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Different Sorting/Resorting

As hard as it is to find a good, “Harry gets somewhere other than Gryffindor,” fic, it’s even harder to find one that is complete.  So, therefore I included a few that I might not have otherwise, simply because they are not WIPs.

Here’s painless_j’s AU Sorting List, in case you’re interested.

Sorted into Hufflepuff

For Want of a Quill by Veytta
Summary: First Year AU. Alternate Sorting. Ron finds a different compartment to sit in, Harry travels alone to Hogwarts and that small change changes the world in ways big and small. No pairings!
My Warnings: WIP
Length:  40K

Harry the Hufflepuff by BajaB
Summary: Luckily, lazy came up in Petunia’s tirades slightly more often than freak, otherwise, this could have been a very different story. AU. Not your usual Hufflepuff!Harry story.
My Warnings: Creative!Harry
Length: 29K, Complete (over 1000 reviews too)
Two sequels (both complete): Harry the Hufflepuff 2 and Harry the Hufflepuff 3 – Harry’s Year Off

The Misplaced Potter by chubby redburn
Summary: AU OOC. A tale in which Dumbledore makes a tiny mistake that changes Harry’s life. COMPLETED
My Warnings/Opinion: Could use a beta, but is still a readable and an enjoyable story.
Length:  47K

The Other Potter by Saelia (dead link, sorry!  As soon as I have a new one, I’ll update this one)
Summary: AU. Lily and James Potter were, as luck would have it, not home the night Voldemort attacked and was vanquished. Thomas Potter became the Boy-Who-Lived. Harry? Left with the Dursleys.
Warnings:  Slytherin- ish !Harry, Manipulative!Dumbledore.
My Warnings/Opinion: references of abuse, independent!Harry, twin to Boy-Who-Lived? (not certain), WIP – unfortunately, because it’s a really good fic
Length: 39K

Sorted into Ravenclaw

Accidental Hero, aka The Absentminded Ravenclaw by Nia River
Summary: ON HOLD. Freaky connections aside, does anyone else think it strange that Harry survived a Killing Curse with little more damage than a scar? Well, what if he hadn’t come through so unscathed? And what if the other damage was more mental than physical?
My Warnings/Opinion: Non-Linear progression, Luna/Harry, though it says it’s a WIP, it could be considered complete as is.

Xerosis by Batsutousai
Summary: Harry’s world ends at the hands of those he’d once fought to save. An adult-Harry goes back to his younger self fic. Semi-super!Harry
Warnings: Major Character Death, Alternate Universe, Dark!Harry, evil!Harry, semi-super!Harry, M/M, F/M (references to)
My Warnings/Opinion: Slash (but only in the very mild, most basic form), Ravenclaw!Harry, quasi-Vampire!Harry, completely awesome fic
Length: Complete, 135K

Sorted into Slytherin

A Different Harry, Year One by Shadow Adams
Summary: Harry disappeared from the Dursleys at the age of five. What happens when an independent Slytherin Harry enters the Wizarding World? This is my view of Harry during his first year.
My Warnings/Opinion: WIP, needs a beta (a little sub-par for my usual list of stories I read, but it has a pretty major following, 1000+ reviews and all)
Length:  86K

Better Be Slytherin! by jharad17
Summary: As a first year, Harry is sorted into Slytherin instead of Gryffindor, and no one is more surprised than his new Head of House.
Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Alternate Universe, Neglect, Profanity, Slytherin Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Violence, Mentor!Snape
My Warnings/Opinions: One of the best Harry is sorted into Slytherin fics currently out there. Completed.
Length: 166K

Breaking Forwards by lastcrazyhorn
Summary: HP&OP. The professors no longer can scare Harry with talk of lost points, detentions or Quidditch suspensions. He’s been beaten down for far too long, and he finally has reached his limit. Severus mentors, maybe guardian. Abuse, non-con, AU, evil!Ron
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage, Abuse, Sexual Content, Sexual Violence, Sexual Assault, Incest, Dark, Graphic Description, Drugged Sex, Anal Sex, Blow Jobs, First Time, Cynical, Resorting, somewhat OOC Ron, Fear, Horror, Bullying, Chan, Explicit, Language, Adoption, Mentor Snape, Guardian Snape, Book 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
My Warnings/Opinion:  Complete
Length:  114K

Elective Affinities by Caecelia
Summary: It’s 1976, and a strange new transfer student is about to turn Severus Snape’s life on its head . . .
Warnings: Time-Travel, EWE, Slytherin!Harry, SSHP slash
My Warnings/Opinion: Really interesting and I wish they’d bloody well finish already. WIP
Length: 90K

Harveste Addams and the Sorcerer’s Stone by kyaru-chan
Summary: A little death can change so much. Delightful, isn’t it?
My Warnings/Opinion: Wonderful story. I liked it so much. Surprisingly enough, it only has around 200 reviews and that’s a shame. We should do something about that. Crossover with The Addams Family, Harry (pronounce Harry like the “Har” in “Hard” or “Harvest” as opposed to “Hairy”) is a also a crossdresser.  His friends are:  Hermione, Draco and Blaise (the male version, thank god).  In addition, there is Professor Snape and even he doesn’t know how to react to Harveste Addams. Much fun.
Length:  7k, Complete

Harveste Addams and the Chamber of Secrets by kyaru-chan
Summary:  Parselmouths, the Chamber and Lockhart. Well, well, well…
Length:  8k, Complete

Harveste Addams and the Prisoner of Azkaban by kyaru-chan
Summary:  A madman has escaped from prison? Are you sure you aren’t talking about Uncle Fester?
Length:  18k, Complete

Harveste Addams and the Goblet of Fire by kyaru-chan
Summary:  Let’s have a little FUN this year, shall we?
Length:  36k, Complete

