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Orion's Pointer

1: Chapter One - Parr For The Course

2: Chapter Two - Unknown Quantity

3: Chapter Three – Detention: Day One

4: Chapter Four - Detention: Day Two

5: Chapter Five: A Pain In The Neck

6: Chapter Six: Reassessment

7: Chapter Seven – Prodding the Hornet’s Nest

8: Chapter Eight - Waxing

9: Chapter Nine: In Hiding

10: Chapter Ten - Back & Forth

11: Chapter Eleven - Bark or Bite?

12: Chapter Twelve - Handover

13: Chapter Thirteen - A Slip Of The Tongue

14: Chapter Fourteen - Information

15: Chapter Fifteen - Waning

16: Chapter Sixteen - Slip and Fall

17: Chapter Seventeen - Foetor Mortis

18: Chapter Eighteen - Innuendo

19: Chapter Nineteen - Pieces

20: Chapter Twenty – Options Few & Far Between

21: Chapter Twenty-One - Questions

22: Chapter Twenty-Two – Ghosting in the Peripheral

23: Chapter Twenty-Three - Temper

24: Chapter Twenty-Four - Seevy

25: Chapter Twenty-Five - Vindictive

26: Chapter Twenty-Six – Malicious

27: Chapter Twenty-Seven: Sly

28: Chapter Twenty-Eight - Receptive

29: Chapter Twenty-Nine – Evasion

30: Chapter Thirty - Blame

31: Chapter Thirty-One - Pain

32: Chapter Thirty-Two — Cut, Sever and Bite

33: Chapter Thirty-Three — Attachments

34: Chapter Thirty-Four — Uncovered

35: Chapter Thirty-Five – Occupational Hazard

36: Chapter Thirty-Six – The Opportune Time

37: Chapter Thirty-Seven — Hate

38: Chapter Thirty-Eight—Unwilling Collaboration

39: Chapter Thirty-Nine—Broken

40: Chapter Forty—The Edge

41: Chapter Forty-One—Indenture

42: Chapter Forty-Two—Reply

43: Chapter Forty-Three—Patient

44: Chapter Forty-Four—Undue Haste

45: Chapter Forty-Five—Boundaries Blur

46: Chapter Forty-Six—Bargain

47: Chapter Forty-Seven — Role Reversal

48: Chapter Forty-Eight—A Matter Of Time

49: Chapter Forty-Nine—Canary

50: Chapter Fifty — Unravelled

51: Chapter Fifty-One—Reset

52: Chapter Fifty-Two—A Light In The Dark

53: Chapter Fifty-Three—The Necessity of Complicity

54: Chapter Fifty-Four—Under Duress

55: Chapter Fifty Five—Propitious

56: Chapter Fifty-Six—Track

57: Chapter Fifty-Seven—Slipknot

58: Chapter Fifty-Eight—Diversion

59: Sprung

Orion's Pointer

Faraday

135 Reviews   |   135 Ratings, 0 Likes, 48 Favorites )

Mystery/Suspense Drama Hogwarts Castle 248,511 Words 59 Chapters WIP
Albus Dumbledore Draco Malfoy Fawkes Neville Longbottom Original Character Severus Snape Filius Flitwick Minerva McGonagall Pomona Sprout Seamus Finnegan Poppy Pomfrey Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody Bartimus Crouch Igor Karkaroff Ludovic Bagman Olympe Maxime Remus Lupin Rolanda Hooch Arthur Weasley Elphias Doge Hestia Jones Kingsley Shacklebolt Nymphadora Tonks Lucius Malfoy Narcissa Malfoy Walden Macnair Barty Crouch Jr. Rubeus Hagrid Fenrir Greyback

The Potions Master is about to meet a bitch of unexpected dimensions.

