As he attempts to retrieve the sword of Gryffindor from the forest pool, Harry Potter begins to drown, but Severus Snape is waiting in the shadows. A split second's decision leads to an unspoken understanding.

Severus Snape becomes Headmaster of Hogwarts, with the aim of protecting as many students as he can. Despised, rejected, worn down by the war, Snape will be confronted with a dilemma: face his task alone, or turn to the only person left who trusts him, former student Graihagh Corlett, in hiding from the Death Eaters, in need of help-and very good at getting on his nerves.

Severus Snape is about to become one of the youngest professors ever taken on at Hogwarts, a position he takes with reluctance, and makes the transition from Death Eater to teacher while dealing with his grief. Graihagh Corlett begins Hogwarts with a determination to make it big, and discovers a talent for Potions. What happens next could bring Snape face-to-face with his past.

Marlene thought she and Narcissa had the perfect relationship. But lately Narcissa has become distant and withdrawn, and Marlene is determined to find out why-and to comfort her.

When a mysterious woman visits Spinner's End, nine-year-old Severus Snape will find an unlikely friend, and Eileen will find her inner strength. Rated T for non-graphic domestic violence, implied/referenced child abuse, and language

Marlene McKinnon is everything Narcissa Black thought she couldn't stand-immature, annoying, and a blood-traitor. The last thing Narcissa ever expected was to fall deeply in love. But loving her would mean walking away from the only life she's ever known-and she's not sure she can go through with it. But encouragement will come in the form of her beloved sister. Femslash.

One month after the death of her beloved Elphinstone, Minerva McGonagall must face her grief and decide whether or not to return to Hogwarts. Along the way, she will find that comfort can come from unlikely places.