Harveste Addams and the Order of the Phoenix by kyaru-chan
Summary:  There are three roads a growing witch or wizard can take. The first two are well-trodden. But this year, the world better get ready, because when the dark moon rises, the third path comes alive.
Length:  89k, Complete

Harvest Addams and the Halfblood Prince by kyaru-chan
Summary:  Deception, disorder, distraction and devotion. Don’t forget the jam, darlings.
Length: 18k, WIP (*sad face*) – last updated 11-08-11

In Plain Sight by melissophobia
Summary:  When Dumbledore finds an abused Harry, he decides Harry needs to go into hiding. Under the guise of a Student exchange program, Harry’s id is changed and he is resorted into Slytherin. Au after book 5. Beta’d by Graenr!
My Warnings:  Resorting fic, Slytherin!Harry, very dreamlike in some ways, WIP
Length:  84K

Letters: The Year With The Stone by TwilightRamblings
Summary: When Harry Potter received his letter for Hogwarts, he hardly expected his cousin, Dudley, to receive one as well. And how will Professor Snape react to a Slytherin Harry? In answer to a challenge from Potions and Snitches.
Warnings: Child abuse
My Warnings/Opinion: Magic!Dudley, WIP
Length: 200K+

Not Slytherin Enough by fruit17
Summary: Harry was sorted into Slytherin. Five years later, members of the Order of the Phoenix come to collect him from Privet Drive. The Boy Who Lived isn’t quite who they expected.
Warning: female Blaise.
My Warnings/Opinion: Mentions of underage sex (consensual), I am amused by this story, one-shot

Paradise Lost  by Neko-chan -Silvered Tongue
Summary: With one question posed to the Sorting Hat, Harry Potter’s life changes completely.
Warnings: Eventual Tom Riddle/Harry Potter
My Warnings: WIP
Length: 96K

Saving Connor by Lightning on the Wave
Summary: Harry’s brother Connor is the Boy-Who-Lived, and Harry has devoted himself to protecting him—by being ordinary. But certain people aren’t content to let Harry hide in the shadows.
Warnings: AU, eventual HP/DM slash, (very) Slytherin!Harry.
Length: 81K, COMPLETE

Slytherin Saviours by Ariande
Summary: 6th Year, Harry gets a shock. All 5th & 6th year students are being resorted. Yup, another resorting but different. Can Harry save the Slytherins? More Important,can Slytherins save Harry? NOT a Dark!Harry tale
Warnings: Snape!Mentor
My Warnings/Opinion: Abuse, WIP
Length:  28K

What Should Have Been by Catherine or Cate
Summary: Slytherin! Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Hermione Granger, Daphne Greengrass, Draco Malfoy – it’s going to be the Famous Five not the Gryffindor Trio. So much better me thinks.
Warnings: Alternate Universe. HPDG
My Warnings: WIP, could use a beta, author needs to learn more about showing vs. telling
Length: 48K

Apprenticed

Apprentice by Fallen Shadowed Angel
Summary: Harry James Potter has always been anything but normal. Why should Hogwarts be any different? The Sorting Hat brings back an age-old tradition for the special little boy: Apprenticeship.
Warnings: CP (Corporal Punishment), mentor-father/son relationship, mentions of past of abuse/neglect
My Warnings: WIP
Length:  21K

Animagi – HP

I’ve recently become obsessed with fics about animagi.  You know, as much as people talk about the overuse of the Cat!Harry theme, those stories are actually rather difficult to lay one’s paws–er hands on (unless you read more than I do).  And of course, since I’m sort of obsessed with Snape and Harry, a lot of these recs are going to focus on them.

And if you’ll scroll to the bottom of this post, I’ll give you a list of the rec pages I’ve found devoted to animagi/animal transformations.

Harry Potter, Severus Snape

A Bird in Hand by igtow
Summary:  Harry never can stay out of trouble and discovers something about Snidgets the–mes-mes-messy way.
Warnings:  Soft 13+ for ‘potty’ language
My Warnings/Opinion:  SSHP (they are married, but nothing physical), fun little fic
Length:  One-shot

A Bittersweet Potion – by Alchemia Dent and Bugland
Summary: “This story, beside other things, is awkwardness itself. Teenager Harry with, naturally, rampant hormones, with Voldemort’s visions and everything else that is Harry’s life, happened to become Snape’s cat. And the fucked-up bastard Snape grew to like his cat. And the cat had an opportunity to see the person behind Snape’s everyday persona. Both of them have more issues than, possibly, the rest of the school altogether. How can it not be awkward, I ask you. Sex in this fic is hilarious and wrong, sexy and hearbreaking [sic], painful and moving.” – Part of painless_j’s rec summary.
Warnings:  Suicide attempt (sort of), Death Eater violence (off screen)
My Warnings/Opinion:  There is no sex in the first fic (which is all I have read thus far) and only one kiss, and that was an absinthe induced hallucination.  Interesting style.  It’s sometimes difficult to separate reality from dreams.  6th year.
Length: Novella

Broken Wings by Snapegirlkmf
Summary:  Desperate to escape his guilt and nightmares after the third task, Harry transforms into a hawk by accident and ends up breaking both wings and suffering partial memory loss. He is found by Snape,who helps him and discovers the truth about his professor.
My Warnings/Opinion:  GEN
Length:  236K, Complete

The Greatest Gift by Snapegirlkmf
Summary:  Harry writes a letter to Severus trying to express how grateful he is that Severus adopted him and gave him a home and family. Just a little fic I wrote for Father’s Day. Set in the Broken Wings AU!

