A Member of the Family
Bambu30 Reviews | 6.8/10 (30 Ratings, 0 Likes, 26 Favorites )
On a sun-dappled summer's day, Hermione's young daughter finds an unexpected 'guest' at the bottom of the garden.
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Bambu
Member Since 2005 | 27 Stories | Favorited by 542 | 117 Reviews Written | 1,029 Review Responses
I have loved the written word since watching my mother’s fingers trace the lines of a book, luxuriating in riveting tales and well-turned phrases. Many a night I read until dawn, a plastic flashlight hidden under the covers to light the pages as I raced the rising sun to finish my latest must-read.
Since joining the HP fandom, I've been privileged to receive more than 50 awards, including Best Author (Quill to Parchment Awards) and Best Classic Author (Most Potente Passions). Among others, my stories have won awards for Best Hurt/Comfort (Spoils of War, Morning Has Broken), Best Novel Length (Calling Card, Guard…Check…Mate), Best One Shot (A Beach in Ireland), Best WIP (Saving a Death Eater, The Summoning), Favorite Overall Story (Complexities), and Readers’ Choice (A Quest of Paladins).
Aside from a judicious polish for formatting and egregious typos, I don't plan on revising my early work. Those stories are the stepping stones of my writing journey. Please note some stories contain adult content. None is more graphic than equivalent scenes in the television shows True Blood or Game of Thrones, and age appropriate warnings are posted.
I no longer write fanfiction prolifically. Like many fanfic authors, my focus has shifted to original work. A member of the Romance Writers of America and the Southern California Writers Association, I write under my name: Lin Thornhill.
My original story Verisimilitude published in Thoroughly Modern Monsters (Story Spring Publishing, 2013) reached the top 100 fantasy anthologies and broke into the top 10 in the UK the first month of release. Ben and Christine’s story will continue in 2016.
Fixation, my latest short story, slated for publication in J. Aldis’ anthology Immanence, with a winter 2015-2016 release, is particularly exciting as it anchors the Messengers of Inari novel series I’ve been developing for the past year.
9/2015
Reviews for A Member of the Family
Really lovely! A very interesting twist to a typical scenerio.
Response from Bambu (Author of A Member of the Family)
Why thank you very much. In any form, I suspect Hermione and Severus would find one another.
Response from blackeyedlily (Reviewer)
Agreed!
What a sweet story, Bambu. I can't help but wonder if Professor is really a transfigured Severus Snape and if he will ever regain his human form?Nicely done!Beth
Response from Bambu (Author of A Member of the Family)
Aren't you clever! That's fairly well what I want to imply. The tree is a birch, which in the Druidic ogham means rebirth, or reincarnation. I want to imply that regardless of form, Hermione's and Severus' souls recognize one another.Thanks for enjoying it.
And so the dog gets the bed, and the (ex) husband gets the doghouse. So to speak. Sounds about right. 
A very lovely and sweet story, I enjoyed it very much!PS: Any chance of another 'Saving A Death Eater' update anytime soon? I so love that story!
Response from Bambu (Author of A Member of the Family)
Thank you very much. It was as much as I could manage these days, and there was a deadline for the gift.I'd love to finish Death Eater, but I've been barely able to type for about a month. I injured the tendons in my right wrist, and then, before it was better I broke my left arm. I'm still in a cast, and not allowed to type very much. When I'm out of the cast and can really type, there'll be an update on Death Eater shortly thereafter. Thanks for asking.HermioneDiggory's response: Oh, you poor thing! It sounds like you've had a really rough time of it. I'm sending a virtual hug and lots of chocolate your way, and I hope you feel better very soon! 
Response from Bambu (Author of A Member of the Family)
::nibbling chocolate:: Oh, yum. Thank you very much for the healing vibes. It's getting better, slowly, but surely.
Some kind of magical worm hole, where the Professor is turned into an animagas form he can't change out of and Hermione fixes the bite from Nagini? The poison from the snake doesn't affect dogs? He stays with Hermione because she can hear him, she knows who he is and respects him. Sounds great to me!