Harry Potter was Sorted into Slytherin after a crappy childhood. His brother Jim is believed to be the BWL. Think you know this story? Think again. Year Three (Harry Potter and the Death Eater Menace) starts on 9/1/16. NO romantic pairings prior to Fourth Year. Basically good Dumbledore and Weasleys. Limited bashing (mainly of James).

An attempt to go against a popular trope. What if, instead of becoming dark/grey and gaining more power that way, Harry had been a little more considerate? Begins with a small change in first year, and sticks close to the original, but sometimes small changes can add up to change the world.

Tom Riddle's plans fall through when Ginny Weasley loses his diary shortly after starting her first year and it is found by one Luna Lovegood. A series of bizarre conversations follow. Luna? - Yes Tom? - I've been giving this a lot of thought...and I believe you may be insane. (Not crack. Plot takes a while to appear but it's there) See last chapter for fan art and translations.

I love "Harry is rescued from the Dursleys" stories but never found one that was quite right. So I had to write one myself.

As a nice distraction from the impending battle, they play games. One evening they decide to play Dares. Snape becomes a very unwilling participant. Through Dares, the truth comes out. Snape and Harry have a secret. Will they be able to tell everyone the truth? With Sirius at Snape's throat and a madman after Harry, it doesn't seem likely. Full summary & warnings inside.

Aurora Sinistra spends most of her time watching the stars. In the summer of 1991, she has a plan redeem the reputation of Slytherin House, and some of the people inside it. Recruiting Severus Snape to help her, the two teachers undertake a gambit of their own that leads the Boy-Who-Lived and the Brightest Witch of Her Age into Slytherin House and friendships with Draco Malfoy.

A curious 11-year-old Harry begins acting on the strange and wonderful things he observes in the wizarding world. He might just turn out very differently, and the world with him.

Harry and Tom's souls are tied together. Which is why they're in this endless loop of rebirth. At some point, they stopped caring and just started fucking with people. (slightly crack AU w/ some seriousness) MoD!Harry, kinda soulmates!TMRHP SLASH M/M

AU. How would Severus Snape react if Harry was sorted into Slytherin?

AU. Petunia Evans might have been a squib but she was smart and stubborn. While Lily went to Hogwarts, Petunia went to a boarding school and later studied archaeology. Dr Evans ended up raiding tombs for Gringotts with the help of their Curse-Breakers and using her findings to advance her career as an archaeologist. And raising her unfortunately impressionable nephew.

Seven years after defeating Voldemort, Harry Potter has been raising his godson, Teddy Lupin with the help of Teddy's grandmother, Andromeda Tonks. What will happen when Fawkes the Phoenix pulls this happy, war-weary family back in time for a chance at a better future. Set before the breakout from Azkaban in OOTP. No paradox.*What We Lost* is the sister fic without time-travel.

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.

What if the horcrux in Harry's scar hadn't quite been as contained by the Blood Wards as Dumbledore planned. Rather than twisting Harry's personality, it darkened his aura. And the dark creatures of the magical world really liked that aura. Gee. Sucks to be a Dark Lord trying to make your comeback. VERY AU. Just for fun.

AU 4th year, Harry decides it's time to man up and dance to his own tune instead of the Headmaster's. Story contains some language, Dumbledore bashing, and a tiny bit of Ron bashing,

... How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cruciatus. Albus Dumbledore always worried about the parallels between Harry Potter and Tom Riddle. But let's be honest, Harry never really had the drive to be the next dark lord. Of course, things may have turned out quite differently if one of the other muggle-raised Gryffindors wound up in Slytherin instead.

Subconsciously concealing injuries after a fight prompts the discovery of metamorphmagus abilities in young Harry Potter. However, that ability had been covering up a very big secret for more than eleven years. keywords Severitus / Sevitus. COMPLETE!

Albus Dumbledore's actions set off a chain reaction that affects the entire wizarding world.

SSHP. To avoid the machinations of the Ministry, Harry must marry a reluctant Severus Snape. But marriage to Snape is only the beginning of Harry's problems. Voldemort has returned, and before too long Harry's marriage may determine the world's fate.

Albus Dumbledore has a type. Minerva notices.

"'Dear Mr Godfather,' the letter read, 'My name is Harry Potter, and I'm living with my aunt and uncle, but I don't like it very much.'" When through an act of desperation and accidental magic a letter finds its way into Azkaban, Sirius Black decides that his godson needs him. But how do you take care of a child when you're a wanted criminal?

Harry is invited in the Gobstones Club, a club that has, apparently, not invited anyone else since Albus Dumbledore.

AU. In 1938, Albus Dumbledore heads to a London orphanage to deliver a letter to a muggleborn student, and decides to be reasonable when encountering Tommy Riddle.