Caeruleus by Pagan Strega
Summary:  A Transfiguration accident leaves Harry in unusual circumstances. How will Snape react?
Warnings:  SSHP of course. Creature Fic
My Warnings/Opinion:  Awww.  Drake!Harry  A definite favorite.
Length:  One-shot.

Cat-Eyed by screaminglungs
Summary:  Severus comes home to find Harry upset. A Pile of fluff!
Length:  One-shot, SSHP, Cat!Harry

Cat Magic by gingertart
Summary:  Severus Snape discovers that he likes cats, but only in moderation.
Warnings: Character death (yeah, I know… but it isn’t angsty, honest.)
My Warnings:  GEN, funny

Cats to the Rescue by Healer Pomfrey
Summary:  Eight-year-old Harry notices cats have a much better life, or don’t they? Another Animagus story.
Warnings:  Completely AU, partly OOC, mentioning of abuse!Dursleys, sick!Harry, sick!Severus
My Warnings:  Cat!Harry, GEN

The Company You Keep by Ravenna C Tan
Summary:  The war is over. Severus Snape wants to be left alone. Draco wants Snape. Snape decides a stray cat is a better companion than a Malfoy, given what he learned about both Malfoy and Potter in the days after Voldemort had captured Harry.
My Warnings:  References to past abuse, use of imperius (past tense), Death Eaters, post-war, slash, Bottom!Harry, torture
Length:  10K, Complete

Disenchanted by cluegirl
Summary: Sent to Privet Drive to intercede in a domestic dispute, Severus finds that Harry Potter is not quite feeling himself.
Warnings: Cat!Harry
My Warnings/Opinion: References to abuse, cute, masturbation, SS/HP

Fox Tale by Sita Z
Summary: Lucius Malfoy enjoys his family traditions. Severus Snape is stuck with the unpleasant task of rescuing the victims. Until one night a captured boy surprises him…
Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Child fic, Kidnapped, Neglect, Violence
My Warnings/Opinion:  GEN! Terror and sweetness all rolled into one.  One of my new favorite fics by one of my favorite authors
Length:  8k (It’s a two-shot)

Freaks Aren’t Allowed by lastcrazyhorn
Summary:  After nearly freezing to death outside his relative’s home, little Harry is rescued first by a spirit and then a snarky git! The adventure isn’t over yet though, as Snape soon realizes that his charge’s problems aren’t limited to just frostbite. Childfic
Warnings:  Child Abuse, Kid Fic, Fluff, Nightmares, Animagus, Adoption, Time Travel, Ghost!Lily, Ghost!James, Cute, Alternate Universe
My Warnings/Opinion: Awww.  Daddy Snape.  GEN!
Length:  44K, Complete

Not A Freak by lastcrazyhorn
Summary:  Okay, you’ve convinced me. Sequel to Freaks Aren’t Allowed. This is a series of one shots designed to fill in some of the blanks between Harry’s first year with Snape and his first year at Hogwarts.
Warnings:  Childfic. Fluff.
Length:  WIP

Hex-Crossed Lovers by HPRoundRobin
Summary:  Kirsu’s Challenge: Harry and Severus are caught in the cross fire of two hexes, causing them to be in each others company or they will suffer pain.
Warnings:  Sexual situations
My Warnings/Opinion:  The actual sex scene is very vague.  This author (or authors, given the user name) could also benefit from the use of a beta (mostly difficulties with switching tenses).  And the last chapter is kind of a cop out, but I still enjoyed the story.  Oh, and references to past non-con and child abuse.  Cobra!Harry
Length:  29K, Complete

Learning to Uncurl by Amorettea
My Warnings/Opinion:  Delightful fic.  Moose!Harry, Hedgehog!Snape, GEN, post-war

A Matter of Size by lana77
Summary:  Harry gains his animagus form, and is less than impressed.
Warnings:  Flobberworm!Harry
My Warnings:  GEN, major character death (NOT Harry)

More Animagus Harry (drabbles) by Soawen
My Warnings/Opinion:  I am amused.

A Most Impractical Cat by drachenmina
Summary:  During the horcrux hunt, Harry goes to Malfoy Manor in his animagus form of a cat to try and find Helga Hufflepuff’s cup. Things do not go according to plan…
Warnings:  Adult Language, Sexual Situations, BDSM, Beastiality, Contains Het Sex, Contains Slash Sex
My Warnings/Opinion:  Okay, the BDSM? Lucius and Narcissa.  The bestiality?  Nagini and Bellatrix.  The Het?  Bellatrix and everyone, I swear.  lol  Slash?  Harry and Severus!!!  Mutual masturbation. Cat!Harry
Length:  13K, Complete

Nesting by julesmonster
Summary:  “There was a potions accident during detention—isn’t there always?” Thus begins a loving slightly tongue-in-cheek tribute to all
Warnings:  Mpreg, creature, bonding and bottom!Snape fics. Slash. HP/SS.
My Warnings/Opinion:  Schmoop!  Fluff, Dragon!Harry
Length:  21K, complete

Parseltongue-Tied by Dementor Delta
Summary:  Harry makes friends with one of nature’s shy creatures.
Warnings:  Snake assisted wanking
My Warnings/Opinion:  Not just wanking.  Bottom!Harry.  Slash/Snarry.  Snake!Snape.
Length:  One-shot, complete

Pink by AbstractConcept
Summary:  Another of my humorous takes on a cliché fic idea. SLASH. Harry is determined to learn the Animagus Transformation, and the results are…unexpected. Humour, Romance, Snarry. One-shot
My opinion:  Really good little story.

Teacher’s Pet by AbstractConcept
Summary:  Sequel to Pink, can be read alone. Severus finds himself stuck with Harry, who can’t—or won’t—relinquish his Animagus form. Snape grows reluctantly fond of the bugger. Slash.

