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What Goes Around....

melusin

548 Reviews | 7.3/10 (548 Ratings, 0 Likes, 364 Favorites )

Drama Romance Drabble/100-Word Potions Under Duress 24,901 Words 17 Chapters Complete

Hermione Granger Original Character Severus Snape Albus Dumbledore Minerva McGonagall Armando Dippet The Bloody Baron Salazar Slytherin

Down on his luck, Snape returns to Hogwarts to seek employment. Will the Headmistress give him a chance?
Drabble series written for the 'Headmistress Hermione' challenge on Grangersnape100.
**Winner: Best Drabble Series, SS/HG awards, Third Round, 2008**

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Chapters (17)

Chapter 1: The Interview

Chapter 2: A Secret Revealed

Chapter 3: Kindness Personified

Chapter 4: Quiet Authority

Chapter 5: A Room with a View

Chapter 6: Tough at the Top

Chapter 7: Mysteries and Complications

Chapter 8: A Taste of Honey.

Chapter 9: A Key Question

Chapter 10: Tentative Progress

Chapter 11: A Bit of a Dilemma

Chapter 12: So that's where it goes!

Chapter 13: Faded Grandeur

Chapter 14: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Chapter 15: By the Pricking of my Thumbs...

Chapter 16: Aftermath

Chapter 17: Epilogue

About melusin

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melusin

Member Since 2006 | 23 Stories | Favorited by 344 | 77 Reviews Written | 1,999 Review Responses

Alan Rickman obsessed ex-civil servant now living the good life in France. I only write in the good ship SS/HG. However, if you think that the only way these two can get together is by some sort of forced marriage, 'binding' or whatever, don't read my stories. You will be disappointed.

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Reviews for What Goes Around....

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Prospera

I love this story. The house elves adopting him is so great! Thank you so much for writing; I can't wait for the next chapter. :-)

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you - glad you're enjoying it.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you - glad you're enjoying it.

10/10

LillaQ

The way you sorted the House Elf thing is amazingly fun! :D

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you.

10/10

kittylefish

i love what you've written so far. i find it sad that severus is in such sorry shape, but things are definitely looking up, aren't they? i like that the castle seems to be looking after him, providing the garden and the lab. and the house elves! and i'm looking forward to finding out more about that mysterious raven.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you - he hasn't had a happy time - but now he's back where he can be cared for properly

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you - he hasn't had a happy time - but now he's back where he can be cared for properly

10/10

MollysSister

Have I told you recently how much I adore how your mind works? Free elves who use their wages to buy presents?? I am still giggling!!

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks Molly :)

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks Molly :)

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qui_quae_quod

Oh, the nerve of those house-elves! How dare they?! :) LOL. I'm enjoying this immensely and can't wait for the next installment!

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you - next bit is ready for beta.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you - next bit is ready for beta.

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debjunk

Ok, I officially love Purdy. I like that all of the house-elves love Severus too because of what he did. "Silly humans" indeed.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

She is one determined elf - thanks for reviewing.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

She is one determined elf - thanks for reviewing.

10/10

murgy31

That was awesome! I loved it!

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you

10/10

Sampdoria

Brilliant update! I just love how the elves finds loopholes in Hermiones new regime to find ways to care for their wizards:-))) (And Severus needs and deserves that someone takes care of him, no matter how much he objects)And if the current head of Slytherin tries something funny, please make sure that the elves finds out, I am pretty sure they will know how to deal with anyone who tries to hurt "their Headmaster Snape".

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you - yes, the elves look after their own

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you - yes, the elves look after their own

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veronica28

I'm loving this. I'm amazed at the many different "Severuses" in your writing repetoire. (I admit, I love them all, each is so well written.) This one is beautifully melancholy, and heartbreakingly real. Lovely.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you. Yes, this is definitely a post DH war damaged Secerus in need of some TLC.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you. Yes, this is definitely a post DH war damaged Secerus in need of some TLC.

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teshara

I like the story thus far, but you might want to put in an author's note about what a knot garden is because I'm not sure all of us are familiar with that term.

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teshara

That was a dreadful thing to say! Bad Albus!

10/10

magalena

Great story so far. I had a feeling that the garden she couldn't find would play a part in the story. Can't wait to read more. I am curious, what is the time frame? How many years have passed (or did I miss that?) Obviously it has been awhile since Minerva is gone now and Hermione is old enough to be headmistress.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks. When I wrote the first drabble, I had Hermione in my mind as about mid-late thirties, but this may change

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks. When I wrote the first drabble, I had Hermione in my mind as about mid-late thirties, but this may change

10/10

sregner

What a great story, looking forward to more

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you. More on the way.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you. More on the way.

10/10

snitchette

This is so great. Maybe Severus will need extra help for the garden and so... Well that raven also intrigues me very much.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks - well, we'll see, wont we?

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks - well, we'll see, wont we?

10/10

pookah

wonderful cahpter. I love your take on Hogwarts, your unreachable garden that opens for Severus, the new room suitable for a lab. Thank you for such a gentle and thoughtful opening.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you. Next set in queue

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you. Next set in queue

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sunny33

He has his own personal Room of Requirement!

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Not quiteThanks for leaving a review

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Not quiteThanks for leaving a review

10/10

braye27

I hope Snape can begin to feel truly free of past memories. Perhaps bringing the courtyard garden back to life will be the beginning of a new life for my favorite Professor.Good story!Beth

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

We shall see. Thanks for reviewing

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

We shall see. Thanks for reviewing

10/10

braye27

An interesting plot line. I want to see where you go with this... it promises to be good reading.Beth

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thank you

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debjunk

I have often wondered how Severus would truly be if he had survived. I think you have charaterized him well. It's at least the way I would see him at this time in his life. I can't help but feel sorry for him.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

i think he would have been lost - at least for a while, with nothing to drive him.Thanks for reviewing

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

i think he would have been lost - at least for a while, with nothing to drive him.Thanks for reviewing

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kimjo2

a place and a purpose...later a romance? what more could he ask for. thanks so much for the update!

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

well... you never know.Thanks for reviewing.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

well... you never know.Thanks for reviewing.

10/10

murgy31

gREAT cHAPTER! pLEASE update soon!

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks - I will be uploading the next chapter soon - but the queue is very long at the moment - this last chapter took 4 days to get through - so it might be a while

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks - I will be uploading the next chapter soon - but the queue is very long at the moment - this last chapter took 4 days to get through - so it might be a while

10/10

murgy31

That was FABULOUS!!!!

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks

9/10

LillaQ

Really nice story. I look forward to read more. And that garden seems very interesting...

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks

10/10

Sampdoria

I absolutely adore this! I am so looking forward to "see" the secrets of the garden and the extra room to be revealed, why is Severus theh one who can access them? Are they accessable due to him now have ownership ot these specific rooms, or is it because he is Severus? And, what exactely is a knot garden? (English is not my native language and I haven't heard this expression before). I am also extremely pleased that "dunderheads" is still used by Severus, he shouldn't be too meek:-))I look forward for the next update!!!

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

Thanks - and those are very good questions.A knot garden is a type of formal garden where the plants are planted in an intricate knotted shape - usually hedged. Very often, they contain herbs or medicinal plants - a google search will show you examples.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

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MollysSister

Oh Snape is so fragile! I hope the garden project and setting up a lab can distract him from his pain.

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

He is at a bit of a low ebb, isn't he?Thanks for reviewing

Response from melusin (Author of What Goes Around....)

He is at a bit of a low ebb, isn't he?Thanks for reviewing

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