escape his guilt and nightmares after the third task, Harry transforms into a hawk by accident and ends up breaking both wings and suffering partial memory loss. He is found by Snape,who helps him and discovers the truth about his professor.

After Harry is caught exploding a cauldron in 2nd year Potions, Snape insists he keep a firm hand on the boy he must secretly protect. However, Snape discovers that there is more to the twelve yr old than unruliness.

HP/SS Slash, slave!Snape. As a creature, Severus has long known he will need to bond with his mate or face being made a slave to the whole of wizardkind. For Harry, the news is a shock made more difficult by the awakening of uncomfortable desires.

After the death of her husband, Lily Potter must begin her life anew, along with her son, Harry. Can they find comfort and solace with Master Healer Severus Snape? Or will old wounds from past and present keep them apart? Lily/Sev, AU!

How, why, and when did Severus Snape become a Death Eater? This is part 1 of 4 of the life story of Severus Snape. Part 1 contains violence, torture & sex. It begins with his birth, and ends when he becomes a Death Eater.

Sequel to Snape's Vocation. The boys meet Draco Malfoy.

Petunia & Harry become a team, and Harry finds the wizarding world much earlier than anyone suspects. He hides his Slytherin self under the guise of a naive Gryffindor. He also hides the wizard friendships he made years before Hogwarts. AU

Harry and Hermione are among students who are faced after the war with forced arranged marriages from the ministry. When former death eaters enter the mix, will either of them survive these unions. HP/SS, HG/LM, DT/OC slash, non con, viol.

AU one-shot about Harry’s first detention with Snape. Take one mistreated boy, one misinformed man, mix well and watch what happens. Sequel now up! Titled "Harry's New Home".

Slash SSHP. Severus' POV: Potter is changing in front of my eyes, gaining a disconcerting resemblance to Tom Riddle. As usual, it falls to me to save the brat... for the price of 'only' my soul.

IN PROGRESS. Harry Potter, 10 years old, finds out that he isn't a Potter, and that he has a brother still living! And his brother happens to be Severus Snape. After the reading of Eileen Prince's will, Severus takes Harry in. AU, few cannon details

Harry is hurt and loses his voice. Will Snape help him find it? Not slash.

Set after Harry's 7th year, omits HPB and DH. Harry and Severus are forced to marry each other in order to defy Voldemort. Times become even darker for the two wizards...but is there still hope in spite of all? Completed!

AU. The summer after 5th year, Death Eaters find Harry abandoned in the Dursley house and bring him to Voldemort. Will one particular Death Eater give up his position and his hate to save his enemy's son? Snape mentors Harry fic. violence,chld abuse,rape

Neville Longbottom botches a shrinking potion that causes Professor Severus Snape to shrink until he's three inches tall. Harry is forced to look after him and keep him a secret. SLASH.

Harry turns into a baby after an accident in Potions and Snape is assigned to become his gaurdian. But can Snape take care of a baby? And especially a baby like Harry? Alternative Universe, written before the HBP COMPLETE

AU. Harry is 7 years old and treated literally like a dog by the Dursleys. Will he be rescued by the wizarding world? Will he ever be fit to take on the mantle of The Boy Who Lived? childfic, preHogwarts, sevitus. warning:extreme child abuse, violence

When Voldemort dies, he curses Harry to become mute. Dumbledore assigns Severus Snape to teach Harry how to overcome this obstacle. Initial hate yields to increasing understanding, respect and attraction between the two...Complete.

After the events until Christmas, Voldemort has to surpass his own self to regain his status and destroy the Order of the Phoenix... Complete! With Epilogue!

Sequel to Resonance. Harry continues his Auror training and begins a journey of mastering his unusual and growing powers. Harry, with the help of his adoptive father, is finally making his own way, but fate and prophecy are never completely absent.

“I am Jonathan Frost. I was Voldemort and Tom Riddle. I was also Harry Potter.” After the final confrontation with Voldemort, Harry finds himself changed and thrown back into the time of the Marauders and Severus Snape. SSHP COMPLETE

COMPLETE...After Severus gets guardianship of Harry, things get strange. Harry's friend's are worried, the staff is confused, and Harry begins to have horrible visions. Snape becomes very defensive of his charge.

PostOOTP, Snape blows his cover as a spy to save Harry from Voldemort. To win the war, even those who loathe each other must unite, and many lessons are learned in the process. COMPLETE!

Year six and Harry needs rescuing by Dumbledore and Snape. The resulting understanding between Harry and Snape is critical to destroying Voldemort and leads to an offer of adoption. Covers year seven and Auror training. Sequel is Revolution.

Sequel to 'Mine'. Snape and Harry settle down and learn more about each other. These chapters can be read as individual stories, but I have further chapters written and planned.

Against his better judgement Severus Snape let a part of himself be used in a spell six years earlier. Now the consequences of his actions cannot be avoided any longer and Snape finds himself the father of a five year old boy-Harry Potter! Complete.

SLASH. Complete. Harry is looking for the knowledge and training to survive the war. Only Severus Snape can give it. This is being edited for mistakes, and that is why the chapter titles and numbers don't match-I'll fix it someday.

COMPLETE, SEQUEL POSTED...Severus Snape discovers a hidden truth about Harry's home life. And decides to take matters into his own hands.

COMPLETE! After Voldie's destruction, Harry takes Snape into his home to care for him. Can there be reconciliation? HPSS