Sorry Darcy. I spend a lot of time complaining to myself; so naturally, that's all I ever hear and no one seems to have a problem with it. I'll quite whining now though.


You're kidding. Right? Aww...no.... I know that nasty Dementor will try and get you...but...but...erm...you know the Patronous Charm, right? Aww...poor Severus. T.T

~Dianne

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That sounds...like what Tom did to frame his Uncle. Isn't that advanced Dark Magic?...That doesn't sound too good coming from Severus.

Yay, the slimey git Snape, the one we all loathe to love is back with a vengeance!!

I am sure Hermione would be so angry if she knew what he was doing.

I knew that you'd do something like this Darcy. A total deviation from chapter nine to leave us all guessing for ages about who was in Hermiones room!



I have always thought that Lupin never took his prefect duties seriously enough and I'd be pretty peeved had someone in authority looked on as if it wasn't happening....I love Lupin but he did deserve some payback.

I am so cross that I didn't read this yesterday, but than agian it was Issie birthday and that had to come first. It just means that I got to post after you Darcy lol!!


Roll on chapter 11....

only just read the latest chapter and its great, i'm loving this story!

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I'm sorry, Dianne, I really was just teasing. My timing always seems to be off from your schedule though.

Ooooh, Dianne, you're seeing how serious this really is! Yeah, he summoned their wands to mess with the parchments and then put everything back!

And yeah...well, she has to go back. That's the way it would have to be with a story set in her third year.

Elaine--Happy Birthday to Issie! I hope she had fun. I always hated birthdays when I had to go to school. lol Did she get to skive off?

LOL--Yeah, sorry about the room intruder, but I will get back to it. True about Lupin, but it's still so easy to feel sorry for him! Well, unless you're Sev, anyhow.

Nymphodora, I'm so glad you're enjoying it! Hopefully I can get chapter 11 up this weekend.

Thanks everyone!

Well, Very good story you got here Aethonon, I know the plot isn't of your creation, but you made a wonderful story out of it, although the last two chapters were a bit boring and rather confusing. Because I didn't quite understand the idea of their plans against the Gryffindors except when Rosier said, "Seven down, none to go", and thus I was reading in complete confusion whenever their plans were mentioned, and I don't get the point of Severus' confession to Lily that he is sorry, I can't see how it changed anything or added the slightest effect, except, if it was ment just to get James angry.
On the whole, I think it's really well done, and I hope you update soon.

Now I'm the one who is confused. How can it be really well-written if it is boring and confusing?

They were already planning revenge a couple of chapters back, that's where that is coming from. And Sev apologised to Lily in order to distract the entire class enough so that Evan could tamper with James' potion bottles. Not too confusing, really. Some of the problems with confusion I am seeing are coming from the chapters being spaced apart--small details of plot get lost from the memory when you have to wait--it was the same thing for Janet with Gbenisola's grey velvet cloak--Sev gave it to Hermione in chapter nine, but the chapter when she got it, and the chapter when 'Sola found it missing were over a week apart in posting.

Either that or I'm not pounding it hard enough, maybe my hints are too subtle... I don't want people confused, but I don't want to spend paragraphs graphically spelling things out, either....what to do?

Wow fantastic chapter i just read it!
this fic justs get better and better I genuinely love it haha cant wait until there is more to read!
great stuff

D.A

No, Darcy, your hints are just fine. It's my lack of attention to detail that got me there. I remember reading that he covered her with a cloak, and, after you mentioned it, I remember the cloak. . .but I didn't pay enough attention to it to connect it with the missing cloak! Not your fault, mine as an unobservant reader!

I feel like I've missed something else, too, though! People keep wondering who the visitor to her bedchamber was, but I had assumed it was McGonagall, going to check in on her. Did I just glance over that and miss soemthing important??

Darcy, I'm really enjoying this! I've just read all of it and I have to say, I wish Severus really was like that. It's a very comforting thought for Severus to have friends.

Slytherins are so much fun! It's a very interesting angle you have with Regulus, especially. And I like that Hermione still thinks that Sirius is a mass murderer. Other time-turner fics I've read all happen after HBP, and that obviously complicates things - sometimes beyond the point where them falling in love is sensible. There's a very fresh feeling about your fic - very welcome change, in a way. I rarely read fics with kids as the main characters (except for Cori's, which I'll be catching up on soon), and this is lots of fun!

Anyways, looking forward to the rest!

Hi D.A.! It's good to see you! I'm really glad you liked the chapter. I hope to have chapter 11 written and up over the weekend.

