Ron is acting like many hormonal beings, he wants some action and Lav is a willing participant. It has nothing to do with spells. But he will pay for his folley, don't worry.Happy Hollidays!

Hi

. So glad you are enjoying my little yarn... The purebloods aren't quite as bad as some patriarchal societies from history, but they are not the nicest either.Thanks for taking time to leave a message.Happy Holidays!

Severus Snape to the rescue! Isn't that one of the reasons we all love him so much?Thanks, as always, for chiming in,

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Severus Snape to the rescue! Isn't that one of the reasons we all love him so much?Thanks, as always, for chiming in,

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Hello,

, and thanks so much for your comments. It means a lot to me when someone with such experience lets me know that I'm on the right track.The images we were allowed to see of Snape at home with his parents made it plain that he had lived through such nightmares as a child, so he would immediately spot Hugo's symptoms for what they were. He also can relate to Hugo's suffering, and so has a keen desire to help him.Your hopes willeventually be fulfilled, but it takes a while before anyone gets rescued.

Hello,

, and thanks so much for your comments. It means a lot to me when someone with such experience lets me know that I'm on the right track.The images we were allowed to see of Snape at home with his parents made it plain that he had lived through such nightmares as a child, so he would immediately spot Hugo's symptoms for what they were. He also can relate to Hugo's suffering, and so has a keen desire to help him.Your hopes willeventually be fulfilled, but it takes a while before anyone gets rescued.

I hope you continue to feel that way,

. I will strive to make sure that you do.Thanks so much for reading, and especially for leaving your comments.

I hope you continue to feel that way,

. I will strive to make sure that you do.Thanks so much for reading, and especially for leaving your comments.

Glad you are enjoying it.  Thanks for the stars. :)

Hi Liz,Thanks so much for your lengthy and thoughtful review. I guess that I can relate better to Hermione, so I get inside her head much better than I do Snape's. Like her, I try to see the good in people and tend to be a bit naive and forgiving.But I am also a "romantic idiot" like your screen name (LOL). So the Snape in my story has had almost 20 years to mellow and come to terms with his bitterness. I like to think that his isolation from all but the kind and generous Winky would have played a hand in that. Plus his Muggle neighbors accepting him for who he is because they have no knowledge of his past might also have helped him to see the better side of human nature.But, like I said, I have always tried to see the good in people.If you don't like my interpretation of Snape, you might want to read "The Godfather." That Snape is, IMO, much more the Snape that JKR would have imagined if she had let him somehow survive the Nagini attack. I hope you continue to read my story as well, but I wouldn't blame you if you end up liking hers more than mine.There are so many really good writers on this site. The fact that anyone bothers to read my stories at all flatters me greatly.

You will find out by the end of the next chapter! It is with my Beta right now. Hopefully soon.

Well, ylang, this is your last entry. I hope you didn't stop reading. I didn't reply right away because I had other RL issues to deal with.Hope I didn't disappoint you after this chapter somehow. If I did something wrong, I would really like some constructive criticism. Or hopefully, you are simply like me, too busy to read right now.

Ron is being an arse as usual. I never had much use for Ron either, so I made him even more useless in this story.Glad you like it.

Rita is so much fun! I had to work her in somehow. She will continue to pop up from time to time.Thanks for all of your wonderful comments.

I must shamefully admit that I have never read Jane Austin. But the adaptaion of her story "Sense and Sensibility" into a movie is one of my favorite. I must admit that it holds some influence over this story. They were almost all so noble (and uptight) in that movie. It was comical how uncomfortable they became in some situations.

I feel that if Snape could not have found the exact same perfume for sale, he would have attempted to produce his own. But time was of the essence, so he bought it instead.

The book takes much of the blame for her predicament. But now that she knows that, she will not remain trapped for much longer.Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Hi ylang, and welcome to my version of the Post DH story.Glad you like it enough to keep on reading.

Glad you like the story. We will get to the bottom of Ron's inexcusable behavior soon, I promise.Thanks for leaving a note.

Hi

. So glad you have been enjoying my little story. I have every intension of finishing it, but I can't predict when the next update will be. I have been so busy with real life that there has been not time to write for quite a while. But I WILL finish this story. I know what will happen, I just have to get it from my head into the computer. I know how you feel about WIPs. I have been a fan of many a wonderful story that I am still waiting to read the end of. Some for years.Please have patience with me. I'll get there.

You'll find out next chapter just how funny your statement about Ron is!Wow! Federa Court to see their own property! Is it on a reservation? Or can those pieces of land only be passed to pure blood Native Americans?I have Native American blood in me, but it is very diluted. I think the tribe was located in Northern Mississippi over 100 years ago, but I am not sure of the name. My husband and I are both "mutts" as Barack Obama once described himself. My husband has blood from Europe, Africa, Central America and India running through his veins. Mine is European and Native American. Our children are pretty generic in blood, but very exotic looking.Thanks so much for the insightful review.

You're welcome. About my parent's land, most of Oklahoma was reservation land at one time or another, their family land is in trust. They can sell it, (or live on it, lease it out, etc) but to sell it to someone who holds less blood quantum than she/he does has to be approved through fed court. If it's everyday property (not in trust), they can handle it like everyone does.

Hi

. Thanks for chiming in.Much will be revealed in the next chapter. I tried to make it humorous. These last few have been downright depressing. I didn't start out to write such a serious story, but it just developed with a mind of its own.

Sev is amazing, isn't he? ;)Ron will get his, but perhaps not in the way that you think. I am not a vengeful person. I believe that what goes around comes around, and I have written Hermione to be a bit like me. She won't need to exact revenge on him because someone else will do that for her, and she won't even know what has happened.Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Why, thank you.:)

Peer pressure is hard to resist, even for a middle aged man... You will find out what's going on in the next chapter.Thanks for taking the time to comment.

He's not always right, but certainly most of the time.Thanks for reading and commenting.

Sorry you find it frustrating. I am a child of the sixties and in the USA at least, there is still quite a bit of prejudice with regards to skin color. Barack Obama has helped to bridge the gap, but we still have a ways to go. Every society still has some form of prejudice to overcome. So the wizarding world that I have created is not unlike our own.Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Ah, yes. As I have said all along, Ron has a reason for acting this way... Now we finally get to find out. :)Thanks so much for reading and reviewing.