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Chapters (59)

Chapter 1: Chapter One - Parr For The Course

Chapter 2: Chapter Two - Unknown Quantity

Chapter 3: Chapter Three – Detention: Day One

Chapter 4: Chapter Four - Detention: Day Two

Chapter 5: Chapter Five: A Pain In The Neck

Chapter 6: Chapter Six: Reassessment

Chapter 7: Chapter Seven – Prodding the Hornet’s Nest

Chapter 8: Chapter Eight - Waxing

Chapter 9: Chapter Nine: In Hiding

Chapter 10: Chapter Ten - Back & Forth

Chapter 11: Chapter Eleven - Bark or Bite?

Chapter 12: Chapter Twelve - Handover

Chapter 13: Chapter Thirteen - A Slip Of The Tongue

Chapter 14: Chapter Fourteen - Information

Chapter 15: Chapter Fifteen - Waning

Chapter 16: Chapter Sixteen - Slip and Fall

Chapter 17: Chapter Seventeen - Foetor Mortis

Chapter 18: Chapter Eighteen - Innuendo

Chapter 19: Chapter Nineteen - Pieces

Chapter 20: Chapter Twenty – Options Few & Far Between

Chapter 21: Chapter Twenty-One - Questions

Chapter 22: Chapter Twenty-Two – Ghosting in the Peripheral

Chapter 23: Chapter Twenty-Three - Temper

Chapter 24: Chapter Twenty-Four - Seevy

Chapter 25: Chapter Twenty-Five - Vindictive

Chapter 26: Chapter Twenty-Six – Malicious

Chapter 27: Chapter Twenty-Seven: Sly

Chapter 28: Chapter Twenty-Eight - Receptive

Chapter 29: Chapter Twenty-Nine – Evasion

Chapter 30: Chapter Thirty - Blame

Chapter 31: Chapter Thirty-One - Pain

Chapter 32: Chapter Thirty-Two — Cut, Sever and Bite

Chapter 33: Chapter Thirty-Three — Attachments

Chapter 34: Chapter Thirty-Four — Uncovered

Chapter 35: Chapter Thirty-Five – Occupational Hazard

Chapter 36: Chapter Thirty-Six – The Opportune Time

Chapter 37: Chapter Thirty-Seven — Hate

Chapter 38: Chapter Thirty-Eight—Unwilling Collaboration

Chapter 39: Chapter Thirty-Nine—Broken

Chapter 40: Chapter Forty—The Edge

Chapter 41: Chapter Forty-One—Indenture

Chapter 42: Chapter Forty-Two—Reply

Chapter 43: Chapter Forty-Three—Patient

Chapter 44: Chapter Forty-Four—Undue Haste

Chapter 45: Chapter Forty-Five—Boundaries Blur

Chapter 46: Chapter Forty-Six—Bargain

Chapter 47: Chapter Forty-Seven — Role Reversal

Chapter 48: Chapter Forty-Eight—A Matter Of Time

Chapter 49: Chapter Forty-Nine—Canary

Chapter 50: Chapter Fifty — Unravelled

Chapter 51: Chapter Fifty-One—Reset

Chapter 52: Chapter Fifty-Two—A Light In The Dark

Chapter 53: Chapter Fifty-Three—The Necessity of Complicity

Chapter 54: Chapter Fifty-Four—Under Duress

Chapter 55: Chapter Fifty Five—Propitious

Chapter 56: Chapter Fifty-Six—Track

Chapter 57: Chapter Fifty-Seven—Slipknot

Chapter 58: Chapter Fifty-Eight—Diversion

Chapter 59: Sprung


About Faraday

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Faraday

Member Since 2007  |  1 Story  |  Favorited by 12  |  11 Reviews Written  |  126 Review Responses

I'm giving the fic-thing a shot, since I enjoy writing. I have no 'ship of choice, though there are some I avoid. I like humour in the stories I read, and if you put Snape at his irascible best in the mix, I cannot help but take a look.

I only have one story here, and it's turned into a whopper in terms of length. If you're after a quick and easy read, this isn't it.

