I'm really enjoying this, it's a great plotline and I'm really intrigued to see where it's going. Can't wait for an update!! 

Where is the bloody woman? Indeed. Heeeee! And they're off in the far away, long ago Alexandria"You do realise," he drawled," that your hair is going to be a problem?" Hahaha! Can't wait what will developed from this!;-) HA!Love the description and slow revelations with both Hermione's newfound reality, and with Severus' and Ron's--love the *understanding* of each other, a mutual respect and regard, and the situation that is happening and unfolding before us--it's wonderful how they are brought together to join forces to help find and abade one Miss Granger:-)In the meantime, I feel the magical monk might be a little too polite, but what other choice does Hermione have... Hmmm....Brilliant, Proulxes, as always! Can't wait for more!

This is abso-fricking-lutely brilliant!  I knew I'd have a bunch of questions when I read this update, so I just started at the beginning and read all of it.I really like how you wrote Ron in this chapter.  There are just some things he has to do- what he thinks is the right thing to do when he is faced with the unthinkable- and not even Snape can completely rein him in. Master Peverell is still a mystery to me... I don't know if I completely trust him, but here and now, he is the only one who could shed any light on where she had gone and why.As for the Aurors bursting through the doors of the Time Room, I just hope Ron and Master Peverell can make them understand that Severus was trying to save Hermione.  But I guess this being the Department of Mysteries, and the fact that Peverell's experiment was just a tinsy illegal, they might not be so forth coming.  I love that the bond Severus and Hermione formed in the churchyard on New Year's eve has linked them so completely.  Very, very clever.  I'm only sorry that the Aurors have broken through the wards and are going to be fit to be tied when they find that Severus has left the building.Thank you for this fabulous new chapter!    Beth

So the stomach pain isn't a part of the evil curse the Ministry seems to have put on Severus?  I'm going to have to go back and re-read, because I think you've given us quite a lot of information about what's going on in this chapter, and I can't quite fit it in yet.  That said, it's an intriguing chapter (cliff-hanger(s) included).  And I love the way you've written Ron's and Severus's interaction--Severus underestimating Ron, and Ron doing what he feels he must, despite his confusion.  Peverell is a bit puzzling, though.  You'd think he'd jump at the chance to tell Severus all he needs to know, given that he also knows the Aurors are coming (at some point; but not immediately, until Severus forcibly revealed him.)  And why was he hiding from Ron and Severus in the first place?  They've been in that room for quite a while.  He could have easily have transformed into himself, given all the neccessary information in a more leisured manner, sent Severus off on his mission, and then re-hidden himself if he thought he needed to.  There's presumably no trace on his wand.

YAY!!!! It's here!!!! *happy dance*Ooooh, just love all of the descriptive details and tension and the Aurors pounding at the door, and Peverell and Ron and Severus going back to 'get your girlfriend!'--heeeee! And Hermione's connection to her ancestor, the great Hypatia of Alexandria--squeeeeing!And of course... The Redemption Charm!May the Muse be with you, as we demand more, more, more! ... Must have my Proulxes fix;-) ... um, pretty please, sweetie! Again, can't wait for more!

Bloody hell, indeed!  Lets see what we have here... loads of clues:

•an old scooter carburettor•a vacuum cleaner•a 'expresso' coffee maker •an old, battered dentist's chair•a high stool with Hermione's cardigan•horseshoe shaped metal walls 15 feet tall•transparent tubes and a latticework of thin golden rods and wires •a large hourglass suspended above the metal base•the same blue spectral light that filled the bell jar seemed to fill the hourglass•Ron could feel the oscillations of the magical energy coming from the metal structure•Hermione's creation was connected to the bell jar AND to a computer•there were faint whippoorwills swirling around inside the hourglass similar to the hummingbird in the bell jar•a computer screen that displayed the movement and locations of constellations that change over hundreds or thousands of years, and a scrolling screen of Arithmatic calculations•attached to the Muggle computer screen by a kind of sticking charm was "an ancient-looking piece of circular metalwork. The object was roughly eight inches or so wide and about two inches thick."  This has got to be Hypatia's astrolabe!!!What do we know about carburettors?  Well... In a carburettor the throttle connects to the accelerator pedal by a cable or a mechanical linkage of rods and joints to control the air/fuel ratios delivered to the cylinders.  Change the ratio of fuel and air and you change the amount of POWER produced.  

Could our Hermione have cobbled together Einstein and Hawkings, Anderson and Pell, Aristotle and Hypatia, et al., and using various mundane parts of Muggle carburettors, vacuum cleaners, expresso makers, dentist chairs and the magical things in the Dept. of Mysteries to create a mechanomagical* accelerator akin to a particle accelerator?  Think Large Hadron Collider?  (*My gift to you in return for your gift to us of "metamorphmagical" – which BTW took no small amount of time for me to be able to say without tripping over my own tongue.)

In Chapter 4, Other-Snape had given Severus a new Time-Turner (and a vial of memories).  "The strange Time-Turner was an odd, heavy form in his fist, and he uncurled his fingers to look at it. The black sands in the tiny hour glass at its heart glittered, surrounded by four delicate rings of finely wrought, golden metal. Tiny runes were inscribed carefully into the edges of the concentric circles."  The description of this new Time-Turner sounds very much like Hypatia's astrolabe right down to the black sand and the runes– except the new one is smaller.

I love the Chameleon Charm, and I'll love it even more when we find out what Master Peverell has to say.  When Severus was using his wand to negate the Charm, he said "Come out, come out wherever you are," and that made me think of Sirius when he was calling out Peter Pettigrew in the Shrieking Shake in The Prisoner of Azkaban.

