A correspondence between Severus Snape, Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and Elias Sylvan, Fellow of the British Potioneers Society (and one of Severus' few friends). Rated T for occasional language.

Harry Potter's life was not the only one destroyed by the Dark Lord. An AU following the three McKinnon children who miraculously survived the night Voldemort came to call.