Author Website
http://faraday-writes.livejournal.com/
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Reviews for Orion's Pointer

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10/10

andyourbirdcansing

I love the humor in your story, really well written!!!

With the previous review I realised that I totally missed Severus being a potencial Seevy/handler...

Is that why it's so wrong for him to touch her hair?? =P

this just gets better and better... 

=)

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

"Is that why it's so wrong for him to touch her hair??"Yes.Glad you're still reading!

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

"Is that why it's so wrong for him to touch her hair??"Yes.Glad you're still reading!

10/10

andyourbirdcansing

I couldn't help thinking that if  I was in that situation, I would have cleaned the knife before knowing what it meant xD (me and my bloody Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder xD!!!)

Great chapter =)

10/10

andyourbirdcansing

OHHHHH!!!!! what does that mean???

At some point in the chapter I had a recollection of House MD

xD!

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

I suspect there are a lot of House-type doctors out there, suffering the general public.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

I suspect there are a lot of House-type doctors out there, suffering the general public.

10/10

andyourbirdcansing

Wow... great chapter!!!!!... so sad and yet so strong...

=)

10/10

andyourbirdcansing

I'm back =) and reading it... and liking it... =P

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Hooray!

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Hooray!

0/10

Javoher

I just started this story, and I'm sorry I've been skipping it.  It's really good, and I really like Chara.  She's interesting and well drawn.  You've also kept Snape, Dumbledore, Lucius Malfoy, and the others nicely in character.  It's nice to read a story where Snape isn't a very nice person, but still has a couple indefinable redeeming qualities.You've put a lot of time into this.  Thank you.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Thank you, Jahover.  I really appreciate the review and I'm pleased that you're enjoying the story.And I've always believed that being a difficult and irritable person doesn't necessarily make you evil, or even bad.  Sometimes, one must dig to find gold in people.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Thank you, Jahover.  I really appreciate the review and I'm pleased that you're enjoying the story.And I've always believed that being a difficult and irritable person doesn't necessarily make you evil, or even bad.  Sometimes, one must dig to find gold in people.

10/10

emmeline33

Excellent update!  Your characterisations are subtle and accurate.  There's not one loose thread or sloppy train of thought in this entire story.  It has been nothing short of a thrill to read.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Oh, thanks very much!

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Oh, thanks very much!

10/10

Elizabeth

I always think that the next chapter will give me more answers, and yet you keep giving me more and more questions! It's torture. I can't wait to see how this all plays out, you have me craving more! I will impatiently wait for your next post.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

I hope to write the next chapter this weekend, so fingers crossed you'l have it in around a week.  If I had the time, I'd write it right now.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

I hope to write the next chapter this weekend, so fingers crossed you'l have it in around a week.  If I had the time, I'd write it right now.

10/10

emmeline33

Waiting for the moment when the breath wouldn’t come again—the silence that screamed in accusation and despair. He’d owned many decisions: ones that had shaped his life into the jagged edges that he stood on precariously as if balanced on the shards of shattered glass in bare feet, ones that occasionally made the darkness a little less consuming only to return him to that hopeless reality of his situation, ones that condemned him to pay and pay and pay until it seemed he had nothing left to give.These sentences were especially brilliant, I thought.  There's a palpable sense of desperation for both Parr and Snape as the story continues, a desperation I am almost able to feel myself.  Well done.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

As always, my thanks for the review and the rating.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

As always, my thanks for the review and the rating.

10/10

emmeline33

This was the most well-written chapter of the story.  It's interesting that Parr and Snape each have a relationship of sorts with death.  This was a very poignant and intense look inside Parr's mind.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Thank you. It is true that they both have a very special relationship with Death.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Thank you. It is true that they both have a very special relationship with Death.

