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When Harry finds an injured Snape on his doorstep and must hide him from the Dursleys, he has no idea that this very, very bad day will be the start of something good.
Harry and Snape are thrown together by annoying relatives, a series of strange dreams, and Voldemort's latest hunt for Harry, but their greatest challenge may well be surviving each other. This will be a long summer unless the two can find a way to work together. A slow-burn enemy-to-mentor story.
Alternate 6th summer (and part of the school year): post-OotP; ignores HBP and DH. No slash, no romance. NOW COMPLETE!
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17 Jun 2026
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"I- I- Lily, listen to me. Listen to me, please-"
"There's nothing more we can do."
"He will kill you!"
"Then he'll kill me, Severus!"
"Please. Please, convince James to break the oath. If he knows- if he knows, maybe he'll change his mind."
"Break the oath? Break the oath? You're smart enough to know, Sevie-"
"I don't want you to die!"
- The Pensieve memory of Lily Evans and Severus Snape, September 29th, 1981.Harry Potter was born a freak. He always knew that. The addled orphan of drug addicted parents, dropped off at his respectable relatives’ house, only for them to go on and die in a car crash. It was alright. One day he was going to be a zookeeper, probably. Or just something that worked with snakes.
FULL RE-WRITE:
Year 1: 1-16 - 73,728 words - complete!
Year 2: 17-36 - 89,149 words - complete!
Year 3: 37-67 - ~130K words
Year 4: 68-136 - ~326K words
Year 5: 137-(at ~195K words as of publishing ch36)- Language:
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03 Jun 2026
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After the graveyard, Harry starts leaving anonymous, deeply personal letters for his teachers. Wanting to be heard without being known.
But the letters don’t go unnoticed.
As the staff begin searching for the author, Harry lies to protect himself.
It’s convincing. At first.
Until Snape gets involved to investigate Harry‘s claim, and he is forced to stay in Spinners End under increasing scrutiny. Being closer to being seen for what he tried to hide so bad.
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27 May 2026
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After Dementors attack Harry and Dudley, Vernon decides he's had enough of magic and enough of Harry. Nearly killed by his uncle, Harry unconsciously uses magic to call for help and is subsequently expelled from Hogwarts. Ending up in the care of Severus Snape, Harry finds himself brought on the professor's dangerous summer travels where they learn about Voldemort's past, Harry discovers he has an incredible rare magic, and they get to really know each other, so much so that Harry returns to Hogwarts as Snape's apprentice. With such a change in their relationship, the year at Hogwarts becomes an exercise in trust.
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26 May 2026
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Voldemort wants power to rule.
Dumbledore wants power to protect.
Harry begins wanting power so no one can decide his life for him again.A Harry Potter series rewrite where ancient warding magic changes everything, the Chamber of Secrets becomes the first crack in the story, and Harry slowly learns that survival is not the same thing as freedom.
Also, Draco Malfoy is unfortunately involved.
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Bookmarked by DesiRat
06 May 2026