Janet--I really don't think it's you being unobservant! Thanks to three reviews from people who were confused and who were not being nit-picky (and not getting a senseless and upsetting review from Miss Nit-Picky, thereby distracting me from comments that matter!), I've realised something really important about the way I chose to write this fic!

First, I decided to tell each chapter from either Hermione's PoV, or Sev's PoV, and alternate them. Sounds great in theory, and I do think that for a completed story it'll be just fine. But in reality, for a work-in-progress, it really doesn't work! The time between what Sev does in chapter eight and what he does in chapter ten is too wide a time gap as far as updates are concerned. And since the chapter in between is from Hermione's PoV, it makes it just that much harder for the reader to keep up with little hints and such, because they have switch. I'm not quite sure how to handle it now, as I'm ten chapters in! lol

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Lupin-as-prefect thing you asked about. He was a prefect at the time of 'Snape's Worst Memory.' I had assumed he was because I remembered Ron and Hermione being made prefects in fifth year, but I checked with the Lexicon too, and they have it in his timeline.

Oh, and the 'visitor,' it wasn't McGonagall, someone else was there....uh-oh.

Laurette, have you some time from studies? Cool! I've just noticed you've had more time to catch up on fics lately! I'm so glad mine was one of them! I am finding Sev to be very complicated, he's like a see-saw, and now he's on a downslide! I have actually never read another time-turner fic (except Ygraines), so I am really glad to hear I have a fresh angle and am not just repeating things! Thanks for reading and I hope you still can when your work picks up again!

I see what you're saying about the whole POV, thing, but I really enjoy that aspect of this story. Perhaps it is easier to keep up with once the story's completed and you don't have to pause in your reading if you don't want to, but I think it adds a depth to this story. I don't want you to change it! I think that maybe I (we if it happened to someone else) might have missed something because there are a lot of details in your story-the gap makes them a little harder to remember, but I don't think it's really a detriment to your decision to write it from two different POVs.

I just couldn't remember how old they were in Snape's Worst Memory, but it's all coming back to me now! Thanks.

I'm going to go back and read the part where she returns to her room because that's really going to bug me now!

Thanks, Darcy!

I didn't mean that all the story was confusing and boring, Aethonon, I just ment that some specific parts were just not very obvious and some parts due to saying lots of details on one thing was a bit boring, but as for the whole story, it indeed is very well written.
The main thing that I found boring was the part in which Severus tells Hermione about his ancestors, they go into details which I think aren't very inportant for the plot, or are they? .

Janet, thanks! Yeah, I do think it's a bit late to change it, and putting in a summary such as "The story thus far" (Edmund Murrow voice) at the beginning of every chapter seems very awkward, too. I think what I will do is make more of an effort to elaborate a bit more at the beginning of chapters, kind of let the reader into the action a bit more slowly by perhaps bringing more of the person's thoughts to the fore before anything else happens. I'm willing to give it a whirl, it's a good learning experience!

MIKOH--I can totally understand where you are coming from on that. Actually I had a lot of fun learning more about Romany culture and Romanian history, and in my explanation of Sev's roots I actually left a lot out. All I can say is that when I wrote my first fanfics, the Draco ones? I would sometimes feel compelled to describe something, or explain something...I wasn't sure why, I just felt I should. Then somehow it would have more significance later in the story, and I would realise that my subconcious, or whatever, wanted me to write that. I learned to trust my instincts about it. I don't think it ever really hurts to flesh things out a bit, because that info could be boring to one reader, but fascinating to another. It's really hard to please everybody, but I can see where you might not like it. The gypsy history does have some bearing on later events, so I felt it was important to include. I can see where it could seem trivial to a reader at this point though, since they aren't quite sure where the story will go.

i just started reading this story and i couldnt stop!!!! its amazing!!! i love sirius!!! hes my favorite character... i cant wait to see what happens when he finds out that snape kissed hermione!! ahh!!! whens the next installment coming in?? i cant wait to read it!!! nice work and keep it up!!!!

Wow
I'm not a big Snape fan, and definetly not a SS/HG fan but still wow

This story is written so well that even though I'm not a fan of the subject I really enjoyed it and I'm even starting to believe this ship isn't as weird at all ...
When I read this I really understood why these two people do fit just perfectly.
It probably helped to open my mind by losing the big age difference

Anyway keep up the good work and I'll be waiting for a next chapter

Hey Darcy! I'm having a bit of a fic-fest with my last two days of relative-freedom before I have to go back to work on Monday, and I've finally found some time to leave a review!

