Aw thanks Ivy. Aw, you are so sweet, and I'd love to have a new chappie from you too!!

Thanks.  Snape is very confused about his own feelings towards Harry right now, but I think that deep down, he really is starting to care about Harry (Don't tell him that I said so!)

 Yeah, writing Dumbles and Fudge sure was fun.

Thaks again Ivy!

Oh thank you, but I can't take credit for it, because it was J.K.'s line.  Writing Dumbledore and Crouch was really fun to write.  I took liberties with Crouch in this story. He wasn't this pompus yet in Canon, but I needed him to be for this story. It was very fun to write that conversation!

That Crabbe is a big bafoon. Poor Harry. :(  I think that Snape is battling with very conflicting feelings. He leart over the summer, that Harry is not the spoilt, arrogant boy that he thought he was.  Snape will continue to make mistakes, and to come off at times like an arse, but he can't deny his feelings of protectiveness towards Harry; even if he doesnt' understand why he feels the way he does.

Thanks P.G. Hopefully, now that I've hopefully gotten past the writers block, I'll be able to update more frequently. I'm hoping for once a week, or every two weeks, depending how RL is going. Also, I'm alternating with my other story, so we'll see...

Thanks for reviewing P.G. and yes...I'm really anxious for an update from you too! :)

Thanks Kristeh. I had a lot of fun writing that too. I know that in Canon, Fudge was a little more like a jovial figure, and that it was only later in the fourth book that he became so arrogant and pompous, but I decided to have his true colours become apparant a little early in my story.  I always did like how Dumbledore could so graciously put others in their place.

I think that Harry appreciates little things moreso than his peers, because of all that he's had to endure in his short life.  Anyone else may not notice the subtle differences in Snape, but Harry does, and appreciats how the man, while gruff and stern, has taken good care of him, and has protected him since he started at Hogwarts.

Goyle is not too bright, is he?  I mean doing something so stupid right in front of Snape's classroom.  I think that Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle weren't counting on the changed relationship between Snape and Harry. Although, what Harry doesn't know is that Snape does punish his Slytherins, but only in private, and if you notice, he still didn't take points off of Slytherin!!  

 The only reason that Snape actually reprimanded the Slytherins in front of the other students, is because he was so furious at Draco for calling his beloved Lily a Mudblood. Normally, he would have taken his Slytherin's side, and then handed out a punishment in private.  Also, although he's very good at hiding it, his feelings have changed towards Harry as well, and he simply can't feel the same hate towards Harry anymore--not seeing first hand, the results of the abuse that Harry has sufferd at the hands of his relatives.

Thanks Kristeh, and I'm looking forward to the next chappie of Slave Child too.

Oh thank you so much. It's not easy getting Snape's character just right, and still have him change his views of Harry. I

I'll try to update quickly.