Challenges for the Harry/Snape Festival

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Challenges
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(Name of challenger in paranthesis. I bet no scenario is exactly 'new' however)

1. In the fight against the Dark Lord, Snape needs to rub a potion onto Harry's naked body. This leads to revelations of the sexual kind (Kira)

2. Snape and Harry get caught somewhere and have to cooperate to get out of danger. They get to know each other in ways they didn't before. (Kira)

3. Draco Malfoy throws a hex on Harry that makes Harry horny as hell, but Draco had not expected Harry to make Snape his object of attention (Kira)

4. Snape is dying. Harry is the only one who can save him. How? (Kira)

5. Sirius Black nearly kills Severus when finding out that Snape has romantic feelings for Harry. What is Harry's reaction to this? (Kira)

6. Harry and Snape have an argument that makes the magic crackle through Hogwarts. It culminates in crackling passion. (Kira)

7. Hermione has seen the way Snape looks at Harry, and Harry is really, really *dense*. She decides to get him on the clue-bus. (Kira)

8. Snape's got a funny feeling whenever Harry's around. Is it indigestion? Heartburn? Appendicitis? Snape's never been in love before and realizing what's going on with him is simply... unacceptable. Or is it? (Kira)

9. Snape gets kicked out of Hogwarts. People say it's because he's raped a student. Harry doesn't believe it. (Kira)

10. Voldemort finds out that Snape is a double-agent, and boy is Snape in BIG trouble now. Harry finds out and goes off to save Snape. (Kira)

11. Harry and Snape get lost in the Dark Forest (Kira)

12. Harry gets a hold of Snape's diary. (Kira)

13. Snape realizes his true feelings for Harry Potter and decides to leave Hogwarts before he does something he'll regret. (Kira)

14. Harry really thinks Snape is too old. Snape has a hard time accepting it, so what does he do to remedy this? (Kira)

15. Snape really thinks Harry is too young. Harry won't accept it, so what does he do to convince Snape that they are really a a match made in ... ah... heaven? (Kira)

16. Dumbledore is quite wicked, and he's got it in his head that the animosity between Harry and Snape really is quite another feeling. (Kira)

17. Harry sees Snape wearing leather. It's a revelation of sorts. (Kira)

18. Harry and Snape are married and one of them wants kids. The other doesnt. (Kira)

19. Harry, Snape. Detention. (Kira)

20. Harry's got amnesia, and Snape takes the opportunity to ... redefine... their relationship. (Kira)

21 Harry's impotent, and the only one who can create the potion necessary to help is Snape. Only... Snape wants something in return (Kira)

22. Snape must get married or he'll lose something important. Harry offers to help. (Kira)

23. Harry makes a love potion to get someone to love him, but accidentally, Snape drinks it. (Kira)

24. One or other of them is a hermaphrodite. How did it happen? How did he keep it hidden? What does the other one make of it when he finds out? (Anonymous)

25. Alternate universe: Dark Lord Harry Potter needs a Master potions maker/alchemist. (Anonymous)

26. Alternate universe: Snape is Voldemort's right hand man. Voldemort makes him a gift of the son of an enemy. (Anonymous)

27. Harry finds a spell which will bind him and his beloved together forever. He casts it, but by accident it ends up binding him and Snape. (Anonymous)

28. Voldemort decided to make the most obvious use of Snape, and asks him to bring Harry to him. What does Snape do? (Anonymous)

29. Snape works at Hogwarts because he must - he needs the money. He is in love with Harry, who is about to leave Hogwarts forever. How does he go about winning the heart of the Boy Who Has Everything Given to Him On A Plate? (Anonymous)

30. Snape belongs to Harry. (Note, 'belongs', not 'is bought by'.) (Anonymous)

31. Harry belongs to Snape. (Note, 'belongs', not 'is bought by'.) (Anonymous)

32. Harry is a virgin, and he's decided that Snape will have the honor. He is relentless although Snape is very reluctant. (Kira)

33. Sev (or Harry) finds Harry (or Sev) after he has been captured by Voldemort/ DeathEaters/other nasty people, and Sev(or Harry) is the only one who can help. (Quoth the Raven)

