Gryffindor!
After a series of tests to discover why Harry's magic has become erratic, a secret is revealed, one hidden for over fifteen years. But not all secrets disappear without consequence, leaving Severus to learn that potions cannot heal everything.
Takes Place: 6th summer
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Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Healer Snape, Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Membership status: Member
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Reviews by alifromnm
Rated: T
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Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 45 - Completed: No - Updated: 23 May 2012 / 29 Jul 2009
Series: Alea Iacta Est - Challenges: None
Chapters: 45 - Completed: No - Updated: 23 May 2012 / 29 Jul 2009
Series: Alea Iacta Est - Challenges: None
| Title: Chapter 29: Lying in the Aftermath | 10 Feb 2010 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- Harry needs help!! I hope Sev has noticed more than Harry wanted. I'd like to take a light saber to Voldie and cut him up into little pieces, burn them and then bury them in the deepest, darkest hole possible! So angry he won't leave Harry alone.
Author's Response:
Nice idea with Volemort. I have no objection if you wish to borrow him and carry that idea out. Harry certainly needs help, but I'm sure Severus noticed more than Harry wished. Thanks!
| Title: Chapter 28: A Bump In the Road | 11 Jan 2010 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- Poor Severus, poor Harry. I fully understand this emotional rollercoaster Harry is one. Half way through my chemo I'd have days were I was bouncing of the walls because my emotions were all over the place and I didn't have the upset that Harry did. He reacted just like I expected. Thank you for the update. Have missed this story.
Author's Response: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter and it seemed realistic to you. Harry is definitely on an emotional rollercoaster. Hopefully things will get better for him soon and Harry will view things a bit differently once he fully processes the new information. Thanks!
| Title: Chapter 30: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back | 20 Mar 2010 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- I have soooooo missed your story. Thank you so much for your update. I don't know how many times I've check to see if I just wasn't notified. Harry's pain...interesting. During my last two chemo treatments for a few days after it felt as if any touched me I was on fire. Painful, very. Most pain I felt was from the double radiation treatments for 10 weeks. Burns the worst, thank goodness Harry doesn't have to deal with that and the spinal tap is clear. Yes, treatment for Harry seems to be working. His pain from the treatments or really from Moldy Voldy??? You are putting Harry through something I didn't experience, transfusions. I used to feel so sorry for the patients that had to have that. Okay, I'm rambling.......thank you, thank you for the update. I have soop enjoyed it and missed you. Great chapter as always.
Author's Response: *Hugs* Your treatments sound painful and horrible. I'm so glad you're through with them and they'll hopefully continue to be a distant memory. His pain is most likely a combination of the two, but we'll hear more about it in the next chapter. ;) From what I've gathered in my research, transfusions seem to be a pretty common thing with leukemia, which I guess makes sense since it's a blood cancer and the intense chemo that's used to treat it. Thanks, and I hope the next update won't take me as long.
| Title: Chapter 31: A Sleeping Dragon | 04 May 2010 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- I've been home most of the day recovering from dental surgery. I took that time to reread my favorite story! Thank you for the update. Even though Harry is still upset and still doesn't have the full story about Sev being his dad, he still seeks him out for comfort. Our two men will be fine. I love the fact that Sev has finally getting through to Harry that he can be anything he wants to be. Just because other people want him to be an auror doesn't mean it's the right fit for the kid. I love the Flurry made an appearance too! I love that little kitty. I wish mine had a 50 yr life span. I await your next update!
Author's Response: Eww, dental surgery! I hope they gave you good meds. I'm sure they'll be fine, too. They need to go through an adjustment period, more so on Harry's part, but being together nearly 24/7 and Harry's cancer will help speed up the process a bit. It always seemed weird to me that Harry would end up an Auror after being hunted his whole life, and I wanted him to have options. Thanks!
| Title: Chapter 32: Not Fine | 24 May 2010 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- Again, another great chapter. Thank you for the update..I fully understand Harry's reaction to Ron's questions, I went through the same thing but I didn't loose as much weight as Harry is. I can also understand Ron's reaction. Seems no adult told him what Harry would "look" like now. Some cancer patients look like they are escapees from a torture chamber. It's awful that in this day and time we have to actually use chemicals that kill both good and bad cells. Love Sev's distraction for Harry. We will learn if LoR was actually written by a muggle or a wizard?? Thank you.
Author's Response: Thanks! Ron was scared. He thought he'd be okay, but you're right. Severus tried to prepare him, but forgot to mention how different Harry looks. Then again, Sev probably forgot since he sees Harry all the time and so the change isn't that startling to him. It is horrible that they haven't found anything better to treat cancer, but at least for now chemo gives people like you your life back. I'm sure the topic of if LOTR is Muggle or magical will come up. We'll have to wait and see if it is or not.
| Title: Chapter 33: Apple Mania | 03 Jun 2010 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- Forgiven this time. Nice, nice chapter. These talks are needed with any cancer patient. The entire process is scary for an adult to go through, I can't, don't want to image what it is like for a child. Love that Molly was going after Ron, but in all honesty, I can fully understand Ron's reaction. He hadn't seen Harry in a while and has absolutely no experience with cancer.....Thank you for your update, I look forward to the next chapter.
Author's Response: Thanks! Harry's scared, but Severus is doing his best to make the situation as unscary (I know it's not a word, but it's been a long day lol) as possible. I think that's part of the reason Severus is being careful with who and what Harry sees. He doesn't want Harry to become more scared from something someone else says.
| Title: Chapter 45: Recipes of a Different Sort | 15 Jun 2017 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- A great reread. I hope some day you will return to finish this.
| Title: Chapter 38: Pain | 21 Dec 2010 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- First of all, Merry Christmas to you and yours. Second, THANK YOU!! I've been checking off and on the see if you had updated. What a chapter. Poor Sev and Harry. As if the cancer weren't enough no moldy voltie has to show up! Excellent chapter. The bit with Harry pulling his hair and it coming out in his hands is every cancer patient's nightmare. I've had some women tell me, even though the chemo was hell, that when the hair started to come out was when it really, really hit them they had cancer, that's when everything they were going through became real. Me, heck, the day after my first chemo treatment I had my hubby take me to the nearest barber and I had my head shaved. As a cancer patient there is so little left in you own hands, that you actually have power over, this one thing was what I actually had control over so I decidced when my hair was going. At least symbolically. In doing so, when the hair actually started to go I didn't see it, it wasn't such a shock.
Author's Response: Thanks! A late Merry Christmas to you. I can't imagine my hair falling out, well any more than it normally falls out. My hair is super long and thick so small handfuls are normal after washing it. Harry will definitely have a choice to make coming up, and we'll have to wait and see what he chooses. Kudos to you for shaving your hair off from the start.
| Title: Chapter 39: Silence Broken | 18 Jan 2011 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- Wonderful chapter as usual. Now the dreade horey things have raised their ugly head....as Sev thought this kid just can't cut a break. It will be nice to see Harry off chemo for a while. We'll see if our two boys try to kill each other with I hoping Harry feeling a little better. Thank you so much for the update. I so look forward to them.
Author's Response: Funny that you mention the two of them clashing. The next chapter Harry has a bit more energy and they don't always see eye to eye on everything. Thanks!
| Title: Chapter 40: Luck Is Always With You | 14 Jun 2011 |
| Reviewer: alifromnm (Signed) |
- Wonderful as usual. Our boys needed a chapter without too much drama and Voldy. Harry is having a hard time with trust right now, but if you look at all the adults in his life so far you can understand why. Sev is doing his best for his son. Really nice father/son moments in this chapter.