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1. Where Do We Begin (The Rubble or Our Sins) by Myhappinessisajoke

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, Other
   • Work in Progress

   10 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Severus Snape/?
   • (possibly unrequited/onesided)
   • James Potter/Severus Snape
   • Sirius Black/Severus Snape
   • Remus Lupin/Severus Snape
   • but muuuuuch later in the fic
   • Severus Snape
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • (maybe) - Character
   • James Potter
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Slytherin Students
   • Lucius Malfoy
   • Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Tobias Snape
   • Eileen Prince
   • Regulus Black
   • Other Marauders Era Characters
   • Worldbuilding
   • Powerful Severus Snape
   • Marauders Era (Harry Potter)
   • I try my best to be historically accurate
   • Trying to blend all my favorite tropes
   • Severus Snape Drops Out of Hogwarts
   • Ilvermorny
   • Alternate Universe - Ilvermorny
   • Severus Snape goes through puberty half way through this because I want to write his voice in
   • Not a mooning over lily centric fic
   • Severus Snape is So Done
   • Good Severus Snape
   • Young Severus Snape
   • Pansexual Severus Snape
   • because his love interest is undecided and any option is open
   • please put some oc's in the comments or something
   • no beta we die like cedric
   • Influenced by A Prince Rising By Syl on FF.net
   • The Knight Bus (Harry Potter)
   • Abusive Parents
   • I did so much research on the Knight bus for literally one scene
   • BAMF Severus Snape
   • Lily will not be his whole personality
   • Or all that he thinks about
   • Also influenced by Breaking the Mold By Komodo_Butterfly
   • Genius Severus Snape
   • Smart Severus Snape

   Summary

   After a disastrous 5th year at Hogwarts, Severus Snape knows he can't go back. He has to get out of Magical Britain and Ilvermorny is calling his name.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,770

   Chapters:

   11/?

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