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At Hogwarts, in the week between the battle at the Ministry of Magic (OoTP) and the end of term, a certain teacher reflects upon certain students of the present and of the past.

Snape, Sprout, and far too many carnivorous plants. Who knew? Jedi!McGonagall, fruit flies, insecticide... Why do so few people think to pair up a Slytherin and a Hufflepuff?

On a winter's night, two survivors come together. One has spent his life forgetting while the other desperately wants to remember.

A fifteen year old Severus returns to his ancestral home to carry out one final task.

Severus Snape: Good? Bad? Neither. He's in it for himself.

Dumbledore decides that Snape needs a vacation. So, in a brilliant ruse, he tricks Snape into grabbing an object that he has transfigured into a portkey and sends him off to Disney World for a long-overdue vacation. While he’s there, a Ravenclaw on vacation with her Muggle family spots him, and “selflessly” volunteers to show him the ropes of the Muggle world. And so it is--Severus Snape is stuck in Walt Disney World with a sixteen-year-old Ravenclaw… …Moreover an irritating one, with a twisted sense of humor and the guts to use it every chance she gets.

SS-Lily. Why did Snape turn away from Voldemort? What happened at Godrick's Hollow? Why does Snape protect Harry? Snape sometimes seems not quite sane and I wondered if that were the case. Not a happy bunny.

Have you ever wondered why Snape is such a nasty git? Find out as we explore the Hogwarts with a child from Ravenclaw!

Ever thought that Severus and Hermione are very similar? Well, this is an AU fic, assuming that Hermione's mum Catherine is actually a witch, and went to school with Severus. They become staunch friends and later more than just friends. But are they fated to be together? How come Catherine has to live pretending to be a dentist (of all things)? All is told, in 'Of Times that are past'.

It's better than Ricky Lake and even Jerry Springer! Ferrit farms, Anti-Lockhart groups and code-words oh my!

It's not easy being Severus Snape. Picked on, invisible to the girl he fancies, and a loner, getting through seven years at Hogwarts is no easy task. But the winds of change are in the air, and with one fateful decision Severus will change not only the course of his own life, but the lives of the entire wizarding world as well.

She sat alone in her sanctuary as she had so many nights before. A knock at the door alerted her to some unexpected visitors...

One-Shot: A young Weasley, an aged Potions Master and a rather intriguing Muggle beverage... No Slash, just two men meeting in a bar and sharing an enigmatic drink. Inspired by the song "Piano Man" by Billy Joel and illustrated!

Severus Snape is no longer a Hogwarts student, so he's too old for Halloween. Isn't he?

What does Snape do when he winds up on a beautiful tropic paradise filled with gorgeous women? Run like hell! This is the land of the Mary Sues.

Ginevra Weasley and Blaise Zabini came from two completely different worlds. They were both left in the shadow by those who would be greater than them. This is the story of how these two girls banded together to form a society that would come to shake the Wizarding world in an adventure that would be repeated through out the ages. Joining them on their quest is an assortment of people from an assortment of houses. In the end they will be the last line of defenses left between the mortal and immortal coil.

Seven moments in Severus Snape's life explored through drabbles focusing on seven spells and seven interactions with Lily Evans.

Every feud has a begining, including the one between Severus Snape and Sirius Black. But not everything is what it seems to be.

"We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat." Snape and McGonagall have a disagreement, Peeves eludes Filch, Gryffindor defeats Hufflepuff. Also watch out for: Moaning Myrtle, dentures, Oliver Wood... and Albus Dumbledore overseeing it all!

Mark Evans's first class at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry is History of Magic. They have a special guest instructor.

Lupin's had enough of magic.

Sequel to Valentine. The stage of grief after denial is anger.

SEQUEL TO "INTERRUPTIONS". Sirius comes to "lie low at Lupin's" but not everyone is very happy about it. Arguments and awkward dinner ensues, all with a good helping of stewed plums and ice cream.

