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Alanna Reid, the new Astronomy teacher, didn't expect anything out of the ordinary to happen at Hogwarts. But when she starts receiving letters from a mystery man, things get a little weird. Meanwhile, she seems to keep running into the only teacher she hates: Snape. When the Death Eaters come back seeking revenge, will she help him?

All Hermione Granger wants is for her thirtieth birthday to be just like any other day. All Severus Snape wants is some black market lethifold fur. But it’s never that simple. What you want isn’t always what you get, and sometimes what you get...isn’t too bad, actually. AU Futurefic. Non-DH-compliant, for obvious reasons.

It was Harry's destiny to vanquish the Dark Lord or die trying, but now that the prophecy has been fulfilled, Harry is left with no reason to exist. To most, he is a hero, but in his own eyes, he has failed, and two losses haunt him especially: that of his godfather, slain in combat, and that of the double agent whose body was never found. The first nearly destroyed him; the second has the power to save him. But only if he has the strength to face the past, for there are worse things than death hidden in the dark dreams and devices of A Scent of Memory.

Five years after Harry, Hermione, and Ron have graduated, Hogwarts is throwing a reunion party and their lives will never be the same again.

Ninety minutes in the life of Severus Snape.

Theodore Nott has always been the overlooked Slytherin. Overshadowed by the goonish Crabbe and Goyle, the snotty Draco Malfoy, the charismatic Montague, the forbidding Flint, and the shrill Pansy Parkinson, he has always managed to slip under people's radars. At the urging of his elderly father, Theo joins the Death Eaters in his sixth year, along with a group of his Slytherin acquaintances. Now all he has to do is keep his head down and do what he does best; be ignored. It should be easy, right? Wrong. The Dark Lord has implemented a new reward system for his followers: captured Mudbloods. And Gryffindors Hermione Granger, Katie Bell, and Slytherin's own Tracey Davis are among them.

Dumbledore decides that as the Marauders and Snape are always in detention, they could just as well do something with that time that the whole school can enjoy. So, despite Lily's protests, the Detention Club presents its very own version of "Little Red Ridinghood."

The story of James Potter and Lily Evans -- how they came together and what threatened to tear them apart. What if the reason Snape hated James went beyond jealousy for Quidditch? What if it was jealousy for love? And what events could occur if Lucius took advantage of that love? What did the Marauders and Lily go through during the Voldemort rebellion? How did Lucius and Severus become Death Eaters? Did the Marauders approve of James and Lily's romance? This is my take on the incredible story of the first generation. Beginning from the end of the sixth year to the time of James' and Lily's death. (Note: Lucius is in the Marauder's class for the sake of the story.)

Hermione has escaped the trauma of Ron's death to Lapland, the mysterious winter country. As she struggles to grasp life again, she comes face to face with someone who is supposed to have passed on. The man in black.

Hogwarts, 1977, and much that ensues in the Marauders' sixth year. We'll see familiar people, unfamiliar people, people that would seem to be familiar ``but are in fact not at all what you expected, and some slash.

Theodore Nott's life is about to change. Who will be there to help? Missing moments from Order of the Phoenix

A short fic with a twist I guarantee you've NEVER seen...what if Harry Potter..."the Boy Who Lived"...simply...DIED?*evil grin

Harry Potter ran away one day, tired of watching others suffer for his ignorance. He couldn't sit on the sidelines and wait for someone else to tell him what to do any more. Luck, as always, is on his side as he works to make a place for himself, not only in the war, but in life. Some very old magic is at work, allowing him to do far more then he thought he could. Tangled events drive Harry to realise that the world outside of Hogwarts and Privet Drive is bigger and more wonderful then he could have imagined. (Rated R for adult themes, mild language, homosexuality.)

Five years after the fall of Lord Voldemort, all of his old followers have been rounded up and killed or sentenced to life in Azkaban. All except one, who was found on a cold winter night with his throat torn out by a werewolf. Severus Snape is called before the Wizengamot to give testimony that may free his most despised colleague -- or send him to Azkaban for life.

Post HBP and sequel to "What is Left When All is Said and Done". Snape disappears after Ron's funeral, and Hermione's the only one that knows why.

A week before returning for her seventh year at Hogwarts, Ginny Weasley uncovers a troubling family secret. She isn't who she thought she was, and when she finds out her true heritage, she is heartbroken. Through tears and turmoil, she fights to reunite lost relatives. After all, nothing is ever truly gone. Is it?