I am absolutely *adoring* this story!! Aside from having my favourite ship of the moment, it's so well written! I'm been around the block so many times with various pairings, various authors, but lately, some of the fics I've been reading my VTM's own have been amongst the best I've ever read not just for canon accuracy and storyline, but also for style and presentation. As I just said to Janet, there's no doubting that you can write either. Your characters are rounded and alive, your prose is very involving for the reader and your dialogue, particularly with the Slytherins, is nothing short of brilliant! I absolutely adore it when Severus gets together with his mates, because it's so rare to see Slytherin interaction like that, but I can see that your writing about Draco for so long has really given you a wonderful grasp of the whole house, as well as what exactly being a Slytherin is all about. They're not bad people - they just have a slightly different way of going about things, that's all. The contrast you've brought in with the antics of the Gryffindors was also really well done - really showed that there is black AND white with everyone and things aren't always so clear cut.

The ship itself is wonderful - I really felt hatred towards stuffy old McGonagall for splitting them up! You built it up perfectly, and the slow understanding and putting aside of prejudices, at least on Hermione's side, was a very sweet thing to see. I really do think that these two, had they lived in slightly different times as they do here, would be so very well suited.

I was amazed to come here and read...well...some of the comments you've had. Incredible. I guess that this ship, being one of the most controversial, is bound to attract a certain degree of naysaying. And Snape certainly does attract the purists. I had people saying similar things about my depiction of him once, but as I told them, we all see the characters in a different way and we are all perfectly entitled to do whatever we want with them. Just because someone else doesn't see Snape the way you do, that doesn't mean that you've presented him badly. Perhaps this isn't the most canon-accurate Snape I've ever seen, but that couldn't matter less. What people fail to realise is that this is a school-age Snape, before life took its toll on him and twisted him into what he is today. I think that it is perfectly acceptable to speak as he does, to behave as he does, to be attracted to Hermione the way he is. Don't let people criticise you for that. If anything, they need to widen their horizons a little bit. Snape is whoever we want him to be in fanfic, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with your Snape whatsoever. He is very canon in all the aspects that matter.

I just can't wait to see how this one turns out! Will Hermione be forced to go back? How will they see each other back in the present if she does? Please don't leave us waiting too long for an update!!

Darcy,
I took time to re-read the last chapter and caught things that I didn't before. :-D Still, I love it! I can't wait for the next chapter! I've been bored lately and started to read other fics. I have to say, yours is my favorite. :-)

Hey, thanks for such wonderful reviews!

sTapLes1--Sirius won't appear for a bit yet, we'll see what he ends up doing, especially now that Sev has singed his privates! That can't have been fun at all! I really appreciate that you took the time to tell me how much you liked the fic.

Sond--I think you're right about the age difference, and with her only 14, it would just be plain wrong for anything to start between them-pand it just doesn't seem like anything Snape would ever do at 37--but he might at 17. I'm glad you've enjoyed the story thus far, thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

Louise, what a wonderful, thoughtful review! Thank you! I just love Slytherins, I find them so fun! They dare what I would not! lol And I really like writing them when they hang out together. I don't know if admire is the proper word, but I sometimes wish I could take revenge and not feel regret or guilt. I always do afterward. I don't think Slytherins are inclined to do that. They take revenge and feel better for it.

Thanks also for your kind words regarding the criticism I've been subjected to. Although the worst of them seems to have got the message and disappeared, which I don't mind a bit! lol

Mica--I am sorry the last chapter was so hard to digest in one reading. I'm not sure what I did wrong with it, because you were definitely not the only one who had to read it twice! I hope I do better with this next one, which I am going to go and post now!

Thanks!:)

Awwww, Darcy!! I love you!!! This chapter is authentic magic and you have tickled my witchy side....As usual, your writing is accurate, emotional, detailed.
As I told you, I feel you've got the talent to write your own characters, because they really come to life through your words. The settings too, are extremely believable.
I am sure that you could even edit this story, changing the names and some details, and they would be original characters, since they are canon only in some particular moments.
I am still not so attracted by the HG/SS ship, because I'm awfully jealous of younger women in this particular moment of my life but since the relationship here is between Hermione and a much younger Sev I think I can cope with it.
The way you rendered the intensity of adolescent love makes me think that you have either a strong sensitivity about people's feelings, and/or that you have felt those feelings yourself (I'm a writer, too...).

Anyway keep writing, I'll be here to read.

