A Gilded Cage: A Harry Potter Story
It was his eyes that caught his attention. They were the eyes of someone with nothing left to lose. Normally, such eyes left him wary, but the sight of such eyes in this boy left…
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Ghosts of Christmas – Chapter 6: The End of It All
Severus walked into the Hog’s Head on Boxing Day to meet Dumbledore for a late lunch, as they had agreed earlier. Harry had insisted he keep the appointment. “You will have to face him again…
Ghosts of Christmas – Chapter 5: The Last of the Spirits
Time seemed to fly by and before they knew it, the last of the Spirits entered quietly. “I bet he owns a Thestral,” Harry whispered, shivering a little as the figure went by. It was…
Ghosts of Christmas – Chapter 4: The Second of the Three Spirits
To Severus and Harry, it felt like only seconds before an enormous amount of food and drink appeared in the room, accompanied by a giant of a man in green robes. His curly brown hair…
The Christmas Gift – Epilogue
~ by Severitus The rest of the school year passed by with hardly any change at all in Potions class. Professor Snape was still as cruel and unfair as always, even with the scrawny feline…
Ghosts of Christmas – Chapter 3: The First of the Three Spirits
“There’s Smoky.” Harry nudged Severus, who had dozed off in front of the television. The men nervously stood. “The first of the spirits is about to arrive,” the spectre announced, and held out her hands…
The Christmas Gift – Chapter 4
~ by Severitus It was a cat. A small, scrawny black cat with enormous blue eyes, two white feet, and a gigantic red bow tied messily around its neck. And now it was sniffing him,…
Ghosts of Christmas – Chapter 2: Nicholas’ Ghost
Albus Dumbledore sat quietly in his office. Everyone was off celebrating, and the normal flock of owls that demanded his attention was noticeably absent for this one day of the year. He very much enjoyed…
The Christmas Gift – Chapter 3
~ by Severitus Severus Snape hated Christmas. He hated the sound of people laughing and singing, he hated the decorated trees and the red and green everywhere, he hated the smell of baking Christmas treats,…
Ghosts of Christmas – Chapter 1: Introduction
Harry walked into the library in the late afternoon on Christmas day to find Severus holding a book and looking pensive. “What is it?” Harry asked Severus frowned. “You know earlier, when we thought about…