An interesting beginning, certainly.  I find myself questioning the implied assumption in the story that the events in Harry's life are merely part of Hermione's fantasies about how she wishes things had happened.  Is it possible that the newspaper articles have been faked?  Since there are companies in the Muggle world which will create fake copies of newspapers, it seems plausible to imagine that there might be such a company in the Magical world.  After all, she's receiving the articles...but why not the whole paper?  I think it's very significant that there's a block of time of unspecified length apparently missing from her memory which includes the final battle and everything else leading up to her arrival at the apartment -- the result of an Obliviate, most likely.  It's fairly obvious that Perdita is Hermione's daughter and that Severus is her father...but is she real, or is she also only part of Hermione's elaborate fantasies?

Very intense and mysterious. I have a bad feeling about all this. Poor Hermione!Livvy

I read the first chapter of this years ago, and going through my account today I found it again and was hooked!
Would love to know how it ends, even though you probably abandoned it =(

Great story so far. Can't wait for more. Fanfic is like a drug for me :)

Eek! This is so exciting.

Checking the reviews here, I'll try my best to also be pushy!You've got a genuine plotline, and your style pulled me into the story until I arrived here! Please do continue!There are two desperate people to save and an unborn as well. Please release them from the agony they're in!

Hi, that excellent "Random story" button brought me here, and I do believe I'm in for a long stay!What a genuine setup! A pity that you ticked Potions under Duress, but then I assume it brought you a good deal of readers  ;-)

OMG! Where to start???Okay, very surprised that the child is not Severus, so why WOULD he let her have Sevs child the first time... hrm... At first, I was very shocked when Draco said he killed Mot, but then the reason behind it... well, it was okay then.

I just LOVED the exchange between Draco and Lucius. “What did you do?”“I have no idea what you are talking about? What is wrong?” Lucius replied.“Harry Potter and a team of Aurors have just come through the gates. I ask you again, what did you do?”Excellent. I love the role reversal that they have, and how Lucius is having a hard time... adjusting.  And when Draco calls his father by his first name--omg... If this wasn't such a pyschologically deep story, I would be laughing my arse off, because I can really see Draco doing that and the look on Lucius face! hahahah. I wish this chapter would have been longer, because I could read it all night. Looking foward to more!

I just read through your first ten chapters and am enjoying your story very much.  Your plot build up has good layering.  It really makes the reader want to know more -- to know what you know.  I look forward to the healing process for both Hermione and Severus as well as the disintegration of Lucius.  I am worried that the damage to both Hermione and Severus may to too great to ever truely be healed, but I am sure you will handle it well whatever comes.  Thanks for posting, JoAnne

This story is amazing. I look forward to more updates.

Great update! It looks like Lucius might just finally get his!This is an appropriately named chapter, I worry if Lucius is the father of Hermione's baby that the apple won't fall far from the tree. However, thank goodness it seems that Darco's apple managed to roll out from under his family tree.A very exciting update I hope we won't have to wait to long for the next.

Draco. you are my hero for standing up to your evil father!

I just starteed reading this story today. I am so interested and intrigued.  I haven't read a story like this since "Objects of Desire".  Its sometimes hard to get through, but your concept is very interesting and handled extremely well.  I sincerely thank you for this piece and look foreward to following this to completion.  ~

It seems Lucius' little world is beginning to crumble.  Good.  I suspect the baby Hermione now carries is his.  Though I do not condone it as a normal practice I almost hope the baby aborts spontaneously.  Well done Irish

wow!  great update.  things are really unravelling for ol' lucius, aren't they?  thanks so much and i look forward to the next chapter.                                 

Draco should take advantage of his father leaving without permission to have him placed in Azkaban. The man is completely raving. The visual of his hair coming undone and throwing the desk ... I can picture this normally imposing and aloof man turning into a maniacal brute. This is what happens when the control spring has been wound too tight for too long and pops!

The logical selection for father of HG’s current pregnancy would be the Lucius … though there’s no telling what he might have done or had done to Hermione as a form of punishment. The waiting for new chapters is murder!

Reading on with interest.

All right! Go Draco. I can't wait to see Lucius get it, the sadistic monster.I hope Severus will be okay.Livvy

Oh yes, I just love to see the deranged Lucius having to watch all his crazy projects falling like a house of cards in a winter storm. While I am sure that he wont come quietly, I sure hope they will catch him alive so he will have to endure the humiliation of being exposed. I most also compliment you on your Draco, I really liked him: Not only because he killed Mot, though that action alone should grant him an Order of Merlin, first class, but because he isn't fooled by his father, he made actions to protect his mother, child and wife, all without Lucius noticing (shows also how deeply Lucius madness goes). Yes, I really liked him and I hope you will let us see more of him and a bit of the friendship he and Harry has built through the years. Not because it is a major part of the plot, but because with all the madness and horror this story holds, such things give me hope that everything will be ok, and that they didn't figth for nothing, something good actually happens. Perdita being Hermione and Severus daugther comes as no surprise, but I am sad that the child she is carrying now probably belongs to Lucius. Sad because of the trauma this will cause Hermione, how can she handle that knowlegde? I am also sad for the child, what a faith, your father is a crazy maniac who raped your mother and you are a living proof of the horrors she went through. Again, an intence and well written chapter, you are doing a wonderful job with this story and I will look forward to read more!!!!

Well written chapter.  The plot is intriguing and I can't wait to read more.

This chapter gave me a few chills.  I can't wait till Draco finds out just what his father has been up to.  Hopefully he will have at least some vengeance on his father.  I doubt if Draco cares about Hermione, however I'm sure Severus and his mother are a totally different kettle of fish.

NOoooooooooooo!  You killed Severus!  *wail*

I've got it!  Severus is Peri's dad, but he's also a victim.  It would appear as though he is more aware, if not fully aware, of what is being done to him.  This is what I have gathered from this chapter.  I hope that's what you intended.  Looking forward to the next installment of a wonderfully unfolding tale.

I am at a lost for words. I did not expect the end... so, someone is using SS and HG... I get it... I think! lol..But all the things he does to her--I love that you didn't shy away from explaining it, very well done.And kill his wife? Hmmm... now, I'm starting to think about that.I can't wait for more!

Well, at least it isn't Snape-Turned-Evil, but he is likely to cop the blame. Is it Lucius, or some other character your devious mind has chosen? I will wait with bated breath!