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When the girl of your dreams is slipping through your fingers, do you try to cling on or should you just let her go? Based on the poem, Neutral Tones, by Thomas Hardy.

Tom Riddle has cast one final curse, sending a fallen warrior into an ultimate darkness. Only through a mythic journey of redemption will he be freed. This is a REVISED version of a story originally posted on other sites about a year ago.

Severus Snape is summoned by the Dark Lord for the second time in one night. Harry Potter asks for the impossible and then has to deal with the consequences. AU after OotP, with some elements from the last two books thrown in.

In retrospect, Harry should've known that Umbridge's field trip to the ancient springs of Jusenkyo would end badly for everyone. Having fallen into the Springs of the Drowned Emo and Drowned Emu, Harry supposes he's luckier than, say, Snape (Spring of the Drowned Unicorn) or Zacharias Smith (Spring of the Drowned Flea Circus), but there are more problems in the upcoming year than just the curses: Voldemort takes advantage of his own cursed form to infiltrate Hogwarts as Luna's new pet bunny. And there's really no way to explain Lucius Malfoy, the benevolent Buddhist monk. (AU OotP; Ranma 1/2 crossover)

Slughorn deals with one of his most brilliant students. This is a series of drabbles inspired by some truly excellent writers. There are Half-Blood Prince spoilers. *Very* mild squick. You have been warned.

After years of avoiding this confrontation, Snape comes face to face with the one person he does not wish to look at -- himself. A look at just what Severus thinks of himself and his life, past and present.

Luna is always one for being the center of attention, and her classmates are always ones for finding ways for making her such. And when Luna waltzes into Potions class one day with a live duck tucked under her arm, Professor Snape can't help but ask for the reasoning behind it.

Harry conveys a message to Snape in Umbridge's office. This story tracks various Order members (mostly Snape) from the time he leaves Umbridge's office until after Dumbledore has filled him in on what happened in the Department of Mysteries.

Ever wonder what made Dumbledore really trust Snape? For Snape, the decision was simple and easy, and it involved Sirius Black.

Snape/Lily school days fic. In which Snape wonders what the fuss over kissing is all about.

AU re-write of the Harry Potter series. What if Voldemort had a daughter? What if she was adopted by Severus Snape? As she gets older and attends Hogwarts, how will she keep her true parentage secret?

Voldemort decided one fateful night that Neville Longbottom was the infant whispered of in the prophecy. Unluckily for the wizarding world, Neville and his parents were killed, leaving Voldemort to continue his tyrannical reign over the wizarding world. The story is centred on two victims of his barbaric reign, Desdemona and Antenociticus Snape. Both of them left parentless by the hand of the Dark Lord. Struggling to find sense in this land of hypocrisy and war, they fumble nervously to care for themselves.

"I have made of myself a weapon, forged in the Dark Arts, consecrated to the Greater Good, and if I can only live with myself by knowing that I have done what I must, then that shall have to be enough."

When a mysterious girl named Allison Potter arrives at the Dursleys', Harry is burdened with bigger questions than before. As Allison begins to fall for the charming Draco Malfoy, despite Hermione and Ginny's careful warnings, she is overcome with terrifying nightmares of a boy's mission to kill the girl he loves.

Teachers sometimes act worse than their students, and Severus Snape is no exception. Join him as he endures another Hogwarts Staff Meeting. Poor man.

A strange and powerful creature comes to be in the Order of the Phoenix -- But what dark secrets lurk beneath the surface?

The vestiges of a friendship and an Unbreakable Vow bind Severus Snape's fate to that of a former student. Draco Malfoy, uncertain of his place outside of Hogwarts, turns where he can for help and guidance. Neither expected deliverance. (NOT slash, in case you were wondering.)

This is a songfic (Linkin Park's Breaking the Habit) that I wrote and intend on expanding. It will be three chapters and no longer a songfic once I finish it. It will most likely be Snape/Hermione once I'm done.

Knowledge of the future comes at a steep price. (A Snape-centric dark fic.)

A young man begins a new life, by killing his dreams.

1969: On his way home from work, Tobias Snape ponders his relationship with Eileen. In the beginning, they loved each other, didn't they? But now, only bitterness and harsh words are left. How could it come to this?

Severus Snape discovers an unpleasant aspect to being a Death Eater. (Edging toward crack.)

Five moments where Ginny Weasley helps Harry and the others during their Horcrux search and in the final battle, without anyone realizing. Set during DH and based on canon events, these are a series of missing moments revealing Ginny's vital hidden role. Settings include the Burrow, Hogwarts, Aunt Muriel's house, and beyond.