34. Sev and Harry have extremely different tastes in entertainment. This leads to disharmony, MSTing and "of course you realise, DIS means *war*!" (Quoth the Raven)

35. When Harry finds the Mirror of Erised again, it's not his parents he sees, but Snape and himself. (Kira)

36. Voldemort forces Snape to seduce Harry. (Kira)

37. Harry spends a holiday at Hogwarts, and the only person who can distract him out of his boredom is Snape. (Kira)

38. Snape and Harry have to enter the Muggles' world to find some gadget necessary in the fight against Voldemort (Kira)

39. Hogwarts staff. Spiked punch. Drinking game. (Quoth the Raven)

40. Sev suspects that someone is deliberately messing with Harry's mind. (Quoth the Raven)

41. Snape is engaging in some self-love and Harry catches him. (Kira)

42. There's a power out there who 'eats/drains' magic, and it's after the more powerful of witches and magicians. Of course, Harry and the rest of the Hogwarts inhabitants are on the top of the list (Kira)

43. A parchment with written Parsel Tongue is found. It holds important information about the fight against Voldemort. Harry and Sev must help each other to decipher it. (Kira)

44. Harry and Snape are the sole survivors after Voldemort's defeat (Kira)

45. Determined to finally decide which one is the better man, Harry and Snape challenge/are challenged to a game of one on one. (Downdilly)

46. Harry had a real premonition in Trelawny's class and it involved Harry and Sev. (Titti)

47. Severus hasn't been seen for years. One day, he meets Harry in So-Ho (or a
club) (Titti)

48. Harry and Sev come out to their families and friends.(Titti)

49. Harry and Sev decide to get married, but first Harry has to meet the Snape family. (Titti)

50. Snape has always looked at Harry as the 'Boy Who Gets Whatever He Wants' but finds out that the Dursleys are actually abusing him. He offers to take care of Harry, but what he feels isn't appropriate for a Legal Guardian. (Kira)

51. Harry and Snape play Truth or Dare. What in the world for? (Kira)

52. A maze with traps and riddles. Harry and Snape are caught in it. (Kira)

53. Severus is secretly the Hogsmeade contact for the Gay Wizards Advice Service. He corresponds by anonymous letter with an unhappy wizard (Harry) (Laura Beth)

54. Severus finally gives into the temptation to teach Perfect Mr Potter a lesson he will not forget, but Harry enjoys it rather too much! (Laura Beth)

55. After Hogwarts Harry joins an enthusiasts club and discovers that Severus is a member too. They come to realise that they share more than an unusual hobby. (Laura Beth)

56. Harry has gone missing, and Snape gets eerie visits during the night by an apparition that looks like Harry. What's happened? (Kira)

57. School trip to a tropical place. Snape is forced along as a chaperone. He gets heatstroke because he refuses to take off his thick/warm robes. Why? (Kira)

58. Harry finds out that Severus Snape is gay. It gives him ideas. (Kira)

59. Snape is about to get married, and Harry realizes that he doesn't hate Snape after all. (KIra)

60. Harry and Snape both land in the infirmary. They are both bored to tears but Madame Pomfrey won't let them out. Harry just happens to possess a deck of cards and they wind up playing strip poker... (Dani Rose)

61. Voldemort has caught Harry in another of his petty 'showdown' plots, though this time he is determined to torture and kill the boy, once and for all. Snape is asked to perform. Harry will finally know which side Snape is on. Or will he? (Snaples)

62. Lucius asks Draco to poison Harry, per Voldemort's orders, and Snape catches advance knowledge of this. He must now figure out how to prevent the assassination without betraying his position in the Dark Lord's army. (Snaples)

63. Snape has to tutor Harry on duelling. (Snaples)

64. In an effort to infiltrate Voldemort's forces, Harry decides to 'turn bad' and offer his services to the Dark Lord. Things go slightly awry when Harry is told he must receive the Dark Mark before even getting within 10 feet of the Slytherin serpent. Snape has an idea. (Snaples)

65. While visiting Sprout's green house for ingredients, Snape unwittingly stumbles on a teenage mandrake halfway out of his pot. They stop. Look at each other. And the mandrake screams. Harry finds Snape some time later. (Snaples)

