Hi!

Law has been recently eating at my brain, so this new story has come as a blessing. As always it is wonderful and I can't wait to read more! I love the fact that (apparently) this will be a war-time romance. Oh! The angst, the tensions running high! And of course, Hermione taking care of a wounded Severus!

Anyways, congrats on your new story, and I wish you success!

Yay! Excited to have a new story of yours to read. I'm curious to see how you balance the student/teacher relationship and have it grow to something more when you don't have the time gap of the previous story. Definitely more of a challenge for you, no?

I'm also curious as to what you do with Sirius. I believe I tend to have a more forgiving (or perhaps simply more understanding) view of him (as well as Lily Potter) than you do. I'm curious to see what happens now that he's still alive in your story. Although, you have altered my thinking somewhat. I was never as empathetic towards Severus before reading your stories.

Lastly, I am so sorry to read you have been plagiarized from. That's simply horrible.

I sent an email about the plagirism, if you read the whole chapter up until the point where she ganked your paragraph its actually very easy to see the difference. I hope it all gets dealt with.

It's good to see you writing again, I read all of Lux and while some parts didn't sit well with me I really enjoyed the overall story and love your writing style.

This new tale looks really interesting, there's more of a balance between all of the characters and having Snape mired in the stress he's currently feeling makes him a lot more engaging. Hermione is written well, still a bit older and mature but that fits and I'm eager to see how she's fleshed out as time goes on. The idea of Snape at a "Mommy and Me" class equivalent is really amusing. I'm eager to read more!

Hi Loten, so great to have you back!

This first chapter is excellent, what a great set-up to a good, long story. It will be wonderful to be on the look-out for new chapters as they appear. The anticipated deliciousness of them will keep me patient in between!

So sorry to hear about the plagiarism. Will check it out as you suggest.

I'm liking this so far. I look forward to reading your new chapters as and when you add them.

Yay! You started a new one! And, by the looks of it, it's going to be a good one. I'm very interested in seeing how you develop things in this story.

Thank you for writing.

So glad to see this new story! And I'm glad it's going to be another mega chapter work. it will be interesting how you handle the idea of Hermione as a healer apprentice and Snape as her patient.

Although it did seem a little strange in one scene. When Poppy is explaining to Hermione that Snape is a spy, surely Hermione already knew that. She had already spent some of the summer at Grimauld Place, knew that Severus was part of the order, and knew he was bringing in information from the other side. Why did she seem so surprised? just a concern.

My sympathies to you concerning plagiarism. I saw the fic in question on someone's lists, but never read it and I can't remember what turned me off from it, but for some reason I wasn't interested. Probably a good thing. Sorry I won't be doing any careful analysis of your story and hers, but I honestly just don't tend to read lemon scenes word for word. I scan them for the most part. I tend to favor the "soft pedal" approach to intimacy. If the writer in question steals something other than a lemon, I will be glad to tear it apart! To be honest, he or she probably sucks at writing lemons (most writers do. You are one of the few that does them well- and that from someone who doesn't rend to read them!) and took yours because it was better than what they could do. How pathetic is that?

Honestly, though. This site is giving writers a chance to write their works and get them read- even if it isn't "legitimate" fiction that we could get paid for. We are still artists. We should stand by our art. If we can't write without borrowing from someone else word for word, or at least acknowledge the other writer as our reference, what are we doing writing in the first place? We should have some self respect and honor each other. Good luck shutting them down.

I'm very excited to see your new story (I just finished Post Tenebras Lux a few days ago). This first chapter definitely has my interest captured! I'm glad you said that it'll be HGSS AFTER she's of age. Teacher/student stories really gross me out.

Also, I'm so glad you put Dilys in this story!

I was so excited to see a new story from you! It was just the pick me up that I needed after a long week and a half. I am looking forward to following one of your stories from beginning to end again. I've missed that since Post Tenebras, Lux ended.

By the way, I checked out the link you referenced and I agree it is definitely taken from you. I reported the chapter for using property not her own. I hope things get taken care of. I hate to see your hard work stolen.

In any case, it is wonderful to see you back at work. I can't wait for more.

As always (and again!),

~LadyLecter47

So nice to see something new from you! I look forward to following this, knowing we are in for a nice, long, slow ride.

Great insight into Severus. You can feel his emotional pain and just want to find some way to comfort him. Nicely done!

Yeah a new story on Snape and Hermione can't wait to see where this leads.

Excellent start to another long story. You've set the characters on their respective paths with the appropriate amount of fear, resignation and determination.

I'm SO glad you've got a lot of Poppy in this one and I hope it continues through to the end. I've always loved stories where she's involved and helps take care of Snape when he's injured.

How old is Hermoine in this chapter? 16? She's nearly a year older than all the other kids, right?

You're brilliant with dialogue and you've got Snape at his sarcastic best. The comment about Minerva and the hairball nearly had me spit tea all over my computer. It's little thoughts or comments like that that give depth to a story and I'm looking forward to reading more. Is it too much to hope that we'll get two chapters a week?

Plagerism is deplorable and you're handling it better than I did when it happened to me.

Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah a new fic of yours ! I love your work, and especially the way you depict Severus and Hermione's relationship.

I look forward next chapters, and wish you luck on the writing.

I also sincerely hope that you will settle this plagia mess. (I hate plagia ! And your fic Post Tenebras Lux is just awesome, that it would be a shame for someone else to try to steal what you've managed to achieve. I hope I make sense).

Yay! A new Snape/Hermione fic! I really like the plot line of this one compared to your last one. I like grumpy sarcastic Snape and it seems like he will be strongly featured in this one, as opposed to slightly sarcastic, mellow(ish) Snape.

And I am so sorry about the plagarism - it's one of the worst things that can happen to an author. I will be reading the two links and if I find that they plagarized, I will report it. Politely.

A wonderful beginning to what I hope is another great story by you. I'm only slightly worried that they'll start a relationship before she's of age, but I have faith in you. I hope everything gets worked out with your stolen chapter. Looking forward to the rest of it!

-D