Fred and George Weasley, Harry, Hermione

Making Out Like Bandits by lionille
Summary:  Fred and George are well-suited to lead a wild life.
My Opinion:  Ridiculously hilarious.  I snorted out loud with glee while reading this.  GEN.

Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter

Becoming Bestial by Constant Vigilance.
Summary:  Harry/Draco. Harry teaches Draco how to change into his Animagus-form.Harry’s Animagus form is a wolf, Draco’s is a leopard.
Warnings:  Don’t mind ‘bestial’ in the title, it’s not bestiality, it’s actually fluff.
One-shot. PG.

Of Mice and Men by stillaseeker
Summary:  Behold! … Fluffy!Draco!
My Warnings:  Owl!Draco, GEN
Length:  one-shot

Remus Lupin, Severus Snape

The Frog Prince by busaikko
Summary:  “Ribbit,” Severus said impatiently.
Warnings: Animal transformation, double drabble, crack
My Warnings/Opinion:  Snupin fluff, kiss, Frog!Snape (not really animagi, but since it’s a drabble, meh).  Funny.
Length:  200 words

Rec Lists

Lira_Snape’s “Animagus List – Part 1” – I’ll leave it to you to find part 2 (which is largely the same as part 1, only . . . not)

Painless_j’s “Themed List – Animals

Sophia84’s “Pets

Daddy Snape, Mentor, Adoptive Father, Severitus etc.

I admit it.  I have a weakness for Daddy Snape; especially if he’s Daddy Snape to little Harry.  It’s just so cute.  Some authors are pretty good at writing them as father – son.  On the other hand, some authors make me wonder if they’ve ever seen a child, let alone been around one.  When I write kids, I write with my inner child at the forefront of my mind; staring out at everything, wide eyed in wonder.

It seems to work–at least according to the reviewers of those stories.

Hmm, I may have to split this list via WIPs and Completes.  Geez.

Apprentice by Fallen Shadowed Angel
Summary:  Harry James Potter has always been anything but normal. Why should Hogwarts be any different? The Sorting Hat brings back an age-old tradition for the special little boy: Apprenticeship.
Warnings:  AU Year One- mentor, CP (i.e. Corporal Punishment)
Length:  22K, WIP

Believe by Victory-Starr
Summary:  It’s Christmas Eve and little Harry has many requests, but none of them are for Santa.
My Opinion:  Aww.

The Best Revenge by Arsinoe de Blassenville
Summary:  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.
Warnings:  T for Mentor Snape’s occasional naughty language. Supportive Minerva.
Length:  222K, Complete

Bleeding Clown by parselslyth
Summary:  Harry receives a diary from Dumbledore but when he writes in it, he receives an unexpected response. Who is this correspondent? Abused!Harry rescued from Dursleys, Mentor!Snape.
Warnings: swearing, self harm, drug abuse, references to child abuse and rape
Length:  61K, WIP

Blessed Curse by HpFanficFan
Summary:  COMPLETE. Harry’s defeat of Voldemort came at a price. The consequences will change Harry’s life forever; for him it will be a blessing. For the snarky potions master, however, it has become what he calls a curse. Severitus. Revised
My Opinion:  Actions speak louder than words.

Broken Wings by Snapegirlkmf
Summary:  Desperate to escape his guilt and nightmares after the third task, Harry transforms into a hawk by accident and ends up breaking both wings and suffering partial memory loss. He is found by Snape,who helps him and discovers the truth about his professor.
Length:  236K, Complete

The Greatest Gift by Snapegirlkmf
Summary:  Harry writes a letter to Severus trying to express how grateful he is that Severus adopted him and gave him a home and family. Just a little fic I wrote for Father’s Day. Set in the Broken Wings AU!

Burnt by lastcrazyhorn
Summary:  A disabled Harry comes to Hogwarts story. Everyone expects him to be like his dad, but how can he be with such a different past? A Slytherin Harry takes on Hogwarts in an unusual way.
Warnings:  Slytherin Harry, Physical Disability, Abuse, Minor Violence, runaway, Neglect,  Alternate Universe, Deaf Character, Sign Language, Book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
My Opinion I like this one.
Length: 104K, Complete

Cherokee Camp by grugster
Summary:  After two weeks of torture by Death Eaters, Draco and Harry have to find a way to cope with all their memories. Severus, as their guardian, tries to help and spends some time with them at a therapy camp in the USA. Draco/Harry friendship
Length:  191K, WIP

Common Ground by Snapegirlkmf
Summary:  Harry hides in the library on Halloween, trying to escape his dreadful memories of Lily’s death. No one else seems to remember or care that he lost everything that night. He is found by Snape . . .and also a troll. WINNER-BEST HALLOWEEN STORY at P&S!
Length:  17K, Complete

The Cupboard by enahma
Summary:  After Sirius’s death, Harry is sinking into depression. And then, he receives a detention which leads to a shocking revelation. Will he be able to stop sinking deeper? COMPLETE! No slash.
My Opinion:  Not one to miss.  Good story.

The Definition of Home by oliver.snape
Summary:  Harry runs into Snape while trying to find the definition of home, and finds himself drawn into Snape’s Order task, finding a location outside of London. Along the way, he and Snape learn a few new definitions themselves. Warnings:  Guardian/Adoption fic.
My Opinion:  This is one of my top favorites.
Length:  80K, Complete

The Definition of Family by oliver.snape
Summary:  Sequel to the Definition of Home. Now back at Hogwarts, Harry balances school and his home life as he prepares to face Voldemort and learns to trust Snape’s guidance. Along the way they both learn that family also means support.
Length:  92K, Complete

the photo album by oliver.snape
Summary:  This is an epilogue of The Definition series. It’s basically little scenes that didn’t make it into the series, presented as photographic short stories. There is no set timeline, some are from times in the story, and some are after it finished.