Ron runs away from the burrow at the age of nine, meets Harry, and helps him escape Privet Drive. Simple? Not when they've got half the ministry looking for them, not to mention the fact that Sirius has escaped Azkaban to look for Harry.

A distraught Harry Potter after the death of his godfather has started to question everything people had always told him about his parents. He's not even sure who they were. Keywords: Sevitus / Severitus

One-Shot. Harry runs into a an old Muggle classmate from primary school while out in London with Ginny, Ron, and Hermione.

Harry helps Snape obtain something he needs. Along the way, Snape repays the favor.

What if Lilly was a little more prepared to escape if Voldemort came calling. She knew that the Floo and Portkeys could be disabled, what if she had found a back door? Just a silly little story of a somewhat different Harry

Harry is fed up with the lies of the ministry, the slander of the prophet and the inaction of everyone around him in the face of Voldemort's return. After careful thinking he has come to a conclusion: find Peter Pettigrew and you find the truth. Hence Harry puts a 100,000 Galleon reward on Peter's head and watches as the entire magical community goes mad in the race to find him.

What if the prophecy wasn't as literal as Dumbledore assumed? Sometimes, sleep deprivation can be helpful. Set post fifth year, a bit (very) OOC. Just some silliness my own sleep dep caused.

Harry Potter has an unusual magical gift – one he fears and therefore, has kept hidden for many years. When an unfortunate accident forces his secret to be revealed, a new chapter in Harry's life begins. Harry/Snape mentor fic.

The presence of a foreign soul may have unexpected side effects on a growing child. I am Lord Volde...Harry Potter. I'm Harry Potter. In which Harry is insane, Hermione is a Dark Lady-in-training, Ginny is a minion, and Ron is confused.

Also known as 'Harry and Voldemort Explore Fanfiction Tropes Together'. Different Harry Potters visit Little Hangleton, and Voldemort's the only one with much sense around here. I almost feel sorry for him. Includes Slytherin!Harry, Fem!Harry, Plothole!Harry, Flamboyant!Harry, Joker!Harry, Dark!Harry and more.

Gen, takes place during POA. Harry had hoped for years that he'd find non-Dursley relatives, but now he found himself wondering if he'd have rather lived in ignorance. Maybe if he ignored it, the truth would go away! Severitus does not follow challenge

Harry always suffered from the abuse of the Dursleys and nobody ever acted on it or even or noticed it. Thanks to a coincidence during the time after smugling Norbert out that changed. See what a small change can do.

Being the recipient of the Order of Merlin and also having his picture on the Chocolate Frog Cards was not a big feat for Healer Tom Riddle. As Head Healer at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, nothing much surprised him. Little did he know, his life was about to be turned upside down by the arrival of a bespectacled boy with messy hair through the Veil.

After Harry runs away from the Dursleys and the blood wards have failed, Dumbledore has an idea. If it works, Harry will have protection from Voldemort even stronger than Blood Wards . Non-explicit HP/SSslash, mentions of forced marriage. Oneshot. Rated for language and mentions of sex

Banished to Earth in hopes that he might learn the same lesson Thor had, Loki meets Queen Elsa of Arendelle. But how can two creatures of ice possibly hope to warm the other's heart?

Harry is a prisoner, and Bellatrix has fallen from grace. The accidental activation of Bella's treasured heirloom results in another chance for Harry. It also gives him the opportunity to make the acquaintance of the young and enigmatic Bellatrix Black as they change the course of history.

Catastrophic events culminate in an unexpected kinship between some of Hogwarts' most tenacious foes, while inciting bitter battles between best friends. Rated 'M' for violence.

Getting expelled from Smeltings was probably the best thing to happen to Vernon. Finishing her Nursing degree was probably the best thing to happen to Petunia. In this universe, Harry Potter is left on the doorstep of a very different Dursley family.

The Sorting Hat is fed up with Dumbledores planning, and takes the sorting of Harry's year group into its own hands. With no-one where they expected to be, will they band together? Or will it force them apart? AU, manipulative!Dumbledore Slytherin!Harry

Following the fall of Voldemort, it is up to the Gringotts goblins to carry out the terms of the Potters' will. What will happen when young Harry Potter - halfblood, Parselmouth, curse-scarred, outsider - is raised in the stalagmite city of Underfoot?

AU, Post HBP Snape travels back in time to warn pre SSPS Snape about what is to come. No DH Spoilers

Professor Sirius Black, Head of Slytherin house, is confused. Who are these two strangers found at Hogwarts, and why does one of them claim to be the son of Lily Lupin and that git James Potter? Dimension travel AU, no pairings so far. Dark humour.