Hermione has figured out who she is and where she is and how she got there... and that the tent has wizarding wards on the door.  What we don't know is whether the wards are there to keep others out... or to keep her in...  Very interesting.

What a wonderful chapter!!!  Very nicely done.

Beth

A great chapter to return with! I enjoyed the shifting perspectives, with more mystery and possibly clues! I also liked the development of Ron and Snape's interactions. What might happen next!

Yay, you've returned!  I may or may not have done a little happy dance when I saw that you had updated >.> Also, I do hope that Severus can figure out how to work the machine soon.  Perhaps Peverell can help?  hehehe

*Happy Dance* Thank you, thank you so much for some lovely insight into what Ronald is thinking and feeling; the retorts and responses of Severus' are delightful and help layer on the men's chemistry and dynamics--just love it!Hmmn, Einstein+Hawkings=Muggle Physics+Hypatia+... Yes, yes, yes!Uff, Hermione knows who and where she is... but also that there are wizarding ward's on the tent's doors *intrigue*And this ending=brilliant! Yes, Master Peverell, we presume?Can't wait for more! Brilliant chapter, as always! *mwah* Thank you for all of the research and rich, flowing details intertwined with spot on characterisations of our beloved characters! *another mwah* and another *Can't wait for more!*

Lordy!  There are so many things going on in my mind after reading this chapter that I can hardly form a coherent thought.  But a few things did me pause.Could Other-Snape be Severus from the past where Hermione traveled to?  Still can't figure out how he would have known when/where to go.  Could the TimeTurner he gave Severus just be another TimeTurner from the Arabia of the past?  I had a few thoughts from what was going on with Hermione.  She had flashes of events that seemed familiar:•Trainig herself to master her fears.•Her participation in the second trial in the TriWizard Tournament.•Flashes of Hogwarts, Molly Weasley, riding the dragon to escape Gringott's with Hufflepuff's cup.I can't figure out what the connection is between Christopher Marlowe's quote and the thin-faced man sitting across the table from her telling her to eat her chocolate.  The spy connection I did pick up on, but that was the only connection I could make with Severus."Ochi" -what does it mean?  Is it Greek for "no?"  Perhaps Romanian for "eyes?"  What would it mean if it were Arabian or Egyptian?  (No, I couldn't find a translation for either of those two.) Aaaand, on top of everything else, you've left us with a very evil cliffie!!! I think you and Clairvoyant stay up nights plotting how to drive your readers crazy. You both do a great job of that, and you both write great stories.I am really looking forward to finding out what Hermione saw when she looked out the door of the yurt.Beth

Ooooh! Another suspenseful chapter. So not fair that you write these evil cliffies and we have to wait for you to upload. I'm hooked and you know it, Evil Proulxes. Thanks for another wonderful story.Now please tell me Hermione doesn't believe that "Your Ancestor was Hypatia" quiz? ;)

So, two cliffhangers at least here.  I always love amnesiac-Hermione stories--she's so well-equipped to work things out methodically.  Great chapter, with Ron looking increasingly more competent, and Severus dealing with demons as he blindly tries to follow his older-self's hints.  And Hypatia again.  I do love the complexity and historical depth of your stories!

Oy! Talk about a cliff-hanger! Three weeks? Can't wait that long. ^_^

Ahhhhh! I think I'm going to have to wait until this gets a few chapters ahead. I haven't read a new WIP in quite awhile, so there is only enough here to frustrate, um, I mean tantilize. Yes! That's what I mean. I usually wait until the stories are 13 chapters or so in, so I can feel satisfied even if I am left hanging and waiting for more. I started in on this one right away because I absolutely LOVE the way you tell a story. Still do. I'm just impatient and greedy, LOL.

Ron and Severus working together are a hoot. When the two of them really start comparing notes and putting their critical thinking skills to use, the rest of those involved had better watch out. Hmm, so Hermione has been researching her ancestors?

I just can feel and see every wonderful moment, and in particular, taste the tension between Severus and Ronald--really enjoying their banter and digs, and in some deep current flowing underneath everything, both of their *concern* and care for Hermione bonding them together in  some unspoken way--lovely, lovely work! And as for Hermione, can't wait for more! Enjoying experiencing her grasping here and there for where her current reality is--love all of the clues and references swirling around her. But of course, she's taking things concretely into her hands and pulling that inner flap to the side-can't wait to see what she sees!

Awesome! Great! There's tension! There's suspense! There's NOT another chapter.  Bugger.

I feel that there should be a humorous drabble about Snape selling mail-order love potions written now.Great chapter.  Looking forward to more. Always.

I have to admit that their discussion on the bench made me LOL.  Really.  The sarcasm. It amuses me (and a language I too am fluent in).Pretty spiffy charm there.

This a freaking fabulous chapter.  Your ability to describe a scene literally pulls the reader in.  I could smell the mold damn it (I'm allergic).  Superbly done.  Now that you have finished reading my gushing, please get back to writing now. Please.

Wonderful.  Just plain wonderful.

I wonder where OtherTimeSnape came from to be so changed? Not surprising that Hermione seems to have experimented with something dangerous and gotten herself into trouble. Thanks for the update! Glad to see the cast of characters expanding and the plot thickening. :)

I liked that he wouldn't tell her about why he couldn't leave the country (the bastards).  I liked her guesses about how he's supporting himself.  I liked that he's answering her letters with attacks on Peverell.  And I'm beginning to see coherence in the books and papers she was carrying.  Very nice!

JKR owns Clairvoyant, nagandsev and beaweasley2? Nooooo! Say it isn't so! ^_^Good chapter, moving the story along as it should. I've heard about the cafe in the loo. There was a big news story on it last year some time. ^_^

It´s only logical that he can´t leave the country. I can´t wait for more interactions between them. Great chapter!

.really well written thank you...