Depths of Darkness by Kirsti-Lee
Summary:  Dumbledore has organised Harry’s life so that he is forced into Gryffindor. What will happen when Harry rocks the boat?
My Warnings: Slytherin!Harry
Length:  31K, Complete

Digging for the Bones by paganaidd
Summary:  Because of a student death, new measures are being taken to screen students for abuse. With Dumbledore facing an enquiry, Snape is in charge of making sure every student receives an examination.
Warnings:  Abused!Harry. Character death. Sevitis.
My Opinion:  A good ‘un.  Complete.
Length: 212K

Equilibrium by Twinheart
Summary:  AU Snape.mentors.Harry fic. When Harry Potter comes to Hogwarts, Snape is forced to reexamine his initial impressions.
Warnings: implications of : child neglect, abuse, manipulative Dumbledore, sedition. Not Canon.
Length:  74K, Complete

Faith by Dragongirl16
Summary:  COMPLETE:: What if the wizarding world turned its back on Harry? Who will stay true? Who can he turn to? What will he do? A HD romance in the works!
Warnings:  PreOotP AU! SLASH
My Warnings/Opinion:  Graphic violence, Lupin/Black, resorting fic, Snape/LMalfoy, crazy Weasleys, Neville/Blaise

This is a really great story.
Length:  338K

Family Night by Celebony
Summary:  As Hogwarts starts a quarterly Family Night, Harry is determined take part. Facing the heartache of looking in all the wrong places, he’ll have to discover the true meaning of family, and that sometimes it comes from where you least expect it. COMPLETE
My Opinion:  I bawl every time I read this one.
Length:  32K

Finding a Family by hestiaA1
Summary:  AU – What if Severus had been able to overcome Harry’s resemblance to James? What if Harry weren’t the only Griffyndor with Slytherin traits? …Snape ends up mentoring the Golden Trio. Contains corporal punishment, not abuse. Several sequels now posted.
Length:  45K, Complete

Flashback by Dream Painter
Summary:  Locking Harry in the broom closet was the catalyst that unlocked a whole flurry of issues that young Harry and Severus must now begin to work through… together.
Length:  12K, Complete

For Duty and Honor by Bratling
Summary:  During Occulmency lessons in OOtP, Snape notices something… off in Harry’s memories. Eventual SnapeadoptsHarry story. Nonslash, AU. Gen fic, no pairings. Does not take into account HBP.
Length:  58K, WIP

Forget Me Not by Sa-kun
Summary:  Everyone seems to have forgotten that the Boy Who Lived exists. Harry’s friends don’t remember who he is. Harry tries to hold on to reality as he knows it, while trying to come to terms with who he is. He finds Snape as an unexpected ally. 6th year AU.
My Opinion:  Really good one to keep your eye on.
Length:  97K, WIP

Fox Tale by Sita Z
Summary: Lucius Malfoy enjoys his family traditions. Severus Snape is stuck with the unpleasant task of rescuing the victims. Until one night a captured boy surprises him…
Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Child fic, Kidnapped, Neglect, Violence
My Warnings/Opinion:  Terror and sweetness all rolled into one.  One of my new favorite fics by one of my favorite authors
Length:  8k (It’s a two-shot)

Fourteen Fathoms by Vain
Summary:  Repost – Snape discovers something disturbing about Harry and acts . . . like Snape. Complete.
My Warnings:  Dursleys abuse Harry.  Snape reacts.  Snape meets Dursleys.  Muahahaha.

But this cannot be allowed to continue. As amusing as you find the image of Potter beneath a herd of stampeding hippogriffs, he’s your student. Your student. And no one ever, ever does anything like this to one of your students. Ever.

Freaks Aren’t Allowed by lastcrazyhorn
Summary:  After nearly freezing to death outside his relative’s home, little Harry is rescued first by a spirit and then a snarky git! The adventure isn’t over yet though, as Snape soon realizes that his charge’s problems aren’t limited to just frostbite. Childfic
Warnings:  Child Abuse, Kid Fic, Fluff, Nightmares, Animagus, Adoption, Time Travel, Ghost!Lily, Ghost!James, Cute, Alternate Universe
My Warnings/Opinion: Awww.  Daddy Snape.
Length:  44K, Complete

Not A Freak by lastcrazyhorn
Summary:  Okay, you’ve convinced me. Sequel to Freaks Aren’t Allowed. This is a series of one shots designed to fill in some of the blanks between Harry’s first year with Snape and his first year at Hogwarts.
Warnings:  Childfic. Fluff.
Length:  12K, WIP

fresh and calm by h0use-m0use
Summary:  AU. Wanting to be left alone, Harry neglects to visit the Hospital Wing after he is hit by the rogue bludger, and is caught by Snape…

Goodnight, Twerp by SweetlyDesolated
Summary:  AU year 5, A night spent in the Potions Professor’s rooms in the castle of Hogwarts passes quite calmly, even under the circumstances of who lives there. No Slash. One shot. Follows ‘My Hero,’ so read that first.
My Opinion:  You don’t have to read the other story first.  *sniffles*

The Guiltless by kilara25
Summary:  Sixth year AU, written pre HBP. When Harry appears at the Welcoming Feast wearing a glamor only Snape notices, Snape decides to find out what the glamor is hiding. His investigation leads to a number of shocking revelations about both Harry and himself.
My Warnings: Needs a beta.
Length:  26K, Complete

Harry Potter and the Night Before Christmas by Mord-Sith Rahl
Summary:  Harry and Severus spend their first Night Before Christmas together as family.
Warnings:  NonSLASH. Does not take HBP or DH into account.
My Opinion:  *sniffles*  Daddy Snape.

