Brava!  I've have loved following this story, and I'm so glad it got a bit carried away with itself and became this multi-chaptered joy that it is!  I like the dark, spicy chocolate that Hermione and Severus had at their small wedding reception with just family and a few friends.  Mr and Mrs Snape.  That sounds perfect to me!Seeing Remus living a full life outside the picture frame is glorious.  And he's very attracted to the lovely Jo.  Woo hoo!All's well that ends well... and this ended beautifully.  Thank you, quaffs.  I've loved every word of it.Beth

So glad to see they've worked things out, even if it got a bit tense for a moment.  Thank goodness for Douglas and his magical chastity belt.  Having the  pulsing swirling silver spot now has kept them from having of crusty burning purulent spots later :)  Oh, that was so wrong!  Sorry, it is past my bedtime, I can't be held accountable.  I'd say more about how good this is, but there is another chapter waiting for me now.

huh...  not the ending i was expecting/thinking of - but i apprecaited it nevertheless.thanks for all your time and efforts

So how did he get out of the picture? Lucy, you have some 'splaining to do! ^_^

YAY!  Very good.  I don't quite get how Remus ended up being alive again, I know it's something to do with the blaze and the unicorn.  Still, I love it.  I'm glad Severus didn't have to suffer too long with the feelings overwhelming him.

He he he, nice ending.  Glad to see loose ends tied up and that Remus was able to move on with his life and the quick quip of antipodean time.  I'm surprised Severus didn't catch that one quicker, especially the amount of time he's had to think on it (assumingly) since he first heard the prophecy.  The story only got slightly confusing with the time jumps as to how long it was between the last chapter and the wedding, as well as how long it took until they freed Remus from the painting (or how he ended up in the painting with Douglas to begin with)...  But those are minor details that mini, filler-fics could fill in the blanks to - if they ever come to light.  ;)Well done and thanks for sharing!

I think you did a great job of weaving the story within a mostly canon framework while taking the characters to a lot of places they hadn't been before. Well done, chook!  So, where's the next one?  :P

I absolutly loved this story!! I am not much of a reviewer, but I couldn't let the ending of this story pass without a review. Who needs canon anyway with a story like this and I am glad this story got away from you. I was always patiently waiting for the next chapter. I am sad to see it go, but everything needs an end. The final chapter has my mind going crazy. I loved it, but it is also a bit confusing for me (but then again, maybe I should read it when I am a bit more awake).

Damn, woman!  I nearly had a heart attack when I was reading very beginning of this chapter.  Thank goodness you included plenty of written CPR!  Just in time, I might add.The magic that is released when Hermione pressed her silvered thumb to the Blaze on Severus' forearm is so well described that I could see the swirling of quicksilver as they declared their love to each other.  Finally.And I love his description of the unicorn.  Douglas-the-mutant-horse and his "magical chastity belt.”  LOL!  It's beginning to look like the spell Dumbledore cast to keep anyone from telling Severus about Charmaine until he asked about her is what has protected him from "bonding" with the wrong witch.  Well done!Beth

.....Okay, so this story I have been seeing for MONTHS, and have never touched it. I don't know why...it was just one of those ones that you look at, and think "nah, not for me". I cannot explain such an erroneous laps on my part, but man I have been missing out. The only good thing about it is that I have just read all of it in an hour and think I would have gone mad if I had had to stop at any other point in the story. Do you realize what you have done? Created a Remus/Severus plausible friendship....a SS/HG....AND a story where it is completely okay that Severus is a virgin! And not awkward and weird like it is usually you know? Brilliant job. I can't wait to read more, loved this. - Sam 

I've started reading this story some days before and read it trough all in one (and offline, therefore forgive me for not writing individual reviews for each chapter). It's really a wonderful, brilliant story!
At first, I was a bit puzzled by Charmaine, but realised soon that it must be Hermione doing time-travel. That part, until she had to leave, was already really good. Severus and Lupin becoming friends makes a lot of sense, and I love it if an author can make thinks like this absolutely believable and still fit it perfectly into canon - like you did in perfection.
Lupin being a death eater makes some sense as well, and it also works very good inside your story. The begginning of both of their joining the death eaters I like very much: I always thought that it must have been similar or like this, with a slow augmenting of everything and the big bang in the end. After all, there are historical parallels...
Then, the next part: despite the first part already being great, the second is even better. Severs as an unspeakable, yay! Soooo fitting. And HE being the one sending Hermione back, respectively the Ministery, shows better than anyhting else that Severus and his role, his life, is accepted and reconciled, and that the wizarding society has changed. The interaction between him and Hermione is very ic and believable, and works yet wonderfully out to what we readers like to see ;o).
I'm looking forward to the continuation of the story.

Author's Response: What a wonderful, comprehensive review. I'm very glad you've enjoyed the story so far. Vielen dank.

A mutant horse? Virgin territory? For both of them? This just keeps getting better and better. Don't stop! ^_^

Finally!  Well, nearly anyway.  Too funny about Douglas.  He had to make a reappearance, didn't he?Looking forward to seeing what happens next!

Nice that she gave him a chance to get his own back at her for all the times she played 'constant vigilence' with him and Remus.  He he.Trust him to make a sordid comment in the middle of a serious conversation.  It was a nice tension breaker while at the same time portraying him as a falible human being.

Now who's the daft wassock?  Stupid man's gone and bolloxed it up with contradicting statements to her, and then his boss shows up only to give Hermione the wrong impression.  Loving the angst!

Stupid man's pushing her away because she'll see he's older.  He can't see what they have between them already, or in the very least isn't willing to accept it yet.

It's all fresh and raw in his mind, as if it were yesterday.  And now that Hermione's returned it's going to be the same for her too.  They're both in for some confusion, aren't they?Stupid man, he still hasn't learned what Remus was trying to teach him.  How long will it be 'til he gets around to it?

LOL, too apt on the comment about Minerva's mouth!  Gah, Dumbledore suppressed his memories of Charmaine!  Well, it explains a bit with the plot line.So, Snape transforming into his boss...does the man have cross-dressing tendencies now or what?

I love the double-entendre Remus left Hermione to infer to Severus and the Wizengamot.  I can only imagine how overwhelmed Severus must have been with the memories and emotions to deal with so short after being released from Azkaban, and reliving Remus's death...  At least Remus got his wish in the end.

I think your version of events makes his betrayal more palpable and the pain more real than in canon.  Here was a woman that Severus knew he loved, more or less knew loved him, but due to circumstances was unable to do anything about it and then he betrayed her with not only the prophecy, but he brought her directly before Voldy.  Excellently handled!

LOL.  Too funny the pranks she pulls on them in the name of 'constant vigilance.'  I like how Hermione has more of a practical prankster in her in your fic.  She's more human and less two-dimensional.You're very generous in your definition of a numpty.  ;)

Ah, so Severus suggests Remus quietly switch sides.  Good way to do so without drawing too much attention to one's self.  Too funny about the comment about reading Remus' mind!

“Not so fast, you evil little witch. That’s virgin territory you’re heading for; are you sure you want to go there?”Well, WE all want her to go there... ;)Still chuckle about Douglas-the-mutant-horse. :D

Oh. yes! Finally - squeee! Really sensua, heated and lovely! Thank you!

aww, so sweet.  I love it!