Themed list: Animals
Posted on March 28, 2008
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As a present for Ntamara’s birthday, this is an innocent brother to Ntamara’s Mater List of Bestiality Fiction in Harry Fandom.
Animals in HP fanfiction (non-bestiality)
What I take:
I’m interested in animals: animals’ POV, animals’ behaviour, interactions between human and animal.
- stories where non-canon pets play an important part. For example, if the main character owns a cat or a dog (fish, rabbit, whatever) and this pet is actually present in the plot, not just mentioned, such a fic fits.
- stories where canon pets interact mostly with somebody other than their canon owner or where their part is significant and differs from canon. For example, if Hermione’s cat Crookshanks is very attracted to Harry.
- non-canon Animagi, which includes any known Animagus (i.e. Professor McGonagall, Sirius Black, Rita Skeeter, Peter Pedigrew, James Potter) as any other animal than what they are in canon;
- any other character as an Animagus;
- non-Animagi transformation into animals. If Draco Malfoy gets stuck as the unfortunate ferret, it fits. However there’s a HUGE number of fics of this type, and the risk of coming across a bad!fic is too high so I will be picky.
- canon magical creatures only if they play some special part that wasn’t written in the books (like Buckbeak’s part in Sirius’ escape). For example, if Luna befriends a Thestral and together they save Ron etc, it will fit.
- Charlie’s work with dragons or the life of a dragon reserve fits only if it’s shown in great many detail.
What doesn’t fit:
- canon magical creatures if they play the same part (even if their role is expanded) they had in the books;
- canon Animagi;
- bestiality stories. If you have doubts whether a fic contains bestiality or not, err on the side of caution.
- centaurs or werewolves don’t fit; firstly, they are not animals in my opinion, secondly, half the fics with Remus would fit otherwise and we would drown in them.
- if an Animagus transformation is mentioned but there are no details (like in Amanuensis’s No Happy Memories), that won’t do.
- no WIPs that have only a chapter or two written;
- no drabbles;
- do not bring fics you haven’t read;
- do not bring fics you didn’t like;
- do me a courtesy, please, do not leave only a link. I’d appreciate the following info: author, title, pairing, rating, WIP status; how the fic fits here.
Check these lists; there are lots of fics there:
Animagus fics: part 1, Animagus-list part 2: magical animals or multiple Animagi, compiled by lira_snape
Animal sex, compiled by lira_snape
I’m not adding here the fics from the HD Inspired Animagus fic exchange except for the couple of them that I read and liked. If you like H/D and Animagi fics, click on the link and go browse.
Special marks:
# - liked
## - loved
NR - have not read
new - added in the last month or so
Fics are sorted into the following groups:
1. Pets, familiars, work with animals (where people own, work with or befriend animals: cats, dogs, crups, kneazles, snakes, dragons ets).
2) People turned into animals: Animagi and non-Animagi transformations.
3) Both of the above and dubia.
Inside the groups fics are sorted in alphabetical order by TITLE (articles excluded, i.e. The Christmas Gift is placed under ‘C’)
These are NOT my recs; it’s just a collection of thematic links.
4×2 Series, by Undun (undunoops) (Link to the main page) #
Snape/Harry; PG-13 to R, novelette. Snape presents Harry, who is deaf after the destruction of Voldemort, a tiny guardian snake that can translate for him and become invisible.
ab epistulis, by autumnlecroix (aduialelin) #
Harry/Draco; R, novel-length. Summary: “15 yrs after Hogwarts, Draco owns a bookstore and ends up developing a correspondence with the author of his favorite novel. Humor, the abuse of a perfectly good lemon, cold showers, renegade books, and those “good intentions” that go bad.” Draco has a cat.
Accountable, by Dyce NR
Snape/Hermione, PG-13, novel-length. Summary: “The war is over. Hermione Granger’s life, while safer, is no less complicated. Victory has had unintended consequences which affect not only Hermione, but all those around her.” Crookshanks gives Snape a kneazle kitten, in chapter 11, as part of an effort to make him more likable.
All God’s Creatures, by MizBean
Gen, G, short. Summary: “Where Fred and George have a brilliant plan, Ginny is annoying, and Ron quietly has a nervous breakdown. Just a typical summer in the Weasley household.”
All Kinds of Revelations, by jessicaqueen
Harry/Remus, NC-17, shortish. Summary: “Harry receives some strange romantic advice from an unexpected source.” Harry has a snake.
And went for a walk in the wide, wide world , by emiime
Harry/Percy, PG-13, ~9200. Summary: “No one ever said it would be easy sharing an office with the Boy Who Lived—or sharing a life with his namesake.” Harry gives Percy a puppy.
Anger Management, by Koanju and Saeva
Multiple pairings, the main one Harry/Remus. Mild S&M, some bondage. NC-17, novel-length. Summary: “Harry Potter has a lot of anger. Remus Lupin has a lot of experience. Luna Lovegood has a lot going on. And some solutions work better than others.” In ch.9, after having eaten many rabbits, Harry gets one as a pet.
Sequel, Control Therapy.
Animals, by Koanju and Saeva
Snape/Blaise; NC-17, novella. Warnings: chan, questionable consent. Summary: “The boy was small. He was physically small, that is, but he was eleven; they were all small at that age.” Snape uses his familiar, cat Hemlock, to help entice Blaise.
As A Bat, by pottermalfoy24 (or here)
Harry/Draco; PG; novel-length. This novel is year 1. The series will probably be continued. Summary: “AU! When Voldemort tried to kill Harry, his aim was off. Now how will history be changed by a blind Harry Potter?” Harry befriends a garden snake, Richard.
Sequel: As A Bat II: The Heir of Slytherin (WIP and seems to be abandoned.)
Bad Omen, by rane_ab #
A drabble; G, gen, Thestral’s POV. Am taking it as an exception.
Before Peace, by Furiosity (or here, requires password) #
Harry/Draco and others (het & slash), hard R, WIP. After the war, Draco and others return to Hogwarts for their NEWT year. Several cats play a part.
Betrayals: a Story in Eight Parts, by Josan #
Snape/OMC and though this has slash in it, the pairing stated is a non-sexual one; R, novel-length. Sirius’ cousin Sylvester, to whom Snape is sent to hide him, has a talking macaw Fiji. He’s used to carry messages.
Beware of Evil Fluffy, by willysunny
Harry/Draco, PG, ficlet. Harry, Draco and a stray kitten.
Beware of the Phoenix, by Ntamara
Snape/Dumbledore; NC-17, short. Summary: “Do not mess with the phoenix, or the phoenix will mess with you.” Fawkes resents Dumbledore’s growing attachment to Severus Snape.
Bird’s Eye View, by isabeau
Harry/Ron; PG, short. Summary: “A rather unique angle on Harry and Ron.” The fic is written from Pig’s POV.
A Bit of All Right, by I Got TiredOfWaiting (or here)
Snape/Harry; NC-17; epic. Story II in Hiding Under The Ninth Earth Series. This part is complete, the series is WIP. Summary: “Hiding Under the Ninth Earth is a saga about Severus Snape and Harry Potter, their relationship and life together after the defeat of Voldemort. It’s about a new (yet old) nemesis and his bid for dominance and how two people, standing firm together, can defeat evil and change history.” Snape has a familiar, a big snake; Harry has a deaf white cat.
black like the faces at the bottom of the well, by rhoddlet
PG; gen, short. Ginny speaks Parseltongue. The garden at Burrow is full of snakes.
Blaise Zabini series, by GriffindorTower NR
PG-13; seems to be het. A series of future-fics about Hogwarts Care of MC professor Blaise Zabini, his cat Macavity and other creatures.
Blood, by Artemis Luna Diana NR
Harry/Snape; R, discontinued WIP. Summary: “All Harry wants, is to go home.” Harry becomes the leader of the world’s vampires, and has a snake familiar named Yui.
Blood Magic, by GatewayGirl ##
PG; gen with some Snape/Lupin and Harry/Hermione. Novel-length. Summary: “Blood magic was supposed to keep Harry safe, but his relatives are expendable. Blood magic was supposed to keep Harry looking like his adoptive father, but it’s wearing off. Blood is a bond, but so is the memory of hate — or love.” Harry talks to snakes; there’s Care of Magical Creatures with wyverns; Hermione gets a ferret.
Book of Shadows and its sequel Shadow Puppets, by Lux (escapisms) #
Harry/Snape, R/NC-17, novella. Summary: “The final weeks of Harry’s seventh year in which he watches people have sex, skips classes, and tells Dumbledore what he really thinks.” Crookshanks decides to be Harry’s pet, helps him, sleeps in his bed etc, in the end Hermione passes him to Harry for ever.
Bookaburra, by Trin (ztrin)
Harry/Draco, PG, ficlet. Summary: “Books and birds. A little ode to SQ.” It features a parrot called BloodyHellShutUp and another one by the name of FuckOffNowAndLeaveMeAlone.
Bringing Out The Hidden, by diagonalist
Snape/Harry; NC-17, one-shot. Warning: Harry’s 16; mentions of child abuse. Summary: “This fic is part of the ‘Infinite Cantatum’ Harry/Severus AU Fuh-Q-Fest. Challenge: 139 - Abused by his relatives all his life, Harry Potter never spoke a word. Dumbledore took the boy to Hogwarts when he turned eleven, but concealed him from the faculty and students. During the next six years he taught the boy all he knew, including how to do magic without words. But now Dumbledore thinks Harry needs to learn the subtle art of potion’s making and assigns Snape to be his teacher.” Harry has pet snakes.
Butterfly, by Nemesis
Gen; PG-13, short. Summary: “A rather twisted Sirius-brooding-in-Azkaban fic in which Sirius Black loves Shakespeare and, uh, talks to insects.” Sirius is in Azkaban and befriends a butterfly.
Care of Magical Creatures, by Bernice (iibnf)
Snape/Hagrid; NC-17; novella. Summary: “Hagrid simply loved monstrous creatures. The more lethal, the better.” Snape buys Hagrid a tiny Vietnamese dragon.
Cat among Serpents, by Fourth Rose (or here)
Gen; PG, short. Summary: Pansy is a cat person; Draco isn’t. Yet there’s more to this specific cat than meets the eye. Or is there? (pre-HBP)
Catspaws, by Doomspark Deathfire NR
Snape/Hermione, PG-13; novella. Summary: Chaos ensues when the Familiars at Hogwarts attempt to play matchmaker. This is my answer to “The Crookshanks Connection” challenge at WIKTT.
Charade, by Femme (femmequixotic)
Snape/Draco; NC-17, discontinued WIP. Summary: “Everything changes the morning after.” Draco finds a kitten.
Chimera, by blackkoda (link to ch.4)
Harry/Snape; PG, discontinued WIP. Summary: “Severus has to come to terms with his new master, a wizard by the name of Harry Potter.” There’s a flying, talking snake (coatl) named Merlin.
The Christmas Gift, by Severitus
Snape/Harry; PG, one-shot. Summary: “Harry’s in the Christmas spirit, and he’s determined to spread the joy…even to Professor Snape.” Harry gives Snape a kitten as a Christmas present.
Civil War-verse, by Sushi (wikdsushi) ##
Snape/Harry; NC-17, long novel. Summary: After Severus’ failed mission, Harry must unravel the mystery of the man’s past before time runs out. Warnings: Addiction/Drug Use, Chan, Dark, Mental Illness, Multiple Partners, Non-Con, Non-Snarry Pairing, Partner Betrayal, Rape, Suicide/Attempted Suicide, Violence/Torture. Harry finds reassurance taking care of a Thestral.
Come Fly With Me, by enchanted_jae (scroll down) NR
Harry/Draco, NC-17, novella. Warning(s): Eventual explicit sex, slash, language, rimming and wanking. Additional warning: This fic contains rough, intense sex in later chapters, which may be construed as dub-con. Summary: “Draco receives a rare and valuable gift from a secret admirer, bringing chaos to his orderly life.” Harry anonymously gives Draco an extremely rare and expensive dragon that acts like a bracelet.
