First published in 2003.

Harry and Snape interaction does not occur right away.

Author's Notes

These notes are being written on 8th of March, 2004. I actually finished this particular FanFiction quite a while ago, and have now also finished the sequel. Because so many people have mentioned problems, errors and typos with the story, I'm in the process of going through it and weeding out all the blips. If you see something wrong, please point it out in a review and I'll get it sorted.

In this story, there is romance, action, humour, adventure, horror, tragedy and a whole lot more. Obviously, I do not own Harry Potter or anything to do with it, though I wouldn't mind adopting Snape. I don't claim to have come up with the idea for the books. JK deserves full credit for the basic storyline, and also inspiring me to write.

I hope that you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it, and please, if you have a spare moment once you've finished a chapter, it makes my day if you could review. I read every single review sent to me. Every one still makes me smile, even if it's just a few words. I love long reviews! Also, I believe I can take constructive criticism quite well. A few reviews I've received for the story have upset me, one so much that I considered stopping writing, so if you're going to criticise, please stop and remember that I'm a normal teenage girl that writes for fun. If you find a problem with the story, by all means, point it out to me, but please include a small note to say how I could change it or improve it. I'm quite a sensitive little person and being e-mailed a list of things which are terrible about my story is not a nice thing to happen. If you hate my writing so much that you'll send me an review full of abuse and malice, please just stop reading and do us both a favour.

Thankyou, please enjoy the story, and if you have any questions or comments then hit the review button and I promise I'll read them all. Thanks!