Lupin's Daughter, Sirena, is on the path to destruction... and all Snape can do is watch. This fic is a bit of a prequel to Everything You Are, which is in the process of a complete overhaul. It's mildly AU in that I made up a hatred for vampires in Dumbledore.... I figure a man that kind has to have one hate...````But this is the beginning of Sirena Lupin's journey to the world of Dark Magic. Enjoy.

Everyone deserves to be loved, even the hated.

Harry and Severus finally had the life that both wanted so badly: beautiful children, careers that made them happy, friends and family that loved them dearly. It all came crashing to a halt on one Valentine's Day when Harry woke up in St. Mungo's Hospital not remembering the last eleven and two-thirds years of his life. This will be a year long journey for Harry and Severus through heartache, joy, disappointment, self-reflection, discovery, and realizing that love comes from the heart not the mind.

On the eve of their fateful fifth year, Severus and Lily spend a quiet interlude. One-shot.

Severus Snape has prepared himself to return to the Dark Lord, but how much will he be willing to give up to prove his loyalty?

A time to heal. (Snapefic). (H/G).

AU fifth year. Harry has an awful day and can't wait for it to be over. Unfortunately, it just keeps repeating itself. Will his tormentor Snape be able to help?

A little stream-of-consciousness meditation on Snape's part, on the vexed subject of Sirius Black and the Whomping Willow. What would it feel like, to confront two people who had tried to murder you, in the very place where you had so nearly died - in order to save three children who would despise you for doing so?

When seven-year-old Argus Filch still hasn’t showed signs of magic, his father fears the worst. The result is a tangle of bloodlines, rejection, and even mention of the dreaded “s” word – “Squib.” Based on Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby."

James Potter has found himself wandering around Lucius Malfoy's dark manor in an Invisiblity Cloak, spying on Death Eaters and learning Voldemort's plans. It's a bit nerve-wracking. But when he's finally ready to leave, a stupid flutter of cloth gets him captured, alone in the hands Voldemort himself and his inner circle. How will he ever get out with his life?

He left her when he said that he would always be there. What is she to do now that he's gone? He was the only person she could trust, and now she's alone. Will she be able to go on in life? Will there be anything worth living for now that he's gone? Can there be a way for life as she knew it to go on as she knew it, or will it all fall apart?

Severus Snape encounters a new student and decides to cellebrate Halloween. In his own inimitable fashion. A translation of the first story of the 'Slytherinade' cycle by Toroj. The original stories in Polish and some more English translations can be found here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/584806/

For every end, there is a beginning.

While on the hunt for a Horcrux, Harry finds himself trapped by a swarm of Death Eaters. His kidnapper also appears to be his rescuer- and an unlikely ally.

Life is a series of choices. Severus Snape’s choices have been more difficult than those most people are faced with. Step into his mind and see what he was thinking when he made his most important choices.

12th August, 2004: Draco and Astoria expect their first child. Lucius visits to set things right.

Tonks believes that a Muggle girl attacked by Death Eaters holds the key to solving her brother's mysterious disappearance, but things are complicated by the involvement of a certain Potions professor...

Sometimes things other than ghosts can haunt the living. An unsuspecting Hermione picks up a strange ring and discovers that, unlike most people, Severus Snape left behind more than a mere object.

Young Severus spends a summer away. A little piece that kept bugging me, because I can so clearly visualise him. No romance, no humour, some violence. No horses were actually harmed in writing this.

Regulus can’t seem to keep what he loves. Regulus/Sirius one-sided, Regulus/Tom Riddle, Sirius/Remus implied, Tom Riddle/Severus implied.

Draco has fled and Narcissa goes to seek help and comfort from an old friend. But where does this lead? And will it have something to do with what's happened between them before?

Draco learns to grieve.

All here life, Petunia listened to people say how special her little sister, Lily, was. And getting that letter and running off to that school only made things worse. So through the years, she sat on the sidelines and watched Lily become more and more amazing. But what about her? A story through Petunia Evans' eyes on the subjects of Lily, Hogwarts, and a war most people don't even know is happening.

An adaption of Shakespeare's Sonnet 30. A story of how Severus Snape may have reacted just before and after Lily's death.

A character study of Harry and Snape to Damhnait Doyle’s song “Tattooed,” from her album “Hyperdramatic.” Very short and a one shot.

“Severus, you’re home.” “Indeed.” Just a little Snape piece.

Severus loves his Sundays. However, this one doesn't go quite to plan. Will Severus be able to survive the most common cliches thrown his way?

Could one lost love really have been the only thing that turned Severus into the angry, cruel, and sneering Potions Master that Harry met his first year? Starting in 1970 and continuing through the 80s, this story paints the lovely and often harrowing picture of Severus' life before he met Harry Potter. You’ll meet Severus’s most loyal companion, Marcella Lynch, from the beautiful beginning of their relationship first year, to the tragic end well after the wizarding world thought they were rid of the Dark Lord forever. This story is not an AU; it will work out to fit canon.