Company with Dinner, by Amanuensis
G, gen, ficlet. Buckbeak misses Dogman.
Contrapasso, by RexLuscus (or here) ##
Snape/Harry; NC-17, novelette. Warnings: Dark, Non-Con, Violence/Torture. Summary: contrapasso, n. the ironic cosmological law ensuring that “the punishment fits the crime.” Team Angst entry in Snarry Games. Prompt: Dollhouse. There’s a cat in this fic that sort of works in the prison.
A Council of Owls (and One Ginger Cat), by Mnemosyne23
G; gen; short. Summary: “A late night conference between three diversely tempered owls and one large cat, post-GoF.”
Crookshanks at the Burrow, by Quin Firefrorefiddle
G; gennish Hermione/Percy, short. Crookshanks’ POV. Summary: Four short vignettes during the course of a summer day at the Burrow. Crookshanks only agrees to be woken from naps for special occasions or great entertainment, and a few of each occur here.
Dead Man Walking, by LeoGryffin
Harry/Charlie; NC-17, short. Dragon resort, Norbert (Nora).
Dead Snape Series, by caesia390
Harry/Snape; PG. In parts 5 and 6 of the series, Fundamental and Julia, Harry has a tabby.
Denizen of the Deep: A Hogwarts Fairy-Tale, by E.H. Smith
G; gen; one-shot. Summary: “What really happened when Dennis Creevey fell into the lake on his way to Hogwarts?” Meet the Giant Squid.
Eudaimonia (Happiness), by zillah (visionshadows) #
Snape/Bill, Snape/Harry; PG, short. Summary: “Snape kidnaps Harry and takes him to the only place where they are truly safe from Voldemort.” In a secret magic place, Harry attracts and befriends a goat, a butterfly, and a bird.
Fallen, by yih NR
Harry/Voldemort, Harry/Lucius, Harry/Snape; R, novel-length. AU. Summary: Taken as a child, Harry grows up knowing Nagini as his caretaker and Voldemort as a person that he’d like nothing more than to impress…
Fidelis, by Catherine Cook
G; gen. Chaptered fic, discontinued. The adventures of Snape and the Beanie Baby Hermione gives him and which was given life by an accidental curse.
The Fields of St. Herve, by Arsenic (arsenicjade) #
Draco/Remus (other het and femmeslash pairings mentioned), NC-17, novella. Summary: “Draco’s a bit down on his luck.” Remus adopts a stray dog.
Fish Tank, by Ashe
Harry/Draco, PG, short. Draco has a fish tank with 16 fish with significant names.
Flawed Lines, by diagonalist (or here, requires password)
Harry/Snape, R, novel-length. Summary: Tired of live in general, Harry loses the will to survive. Too bad for him that one of his professors simply doesn’t see life the way he does. Warnings: suicidal tendencies, abuse. A friendly snake in a painting near Snape’s chambers presents Harry an egg from which he gets a guardian snake.
Fool (Or, The Many Good Deeds of Draco Malfoy), by avocado_love #
Harry/Draco, R, ~18000 words. Team Canon. Warnings: EWE, language, sexual situations. Summary: “You haven’t done one brave or noble thing in your life, Malfoy. Then you come into my house and ask me why I won’t do the right thing for you? What have you ever done for anyone?” Draco adopts a dog (and more).
For Services Rendered, by Minx (miraminx) (or here) #
Snape/Harry; NC-17, short. Summary: Response to Dixiebell’s challenge: “Harry has something that Snape desperately wants. Harry offers to trade him for it.” Then things get much more complicated than Snape anticipated.” Snape keeps a snake to take its eggs for potions. Harry as a Parselmouth helps him to take care of it.
For the Birds, Acropolis, Enfants, by Blythely ##
Harry/Draco, PG; short. Hedwig is courted by Draco’s black eagle owl Quetzal.
The Fourteen Days of Valentine’s, by Raine
Snape/Harry; R, short. Summary: “Severus initates an ancient courting ritual, on one very bewildered Harry.” In order to woo Harry, Snape sends him gifts every day. Day one is, for example, a rose, day two brings two books, day three - three vials of potions, day four - four kittens. Harry carries them with him, they sleep in his bed and when there’s a danger, they guard him. Part of “From Dusk til Dawn - the Harry Potter/Severus Snape Fuh-Q-Fest” at kardasi.com. For password join the Kardasi-security y!group.
The Gift of Sight, by keikokin (you’ll have to register) NR
Harry/Lucius; R/NC-17; one-shot. Warning: OOC. Summary: “Because of an accident involving Lucius Malfoy, Harry Potter loses his sight. Lucius takes care of him.” Harry has to have a dog.
new Golden Star, by little-sun NR
Gen, short. Summary: Harry has a new pet, Severus has a new pet, and there’s a first time for everything. Sorry for killing Hedwig again. Blame JKR for allowing only one familiar.
Grim, by Mahaliem #
Gennish Harry/Draco, PG-13, short. Summary: Post-war, Post-Hogwarts. Harry lived alone.
Happy Christmas, Harry Potter!, by Nimori
Harry/Lucius; NC-17; discontinued WIP; MPreg. Summary: “When Harry and Lucius lose what’s most important to them, they unexpectedly gain something precious.” Harry meets a snake, talks to her and her children, feeds them.
Harmless and Easily Domesticated, by Angie Astravic (angie_v12)
PG; gen, long. Summary: “Hagrid has been forbidden to teach creatures of classification higher than XX: harmless/may be domesticated. So nothing can possibly go wrong in his classes — right? Augureys and Clabberts and Bowtruckles, oh my, not to mention Redneck Wizards.” The story is a part of the Legacy of Slytherin sequence. Author’s suggestions of the reading order are here, at the top of the page. There are many magical creatures.
Harry Potter and the Book Wyrm, by Jelsemium
Gen; PG. Summary: “Going to the library on Christmas Eve, Harry meets a BookWyrm, but not the kind that eats books. So he must stall for time until Ron, Hermione, and the twins can come to the rescue.”
Harry Potter and the Heir of the Four Founders, by Mione5 NR
Gen; PG-13, novel-length. Summary: “What would Harry have done if after destroying Voldemort most of the wizarding world turned on him? There are only a few who believe in him. Can they change the veiw of the Wizarding World or will Harry loose everything he has gained?” Harry with a white-and-gold phoenix, ashwinder snake, and a baby unicorn.
Hedwig, The Other White Meat, by Circe (circe_tigana) (locked)
Genish Harry/Draco, PG, one-shot.
Hermione’s Diversion (or, How Harry Potter was Kicked Out of the Closet), by rons_pigwidgeon
Snape/Harry, Harry/Kingsley, PG-13, short. Snarry Games entry. Team: Postwar. Genre(s): Humour & Romance. Prompt: Diversion. Summary: “Hermione discovers a different side of Harry at a dance and determines to change his life by the end of the summer, even if it kills her.” Harry takes care of Thestrals.
Horsepatch, by velutfortuna
Pairing: n/a, PG, one-shot. Summary: “Harry is asked to feed Hagrid’s new little friend, but requires a chaperon. Who do we know that loves animals and likes Harry’s company? Hagrid? Yeah, well, he’s not available. A short tale about taking what you can get.”
If This Be Error, by Nimori #
Snape/Harry, NC-17, medium-length. Snarry Games entry. Team: Wartime. Genre(s): Humour. Prompt: Oath of Fealty. Summary: “Harry has a simple spell to guarantee Snape’s loyalty. Naturally, he makes a mess of it.” Harry adopts a senile snake.
The Imbolc Serpent, by Angie Astravic (angie_v12)
PG; gen. The traditional climax of the Dark Wizards’ Ball is the waking of the Imbolc Serpent. As the Serpent doesn’t exist, Harry isn’t too worried … until the Imbolc Serpent actually turns up. (The story is a part of the Legacy of Slytherin sequence. Author’s suggestions of the reading order are here, at the top of the page.)
In A Time Of Uncertainty, by Marauder #
Oliver/Percy, R, novel-length. Summary: Years ago they were a couple, but neither was willing to accept the consequences that came with it. Now,after Voldemort’s return, Percy and Oliver reunite. Written before HBP. Cats play a part.
In/Sight, by CelandineB
Harry/Draco, past Harry/Percy, NC-17, ~10K. Summary: “Harry keeps coming by junior minister Weasley’s office… but is it really just to have lunch with his ex?” Harry has a guide Kneazle.
Jade Green Eyes (R) and Beyond Expectations (NC-17), by Jendra (you’ll need joining the group)
Harry/Lucius; long. Harry finds an extremely dangerous snake, which becomes his pet.
Je n’en Connais Pas la Fin III: Tea for Ghosts, by Zahra (hackthis) ##
Harry/Draco; PG, short. Part 3 of Je n’en Connais Pas la Fin trilogy. Summary: “I don’t know the ending”. I: Table for Two, II. Things to do When Your Lover is Dead. Harry keeps kittens as a memory of Draco.
Jigsaw, by Jaxmari / J. Marie (imadra_blue)
Harry/Draco; R, novel-length. Summary: “After OotP, Harry returns to find old friends, a former Death Eater, and a disgraced Draco Malfoy. Worst part is that while trying to bring back Sirius, he discovers he’s starting to like Draco. And Voldemort’s not done with him yet.” Harry has a pet snake, Godric.
Just Do Me, Potter! by the_minx_17
Snape/Harry; R, short. Summary: “Harry brings home a new pet. It has some interesting results. Established relationship, postwar, post-Hogwarts.” Harry buys a snake.
Lachrymose, by Armand Malfoy #
Harry/Snape; R. Summary: “Harry is an Auror sent to find an old enemy. He’s in for more than he suspected when he realises that some things don’t go down well with two thousand cups of coffee a day.” Snape leaves a kitten in Harry’s care.
Sequels: Gloaming, Schadenfreude (WIP (discontinued?)).
Learning to Speak, by ThreeSidedOrchid (synn) #
Snape/Harry, PG-13, ~10K words. Pre-slash. Genre(s): Romance. Prompt(s): Ashes of Youth, St. Mungo’s. Summary: “Most men spend their lives trying to either brush off the ashes of their youth, or rekindle them. The truth is that the only way to move forward is to accept them.”
Liaisoning With the Liaison, by missizzy
PG; Gen, short. Written for Fernwithy’s Dumbledore’s Grid challenge. Drakes.
A Life More Ordinary, by Lexin (or here) #
Harry/Snape; NC-17; novella. MPreg. Summary: “Snape is told some bad news, and it goes downhill from there.” Harry gives Snape a snake for protection that wraps itself around Snape’s wrist like a bracelet.
Lion’s Mouth, Snake’s Bite, by Kat Reitz and Tzigane
PG to R; gen, short. Summary: “Draco gets a Pet.” A baby chimera.
The Living Years, by DementorDelta #
Snape/Harry, NC-17, novella. Snarry Games Entry. Team: Postwar. Theme: Romance. Prompt: Sanctuary. Summary: “Severus Snape makes the ultimate sacrifice for Harry Potter. No, not that sacrifice! The other one! And finds Sanctuary in the most unexpected of places.” Harry breeds Hyppogriffs.
The Lodger, by Mad Martha #
Harry/Draco, PG-13, novella. Summary: “Harry takes in a lodger.” After Dumbledore’s death, Fawkes comes to live with Harry.
Look What Followed me Home, by dragon_charmer (locked)
Harry/Draco; PG; one-shot.
Looking Ahead, by Leni Jess (or here)
Gennish Harry/Hermione/Ron; PG-13, short. Summary: “The trio has communication and acceptance issues.” Hermione takes Harry and Ron to buy an owl.
Love on Risky Ground, by TeaWithVoldy NR
Harry/Hermione; PG-13, novel-length. Summary: “In the summer before sixth year, Harry landed himself in a Muggle hospital. However, his chance to recuperate soon became a fight for survival when Voldemort and his supporters were given the chance to attack him. But Harry’s life isn’t the only thing at stake - it’s also his trust and the lives of his friends.” From another summary: “Lots of deaths, Hermione cheats on Ron. Crookshanks is also in love. And Harry catches a funny, talking fish.”
