evil woman!!!!  great plot movement - thanks so much for such a great read - can not wait to see the fallout from the Yule ball!!!

Wooow caught up after being on holiday.

I think our Hermione has a little plan to get Severus back on track. I look forward to the next chapter!

Ahhh, so that's how things worked out with Victor in your story. The Yule Ball should be very interesting. Severus is gonna blow a blood vessel, if the idea of Harry doesn't cause it first. Wonderful chapter, I enjoyed it.

Great chapter, I'm excited to see what'll happen at the Yule ball...

omg, LOL - the next chapter is likely to be a hillarious disaster!!! lol

but i feel kinda bad about how hermione is feeling but i know in the end they'll have a happy ending - so right now i have to laugh.. so i don't yell at you or something...

Sorry, but I think Severus is really a Polyjuiced Ron. At least he's acting stupid and babyish, just like Ron. Does he not trust Hermione at all?

So sad for Hermione.  Severus is such a bastard, treating her like she's cheating on him.

Another good chapter!  Maybe Hermione will work with Severus to use Krum as as "decoy" to distract the Prophet from the time she was spending with Harry....or not.  Poor Sev...

Oh good lord! She's going to try and make a already jealous Severus even more so by using Viktor Krum? Brilliant - not! but this really fits well into the canon of what happened. I liked how Hermione was there for Harry, but wasn't the one with all the answers.

oooo, this is going to get interesting!  Can't wait for the next update!!

I know I usually read and review on Ashwinder but I was so excited when I saw there was an update here on PP.  Yay!  Great chapter as always.  I love how you are turning the Victor Krum thing into a make Sev jealous thing.  Very cool.

Oh no, it's just as I feared...Hermione is going to be with Krum because she angry and frustrated with Severus!  Agh, disaster is looming ahead like a giant iceburg!  I'm confident that it will eventually work out for the better, but I fear it's going to be a terrible ride to get there.  Personally, I think Hermione just needs to magically lock them together into a room which he can't get out of until he actually talks to her and then listens when she replies!  She could call it the Banishing Ass-Hattery spell, and be revered by witches the world over for the rest of her life.

Oh yeah, this Hermione would quickly know that Moody is an imposter.  And as usual Dumbledore wants to sit back, keep secrets, and see what happens.  I know he thinks he can get the opposition to tip its hand with this strategy, but it's still quite irritating!Severus is going to blow a gasket when Hermione arrives at the Yule Ball on Viktor's arm.    Viktor dancing with her openly when he can't, showing his affection... it's not going to be pretty, I just know it!  Hopefully, Hermione will not be doing it because she's mad at Sev for some reason or another, because that will just make it even worse...Liked the reassurance at the end of the chapter!  Hermione needed to know that she was still desirable despite her artificially youthful body.  Can't wait to see how things progress with the Tri-Wizard Tournament this time around.

OH.MY.GOD...if Severus is getting so mad at her for just silly rumors about Hermione and her best friend, what does she think he's going to do when he actually SEES her dancing and having a good time with Krum?  Awesome chapter.  I so can't wait for another update! :D

hahaha! oh i cannot wait to see how severus takes this! :) great job!

Awesome update! I've been looking forward to how you were going to handle the Krum issue. I loved Severus' reaction under the stairs! Can't wait to see what happens at the ball!

He is going to be so mad, no wonder the rose bushes got hit so hard at the ball.

Can't wait until the next chapter. I love this story. Severus needs to get his act together. Hopefully hermione will make him realize  that he needs to treat her better.

Glad he realized she was insecure. I also like Hherm being on to Moody.

Wow, what an amazing way to handle the whole situation.  I love how your brain works!  The ending of this chapter was so heart breaking though!  It's so sad, I know we've still got at least two years to cover until they can be together again, but you're moving along at a really great pace.  I can't wait to see how all this unfolds!  Thanks for the update!  Much Love ~ Brena

Great chapter, I guess he is in for his own bout of jealousy come Christmas, right?

It's scary to think that Dumbledore is unaware of the change in "Moody."  If Hermione isn't going through enough with her separation from Severus and hormones, then Dumbledore attempts blackmail regarding her "relationship" with Lily.  What a clueless, manipulative bastard.  At least she had a little snogging with Severus at the end to make her feel better.

Wow - thanks for reassurance - I needed it as much as HG did ;-)  nice plot movement here and again very graceful interplay between canon and your work!

11 months and counting down!  :)

I can imagine Hermione at 15 would feel very insecure with the Beau Batons' visit.  This will be a rough year for her and Severus. I like the way she tested Moody's memory of her training...  It seems like Albus must already know Moody is an imposter?  Good work!