After a prank by Lavender and Parvati - yes it's true, more info within - and the help of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once more with feeling", Snape becomes a TV star. The author is not currently getting psychiatric help. (No HBP spoilers)

"Just as she was about to scream from the mounting terror inside of her, the door was flung open. Severus Snape strode into her dorm, anxiety showing plainly on his cold face. She pulled herself up slowly from the floor and then flung herself into his arms. A large sob threatened to escape. She bit her lip. Blood trickled down her chin."

Severus Snape: cold hearted! unfair! sarcastic! biased! Devoid of all feeling and incapable of emotion...apparently not! ````"No matter what tomorrow brings I will always be there...until the end"

Remus Lupin at times lives in doubt and regret, but a song sung from the shodows of the trees enters his life and promises to care for him, love him. Protect him from his self-anger. But someone else also has his eye on her. Will he admit to his real feelings before he falls into the darkness of the dreams that haunt him? Will her love and devotion be enough? RL/OC, JP/LE, SS/OC

Just how did Severus Snape earn the nickname 'Snivellus'? Here's my take on it.

Poor Draco Malfoy receives temporary amnesia when he meets Potter in the corridor. When Snape comes across him later on, he is in an odd predicament.

Snape finds himself in the afterlife with the person he least wishes to see.

Crazy random things! In the form of a note-to-self tape, this 'day in the life' extends to really encompasing all of Hedwig's deepest and darkest moments. Overall, a touching story, and a real tear jerker. Damn pigeons...

Dumbledore has sent him on a mission -- one that could mean life or death. (In tandem with Into the Terrible Night)

She couldn't see his face, but there was something forlorn about the lone boy, almost the same age as she, who sat on the opposite bank with his head in his hands.

In their work for the Order of the Phoenix, Snape and Sirius must confront their deepest fear... together.

Even though you are gone, I am still here...all that's left of yesterday.

It may not be Christmas Day, yet the reaction of everyone's least favourite Potions professor isn't any less "Bah Humbug." Severus Snape is determined to avoid attention this Valentine's Day, yet a certain someone is as least as determined to bestow it upon him. What is the identity of his secret admirer? Set during Harry Potter's second year.

No one wakes up one day to decide who they are; fate decides that, and for Severus Snape, fate has been cruel. Find out what makes Severus's mind work the way it works and why he can no longer love... The first in a trilogy.

This is the story of young Severus Snape's very first train ride to Hogwarts. Barely able to escape from his brutal father, Severus is now faced with a different sort of cruelty. How will he handle the situation?

Malfoy and Snape share a last conversation.

If I had to pick one thing that symbolised my life, it would be a tunnel...

Who is murdering Muggles in New Orleans, and what is the meaning of the Dark Mark left at the crime scene? Isn't Voldemort dead?

Professor Snape has a problem class... If other teachers could be as lucky!

It started in seventh year. Two months into term, possibly sooner... Come and see what happens when Snape tries to take rvenge on Harry for something and find out who regrets what. Some romance fluff.

Severus Snape, now in the twilight of his life, sits near a headstone, reflecting bitterly on his life. A ghost from his past pays him a visit and offers him one more chance to dance.````This was a contest entry I wrote for The Potions Master's Muse.

Valentine's Day fic. Why do you suppose Snape just doesn't go out and find someone to love?

'Her classmates couldn't be more correct: Lavender Brown is a daft cow with no common sense and nought a spare thought in her head.' [SS/HG]

Lily makes a difficult choice that changes her life -- and death -- forever.

This was written for greyangel through McTabby's Blame Each Other Challenge. Snape/Pomfrey. "A late night visit to the dungeons, untold secrets... He has to heal her... in more ways than one."

"When Harry awoke, the man that had rescued him was almost dead..."

Snape knows better. Features: Occlumency, Pensieves, inevitable madness, and memories. SS/HP, in a very roundabout way.

With Lord Voldemort risen again, all the wizards of the world know that the first people to suffer will be the Death Eaters who betrayed or abandoned him. This is the account of one such ex-Death Eater, Severus Snape...

Everyone's lives are put in jeopardy when a secret revealed causes identity confusion and a tangle of assassins after the Boy-Who-Lived. When the hunter becomes the hunted, who can put things right? A tale of love, family, lies and blackmail.