66. A risky potion is botched and -- acting as an unstable portkey -- transports Harry and Snape back in time to a seedy Wizarding village (before it became Hogsmeade) where they must assume a Master/slave relationship while they try to figure out how to escape. (Snaples)

67. Forced by circumstances, a shared broomride reveals some startling revelations. (Snaples)

68. Enough is enough. Pushed once too many times, Harry confronts Snape and loses control. (Snaples)

69. After the use of veritaserum proves to be inaccurate, Albus creates a magical chamber in Hogwarts where it is impossible to lie while standing inside it. Curious, Harry investigates. Grumbling, Snape must put the finishing touches to the charms. Snickering, Peeves locks the door. (Snaples)

70. Harry finds himself in an uncomfortable (though oddly compelling) conversation with the Bloody Baron, who is more than enthusiastic about imparting anecdotes about 'Severus 'Slick' Snape'. Snape interrupts. (Snaples)

71. Dumbledore decides that the Quidditch pitch should have a MagiTron, can you imagine the havoc this will cause by messages written back and forth from students and teachers? (Nika)

72. Snape refuses to let Harry alone until a potion is made perfectly. Problem is the potion takes three days to make. (Nika)

73. Madame Pomfrey gets sick and Snape is pulled as her replacement, Harry get knocked off his broom/gets in a fight/has something happen to him, you get the picture. (Nika)

74. Trelawney gazes into the astrological charts and see that certain couples are 'perfect' for one another. When Snape sees Harry getting paired with someone other than him, heads roll. (Nika)

75. "It's a wonderful life, Severus Snape." Snape is feeling bitter because of the way his life turned out, and is given the opportunity to see what the world would have been like if he hadn't been born. (Diana)

76. Snape doesn't care that he is unliked by everyone, but an old friend - now deceased - does. The Ghost of Lucius Malfoy tells him he'll be visited by three spirits, who can help him change his life before it's too late... (Diana)

77. AU - Draco Malfoy has come to Hogsmeade in search of education, but instead he falls for the beautiful younger daughter/son (character of your choice) of Albus Dumbledore. Problem: his Love has an older brother, Harry, who is possessed of a headstrong (and shrewish) disposition and Dumbledore has declared that his oldest must be married before he'll give the younger's hand in matrimony. Help arrives in the form of his father's old friend, Severus Snape -- a nobleman, sadly fallen on hard financial times, who has come to Hogsmeade in search of a rich spouse. Who, exactly, will tame who? (Diana)

78. AU - "It is a fact generally acknowledged, that a young man in possession of a fortune must also be in search of a wife." (Jane Austin, Pride & Prejudice) The arrival of a young bachelor in the area of Hogsmeade sets all the unmarried men & women's hearts a-flutter. But it is the young man's friend, the proud Mr. Snape, who has caught Harry's attention. Will he be able to overcome prejudice to find happiness? (Diana)

79. Severus and Harry wage war on each other in the Mall, dressed in Military fatigues, war paint on their faces and packing spray guns, filled with brightly colored paint. (Dani Rose)

80. Harry and Sev had a good life together, but now that they are getting old, Harry knows he'll have quite a few years to live without his husband. (Kira)

81. Snape, for some reason, loses his magical powers and has to live in the muggle world. Harry tries to find a cure. (Kira)

82. Incorporate the following sentence in a story: "I don't take it up the ass, Potter," Severus snarled. (Kira)

83. Auction. Snape's for sale. Harry buys him. (Kira)

84. Harry and Snape are caught having sex, while Harry is still a student. What happens? (Kira)

85. A wizarding world marriage ceremony (Kira)

86. Sex in public. (Kira)

87. Sex on a broomstick. Is that even possible? (Kira)

88. Severus finds Harry crying. Why is Harry crying, and what does Sev do? (Kira)

89. Snape is actually gay, but his dealings with the Death Eaters have left him quite cold to sex. But what about love? (Kira)

90. Future Harry comes back in time to tell his younger self that Snape and he have to get together in order to save the world from Voldemort. (Kira)

91. Snape is forced to drink a potion that makes him lose all inhibitions. (Kira)

92. Harry is forced to drink a potion that makes him los all inhibitions (Kira)

93. Snape's and Harry's first Christmas celebration together (Kira)

94. A first time between Harry and Snape where they really, really want each other, but it's not exactly a roaring success despite that fact. (Kira)

