Severus Snape only hopes to get through his seventh year at Hogwarts mostly intact. But after attending a new course offered this year, he finds himself both dreaming and visiting a little cottage by the sea. What exactly is this place? And who exactly is the witch he keeps seeing around the cottage's grounds? X-posted to AO3.

What if Harry had a twin sister? What if she had been placed in Slytherin and befriended Draco? What if at the end of the day this new trio failed the wizarding world? What if they were given a second chance to change things? But have to leave everyone they know behind. {Rated M for future content. Fantasy/Romance/Angst}

The scene mentioned in Chapter 5 of my main project "Saving the World: Round 2" where James Potter is attacked by gnomes sicked on him by Lyka during the summer before his second year at Hogwarts. Can be read without reading any of "Saving the World: Round 2".