With his dark appearance, piercing, cold eyes, and snarky character, he had become the local bogeyman parents ordered their children to stay away from. That's why Severus was astonished to catch a sound of someone singing under his windows this Christmas night, breaking his pleasant solitude.

(A one shot. In response to the "Human Shield" challenge by Ananke on Potions and Snitches). And now the story was repeating itself. With the same Shrieking Shack, the same werewolf, and the same Potter brat. In Severus' opinion, James and Harry were the one person with the only difference – they belonged to different time lines.

What if it was Cedric who had made it from the graveyard? Would the Order of the Phoenix manage to rescue Harry from the claws of ressurected Voldemort? What role will a certain Potions Master play in all that mess? Guardian/Father Snape (no slash)

How did one suppose to get out from the intricacies of the castle when the situation stunk?