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A Change is Going to Come
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NOW COMPLETE!!! An accident with a Time-Turner in 1993 sends Hermione Granger back to 1973, and she is unable to return.
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I am a grateful fan of Ms. Rowling and of her overwhelming Byronic Character, Severus Snape! Please check out the first chapters of each fic (except for "How Can I Tell You," which is on Chapter 2) to see pictures of the Heroines.
Admins' Note: Livvy6 died suddenly on February 22, 2012, leaving behind her husband, six-year-old daughter, and seventeen stories well-loved by the TPP community. All who knew her—including those in Harry Potter fandom and all of us, here—are richer for having known her.
Requiescat in pace, Livvy. Always.
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Oh wow, Livvy! This story is AMAZING!! I've spent the past 3 days reading it non-stop and can't wait for the next chapter!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Thank you! I am so happy you've been enjoying my fic! The new chapter should be up real soon and my beta has Chapter 70. There is only 74 chapters total, so we're not far from the end! :)Thanks for reviewing!Livvy
How empathetic you have made your characters! And I really hope to see Horatio in subsequent chapters - oh well - on to Snape's pain and Granger's teen angst!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
LOL! Yes, there will be lots of angst to go around, for sure!Thanks!Livvy
Great chapter, and another great look into the Department of Mysteries. Hermione almost has to be an Unspeakable when she grows up at this point! For a chance to go back there... and watch, Horatius would still be there and look exactly the same...I can already see that things are going to be tough on Hermione when she returns. As far as Harry and Ron are concerned, she never left, but she'll be coming back to them after years of being apart--they may think she's gone mad from taking too many classes when she exuberantly reunites with them! It will also be interesting to note if Crookshanks notices that she's different from the girl who purchased him the day before. Just how perceptive are Kneazles, anyway? He certainly knew that Scabbers wasn't what he seemed to be!I am really looking forward to see how things diverge from the original books at this point. Will Remus remember his friend/crush when he looks at Hermione so many years later, and if so, will he figure out what's going on or just think it's a huge coincidence that here's another brilliant girl with bushy brown hair named Hermione? I also think it more likely that Hermione will distrust anything that Sirius Black says in the Shrieking Shack now as opposed to "canon", considering their rather tempestuous dealing with one another in their youth.Can't wait to see! Next chapter, please!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
You are very perceptive. Your questions about Crookshanks, the Shrieking Shack, and how like canon it will be are very interesting questions that will be answered soon. Remus will remember everything, no one will forget, not even Lucius Malfoy. There's another added problem to the mix! :)Thanks,Livvy
so sad. The wedding band detail remins me of the way some eldery people wear both rings after their husband or wife died. Makes this a lot sadder because it makes me feel like hermione is death now to severus. But all in all it is nicely done, I can't deny that.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
You know, I never relaized that way of looking at it. That really makes it even more powerful. It's true, in a very real way, Hermione is dead to him-it least for the next two years. But the death of the woman her lived with, waited to make a life with and made love to is gone. He will have to wait for her to become a woman once more. It is going to be painful in many ways.Thanks for the insight!Livvy
The Time-Turner thing was fun. Hermione really has an effect ont them - or are there that many things that have to be 'corrected' because of her? LOLI loved her reaction to seeing herself 13 again, but his reaction was so cold and harsh. Very cruel.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
You know, I don't know. Perhaps it could be either. Yes, that was harsh how Severus reacted to her. It is going to be a hard third year for them both!Thanks!Livvy
Oh how awful - to finally have overcome the whole awkwardness of being a teenager and then go back again...
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
A true nightmare! Poor Hermione, all the things she goes through!Thanks!Livvy
Well, that was heartbreaking. Are we going to have to wait until she's seventeen before he's nice to her again? Even in private? Sounds detrimental to their relationship.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Well, they will wait until sixteen - age of consent. BUt of course, there will be drama and fighting, tears, and things will not be as according to canon exactly. Third-year, mostly, but fouth and fifth, expect a lot of changes. Nevertheless, it will be very hard for them.Thanks!Livvy
You know my feelings. Remember them, and know it will never change, but do not expect me to ever express them to you until you are of age, How sad for both of them. It would be hell for both of them, feeling as they do but unable to act upon their feelings. ~sigh~ Wonderful chapter, I'm looking forward to her return and the aftermath.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Thanks, it is going to be a hard time for them. I'll get the next chapter in the queue today.Thanks!Livvy
Such a difficult situation. Especially for Severus to see his love as a 13 year old girl when the night before they had been in each other's arms--as adults.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Well, for Severus, it will have been nine years since he had seen her. For Hermione, it will be just the night before they had made love. It's going to be hard for them both.Thanks!Livvy
Oh my dear! What a painful chapter to read. It must have been painfully emotional to write. Dispite my tears it was a wonderful chapter!Thank you for all of the work you've put into this story. It is still one of my favorites and I look forward to the next chapter!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Thank you so much. Yes, it was really hard to write and I really felt for both of them. Thanks so much for your compliments :)Thanks!Livvy
Oh dear, the buck teeth. How could she have forgotten those? :)
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
LOL! I know. But you do forget all those adolescent quirks .Thanks!Livvy
awwww, even with Severus and Hermione seperated (although not forever).. I can't wait for Hermione to get back to her own timeline, to see her thoughts and reactions... I'm lovin it...
