Stories by One Red Shoe

Something is not right with Hermione Granger, but she doesn't know what it is. Her neglectful husband lives permanently in Ireland and she's supporting their three children, and she doesn't even seem to be able to talk about any of it. To make matters worse she's falling for her office mate. Why can nothing ever be simple, and what has it to do with an old Black family grimoire?

One act of charity starts an avalanche. At a moment when Draco is most vulnerable, Hermione takes him for coffee and it sparks something that threatens to overwhelm them. Can they find their happiness, with Draco unhappily promised to Astoria and Hermione begrudgingly attached to Ron? What can go wrong with that, right? Post war, little canon content, Ron & Astoria bashing.

Hermione Granger finds herself suddenly Portkeyed into Azkaban as an inmate. She has no idea how or why this has been done to her, but must reluctantly start fitting into Azkaban's rigid automated schedule. She is surprised to find someone she greatly admires in the cell opposite her, and he quickly turns into her greatest ally. Might this be the start of something beautiful?

Ron experimenting with Potions was never going to be a good idea, but when he spills the results on a shocked Severus the ensuing reaction is one off, and unique. A short tale of happy endings, love, want and healing, as two friends realise that there's so much more to be had together if they only lower their guard enough to grasp it.

A small offering as a tribute to Dame Maggie Smith, specifically to her role as Minerva McGonagall, and the reaction to the headmistress' death by the Granger-Snape family. T rating is because this story is essentially a discussion about death.

An old tradition allows a father and son together to take one powerful witch as consort after times of war. Lucius Malfoy intends that he and his son will have Hermione as their bride, but unforeseen circumstances lead Draco on a different path, and Lucius discovers that sharing his witch is not to his liking. Join Hermione on her journey to becoming Lady Malfoy.

What do, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini all have in common? They're all business partners in a daring venture to establish a stylish burlesque house in a little lane off the very proper Diagon Alley. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg.

It's ten years post war, and Severus Snape has healed. He is no longer the bitter and resentful man he was before the end of the war. The only thing he is now is slightly annoyed that a castle is trying to rule his life for him, and he's lonely. So, what will happen when said meddling castle delivers Hermione Granger and her baby daughter to his doorstep? Nothing much Canon here.

Another ball, a ten year celebration of freedom, and the time seems to be finally right for Severus Snape to claim a witch he hasn't approached before. A loose plot that covers the fact that this is a small story devoted to fluff and smut.

Hermione has an itch her friends do not want her to scratch, but one summer night with the help of several martinis that itch becomes too much for her to resist.

THIS IS A REPOST. This is a short tale of what happens when Founders magic plays with the feelings of two people. One, who is stubbornly ignoring what he feels, and the other who is not certain that she would be wanted by him. AU, EWE.

Lucius Malfoy and Hermione Granger have a difficult history, but an unexpected encounter years after the war leads them both to wonder if they could have something more than that. However, the war has left Hermione slightly broken, but can Lucius move past the guilt that consumes him over what happened to Hermione in his house at the end of the war?

Following the war, Hermione Granger's life has not settled down as she thought it would. She has not faced her parents yet, they still do not know she exists. The relationship she waited so patiently for with Ron is nothing like she expected it to be. It all comes to a head when a recovering Snape is returned to Hogwarts, and she finds a very different man than she knew before.

Hermione Granger comes back to Hogwarts after spending an extended amount of time in Australia after the war. Severus Snape returns to teaching after three years of deciding what to do now he has a chance to live post war. When the pair of them meet again they are instantly drawn to one another, but predictably it takes intervention from an unlikely source to get them to admit it.

Something awful happened to Hermione Granger at the end of the war against Voldemort, and now she's broken. Will returning to Hogwarts as an apprentice help fix her? What will it take to heal Hermione, and in the process will Severus Snape find healing himself? A very AU story that is in no way canon compliant, both Dumbledore and Snape survived the war.

Remus Lupin is a member of The Special Crimes Squad, a branch of the Aurory. This day he comes across a witch who has witnessed a crime the squad are investigating, and Moony wants to claim her. What ensues is romance. A short, very AU story with a side pairing of Harry and Andromeda.

Hermione Granger has been hiding something from her husband, Ron Weasley, something rather permanent in ink on her side. No imagination is needed to know what happens when Ron finally sees it, but he has his own secrets too, and they stay together for the children. However, what happens now the children are grown up. This story is based around worrywart's story, The Secrets of Ink.

Hermione returns to complete Hogwarts. A friend spreads lies, isolating her. However, this helps her form friendships she would never have imagined possible as she see new sides to people. They form powerful new alliances that help win the war. A COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON and a SS/HG love story, if you don't like, don't read. CURRENTLY BEING RE-EDITED (Ch's 1-20 fixed so far).

An unexpected attack allows a lonely Hermione Granger to enter into a longed for relationship with Severus Snape. Theirs is a unique relationship which will have unexpected benefits. Will our favorite couple be able to choose the recipient of this benefit, or will a scheming Dumbledore try to steal it from them. Christmas fluff, with a little angst and drama thrown in.

This little tale is solely my tribute to the wonderful Alan Rickman, my favorite actor and who was an inspiration as Professor Severus Snape. It is written with my deepest condolences to his wife and family, and with the greatest respect for the man himself.

