so beautiful.

very emotional and intense chapter. my favorite part was when he said he wished he could remember, and she said she wished she could forget. i hope you update soon!

Break.My.Heart why don't you. This chap was amazing. I really enjoyed it. The last bit was so believable and surreal at the same time. Keep writing and i'll keep reading. 

I'm sure it was incredibly difficult for them all to return, but for Snape and Harry to actual face the place where they honestly died. Very well done!

Excellent chapter, I liked the stilted, emotional exchange between Hermione and the entire situation.

wow. that chapter was another emotional punch in the gut. beautiful writing and translating. thanks to you both for doing such fantastic work. i only wish that the chapters were longer. great great job depicting the experience of returning to hogwarts and the moment between severus and hermione was beautiful. i love that the is clearly all this emotional groundwork being laid before we even deal to much with sexual tension. i cannot wait to see what happens next! update soon!

This was a painfully moving chapter to read.  With your characteristically understated eloquence, you gave us a very intimate glimpse of everyone's painful recollection. I'll be thinking of this for a long time to come.

They are both very damaged still. Perhaps a little mutual healing would be in order?

I'm really enjoying this story, thank you so much for translating it :)

Beautiful continuation, but that is not a great place deamatically to end it.  I hope you update soon and carry it on to a more satisfactory stopping point.  Cliffhangers are fine, but not when they stop in the middle of a quiet and emotional/ introspective scene.  even if you'd let them go a few more seconds and start to walk back together or something, it would have seemed more conclusive, even though tehir relationship would not have advanced tremendously over this tentative understanding they now seem to be coming to.  Your exploration of the emotions of survivors and people who are going back to landmarks of their past is well done, though.  Look forward to more soon.

That was a powerfully written chapter.  You could feel the emotions right along with the characters. 

Such a wonderful story. I have enjoyed every word. Awesome job from both of you.

This was such a lovely story.  Many thanks to Marisol for writing this work.  AND many thanks to you for translating.  Just beautiful!

Intriguing chapter.  What will happen now?The translation on this chapter was extremely well done!

Great chapter. I can't wait for the next one. How will Snape react? and that Rita really annoys me!!!

Hey...not fair!  No evil cliffie's!  Hurry, hurry with chapter 10, please

Arg...translate, translate.......I need more.....loved it.

Oops, the one time she fails to check if he is there!

That was an interesting chapter.  I really am enjoying the story, I'm glad you are translating it.  There was a grammatical error "After all, Ginny knew her good enough to realise that the message had confused her. " Should be "After all, Ginny knew her WELL enough to realise that the message had confused her."

Great update. While I at the end of the previous chapter felt a tiny (very tiny) bit of sorry for Severus after Hermiones words about him being dead inside, I actually think that Severus needed someone to shake his ground. I think very few care or dare to, not necessarily take him to task, but to tell him anything he doesn't want to hear. And, he was very, very wrong to invade her mind like that! That said, I think it has been vise for Hermione to avoid him for a while. Both of them needed time to "lick their wounds", and Albus Severus obviously means something for Severus that he hasn't allowed himself to feel for a very long time. With Hermione staying away he has been able to build a relationship with both the child and his parents, and Severus most certainly (though he won't admit to anytime soon:-)) needs someone else than his own solitude.  I hope he will take Hermiones indignation over Rita's article for what it is; indignation for unjust treatment of someone who deserves so much better. I also, but somehow doubt it, hope that he won't let Rita's article force him away from the life he is making for himself, that he at least to some level, will let Hermione and the Potters help him figth that cow? I look forward to read the next chapter!

Very nice, well written and well thought out.

Wow, she's really good at messing up. I wonder how long it will take for her to get her foot out of her mouth this time?

The problem as I see it is that Hermione really does care about Severus and he, I think about her.  I think this is why he was so upset about her overhearing what he said.Hopefully, this Rita development will endable them to get beyond their difficulties.Well Done Irish

The saddest part of this chapter is the last line "I am nothing and I am nowhere."  I think Severus really believes this of himself.  Though Hermione is justified in her anger for his raping of her mind I fear her words will come back to haunt her.  One must always remember that still waters run deep and the stillnes of Severus' eyes belies the depths of the man he truely is.  Well done.  Irish

What a poetic look into Severus' heart.  Unfortunately, I do not think he will take kindly to the intrusion.  Well done. Irish