95. No dungeon is complete without shackles and chains. Harry and Snape find good uses for it. (Kira)

96. Harry, Snape, Pic-nic, sex (Kira)

97. AU: What if Harry and Snape had been of the same age? (Kira)

98. Snape in drag. Why? (Kira)

99. Snape doing a strip tease for Harry. (Kira)

100. Snape's never had sex with a guy before. (Kira)

101. Hogwarts has an anti-magic spell thrown on it. How do the residents of Hogwarts reverse it? (Kira)

102. Snape moonlights on a 1-900 number. Harry calls. (Kira)

103. Snape is drunk, has lost someone very dear to him. Harry tries to comfort. (Kira)

104. Dumbledore has decided that bickering among the houses has gone too far. Head of Slytherin Severus Snape and Head of Gryffindor Harry Potter have to stay tied to each other by magical bonds for a week. (Kira)

105. Harry and Snape are slowly easing into a relationship. They are incredibly attracted to one another, but they don't have that much in common - at first glance - and they disagree on a lot of things, but ... slowly they come to realize what they *do* have in common, which is more than what you might think, such as ... (Kira)

106. Harry likes it when Snape talks dirty. Snape is uncharacteristically unsure in this area. (Kira)

107. Harry and Snape enter a relationship during Harry's sixth year, and Harry has to leave Hogwarts during summer. How do they keep their relationship going? Letters by owl? Phonecalls? Visits? (Kira)

108. Fuck or die scenario with Harry and Snape (Kira)

109. Harry overhears Snape talking to Dumbledore. WHAT? Snape's attracted to him?! (Kira)

110. Harry and Snape are in a relationship, but Harry gets itchy, and is unfaithful. What happens? (Kira)

111. Harry hasn't been at Hogwarts for years. Snape and he run across each other somewhere else. First meeting in a very long time. All kinds of sparks fly. (Kira)

112. Snape and Harry through someone else's eyes. (Kira)

113. Snape and Harry through *something* else's "eyes". (Kira)

114. Snape starts having wet dreams about Harry that are so vivid, he can't get them off his mind in broad daylight. And Harry looks like he hasn't slept in *days* (Kira)

115. Harry finds out when Snape's birthday is and realizes that he never celebrates it. (Kira)

116. Harry turns sixteen and finds an anonymous gift among his few presents (Kira)

117. Snape won't let go in bed. What does Harry do to drive him out of his mind? (Kira)

118. Sev is so nasty to Harry because he feels sorry for him, the whole wizarding world depending on one little boy, he comes to realize he's developing feelings for the boy. What does he do about it? (AnaRae)

119. After the defeat of Voldemort, Harry's personality goes extreme, either withdrawing into himself or constantly throwing himself into dangerous situations. Sev steps in to try to help. (AnaRae)

120. In the aftermath of the final battle Harry is looking for some comfort, but no one really understands what he's been through, except for the greasy potions professor. (AnaRae)

121. Sev gives Harry extra DADA lessons, they spend a lot of time together, what other kind of learning goes on? (AnaRae)

122. Harry comes out to his friends, they don't take it well, it's just one more way Harry is different and he can't take any more. Sev talks him down. (AnaRae)

123. The Death Eaters are getting downright desperate when their plans start going downhill thanks to Harry and Snape. Draco decides that it's time that he impressed Voldemort by attempting a capture of his own...the problem is...Lucius forgot to mention that Snape's not a Death Eater anymore! How does Snape decide to deal with the situation or will he even help Harry? (Emmy)

124. Harry gets arrested for soliciting in Hogsmeade. Snape has to pay his bail. (Sezstar)

125. Harry gets a sexually transmitted disease, (can be serious or not), Snape has to cure him. (Sezstar)

126. Why is Snape wearing make up? (Sezstar)

127. Lockheart shows up parading his new toy boy Harry Potter. What? Why? How? How does Snape react? (Sezstar)

128. Harry is in a rock band. Why is Snape at one of their concerts? (Sezstar)

129. Harry finds a suicide note from Snape (can be fake or real), giving Harry's hate of him as one of the reason's for him taking his own life. Can Harry find him in time? (Sezstar)