Oh yay! Darcy updated!!

Oh wow, what a chapter!! I never knew Hermione had all that passion inside her!! Her struggle with herself was perfect there, I think. She reacted to seeing Mcgonagall in exactly the way I would have expected her to - shocked, a little upset, but then thinking of Severus and why he might have done such a thing suddenly makes things not so black and white after all. She's really doing some growing up there

I loved the spell too - I had an image of poor little blue Hermione, shivering herself to death in freezing water just to find out the truth - I think that's testament to how much she must have been struggling. She needs to know, and I can understand that...though how she *can* stay with him, I'm not sure...I'm just dying to see how this concludes!! Not that I *want* it to conclude anytime soon, of course, because I'm enjoying it so much!

And is that *Lupin* she can hear in the distance?! Ooh, does he go for her?! Does Severus come to help her?! Is this the final straw between Snape and the Marauders?! I'm sure you won't tell me anywho, so I guess I'll just have to wait...

Wonderful , Darcy!! Can't wait for more!!

Oh yay! Update! Thankyou Darcy!

Oh...how will Hermione stay with Severus now? And sweet Hermione bareing the cold just to find the truth. I can just see it!

And...is that *Lupin* she hears? *gasp* Yet, not much of a trail-hanger. And was that visitor from two chapters (two and a half weeks ago! ) Mcgonagall? Whew. Close call!

Ahh...close call! Almost got caught by teacher.

I have one question, Darcy. One I hope you can answer. Hermione and Severus' thinking is right; they both have changed the past already. Time travel is complex, but if Hermione was meant to go back in time, then the Professor Snape from the future knows Hermione already, having met her in his sixth year (or seventh). If not, she has still altered the time line because when she went back in time, from my understanding of PoA, it is as if time stops where she came from and gives her an hour (or here, years). Time continues for her and the world around her, but the time line from where she was before using the Time Turner is frozen. When Hermione arrives at the instant in time again, the two time lines meet and merge into one. The thing is, Hermione has gone back in time and even if she finds a way back to the present (which you said she will) Severus will still remember her unless his memory is wiped. Or the time spent while Hermione is at young Severus' world is erased. Think of it as each time a person going back in time creates a seperate time line parallel to his/her original one. The time spent in that parallel universe has to be erased or else someone would remember it. And no teachers can be careful enough. Sev would remember, in addition to Professor Dumbledore, Mcgonagall and maybe Sprout? Memory modifications must be made carefully and it is possible to break through them, as was shown in the GoF where Voldemort broke through Bertha Jorkins. Certain things can trigger the regain of a memory. One can be seeing Hermione again. Especially true for Severus and Mcgonagall. I guess my question is, how can everything return to "normal" when Hermione returns to her own time? Things have changed in ways the Professors cannot avoid.

~Dianne

Oh...Hermione..in love with Snape...awww. I love this chapter Darcy. This is what a young witch would do. Especially Hermione, she would need to know that there was a reason for her to be there, and what better reason than true love.

Did Severus do the same spell? I bet he did, he did didn't he?

Oh and that howl just had to be Lupin...but then by know, back her own time, wouldn't she have already sussed out that he was a werewolf?

I was thinking, a lot like Dianne, about how things would go back to normal when she returns to her own time. There has to be a lot of memory modifications in there somewhere, but then maybe not. I mean, Severus could be very aware of Hermione when she first arrives at Hogwarts, and for that reason he's extra indifferent to her becasue he knows what will happen. Ignore me, I'm rambling........


Love it anyway, I don't want you working too hard over the holidays but don't make us wait too long for chapter 12!

Elaine

I love it!!!!!!

and hermione is so cool for doing that spell
i dont think that snape did the spell, it just something that he would not do...
the werewolf might of been someone else...but then again its probably lupin

Absolutley amazing!! This chapter kept me going. I just love how Hermoine thinks to herself, as this chapter is more her point of view. She is a person that will get upset when the rules are broken, but her soft heartedness with Sev broke through, because she really cares for him. Now the one thing I am very surprised about is how Severus was able to manage stealing that cloak. Sneaky! At least he did it for love. I love this chapter! Great job Darcy!

wow. at the moment, your writing is saving me. Its sad but oh so true that when im sad or angry i come and read a fic, and yours has still got me hooked. I love how you can take the characters and give them a whole knew side, i didn't ever think that hermionie would do something like that but wow.

