A New Friend - original version

thank you!  i missed those words when i had to cut them - fortunately i could post the original here so they were not lost.  usually, i just cut and don't keep the original - so silly - but this time i had a little more sense.

thank you!  i missed those words when i had to cut them - fortunately i could post the original here so they were not lost.  usually, i just cut and don't keep the original - so silly - but this time i had a little more sense.

i know it's not canon, but i like to imagine this might have actually happened - i could totally see lily introducing them.

i know it's not canon, but i like to imagine this might have actually happened - i could totally see lily introducing them.

i did miss some of the little nuances i had to cut out, though i was mostly happy with the short version.  there was one thing that i couldn't really get satisfactory in the shorter version, but probably nobody but me minds it, lol. 

i did miss some of the little nuances i had to cut out, though i was mostly happy with the short version.  there was one thing that i couldn't really get satisfactory in the shorter version, but probably nobody but me minds it, lol. 

thanks.  i like to think they might have had some friendly times together before everything fell apart.  :)

thanks.  i like to think they might have had some friendly times together before everything fell apart.  :)

thank you!  i appreciate your reading and reviewing both versions.  i liked the longer one better, too - curse those word limits!  :D

thank you!  i appreciate your reading and reviewing both versions.  i liked the longer one better, too - curse those word limits!  :D

who knows, it might have.  one of the reasons it's fun to play around with these characters at this age is there's so much we don't know.  i like to think that something like this might have happened.  i've also written a few snape/lily things that i like to imagine happened, to give him a few pleasant memories ...  thanks for the pretty flower!  :D

who knows, it might have.  one of the reasons it's fun to play around with these characters at this age is there's so much we don't know.  i like to think that something like this might have happened.  i've also written a few snape/lily things that i like to imagine happened, to give him a few pleasant memories ...  thanks for the pretty flower!  :D

thank you - i thought so!  thanks for reading and reviewing, hon.

thank you - i thought so!  thanks for reading and reviewing, hon.

thanks.  i think i managed to keep everything that was really essential, but i did think it might be interesting to some people out there to see how the editing went.  :D*hugs*

thanks.  i think i managed to keep everything that was really essential, but i did think it might be interesting to some people out there to see how the editing went.  :D*hugs*

thank you so much for your kind words!  i do think the spareness of the final version has a certain appeal.  really, so many of those words weren't strictly speaking necessary.  there was only one thing that bothered me at the time with the tight word count, and reading it now, it didn't bother me nearly as much, so it can't have been that bad.and snupin always makes my heart go 'twang,' lol.  :D

i like to imagine there might have been something like this before it all became what we saw in the books.  thanks for stopping by.  :)

i like to imagine there might have been something like this before it all became what we saw in the books.  thanks for stopping by.  :)