130. Rita Skeeter gets an exclusive story on Harry's private life - how is the Potion's master involved? (Melodysatin)

131. An Mpreg scenario - Harry gets pregnant and Severus has to confess publicly to quash the rumours flying around the school and save Harry's reputation (Melodysatin)

132. How does Harry deal with finding out that Snape really tried to protect him from Quirrel (in the movie)? How does he reconcile Snapes actions with the
man he thinks he knows? (TazzyJan)

133. Someone at Hogwart's is trying to kill Harry. Who and how? Also, how does Severus react when he finds out? (TazzyJan)

134. Harry is given/finds a box of his parents' mementos. What's in it? (Downdilly)

135. The evening before Harry is to wed another (deciding to live up to expectations of wizarding world instead of following his heart and coming out of the closet), when Snape shows at his bachelor party plans begin to change as the evening progresses. (ProfSnapeFan)

136. Harry & Snape have been together for years, and things are starting to get predictable in the bedroom. They try to spice things up and bring the magic back. (ProfSnapeFan)

137. While going through a box of his parents things, Harry finds a contract where he was betrothed to Snape as an infant. (ProfSnapeFan)

138. Two enemies, trapped in Voldemort's dungeons together, awaiting their execution. With an hour left to live, how do they decide to spend it? (of course a rescue is allowed before the execution). (ProfSnapeFan)

139. What if Harry had been sorted into Slytherin? (Kira)

140. Harry learns his mother was a Death Eater. Who else better to ask than Severus? (Bella Ireland)

141. Harry gets raped by Ron, Neville, and Seamus for being gay. Severus catches them after the violation. When Harry commits suicide, Severus finds him two minutes too late. He goes to Albus for a time-turner and is determined to save The Boy Who Lived once again. (Bella Ireland)

142. Four years after Graduation, Severus and Harry drink a bottle of Firewhiskey as a tribute to Hagrid, who has died. They wake up naked on the Quidditch Pitch right before Slytherin-vs-Gryffindor for the house cup. (Bella Ireland)

143. By accident, Severus enters Harry's pensieve and discovers there's quite a bit more to his lover. (BDSM THEME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED HERE) *Seeker's Disciplinary Authority inspired that* (Bella Ireland)

144. Harry dreams Severus is dying and wants to see him. Severus confesses that a chaste kiss they shared after the victory was the happiest moment in his life. Does Harry realize he made a mistake six years ago and go after the man he once loved? (Bella Ireland)

145. Harry watches Severus masturbating after which he calls out Lupin's name. Harry decides to drink polyjuice potion made from Remus in order to lure Snape to bed. What happens when Severus discovers his secret? (Bella Ireland)

146. When Harry's wife dies, he finds more than comfort in an old enemy. (Bella Ireland)

147. Severus becomes so possessive over Harry that Remus and Sirius are forced to intervene. Will Harry fess up and admit that he has been dabbling in a little Dark Magic himself to keep the man he loves? (Bella Ireland)

148. Harry goes to Azkaban after the war to retrieve his lover Severus. Can he save Harry from the Dementor's? (Bella Ireland)

149. Snape sneers at, berates and ridicules Harry in class. It turns Harry on something fierce. (Kira)

150. Incorporate the quote "Cry havoc and let lose the dogs of war" into the fic. (KC)

151. Sev/Harry as an established couple and someone bitter/wistful about what might have been. Can end however you want it (threesome, foursome, something kinkier...or a bitter lonely person. ::grin:: Whatever.) (KC)

152. A spell Harry and (insert name) are working on for sixth year charms is mangled, or somehow goes awry. It somehow brings Harry's younger self into the future with him. Snape gets stuck Harrysitting (you tell why). What does he find out? (KC)

153. Harry thinking about scars, emotional and physical, and how they've shaped his life. (KC)

154. Harry gets ahold of an American movie and one of the actors bears more than a passing resemblance to Professor Snape...what was the movie and what happens? (KC)

155. Food fight in the Great Hall, and Harry throws a pie right in the face of Severus Snape (by mistake or deliberately). What next? (Kira)

156. Write an adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast" with Harry as the beauty and Snape as the beast (Kira)