About going back, I don't want her to!!! i dont want them to forget or not see eachother like that again...i dont want them to to not be in love, it's so perfect between tham. Doesn't mean that i want a student teacher relationship between them but still.
Please don't make her go back.....pleaaaaaaaaaaaase
and then hermionie can have young sev and clara witchmom can have older sev. Yay everyones happy....
apart from me
*sob sob*

Thanks for that!

It's interesting reading this from her perspective, and I really like the difference between them. Severus' was all triumph and delight and Hermione's is concern and concentration.

Aww, that's just a sweet, revealing moment for her. Must kind of make her feel funny. It always does me with the "why??" questions!

Now your'e getting all philosophical and ethical on us! It's fun to see her thinking through things and even justifying his actions a bit. Helpful to her.

Oh my, it's going to be quite a struggle for her to go back to them, isn't it, and have to leave all she has found where she is. I'm getting sad just thinking about it!

Oh, this is a wonderful comparison! I've never thought him to be particularly handsome; distinctive, yes. . .but not conventionally handsome. Nice.

If Severus could only see her now! I can't believe she went into that water! No wonder her skin soon adjusted! It was probably numbed senseless!

What a beautiful encantation! I love this description and the details surrounding her midnight swim.

For a minute there, I thought you weren't going to tell us! I was going to yell and throw things.

GAH! Now you've gone and made me nervous for her! Silly girl, calling werewolves! How many times this year is she going to do that?? Oh, good point. Knowing that she can call them like this will help her later on in canon with Harry, won't it.

Nicely done. I'm, again, anxious for more. I'm very nervous for the ending, though. . .not sure how you're going to make me happy and get her back where she belongs!

EDIT: So, as I was "sleeping," I started thinking about how Severus will have changed when she gets back to her time. I mean, she has to have had some effect on his personality. . .I just don't know what that will be. How drastically will he be changed? That will will be interesting to see. Will he be kinder to her? Will he be worse to her? Will his memory have been erased by Dumbledore-who would probably think it for the greater good (daft man that he can be sometimes!)?

Another thought struck me, but I really can't remember what the heck it was. Something about how well you interweave history and fact that we know into your stories; tweaking them here and there, but really giving a cultural and history lesson all the while we are enjoying your wonderful fics!

"Blue Hermione...I saw you standing alone...without a dream in your heart...without a love of your own...wah, wah, wah, wa-ah..."

OK, she was blue, she was standing alone, but she has a dream and a love! Ha! lol Sorry, Louise's quip about poor blue Hermione cracked me up!

"I'll have a blue...Christmas, Hermione..."

OMG. I think I'll quit now.

Clara, I really enjoyed writing about Hermione's spell. She's a good witch, but she's so controlled, such a mom-figure, and in this, she was working for herself, she was letting her guard down, and I think she really needed to remember that magic comes from nature and now she does. I chose the Edelweiss flower because it grows in the Carpathian mountains. I thought a spell from Romany might encompass a flower in love spells that has a male and female blossom. I am so glad you liked that part, that means a lot to me.

Louise--You hit the nail upon the head there. Hermione will think differently about Sev's misdeeds because she's in love with him. We tend to more easily forgive people we are in love with, I think. But there's more to this than meets the eye so far, but that comes out later, along with all the stuff I can't tell you yet! Sorry!

Dianne--wow! You really have put a lot of intelligent thought into this, and it raised some interesting thoughts for me. To answer your question--how can everything return to "normal" when Hermione returns to her own time?--I can only say...what if nothing is changed? I mean, what if the future she knows as real is real because she went back in time and changed things to make it that way? And for her to hide away and try to avoid changing things would really be changing things from how they are supposed to be, because she was supposed to go back? After all, she's worrying about changing something that in 1975 didn't exist yet, so how can she really change it? And I'm no help at all, am I?

Elaine, PolandBaby--Nope, he didn't do the same spell , it was something else. So far I plan to reveal what that was in this upcoming chapter! The memory modification is a tricky business, for the same reasons as I was mentioned with Dianne. If Hermione was meant to change a future that doesn't exist, should people not remember her? Or should they? How many will remember her? Ack! Pssst...it was Lupin.

Mica--absolutely! She loves Sev, and she doesn't want to be angry with him,, even if she thinks she should be! Oh, the cloak! Yeah, I insinuated how he got it, but I never spelled it right out. Paige Rosier sneaked into 'Sola's room and stole it for him. That's why she's sitting by the others, smirking, as 'Sola trounces up the steps and accuses her own roommates, who are already sick of her 'better than you' behavior.

