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The Snake's Head Fritillary
pyjamapants68 Reviews | 7.91/10 (68 Ratings, 0 Likes, 59 Favorites )
Lucius Malfoy is plagued by the delivery of several suspicious packages. Auror Hermione Granger is sent to investigate.
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I'm a freelancing Yank who lives in the Midwest with her husband, three cats, and two dogs.
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Reviews for The Snake's Head Fritillary
'You're the only person I know who can eat a Full English without taking a single bite of food from England.' Hah! That was hilarious! And of course Lucius' attempts to inconvenience their captors as much as possible (while simultaneously getting as much as he can from them) is vintage Slytherin. Having Hermione as a vegan is an interesting twist; hope we'll get some insight on what prompted her to make that choice as the story goes on.
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
*grins* I was rather pleased with that line myself. I'm glad you liked it too!
All right! Ask for a library! Hmm, better be more specific than that, might wind up with a library full of books for the 3-5 yr old range--"Little Lockhart's Very Big Day" or something like that. The plot thickens...why is the room so obliging? A rather odd sort of incarceration...hmm.
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Eeeep! Little Lockhart's Very Big Day. *hides* That's terrifying!
Now, if one of the boxes contains a DVD set of Season 1 of Wonder Woman, then you can have a double Amazon pun! Lucius is getting impatient in his old age... I can't wait to see where his rash move has ended them up.
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
*gigglesnort* I didn't think of that pun opportunity. :D
The room is familiar somehow to Lucius...curiouser and curiouser! And the UST begins to multiply! I wonder what kind of dreams Hermione will have as Lucius keeps watch on her?
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
*ten points to your house for appropriate emoticon usage* The plot is indeed thickening....
They should ask the room for a written explanation of why they are there. Trick it! :)
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Ooooooh. Aren't you a little sneaky one?
Wonder how obliging the room will be? A nice big bed... silk scarves... a Wii, perhaps? :P
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
If the room coughs up a Wii, I'll be sure to send it along to Frankie.
You mean they aren't pizza boxes? Damn, I was sure I was on the right track when I thought that! :D
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Alas. No pizza here.
Hi - I really enjoyed this chapter. I loved your description of Lucius talking about Narcissa dating someone from the Weird Sisters and his utter distain at the idea. Very in-character. Also, his decision to make their captors pay for kidnapping them by inconveniencing them with all his extravagent food orders - very Slytherin! Looking forward to the next chapter and finding out some more about who could have done this to them and why :-) xXx
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
*waves* Thanks so very much! Poor Lucius... Losing Narcissa to a wrock musician. The horror!
Anonymous
Awesome story, peej. Can't wait to read more.
Author's Response: Thank you! That means rather a lot! There's more waiting for you after your gig. Good luck!!!!!
Very neat!
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the rest!
Ooh - good start - I'm totally intrigued!
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Thanks so very much! I'm glad I've snagged your attention with it!
Anonymous
Heh. Cool. More please? At least the boxes didn't contain ez cheez... or... did they?
Author's Response: Thanks! You'll just have to wait to find out what's in the boxes. :D
LOL - amazon, not amazons, love it. Oh I hope they both end up at Spinners End.
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Thanks! I was quite fond of that gag myself. :)
Love love love those Slytherins! They can't go to the bathroom without making a complicated plan for it! I am so pleased that this will be venturing into LG/HG/SS territory, and yes I am the lucky duck! I suspect I'm not the only one, though...I am now quite thoroughly anxious for the next chapter!
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
*snort* My husband would agree, methinks. Some Slytherins do their best thinking in the bathroom. And yes, you weren't the lucky duck. I believe there was a whole flock. :)
Aww, that was sweet. And the passage about Snape was very touching.Wait, Malfoy sneaked himself into calling her Hermione?! I only just noticed!Bad reader, not paying attention closely or good author who lets it slip in so nonchalantly that neither I nor Hermione have noticed/commented on it? (If only for the sake of my reputation, I'll settle for the latter.)
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
*whistles nonchalantly*
'more Galleons than her breakfast, lunch, and dinner combined'?! The price of that breakfast might easily outplay the GDP of several smaller African nations!!!Say, the parcel is still there, isn't it? Why don't they open it? Maybe it contains some clue to way they are there. Or at least some pr0n. Or pr0n is the clue...And it really better not be Stubby Boardman, at least not if the Quibbler was right about him!!!That was very funny. You had me laugh out loud severel times during reading. If I head to quote the best lines, I'd likely end up quoting two-thirds.