A common secret passion, and disturbed sex lives. John Malkovich makes an appearance, as does Mrs Robinson...And the return of Emo!Harry. Read on, Comrades. Thanks to Kyra, for an astounding beta. The title is a twisted take on Braithwaite's novel, ‘To Sir with Love ’.

16 Years ago, Pilar de Lisle was sent to "exile" in America. She and the man she loved have been separated for that time. Now she's come back, and they are reunited at Hogwarts. But will their love survive the years? And exactly which of these three men is he?

At first sight, this is the story of Ophelia Ravenscroft, a young lady attending Hogwarts and in the same class as Harry and the rest. However, as time progresses, she serves as more of a narrator through which we learn more about Snape, the entire Malfoy family, and maybe even some other characters...? O/C but not Mary Sue. Eventual Slash. PG-13, R in the future.

First came the warnings, then came the Mark, then came the terror...now, Severus lives his life in the shadows of these memories, but for how long?

Thirteen years into the future all is not well. Death, destruction, and fear are all that's left of the once proud Wizarding World, a world where Voldemort won the war, and where he now reigns supreme over all things magical. Those that survived the war soon turned to the only person that could bring order to the chaos - a man they simply call their "Master." He is the only hope the survivors have left, and he has a drastic plan to save what's left of the world he once cherished. He intends to fix certain mistakes made in the past in the hope that it will not just change the future, but make it where the darkened future he lives in will never happen at all ...

Response to WIKTT challenge "Us Against the World"-- After Dumbledore had found out their relationship, Severus was fired. Together with Hermione, he was no longer welcomed in Hogwarts or by the side of Light. But there would always be hope. Someone was willing to welcome them, with open arms...

J.K. Rowling has placed a series of clues in the “Harry Potter” series to show the reader that Severus Snape is not a traitor to the Light; he is, in fact, one of the most dedicated to the cause. This essay will outline the clues from the text to prove that the “greasy git” can also be called “Dumbledore’s man through and through.” It will attempt to show that the scene on the Astronomy tower should not be taken at face value-- Dumbledore’s death by Snape was a planned collaboration between the headmaster and the spy.

Eighteen year old Draco Malfoy has embarked on the strangest week of his life - his initiation as a Death Eater is not quite what he expected: Accessories? Baby Powder? Sneering? Severus Snape is confused, Voldemort is suspicious and there is only one person he can trust. Has Draco really joined forces with the Dark, or is he playing a deeper game? In a time of danger and uncertainty, everyone must make a choice...

Young Sev Snape has just gotten his Hogwarts letter, and run away from his squib parents to attend the school he's dreamed about for eleven years. But when he takes some advice from a man named Anac on the Hogwarts train, he's sorted into Ravenclaw and befriends a trio of troublemakers named Potter, Black, and Lupin. History is about to suffer some drastic changes...

Dear Professor Snape; Draco Malfoy could not complete his essay because his evil girlfriend lured him to bed. P.S: Was absolutely smashed at time of this letter. G/D

Post war, Hermione is dealing with the deaths of her friends. Severus Snape is dealing with his life. Two crumbling houses, an over-grown garden, and a meddling Minerva will bring the two battered characters together ? eventually.

Hermione/Snape? Does that make you scream?``Should memories never be turned into dreams?``Do you think, perhaps, to not alter canon?``Then don't read this fic - you'll run screaming from fanon!

Against the wishes of more wise and powerful men, formidable rebel Trinity takes a job at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, hoping she can aide the Resistance. But in finding a way to drag the famous Harry Potter into yet another war, she inadvertently discovers the link between causality and a casualty in the Matrix. A simple story of how teaching at Hogwarts can ruin any stable relationship.

When Voldemort is defeated, his powers linger within Dumbledore's tortured body. The healers at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries are unable to purge his mind and body of this evil magic, and as a result, it is slowly killing the famous headmaster. Harry, assisted by a reformed Draco, is determined to find a way to counter Voldemort's powers and save Dumbledore's life. But in assigning themselves this task, Harry and Draco find much more than they expected.

Written in response to “The Marriage Law” Challenge on WIKTT. Severus and Hermione are thrown into a marriage they did not want. Unexpected feelings arise. SSHG.

When Snape can think of only one viable option to get an injured Hermione out of Voldemort's clutches, neither one of them is happy with the resulting situation.