Mystique Montague, only at the age of 15, has been forced to marry a certain Draco Malfoy. Her parents have moved her from her hometown of Paris, France and enrolled her into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Like her mother before her, and all the females in her mother's ancestry, Mystique has a deadly secret-she isn't full human. Though to the eye you can hardly tell. As she tries to acclimate herself to her new surroundings and her fiance, Mystique slowly starts to loose hold of her instincts. Meanwhile, she starts to fall in love with one who isn't her betrothed and Hogwarts is under the tyranny of Dolores Umbridge. Will instinct or morals guide her, destroy her or destroy those around her?

Hermione has a Charms project, Blaise gets involved, Ron is being himself, and Snape catches them all. A sixth year missing moment. Possibly.

"You had a choice," Remus said, looking her straight in the eye. She looked back at him defiantly and smiled pityingly. "No, I didn't, I never have. And neither do you. You'll join us sooner or later. It is inevitable," Bellatrix Black is in her fifth year at Hogwarts and Lord Voldemort is gaining power around him quickly. Can an unlikely comradery with Remus Lupin stop her from being caught up in The War?

Snape reflects on his actions at the end of HPB.

While there is plenty of fanart depicting Snape seeing Lily in the Mirror of Erised, there is also a canon scene in which Snape does, in fact, see Lily in the Mirror of Erised.

The night Lily and James Potter died. Someone arrived before Hagrid. "...he was really sorry he'd done it, sorry they were dead." - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling

What would happen if two Jedi Padawans suddenly ended up at Hogwarts? How did they get there and how would they be able to cope with it? And most importantly could they get back? Harry Potter and Star Wars Jedi Apprentice crossover.

Draco's choices after HBP. Which side does he belong on?

'Just shove a bezoar down their throats,' he scribbled in his book. It's not just your choices that make you who you are; who are you to argue when the world wants the worst of you - or so it seems...

A story of the magical world's First War with Voldemort, but told with a different twist. Friends from childhood, Lily Evans and Riona Dyrdra are young women who are led to two completely different sides of the war and must decide what they must sacrifice - including the loves of their lives and their own friendship - to save what's truly important. Then the ancient enigma Swyn Llyfr appears, placing Lily and Riona's fates as well as those of every wizard and magical creature, in the hands of the greatest dark wizard of all time.

This is the story of how a Hogwarts toilet and one particularly soggy pumpkin pastry changed the world.

With Albus Dumbledore as his new guardian, Gabriel Lenoir comes to Hogwarts with a heavy heart and a dark secret. Severus Snape has never expected to fall in love with a student, especially not a fifteen-year-old with the ability to speak with the dead. All they had to do was wait two years. In two years they wouldn't have to hide anymore. But the door is open, and who knows what might come in.

One Hogwarts evening, Potions Master Severus Snape is paid a visit by a rather enigmatic relative, Silky Soot. Only house-elves could possibly know what she's up to...

Severus and Sirius are assigned a joint detention in the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid. Only it turns out they're not in Kansas any more. One-shot, gen.

Melany is the one and only Mary Sue of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But then, on the very first day of her fifth year, she blows up a potion in class and creates three Mary Sues that are much more pretty, much more clichéd, and much more powerful than her. It's now up to Melany to beat the American exchange students at their own game and take back her crown as reigning Sue.

Severus Snape considers the request Dumbledore has made of him. Set in the summer between OotP and HBP. One-shot.

Hermione and Severus connect a decade after the war.

Severus Snape studies late into the night when an owl delivers a special message for him.

T.S. Eliot is doing a gavotte in his grave. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, as applied to Severus Snape.

Harry Potter is still Head Auror and Draco Malfoy...well, no one's really sure if he even has a job. But Harry knows that he's definitely up to something, and with a psychotic killer on the loose...well, let's just say that things are going to get interesting.

Harry has decided it’s time to take the Potion de Sort to discover his soul mate two years after the War. His results are startling, his soul mates are Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape

Ten years after the War. Snape is Headmaster at Hogwarts. House Elf servitude has been abolished. How will everyone eat? Enter Geneviève Marrow, culiwitch, and Hogwarts'new cook.

Severus Snape, from nearly the end of Dumbledore's life to nearly the end of his own.

Enjoy Severus Snape as a father figure, when he discovers that his daughter is on good terms with Potter's son and that his wife had been involved some way or another in this story.

Severus Snape once spied for the Order of the Phoenix because he had nothing to lose. Following the Dark Lord’s resurrection, he finds himself once more walking a knife edge, this time to protect everything he has gained. "Sequel to The Dream of One Night"