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
<i>You had me laugh out loud severel times during reading. If I head to quote the best lines, I'd likely end up quoting two-thirds.</i> I am well and truly flattered. :D Glad you liked it so much. Sorry it's taking me so dang long to repay the kindness.
Are you sure the room is still there? I remember somenone casting a pretty destructive Fiendfyre...Picky, vegetarian Granger in agent-mode? lol. When she jumped next to the door I could see her as the perfect impersonation of Kronk trying as secretly as possibly to get rid of the llama-ed Kuzco. Don't know why though, but my brain seemed to find it very fitting.And she really is negligent. Casting roughly about 500 spells, but not checking for recipient-specific ones? And now she's sure the runes will protect her notes? Well, I wouldn't be...Plus: I would have let him try the door. For several reasons. (like: 'You brought us here, you may very well suffer the consequenses if there is a painful jinx attached to the door knob, impatient idiot!')Your Lucius really is an adorable asshole('Hm. Let's see. I am stuck in a highly ominous situation. So my priorities are? First: Let's see how to get out of it with some benefits. Second: If failing, look for human shield. Third: Anyone in copulating mood?). Their captor seems rather unprepared for their joined arrivel. Wonder how he/she/it feels about it.
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Thoroughly confused by references to llamas.... But I like the description of Lucius as adorable asshole. :)
Hooray! I am indeed quite the lucky duck. Very much enjoying, and I'll see you next chapter.
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Sorry for the blank response! I'm glad you're enjoying this and were pleased by the surprise. :)
Bwahaha. 'well and truly fucked'. Not yet, dear, not yet....
Tildy is surprisingly sophisticated. She's able to use articles and predicates. And doesn't even flinch when questioned. Interesting.
The auror's routine was a hilarious thing. And to me even better than that great wordplay with the company and the folk.
Someone really wanted to see him again, eh? Sending so many of them. (Let it be the Prince of Snark, let it be the Prince of Snark, let it be … *crosses fingers*)
And it has a cliffy. Yeah, I squee for cliffies.
Hermione is going to kill him. *gigglesnort*
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Yay!!!!!!! I'm so glad that you liked this!!!!!! And I'm so very glad you commented on Tildy. There was a good bit of discussion between Dreamy_Dragon and I about Tildy and her speech patterns. It's lovely that you noticed her. :) And if you squee for cliffies.... well, there's several here. I think you'll be pleased indeed. :D
What a fun chapter. I think I like where this is going! The flirty conversation is cute. I'm not sure you should describe anything Snape does as cute, but I just did. Great work, send more our way soon!
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
I believe Snape has just smote you for calling him cute. :) Thanks so much for all the lovely reviews. :)
I can't believe that nobody even noticed that Hermione had been missing for three days! Wait a minute...yes I can. Good for her for tendering her resignation, and here's hoping that she will in fact continue to draw a salary for a month or two before they realize she's quit.Heh, I'll bet the look on Sev's face was priceless when he thought there might be a chance that Lucius was in fact pining over him! And the banter between the two of them was fabulous as well...I do so hope that there will be some lovely threesome activity (either explicit or implied, I'm not picky) with our heroes in the near future! Looking forward to the next chapter...
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Thanks so much for the wonderful review. It made me grin at least four times. I'm sorry I'm so late in responding to it.
OK, that was a completely entertaining chapter.
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it!
An excellent chapter! The reparte between those two was priceless. Also, the images of Snape and Lucius you conjured - yummy. Whew - I feel like I just ran a marathon!
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
So very glad you enjoyed the reparte. Don't forget to stretch!
Yea, I was right. Lovely Severus/Lucius/Hermione goodness to follow I hope. :o)
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
*applauds* :D
Hehe! Oh, that was good :) Go Hermione for having the guts to get one over on Sev :P Can't wait to see what Lucius' reaction is to the two of them turning up next chapter! xXx
Response from pyjamapants (Author of The Snake's Head Fritillary)
*grins* I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter! (sorry for taking so long to respond to the reviews!)