OMG ...LOVE this story! Cant wait for the next chapter!

Hm very intriguing beginning. Looking forward to the next chapter. 

A lovely ending to a very lovely tale.  There is ample room for a happy future together for our Owl and Raven, and this makes me very happy!Thank you for posting this wonderful story!Beth

  YAY!!!  Hogwart's magical balance is on its way to complete restoration, and I think Severus and Hermione are reaching their own sense of balance as well.  I wonder if the Room of Requirement will be restored, too?

Lovely chapter! 

Beth

What a sweet chapter!  Even if Hermione has had to spend a few antsy hours worrying about Severus, she and Blinky had a chance to talk about "The Headmaster" and she learn a few things she hadn't known- like saving the elflings.

I'm so glad Hermione hugged him when he came to her rooms!  And why is he so pale and dishevelled?  His talk with the Bloody Baron must have really surprised and upset him.  I have to go find out what happened!

Beth

Severus and Hermione are taking their time... feeling each other out so to speak... and I hope they'll get over their shyness and pickup the threads of their friendship as they research this problem with the castle.

Another thing I'm curious about is what exactly happened ten years ago when Severus left.  Did he go before he was cursed into remaining in his Animagus form or after?  Where did he go for his "walk?"  What took him so long to come back to Hermione's house? 

I'm off to find out what happens next in this wonderful story!

Beth

I love that the Baron wouldn't say anything, even if the school was in trouble, just to anyone (if the school is even in trouble, I'm reviewing as I go). The elfling saving was an excellent thought. I assume when you say teacher's wing (rather than teachers' wing) it only refers to one or two of the teachers, since having them all in one spot in a boarding school on the level of Hogwarts would be a liability to students needing quick help. I really should reread the books, I didn't remember the ghosts having house loyalties except Ravenclaw, but something is itching at my memory about it. I was 11 when I read the first and I grew with the books as they came out, really.

At last, there was a knock at the door. Hermione opened it and found a pale and dishevelled Severus in front of her.Oh dear. Apparently, whatever Severus was able to glean from the Baron doesn't exactly bode well for their current situation.

Okay, if there's a single reader who doesn't know the Raven is Snape by now, then you've thrown at least myself off very neatly haha. Five stars.

This is a really intreaguing story. Love the mystery behing the seemingly harmless pranks.  Can't wait to see how it all turns out.

I am glad he is back and they are working well together. I didn't even mind the long gap between chapters as it gave me an excuse to read your whole story again! Thank you!

Hm...I was just re-reading this story the other day in the Featured Fics section, wondering when (and if) another chapter would be forthcoming!  (Don't worry...I understand that the grating noises of real life all too often drown out the gentle whispers from the muse.)  I must have picked up on your vibes or something...

Love the story, I look forward to read the rest of it (though Severus should have a really good story for why he left Hermione without a word, no matter what he considered their friendship to be back then)

I'm so glad they are working together, it seems they are building a friendship and maybe a little more.  Minerva had the right idea putting them together.  Looking forward to the next chapter soon. 

Hard to get that closeted man... but al least there is more interactions coming. Nice update my dear!

Severus and Hermione do such an approach/avoidance dance.  The impression I had in this chapter was that she was willing/interested in picking up by being friends, but he was not so ready to do that.  Could however long he was trapped as a raven have erroded his ability to trust others?  At least he's using her given name!  Thanks for this update.  As always, I look forward to the next installment.

This is a good one!! I was sad to reach the end of chapter 7 and look forward to the rest!!

We still need to know what happened between them ten years prior. It's obviously hanging over them, and is making things a bit awkward. Hopefully Severus will have something about what's going on in the castle. The research at least will provide them the opportunity to talk things over.

Lovely chapter, although he is dressed now, thank you! You are not very generous with hints about what had happened ten years ago ...

Malfoy? Green hair? The mind boggles.

Hermione showed some amazing restraint in questioning Severus. Very good on her allowing him some time to adjust to being human again. Hopefully he can provide some illumination in to the castle's problems and I'm looking forward to learning more about the past.

Well, it wasn't the perfect welcome back after ten years of absence scenario, but there was no shouting or hexing, so I'm going to call it a win.  I do hope they discuss their past so it doesn't continue to hang between them.  Perhaps the castle won't let them leave until they do.  :)

Great chapter.  Where will they go from here.  Severus owes Hermione an explanation, I hope its a good one for his sake, or a friendship might be lost.

Would Blinky tell an outright lie to Hemrione?  Or was there some little hole in the question she asked the house-elf that allowed her to deny knowing anything about this... but she didn't come right out and say she hadn't ever seen or heard of this kind of occurrance before... Hummmmm.I think Severus is trying the give Hermione a message.This gets interestinger and interestinger with every chapter.Beth

Hummm...this is getting more and more  interesting.   And now... I  have to wait for a new chapter!  Augh!  This is a good compliment, right?  That people can't wait to see what happens next?