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.

Sequel to Emerald Eyes; AU--The summer before 3rd year brings new obstacles for Harry and Snape, especially when the Potions master realizes he isn't the only one minding the Boy Who Lived.

Petunia Dursley is cleaning the attic and finds a previously unknown copy of Lily's will. Ecstatic at her discovery, she promptly abandons her burdensome nephew, along with Lily's will, on the doorstep of her childhood nemesis (aka, Severus Snape). ***SEQUEL "Lily's Last Wish" NOW POSTED*** I do not own Harry Potter or make any money from these stories.

For those who felt Snape was cheated in the books... the life he should have gotten. Beginning right after the last page of DH, a new danger forces Harry and Snape together and makes them see the...good (!) in each other. Completely canon-compliant except for Snape lives. NOT slash, a twist on a mentoring/guardian fic.

After all this time? Always. The friendship of Severus Snape and Lily Evans. (Eventual James/Lily)

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.

An accident the summer before 6th year puts Dumbledore's plans for Harry in motion sooner than planned. Will an unexpected truce with Snape better prepare Harry for what is to come? A Snape mentors Harry fic with all the regular players. AU after OOTP.

He wanted to be brave like his father. He was until the very end. From toerag to hero... The transformation of James Potter.

A brief one-shot between Dumbledore and Snape, discussing Snape's multi-faceted and versatile character. Canon-compliant, fluff.

A brief one-shot of a canon-compliant conversation between Dumbledore and Snape after a particularly nasty night with the Death Eaters.

Snape/ Harry mentor fic. Set after the Tri-wizard Tournament and Voldemort's return to physical form. Harry is forced to spend the summer with Snape to train how to fight. It is not an arrangement either can stand but they must find a way to communicate if they are to make any progress at all.

It is early summer, 1989. Harry Potter is eight years old, and trying to endure summer at his horrible muggle relatives. In a bout of accidental magic, he is transported far away. Who is to come get him, if not Professor Severus Snape? Warnings: see ch 1

One-shot. AU after OOTP. Companion piece/sequel to Defensive Magic. Snape's POV of the incident where Uncle Vernon struck Harry the summer after his fifth year.

AU after OOTP. A short story speculating on what would REALLY have happened if Uncle Vernon ever took a swing at Harry.

Blood traitor, abomination, shame of their flesh... The tragedy of Sirius Black.

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!

This is not canon-compliant. What if Harry stumbled upon Snape while he was weeping over Lily's letter at Grimmauld Place?

Harry hates Monday. Occlumency is on Monday. Harry hates Snape. Snape teaches Occlumency. Harry hates Occulmency. Mondays were always the same. But this Monday would be different, and it would change everything... NON-Slash. Snape mentor Harry.

Snape somehow survives Nagini's attack, but he isn't particularly happy about it. Harry wishes he was.

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.

Severus Snape is left for dead in the shack after Harry leaves. Hours later, he still somehow clings onto life, and this may be what was going through his mind.

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!

Prior to Harry’s third year, he leaves the Dursleys, desperate to escape. But before the Knight Bus can stumble upon him, he encounters someone far different, and his world begins to change. Complete!