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
It's going to be interesting, that's for sure!Thanks,Livvy
woot, can't wait for the next chapter!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
I'll be putting it in the queue today! Thanks!Livvy
I'm aching for them inside, especially with poor Severus having to be so stern and restrained with his poor Hermione! But he recognizes what she "is", and that she is not what she "was", and he is apparently able to keep the two quite firmly separate in his mind---whereas it looks like she cannot, as yet! I'm thinking, since the de-aging potion didn't affect her memory, then traveling forward in time won't, either, but maybe I'm wrong about that---maybe her memories of Severus won't come back until she actually IS her 'current' age before the de-aging potion again. That WOULD explain something I've wondered about (if canon is followed): how she could remember loving Severus, and yet do some of the things she does in canon---go to the Yule Ball with Krum, fall lin love with Ron, feel so jealous over Ron and try to get back at him with McLaggen, etc. And, if that IS the case, and she "forgets" everything until she reaches her current 'mature' age again--OH POOR SEVERUS, who will have to suffer watching all that, and wondering if she will EVER be his again, or if he must simply give her up forever and let her have her own life, without him? AAAACCCKKKK!!!!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
She will remember everything. She will be a 33 year old in a thirteen year old body. Still, they have to wait until it's legal, besides, Severus doesn't want to be with a kid. He wants a woman! But still it will hurt for both of them to have to pretends they don't like each other and she's a nuisance to him. But things won't be the same. This just won't be a rerun of the Potter books. Things will change.Thanks!Livvy
Absolutely fantastic! I love this story. Please update soon.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
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Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
I will. Next chapter in the queue by tomorrow.Thanks!Livvy
Oh, livvy, this was such a gut wrenching chapter. Everyone understood why things had to be this way, but no one was happy about it. Including me. When she had to leave her engagement ring with Severus, I got tears in my eyes. How sad!I could understand why Severus had to be stern at the end, but it had to have hurt Hermione to remember how he had behaved in the time to which she was returning compared to the Severus with whom she had fallen in love. And then in a matter of seconds, she was gone.Will the Professor Snape to whom she is returning remember all the things that have happened between them as they grew up together? Will Hermione remember any of it? Will Dumbledore know any of this? Surely at least Severus and Dumbledore will remember.This was a great chapter, dear. I have to compliment you on the wonderful detail you provided about the happenings in the Department of Mysteries. The morphing Time-Turners and the beautiful hummingbird were so well described that I could easily see them in my mind's eye. Brava!Beth
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Thank you for your compliments! Yes, Hermione and Severus will remember all of it and she will be basically the same age as Severus in a thirteen-year-old body. So, they are both 33 years old. But although it will be hard, there is only two more years until she is sixteen. Then they can be married and be together again.Thanks!Livvy
Oh dear - and now she has to live through her teenage years again :( Poor Sev and Hermione - seperated for so long... *sniff sniff* I may just get all teary about it.Cant wait for the next chapter!A~
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Yes, it will be hard, especially third-year. But hang in there! Only two years until she is sixteen!Thanks!Livvy
I really hope you are not going to leave us here for long!!!! Great chapter!!!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
I will get the chapter in the queue asap!!Thanks,Livvy
oh how sad. but a very good chapter.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Just, it's so sad that they will be separated again... but not forever. Just until she's sixteen.Thanks!Livvy
Wow, this chapter was amazing. Hermione is finally back to where she belongs. I hope Severus still has the same feelings for her as he did. I know it'll be like giant steps back, considering she's now 13 again. I'm looking forward to more.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Yes, it will be a huge adjustment for Hermione and Severus. It's going to be rocky for a while.Thanks!Livvy
Livvy did you have to have Sev be so cold at the very end? Oh, that was cruel! Having to return the material symbols of their love, and then she has to face having tiny breasts and buck teeth ... not to mention the hair, and the last thing she needed was him standing back and acting like black ice. I guess it was for the best, but, still cruel.Can't wait for her to get back to her once and future life!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
It will come out why he he acts that way. You'll see. I know, it's harsh.Thanks!Livvy
Great chapter. Can't wait for the next one when Hermione is reunited with harry/ron.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Yes, it will be very emotional for her!Thanks!Livvy
Another top notch chapter. Poor Severus and Hermione, the angst, and their need for one another, but their inability to be together at the moment is heartbreaking.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Yes, unfortunately, it will be the beginning of an unbearable time for them.Thanks!Livvy
i love it and can't wait to read moreits the best time fic i've read
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Thank you! I'm glad you are enjoying it. The next chapter should be up soon.Thanks,Livvy
Their seperation is getting closer and it makes me sad for them. I can't wait to see how they react when they reunite in the future. Lovely chapter, so looking forward to the next.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Change is Going to Come)
Yes, the first meeting after her return is going to be rough, and not how Hermione expects it to be. It's going to be a hard time for both of them.Thanks!Livvy