Clara Morgue, you should come chat with us on the depression thread in the "Just Get Away from Life" forum sometime. It really does help when one is struggling. I'm so glad if my fic is helping in a small way. I'll keep it going! I should have a new chapter soon!

Janet--Aw, thanks! I don't know what to say. I guess I do try to do that, the interweaving, but I think part of it is because I love it so much. I wanted to be a research librarian, I love doing research! I thought it was so fun about the flowers, too, I learned the difference between flowers that are male and female in one flower, like tulips, and the edelweiss, which has a male flower and a female flower. Kinda fun! Thank you.

As for the future, who knows? It doesn't exist yet. OK, I'm being totally facetious. I will work it out though! lol

Thanks for reading!

hey darcy! happy new year! I just checked in to see if there was a new chapter up. can't wait until the next one is up.

Hi Mica! Thanks, Happy New Year to you, as well!

I know, I am behind. Between the holidays and being made a prefect, I haven't had a lot of time to write! But it is starting to nag at my mind, so it won't be long now! lol Thanks for reminding me that people are waiting!

Ok, although at the moment I have a love-hate relationship with Snape( mostly hate), this was a beautiful story and I absolutely love it. You have captured the true essence of the characters and made them alive in your own way. I enjoy the innocent Snape of his past versus the emotional and bitter( not to mention murderous) future. As a teenager, Snape is the perfect match for Hermione. I am a HG/RW shipper most of the time, but I absolutely adore your story and you really need to write more soon.

Shaina

Shaina, thanks so much for your sweet review. it was just what I needed to hear, at a point when it's been an abnormally long time for me to be between chapters! I too prefer Ron & Hermione, even though I have problems with understanding why they should be compatible. lol But when Emily suggested the plot, I was too intrigued to let it go. It wasn't till later that I realised that the Hermione/Severus time-turner idea has been done quite a few times. Shows you how much time I get to read fics!

I am going to post a new chapter, finally! Off to do that. Thanks again!

Normal Service is resumed hurray!!

Worth the wait this one Darcy. Fancy old Snape not think about Veritaserum eh! That was a blunder. And what is Peter doing mooching around in the dead of night, the little dweeb!

Nice one!

Elaine

Yay! I am so happy. I'm glad this one was a Severus chapter. It let us in on what his inner thoughts are and what he does to keep others from prying. I'm surprised that he didn't hurt Pettigrew. Lucky him. Anyway, this one was great.

thank you thank you thank you for updating, i admit that i totally forgot about this story, but now i am so happy that you wrote so much and that i was able to continue reading it, and i really truelly hope that you will update soon. and poor snape, it doesnt look good i dont think that i will like what will happen next

Excellent!!! I love it. Lucky for Pettigrew Snape didn't hurt him. MUCHO excelente!!

ShainaPotter

Ah, what a nicey nicey treat, as Isabel would say.

YAY! An update!! I didn't even have to hound you!

I really loved that interchange between Snape and Dumbleodore. I think you handled Snape's reaction at knowing he displeased Dumbledore quite well. For all of his bravado, he still doesn't want to displease the headmaster, I think anyways.

It was a full moon, after all. . .he was probably in his animagus form gallavanting around with the Marauders as Remus was transformed. Kind of creepy, though, to think of him spying on Hermione. Gives me the chills. Nasty little rat.

I love that you have a Lockhart cameo! I love that character, for some odd reason. Mostly because his outrageousness makes me laugh. He's such an arrogant you know what!

Thanks for updating, Darcy! I can't wait for another one! (WRITE!)

Hi,
Whatever curve ball life threw you I, along with all you readers, am glad you are back and posting again.
Yours is one of the first fanfics I ever read, not to mention the first Hermione/Snape fic. After the first few I was hooked, not only to fanfics, but to Hermione/Snape ships. I never thought I would like reading about them together but to my much welcomed surprise I do. You are one of the people I have to thank for that. So Thank You.
I, as are all your fans, can't wait to read your next chapter. Please post soon!!!


As Always,

Happy Writing



OMG!!! I am sooooooooo... sorry. I didn't mean to post this here. I thought I clicked the feedback link.

My many apologies, (Please forgive me)

Sara

Mod Edit: Hey Sara! Don't worry, mate. All sorted!

Hey Darcy!

So glad your fics back again!! i was beginning to show withdrawal symptoms from a bit of young severus

It was really strange to see Severus so scared. As an adult, he manages to hold all his fear in. Hey he was never going to be totally innocent, that just wouldn't be right, but this showed him with a good deal more innocence.
I too am glad that this was a severus scene, i love hearing about the workings of his mind., You dont get that when it's from anybody elses point of view, as sev is so private and i love reading people's different ideas on that.