Severus Snape has been brutally murdered. Then why is he showing up on Hermione’s doorstep with Dumbledore? Hermione must deal with him as a roommate while standing on the edge of disaster as the true web of deceit behind his feigned death threatens her life as well as his. HG/SS, with a little unconventional GW/DM

One can find that no matter how much you love someone, they are not always yours.

Severus Snape just can't stay away from Lily Evans' wedding to James Potter--no matter how much wants to.

An understanding found, as Snape attempts to move on from his past and into a possible future.

The year is 1969. Little Severus Snape discovers a new passion: Dark magic. His mother thinks it prudent to take charge and explain him the rules of the game.

From the birth of a Death Eater, to the death of Harry Potter. This is the ultra-condensed history of Severus Snape.

In which young Severus Snape and Bellatrix Black befriend one another, over tea and torture.

A mysterious character is introduced, in the depths of the Riddle Mansion. As the character's identity is revealed, so are many other secrets of the wizarding world... and secrets of Harry's past that were thought dead and buried long ago.

In the War Against the Dark Arts, the Aurors dealt out death, restrained only by their consciences. Some families practiced the Dark Arts as a matter of course - a look at one and it's intersection with a faction of Aurors.

Blood relatives matter, but so does the family you choose.

Idonea Snape was like many mothers - she wanted to keep a record of her son's childhood. Severus, on the other hand, never had the desire to even remember his past. Her diary couldn't be all that bad... could it?

A short Snape fic. Snape tries to figure out why people try to avoid him. The reason shocks him and sends him into a deep depression.

Snape/Pince. The books have ears. What do they hear? Warning: deathfic.

They were all standing there; my mind wasn’t fully gone as I recognized Sirius leaning against the wall, a cold smirk on his features, his eyes blazing as he watched the two others struggle. “Snape, just go! Just--- damn you, Sirius--- just get out of here now!” My ears perked. That was James shoving Snape backwards, his wand abandoned by his feet. I issued another growl and stepped forward again ...

What would happen if Snape discovered that Sirius and Remus were lovers? This Sirius/Remus story is written from Snape’s point of view.

Harry has made a very bad mistake.

What happens when Lockhart gets free reign over a class in the dungeons... and full access to potentially lethal potion ingredients!

Daniel's birthday causes a Muggle invasion on Hogwarts that rearranges a few still standing prejudices.

Snape stood before a tall hooded figure that could have easily been mistaken as an elongated shadow of a surrounding Death Eater in the dim light. Long, white hands issued from its black sleeves....Voldemort reached into his robes and grasped his wand. He pulled out it into sight and pointed it threateningly at Snape's chest.... 'It takes only one spell, Severus,' he said menacingly, 'I believe you know the two words.'...'Ah, there you have it, Severus,' he said as he stared down at Snape. 'Terrible thing when someone denies you their friendship, isn't it?'

"To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." ~Niccolo Machiavelli. "There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept." ~Gaelic proverb. [Contains HBP spoilers.]

What could induce a former Marauder to return to a life of naughtiness? Perhaps it has something to do with a certain nosy git and two rambunctious twins with frustratingly perfect timing. A Christmas chestnut with secret passages, close escapes, and a surprising new accomplice.

"I have stood for many centuries now, keeping a silent vigil over those within my walls. I have seen many students come and go. I remember each one."````Hogwarts is alive... and she watches over her students.

Funerals are a time for remembrance. Severus Snape, who has always hated James Potter and his gang, recollects memories of his own at the funeral of James and Lily Potter.

[Slash] In which the author parodies herself in a self-insertion Mary Sue-ish masterpiece after spending a little too much time reading certain journals and communities at LiveJournal.

This is a (maybe) one-shot fic about my intake on how Snape decided to steal Christmas, and how Hermione knew it was him. For any person / Like the one who just pulled your sleeve / Has a special story / You must see to believe

Set in Harry's sixth year. Because of a heart problem due to being hit by a dark spell at the ministry, he won't be able to fight Voldemort and has to resort to other methods to deal with the prophecy. Completely AU after fifth year, partly OOC.