Lust Over Pendle, by AJHall (other stories of the arc can be found here) ##
Draco/Neville, R; novel-length. Summary: “A comedy of manners, in the Golden Age detective thriller genre, set in the year immediately after Voldemort’s fall. Lust Over Pendle begins when a Daily Prophet paparazzo manages to take a sneak photograph on the beach at an exclusive Indian Ocean hideaway resort, and the families of both Neville Longbottom and Draco Malfoy find themselves Very Startled Indeed.” Hermione gives Draco two spaniels, he calls them Marvolo and Riddle.
Lustre, by Julad and Calico (ukcalico) ##
Harry/Draco; R, novella. Draco is presented with a pet snake.
The Lusty Alphabet of May, by Anj
Remus/Charlie in the relevant part; NC-17. Lusty Month of May Challenge in pervy_werewolf. Summary: “A series of one-shots, each one focusing on a different kink, presented in alphabetical order and featuring Remus paired with a different character every story. Complete.” In Day 11, F is for Faunoiphilia, Remus and Charlie watch dragons mate.
Minnaloushe, by byrdgirl
PG; Gen, novella. Summary: “Ron has a wonderful, horrible idea, and next thing you know Snape’s got a kitten!”
My Eternal Curse, by Mara456 NR
PG; Ginny-centric, WIP. Summary: “Ginny thought she was free of Tom Riddle forever… only to discover that he never really left. Now she must confront him and her own worst fears before it’s too late. But how do you fight an enemy that knows you better than you know yourself?” Ginny has a snake.
My Favourite Things, by Reena (lunacy/reenka)
Harry/Draco; PG-13, short. Summary: “kittens and fireworks and ice-cream and fuzzies, cotton underwear and smiles and grammas and tummies– these are NOT draco malfoy’s favourite things. (um. that’s better in a sing-songy voice). anyway, it’s christmasy fuzzy fluffy snarky!slash.” Draco presents Harry with a kitten.
My Name’s Severus, by Silverfox1 (or here)
G; gen; Snape-centric (there’s a side romance Draco/Ginny); novel-length. Summary: “15-year-old Draco Malfoy! - 15-year-old Severus Snape! Can Hogwarts cope?” Snape has a green hedgehog and a raven.
Sequel: Double O Seve…rus (or here).
Not Just for Christmas, by Leni Jess (or here) NR
Gennish Snape/Hermione; PG, short. Summary: Crookshanks expresses a long-felt need to his human. After that, things just get more and more complicated. Warning for niceness and cuteness; this is a story for Christmas!
Not Myself, by Saerry Snape NR
PG-13; AU; Severitus fic. Novel-length. For full info about the series, sequels, and more, look at the author’s page. Features Harry with a telepathic raven and a snake named Hedwig.
Not What It Was Supposed To Be, by Josan #
Snape/??; PG-13; novella. Summary: “The War is over, and things change in the name of “Progress”.” Snape takes home a stray crup and a kneazle.
Of Small Dogs and Hippopotamuses, by Florahart
Snape/Harry, NC-17, short. Warning for possible hallucination? A/N: This is Birthday Ficlet #11, prompt from robriki, who said Harry/Severus, Jimmy Buffet, Dogwalking. Snape has a tiny dog.
Once upon a Time, in Egypt, by Josan ##
Gen; PG, novel-length. Snape is in Egypt, working on a Gringotts dig site with Bill Weasley. A cat [which is a bit more than just a cat] adopts him.
Open Doors, by zionsstarfish (or here) ##
Draco/Harry; PG-13, short. Summary: “Harry Potter is dead. Or is he?” Draco adopts a stray cat.
Ordinary World, by Starkindler
Snape/Harry; R/NC-17, novel-length. Summary: “After the defeat of Voldemort, Snape helps Harry to deal with the loss of his family, and a deep friendship begins. ” Harry has a dog.
Out of the Bag, by Bernice (iibnf) ##
Gen; G, short. Minerva. Young Snape. Transfiguration. Hamsters.
Owl Speech, by Sophia Jirafe (sophia_helix)
Harry, Ron, G, short. Summary: “She’s waiting,” Harry says, his quiet voice carried on the slight, chilling wind, his warm breath churning up tendrils of frosted air. “For the other one.”
Paradox series, by yih NR
Harry/Snape; R. Consists of: Harry & the Mirror of Paradox, Harry & the Extent of Existence, Harry & the Paradox of Being. Harry owns a basilisk.
A Phoenix, A Cold, and a Whole Lot of Shredded Cheese, by Evil Yard Gnome
Humour; PG, short. Summary: “Bring in the shredded cheese, lemon drops, and most importantly, the paradoy. Combine these elements and what do you get? A strange fic that is absolutely pointless. Snape with a cheese addiction, Flitwick compared to MiniMe, naughty-minded McGonagall, and much, much more! Run while you still can.” Fawkes has caught cold and sneezes, setting things on fire.
Potter’s Interference, by yodels #
Harry/Draco, PG, ~8500 words. Team EWE. Summary: “In the years after the war, Draco Malfoy has built a successful business that skirts the edge of legality by becoming adept at figurative sleight-of-hand. Enter Harry Potter, moral upright citizen still chasing after Draco, still suspicious of his every move. When their lives intersect in an unexpected way, will Draco be able to smooth-talk his way out of trouble?” Draco has a magical menagerie on the grounds of Malfoy Manor, selling legal and (most profitable) illegal magical animals. Harry heads and works for P.A.W.S., Preservation of Animal Welfare Society.
Possession, by Jade Tatsu (NC-17 version is at AFFnet)
Harry/Voldemort; R; novel-length. Summary: “The Dark Lord has always known who his mate is but there are prophecies that must be fulfilled and Muggles and Wizards to kill before he can claim what is his for eternity.” Many snakes and a couple of Basilisks.
Possessions I, by Minx (miraminx)
Snape/Harry; R. Part of the Lost Feeling series. Snape gives Harry a snake that acts as a piece of mobile body jewellery and heats up in warning of danger.
Pottermory, by Angie Astravic (angie_v12)
AU; HP/Saki crossover; G; gen, short. McGonagall is a talking cat thanks to Professor Riddle experiments. Note: I know, she *is* a cat in canon but not this way! Here she’s an authentic cat. So the story goes in this section of the list.
Prefatory, by Isolde (cursive) #
Harry/Snape; R; post-war; short. Summary: “A scene after the war. Harry/Snape, other kitten character. Established relationship. Slash. Written before OotP.” Snape has a black kitten.
Primer to the Dark Arts, by Icarus (or here) ##
Harry/Snape; Harry/Ron; R, novel-length. Summary: “Harry learns he is to be given private (and secret) tutoring in the Dark Arts to protect himself next time he meets Voldemort. His teacher? Professor Snape. Features ghost cats and cursed harps, spells that are supposed to go wrong and don’t, a friendly sociopathic Death Eater… and Snape’s very naughty, naughty library.” Snape’s quarters are visited by a ghost cat (ch. 8 and 13). He leaves a saucer of milk for it. It’s a minor detail but unique.
Redemption series, by innerslytherin / Carfiniel #
Snape/Lupin, PG to R (WIP (discontinued?)). Summary: “After Voldemort’s defeat, Remus–crippled in his last battle–and Severus–pardoned but a pariah–manage to forge a connection, despite the expectations of the world around them.” Lupin gives Snape a cat.
Remind You What You Did When You Wake, by Arsenic Jade (direct link) #
Harry/Draco, NC-17, novella. Summary: Written for prompt #8: I’m feeling like something a little dark with plenty of UST to counter all the lovely seasonal stuff I’ve been reading. Um. But please do resolve the tension :-D. Post HBP. I’d like a damaged-but-not-broken Harry in the clutches of Death Eaters (ohnoes!) and a caught-up-in-circumstances Draco who’s not actually evil. Furtive=awesome. Angst= love . Particularly if D has to participate in nasty stuff while not wanting to hurt H… I’ve no serious squicks and plenty of fetishes, so, hey, whatever catches your fancy :). Warnings: violence, torture, rape, character death (not one of the main pairing), and mild bdsm. Harry takes in a kneazle.
new Retired Nature, by ehmaz NR
Snape/Lupin, NC-17, novel-length. Summary: “Post-war, the Light has won, and Snape finds himself on a farm that’s falling apart and with no money left. Enter the ever-destitute werewolf!” Snape raises diricawls, Ashwinders, and leeches. One of the leeches is his pet, named Frankie.
Réveillon, by Femme (femmequixotic) ##
Snape/Draco; NC-17, novella. Summary: “Severus wakes.” Warnings: mild torture. Thestrals.
The River Child, by ignipes
Gen, PG, short. Summary: For rynne, who asked for Remus in Japan with Kappas. This is not a happy story. This is not a pleasant story. This story will not give you a warm, fuzzy feeling. Consider yourselves warned.
Runaway Dragon and sequel A Letter to Mr William Snape, by Silverfox1 (or here)
PG; Gen; very long. Warning: OOC. Summary: “Draco runs away from home and Severus finds him. This is about Draco, but we learn a few things about Sevi as well. Or did you know he lives in …” Snape owns a cat, a talking raven Munin and a dog called That Dog.
Ruses, by Empress of the Eclipse (lycoris) #
Harry/Draco, some Lucius/Harry; R; novel-length. Summary: “After his father challenges him, Draco ends up inviting Harry to his house for the summer. But what SHOULD have been a fairly harmless visit goes horribly wrong and leads to tragedy.” Malfoys have a whole menagerie of magical creatures, Runespoors play the most important part.
Scratch, by Aucta Sinistra (or here) ##
Snape/Harry; NC-17, novel-length. An adopted cat, Scratch, gets Harry and Snape together.
Sequels: The Holly and the Ivy, and This Thing of Darkness.
Season of Healing, by Dien #
Snape/Harry; R; discontinued WIP. Summary: “Circumstances lead Harry Potter to stay with Severus Snape for the summer before his seventh year– a development neither of them expect to be happy with. But they both have a lot to learn about each other… and a lot to unlearn. And perhaps, in the process, they can each find some healing.” Snape has three special pets: a talking cat called Macavity, a raven Poe and a talking wolf called Fenris Ulf.
The Secret Garden, by Diana Williams #
Gen; PG; novel-length. AU. Summary: “When Harry’s aunt and uncle die, he is sent to Hogwarts, to live with his only remaining relative, Severus Snape. There he discovers a mysterious secret garden that has been locked for ten years. Why? And what is that strange crying he hears in the night? NOTE: For the Classic Canon Challenge, this story is heavily based on “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and draws upon some of the dialog and situations in that story. ” Harry talks to snakes and befriends a robbin. Ron is always surrounded by animals.
new A Secret Gift, by little-sun NR
Gen, PG, novella, AU. Summary: “A short bittersweet story about an unexpected gift that has somehow overgrown into a multichaptered fic.” Harry gets a new owl.
The Secret Language of Cats, by Thistlerose (thistlefics) (or here) #
Gen; PG. Summary: “Wandering, six-year-old Remus discovers, is in his blood.” Set in the Midnight Conversations universe, though it can be read independently.
Slytherin Rising series, by J.L.Matthews NR
PG-13 to R, very long. Summary 1: “Four unsuspecting Slytherins start Hogwarts, little knowing that destiny has plans for them. While an equally unsuspecting Professor Snape is about to have a secret from his past walk back into the light.” Snape has a raven.
Snakes and Ladders, by tayefeth
Snape/Harry; NC-17, short. Written for blackkoda’s request, it features Dom!Harry and Dommer!Snape, a pet python, and Adult!Harry. Summary: Years after the Final Battle, Harry’s snakes have something Snape needs. When they meddle, will Harry get what he wants?