Again, brilliant chapter, Keep it up!

Clara~

argg this has now reminded me that i need to continue my own fic. Oh dear...

Darcy, this chapter was brilliant. Your young Severus, who's starting to develop his own ideas and will, is an absolutely believable character. Adolescence is a tough time, and the Hermione accident has been the trigger to Severus' rebellion -which will lead him to adulthood on an emotional level.
He's young and unexperienced, tough powerful, and he's making a mess because he's not emotionally controlled...not yet. He's learning patience and the importance of restraining impulsive reactions.
Yes, I can definitely see the germs of the adult Severus in this young, passionate boy.

Excellent!!! excellent!

Clara )O(

Great story! It's on my favorites menu so i can just click it every day to see if youve updated so i can read it!!! i loove it! its great-keep it up! i cant wait tili snape talks to hermione..im so excited!!

Phew! Three chapters! I'm so sorry, Darcy, but I've subscribed to your fic now so I won't miss another update.

I'm enjoying it very much! Severus is so much fun to read! The pranks were fun, even though I do like McGonagall.

But I particularly enjoy the mix of invincibility and vulnerability Severus has. Dumbledore's moment of pity and Remus' moment of pain - he did feel it. But just enough to feel uncomfortable about. And incidentally, I wanted to hug Remus! Poor boy!

I'm so curious about what will happen to Severus now! I want to feel sorry for him, but I'm not, because he wouldn't want it, sort of. It's a mark of much I'm pulled into your story, I think, that I feel like he deserves his choices to be respected, no matter what they are.

Hermione's Edelweiss routine was very sweet, and duh! I didn't even think of the Marauders when something howled! And Peter's claiming he saved her? Wonder how true that is... It would be interesting either way!

Anyway, it's great fun, Darcy, and I can't wait for the next update!

Thanks so much for your reviews!

Elaine--Yeah the Veritaserum...I figured, knowing Sev, if he was shown up by the stuff once, he'd never ever forget it again! And he does seem inordinately fond of the stuff in adulthood...lol. Yep, Janet was right about Peter...

Mica--Hi there! I'm so glad you didn't forget this one. Yeah, it is weird he didn't hurt Peter, but he doesn't see him as much of a htreat really. Like most people, he underestimates Peter. Though he might have messed him up if people hadn't been coming--and knowing Dumbledore was waiting for him, he probably wouldn't want to take too much time.

Polandbaby--I'm sorry the update took so long--between new prefect duties and the holidays, I fell behind! I'm so glad you found it again! And I hope that you find some sweetness in the events to come--it won't be all bad!

Shaina--I'll bet Peter is feels lucky, too! Though in his nervousness at being caught alone with Sev, he may have blurted out too much!

Janet--I think you are right about Sev. He's always pleased most adults. He doesn't often get into trouble, he does good work, he has talent. He has no real family and Hogwarts is home, so what his techers think, what DD thinks of him, is more important than he realises. I guess I kinda drew on my own self for this bit as well...I tend to do well under pressure but react afterward with shakes or whatnot. You were right about Peter... And I just figured out yesterday that both you and Cori have updated! I have something fun to read tonorrow! Yay!

Sara--It's OK about posting in the chapter thread, becuase you caught it! I know it won't happen again--and it was fixable, so no worries! I was very moved by your review--you put a lot of thought into it and it's appreciated. This sounds awful, but I've never read a SS/HG fic! lol Well, except Ygraine's and her computer died, so she's not been able to update for awhile. I hope she can when she gets back though. I feel very honored to be among your first fanfic authors.

Young Clara --I hope you don't mind me calling you that, as witchmom is a Clara too! She's not 'old Clara' she's Clara, and you're young Clara. Yeah, I'm lame...That said, yep, it was weird that Sev found himself shaking, it upsets him too! I think he places much more store in what DD thinks of him than he knows. Plus, he's never done anything this bad before! It should make the next chapter interesting.

Clara--I love your review! I think I am finally getting to the point in the story where Sev's fans can see his reality--before he seemed almost sugar-coated compared to the adult Sev we know. He's on his way to that--he just doesnt' know it yet. I'm really glad you liked this chapter!

sTaPlEs1--I sorted you, didn't I? Hi! I hope to get this fic back on achapter-a-week basis again! That whole month thinig was too long. The next chapter's already in the works so it shouldn't be too long now. Thanks for reading!

