Blueowl: To Shape and Change
Fandom: Harry Potter 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. No Horcruxes.

This is one that I've recently re-read & I'm ( Read more... )

firefly - To Know Who I Am
Fandom: HP, BtVS Some 10 years post-"Chosen" in BtVS and seven years after the final victory over Voldemort, Celia is a slayer-witch stationed as a teacher in Hogwarts in an effort to head off a dire prophesy.

This story was nominated for an award on TtH for the best original character and deservedly so. I also found it ( Read more... )

fyre - The Eighth Weasley
Fandom: HP, BtVS The basic premise is that Willow is the long lost kidnapped twin to Ginny Weasley. She goes off to Hogwarts to learn more about magic, and when Glory turns up the logical place to hide Dawn is at Hogwarts! This is a very humorous read and the characterisation is generally very good.  The romance between ( Read more... )

nomadicwriter - Conspiracy of Silence series
Fandom: HP This is the story of Serverus Snape's time at Hogwarts, starting with his first year and his gradual induction (as a spy) into the Death Eaters. Very well written and sympathetic to his character.

• First Impressions
• Second Sight
• Triple Exposure
• Band of Four
• Fifth Columnist

marinarusalka - Harry Potter and the Polka Dot Plague
Fnadom: HP Harry and Snape both contract a wizarding childhood illness that is all the worse for them being older. Forcing them to be quarantined to the same sickroom, it is both funny and occasionally touching.

Length: long
Rating: PG
Pairing: none

spankerella - A Drop in the Ocean series
Fandom: HP, BtVS Willow, Giles and Tara are the new professors at Hogwarts. Quite apart from the great story, the romance between Willow and Snape is wonderfully done, as is the redemption of Draco and the revelation of his connection to Spike.
Starts off a little shakily in the first few chapters but then settles down ( Read more... )

anoron - The Key to Marauding
Fandom: HP, BtVS In this AU, Dawn is the one who dives through the portal. She ends up at Hogwarts during the time when Harry's parents and the rest of the gang are teenagers. I found it entertaining seeing the young Marauders and there's a fair degree of humour.

Length: long (42 chapters)
Rating: NC17
Pairing: Dawn/

jinni - Nobler Still
Fandom: BtVS, HP Willow goes to London to take over the management of a family property when her Uncle Sirius dies - and gets tangled up in more than she ever expected.
Excellent writing but ends rather abruptly. Begs for a sequel but apparently there isn't to be one.
Length: long (25 chapters)
Rating: MA
Pairing: Willow/