Wonderful! I was giggling madly. A dunderhead tax! I can completely imagine Snape coming up with such a silly tax.

"She tried to match his smirk. It was a decent effort, he thought, but it lacked his style."
That was an excellent line :)
This whole story was excellent, really. Very interesting with the life debt and all that. And I LOVED when she asked him to dinner, and he asked if she wanted to discuss the situation further, and she was like, "No, I'm asking you on a date." LOVELY.

Wow, all your stories are awesome!

Hah, that's amazing. Great story.

I'm impressed. I dislike both good!Snape and Granger/Snape pairings, but you've actually put together a story I like. Very nice.

Great characterizations and smooth narrative. This was a fun little story.

Still, since you inflicted Snivellus on poor Hermione, I'm going to have to mark this story as "completely sux". ;-)

Nice!

Best lines:

"Have you talked to her?"
"Don't be stupid. Of course I have. The insufferable woman refuses to listen to anything I say," Severus answered.
Pritchard returned to the window in time to hear Severus' comment. With a sidelong look at his employer, Pritchard leaned close to Draco and whispered, "He means he shouted at her, threatened to hex her, then called the Aurors and demanded they arrest her for causing a disturbance."



"Come in, Granger," he called out sharply. "Watching you freeze to death might prove entertaining, but I doubt it would be good for business. Let's call a temporary truce due to weather."

... still she hesitated, frowning at the signs on the ground.
Severus shook his head. "Leave them. They're charmed, aren't they? They can picket without you."



"In their arrogance, Gryffindors forget they actually make up less than one quarter of the population. The rest is composed of people who either didn't go to Hogwarts at all or were members of the other houses. For years, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and Slytherins watched while Gryffindors were blatantly given preferential treatment. Rules were ignored, points handed out, and house cups taken away at the last moment."

Hermione snorted and set her mug on the table. "That's typical. The expanded version is that Malfoy had dropped his wand and was running in a blind panic from Alastor Moody. Malfoy was looking over his shoulder, and it was sheer dumb luck that he barrelled into Bellatrix Lestrange and sent her arse over teakettle. She went rolling down a hill and knocked herself unconscious. Malfoy claims otherwise now, but I don't believe for an instant he had any idea she was about to kill me."

"My first clue was the fact that you've never appeared angry about the matter," he said. "In fact, you smiled and waved at me that first evening. That's not the act of a woman incensed over unfair business practices."

"Once I finally realised there was a world past the end of my own nose, I took a good hard look at Minerva and Pomona and Poppy, and I realised that you had to treat them differently. It was inconceivable that you would regularly be rude and ill-tempered toward those strong, capable women and live to tell the tale. They would have banded together and hexed you into a quivering puddle of goo until you agreed to behave properly."

"No, I'm asking you on a date," she said, smiling...
"Yes, I think I'd like that."
"I'll talk to you tomorrow after I've finished picketing," she said. "We can work out the details then."

Ahh, that was a funny little story, loved the dry humor :o)

Oh gosh I love this. Very sweet and well-conceived. Malfoy with the sickle at the end was wonderful.

I can't wait to read more from you!

Excellent fic.

Hi,
This is a very nice story - quite unusal, great humour. Well done!
Tiziana

Very funny, especially the real version of how Draco saved Hermione's life. ^.^
Favorite funny lines:
"The cinderweed was the next clue. Unlike most ingredients, which can be used in several potions, cinderweed has only one use. A pinch of ground cinderweed acts as a binding agent in a potion to relieve haemorrhoids. While Gryffindors and pain in the arse do seem to be an inevitable combination, you purchased enough to treat every sore bottom in the wizarding world."

I enjoyed that! :)

Loved it! I thought it was very cleverly written, and it showed that you have quite a gift with words, and a knack for story telling. It held me the whole way through. It had a warm and welcoming atmosphere and left me smiling the whole way through. :D :D :D

Haha, found this on SS/HG Awards (CONGRATS by the way!), and I greatly enjoyed it. A lovely little snapshot of the future, and I think you captured everyone really well. Snape's dialogue was great -- it was dry and witty, but not too over the top (although, I do think you used "whilst" one too may times...).

Anyways, great job! I enjoyed it :D (and I don't usually read very much fanfiction).