' I'm not dead,' is his first thought upon waking. His next thought, after opening his eyes and seeing the mold-blackened ceiling of his childhood bedroom, is, 'What the bloody—' He touches his neck. It's whole, slender – like a child's throat – and just as smooth. His third, and final thought before the banging at his door starts, is: 'Did any of it happen at all? ' Time-Travel.

DO NOT READ BEFORE READING THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR OPTIONS! Severus has made his choice. He has come home at last. He has his new life. But this new world won't repeat all the same scenarios as before. What new challenges await Severus and Lily Evans, or is their biggest challenge going to be...one another?

AU. Harry, Ron, and Ginny send themselves back in time to avoid the destruction of everything they hold dear, and the deaths of everyone they love.

Sirius is released from Azkaban, once more a free man, to find that there is nothing left of his old family. Moony has had almost seven years to move on and Harry… well, he has found new parents in his aunt and uncle and does not even remember his godfather. Following a desperate need to make up for lost time, he goes looking for a purpose and promptly finds one he hadn't expected.

What will happen when a goblin-raised Harry arrives at Hogwarts. A Harry who has received training, already knows the prophecy and has no scar. With the backing of the goblin nation and Hogwarts herself. Complete.

Okay, you've convinced me. Sequel to Freaks Aren't Allowed. This is a series of one shots designed to fill in some of the blanks between Harry's first year with Snape and his first year at Hogwarts. Childfic. Fluff. NOT Abandoned. Just infrequent updates