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It's their seventh year at Hogwarts and Snape is in love with Lily. Only problem is that James hasn't forgotten about her either...

A short essay exploring Snape's motivations and destiny within the HP universe.

Hermione finds herself feeling sorry for Snape who has become an outcast since the events at the end of HBP. She is now of age and a full member of the Order and wants to help him with his spying duties. But Snape won't accept Hermione's help or friendship. But their paths keep crossing. AU in the sense that it ignores DH.

Harry and Ron get into an enormous row and wind up in detention with each other. Will they be able to take back their vicious accusations? AU; seventh year; no ships.

Harry takes his forty year old son, the ghost of Draco Malfoy, and his friends to the park to play baseball. But will an all Death Eater team foil his plans? Sequal to "Happiness is Just a Daddy Away!" and "Harry Potter and the Magical Cheese Cracker."

Once every ten years, the wizarding world goes to Ludlow Fair. The year is 1979, and times are changing. A pureblood-sympathesiser has been elected Minister of Magic, Sirius is training as an engineer, and Peter's a salesman. Remus and James are struggling to find work. Based on the poem 'The Lads in Their Hundreds' by AE Housman, the story takes a fresh look at the relationships of Lily and James, and at Severus Snape.

"Remember the tinman found he had what he thought he lacked." Harry gives Snape a lesson in emotional expression. (SLASH: HP/SS)

What do you do when everything around you crumbles? When the whole world is pressing down on you? How do you handle the weight of the nothing thats now around you? Harry decides his path isn't the one Dumbledore laid out for him. Instead it's one that would horrify most people if they knew. How does Hermione fit in? What a wicked web we weave, when we practice to deceive...Can a Dark! Harry ever let himself love again? Will he die first? Only time can tell...

This story was inspired by a picture that appeared recently on one of my lists. Severus Snape comes across his well worn, well loved teddy bear, Cuddles.

"He looked down, unaware that one look could change the course of his life forever... "``What can a mysterious stranger do to Hogwarts? A lot.

Was Dumbledore really stupid to trust Snape? HALF BLOOD PRINCE COMPLIANT

"I do not believe, in all possibility, that there could have been a relationship between Professor Snape and Harry's mother."

Severus Snape recalls previous memories, best left to rest. But who can blame him for his thoughts about Hermione, and her 'betrayal'? His actions, drastic, yes, but to him necessary. SNAPE/HERMI, somewhat. Sev is NOT dead, don't worry.

He wants to know who she is loyal to. But what happens if he doesn't like the answer?

Finishing a crossword is a lot harder than it looks, and James finds that out the hard way.

A look at one of Snape's worst memories that Harry saw, and we're not talking about the James one in the Pensieve.

Snape's in love with McGonagall, McGonagall's in love with a student. Meanwhile, Draco is hatching crazy plots, his ultimate mean being attaining pleasure from Harry Potter. More love triangles than can be counted.

The Media never lies: agreed? I don't think so... Sometimes the lies published in the tabloids can seem so plausible; believable even; and these lies can then become convincingly like the truth if you are searching for someone to blame. Natural human responses will tell us this much as we have all blamed someone unfairly at some point in our lives. But what happens to the people on the receiving end of the false accusations? And what are the consequences when those affected are driven away by those who they once counted as friends? Sometimes, only when the physical pain is starting to fade do the deeper scars begin to reveal themselves. And some scars take a long time to heal.

Spoilers for DH. An alternate ending to Snape's story line, picking up where DH left off. Short one-shot.

The trauma of war finally catches up with Severus Snape. Who can help him?

The war against evil has been waged and won but, the price was great many were lost. What happens when Hermione unknowingly meets the person who sacrificed his life in order to save hers?

A witch from a long line of proud purebloods is sorted into Gryffindor upon her arrival at Hogwarts, but is removed by her strict father after only a week, who would rather school her himself than allow a member of his family to stay in Hogwarts in such a formidable house. She manages to escape in the summer of her forth year, but the trouble is far from over - aside from being at war with the school's troublemakers every time she turns around, Katalina Gaunt's nights are plagued by terrible dreams and frequent visits from the mysterious and secretive right-hand of a dark wizard, who is willing to go to any lengths to get what this "Dark Lord" requires, even (or especially, in his case) murder.

