Love this story!!!Really liked the idiot boy/which one bit at the beginning.Have a feeling Hermione is going to have very mixed feeling if/when she finds out that Severus requested her as a boon...Looking forward to the next! 

Very cool moves! Though Albus is getting infuriating, isn't he? Great chapter!!!

I just thought I would leave a quick note to say I very much enjoyed the prequel to this novel and am just as enamoured with this one as well.

Fascinating to read it from Severus' point of view... its so fun when Severus helps Ron to escape!  The portrait Deluminator is also interesting... the concept that objects in paintings can also be used, especially beyond the paintings! (Would that be possible? Well I'll buy it anyway.) Poor Severus he is so tired, maybe Hermione can comfort him? You seem to be setting up something with Severus mentioning Hermione to Voldemort.

Loved how Severus followed dumb-dumb around and made sure he was safe.

Scary little pact he's made with Voldy. Hopefully it will work as he wishes.

I've read a few reviews and I too, hope that Severus will not die, he deserved to live in canon...I hated  canon & the epilogue...Fanfic is sooooo much better & Hermione was destined to be Severus's...Keep going, I love this with a passion...

You are so clever in figuring out a way for him to discover who owns shell cottage! Its like a register of deeds office. Hee

I do hope they can find away to distroy the horcruxes. I hate how they affect their moods. Urg I cannot imagine having to put up the petulent boys and camping. Gag.

Ha, now Phineas has Severus calling Ron "the idiot boy"!  Funny how he's "the idiot boy", Harry's "the insolent boy" but Hermione is simply "the girl".  That's rather a backhanded compliment from Phineas right there, you know?  The lack of a denigrating adjective from him is the equivalent of gushing praise from almost anyone else!    Decoding "Slytherinese" is such fun!

I'm glad that Severus gave Albus a little what-for concerning his habitual close-mouthedness.  I know he doesn't want to stoop to arguing with a portrait, but I really do think that taking it down from the wall and jumping up and down on it a few times would make him feel better!  Good tension reliever, too.

"Sweet Salazar's Hufflepuff lovechild!"  I think I might even like that line better than "Sweet Ganymede's butt crack" from a few chapters ago!  It's hard to decide, though.

And finally, I hope that Sev's mention of Hermione to Voldemort doesn't explode in his face.  It's a big risk, and it could go either way... still, it might just insure that nothing too terrible happens to her should she be captured; as a matter of fact, it probably is going to be what saves her from having to suffer Greyback's attentions later on at Malfoy Manor.

Ron's Patronus would be a Jack Russell terrier!  All hyper and bouncing and tail wagging...meaning well, but managing to make a mess at the same time.  I couldn't help but laugh when I read that!  And then her internal monologue about Harry and the Horcruxes: Who does he think he is, Frodo Baggins?  Tell me about it!  It never made any real sense to me exactly why it was so necessary to wear the blasted thing.  It just seemed to be a flimsy excuse to have the three of them get depressed and at odds with each other.Phineas Nigellus is just as wonderfully snarky as I had hoped he'd be, and I hope we'll see more of him as the tale goes on.  As put out as he behaves regarding being a "message boy", I'd wager that this is one of the most exciting things to have happened to him since he became a portrait.  I'll bet he secretly loves being in the middle of things.I swear, the next time I go on the run, I’m taking a boy who can cook...  Too right! 

It's sad to read how Severus has to deliberately "dig his own grave", so to speak, by inciting his co-workers and former friends to anger so that they won't look beyond the surface of him and his activities.  Bad enough that they do feel that way, but to see him encourage it and endure their censure just twists the knife even further...  Most people wouldn't have the strength to even attempt it.  Add to that his work keeping Hermione safe, Jocelyn safe, Draco safe and Harry safe, I'm surprised the poor man hasn't suffered a nervous breakdown yet!  And then Dumbledore has the nerve to be upset because Hermione knows about his double role and is still talking to him.  Arrgh!I knew this story would be great, reading about things from Sev's perspective during his time as Headmaster, but this is exceeding even my outrageously inflated expectations!  Way to go!  Now I must read the next chapter (really gotta stop letting these things backpile on me)!

I think Severus has Hermione's best interests at heart (right??), when he asked the dark lord for her.Damn Albus for keeping things from Severus, his life is tough enough as it is. Hope he survives.

I love how you clear up little blanks and hole JKR left us.

So he admits he wants Granger to the Dark Lord! Wow, risky. Makes me wonder what Voldemort is thinking. I hope it comes out in Severus' favor. I keep hoping Severus won't die at the end. But then a part of me wants him to so that it stays in canon. (But I really don't).Damn that Albus and his personal motives. He needs to tell people stuff so that life doesn't get so complicated for poor Severus. He already has enough on his plate. Poor chap.I look forward to more! You do a great job retelling the story without retelling us unneeded info about Harry/his mission. It's a whole new side to an already exsisting story and I love it.

Neat trick from Albus.  Pity he kept it secret so long! :)

again, at the risk of repeating myself, you are integrating your and jkr's story seamlessly.  wonderful stuff!  thanks so much

I really liked Hermione's musings in this one. I was quite amused at Hermione's observation that she was the problem solver, Harry the one who charges along and Ron who was left to find the escape route.  It sort of nicely categorises the job of each of the Trio.  And also at the end of the chapter, where we get Hermione's thoughts on the locket and her telling herself to shut up.  Ron-with-locket was funny too.  You've got all their characterisations down pat - the dialogue and actions you write is so true to form and funny as well - really amused at the entire thing about Ron being snippy at Hermione's 'Good morning' and her resisting the urge to roll her eyes.

Looking forward to the next chapter.  Dying for more Snape but that's how I felt when I was reading about the camping in DH as well.  All that CAMPING.  UGH.

Another great chapter!! So, is she going to get a birthday gift???

An exciting chapter. I'm glad Hermione noticed the photo. Look forward to the next chapter.

Well done, as always. :)

Oh, pretty exciting at the Ministry.  Now we're camping.  It's smart of Hermione to run so she can clear her mind.   Hopefully her Occlumency will help her not be so affected by the Horcrux.

I'm so happy to read this sequel!I like very much your Snape, the right touch of canon and originality :)Jocelyn is a lovely character, it's good to see her back! She will become a Malfoy, mh? Good! I can see the potentiality of this choice...I know you have to follow DH and to slowly build the Hermione/Severus realtionship, but really, I'm dying to read more about them together!Just one thing: why Ron keeps on calling Hermione "'Mione"? That's a fanon bad habit that irks me to no end...*shrugs*Well, I can't wait for the next chapter: my summer will be brighter with your story to read =)

I liked how they decided on the ghoul here.

Brilliant, simply brilliant!