9/10

Yolande

Thank you for answering cmwinters' questions here.
I have many of the same on my tongue - this clarifyed a lot.
It makes such sense that SS wanted to be a healer, he has a lot of warmth and questioning and sheer heart tucked away - glad that you make M. Pomfrey insist on his helping her.
Fascinating story.

0/10

Yolande

....' it probably wasn't very diplomatic......'
 chuckling, as it is too late to read,
 but this story is so good,
better than Valrhona chocolate

0/10

Yolande

  ...When the Potion Master stands behind someone, wonderful words issue slowly into the quiet air.   
Such  a scene!   breathless
loved the idea of starlings as messengers.
Chara does seem to have a lot of enemies - 
do write on.......
I like that you give Remus and Hagrid such depth, very kind of you.

9/10

Yolande

  This ia a delightful story. How wonderful to meet a strong. plain woman? Barghest , who is adept at fighting , intelligent and quickwitted; lovely.
It doesn't always have to be Hermione as the protagonist, for it to be riveting.
Please write on . the reviews will come , because this is good, and it is nice to take a pause from the bodice-ripping.  Snape may like it, too, He can catch his breath.  I love your subtle  descriptions of the other teachers.
 Is  Remus her handler?
Or am I 'just' trying to bait you, Mrs. Pomfrey?

10/10

beaweasley2

I completely love this story. Very unique idea and intriging. Please post again soon.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Thansk,

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

!  I try to have one chapter uploaded a week, so hopefully you won't have to wait too long.

0/10

Bettina

sooo... is Parr the supposedly dead person from St Mungo's?

Is Snape thinking logical here? If her mother were Muggle, would she take Muggle Studies?

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Your first question is a little difficult to answer, so forgive the vagueness when I say 'that's the deliberate impression'. It'll become clear in a later chapter, if I haven't bored you to tears before then!

The second question...well, this is assuming Parr's mother is actually a Muggle and not something more.

Faraday

7/10

Bettina

Hi,

You've written it nicely, Snpe is awful enough, and Parr has potential. 

I'm not sure if Snape would pair an unknown student with Neville--he does want/need to stay alive, doesn't he? 

I miss some orientation, what year is this supposed to be?

ok, I'll read on,

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

 

PS I found your work by ticking 'random story'.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Hi

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

. Thanks for your review.

I guess I had Snape pair Parr with Longbottom out of spite more than anything (spite on Snape's part, not mine!).

The story occurs at the same time as Goblet of Fire.

Faraday

0/10

Stephanie76

"She punched me in the ribs."  *snort*  A bit addicted to this fic by now, darn you!  lol  Still laughing over the sight of Chara and Severus wrestling.  Eating carpet...hahahhahaa What a misfortunate choice of words, Snape! hahahhaaaa

10/10

emmeline33

You've woven this story quite well with canon--very good work.  Also, I couldn't help but feel that Snape felt something approaching concern as he looked over Parr's injuries.  This story continues to intrigue me.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

He does know what the wounds mean.I'm pleased that you still find the story interesting. Glad someone's reading it lol!

0/10

cmwinters

"kushëri"

...really?  Kinsman/cousin?  Werewolves to seevy?  Or is Hostage not a werewolf?

0/10

cmwinters

Boy, Severus IS having a rough time of it, isn't he?  How in blazes is he going to withstand a firefight when he's so physically, mentally, emotionally and magically drained he's got a nosebleed just from staying standing?

0/10

mock_turtle

this is one of the most utterly disgusting descriptions i have ever read.  eurgh.  good job.

with a cliffhanger like this, I beg you for a quick update.  please?  pretty pretty please?

10/10

emmeline33

This was gracefully and beautifully executed.

Response from Faraday (Author of Orion's Pointer)

Thank you very much!

0/10

emmeline33

Very well written.

10/10

Stuka

You did it...AGAIN! Your authorian (notice the similarity to 'authoritarian'...coincidence? I think not!) evilness knows no BOUNDS! That said...absolutely fan-damn-tastic. MORE..pleease?

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