Harry Potter’s Second Chance by etherian
Summary:  Voldemort is dead, and so are quite a few others. Harry’s back at the Dursleys & depressed. A potion changed everything. Snape adopts Harry. Canon more or less up to the end of GoF, after that AU.
My Opinion:  Etherian kicks arse, and therefore, by default, so do her stories.

Second Chance: Take Two by etherian
Summary:  Harry de-aged himself to age 6 after killing Voldemort. Snape adopted him in order to give him a happy childhood. Albus is dying.
Warnings:  AU, canon up to end of PoA. Sequel to Harry Potter’s Second Chance. COMPLETE. The sequel is The Death Eater & The Rat.
Length:  232K

Second Chance: The Journal of Harry Potter by etherian
Summary:  A kind of pre-quel to HP’s Second Chance & Second Chance Take Two. This is the journal that Snape found after rescuing a de-aged Harry. The journal includes notes made by Snape.
My Opinion:  This whole series makes me sniffle.

Harry’s First Detention by kbinnz
Summary:  AU one-shot about Harry’s first detention with Snape. Take one mistreated boy, one misinformed man, mix well and watch what happens. Sequel now up! Titled “Harry’s New Home”.

Harry’s New Home by kbinnz
Summary:  One lonely little boy. One snarky, grumpy git. When the safety of one was entrusted to the other, everyone knew this was not going to turn out well… Or was it? AU, sequel to “Harry’s First Detention”. OVER A MILLION HITS!

Harry’s Last Hope by teachersnape64
Summary:  The summer following Sirius death, Harry is filled with guilt. Snape helps him prepare for the battle of his life against Voldemort! Over 1,ooo,ooo hits! Harry rocks! Not a Severitus but close.
Length:  247K, Complete

Harry’s Sheepy Advent’s Calendar by Healer Pomfrey
Summary:  On the first of December, seven-year-old Harry decides to run away from the Dursleys’. This story accompanies him until Christmas. Will he be able to find a new and better home until then? A daily Advent’s calendar story.
Warnings:  AU, partly OOC, sick!Harry.
My Warnings:  Needs a beta ish.
Length:  31K, Complete

His Boy by lastcrazyhorn
Summary:  Just a short drabble about Severus’s newly adopted son, Harry Potter. It can either be read as part of my story, “A Means of Survival,” or it can be read on its own. I purposely made the style a bit ambiguous for that very reason. During HP & COS.
Warnings:  drabble, adoption, AU, Neglect

In Plain Sight by melissophobia
Summary:  When Dumbledore finds an abused Harry, he decides Harry needs to go into hiding. Under the guise of a Student exchange program, Harry’s id is changed and he is resorted into Slytherin. Au after book 5. Beta’d by Graenr!
My Warnings:  Resorting fic, Slytherin!Harry
Length:  84K, WIP

Jamie Snape and the Chamber of Secrets by Original Dark Angel
Summary:  AU CoS. Dobby never stopped the mail and as a result, Severus Snape has to rescue our hero from Privet Drive. The only way to keep him safe requires an Unusual Adoption.
Warnings:  Abuse via Dursleys
My Opinion:  It’s a good one.  I’m rather fond of this story.
Length:  55K, Complete

The Last Gift by Keina Snape
Summary:  TRANSLATIONHarry receives a very special gift for his 16th birthday, which quickly comes in handy when things get really bad at Privet Drive this summer.But when he finds refuge at Snape’s,everything starts to get complicated..
Warnings:  No slash, guardian fic
My Warnings:  Torture
Length:  449K, WIP

Learning to Love by GoldenPhoenix 12
Summary:  When Three year old Harry Potter is taken to the hospital, the Dursley’s find out some unsettling news. Not wanting to take care of the child, he is left at the hospital, and then sent to an orphanage. Will the Wizarding world find Harry? Who will rescu
Length:  15K, Complete

Letter to Santa by Aceia
Summary:  Harry was told by the Dursleys he was unworthy of Christmas. After he is rescued from them when he is seven, how does Severus cope with his insecurities?
Warnings:  Severus mentor/adoption fic, no slash

Letters: The Year With the Stone by WildKat2007
Summary:  When Harry Potter received his letter for Hogwarts, he hardly expected his cousin, Dudley, to receive one as well. And how will Professor Snape react to a Slytherin Harry? In answer to a challenge from Potions and Snitches.
My Warnings:  Slytherin!Harry, Wizard Dudley
Length:  228K, Complete

Lost Boys by Bil
Summary:  AU. Perhaps it was the whimper that broke through the boy’s fear, the evidence that Severus was as human and broken as he. SS, HP. Oneshot.
My Warnings:  Pre-Hogwarts, torture

Miles To Go Before I Sleep by Malora
Summary:  Hedwig is injured, and must seek help for Harry. An answer to the “Burnt Hedwig to the Rescue” challenge on potionsandsnitches: “Hedwig is tossed onto a bonfire with Harry’s other belongings, but she manages to barely escape.”
My Opinion:  Somewhat bittersweet.  Harry is Hedwig’s boy, not the other way around.  Last line made me tear up.
Length:  3K

The Naked Truth by chrmisha
Summary:  What happens when Snape comes upon a heavily warded compartment on the Hogwarts Express containing two students—one of whom is naked. Includes HP, SS, and LL. *COMPLETE*
My Opinion:  I love Luna.

