Oh I just LOVE this story! :) So good to see new tales from your wonderful imagination.

I loved Ollivander, and it was great to see Dr. Barnes again, but I have to admit that it was a bit creepy to see a Dumbledore who would be willing to cast Severus out like that. I much prefer the Dumbledore from First Path In to this one.

Is there any chance that you will be continuing this particular piece... or at least give it an epilogue so we can see how things turned out once the war was won? I loved the thought of the Goblins offering Professor Snape a place of safety and work suitable for his skills. :)

Well done!

Hello

Liked what I have read.. Is it going to continue?

Great story. :)

I liked your story, I really did. It was fun to read. But there were a lot of things I felt were odd about it.

There was Ron's inclination to ignore an injured Snape, even if it was Snape, in order not to get into trouble; Ron is a Gryffindor. Ron then becomes a passive spectator to the revelation of Snape's spying and healing; again, this is Snape, Ron would'nt be indifferent to anything involving Snape. And out of the blue Ron joins the forces of Ollivander and Snape in order to get Snape his due from the Order. Implausible.

Then there's Dumbledore. He seems to care about Snape at the beginning and snappily orders Ron and Harry to get Madame Pomfrey. Dumbledore gets panicky and can't seem to do anything (like contact the Order). When Dumbledore reunites with the gang he pulls a Cornelius Fudge and lets himself be bullied into sending Snape to the wolves when he supposedly cared about the dude and actually thought he was gonna live. Of course, he has a sudden change of heart (because of Ollivander power). Unlikely.

While Harry and Hermione seemed relatively in character, they didn't seem to have such large parts anyway. Also, Harry's quips in the later part of the chapter were predictable.

Bedridden!Snape was entertaining. It's possible that Canon!Snape would be that pessimistic, but I doubt he would have given up so easily. I did especially like how Snape would randomly interject into conversations and then promptly drift off again.

Plot-wise, the interlude in which Ollivander and Ron visit Gringotts felt unnecessary, Dumbledore's anxious waiting only a tad less so.

Overall, I liked it. Don't mind me, I just like poking holes in stories.

I really enjoyed this new fanfic!

Complete? I don't think so. You've just gotten started here with this scenario. First of all, the Slytherins will want to know what happened to their Head of House; second, there may be other students from other Houses with a rather unhealthy interest in the Potions Master, and of course nobody's paying attention to them because they're not Snakes.

And Ollivander will be under pressure to re-open his shop, plus Moldy Oldy is still out there (plus Draco will be under pressure to try to make up his mind which way he'll swing--you can have plenty of angst, and it doesn't have to all be from the Trio).

Just a few thoughts. Very good, just not long enough!

I am so glad you found time to write another story. I have been revisiting your Healer Barnes stories over and over again. They are among my favorites. I really like your new story, as it incorporates my favorite character (the senior Dr. Barnes). I love the way Ron comes to the conclusion that Snape is not an evil bat of the dungeons. I hope you continually find time to write.

That was really interesting. Are you planning on doing anymore in this verse? I would love to read it if you do. I don't think I've ever read a story with Ollivander in it as a main character before so that was really nice... I also liked seeing a level headed Harry.

Hope to see lots more of him, Hoping that he's offered and take a better job than with AD, who never cared about him.

Ollivander is wiley. Very cool story! Bad Dumbles. :( You did a great job. Thank you!

OK this is all to good! Is there more to this AU? Another story? Another chapter? If not there should be! Somebody got the upper hand over DumDum! I love it! So Sweet!

Wow, its been so long since you last updated. I thought for sure that you were gone. I'm happy to be proven wrong. This was an amasing read and I hope to hear from you soon.

I´m very happy, that there is a new story and the first chapter is interesting.I´m a little bit confused about the way Dumbledore is acting, so I really look forward how it will develope.

An interesting premise for a story. I'm glad to see you're writing again. I'd expect you've already heard this question often, but I've got to ask: Are you going to be continuing your series that last left off with "Summer Lessons"?

Take care!

Brava! Well done. I'm so glad that your muse is awake and working again. I can't wait to find out what happens in your upcoming stories since you're one of my favorite writers and one of the first I started reading in HP fanfiction when I first found ffnet. I hope your muse and schedule will allow you to write and post more chapters on more stories sometime soon. Keep up the good work. Zafaran {mailto:} zafaran {at} fastmail {dot} fm