SEQUEL to REDEMPTION, Hermione Granger struggles with her past and finds comfort in the arms of Severus Snape. *COMPLETE*

When child gets a Hogwarts letter, parents sometimes refuse the invitation. First visit after declining, Flitwick shows up. Second one, it's McGonagall. Third time, it's Snape, explaining that little Johnny *will* attend Hogwarts - either as a pupil or a potions ingredient....

Severus Snape thinks of Draco Malfoy like a son but he does not want to be treated the same way Draco treats Lucius. Snape wants respect and he has expectations of Draco. When Draco does something that accidentally is advantageous for Harry Potter, he earns himself a spanking from the Potions Master.

Completely random challenge fic. Harry finds an enchanted quill and some... er... interesting stuff happens.

Sirius survived the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and is now living as a free man with Ted and Andromeda Tonks. Harry finds himself performing accidental Legilimency. Lupin is back as DADA teacher, Professor Binns has moved on, and the new History of Magic teacher is a brilliant, politically progressive young American woman of mixed ethnicity. She teaches the class about the roots of magic, the history of Wizard-Muggle relations, the rise of Voldemort and the first war, and more. The captured Death Eaters are at Azkaban, but with only Aurors to hold them there Draco Malfoy hopes that his father will soon escape.

Luna had never really bothered to look up the word 'implausible' in the dictionary—or 'plausible', for that matter. And, as such, she didn't realise that what she was attempting was not only 'implausible' but completely insane.

It is said that the most powerful form of magic, is choice. What will happen when Harry is faced with a choice that will save one world and destroy another? The Founder's of Hogwarts themselves set a challenge, a relative challenge that revolves around Severus Snape and Harry Potter. Will Harry make the right decision? ... But then again ... it is his choice.

A spell is cast, linking two people who can't stand each other. Now they have to deal with each other until the end of the year. Can they do it? Or will one of them have to die first? Join them as they learn not only to cope, but to love. SS/HG

An accident results in a problem that Severus could have never imagined, and he's the one carrying the burden... literally.

The final battle is over. Unfortunately, Severus was a victim. Can he overcome his injuries? Will he allow others to help him on the road to recovery?

Severus Snape married Ella Redemte eleven years earlier and their first child, a daughter named Persephone, is awaiting her Hogwarts letter impatiently. How do her parents react to her disappearance, and how is their relationship affected by their struggle to bring her home and her subsequent malaise? Set eleven years after the Snape In Love stories.

When Sirius, James, and Peter find out who Remus is dating, they are very shocked. So is the whole school. However, in the end everything ends more or less well -- even though Sirius doesn't get to give his friends a striptease show. Slash, kisses, and confusion.

The night that Sirius vanishes behind the veil, Severus Snape and Remus Lupin find themselves faced with each other. Though enmity has divided these two adversaries for years, can they overcome old misconceptions and finally connect? Or will old grudges and reluctance to forgive prevent one man from finally receiving the emancipation he rightfully deserves? One-shot fic on redemption, understanding, and finding alliance with those you never thought possible.

The story of James and Lily, even before Hogwarts. Read as they go from the summer before first year to marriage.

Harry somehow trades places with Snape after Ron puts a faulty attraction spell on him--or does he? Involving Snape!Harry with a few well-known characters...and yes, at one point it gets ever so slightly slashy, so if that's not your thing, don't read on.

In which Snape is a better actor than even he guessed, and Harry makes a bargain with the devil.

"'Student, tall, beater's build...' Okay, maybe not quite beater's build, but he was close enough." Ron Weasley places a personal ad and lies shamelessly about himself and his assets. Unfortunately, his date did the same.

A Hufflepuff girl starts having visions of a horrifying future and Snape is involved. ````Mentally she screamed. She felt as if she was breaking into a thousand shattering pieces of a fragmented mirror, with each piece reflecting back distorted half images.

Young Severus Snape has finished Hogwarts. He has a job and has joined the Death Eaters. But he is about to learn something which may change his life...

Silver comes to pay Draco a visit.

What would happen if Harry Potter wasn't born as a boy, but instead a girl? And would what we know of the first book change if it was Severus Snape that came to fetch the cute little girl instead of Hagrid? Definitively! Especially if even the snarky Slytherin can't help but find Arielle Potter cute.

): Severus Snape needs to get away from his past, and possibly from other people's limiting expectations and his own belief that he deserves nothing better. Several of his former students take a hand. Postwar, mostly set in Muggle London. Severus Snape/Hermione Granger. Complete in four parts (my first outraged opera: a rewrite of a famous opera plot in HPverse terms).