Nobody Cared by etherian
Summary:  11 yr old Harry misses the Hogwarts Express. Snape is sent to find out why. What he finds changes any preconceived notions he might have had about the Boy-Who-Lived.
Warnings:  AU, manipulative!callous!Dumbledore, DE’s, Voldy, but no Horcruxs.
My Warnings/Opinion: Slytherin!Harry, Daddy Snape

This is the fic to read.  This is how I wish the first book had really been written
Length:  365K, Complete (only missing the epilogue)

The November 9th Letters by oliver.snape
Summary:  Every year Harry Potter writes a letter to his second son, who is growing up surrounded by friends and family, new and old.
Warnings:  Mentor!Snape, not epilogue compliant, happy and light.
My Opinion:  Good.

The Other Potter by Saelia
Summary:  AU. Lily and James Potter were, as luck would have it, not home the night Voldemort attacked and was vanquished. Thomas Potter became the Boy-Who-Lived. Harry? Left with the Dursleys.
Warnings:  Slytherin- ish !Harry, Manipulative!Dumbledore. FULL SUMMARY INSIDE.
Length:  41K, WIP

Practicing Liars by Lomonaaeren
Summary:   Harry found out he’s Snape’s son in his fourth year, and concealed the truth from Snape. Now, in his sixth year, he’s dodging Snape’s suspicions about him and trying to figure out Draco Malfoy. Life is complicated. COMPLETE.
Warnings:  HPDM preslash, Severitus, AU.
Length:  211K, Complete

The Pride of a Snake by MiDNiGHT-MoRPHiNE
Summary:  Complete: A Severitus Challenge. Enough said? Look for sequel in the New Year.
Length:  43K

Reading the Signs by goldencompass
Summary: Harry is hurt and loses his voice. Will Snape help him find it? Not slash.
My Warnings: Fluff
Length:  49K, Complete

Filling the Void by goldencompass
Summary:  Sometimes getting what you want is terrifying. Can Severus and Harry manage after the roller coaster that was first year? Sequel to Reading the Signs.
Length:  41K, WIP

Realizations by BloodRedEnd
Summary:  Things only get worse for Harry as summer begins. Abused by his relatives, he is saved by an unlikely person, and finds out something that could change his life forever.
Warnings:  Severitus fic.
Length:  62K, Complete

Resonance by GreenGecko
Summary:  Year six and Harry needs rescuing by Dumbledore and Snape. The resulting understanding between Harry and Snape is critical to destroying Voldemort and leads to an offer of adoption. Covers year seven and Auror training. Sequel is Revolution.
Length:  501K, Complete

Running Away by Bil
Summary:  AU. DEATH EATER KIDNAPS BOY WHO LIVED! read the newspaper headlines across magical Britain. SS, HP/HG.  AU of Philosopher’s Stone. This may or may not be DH compliant in its way (I’ve only read DH once so I’ve forgotten most of it). And I would like to point out that it was not my idea to have Hermione in this, but she wouldn’t leave.
My Opinion:  Aw.  Really worth the time to read.  One-shot.

Season of Warmth by Snapegirlkmf
Summary:  Just before Christmas,Harry hears the basilisk and thinks he’s going mad. He flees into a blizzard and is followed by Snape. Trapped by the storm, they hide in a cave. Will they survive to celebrate Christmas?
Warnings:  Sick!Harry & sick!Severus. AU, COS, mentorSev
Length:  97K, Complete

Self Preservation by coffeeonthepatio
Summary:  Mrs Figg has enough. 7-year-old Harry Potter cannot stay with the Dursleys any more. Severus Snape thinks everyone is better suited to raise the future Saviour of the Wizarding World. Harry dreams of being taken away by a tall man who scares even Dudley.
Length:  138K, Complete

Serum by Plumbum
Summary:  An unusual epidemic breaks out inflicting children and adults alike. Harry Potter appears to be resistant to the disease, and his blood may carry the cure for all.
Warnings:  Snape mentors Harry NOT-SLASH.
Length:  27K, WIP

ThE SeVeRuS SnApE FaN cLuB by Lady Lianna Kari
Summary:  Harry gets tired of Snape making digs at his fame, so he decides to get even.
Warnings:  Not a Slash. References of abuse.
My Opinion:  Cute.
Length:  11K, WIP

Session Transcripts by lastcrazyhorn
Summary: What happens when a brain damaged Harry and a transgender Hermione both get sorted into Slytherin? Snape’s not sure, but he thinks it’s likely to be an interesting term. This story follows various first years through the trials of their first year.
Warnings: Child Abuse, Brain Injury, Book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Counselling sessions, Slytherin Harry, Slytherin Hermione, Gender Issues, Neglect, Abusive Dursleys, Alternate Universe, Autism Spectrum, Transgender
My Warnings/Opinion: Daddy Snape.  Walks the fine line between cute and serious.
Length: 130K, WIP (still being updated)

Skin Deep by Vingilot
Summary: Harry and his friends create a new type of magic embodied in Harry’s tattoos to keep him protected from his uncle. When the new magic works Harry is removed to Hogwarts where Dumbledore finally tells him the truth.
Warnings: Severitus. Written PreHBP HarryBill
My Warnings/Opinion: References of abuse and rape (incest), evil!Dumbledore, powerful!Harry, smart!Harry, slash (Bill/Harry). Really good fic. Intriguing and it draws you in completely. Needs to be checked by a Brit and has a couple of typos, but nothing particularly major.
Length: 231K, not marked as complete, but is for all intents and purposes.