It's been nearly eight years since the Battle of Hogwarts... six years... and five months... and seventeen days... since Snape set eyes on Harry Potter... Not even an owl. Damn it, that hurts. And now... out of nowhere... Potter asks to meet at the Hog's Head... What does he want? And... this is going to hurt, isn't it? Note: This is NOT a sequel to Heart of the Guardian!

What begins as a simple trip to retrieve extra cleaning supplies for his mother turns into something more for Dudley, something even he can't explain. He still hasn't forgotten what the Dementors showed him the previous summer, and he's beginning to think that maybe they were right after all. Oneshot.

What if Lucius Malfoy had adopted Harry Potter?

"Have you found out how to get past that beast of Hagrid's yet?" ...Snape kicks Harry out of 'Remedial Potions', but as we know from The Philosopher's Stone, there is another Occlumens in the school good enough to keep out the Dark Lord. Stupid oneshot.

Lazy!Harry is back, and not doing very much at all...

Contains drunken Harry, inappropriate Christmas decorations, innuendo, kissing and a staff party with way too much liquor in the punch, so beware of this untimely Christmas story with an unexpected bit of holiday cheer to go along!

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. T for Mentor Snape's occasional naughty language. Supportive Minerva. Over three million hits!

Dudley Dursley is sent on a business trip to New York City. On the plane, he meets a certain arrogant wizard. Can each survive without killing the other? No pairings. One-shot.

Harry was left in the Australian outback by his relatives. Rather than dying from exposure, the heat, or any of the many and varied nasties that could have easily killed him, Harry was found. Don't own. COMPLETE.

Harry Potter has been missing since he was eight. Now, seven years later, Severus Snape has a one night stand that just doesn’t seem to end. How long will they be able to keep their secrets? HPSS

on hiatus AU They left him on a doorstep and he wandered away.Features Independent Stubborn Harry and pokes fun at the foibles of the magical world.Rating for occasional language.

After his second year, Harry begins to realize Hogwarts isn't everything it could be. Are there other options available? While the Hogwarts characters belong to JK Rowling, the story is obviously outside of canon.

Andrew Meyers never meant to get between formidable boxing champion Dudley Dursley and incurable criminal Harry Potter.

My first ever challenge response, from the Thank God You're Here thread on DLP. Just a little crack!fic oneshot. Reasonably good response for it on there, so please enjoy. The premise: 'A confused Ron finds Hermione's Dildo'

AU: The continuation of Book I. Not all of Tom Riddle is gone. A mysterious journal and a new Defense teacher pose challenges for Harry and his guardian. T for Mentor Snape's occasional naughty language. Supportive Minerva.

Snarry one-shot. Written in my early days while a bit drunk (so forgive me my awful writing and plot). Anyway; Harry goes for a drink after a really horrid day and meets someone he doesn't expect.

Growing up, Harry Potter became a smartass. Now he's starting Hogwarts, with trusty sidekick Millicent Bulstrode, a question for everything, and a cheerfully sarcastic demeanor that makes everyone want to smack him.

Harry Potter is dissatisfied with what he finds after being sorted into Slytherin, and writes a request to the Headmaster requesting to change houses. AU, OOC, OneShot.

Molly Weasley knows better than to match Severus and Harry together ... but she just cannot resist. Written for Snarry-A-Thon. One of my rare funny ones, don't miss it!

Scorpius really should have listened to his father's numerous and dire warnings about the Potter clan. Harry feels his pain. Gen crackfic WIP, yo. Seriously, so cracky.

Two descendants of Salazar Slytherin get into a written argument over ownership of the contents of the Chamber of Secrets during Harry's second year.

AU: SLASH: How it started? One day Harry was in panic and the next delirium struck and there he was lying underneath a cruel-hearted Slytherin. He wasn't the most appealing but what was it that made Harry fall? Marcus Flint/Harry - COMPLETE -

Draco Malfoy's first mistake was buying the thing. However, his second mistake was even worse. Sixth year AU. Draco's reasons for acting suspicious are a little different. HPDM. HUMOR. COMPLETE.

The true story of how Harry and Ginny's kids got their names. Really, it's all Snape's fault. Crackfic oneshot.

Nuclear war breaks out and Voldemort casts a spell to stop time. He and Harry alone are left to defuse the missiles and prevent the war. Voldemort’s radiophobic. Oh joy. LVHP. Spoilers for HBP, none for DH.

Voldemort never saw this coming! Harry aquires an ottoman...AU, ignores DH and most of HBP for it's own sanity

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? Snape mentors Harry fic. violence,chld abuse,rape

What if...? Or: This is here. This isn't. Slash:HPSS

SnapeHarry, HBP compliant. Snape is Harry's prisoner. An unforeseen event changes their relationship. Or has it already been changing?