Snape laid down his life and his pride to bring Sirius back through the veil. Especially his pride. Sirius-is-not-entirely-dense. Antagonism, denial, embarrassing confessions, and eventual sex. Second story in the Cicatrix series. Takes place immediately following "What He Wanted to Be."

Snape's daughter returns to Hogwarts and secrets are revealed. He's turned down for DADA once again and it's because of her! Can she survive the year without stepping on her daddy's toes?

Snape is summoned by Dumbledore for “urgent business”. Little does Snape know that a new terror is about to enter his life. A new terror by the name of Calidia. This upcoming school year at Hogwarts includes an encounter with the Giant Squid, a couple of love potions, disastrous detentions, and new hairstyles for everyone.

Neacie Ruck is a sixth year at Hogwarts who just happens to have a relationship with Severus Snape, too bad Severus needs to push her away to keep her safe from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Little does he know all the pushing he is doing is driving her right into the arms of the man he never wanted her near in the first place, Sirius Black.

What do an insomniac Gryffindor, a middle-aged werewolf and an ex-Death Eater have in common? Not much, actually. That doesn't mean they can't help each other.

Harry fights himself over who he is, and finds confidence in an unlikely source. When the relationship blossoms, Harry finds he must fight to keep what he desperately needs. PLEASE NOTE: This fic ignores most of the events of the HBP. It is set in their final year at Hogwarts, HOWEVER Draco didn't try to kill Dumbledore, Snape didn't kill him. Please also note that Snape is very OOC in this fic.

~AU slash fic~ Whilst at school, Severus Snape is bitten by a vampire, and the only one to stand by him is a Gryffindor werewolf.

Marivetta Hunter is the daughter of a Death Eater who thought that there was only a single path set before her. But in her seventh year she finds herself drawn into a silent war she wasn’t even aware was taking place. Forging an unlikely alliance with her Potions Professor, she must now choose between the path of a Death Eater and the path of a hero.

A young Sirius Black is awakened early in the morning by a terrible cry - a cry belonging to his friend, Remus Lupin. Confused and worried, Sirius rushes to his friend's side, only to discover the reason for Remus' horror. What began as a simple prank did not end that way...

This is a compilation of four humorous cookies involving AD/MM, Snape, Harry and Ron.

Snape goes existentialist and revisits his dark Death Eater past, his experiences with Lily/James/Sirius/Lupin (unintended``quasi-romantic undertones), and follows them up to the present in his``Potions class with Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, etc. Is You-Know-Who``really as bad as they say? Are Lily/James as perfect as people make``out? Snape thinks not. Find out why.

Draco has some random thoughts, and a rather irritating encounter with Harry Potter. (Slight hints of Draco/Harry.)

After a hard day, Hermione Granger goes for a coffee at a small Café. However, she is not the only visitor. “She hears his snort as he reads the appalling essays. And most of all, she sees black, glittering eyes that laugh at her as if they are mocking her, but that also stare at her with interest, as though she had said something enlightening.” (HG/SS)

Years ago he broke the doll. Now he breaks her.

Harry Potter plunges headlong into a Pensieve, and in the process discovers the shocking reason exactly why Albus Dumbledore trusted Severus Snape.

You must watch what you say. You must weigh every word. Among Death Eaters, one word out of place - and you would be hurtling screaming towards destruction. Severus Snape and Narcissa Malfoy have a chat.

After Severus Snape's death, the Hogmeade mortician prepares him for burial. While doing so, he discovers Snape's thirty-year-old diary, telling the story of heart-breaking love and tragic endings that Snape is all too familiar with.

A few predictions give Severus Snape a new outlook on life.

The new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Eudice Eusyram, is perfect, and now Snape is jealous! How will he get back at her? A spoof on Mary Sue fan fiction in the same mold as "Airplane!"

Harry feels as though he's been cheated out of his life, so he persuades Dumbledore and Snape to make it up to him. Features a manipulated Dumbledore, a speechless Snape, and a vaguely insane yet amusing Harry. NOT HBP compliant

She finds him at the back of a Muggle bookshop

When two lovers get caught, events take a fateful turn.... Unusual ships and a bit of romance.