Slave Child by Kristen Hudson
Summary:  A duel with Draco leads to drastic and permanent consequences for both Harry and Severus. AU from the end of OotP.
Length:  263K, WIP

Slytherin Savior by SilentStardust
Summary:  Chapter 11 up! Please R&R! Harry Potter goes to his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Slytherin! He becomes best friends with Draco Malfoy, finds a new father in Snape, and learns to stand up for himself in what he considers to be his new home.
My Warnings/Opinion:  Slytherin!Harry

Author writes too slowly.  11 chapters in 4 years?  Jeebus.  I still like the story though.
Length:  29K, WIP

Slytherin Saviours by Ariande
Summary:  Renamed! Easier Search.6th Year, Harry gets a shock. All 5th & 6th year students are being resorted. Yup, another resorting but different. Can Harry save the Slytherins? More Important,can Slytherins save Harry? NOT a Dark!Harry tale.
Warnings:  Snape!Mentor
My Warnings:  Resorting fic, abuse
Length:  28K, WIP

Snape’s Invisible Friend by teacherbev
Summary:  Winner Oct. 2006 HPAA Best AU: Harry rescues himself as a baby and chooses Snape as his protector, why no one knows because the toddler isn’t telling and no one can see him but Snape.
Warnings:  No Slash, No Mary Sues, R&R please. PDF, ebook, mobipocket available.
My Warnings/Opinion:  Abuse, Powerful!Harry, Harry renamed

Major favorite.
Length:  61K, Complete

Stolen Emerald by dinasamirs
Summary:  Snape had loved Lilly. Now Lilly was gone – but not toally. A little tyke with large emerald eyes was still there. All what Snape had to do was steal him.
Warnings:  **Warning: Story contains spanking.**
My Warnings:  Could use a beta (if nothing else, just to get the spelling of Lily correct . . .”  WIP

Stronger Than Hope by Alaunatar
Summary:  AU after OoTP, a few HBP details. An obsessed, grieving Harry has decided on a dangerous way to defeat Voldemort. Snape is paying closer attention than before, but his contempt for Harry blinds him.
Warnings:  Eventual Snape as Harry’s guardian story. COMPLETE
Length:  162K

There’s More Room In A Broken Heart by Severus redeemed
Summary:  Harry is almost 9 when he is rescued & taken to Hogwarts by Severus Snape. Despite his intentions to have nothing more to do with the child, Snape finds himself unable to resist Lily’s child, as they both discover that broken hearts can hold more love.
Length:  43K, WIP

To Have and To Hold by ObsessiveCompulsiveforhp
Summary:  When Poppy has finally had enough, Hogwarts undergoes a drastic search and rescue procedure, and secrets are revealed. The aftermath finds Harry bare and exposed, and searching for something to hold.

To Make It All Ok by Bonomania
Summary:  When Harry goes back to school the year after Sirius dies, the unlikeliest of people start noticing a change in him.
Warnings:  Mentions of child abuse, Dursleys, Draco and more brushes with death.
Length:  31K, WIP

To Shape and Change by Blueowl
Summary:  AU. Time Travel. Snape goes back in time, holding the knowledge of what is to come if he fails. No longer holding a grudge, he seeks to shape Harry into the greatest wizard of all time, starting on the day Hagrid took Harry to Diagon Alley.
Length:  232K, Complete

True Confessions by Bratling
Summary:  An answer to Potions and Snitches’ Abused Harry challenge and Severitus’s challenge. Secrets are sometimes meant to be shared, and sharing those secrets can sometimes change lives.
Length:  15K, Complete

Tug by Emerald-Leaves
Summary:  Harry has an accident, and guess who has to look after him? Why none other than Severus Snape, of course!
Length: 
57K, Complete

Unbuttoned by lastcrazyhorn
Summary:  Harry doesn’t know exactly what’s happening, but something isn’t right between him and Professor Lupin, and he’s determined to find out why. Will Snape be able to help?
Warnings:  Abuse, implied non-con, AU, HP&PA, minor character death, fluff, mentors, adoption, teacher-student relationship
Length:  64K, WIP

Unjust Fear by Laurenke1
Summary:  Having managed to find the courage to ask for his book back from Professor Snape, Harry learns that there is a reason everybody fears the Potions Master but can one first year see through his mask of fear to see a teacher he can confide in? AU warning
Length:  113K, WIP

Vows by Zarathustra46
Summary:  Severitus taking place between first and second year. Vernon loses it after Dobby drops the cake and he discovers Harry isn’t supposed to do magic at home. Now complete.
Warnings:  Chapters 8 – 11 contain strong language and details child abuse/rape.
Length:  117K, Complete

Walk the Shadows by jharad17
Summary:  AU. The summer after 5th year, Death Eaters find Harry abandoned in the Dursley house and bring him to Voldemort. Will one particular Death Eater give up his position and his hate to save his enemy’s son?
Warnings:  Snape mentors Harry fic. violence,chld abuse,rape
Length:  112K, Complete

What Do We Do Now by momma-dar
Summary:  How different would Harry be if he was taken from the Dursley’s when he was 5 and raised by his real father, Severus Snape, and the rest of the Hogwarts staff. And what is the surprise that they get after they bring Harry home. Complete!
Length:  32K

When the World Stands Still by Sentimental Star
Summary:  **COMPLETE** AU. 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…
Length:  12K

Where Do I Go From Here? by The Ivory Raven
Summary:  After a difficult summer, Harry returns to Hogwarts and keeps his homelife a secret. But the new DADA professor leaves him with an even bigger secret to hide. How will he cope, and what does Snape have to do with it all? Warnings: abuse, cutting, depression
Length:  76K, WIP

Yet Another Snape meets the Dursleys story by rabbit and -v-Jinx-v
Summary:  When Snape is called to the Dursleys’ by an urgent message, he does not find what he expects to find. Chapter 28: Food arrives, and some unexpected visitors as well. Chapter 29, the revised ending. Chap 30, a lagniappe explaining Snape’s background.
Length:  72K, Complete