Spring, 1981: Voldemort is at the height of his power. The Potters are still alive. And on a dark and stormy night, Death Eater Severus Snape returns to Hogwarts. He comes to turn himself in and expects to be reviled, but he learns more than he bargained for. This bitter Slytherin also finds understanding from a most unexpected source. The time has come at last for Minerva McGonagall to do penance for the sins of her past. After forty years, she will pay for the mark upon her wrist.

Harry is finally away from the Dursleys and lives with his new family. A sudden decision to adventure into Knockturn Alley takes him on a dangerous adventure where he meets someone unexpected.

On Harry's 15th birthday someone shows up at the Dursley's house to take Harry away. They tell him that he is no longer safe at number 4 Privet Drive. Then when Harry returns to Hogwarts there is a new student in the fifth year. But is this new student really who they seem? And are Snape and Harry really as different as they think? Find out!

What was the "matter" that made Dumbledore trust Snape? Why did Snape change sides? This story answers these and other questions.

Harry couldn't forget the look on Dumbledore's face before he died. When Snape proposes an alliance, Harry senses a trap. But with no idea how to destroy Voldemort, can Harry afford not to accept the help of the Dark Lord's most trusted servant?

Severus is reinstated as Headmaster and calls his first staff meeting. A prophecy is made and Slytherin plotting is applied to ensure the future of Hogwarts.

What did Dumbledore and Snape argue about in the the Forest in HBP? What really happened the night Dumbledore died? This story is one fan author's attempt to answer these questions, told from Snape's point of view.

Will the raven-haired, bespectacled young would-be wizard express his love towards the red-haired girl? Don’t run into conclusions.

Hermione bakes, Severus watches, and there's something between them. Unsurprisingly.

You never want to disappoint your father... much less if his name is Lord Voldemort

Severus Snape threatens an owl, faces a moral quandary, and talks to a wall.

After a devastating final battle with Voldemort Harry makes a decision which dramatically changes the course of his life. Eight years later his past surprises him, forcing him to remember what he had wanted to forget.

Two former DeathEater spies must help the side of good stay one step ahead of Lord Voldemort in a plot to kill several influential Muggles before he can kill them. Did I mention one is slightly off her nut?

Harry and Draco, Remus and Severus. Four people brought together without choice via a strange tale from the past of royalty, magic, fear, and forbidden love. As the tale unfolds each of them soon realises that Destiny can truly never be denied.

SnapeReturn fic. Snape returns to Hogwarts after years of service to the Dark Lord. But now he must deal with the memories he is left with, and find the strength to face his demons. PreBook story.

Twins tend to look alike, but this doesn't apply to Allison & Bianca. Bianca is a witch, but Allison isn't. However there is something peculiar about Allison that no one noticed before, until one fateful occasion brings her and the Potions Master together...

Some new arrivals at Hogwarts begin to cause trouble, trouble which puts a Weasley family secret in danger of being exposed, and something is definitely wrong with Snape. Can Harry unravel the mystery of the House of Ravenclaw before his best friend is thrown into the limelight?

Harry's out of school and Voldemort is dead, but he's still an angry, angst-filled, brooding teenager. Despite that, he's been offered a chance to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts his first year out of school. Will Hogwarts survive Harry, the teacher? Will he finally tell Snape off? Will a first-year student manage to bring the Boy-Who-Lived to an untimely end?

Severus Snape’s double agent status is revealed and he is forced to go into hiding to stay alive. He falls in love with a Muggle named Helen. But Helen is not who she seems. Will Snape be able to get past her deception to claim the woman he loves? *COMPLETE*

Hermione drags a very reluctant Severus to London, to show him a good time.

McGonagall goes shopping on Christmas Eve and runs across a drunk, despondent, suicidal Severus Snape. It's more fun than it sounds, honest!

Thirty-six hours into the summer holidays, Harry is kidnapped by Bellatrix Lestrange. Over the coming days, Draco, Pansy, Remus and Snape have to manage the chaos that ensues, both in the war effort and in their own lives.

The Potters are dead and Voldemort is gone. The Death Eaters have fallen and the string of trials and sentencing has finally ended. Severus Snape has just begun his employment as Potions Professor at Hogwarts, but the memories of Voldemort's reign of terror have not been forgotten and someone who knows the darkness of Snape's past will not forgive.

Anam Cara was originally conceived of as a short, holiday add-on to Darkly Bound. Because the heroine has such a talent for placing herself in impossible situations, it soon developed into this full length sequel. Lovers of characters who demonstrate no understanding of the words "quit while you're ahead," read on.

