Nev was great, James is a prat, Al's date is scary and Lily has more brains than the rest of 'em!

*squee*  I laughed the whole way through this one.  I love how you've incorporated bits of canon into the story.  Once again, wondeful characterizations and excellent wit.Great work!

the "arms-multiplying" bit reminded me of the movie "galaxyquest".  great :) 

very nice, very nice...yayaaayyyy!!!!  for professor longbottom!   can you write more about professor longbottom, pretty please with a cherry on top?  or have you already?

lolWhy is it that the idea of Neville Longbottom modelling certain aspects of his teaching on Snape is quite so hilarious?And poor, poor Ghost Snape when he realises that the bane of his life actually learned something in his classes, even if it wasn't quite what he intended.

This chapter was simply brilliant.I have been following and greatly enjoying this mini series and your characters simply become more and more endearing. I must sincerely add in an apology for not reviewing as often as I should. My sole defence is that I have come to take for granted a certain (extremely high) level of dracontian ingenuity and have yet to be disappointed.

Fan-bloody-tastic!More please... :)

Wow. This was really great! I loved all the parallel interactions. Neville was fantastic. I think he gets too little attention in fanfic, and you've done a great snapshot of him. Thanks for posting!

this is a lovely piece to your other two companion pieces!!! loved it... do write more.... love snape's ghost ....... he's even better as a ghost than he was as a professor!!!!!!!

great line !very good story

You are always such a joy to read. This fic was wonderful

The whole Snape-as-ghost scenario makes me sad, but the outcome of this story was so cheery: all of the kids, and Neville, gave Severus a very lovely Christmas present, one he can enjoy whenever he wants.  Good job, you had me giggling as well as sniffling.

for starters, even your disclaimer had me snorting with laughter. i liked that albus brought the ghost a christmas wreath, and at the end he even kind of liked it. and of course that he revealed himself to lily, at least to an extent. and that he's so protective of the students, even as a ghost. i like the dynamics of how they all relate to each other, and can't resist snape's snide comments. personally, i'm thrilled these characters keep running around in your head, and you keep doing us the honor of letting them loose on the page.

Oh, this is charming!  And I know you wrote another tale about these characters.  I hope some day we'll hear  more about Snape's ghost from you.  Perhaps you can lure him from his haunt from time to time?  As a favour?

Hahaha... I love that Snape drifted so close to school so he could see that. Maybe one day he will get closer.

I never thought I would be the least bit interested in Albus and Scorpius, but you have made in fun, funny and interesting. And given me Snape to boot! I am enjoying this series very much.Cheers,

You attract a good class of reviewers, all of whom seem to have your command of English! I can only offer my initial scathing contempt and subsequent bemusement at professor neville's low deductions before concluding that the amount was well-conceived, due to his mild and sweet nature. I don't particularly have him as a fav character but you crafted professor Neville well. ;) (from my humble angle as a free-loading admirer of your considerable talent!) 

Awww How sweet is Al? I loved seeing Severus' reaction to Longbottom.

Wow! What a great ending. There were so many moments here to love, from the ferret patronus (of course) to, as per the other three episodes, Snape's thoughts on evolving matters.

Now here is where my allegiance to ship comes in. I was soooo hoping that... perhaps... Hermione could be teaching at Hogwarts and follow the boys to the Shack and find Severus and strike up some sort of human/ghost relationship. You know, with cold touches and sad feelings and more messages written on cold, frosty windows...

Ah well! Excellent all around, and I'm sure you've got a million of these requests already, but here goes: More? Another episode? Al and Scorp are frickin' priceless!

Author's Response: Um, here's a bit of bad news/good news moment:

So far, there are no plans to include Hermione in the series. (She is apparently a very busy lady who has no time for my plot bunnies these days--this is mightily annoying since I need her to finish the Fairy God-Jarvey series!)

However, I can promise that there will be more Al & Scorp (Episode 5--with a slash version and a gen version--is being beta'd right now), with some Lily, a few other old friends, and of course, Snape (who will--just maybe--go on a little field trip idependent of the lads).

It will get a bit more serious; the lads are growing up, after all. But please rest assured that the boys will never be too grown up to get into a spot of interesting trouble, and Snape will always be quick to provide his own inimitably snarky perspective!

Thank you again! *cuddles the ferret patronus*