Just away from Potter's prying eyes the Pensieve held some of Snape's most scarring memories. A riding accident that demands an unthinkable choice, the first brutal ride to Hogwarts, an incident with a DE's daughter that reveals Dumbledore's bias, a family tragedy for which he is blamed . . . in short, the makings of a Death Eater.

After graduation, Hermione is faced with harsh reality and unpopular choices. Will she continue her education with Snape or face the world outside Hogwarts? Post Hogwarts, eventual Hermione/Snape

What happens when two students overhear Snape and Sprout's conversation in the teachers' lounge?

Snape finds Lupin about to make a very dangerous potion, and has a choice to make.

AU fic: One of the marauders is having dreams that have started coming true. One dream shows him that he may lose not only his best friend but also his love. Can he save his lover in time or will he never have another sweet dream?``***WARNING: if you have an adversion to slash, tame or otherwise, don't read this fic. Thank you.****

Draco/Harry. Snape has given an interesting assignment that involves automatic writing...

Snape lets something slip to Hermione that he would rather keep secret. Or does he mean to tell her? What is going on? (Hermione's PoV, one-sided S/Hr. Yes, it's strange.)

Madam Pomfrey leaves the infirmary in the capable hands of three of her esteemed colleagues while she visits her ill sister. With the Quidditch season yet to begin and no lessons over the weekend, what could possibly go wrong?

Sometimes it's hard to leave the past behind.

I was told that I would write a story about Narcissa, paired with Harry. It would involve latex, and end in an embarrassing revalation. Consider the following my one shot to take out the plot bunny that was released in my head. Hope you have as much fun reading it as I did hunting it down.

An attempt at an in-character Astronomy Tower Snapefic. Stop laughing.``Tonks gets her fingers frost-burnt.

Severus Snape was trying to look on the bright side.

Snape reflects on a life with Remus Lupin and the idea of forgiveness. Slash SS/RL

There is a leak which seems likely to jeopardise the whole wizarding world. In order to assess and repair it, Snape, McGonagall, Hermione and Ron are sent to live as Muggles. The Muggles are fans of the popular Harry Potter books - little do they know the truth behind the fiction. Inspired by The Potion Master's Muse "The Witching Hour" Challenge.

A dark look into the psychology of one Harry Potter and the man who loves him. (slash)

SPOILER WARNING - Post HBP. It's seven hours after. Severus Snape is on the run and he has to make one visit which may change everything.

Sirius has difficulty adjusting to the land of the living again. (Snape/Black, Lupin/Black)

A little twist on Snape's character. Honestly what I believe to be his true self, expressed through an encounter with Hermione.

One Harry Potter has grown up in more ways than one, and the fleeing Severus Snape, who was never cowed even by Voldemort, finds himself in that dull grey horror when he is captured. Warnings: Semi-pre-slash. SSHP, though not exactly. Moderate to high swearing and violence.

When Ron and Harry decided to play a joke on Professor Snape, they had no way of knowing that it would go wrong, or rather, that it would seem to go wrong. (HG/SS)

All is well in Hermione's life, until she gets herself into detention with none other than Draco Malfoy. Another installment of the Inverted Boggart series.

Is Snape really the ‘hard-shell-soft-core’ character whom we love to describe (me, too!) in our snapefics? Maybe he mislead us… But maybe we wanted to be mislead… This is a fic about how Snape possibly COULD be, although you might won't like what you find (I don't *g*) . No fluff, no romance - solely dark.

The proximity of a Dementor is a curious thing. DarkFic.

Snape falls for a Malfoy for the second time in his life.

Fugitives from both sides of the Second War, Draco and Snape are bound together by the Vow Snape made to Narcissa Malfoy - a vow that Draco will do anything to break. With no allies, no plan, and no hope except to stay one step ahead of their pursuers, time is running out for two very different men. Oh, and don't mention the werewolves.

Snape narrates the Ministry of Magic film, How Not to Be Seen.