"She had loved the stars for as long as she could remember. When she had been only three years old, her father had taken her out one night and shown her the Milky Way. 'Millions of stars,' he had said. 'Millions and millions, whirling in a cosmic dance. And we are a part of it.'" This started out as a story about Professor Sinistra, but then of course Severus Snape showed up, as he has a tendency to do in my stories...

During the dark days of the late 1970s Severus Snape infiltrates the Death Eaters. Do the ends justify the means? Murder, seduction, and personal problems. You didn't think it would be easy, did you?

After speaking with Igor Karkaroff at the Yule Ball in "Goblet of Fire," Snape reflects upon his past. What choices did he make upon his path to becoming a Death Eater, and what choices were made for him? He was led into temptation, but broken and betrayed, he cannot deliver himself from bitterness. Time is supposed to heal all wounds, but there are some marks it can never erase. Even in the dark of winter, however, there is always hope of spring. Snape/Karkaroff slash.

A couple of weeks after Sirius's death, Lupin and Snape reflect.

Snape's life is endangered by Sirius sixth year, and it falls upon James to rescue him. His simple good deed turns into something unexpected. James and Snape both learn the other meaning of what it's like to act as a hero.

Snape pays the ultimate price for the cause.``Warning: Character Death and implied slash. Can be considered AU.

Both sides knew Severus Snape was a double agent. However, no one knew which side he was truly on...

I always wondered how Lupin reacted to Sirius' "Throwing Snape to the wolf" -so to speak. This is my interpretation. Oh, and I made the teeeeeny assumption that they're lovers, because I love my slashy boys!

An unconventional view of chapter 28 in OotP from Snape's point of view - an attempt to understand his motivation for stopping the Occlumency lessons.

Young Severus Snape travels to Hogwarts for the first time aboard the Hogwarts Express, and is Sorted.

We do what we must to get by.

When Harry resumes his Occlumency lessons with Professor Snape in sixth year he finds out he is not the only one having to deal with the pain of war. Sometimes the most humane and human thing to do is comfort the one your with. Could be seen as HP/SS if you look hard enough.

A young Severus Snape discovers the magical properties of a fig he finds in his mother’s garden while experimenting with chemistry. To his joy, he learns that magic exists and that his mother is magical. But he pays a heavy price for learning the truth.

Severus Snape is waiting for an omen. Winner of the Snapecast.com Winter Holiday Contest.

As per events in 'Other Ends', Draco persues his rebellion with some obstacles. (Snape/OC, Draco/Hermione eventually)

Hermione Granger and Severus Snape take in an evening of ballet. They arrive apart, but leave together.

Who said words kill? Not Lora Euripides, that's for sure. She's a silent killer, alright. The new Professor, Professor Snape, isnt making the greatest of impressions on her, and her best friend, Achilles Longbottom, has some issues that only she can help him solve. *Takes place in Snapes first year of teaching. Has unsaid answers all throughout it, try and see if you can answer them*

Dumbledore informs Snape that the Lestranges have escaped from Azkaban. Snape knows Karida Lestrange is coming for him. "Such a wise old man," thought Snape. "He knows so much about my time as a Death Eater. But not this story."

When Severus Snape woke up from his traumatic encounter with Nagini, he found himself back at his favourite spot...his childhood playground.

Severus Snape. Brilliant, handsome, dangerous, he joined the Death Eaters for the knowledge Voldemort offered, begining a spiral that devastated a promising carrer and shocked tht wizarding world. At the termination of the Goblet of Fire, he reflects. Loyalty does not mean beleif and action does not require faith. Think Snape likes Dumbledore? think again.

This is yet another lost chapter of Verity Brown's A Merciless Affection. If you are in search of a likable fluffy-bunny Severus Snape, I advise you to hit the back button now for you shall not find him in this fic. What you will find is a very dark and troubled, yet painfully human Severus Snape searching for strength and redemption. There is also a very strong religious theme in this fic. If you can stand that, then read on and hopefully enjoy. As always, a very special and heartfelt thank you goes to Verity for allowing me to provide some insight to her version of Snape.

A Wild night and an encounter between Remus and Snape. The first full moon after the close of events in HBP.