Snakes and Lions, by GatewayGirl ##
Draco/Harry; R, novel-length. Summary: “When Ron and Hermione get together, they notice only each other. A nightmare prompts Harry to return alone to the empty Chamber of Secrets, and leads to a new look at an old enemy. Harry enjoys the company, but with Bellatrix LeStrange actively hunting him, how far can he trust a Death Eater’s son? (H/D — mostly friendship, progressing to mild slash) Sixth year. Rated R for unseemly behavior (drinking, stealing, and Dark Arts), occasional cursing (the non-magical sort), and off-screen violence.” In ch.15 and 16, Draco buys Harry a snake that is ornamental and acts like a jewel, but it’s a real snake and considered a pet. There are also fascinating magical creatures Quiri.
Snooker, by rotschopf NR
Harry/Draco, NC-17, novel-length. Summary: “Almost five years ago, Harry Potter left Draco Malfoy to die on the battlefield. Now he realises that it’s all about safety, fouls and balls…” Harry has an intelligent pet spider named Oscar, with whom he can communicate.
Something Borrowed, by Arsenic Jade ##
Harry/OFC (Snape/Hermione, Ron/Draco); PG-13, novella. Summary: “Harry has a few things to figure out. Sequel to Body of Knowledge and Origins of Myth.” Harry works in a zoo, taking care of snakes.
Split Tongue Spirit, by Lily (lilysaid)
Harry/Snape; NC-17, one-shot. Snape requires Harry’s help to help care for some rare snakes that Snape is breeding for potion-making purposes.
Stealing Harry Universe, by Sam Vimes (copperbadge) (or here, more frequent updates) ##
Sirius/Remus; AU; WIP; R, novel-length. AU where Sirius and Remus kidnap Harry from the Dursleys and raise him by themselves. Tales… show us Harry’s life with Sirius and Remus in hiding, and also the home lives of Draco, Neville and Padma. The next story in the arc, Laocoon’s Children, follows Harry when he, Draco, Neville and Padma enter Hogwarts, where we are in for some sorting surprises. Harry has a pet snake, Snake.
Stolen, Stolen, by GatewayGirl #
Charlie/Harry, Harry/Snape, Charlie/Harry/Snape, NC-17, 16K words. Summary: While Harry is visiting Charlie, he goes looking for a thief,and finds someone unexpected. DH-compliant. Detailed life of the Romanian dragon reserve.
Survival of the Species, by romaine(24)
Draco/Harry; Scorpius/Albus Severus is the secondary pairing, NC-17, novella. Warnings: creature!fic, MPreg. Summary: Draco approaches Harry on the 9 ¾ platform, after their sons have boarded the Hogwarts Express, and invites him over for tea. The discussion they have leads them on an adventure that neither could have expected. HPDH compliant.
Take A Sad Song (And Make It Better), by Femme ##
Harry/Draco, NC-17, ~45500 words. Team Epilogue. Summary: “The last thing Harry wants is to lose his kids.” Harry has a dog named Godric.
The Tattoo, by Bleudiablo NR
Harry/Lucius, Harry/OtherM, Voldemort/AnyMale. NC-17; novella. Warnings: BDSM Rape-Non-Consensual Multiple Partners; Dark!Harry. Harry creates a magic snake with two types of poison, one to knock people out and one to kill people.
There’s Always One More Sheep Around the Corner, or A Week in Cumbria, by coffeejunkii
Harry/Draco, R, 2 parts. Written for grunhilda’s request: Oddly enough, war-worn Harry finds solace among green hills, deep clear lakes and a herd of woolly, sweet, but very stupid sheep. He is also the keeper of a very lovely and secluded B&B (wizard or muggle optional. could be both). workaholic-from-trying-to-forget-Harry and with a secret fetish for women’s lingerie!Draco is sent there by interfering!Hermione to “rest his poor misguided nerves”. Harry breeds sheep.
Thestrals, by ztrin
Gen; PG, ficlet.
This life holds its secrets like the sea, by memorycharm
Gen; PG-13, short. Summary: Young Tom Riddle meets a snake in the grass.
This Side of Me, by Cherrycola69
Harry/Draco; R (?), novella. Summary: “Saving his mortal enemy in a moment of insanity Draco is suddenly labelled a hero. Floundering in a new life and hiding from Death Eaters with Harry he finds that his allegiance isn’t the only thing that’s changed.” Harry owns a dog; Draco lets in a stray cat.
Time’s Riddle series: Part 1, parts 2-7, by Persephone_Kore and Alan Sauer
Gen; novel-length; AU beginning after Chamber of Secrets. Voldemort makes an electrifying return and a mistake born of arrogance; Harry talks the illusion of a young and uncorrupted Tom Riddle into reality. The boa constictor that Harry freed from the zoo comes and makes friends with Harry and Tom.
To the Moon, by Constant Vigiliance (link to the H/D page) #
Harry/Draco; R for implied incest and sexual abuse, novella. Summary: “Draco is turned into a child. Harry takes care of him.” Harry gives young Draco a kneazle.
Trouble, by sangochan
Gen, G, short. Warnings: cuteness and fluff. Nice!Draco. Draco adopts a kitten.
The Twelve Days of Christmas, by Josan
Snape/??, PG-13, one-shot. On Christmas, Snape receives presents from an unknown person, according to the traditional song. Most of them (but not all) are birds: 1,2,3…, and Snape makes … unexpected use of the gifts.
Two Households verse, by Mad Martha (scroll down; or on LJ) #
Harry/Ron; PG to R, novel-length. Summary: “That very first day on the Hogwarts Express, Harry shook Draco Malfoy’s hand and became a Slytherin. Ron has hated him ever since. But Harry doesn’t hate Ron ….” Harry gives Ron a kneazle kitten.
Two Little Boys Meet, by hashire and purple_avocado
Harry/Draco; PG, short. Summary: Harry and Draco meet for the first time. Authors’ Notes: “AU, as indicated above. The Potters and Malfoys are friends, but their sons have never met. Draco has always been away when Harry comes with his parents to visit the Malfoys, and vice versa. (Shush. It’s possible.) They’re both about six in this. Voldemort does not exist.” Draco has a turtle and a kitten.
Ulterior Designing, by Busaikko #
Snape/Lupin; PG-13, one-shot. Written for Snape/Lupin fantasy Fest. pnkngrnd3’s Fantasy: “Humor fic involving a wok, talking cats, and house elves with gambling problems. Remus hires Hermione, who is working as an interior decorator by day, and unbeknownst to him, cupid by night. Someone must constantly say ‘ergo’.”
Under Your Spell, by Empress of the Eclipse (lycoris) #
Harry/Draco; some Lucius/Draco; discontinued WIP. Summary: “After a brutal attack, Harry loses his memory and ends up trapped in Malfoy Manor. Here, games are everything and you have to keep your wits about you to survive. Can Harry play the Malfoys at their own game?” In ch. 4-5, on Harry’s request, Narcissa allows him to make a small ferret farm where he and Draco observe ferrets and play with them.
The Unexpected, by beren_writes
Harry/Draco, NC-17, one-shot. Summary: “Harry has jumped in with both feet to save someone as usual and neglected to check the small print. Luckily for him the plan only went wrong with Draco.” Harry and Draco conjure/create a kitten.
Untitled, by caesia390
PG-13; Hedwig, Nagini, short.
Walking Through Treacle, by Angel of the North
PG; series of vignettes. Summary: “The first ever Fawkes/Malfoy Owl Slash ever. Zeus, the black eagle owl is the object of a crush. Specifically, it’s a certain phoenix. Birdslash.”
Water-horse, by Igenlode Wordsmith NR
R; Gen, novella. Summary: Professor Snape discovers that the blood of a water-horse is a very dangerous Potions ingredient.
The Weasel and the Kneazle, by Davesmom NR
Draco/Ginny; R, discontinued WIP. Summary: “Ginny finally gets a pet of her own. But the little creature seems to have two personality flaws; she has a nose for trouble and seems to like Draco Malfoy.”
Whiskers and Wags, by legomymalfoy
Harry/Draco, NC-17, one-shot. Summary: “Harry can heal animals and save lives, but can a face from the past get him remember to live his own?” Harry’s a Wizarding vet and manages to save Draco’s crup.
Wicked Game series, by McKay (scribbulus_ink) ##
Snape/Lupin; R; novel-length. Summary: “A trio of stories spanning several years in the lives of Snape and Lupin up through the end of GoF.” Lupin gives Snape a black kitten.
Wine of Life, by Femme
Ron/Draco, Ron/Harry; R, one-shot. Summary: Murder. Slytherins. An enchanted snake. Just another Weasley birthday. Really.
A Year Like None Other, by Aspen in the Sunlight #
Gen; R; long novel. Summary: “It all started with a letter from home and family. Except, Harry doesn’t really have either, does he? He’s about to get them. A Snape-adopts-Harry story providing an alternate 6th year.” Harry has a pet snake.
Sequel: A Summer Like None Other.
Check the masterlist of Animagi fics written for round 3 in thematic_hp.
I’m not adding here the fics from the HD Inspired Animagus fic exchange except for the couple of them that I read and liked. If you like H/D and Animagi fics, click on the link and go browse the fics.
101 Uses for Frog Parts in Potions Making (or How Harry Almost Became an Ingredient), by eeyore9990
Snape/Lupin/Harry, NC-17, short. Warnings: Jurassic Park science, threesome (SS/HP/RL), slightly cracky… oh, and Firewhisky: The Undeniable Plot Device of Doom. AU. Summary: Harry has difficulty mastering Animagus transfiguration; Remus and Snape are there to help.
Ain’t No Friend of Mine, by tkp ##
Harry/Draco, PG, ~33K words. Summary: Draco has to face the truth of who he is. The truth has long hair and slobbers.
All Evil Things Must Come to a Gruesome End, by ayes-sid
Harry/Draco, PG, short. Warning: Dog!Draco Cat!Harry Non-magical AU. Summary: Harry Potter And Draco Malfoy Are Meant To Be Together!
Animagus, by marysiak #
Gen; G, short. Sort of Harry/Draco but it’s not romantic/sexual. A/N: “Harry spent his childhood being denigrated, insulted and abused by his only male role model… that has to have an affect on your body image so I wondered what might happen if Harry succeeded in becoming an Animagus.” Harry prefers to be a dog.
Animagus Anonymous, by OzRatbag2
Snape/Hermione; PG-13, short. Summary: What happens when Animagi become less than they had hoped for?
Animagus!Harry drabbles, part 1, part 2, by soawen
G to R, mostly gen. It’s a series of drabbles in which Harry is a different kind of animal in each.
Animagus Love, by Jadzia7667 NR
Harry/Snape; NC-17, ~8000 words. Summary: “Challenge premise: In an old potions book recently inherited, Snape finds a potion which will allow him to become an Animagus immediately. But, when he used it, he can’t transform back. When Lupin comes to get his Wolfsbane potion, he finds a black chinchilla near a familiar potions book, and he understands what happened. […]”
And Then It Bit Him, by who_la_hoop #
Snape/Count D, PG-13, ~10K words. HP/PSoH crossover. Warnings: Epilogue-compliant for HP, but with live!Snape; contains a massive spoiler for PSoH Volume 10. Summary: When Snape’s first Animagus transformation doesn’t go entirely as expected, he finds himself plagued by a mysterious being, who – in the company of a pet man-eating goat thing – proceeds to thoroughly turn his life upside down. A/N: painless_j’s prompt asked for Snape’s first Animagus transformation, and Snape and Count D discovering unexpected magical worlds and clashing personalities with gusto.
An Ass of Himself, by Isis (isiscolo) #
Snape/Sirius; NC-17. Summary: Sirius teaches Snape the Animagus transformation. 5000 words.
Becoming Bestial, by Constant Vigilance
Harry/Draco; R, short. Summary: Draco, Harry, animagi…and angsty lurve.
Betrayal of the Best Kind, by draco664 NR
Harry/Cho; NC-17, chaptered fic. Summary: “When the world turns against him, leaving only one by his side, Harry finds out that life, love and truth are more complicated than they seem. Danger, suspense, heartbreak and treachery abound.” Harry is a phoenix-Animagus.
