You've got to love the way Lucius gets himself out of a potentially embarrassing spot in this chapter!!

This is one of my favourite chapters. The bit with Lupin in the Shack was wonderful, the bit in the Three Broomsticks was wonderful. It just gets better and better as it goes along. It's a long time since I read this story and I keep reading bits and thinking--- Oh, I forgot about that. I honestly think I'm enjoying it more on a second reading.Oh and the part where Severus leaves the Infirmary and obliviates Lupin's memory with 'quiet regret' was just what Snape would feel. I could go on and on.

And we see James and Peter hatching their plots.  I never decided whether James knew exactly who they were and timed those directions accordingly.The heartbreak is horrible here. I feel as bad for Andromeda, shuttled between so many different things, as I do for Snape.

...."it was the day Sirius Black and Severus Snape set aside their adolescent differences completely and embarked on a plan to destroy the Dark Lord that lasted the rest of our lives, and destroyed us both, until we had nothing left fo fight with, and not even on another to turn to"  I did not remember those very ominous words from the first read a long time ago, oh my - it is an angsty tale indeed but so wonderfully written that I have to follow it to the bitter end

poor Lucius, had to dirty his outfit. Voldemort gets more and more scary and mad. Glad tha Sirius and Lupin escaped

If I were Severus I'd go right back for the whisky, he's going to need it.Great work again.

Another great chapter Scaranda. I loved the story of Nicolas Flamel and the stones too.I know I've said it before but I love the way you backtrack so seemlessly to let us know the history. It gives all your stories such depth.Great stuff. Steel

Ted Tonks is the least frightening or offensive person in the canon, but his presence is not good news for Severus at this point.So much going on. Riddle's little tests which Severus ultimately passed but would have been better off failing, the Blacks scattered to the winds, and Lucius on the run.

although I have read this before you can still surprise me with the wonderful imagination you posess

Somehow I would expect Ethyl to protect Andromeda rather well, but I'm sure it's better if the house wasn't left seemingly empty for just anyone to poke into it.The history of the stones is fantastic.  I love the way they work together and apart. The attractions, repulsions, and cravings between them are telling.

This is such a rich chapter.Tom Riddle just becomes more and more menacing, the way you have him speaking is perfect!! You do as good a job on Riddle as you do on Severus.Love it.

a good thing he had the white stone ( and that Riddle did not sense it) Looking forward to learning where Lucius' faith lies and if he has the courage to follow them

A lovely job.I love the seamless way you slip back to fill in little bits of everyones history without it breaking up the story. I'm looking forward to Lucius coming in. If I can remember from the first time I read this he plays a big part.

You do such a lovely job here of showing how both sides just barely trust Snape. Meanwhile, something comes to hand and another thing slips away... as if by magic. It's as if he was getting help.

Ahhh! That last line from Andromeda! That's both my most and least favorite chapter of the story. It's a testament to the times and place they lived in that people would snatch whatever moments of happiness they could get.

now it starts to be unbearable exiting, on to next chapter

The Sorting hat bit is all so plausible and i like Dumbledores assertion that there are no true Muggles, and the way you've backed that up with your own facts. Looking forward the next chap. Post soon pls.

It's getting darker now. That's what I remember most from the first reading was the way it seemed to slip into a nightmare as Voldemort gathered power. And still there were lighter moments of great banter. I'm loving this even more this time round. By the way you'd better have finished it this time!!!

So in character yet bears no relation to what actually happened. I love the way this is padded out the whole way along. Steel

I love the way you fill in the history as you go along and always finish each chapter with a little hanger. Great stuff!!

This being a lazy Sunday, I've finally found the time to delve into this fascinating piece.  So well written - I salute your considerable talent and remain eager for more.

Snap.  Poor Dumbledore, living out the proverb of having to do himself what he wants done right.  Of course he might have chosen better messengers than a witch pregnant with another man's child and a wizard who taunted Snape all through their school days.  For someone so smart, sometimes the old man lacks understanding of the world around him.  Good information, here, and this time I note the fact that you perhaps deliberately left out Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.  However will Snape compose himself for the next interview?  There's so much to hide and so much else put on as a garment of fiction... all with the Gryffindor audience in the snapshot.

I like the way you have him act about his Dark Mark. In this story he sort of gets dragged into the Death Eaters by his ankles. It's natural that he has to get used to the very idea of that mark and everything it means after he receives it.I just love picturing the looks on Sirius and Severus's faces as they realize whose relatives Ethyl is.  Even Dumbledore seems a bit taken back by her relaxed behavior. That chair I used to have was broken and thrown out years ago.  It wasn't the sort of chair a person could actually sit upon... it was more of a perch that you could drape hoop skirts around, and my teenaged sisters didn't understand that.  Perching completely suits my mental picture of Ethyl.

It goes from bad to worse, and he must be doubting their ability to protect Lily when he can't even protect himself.

Snape splutters so magnificently. Of course he realizes this sort of gathering had to be done, just to get it over with. I think he's most angry that he hadn't thought of the polyjuice himself.