What happens: Nineteen Minutes, Nineteen Hours, Nineteen Days, Nineteen Weeks, Nineteen Months Later.... Well, to name a thing, Harry and Ginny rekindle their romance, Dolores Umbridge goes on trial, Lily and Snape talk in the Afterlife, Andromeda and Narcissa end their estrangement, and Harry decides to tell the world the truth about Snape, Regulus, and everything else.

There is a path we walk, between good and evil, between lightness and dark. For Severus Snape, the only thing he depends upon to walk that path is a strong pair of shoes.

The end never comes when you expect it, and sometimes even acceptance cannot save you. An SLS AU.

Revenge is soooo sweet!

Why was Snape sitting alone in the staffroom just before Lupin walked in with his first class?

The first of a very different view to the world of magic. What could have happened, what might happen and definitely filled with all kinds of unusual pairings...

A slashy send-up/spoof of The Princess Bride featuring Harry Potter and Severus Snape. Guess who's the Bride?

What poem could Mrs Snape write to Remus? A crazy idea I had, one morning!

Snape decides something in his past needs to come to an end. The rest of the faculty concur much to the smarting of his pride and privacy. Snape, however, may not be ready to purge a seventeen-year-old challenge left unmet.

While Harry Potter struggles with his fifth year of school, Severus Snape finds himself plunged back into the Dark Lord’s world with the opportunity to gain his favor. However, Severus’ life shifts abruptly when Dumbledore throws an Evocator into the spying game . The two of them are left to plot a course through the hazy world of Death Eater plots, politics and personal ambition.

[AU OotP] After his exoneration, Sirius Black discovered that picking up the pieces of his life was not exactly the easiest thing in the world, especially since his former almost-fiancée was determined to ignore his existence. Even worse, Dumbledore asked (read: blackmailed) him to teach DADA. And then a slightly mad former dark wizard with a death wish decided to rejoin the Death Eaters in order to complete his final mission: destroying the Horcruxes. As usual, Harry remains completely oblivious.

Severus is frustrated. Various implied pairings.

There are times in a man's life where he knows without a shadow of a doubt that he has come to a critical crossroads...

The Moon rises, the Moon sets, the Earth turns and you're still there. Sequel to "All Right," "All True," "All the Time" and "All at Once."

After the events of Oct. 31, 1981, Snape thinks, about his life and about the Marauders.

It could be fate that kept bringing them together. Severus Snape never liked the idea of fate. He liked the idea of love even less...

Detention with Snape turns into an exploitation of good and evil, innocence and depravity for Harry Potter. If you ever wondered what Billy Budd (by Herman Melville) and Harry Potter have in common, read this story!

As the battle with Voldermort draws to an end, Snape must come to terms with the loss of the final member of a certain bloodline.

“Well, Severus, have you come here to gloat?” she spat at him, fear and loathing playing across her face. “You have out-Slytherined us all. Playing the double agent to perfection, so it did not matter who won. Either way, you would be on the winning side."

He has eaten death, darkness and oblivion, and now only memory and madness remain. Snape is captured by Voldemort.

Lily Evans Potter never got the chance to tell Severus Snape the one thing she should have: She was sorry.

A story of mutual loving nourished by classical music and cigarette smoke.

When a woman from Snape's past returns to Hogwarts in Harry's sixth year, the Potions master is forced to reflect upon his choices and make amends for his mistakes.

Severus Snape was unnerved. He'd never had trouble with a Potions assignment before...

Days after Voldemort's defeat, Harry Potter attends the mass funerals for those fallen during the war along with the remaining survivors. While the Order says their goodbyes, Harry must come to terms with the man who protected him out of love for his mother.

A very short fic that takes place at a Death-Eater meeting; told from Snape’s POV. There is a new Death-Eater and a very grisly ending.

After the war, Severus Snape visits Lucius Malfoy.

Todmorden, W Yorks, as the likely site of Spinner's End, in light of new evidence from DH.

Not all first kisses actually happen. Some are avoided at all costs. Because some are very rude. Takes place in the same universe as The Seduction of Severus Snape.

Potter is angry, Black is sulking, Pettigrew is scurrying and Lupin is missing -- and Lily wants to know why. Post-OotP fic that explores the aftermath of the Snape/Lupin incident from Lily Evans' perspective. One-shot, complete.