Ever marginalized, Snape remains undeterred in taking every opportunity to be at the right place at the right time should Lily's opinion of the Potter boy ever falter. Sometimes, however, you have to make your own luck.

A Judgement Day Harry Potter Challenge Entry on the subject of frenemies. Here, Max struggles with his relationship with his twin, Hamish. This vignette is set during The Chamber of Secrets just as Professor Lockhart displays his glorious ineptitude as a wizard to the whole school during a dueling club session with Professor Snape.

Not all Parselmouths are Slytherins. And not all Syltherins are snakes. House Slytherin was just the place that the clever and determined Theodore Nott could thrive... The Sorting Hat had assured him. Living amongst a house of Death-Eaters-to-be holds its own challenges for an individualist like Nott. This year, his Slytherin friends may be his worst enemies.