Ok but... I never realised the bit about Harry being meant to kill Snape. WTF ALBUS! *cries over Snape*

*sobs* Be still my heart 3 3 3

I adore Draco with a sister!

This one's quite good too.

just ended the chapter and I loved it. he's so freaking sweet

Y supongo que en tercera parte generosamente se dejará a Snape recoger sobras de Klum y Ronald. .. mira que bien

No me digan ahora, qué Hermione que tanto se muere por Snape se acostara con Ron. Aquí no hay ni excusa, que tiene parecido físico o intelectual. Para eso que busca un amante el profesor también, acaso no nesecita consolarse y relajarse también? Si premisa es que de este modo Granger se hace más madura, no lo veo claro. Promiscuidad no es madurez.

This part is fun for the same reasons as the first part, though there are a few things that left me with mixed feelings. It seems to derail a bit at the end, so I'm still debating whether or not to go on with the last part...

As an Order member, Snape would have carried antivenom on his person and as someone who had to stay alive until he could deliver his message, he would have carried other first aid stuff as well, so it makes perfect sense that Hermione would have thought of that and searched his pockets and saved him. The snake bite though is still just a snake bite, not Dark Magic that would require chanting (‘singing’) to cure it; antivenom and dittany would have sufficed - just like they did for Harry earlier in this same story.

I liked McGonagalls reaction to hearing Snape was on the right side after all and also that we got to see how the colleagues Snape had befriended got their chance to speak to him after the war. I would have loved a scene like that in canon with Snape’s portrait, so this bit was very satisfying.

But the whole idea that Dumbledore planned for Harry to kill Snape makes no sense whatsoever. Murder is very serious business in the magical world, as we have learned: it tears a piece off of your soul and the only way to repair it is through remorse. Dumbledore is also lyrical about the purity of Harry’s soul – no way in nine circles of hell would he want Harry to damage that soul by murdering anyone, definitely not someone other than Voldemort, definitely not someone on Dumbledore’s side. And no, of course Harry wouldn’t have done it – this is the boy who used Expelliarmus on Voldemort after urging him to feel remorse and repair his soul. If even Voldemort deserves that in Harry’s eyes, then so does Snape.

About Snape’s near future plans… I can see, given you’ve written a third part about the trio’s last actual school year, why you’d have him return to Hogwarts to teach. But given what Snape was like as a Potions teacher, I personally think it’s in everyone’s best interest if Snape uses his expertise to write new textbooks but otherwise stays far, far away from beginning/untalented students, and takes McGonagall’s proposition to teach DADA and Potions NEWT students (on whom his creative brilliance in these subjects isn’t wasted).

But really, overall still a joy to read!

SHE DID IT!

This whole bit is so much scarier from Snape's perspective

Oh no! You overlooked that Lily could fly too, even as a little girl, and would have been much more willing to teach her friend than Voldemort would ever have been to give up his perceived uniqueness for the benefit of a mere servant! :-(

So... You're skipping the part where Snape goes to Grimmauld Place (before Mad-Eye puts in the anti-Snspe measures!) and sits on the floor of Sirius' old room to cry his eyes out with remorse over killing Dumbledore, becoming a Death Eater, betraying the Potters, asking Voldemort to spare only her which would have ripped Lily's family apart like he did the photo, etc etc, and taking half a letter and half of that photo. Hmm.

I just wanted to tell you how much I've been enjoying reading this series. I've been reading it non stop since yesterday morning and I think I'm going to have another late night tonight because I just can't put it down. Thank you so much.

That last line is unutterably poignant.

No it was supposed to be Snape and Hermione not Ron... Ugh. Ron is stupid af

Fun ad adventurous. I love how you resolved everything.