Sequel: Midnight Duel, Midnight Love.
A Bird in Hand, by I Got Tired of Waiting (or here) #
Harry/Snape; PG-13, short. Summary: Harry never can stay out of trouble and discovers something about Snidgets the–mes-mes-messy way. Written in response to Nimori’s Animagus Challenge.
Birds of a Feather, by amejisuto
Harry/Draco, PG-13, short. Summary: Harry, Draco and Hermione are all trying to learn how to be an animagi, but Harry’s form is somewhat unusual. Draco makes fun of him and Harry isn’t sure if he should hex him or snog him senseless.
A Bittersweet Potion series, by Bugland and Alchemia (link to the main page) #
Harry/Snape; R; very long. Features Harry as a cat, ladybird, mouse, hypogriff and other creatures. Summary: During Harry’s 5th Year at Hogwarts, he receives a highly sought after Gift which allows him to transform into any animal.
Black Cat, by firefly_quill, co-written with Arionrhod
Snape/Lupin, PG, short. Summary: Severus develops a Polyjuice potion that works for animal transformations and Remus is haunted by a new pet. Coincidence? Right.
Bound and Determined, by chazpure #
Harry/Snape; NC-17, one-shot. Warnings: “As requested: forced magical bonding, first-time, rimming, bottom-Snape, plot.” Animagus!Snape.
Boy’s Best Friend, by froglayr ## (locked)
Gen(nish), PG, short. Summary: Draco wants a dog. Sirius is one.
The Buried Life, by Kalina (kalinalea) #
Snape/Hermione; R, novel-length. Summary: “Harry disappears just before the start of his seventh year, and Hermione and Snape work together to find him.” Hermione’s Animagus form is a terrier.
Burning Day, by Daughter_Moon
Harry/Ginny, Harry/Snape, PG-13, ~7000. Summary: When looking for a birthday present for Albus, Harry and Lily come across a phoenix, who Lily promptly names Severus. For prompt ‘Snape is reincarnated as a magical creature’.
Buzz, buzz, by eledhwenlin
Gen; G, ficlet. Written for Nimori’s Animagus!Harry challenge.
Caeruleus, by Pagan Strega
Harry/Snape, PG-13, short. Summary: “A Transfiguration accident leaves Harry in unusual circumstances. How will Snape react? Creature Fic.” Harry’s turned into a small Drake.
Caged, by Sparrowhawk #
Harry/Snape; NC-17, one-shot. Summary: “A robin redbreast in a cage puts all heaven in a rage.” –William Blake. There are all kinds of cages, and all kinds of ways to escape them.” Voldemort’s soul is trapped in the body of a bird.
Cat!Harry, by Hijja (kennahijja) (or here) #
Gen; G. First-line meme ficlet. Summary: Harry is training to become an Animagus in a surrounding appropriate to his soon-to-be species. Now if they could just keep out the pesky Death Eaters…
The Cat Crept In and Out Again, by megyal
Harry/Draco, PG-13, short. Written for a challenge-prompt by krisxd, who wanted a kitty!Harry fic.
The Cat’s Meow, by Kat Reitz and Tzigane #
Snape/Draco; R, short. Potions accident= Severus-kitty + Draco-kitty.
Cat-eyed, by screaminglungs
Snape/Harry; PG-13, ficlet. Summary: “Severus comes home to find Harry upset. A Pile of fluff!”
Changes, by Irana
Snape/Harry, NC-17, ~10K words. Summary: What if Snape’s death was really a way for him to truly begin his life? Animagus!Snape.
Chased, by themostepotente #
Snape/Harry, NC-17, short. Summary: Snape and Harry make a game of chasing each other around the world in search of artefacts. Snape, however, tries to attach a lesson.
Closet Fears, by Kimagure
Harry/Ron; PG-13, short. Summary: “In the aftermath of life, Harry’s reluctant to reach out to anyone.” Harry talks to a cat, Swish, that is not just a cat.
Coming Around, by deirdre_riordan
Harry/Draco; PG-13; one-shot. Summary: “Harry’s been gone for four years after a bit of a misunderstanding. Draco wants him back” Harry’s Animagus form is a Phoenix.
Covenant , by Aucta Sinistra #
Snape/Harry, NC-17. 8,900 words. Snarry games entry. Team: Wartime, Genre(s): Angst, Prompt: Espionage. Summary: Snape and Harry understand each other.
Cunning as a Ferret, by Empress of the Eclipse (lycoris)
Harry/Draco, PG-13; short. Summary: To get revenge on Draco Malfoy, Pansy turns him into a ferret. Ferret-Mafoy runs off into the school where he is found by the one person he least wants to find him.
Dark Phoenix, by SofiaDragon
Harry/Snape (sort of); PG-13. WIP. Summary: “Harry Potter ran away one day, tired of watching others suffer for his ignorance. He couldn’t sit on the sidelines and wait for someone else to tell him what to do any more. Luck, as always, is on his side as he works to make a place for himself, not only in the war, but in life. Some very old magic is at work, allowing him to do far more then he thought he could. Tangled events drive Harry to realise that the world outside of Hogwarts and Privet Drive is bigger and more wonderful then he could have imagined.” Harry turns into a storm phoenix.
A Day in the Life of a Ferret, by Jackie_L NR
R; Harry/Draco; Humour, short. Summary: After a night of decadent passion, Draco Malfoy finds himself facing an irate Pansy. What better punishment for the guilty Slytherin sex-god than to turn him into a ferret? Follow Draco as he explores the sex-capades behind the doors of Hogwarts. Plenty of snogging, “wrestling”, biting and wand enlarging in store.
Disenchanted, by ClueGirl (or here) #
Snape/Harry, NC-17, novelette. Warnings: Chan — 16, D/s, mild CBT, and orgasm denial, sorta-kinda-but-not-really bestiality, allusions to child abuse. Summary: Sent to Privet Drive to intercede in a domestic dispute, Severus finds that Harry Potter is not quite feeling himself.
A Dog and His Boy, by Stray (grey_hunter)
Harry/Draco; R, one-shot. Warning: minor character death. Summary: “Snape is forced to resort to desperate measures to protect Draco. After his mentor’s death, Draco’s only hope of being whole again rests with the oblivious Harry Potter.” Dog!Draco.
Dogs and Cats, by Black Onyx Angel
Snape/Lupin; PG; short. Part of the Master and the Wolf FQF, challenge 84. One of the worst things about having Sirius gone is that there’s no one to stay with Lupin when he transforms. But then, an animal starts to join him during the full moon. They quickly bond. Lupin is convinced it is an Animagus, and is determined to find his real identity.
Draco Malfoy, the Amazing Bouncing… Rat? by Maya (mistful)
Draco/Hermione; PG-13, Humour, novel-length. Summary: Draco Malfoy, magically transformed into an evil rat. Who is it who always seems to get the evil rats as pets, and what is poor, poor Draco’s new name?
Dragons of Twilight, by Luceo*Non*Uro NR
Harry/Snape, R; discontinued WIP. Summary: Trying to find a way to bring Sirius back, the Trio returns to the Department of Mysteries. When Severus arrives there, all he finds are some badly burned Death Eaters and a small red dragon with emerald eyes and a familiar scar… Harry?
Dumbledore’s Weapon, by Shedoc10
Harry/Ron/Hermioner; PG13; one-shot. Angst, Canon character death. After Sirius’ death, Harry withdraws from his friends and trains himself to defeat Voldemort. He accidentally transforms into a panther.
Elemental Tapestry, by Vera (requires password) (or here) #
Foursome, Harry/Ron/Snape/Draco; NC-17, novella. Summary: “Under the shadow of Voldemort in Harry’s seventh year, four minds come together by fate, dark magic and the need to survive.” Three of the four bond-mates are Animagi.
Everybody Wants To Be a Cat, by Lychee
Harry/Snape; R, one-shot. Summary: “Harry, in his Animagus form, finds himself getting tickled by his dear Potions professor. He discovers some very strange and disturbing things about himself…and another person.”
The Familiar, by Resonant ##
Harry/Snape; NC-17, short. As a result of a Potions accident, Harry is turned into a frog.
Sequel: Wellspring.
A Father’s Sin, by Severitus
Gen, R, slow WIP; Severitus fic. Warnings for past rape and violence. Summary: “Secrets, prophecies, animagi, and the Serpent‘s Children–a dark secret is revealed that will change Harry and Snape’s lives forever. But will it be for good, or for evil?” The Trio become Animagi.
new Felinated! by the_con_cept #
Snape/Harry, PG-13, ~17,800 words. Summary: A potions accident leaves Snape as a cat until who-knows-when. Harry’s already got his hands full when a prankster starts sabotaging the rebuilding of Hogwarts. But what if it’s not just a prank?
Felinity, by ms_semicolon
Harry/Draco, PG, short. “You… you…” Harry sputtered. “This whole time? All along, it’s been you?”
The Ferret Foul Up, by Zed Adams
Draco/Harry; R, short. Harry & Draco are both turned into ferrets.
Fiat Lux, by Kalena (imkalena”>) (links to following parts at the bottom) #
Snape/Sirius; NC-17, novella. Summary: “Death, where is thy sting?” Warning: “I wrote dead people.” Severus is an Animagus.
The fine line between then and now, by dragon_charmer
Harry/Draco, PG-13, ~14K. Warning(s): Character death/disappearance; confusing time travel scenario, MPreg. Summary: What if everything changed and you didn’t know how to make it right again?
Finnigan’s Snake, by Thevina (thrihyrne)
Snape/SF, NC-17, one-shot. Summary: “Take one curmudgeonly Severus Snape, angry that the Order has sent an unwanted guest to ‘help’ him at his isolated potions lab, and add one untested, experimental potion, subsequently ingested. The result? Anything but the ordinary.”
Flight of the Draco Malfoy, by zionsstarfish #
Harry/Draco; G, ~ 2000. Summary: The seventh years try their hands at Animagus Transfiguration.
Gadding with Goats, by AgiVega
PG-13; Albus/OF(or g)C; humour, novella. Summary: “Albus’ brother Aberforth had been practicing improper charms on a goat. Ever wondered what those charms were and what kind of an effect they had on poor Albus’ life? Now Albus will personally tell you the tale of Aberforth and the goat… listen carefully!” Aberforth temporarily turns a goat into a woman and Albus finds ‘her’.
Getting Familiar, by Gingertart
Snape/Harry, NC-17, ~15K words. Snarry Games entry. Genre(s): Humour/Crack & Romance. Prompt(s): Tabloid Headlines. Warnings: EWE, underage. Summary: Snape has watched over Potter for so long that nothing from poisonous snakes and assassins to amorous doppelgangers can stop him. Eventually he’s going to figure out why.
Getting There, by sans_pertinence #
Harry/Draco, R, 14200 words. Summary: In which Scorpius Hyperion temporarily Misplaces his temper, Harry learns to Hate His Mobile, and Malfoy cultivates the Elusive.
A Guy and Dolly, by SinhoBadaro
Snape/Hermione; PG-13, short. Summary: An Animagus spell goes all wrong and Snape finds himself going home with … Read and find out!
Harry Potter and the Ill-Tempered Potions Master, by Dragon Light and Dementor Delta (or here)
Harry/Snape; NC-17, short. Summary: “Harry Potter meets the Wizard of…” Ron is an Animagus.
Harry Potter and the Marcello School, by Kjkit NR
Gen (?), PG-13; novel-length. Summary: “Beginning of summer, Harry is getting over happenings in 5thyr when he is kidnapped and a door of opportunity opens…” Harry becomes a Phoenix Animagus and a lot of his friends also can transform.
The Headmaster’s New Groove, by shaychana (or here)
Gen; G, ficlet, crack. Summary: Dumbledore falls off the tower… and finds himself turned into a llama when he lands.