157. For some reason, Harry has a muggle visitor, and while Harry isn't home he/she starts a fire. At that moment, Severus Snape - for whatever reason - chooses to Floo in via the fireplace. (Kira)

158. Snape is killed by Lord Voldemort, but his ghost returns to Hogwarts to haunt a certain Boy-Who-Lived. (Maddie Eerie)

159. Harry and Severus are somehow transported back in time. What era do they end up in and how do they eventually get together (and do they ever make it home)? (Maddie Eerie)

160. Severus Snape is placed under a Sleeping Beauty curse. He will only wake up with the kiss of his true love. Could it be Harry Potter? (Maddie Eerie)

161. Snape's really odd hobby. What is it and how does Harry find out about it? (Maddie Eerie)

162. One last time before battle (Nienna Ciryatan)

163. Harry thanks Severus for always being there.(Nienna Ciryatan)

164. Include Harry saying, "Aw, piss off!" to someone. Not necessarily Severus. (Nienna Ciryatan)

165. Harry is so flustered by Severus that what he turns in is NOT the Potions essay that was due. Oops! (Maddie Eerie)

166. Seamus expresses the opinion (loudly) in the Gryffindor Common Room that Snape is dickless. Harry indignantly denies this and everyone wonders "but how does he know?" Embarassment ensues... (Maddie Eerie)

167. Snape assigns Harry the uneviable task of tutoring Neville Longbottom in Potions. Unfortunately, Neville brews up something that has quite an interesting effect on Harry and Snape must step in to help. Actually, maybe the accident WAS quite fortunate. (Maddie Eerie)

168. Harry does a spell that allows him to discover what people REALLY think about him. Imagine his surprise when he finds out just what kinds of thoughts are directed at him by his hated Potions Master. (Maddie Eerie)

169. Remus Lupin smells the attraction between Harry and Severus on each of them and decides to play matchmaker. (Maddie Eerie)

170. Oh dear, Dobby sees something he shouldn't on a visit to Snape's private chambers -- a nude Boy-Who-Lived! (Maddie Eerie)

171. Harry discovers that Snape brews up intoxicants in his Potions Lab and demands a taste. (Maddie Eerie)

172. Severus Snape really IS a vampire. And he wants to suck Harry. (Maddie Eerie)

173. Snape's parents come for a visit. What do they think of his lover, Harry Potter, and why does his mother still think that grandchildren are a possibility? (Maddie Eerie)

174. Severus receives his latest issue of an alternative wizard's subscription. The cover states this issue contains Quidditch stars, past and present. Severus discovers the Boy Who Lived is the centerfold. What will he do to get to play with Harry's equipment? Remember, wizarding photos move... (Bella Ireland)

175. Severus and Harry take a trip to Bangkok. *laughs* They discover a swinging establishment of sorts, and also discover they're not the only wizards on vacation. (Bella Ireland)

176. Severus' sketches a very *randy* nude Harry lying on his bed. (Bella Ireland)

177. Severus gives Harry a bit of oral pleasure during a speech he's giving in front of the Board of Governors. Thank god for the invisibility cloak. (Bella Ireland)

178. For god (or the unfortunate author that gets this) knows what reason, the students decide to hold a karaoke contest. Who's judging, what are the songs, and will they (the characters in general) survive the horrors sure to abound? (KC)

179. Snape is being a voyeur, he watches Harry playing with his broomstick. How Harry's playing with the broomstick is up to you. (Nika Boadicea)

180. Harry's first kiss with Severus triggers some accidental magic... (J. Lynn)

181. Severus must at some point say, "You are naked and you are not in your right mind." (Knightsky)

182. Somebody (please, not Sirius; that's been done to death) decides that Snape's not good enough for Harry. He or she goes to amazing, often ridiculous lengths to break them up. (Madbyrd)

183. Somebody (can be either a canon or original character) wants Harry Potter and doesn't care that he's already taken. Snape fights his dirtiest yet to keep what's rightfully his. (Madbyrd)

184. Snape's old flame shows up at Hogwarts trying to win him back. Does Harry surrender meekly... or fight like a true Slytherin to keep his man? (Madbyrd)

185. Snape. Harry. Altar. Sex. (Art) (Madbyrd)