Oh man! Good job! I am loving this story so much! Thank you for updating so quickly! I feel even more emotionally involved in what they were going through than I did when I read the actual DH. Thank you so much for adding so much amazing depth to a story that I already love! 

Great chapter. It is getting more and more dense, gripping and full of suspense. Can't wait to read on :o) ...

Author's Response: Thank you so much!

Rip my heart out why don't you?  That was....jaw-dropping.  You know, I'm starting to suspect you of having your own magical abilities--it's the only explanation for the incredible coolness of this story!  I never want to stop reading it!I've actually gone back and started reading SL from the beginning, (it's the only cure when I'm jonesing for a new chapter) and I'm struck all over again by the sheer enormity of this task you've set before yourself.  To, essentially, re-write two massively long novels, from completely different perspectives, all the while not diverting from the original plot, but still adding in rich layers of characterization, dramatic tension, romance, humor and, to be quite honest, upping the quality of the writing overall.  You should really be proud of yourself.  It's quite an amazing feat!

An amazing chapter! Couldn't stop reading for a moment! You know, I used to dislike Snape, but a while back (before DH, which, by the way, is my least favorite i think) I read an amazing FF with him. And i really really love yours! I feel so terrible for him- I don't think I would've coped with how everubody is treating him, from all sides (and I think Dumbledore should be drowned in a toilet!)..Can't wait till next chapter!

It is so in character for Severus to actually be grateful for being punished--though what exactly he has done to warrant being Crucioed at this point is beyond me. Voldemort is just lashing out at the nearest subject, and it is so sad that Severus accepts punishment just because Hermione has escaped.This is a particularly dismal period in the story for our poor hero, isn't it? He plays his part so well at Hogwarts that he is friendless and despised, he can't talk to the woman he loves because there are too many people listening in everywhere, and he is forced to spend Christmas with the greater of two evils, only because those evils are better hosts!I continue to be enthralled by the way this all fits into canon (and I refuse to go back to the book to see what's coming next or whether you've manipulated anything to suit this story, because at this point I like yours better, and I simply don't care what you've needed to do!).And the silver doe is coming!! Yahoo!!!!

That was so exciting.

apparating mid-air whilst in crisis situation, now that's keeping a cool head! exciting chapter!

Great chapter - cannot wait for more. Poor Severus - he gets all these punishments and now thinks he is somehow destined for them??? So sad.

Terrific!!!!!!  But I think you wanted to say, "..he being baited?" instead of "bated".Cheers!CB

Refresh me please what is the "Taboo" Hermione speaks about at the start of the chapter. I have tried to block out all of my memory of reading DH. That last sentence was like WHOA! I am sitting here shaking my head because I dont have the words to explain the impact of it. wow sister! wow.

All I can think to say is...poor Severus! The chapter was wonderfully written and I am looking forward to the next (as usual)!

Egads that scene at the graveyard with Harry was just wrenching. Great job in pointing out Snape's frustrations at Hogwarts, and addressing the fact that Harry made a mistake in not taking up Occlumency again.

It's agonizing reading about Snape's life as Headmaster and inability to find acceptance anywhere, even from dubious sorts like the Malfoys. The dinner "party" at the Manor was so well done -- all that chilly atmosphere and jealousy. And it was especially striking to see Snape's emotions all come full circle back at Godric's Hollow -- what a closing line! Terrific job.

This might be your best chapter yet. This was edge-of-your-seat excitement all the way through. I loved each and every part of it. Small details, like Narcissa "flouncing" from the room, to Snape's emotional distress at anticipating Christmas dinner with only his staff, and feeling like... well, like he did in school days. The conversation b/w Voldemort and Snape was well-done, extremely natural, each sounding exactly as they should, I was just so impressed. Really. That may be the best written part, for me. I actually thought, "Holy shit! That's good!" LOL.

But the surprise for me was Harry. I just have not ever really liked Harry, for so many reasons. But in this chapter, you took away the extreme idiocy that JKR imparted him with, and made him... a boy. A boy who misses parents he never knew, is indeed a well of chaotic emotions, but showed sensitivities that I found previously lacking. I actually liked Harry! WTF! Now that is something.

All the way to the end. Man. Snape running, the two "Muggles" leaving, all of it. Wow. Breathless. Must read again. Good on ya, lady.

Another very good chapter.  I like the feeling of unreality that Hermione has, like she's a bit removed.  It must feel like that for her after months of fruitless searching.  Then the fight with Nagini brings her sharply into the present.  Well written.

<i>"Hermione, I must go.  Be strong.  I </i>will<i> come."</i>*melts into a puddle*  What a hero!  I'm going right on to read the next chapter...

Another incredible chapter!Your writing continues to be spectacular ... this line went straight to my heart: "It felt like being in school again himself--subject to taunting and scorn no matter where he went. It felt like being Snivellus again"Bravo my dear friend!

I'm so enjoying this retelling from a slightly different point of view! Great chapter... love hearing it from Snape's perspective.

You have a real hability to pick a very known story and, without betraying the facts, turn it in something entirely new.

I think this might very well be my favourite chapter. The emotional side is wonderfully depicted. And I truely adore the end. Lovely writing.

Wow. Snape Crucio'd. I was wondering if he had been supposed to follow Voldy or if he was blowing his cover. I guess I'm glad he didn't but it's terrible that he's being punished. Thinking about DH, I guess this trio is certainly not going to make this road easy for him. Hope we get to see some more Snape/Hermione interaction soon. I'm trying to wrack my brain about each thing that's coming up from DH - Greyback, the Manor, Doby, Hogwarts... Well, I hope there'll be some more SS/HG interaction before that point. :) and I'm truly curious now if this is going to follow DH all the way to the finally or if you are going to put a twist on the end to make it "SL" *waiting in anticipation*

Empty words! I am thrilled at how you manage to write dialogues without any content and the Dark Lord is loving it! I especially liked the ending where nothing repeats itself. I strongly hope that this will be the first hint of the fact that Severus will survive?! Great chapter!Kisses

Properly gloomy and worrysome. Looking forward to the sword episode.

She would never know that he took that punishment for her! The feelings they have for each other are becoming more and more muddled as they get deeper into this mess.

Oh my gosh, this just gets better and better, even though Snape and Hermione are apart! His emotion at the end made me tear up a bit-- to have to experience the same horrific even over again, esentially, to be there when the woman he loves might die at the hand of his 'master' and to not be able to stop it! Poor Severus!I loved it, as always.