Her Divine Equine, by themostepotente
Snape/Hermione, Ron/Hermione; NC-17, 8,000 words, post-HBP. Warnings: Pony play, mindfuckery, bloodplay. Basically Snape was turned into a thestral by Voldemort, and he has to be brought back to normality, & questioned - not quite bestiality, since the NC-17 stuff happens *after* Snape is returned to human form. Summary: “Hermione’s been given the task of interrogating Snape, but first she must get him to talk.”
Homomanisus, by Kinna NR
Harry/Draco; PG; discontinued WIP; Pre-slash, Humour. Summary: “AU - Draco Malfoy doesn’t exist. At least, not as we know him.” Due to repeated interruptions of Snape’s lesson, Snape transfigures a ferret called Draco into human form.
The Horrible Adventures of Ronnikins the Rat, by Jackie_L NR
R; Humour, short. Summary: Ron falls victim to an April Fools prank where he is transfigured into a rat. A sequel of sorts to A Day in the Life of a Ferret (see above).
How much is that Doggie in the Window, by Taran NR
Snape, Harry, G, short chaptered fic. Summary: Severus and Harry are on separate missions, both in animagus forms of the author’s choosing. They are caught by the Muggle pound and are placed in the same cell, not knowing who the other is.
An Inconvenient Affliction, by drachenmina #
Snape/Harry, NC-17, ~9300 words. Summary: Harry’s been kicked out by Severus and is having to share Ron and Hermione’s spare bed with Crookshanks. Who gets Kneazle Flu. Can things get any worse? Oh yes.
Infinite Shadow of the Soul, by Femme (femmequixotic) ##
Snape/Draco, NC-17, long. Summary: “A chance to stop Voldemort takes Snape and Draco back in time.” Tonks is an Animagus.
The Last Good War, by Ishafel
Harry/Draco; R; discontinued WIP. Summary: “When Draco Malfoy was nineteen years old, he betrayed everyone and everything that had ever trusted or loved him. After ten years, he has returned to make amends. This is his story.” This fic is the rewritten version of former Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (also discontinued WIP, but this first, version has more chapters). Draco’s Animagus form is a falcon.
Learning to Uncurl, by Amorette (or here) #
Gen, Snape and Harry, G, short. Written for Nimori’s Animagus Harry challenge.
Like No Other, by mechaieh/bronze_ribbons
Snape/Lupin, Harry/Draco, Hermione/Ron; PG, one-shot. Summary: The Trio, the werewolf, a turtledove, and a looking-glass.
Lion About the House, by Sinick and Ac1d6urn (or here) #
Harry/Snape; NC-17, short. Written for Nimori’s Harry Animagus Challenge.
Long-hidden Skies, by SkoosiePants NR
PG; post-war; discontinued WIP. Summary: Ten years after the deciding battle of Avignon left the Order nearly broken: Hermione Granger is living as a Muggle, her memories erased and re-written, her only link to what she once was the dreams of a red-haired witch; Ginny Weasley is a pillar of the Order, thrown captive into a Death Eater compound; Draco Malfoy, his status relegated to peon in the Dark Lord’s realm, is a reluctant spy bound by a wizard’s debt; Blaise Zabini is a valued member of the Tribe, a wild band of Animagi who reverted to old magic and fled to the forest. Two halves of a whole, Ginny and Hermione must give to Harry what should never have been theirs to give, and Harry has to end the war, once and for all. A Post-Hogwarts Adventure.
The Marriage Law, by teshara
Snape/Hermione, R; novel-length. Summary: “Arranged marriages. International intrigue. Secret Societies. Amazons. Sensible romance.” Severus’ parents are Animagi.
A Matter of Size, by lana77
Gen; PG, short. Summary: “Harry gains his animagus form, and is less than impressed.” Written for Nimori’s Animagus!Harry challenge.
The Metamorphosis of Narcissus, by H.F #
Harry/Draco; R, novel-length. Harry is an Animagus. Sequel to A Scrap of Humanity: Two years after the defeat of Voldemort, Draco is called out of exile by the last person he ever expected to meet again, a person looking for answers even as Draco is looking for his own.
Mine Own, by OdoGoddess
Snape/Harry, NC-17, two chapters. Request: “Harry/Snape. Slash. Post-war. (Snape’s aligned with the Light). On-going relationship. Harry is still healing from the final battle and Severus has to use all of his Slytherin cunning to keep Harry in bed and get him to take his potions/medications, especially when Harry’s stubbornness causes him to take a turn for the worse.”
The Mirror Of Maybe, by Midnight Blue #
Harry/Snape, R/NC-17, WIP. Harry is a stag, and he uses his transformation to convince Remus and Sirius that he is who he says he is.
The Misadventures of Draco Malfoy, Ferret, by sabershadowkat (or on LJ) #
Harry/Draco, ferret!Draco/another ferret, R, novel-length. MPreg. Summary: “Snape turns Draco into a ferret for his own protection. He would’ve been safer with the Dark Lord.” I’m in doubt whether what happens to Draco while he’s a ferret should be classified as bestiality or not. So tread with caution if you don’t like bestiality, just in case.
A Most Impractical Cat, by drachenmina
Snape/Harry, other pairings mentioned, NC-17, 12,400. Summary: AU. During the horcrux hunt, Harry goes to Malfoy Manor in his guise as a cat to try and find Helga Hufflepuff’s cup. Things do not go according to plan. Warnings: Mention of het, (very) mild BDSM, bestiality and the poetry of TS Eliot.
Mr. Bunny Comes To Tea, by snottygrrl and naadi
Harry/Draco, PG, short. Fic and art collab. Summary: Post-war, Harry’s invited to a tea party. Mr. Bunny shows up as well. Warnings: Cuteness overload and no actual smut, but there are brightly colored pictures.
My Nawa Jujun, by romaine24 #
Harry/Draco, NC-17, ~50K words. Warnings: bondage, rimming, EWE. Summary: A small, unsolved case has Auror Harry Potter annoyed. His persistence pays off, and the answer reveals what his favourite DADA professor, Remus Lupin, meant by “the Animagus transformation can go horribly wrong”.
Nevermore, by painless_j (or here)
Gen; PG; Sirius-centric, short. Summary: After their death soldiers, whatever side they fought on, find themselves to be ravens.
Nevermore, by Pearle
Snape/Hermione, rated L (at Ashwinder) chaptered novella. Summary: “The war is long over and life has settled into a comfortable routine. Harry and his team of specialists have been charged with tracking down and dismantling Dark objects. While not part of the team, Harry has had occasion to call on his best friend’s husband to help them. What started out as routine turned out to be anything but. One question remained: how was he going to explain to Hermione her husband had been turned into a bird?”
The Nine Lives of Severus Snape, by The Treacle Tart #
Snape/Lupin; PG-13, one-shot. Snape, in his Animagus form, gets adopted by Lupin.
Of Mice and Men, by stillaseeker
Harry/Draco gen, PG, short. Draco’s stuck in his Animagus form.
Of Toads and Ferrets, by Evragirl NR
PG; dialogue-fic, short. Humour. Summary: Malfoy became a Death Eater and was caught by Harry. For his punishment {on Harry’s request}, he was turned into a ferret. He escapes into a nearby house, which happened to be Neville Longbottom’s.
Once Beautiful and Brave, by megyal
Charlie/Draco, NC-17, short. Warnings: Some spoilers for DH/HBP; not Epilogue-compliant. Summary: Part of the request: Draco gets stuck in his animagus form.
One Thousand Reasons, by Icarus (or here) #
Gen; Snape, Harry, PG-13, ficlet. Summary: Written pre-HBP. Harry and Snape are both Animagi. Harry really should know better by now.
A Panther’s Heart, by Copper Vixen NR
Harry/Draco, PG, novel-length. Summary: “Harry gets caught while in his animagus form and is purchased to be a familiar to his worst enemy.”
Paws In The Night, by Rachel
Lucius/Harry, NC-17, novella. Warnings: Chan, child abuse, violence, rape. AU. Summary: “An abused damaged boy finds the ability to escape his life by shape changing. His life leads him to a dangerous wizard with a soft spot for kittens who takes him home as a pet.”
Paws in Training, by Two Peas in a Pod (aka Ataraxis and Magdalena1969)
Harry/Snape; R, short. Summary: Two wizards attempting Animagi transfiguration, and where a little bit of firewhiskey could go a long way to making things right.
The Peace Pipe, by themostepotente (or here)
Snape/Harry, NC-17, ~11K words. Snarry Games entry. Team: Wartime. Genre(s): Humour/Angst. Prompt: Sanctuary. Summary: Potter is sent to train with a fabled Indian tribe at Dumbledore’s behest. Hijinx ensue when Snape is ordered to supervise.
Pellucidus, by Alexandra Dane (or here)
Snape/Harry; NC-17, novella, AU. Summary: “Stop me if you’ve heard it before: There’s a dangerous reptile on the loose; a prisoner has escaped from Azkaban; the DADA instructor’s worse than useless; nobody trusts the Potions master. Ah, but you haven’t heard it told quite like this before, my friends; these are all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. Welcome to the alternative universe that is Hogwarts Wizarding Academy.” Draco Malfoy is a Animagus, anaconda.
Sequel: Your Humble Serpent (or here).
Pink and sequel, Teacher’s Pet, by AbstractConcept (the_con_cept) #
Snape/Harry; PG-13 and R, short. Summaries: “Harry is determined to learn the Animagus Transformation, and the results are…unexpected. A humorous Snarry” and “Severus finds himself stuck with Harry, who can’t—or won’t—relinquish his Animagus form. Snape grows fond of the bugger, but doesn’t show it. Sequel to “Pink” but stands alone as well.”
Pop goes the Kneazle, part 2, by wemiss
Sort of Harry/Draco, PG-13, one-shot. Prompt: I just pictured Harry catching a rare wizard flu that makes him turn into a cat when he sneezes and back to himself whenever he coughs up a furball or something.
Practically Brothers, The Wounded, and Home’s the Farthest Way, by ReeraTheRed
Snape/Lupin, mostly pre-slash; PG, chaptered fics. Summary: “Lupin gets Snape to talk after the events of OotP. Hurt comfort, but not slash.” The second in the series has Snape being turned into the dog to combat his suicidal plans.
The Pride of Lions, by perivayne
Harry/Ron/Hermione; PG, one-shot. Challenge: Two of the Trio are living together as a couple. They happen across the third in their Animagus form and discover that the third has been spending so much time in their animagus form that they’re having trouble being human.
A Question of Form, by Athena Keating-Thomas
G; Gen, short. Summary: “Snape decides to study and become an Animagus. The resultant form might or might not be what was expected….”
Quid Pro Quo, T.O.O., by Josan #
Harry/Draco/Snape; NC-17, novel-length. BDSM warning. Draco finds his animal form in the middle of the fic.
Sequel: Quid 2.
The Raven and sequel, The Raven II, by Dizzy Wiz Bang
PG and G; Gen, novel-length. Summaries: 1) “Raven!Snape. Summer after Harry’s 5th year, Severus Snape gets turned into a raven and happens upon Harry Potter. This is their summer together” and 2) “Harry becomes The Raven and gets bonded to Snape as his familiar. This time Harry gets to learn about Severus and his world. Hedwig takes him under her wing.”
Ravenous, by Vulgarweed
Snape/Hermione; NC-17. Snape’s Animagus form is a raven. Summary: In which Severus shows off a new skill and gets into big trouble.
Sequels: Lionheart, Serpentine and Stormcrows.
The Refiner’s Fire and sequel, The Time of Destiny, by Abraxan NR
Harry/Ginny, R, novel-length. Summary: “In the summer before his sixth year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter learns to come to terms with the death of Sirius. As he heals and grows emotionally, he learns how to enjoy life again. But there’s a war on, and Voldemort’s primary objective is to kill Harry Potter, by any means necessary. As a result, Harry and his friends have a very adventurous sixth year at Hogwarts. Canon-based with some OC.” Summary 2: “Summary: Sequel to “The Refiner’s Fire.” Harry Potter returns to Privet Drive for the last time, prior to his Seventh Year at Hogwarts. Much to the Dursley’s surprise, Remus is going to stay with him due to a head injury Harry received on the train. The Dursleys are not happy with this situation, as you can well-imagine. This fic covers both the summer before Harry’s seventh year, and his entire last year at school. Canon-based with some OC.” McGonagall is teaching human to animal transfiguration and when Hermione and Ron turn themselves into baboons, some very interesting stuff happens.
