Darn, lady, you are cruel!  What a place to stop! You still have me totally hooked, though---I have no idea what is about to happen.  The only thing I'm halfway sure of, is that I think Hermione has "already" done what Snape most definitely did NOT want her to do---reveal the potion to Teach.  By the way, I love your choice of that name;  I live not too terribly far from the coast, and the legends of the "gentleman pirate", ruthlessly fearsome yet charming, still abound in Charleston.  A most devious 'gentleman', indeed!

NOOOOOO!!! What a cliffy!! Man you are evil!! :)

Oohhhhh!  Let me guess, Snape did transport the piece of Voldemort's soul... into himself.  He made himself the Horcrux.  I think I had an 'Ah ha!' moment.Now if only I could figure out what Teach wants... bringing back Voldemort perhaps? 

Hehe - why not leave Snape in there, once they managed?

he's baaaaack!  i'm so glad!  this is such an entrancing story and i look forward to further updates.  thanks so much

what a terrible spot to leave us at hope the next update is soon!

 Can NotghostSnape get a dreaming Hermione knocked up? Yes that was the first thought into my head after reading about their hot hot hot encounter! Is NotghostSnape what happened when he took the potion w/o the extra piece of soul like Harry would have?

I really liked Snape’s journal. To be inside his head and get the unedited version is amusing.

That was wicked!  Please don't leave us on that note...more, more

Oh sweet Jesus, that was wonderful. Can't wait for the next chapter!

I think it's a good idea to have a lot of people present if she decides to go down there.

That was an odd thing to leave her. I think Kingsley was a bit easy on letting her stay in a house the aurors hadn't checked out yet.

The Author is such a tease--fortunately, the story is worth the aggravation!

On the plus side, great dream sequence.On the minus side, I'm still confused  waaaahhh!It's almost like Snape made horcruxes too, and the dream Snape is all his good bits that were taken out.

I'm sure there are some red herrings thrown about in this story (namely Mark) but I have been wrong in the past, am probably wrong here and will be again. From the very start I've thought that Teach is indeed very suspicious and wether or not he's actually intending to make Horcuxes (why get Hermione "sidetracked" away from them for such a long time - although everything here is probably linked anyway) he's surely planning something more or less sinister. I also love your portrayal of Draco, although I felt bad for the poor lad in the 11th chapter. I'm personally a bit confused with the nature of Horcruxes, but that's probably just me and my English playing tricks on me. In any case, I'm eager to see where this all is leading to...

This is just too good!  I know we are coming to a real understanding.  I have some ideas of what is going to happen but I suspect that whatever comes next will be something completely unexpected so I won't even speculate.  I love this story!  You are doing a great job - thanks for sharing your talent with the rest of us.

OMG that was incredible.  I'll admit, I had dreams like that but I never quite got the satisfaction she seems to get.  Heehee looking forward to more.!

Is Teach trying to make Horcruxes? That's it, isn't it? He's just as evil as Voldemort, and doesn't have the necessary knowledge to do such a thing. Nor a Potions genius to help.

And, FINALLY! Professor Snape is back! I missed him as much as Hermione did. Lots to love about this chapter--Mark and his beautiful gift (Infinity rings? There's not more to THAT, is there?), the journal, the morning at Grimmauld Place (and waking to a glass of bubbly on the nightstand? Excellent idea!), and yes, hot ghost sex.

Wonderful chapter. Resisting urge to use all caps. Will save for something even better, which is coming soon, I know it!

Author's Response: Argh - the questions! You know I can't actually answer them yet, but I want to! :(

So happy that you liked the chapter - I hope you like ch. 13 as much, which is in the queue as I write. :-D

lulabelle72's response:

It's all right that you can't answer questions. Shellsnapeluver and I keep ourselves quite entertained with our ongoing theories. Seriously, we've got about fifty-seven right now.

Including... What will happen to Severus. *bites nails*

See you next chapter! Can't wait!

I love the building suspense, the increasing mystery, the growing....well, other things (smirk).  I'll have to go back and read your essay about Horcruxes, and then read this entire story again.  I know you're leading us to the cusp of a discovery and / or revelation, and I can't wait!  You have me totally in the dark, and totally frustrated with trying to figure it out---which is ok, since you gave us that wonderful bit of "satisfaction" to allay the "frustration".  Eagerly awaiting more!

(P.S.- did you get my message, via Petulant Poetess?)

That journal was inspired.  I love how Mark decided to share it and it was funny that he said Severus was in a state that he could not object to Hermione seeing it.

Glad to see you updated!! This was a great chapter!! My only problem with it was that there was only one chapter! :)

Very interesting. So he made some soul-binding potion, eh? I love where this seems to be leading...

Ohhhh god!!!! SOOOOO Happy to see this here!!! Ummm, very nice sex at the end, pounding into her... my fav! Squee! More please.

And his journal... I love the part about DD using Lupin (Surprise!) bwhhahahahahah.

I'm a big believer in the Akashic record myself; I think humanity can be taught how and when to CONSCIOUSLY tap into this. I mean, think about it; a one year old understands the physics and the concepts behind the wheel, but it took humanity HOW long to figure it out? A three year old understands gravity to completeness, yet it took Newton how long to to convince the most learned minds of the time? A five year old understands displacement, even if only because his or her mother has screamed at him or her about getting into a too-full tub, but it was Archimedes who finally taught the ancient world. A seven year old grasps the basics of flight, but NOT EVEN 100 YEARS AGO, this was completely unthinkable. I distinctly remember being "taught" in grade school that the world is round, and thinking something along the lines of "well, duh, everybody knows THAT" only to realise some twenty years later that there are actually some people (and even in this country!) wh! o don't know it. But children's brains are open; not yet taught how to be closed and unaccepting of logic. There are things that are not quite yet understood by science. Not understood by math. But as the great Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"CM (who is decidedly *not* leaching off her neighbor's connection just to leave this review!)*cough*

Mmm, lovely update. I read Snape's journal entries like Hermione must have, with the sense of impending disaster looming over my head. Very sad. Very happy to read a sizzling consumation of this ghostly relationship.

Hot dream sex and more mysteries.  I'm guessing Snape found a way to preserve himself?  This should be interesting.