Their eyes saw what time and apathy had made others blind to. Snape and Malfoy left England after their trials. When they return 10 years later, they're furious with what they find. SS/HG, SS/HG/LM, LM/GW, and a dark HP/RW. The cover picture for this story is by SusanMarieR. This story is currently unbetaed.

Hermione Granger and Severus Snape have a growing post-war friendship that is interrupted by circumstance. How will they act once teacher and student again? Can they cope, or will Severus take matters into his own hands to secure the first witch he has been interested in since Lily? Not canon compliant, fluffy and OOC, written especially for Christmas, please enjoy.

Just a little idea that tickled at my mind until I wrote it down, only barely long enough to be a short tale. No pairings, (well just the tiniest inkling of a SS/HG – I couldn't leave my favourite couple out completely) this is just a thought of how Hogwarts could have fixed a problem before it happened, thereby saving the Wizarding world a lot of trouble. Very AU

There was more than one Prophesy,but not all predictions affect the whole wizarding community. This is a small tale of how one such Prophesy only affected two people in the aftermath of the final battle. It is not remotely canon compliant, and Snape survived obviously.

Hermione Granger is a successful solicitor, so why do all her friends merely judge her, not by her achievements but by her single status. Their well meaning attempts to find her a wizard unexpected match her with someone that suits her perfectly. Very AU *Mature readers only, please.* HG/LM

What if before his death, Dumbledore arranged a safe haven for his trusted spy? Powerful magic that would keep him alive if he were placed in mortal danger, but the scene on the Astronomy Tower played out before he could tell anyone what he had done. It's now twenty years later, and Hermione gets a surprise when Minerva asks her to takes on the Potions professorship. EWE and AU.

They had no choice, once they were involved it was either serve the madman or death. Naturally they chose to stay alive, but at what cost. This is the story of how Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy found the women who finally snuffed out the darkness and brought them peace. LM/HG, SS/OC, HP/DM. Very AU, EWE, but with HEA. In the process of being betaed.

Sixteen year old Hugo Weasley has a talent for Potions and in particular, Love Potions. With the help of plotters extraordinaire, his Uncles George and Fred, he decides to help his parent's flagging marriage. The results are unexpected to say the least, but after everything settles again, the young wizard finds that he ended up helping more than he planned to. AU and EWE

Take one snarky Potions master, a Gryffindor witch with a liking for Slytherins, add in a Malfoy and a Potter both struggling with confusing feelings, and you come up with a well mixed couple of pairs who all see sides in each other they didn't expect. Very AU and definitely non-canon compliant. EWE. SS/HG and HP/DM

Hermione want to tell Ron it's over, but he cheats on her and lies about it before she can, turning everyone against her. Snape and Hermione are friends, neither admitting it's more; he's planning to leave and start again anyway. Will they give in to the feelings they're ignoring and take a chance, what will Harry do when he finds out Ron lied? AU, EWE. HG/SS, mentions HP/LL/DM

Severus Snape would love to get to know the new professor of Arithmancy better. If only he didn't keep opening his mouth and saying the wrong thing, how does Hermione finally solve this problem? Read on and find out… SS/HG, very AU, EWE and HEA.

This is an alternate path for the last chapters of my story The Tedium of Time, exploring a purely SS/HG option to the end. Please see *important note* in the A/N for more info because this story doesn't start from the beginning of Tedium of Time. It's still AU and contains mild violence and a menage a trois. SS/HG, HP/GW/DM.

Imagine history didn't go as planned. Neville Longbottom was targeted as the chosen one, and the curse rebounded but also killed the infant. Harry Potter grew up with his parents living. Albus Dumbledore dispatched Voldemort as soon as he showed his face again in Harry's first year. How would these events change everyone's lives? Completely alternate reality.

Two professors on a research trip to the library, late at night, during the summer holidays when they're the only two residents of the castle. But what are they actually researching?

Professor Granger wonders if she's been left on the shelf. After all, how is a witch to meet a suitable wizard while being cloistered away at Hogwarts ten months of the year? However, the strangest circumstances can deliver the most unlikely people to you in the magical world. Completely AU, not even remotely DH compliant, very fanciful, with an equally whimsical amorous vine.

He could have asked her, but he didn't. Now she not speaking to him, and he can't work out why. How was he supposed to know she would want to go? It's an encounter with a faulty Library ladder that makes them tell their secrets. Just a little story, nothing to complicated. EWE and AU.

Dumbledore is supposed to be dead, so why is he sending Hermione a letter? Why did Fawkes and Snape disappear and did Hermione mean to fall through Snape's ceiling? This is a story of the unexpected and how sometimes what you wish for helps you move forward and heals you. AU and EWE, with a side of MM/AD, HP/DM and GW/NL.

*THIS IS A RE-POST OF THE REVISED STORY* Life never turned out as Lucius wanted it too, but just when he thinks it's too late, someone trusts her survival to him. That one act changes everything and he hopes for a future when he thought he was finished. LM/HG, Very AU, and with HEA

Two stubborn people who both think the other could never care for them, get a helping hand from Hogwarts the castle, some Founders magic. and a red stiletto. EWE and AU.