Reunion, by chemical_haven
Remus/Regulus, NC-17, short. Summary: “Remus receives a lot of information by the most unlikely of people.” Animagus!Regulus.
new Roommates, Boyfriends, and Other Indoor Pets, by Slashpervert NR
Harry/Draco, NC-17, novella. Summary: “Auror Potter is carrying on a secret relationship with his co-worker Armourer Malfoy. They decide to learn to be Animagi – with surprising results.”
Sage Advice, by Starkindler NR
Harry/Snape; NC-17, one-shot. Summary: “While teaching, Harry has become lonely and slightly depressed. Upon the urging of his friend Hermione, Harry seeks the advice of the contact for the Gay Wizards Advice Service in Hogsmeade. Correspondence by owl goes well until he and the man agree to meet to talk about Harry’s feelings about being gay, and what he can do to catch the man of his dreams. Harry is shocked when he finds that it is the man of his dreams who has been giving him such sage advice.” Harry is an Animagus. Part of “From Dusk til Dawn - the Harry Potter/Severus Snape Fuh-Q-Fest” at kardasi.com. For password join the Kardasi-security y!group.
The Serpent, by Angie Astravic (angie_v12)
PG; gen. Harry is transfigured into a snake. The story is a part of the Legacy of Slytherin sequence. Author’s suggestions of the reading order are here, at the top of the page.
The Serpent of Lord Voldemort, by Angie Astravic (angie_v12)
PG; gen (?). The summer before Harry’s fifth year, Lord Voldemort pays a visit to number four, Privet Drive. Transformed into a serpent, a prisoner in Voldemort’s lair, Harry must engineer his escape amidst encounters with Nagini, Wormtail, Snape and the Malfoys. The story is a part of the Legacy of Slytherin sequence. Author’s suggestions of the reading order are here, at the top of the page.
comic Severus the Cat, by hill_ #
Genre(s): AU, humour/crack, PG-13.
Shameless Squid Groupies, by lizbee
PG; gen, ficlet. Snape and the squid starring as Madam Rosmerta.
Sir Percy and the Dragon, by kestrelsan
PG, one-shot. Summary: “Percy takes a Ministry job.” Only Percy is human in this fic; everybody else is an animal, a bird, or a piece of armour.
The Spider-Man, by Rakina
Snape/Harry gen or preslash, PG, short. Summary: “You’ll have to believe me now, Harry. I am on your side.” And Harry finally learns that you don’t have to look good to be good. Warnings: Involves a spider.
The Strongest Force, by sesheta_66
Harry/Draco, R, ~12K words. Prompt: Harry/Draco - As a last ditch attempt to hurt Harry Voldemort arranged some sort of time bomb that slowly turns Harry into some sort of creature (can be Dark or light!). Bonus points if you can include Healer!Draco.
Surprise! by QrYx NR
Harry/Lucius; R, discontinued WIP. Warning: OOC, MPreg. Summary: “Harry Potter goes back to school in 7th year with a huge surprise for all his friends. Gasp! He’s Married!!! Slash! and implied Mpreg!!” Harry is an Animagus.
The Swan Potter, by crimson_stained #
Harry/Draco, PG, ~10K words. Summary: All Draco had wanted was for Harry Potter to pay attention. When Potter ends up in the Manor, Draco tries to help Potter escape, and instead, accidentally finds a way to make Potter listen to everything he has to say.
Sympathetic Magic, by shedoc10
Harry/Ron; R. Novel-length. Summary: “Harry and Ron discover there is more to their friendship than anyone knew (read the notes and warnings on fic)I think the spellings fixed now too!” Harry, Ron and Neville are Aminagi.
Tachycineta Carmina, by Ziasudra #
Harry/Snape, NC-17, short. Written for the pornicators Summer Snarry Free For All Mini-Fest. Prompt by painless_j: Slavery. Doesn’t matter if Harry owns Snape or vice versa. Affectionate (even if grudgingly) but not fluffy. No unhappy ending (should be at least hopeful). Harry is a bird Animagus.
Teacher’s Pet, by Didodikali
Gen with slight Snape/Hermione undertones or very light het; PG-13, one-shot. Hermione works on her Animagus form.
That Place In The Dark, by DementorDelta #
Snape/Harry, NC-17, 15800 words. Genre(s): Romance, Hurt/Comfort. Prompt(s): Silver. Summary: EWE. Severus Snape has survived the war and the Dark Lord, but he may not survive Harry Potter.
They Say Miracles Are Past… by Rakina (or here)
Snape/Harry; NC-17, novelette. Team Romance Entry for the Snarry Games. Prompt: A Test of Wills. A Unicorn Animagus.
Things That Go, by allecto #
Gen; PG; short. I won’t tell you who the Animagi here are and what animals they become ‘cos it would be a spoiler but it’s a significant detail in the fic.
Things That Go Meow In The Night, by jennavere (or here)
Harry/Draco, PG, one-shot. Summary: Draco’s Animagus form is not quite what he expected.
Things That Seem, by MaeglinYedi (or here) ##
Harry/Draco; NC-17, novella. Summary: “A potion gone wrong. A desperate wish. A new future. And a…horse?” Harry is an Animagus.
Tom-Tom ‘verse, by Ntamara (partly f-locked)
PP(as a student)/Voldemort, ratings vary. During the summer holiday, Peter ventures out into Diagon Alley in his Animagus form and meets a ginger-striped tomcat.
A Transformative Meeting, by Iulia Linnea
Luna/Lucius, Luna/Percy, NC-17, short. Summary: As the final battle winds down, Luna catches a kitten and finds her future. Warning: For brief and potentially disturbing content mixed with slightly crackified fluff.
Twas a dark and stormy night, by angeleledhwen #
Harry/Snape; PG. AU, fairy tale x-over, short. In the daytime, Snape turns into a jaguar.
The Twelfth Night : A Faerie Tale, by I Got Tired Of Waiting
Snape/Harry, NC-17, novella. Summary: He lives in solitude, stripped of the life he once knew, until one Christmas a new life comes to him, changing him forever.
The Two Turtledoves, by pixychelle
Snape/Lupin, other pairings; PG-13, one-shot. Summary: In which Tonks is conveniently Not Dead Yet; for some reason, Remus conveniently doesn’t blush at all; Severus reveals his Animagus form, conveniently without requiring a character death warning; the Author has conveniently remembered that Severus is a Legilimens; and everyone may or may not be gay. Conveniently. Plus some sort of plot about a “cure” for lycanthropy and Hagrid helping Ron Weasley with a special present, but who cares about that part?
The Unhappy Horseman of Sleepy Hogwarts, by Murasaki99
Gen, PG, short. Summary: “So it’s another minor accident in Potions Class. These things happen to even the best Potions Masters, right?” Snape morphs into a centaur due to an accident in Potions Class.
The Unicorn and the Snape, by Kethryveris NR
Seems to be het, Snape/OFC?; R, discontinued WIP. Summary: “Voldemort sends a hunter out for more unicorn blood only to be foiled by our favorite DE spy Severus Snape. Unfortunately, severe consequences arise and the Order, and more importantly the Dream Team will have to deal with the fallout.” Snape saves a unicorn by transforming it into a woman.
Voice in the Pipes, by IvyBlossom
Harry/??; R, novella. Dialogue-fic, parody. Summary: “When Harry gets a room of his own in Gryffindor tower, he doesn’t realize that the pipes are set up to let someone spy on him. Someone somewhere in the school seems to be able to hear everything he says. Meanwhile, Draco Malfoy seems to be trying to kill him. Are these two things connected?” There’s a crane Animagus.
Vox Corporis, by MissAnnThropic NR
Harry/Hermione, NC-17, novel-length. Summary: Following the events of the Goblet of Fire, Harry spends the summer with the Grangers, his relationship with Hermione deepens, and he and Hermione become animagi.
Waiting for Darkness, by Chiya (achiasa)
Harry/Draco. PG, short. One day Harry sees a ferret tangled up in twigs and grass…
A Walk In The Forest, by memorycharm
Harry/Neville, PG, short. Grimm’s fairy tales crossover. Summary: A story of boys and toads.
What Harry Potter Did For A Shag, by gingertart
Snape/Harry, PG-13, short. Summary: Harry can’t rest until he has brought Snape’s body back to Hogwarts. Prompt: Snape uses animagus powers to live and gets stuck …
When Darkness Comes, by furor_scribiend NR
Harry/Snape; R/NC-17, WIP status unknown. Summary: “AU ~ Harry’s in his seventh year and gets an unexpected surprise in the summer - in the form of his pretty second cousin, Sora de Vyns, who takes him away from the Dursleys permanently. And Harry learns just what is required of him to defeat Voldemort once and for all. Will he do it or continue down the path he stepped on himself? What was supposed to be the best year at Hogwarts has now become a fight against old rivalries, tempers, time and Voldemort.” Harry, Draco and an OFC become Animagi.
A Wizard’s Guide to Pocket Dwelling, by hollycomb ## (locked)
Albus Severus/Scorpius, NC-17, 16K words. Warning(s): Past (post-epilogue) character death discussed. Summary: Eight years after Hogwarts, Albus and Scorpius are flatmates in London. Albus is a bit of a disaster. Scorpius is in love with him, but remains an innocent bystander until he has a not so brilliant idea.
A Wizard Song, by Telanu (somniesperus) (or at the author’s page) ##
Harry/Snape, PG to NC-17; novel-length. Draco Malfoy is an Animagus (story 5 in the series).
You Never Know, by Stasia (link to the epilogue; the previous chapters are linked from there) #
Snape/Lupin, Snape/Sirius, NC-17; novel-length. Summary: “Marauders Era, AU. Severus is in Gryffindor and Remus is in Slytherin. Remus is the one that gets tormented by James, Sirius, Peter, and Severus, until Severus discovers that Remus is an outcast in his own house, being beaten by Lucius Malfoy.” Severus is a most wonderful Animagus.
Bad Faith, by JaD (jandtonic) (or here) #
Harry/Draco, R/NC-17, WIP. Summary: “Four years after Dumbledore’s death, Draco Malfoy shows up on the doorstep of number twelve, Grimmauld Place looking for Harry Potter. Torn between his selfish cowardice and his family’s pride, Draco finds himself alone on a battlefield and has nowhere else to turn; and Harry has to learn that sometimes you don’t put up walls to keep other people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” Draco is an Animagus; there are also interesting animals in the fic.
Blood and Nails, by Calmardaa #
Harry/Draco; R, novel-length; mystery. Summary: “Would you kill for it? Die for it? What would you do for love and would it do in return? Would it save you from yourself?” Draco has a cat (he first gives it to Snape then borrows it back). There’s also an Animagus-cat but to say who would be a spoiler.
Sequel: Smoke & Mirrors ‘The Sequel to Blood & Nails’ (R; discontinued WIP).
Care of Magical Creatures, by Arsenic Jade (author’s page at Skyehawke) ##
Hermione/Remus, Hermione/Remus/Snape, NC-17; novel-length. Summary: The story behind Wereworld. Also can be read on the old site: CoMC, sequels: Mating For Life (PG), Inside, Waiting (PG), Where You Hang Your Robes (PG), Flight Patterns (PG-13), Appellation (PG).
Hermione works at St Mungo’s with werewolves and learns Animagi transformation. Her form is a Porlock, magical creature that guards horses. There are also magical pets in the fic: 2 kneazles and a cobra, and Millicent as a kneazle breeder.
Cat Magic, by gingertart
Gen, G, short. Summary: Severus Snape discovers that he likes cats, but only in moderation. Prompt: Snape adopts 23 cats.