AU Sixth Year. NON-SLASH. Tensions are running high in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Everyone who knows anything knows something is about to happen. And it is in the midst of this that two unlikely people find a little more than a common ground...

Seventeen year old Severus Snape is sent to live with his uncle, an Auror, during the summer of 1977 but soon finds himself drawn into a web of political intrigue, passion, and war.

Something strange is going down in Hogwarts. Ginny Weasley, and to her disgust, Draco Malfoy are the only ones who seem to notice. Smiling Snape? Celebrity Jeopardy? Harry with a mullet? What's going on?!

Two years post the wizarding world apocalypse, Severus Snape is still working for his redemption for crimes committed as Death Eater, even though Dumbledore is long gone. When word comes in from the muggle-world that there is someone who he may be able to save and in doing so - may be able to save himself - he takes the chance and finds himself lead to a girl drowning as deeply in the darkness as he is.

When McGonagall gave the dancing lesson to the Gryffindors in the GoF movie, what were Snape and the Slytherins doing at the same time?

When Malfoy Manor is targeted by Death Eaters, Draco and his mother are forced to stay with the Weasleys for the summer. Chaos ensues.

Eight people receive an invitation to go to the Room of Requirement for a book-reading! Only they don't know that it is one, or which book it is!

Just who is the ex-Hogwarts pupil and what is her connection to Harry Potter? How will Professor Snape react to her return and subsequent transformation that brings her closer to Remus Lupin? She carries with her a secret that even she doesn't know about... but one very important person does and he's not telling. Will the secret be uncovered in time to use it?

Hermione bears the self inflicted wounds from her own private hell seven years after the downfall of the Dark Lord. Having lost her magical powers, she applies to a job as assistant potion maker at Hogwarts which now has none other than Severus Snape as headmaster. Snape is more irascible than ever and makes life difficult for Hermione. A sordid little tale of power, manipulation, sex, dominance and submission, and (dare I say) love between two physically and emotionally scarred survivors who need it most desparately. A bit of a crossover fic based on both Harry Potter and the 2002 movie "Secretary" starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader.

After an impulsive moment between Hermione and Professor Snape, the outcome of the war takes on an additional personal complication. This dramatic romance takes place from the end of the Golden Trio's seventh year at Hogwarts through the final battle three years later. (note: character deaths in later chapters)

Harry is sent to live with Snape for the summer after GoF, and Snape remembers the turmoil of his past...

Draco Malfoy returns home for the summer but he would've never guessed what awaits him there. Everyone's true colors have been shown and the Malfoy family has become ensnared in a web of their own doings. But how will Draco fare – especially when Lucius has a say in everything he does...? Lucius/Draco.

Five years after graduation from Hogwarts, Harry is going into hiding and Hermione has been chosen as his secret keeper. Lying low at Hogwarts, she is forced to study occlumency with Snape. But there may be things in her mind she would rather he not see... and in turn, will he be able to keep his own feelings from her?

The Dark Lord has risen once more, and the wizarding world lives in fear. Severus Snape and Maristella Sinistra must salvage their former house, Slytherin. Meanwhile Slytherin Prefect Queenie Greengrass must help Slytherin by joining forces with those whom she does not quite trust.

Children and adults alike are being paired up in the world of Fan fiction. But who has to most choices? Is it Draco? Is it Harry? Find out this and more!

When Hermione arrives at the Astronomy Tower, she has an unexpected encounter.

Nothing special here, unless you count the fact that Draco wears a tiara and Harry sings! Oh yeah, and he dies, too! And he comes back, too! And then Draco sings! And you can't forget the aliens! And some other stuff will randomly be thrown in there. You just can't tell with this sorta thing! AHA! Let the insanity begin!

What happens when you find out your entire life has been a lie? Harry learns the truth about his parents....

Harry can't breathe.

“No,” she said, her voice cracking. “No, I didn’t want it to happen like this.” SnapeHermione, AU.

Faced with filling the DADA position again and the need to train Harry to face Voldemort, Dumbledore looks to the United States to find someone qualified but not in league with Voldemort. He finds Alira Storm, Smithmage and Mistress of Arms who can teach DADA and can instruct Harry in the use of Griffindor's sword. But she has some skeletons in her closet and more than a couple of secrets. Harry misses Sirius and writes to Remus. Will Snape finally be able to let go of his hatred? And just how will the Houses all become unified?