wonderful swishiing start with a swoosh! :))

Gads this was good even a second time around :)

Good story.
Apparently I read it before.
It was wonderful to read again.

Wonderful story. One I hadn't seen before. I enjoyed it very much especially the last chapter.

This is a Christmas surprise.  I thought I'd read all of the stories from last year's exchange! How clever of Harry to have made the Prince connection first.  This last chapter was adorable.  Good for Hermione for coming right back and not letting the angst build up for nothing ;)

I absolutely loved the dressing down Hermione gave Harry when he tried to impugn Severus' worth, and comparing him to Dumbledore showed just how worthy the Potions Master is!!!This was a GREAT story... I enjoyed it totally!  Hermione's return to Spinner's End was the perfect ending.  Thank you for sharing your tale with me.Well done, Pearle!Beth

I liked the feral grin that appeared on Severus' face when he knew he'd found Bellatrix.  He was very gentle with Hermione before, during, and after he had removed that piece of the insane witch from her mind.  I wonder what will happen to them?  Surely they could be very happy together.  Why does everyone question Hermione's judgment when she seems to be becoming fond of Severus?Great chapter!Beth

The moment of truth is at hand.  I hope Severus is stronger than Bellatrix!Love your story!Beth

OMG!!  This is so well written, and the plot is very different from any that I've read before.  Good for you!Beth

How utterly frustrating to be so ill and so written off.  I can only imagine the ire Hermione will carry with her as she seeks out the Prince behind The Prince's Moste Potente Potables.  Great story!Beth

I can hardly imagine a worse outcome of one of Bellatrix Lestrange's dark curses.  Being eternally tormented by the voice of her attacker ordering Hermione to AK herself would be a fate worse than death... which was, I suppose, the point behind Bella's curse.Interesting plot, and well written!Beth

That was a lovely, enjoyable read.

Lovely story. Interesting plot. Well-written characters!

Thanks for a new story by Pearle!  At least it is new to me.  Bright blessings on you!  Thanks for sharing!

I am enjoying your take on JKR's magical world.  Very good!  I love to see how different writers approach Magic.  I am so pleased this is a finished story!

Oooh, very nice!  might leave her a squib!  Good twist there.  Excellent chapter.

Perhaps he turned Hermione down because he doesn't want to be recognised, although, considering he taught the greater part of a generation at Hogwarts,  it is unlikely that he would not already have been recognised if he were going to be.

Interesting!  Is part of Bellatrix Lestrange occupying Hermione's brain?  Is Hermione a horcrux?  interjsting, although it seems less likely that she would be a horcrux, since Harry was unaware of his own bit of Voldemort's soul.  Thanks for writing this tale.  and best wishes for a happy, and healthy, holiday and 2009!

Lovely!!!!!! It was so very cute!

I adored it!  Thank you Pearle, that was a Thanksgiving treat, to me!  What a lovely read for a day off!

*Happy sigh* I nearly cried tears of joy when you said that DWW would be finished soon, I look all the time to see if it has been updated! This story was so sweet, I'm constantly amazed and pleased that there are authors who are capable of bringing Severus back to life in so many different ways, and each one is always a delight to read!

Aww that was sweet. I liked it very much.

Nice ending...although I would have liked to see a bit farther into the future.  Will they get married?  Have children?  Find new discoveries?  I think we can assume they are happy.

I see they are starting to build a relationship of a sort.  I would have liked to see a bit more of that, perhaps a window into what they are feeling and thinking.

This story is so good.  I can't seem to get enough of it.