Chatroom Anonymity, by Silent_Stalker
Harry/Draco; R, novella. A potion lets people who take it turn into felines. Harry and Draco turn into black panthers. There’s also a green squirrel.
Claimed, by Brimstone
Harry/Snape, NC-17; novella. Voldemort curses Harry so that he thinks he’s a wolf. He behaves like one and Snape has to take care of him.
The Company You Keep, by Ravenna C Tan #
NC-17. ~10K words. Summary: “The war is over. Severus Snape wants to be left alone. Draco wants Snape. Snape decides a stray cat is a better companion that a Malfoy, given what he learned about both Malfoy and Potter in the days after Voldemort had captured Harry.” Warnings: Brief flashbacks to sex with Voldemort’s captives, mentions of non-con and rape. Dubious consent Snape/Harry. Also, a very cute cat.
Draco Malfoy and the Tome of Entrapment, by Saber ShadowKitten #
Harry/Draco; PG-13. Novel-length. Harry, Neville, Draco, Hermione, and Ron are Animagi. Harry befriends a dog.
new Fearful Symmetry, by emynn
Snape/Harry, PG, one-shot. Summary: Harry was comfortable living in his little cottage with 22 animals. Then a little black rabbit arrived and changed everything …
Finding Himself, by Minisinoo ##
Cedric/Hermione [Harry/Cho], NC-17, AU 5th year, very long. Summary: ‘The boy who almost died’ has to figure out what it means that he didn’t. Harry’s tumultous fifth year at Hogwarts is Cedric’s seventh and final. Bound together by a shared trauma survived, both boys fall under Ministry fire and suspicion, and both undergo a ‘deconstruction’ of sorts in the face of that crisis. Who is Cedric Diggory? He must find himself amid rumors of war, the awkwardness of falling in love, and a crippling personal tragedy. (parallel canon)”
Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, by Barb NR
Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, R; very long. Summary: In Harry’s fifth year he gets a snake with the Sight. Hermione’s torn between Ron and Harry, who’s torn between her and Ginny, who’s torn between him and Draco Malfoy, who’s torn between her and loyalty to his father. Plus: a Prophecy, Animagus training, a Dueling Club, Snape’s Penseive, kilts, giants, house elf liberation and more!
Sequels can be found here.
In Memory I, by Becka (or here)
Draco/Harry, Snape/Harry; R, discontinued WIP; more chapters available through the author’s yahoo!group. Summary: “What if someone followed Hagrid the night he delivered Harry to the Dursleys? How would Harry’s life have been different?” AU that follows Harry as he grows up with the abusive Dursleys, and continues to his time at Hogwarts. Harry has a snake, Samson, talks to many other snakes; he can talk to owls and he’s an Animagus, but the form hasn’t been revealed yet.
In the Land of Dragons, by megyal
Charlie/Draco, NC-17, ~10K words. Summary: Charlie’s job has changed from dragon-keeper to dragon-hunter in the apocalyptic aftermath of the war. Warnings: DH-based, but not Epilogue-compliant. Dragons reigning the world; and an Animagus.
Jade Green Eyes, by Jendra (look in the files section; you’ll have to join the group to read it)
Harry/Lucius; NC-17; novel-length. Harry’s Animagus form is Gryphon. There are also lots of other animals in this fic, snakes, horses and more, and a special magical zoo in the sequel.
Sequel: Beyond Expectations (same link).
Learning to Fly: Cycle One, by Koanju and Saeva
Multiple pairings. Het, slash, femmeslash; rape, questionable consent, bondage, S&M. NC-17, long. Harry has a cat named Bast. Also Harry is an Animagus and Luna becomes one.
Sequel: Learning to Fly, Cycle Two. Multiple pairings. Het, slash, femslash; torture. Discontinued WIP. NC-17. Cat Hemlock makes an appearance, and there’s cat Bast again.
Myth, by Misty Kasumi #
Harry/Draco; PG; short. Draco buys a lark. Summary: A shower of gardenia petals is all that separates Draco from remembering Harry, but he doesn’t know it’s so easy. I placed the story here ‘cos the nature of the bird is too difficult to specify.
One Down, Two Across, by Josan []
NC-17, ~22300 words. Genre(s): Alternate Universe. Prompt(s): Silver and Puzzles. Summary: When is a crossword puzzle not a crossword puzzle? When it leads Harry on an adventure.
The Phoenix and the Serpent, by Leni Jess #
Harry/Lucius, R; novella. (Or you can read a slightly longer NC-17 version here: part 1, 2, 3.) Summary: “Draco’s malicious misuse of a potion partially transforms Harry to a phoenix. Using it carries an automatic life sentence in Azkaban, so Lucius has to beg Harry to ask for his son’s freedom. Harry thinks he is an ugly freak, Lucius thinks he is wholly enticing, Voldemort thinks he offers a new means to immortality, and Dumbledore thinks – who knows? Lucius is sure it’s not good, so he is soon trying to negotiate another deal with Harry.” Lucius’s eagle owl Invidia as an actor in the drama.
Resonance, by GreenGecko / Salamander (or here) #
Gen (though there are Snape/OFC, Harry/Tonks and Harry/OFCs in the side, not grafic and not as the main theme); PG, novel-length. Summary: “Snape adopts Harry in this story that stretches from the end of year six until Harry starts his Auror apprenticeship. Harry defeats Voldemort and has to deal with not only with his now greatly increased fame, but also with some odd, disturbing skills he inherited from the Dark Lord. Both he and Snape fumble around trying for some kind of family normalcy, which neither one is very knowledgeable of. Harry survives his seventh year at Hogwarts with a parent as a teacher and starts his training as an Auror.” A group of DA students becomes Animagi. There’s also detailed care of Blue Wombats.
Salutation, by zionsstarfish
Harry/Draco; PG, short. Written as a response to contrelamontre’s Unusual Kiss Challenge. For the summer, Harry has to have a penpal. It’s more complicated than that but I’ll put the story here not to spoil the main plot knot.
Severus and the Crup, by Josan ##
Snape/Harry; NC-17, novella. Snape finds a crup. It’s more complicated than that but I’ll put the story here not to spoil the main plot knot.
Shadow’s Side Story, by Jemma #
Harry/Snape; R, novel-length. Draco is an Animagus, a most literal one. There’s also an animated snake.
Smitty the Basilisk, by Lychee
Snape/Harry, Draco/OFC; NC-17, chaptered novella. Summary: Tremble, inhabitants of Hogwarts, for the basilisk is once again in the walls of the school…even if he gets into a bit of trouble sometimes. Smitty the basilisk has a wicked penchant for matchmaking, and ends up with human aspirations of his own. First-time Snarry.
Snape/Draco, kitten or puppy or both , by bethbethbeth, arsenicjade, femmequixotic, goseaward
Snape/Draco; G to R. Challenge responses in hpshortfics lj comm.
Tea at Midnight and A Grand Day Out, by neotoma (locked)
Gen; Snape, McGonagall, Hagrid. Meet Snape’s transfigured into a cat (”taking a short holiday in a form in which he can relax and no one can possibly expect him to *do* anything”) and a magical creature baku.
Unlocking Harry Potter, by sarini NR
Harry/Charlie; R, novel-length. Summary: “PostOoTP, PreHBP. Severus has been having dreams, dreams so real they feel like memories. What is his mind telling him? Severitus with a twist.”
Prequels and sequels can be found via the author’s page.
Unthinkable Thoughts, by Aidan Lynch
Harry/Draco; NC-17; novel-length. Closer to the end of the story, Harry and Draco become Animagi. There are also magical creatures, Fauns, which are pivotal to the plot.
Wolf, by colibri NR
Harry/Draco, with a side order of Harry/Snape, and a short bit of Harry/Ron, Harry/Lucius, and Harry/Voldemort, and few bits more. NC-17, long. Summary: “After his fifth year, Harry dropped out of his life and spent a year in muggle London’s seamy underbelly, drowning Voldemort’s link with heroin.” Warnings: drug use, Non-con, Violence, Adult Language, OOC-ness, BDSM, Rimming, bestiality. See Summary to story 3 in the series: The question of how the Animagus transformation interacts with Lycanthropy is answered.
Many thanks to all people who take part in the search! Big and heavy basket of thanks to Debra Jo Smith for the immense list of HP fic links!
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Accountable By Dyce:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3245929/1/Accountable
It’s Het, Severus/Hermione, rated T and complete.
Crookshanks gives Snape a kneazle kitten, in chapter 11, as part of an effort to make him more likable.
Author:Anonymiss731
Title:Sleeping With The Enemy
Summary:Proffesor Snape has a night time visitor. Surprise ending.
Pairing:No real pairing but fools the audience into thinking otherwise
Rating:Depends M if you got tricked G if you didn’t
WIP status: Completed Oneshot
How the fic fits here: It’s a fic from Crookshanks view and she has befriends Snape. You aren’t told it’s her until the end leading the audience to believe it’s Harry’s POV.
I really hope this fits here. I’d be very happy to have a fic here ^___^
Thanks, DC!
Sorry, Anonymiss731, I don’t take drabbles.
Title: All Evil Things Must Come to a Gruesome End
Rating: PG
Warning: Dog!Draco Cat!Harry Non-magical AU
Word Count: ~2000
Characters: Tom Riddle, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Billie
Summary: Harry Potter And Draco Malfoy Are Meant To Be Together!
How the fic fits: it’s from an animals pov and h/d are both pets. Interaction (of a sort) does occur between the pets and animals.
Thanks, Ayes!
Retired Nature by ehmaz
Summary: Post-war, the Light has won, and Snape finds himself on a farm that’s falling apart and with no money left. Enter the ever-destitute werewolf! Approx. 67000 words.
Snape raises diricawls, Ashwinders, and leeches. One of the leeches is his pet, named Frankie
http://www.ssf-moonshadow.com/archive/archive/14/retirednature.html
Can this fit?
A oneshot (650 words), Harry gets a new owl; Harry and the owl are the main object, interaction between them is included.
Title: A Secret Gift
Link:
http://www.potionsandsnitches.net/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=1613
Thank you, Zamburak!
Sorry, pluf, I’m not taking this one ‘cos it’s WIP only with 2 chapers.
A Secret Gift
(completed)
http://www.potionsandsnitches.net/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=1613
Harry gets a new owl.
Golden Star
(oneshot 1900 words)
http://www.potionsandsnitches.net/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=1666
About Snape, Harry and a cat
Thanks, pluf!
Oral Tradition by lazy_neutrino
~1300 rated G The Battle at Hogwarts II and Voldemort’s defeat from Crookshanks POV
http://community.livejournal.com/yay_potterkids/20857.html#cutid1
Sacrifices, by Lightning on the Wave:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/895946/Lightning_on_the_Wave
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG through to hard R
Length: LONG. Longer than Rowling’s series long.
Summary: ‘Harry’s brother Connor is the Boy-Who-Lived, and Harry has devoted himself to protecting him—by being ordinary. But certain people aren’t content to let Harry hide in the shadows.’
Magical creatures of all kinds play a huge role in this story. In particular, Harry’s snake Sylarana is a main character in the second ‘book’, and a couple of other snakes he ends up owning also play important roles at various points.
And because this is a massive thing, and deliberately makes use of a number of cliches, this series should fit into several other themed lists as well. It may seem a bit odd at first, but I really do recommend it.
I love these themed lists! Perfect for when I’m looking for a specific kind of story.
My plug:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4151268/1/Miles_to_Go_Before_I_Sleep
Title: Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Author: Malora
Gen fic
Rated PG
Completed one-shot, 3000 words
Hedwig is tossed onto a bonfire with Harry’s belongings, but she manages to barely escape. Injured, she must seek help for Harry. Hedwig’s POV.
Krass! Hätte ich garnicht gedacht…
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5442274/1/Animagus_in_Hiding
The Potions Master looked straight into the spider’s green eyes. “Well, congratulations, Mr. Potter. You’re probably the first student, who has made his way into Hogwarts in form of a spider,” he sneered. Set before Harry’s first year. AU! Partly OOC.