Laurette--Don't feel bad! I finally realised Cori updated, oh, two weeks ago. How did I miss that? lol I had fun with Hermione's spell. There's something so wonderful, yet frightening, about being 14--trembling on the bridge between childhood and adulthood. And in her spell, Hermione was both child and woman--scared, unsure, then feeling powerful and free. It's one of the underlying themes to me--her balance. Sev too, is balancing, but in a different way. He's starting to use some of the awesome power he's held in check for so long, and like Clara said, he's not really in control of what he's doing. Makes it interesting! I really was blown away by your feelings about him--that respect for his choices. He would have been happier, and much of this suffering avoided, if his teachers had had that respect. But they think only of the wounded child, not the young man is becoming. Their bad!

New chapter soon! Thanks so much for all your beautiful reviews.

Lovely as always! I'm so glad you were able to post again. I think its great the way you've incorporated Romany legend with the HP stuff, great work. Can't wait to read the next installment.

Tut tut tut. You made me read back...what was it? two? maybe three chapters before I could actually remember what was happening!

It was so strange to see Severus so scared, as it is so different from our emotional-less Professor Snape of norm. This fiction brings out the vernable (sp?) qualities of Severus before he hardened against the world and everyone in it.

I'm glad that there'll be more regular updates now; I really missed reading this fic. Of course, reading this chapter update reminds me that I really should go and beta the three chapters that two fanfic authors have sent me over a week and a half ago.... I had exams and told them as such.

~PhoenixTears

wow! that is really clever! i would've never thought of something like that! want to write my poetry assignment for me? hehe well not really, but thats some good thinking on there, im really impressed! keep up the good work!

rebs, I'm great at nasty limericks, but poetry? lol I hope your writing went well!

Thanks to everyone for the nice reviews. I'm sorry I let it go so long, it wasn't intentional. Guin, thanks! I've really enjoyed doing the reseaarch on that.

And Dianne, I'm sorry I'm more sporadic in my writing now. Life's become a lot more complicated since my rent went up.

I finally have chapter thirteen done, so I'll post that now.

I was on MSN and got a notice that there was a new post by Aethonon on Our Turn In Time --Feedback Thread. Anticipating a new chapter, I race to the forums...only to discover that it hasn't been posted yet... ! No matter. I'll wait.

The rent went up? Oh, poor girl. I hope that you're still doing allright. If not, you know where to vent....

~Dianne

Aw, Dianne, it's up now. I'm sorry.

Yeah, my stupid rent went up. Since we got new owners, the rent goes up all the time, and now they are making me pay $50 a month for cable, and I don't even watch TV! So I spend even more time working now, and less time writing. I guess that's life. Hope you're doing well!

Well Darcy, you might not be happy with how this chapter turned out but I sure am .

I know this is mainly about how much they have come to care for ona another but I think that is important to any story, especially if things don't go to plan. Which, I can see they are not going to, what with Pettigrew having seen Hermione that night. I can't wait for you to spell out the implications of 'being seen' has to the spell.

Chapter started off with a very frustrating predicament for Hermione! Imagine not being able to know what was going on for her! And I like how you don't gloss over that she suspects Severus.

I love this line here! She's so hurt and frustrated by them at home, that even when she does feel homesick, she's much to dignified to give it much more than a fleeting moment!

Aww. But why do I get the feeling that this is just the calm before the storm? They're both very passionate people, and I can't see either of them backing off of their beliefs as to what's right and wrong too easily.

A very telling line for Severus. It seems very canon, as well. Really, why does he make all of those spells? Why is he a double spy? Why does he do anything? Because he can. Not many people can say that, and even less of those who can say it should! Nice line, Darcy!

Fine. Nix my earlier comment.

Dang. Now if we all could just have his magic ring! What a neat invention, really! It was very beautifully described!

Blast it all, Darcy! It's going to be a curse to him, too, unless you decide not to send her back! But since I think I know you a little bit, I think you're going to send her back. WAH!

Gah, I didn't even think about this! Will it have mattered that he was in rat form? Does it matter if the person performing the ceremony thinks their all alone? If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? Ponderings that will keep me up at night.

Thanks for the update, Darcy! I should get back to working on mine, but moderating got busy! I should have waiting a bit before reading, but I thought since I'm home alone, I'd go ahead and indulge!

I look forward to the next chapter. I fear that this is going to turn out very angsty! Blast it all!