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Final Note 6 - June 2018:

Although it has already been a long time since I have posted or updated anything, it is time to make it official.

I will no longer be writing fanfiction.

I haven't come to this decision because I have run out of ideas or inspiration for my current works - to the contrary, I have put a lot of thought and planning into each of them. Even now, the moments and scenes I had planned live happily in my head. The issue becomes the fact that I have limited free time, so I must choose how to spend it. This is why there have so often been extremely long breaks between updates. In turn, this becomes unfair to readers, as I know that they often have limited free time as well and it is very easy to forget the plot of a story that wasn't born within your own head (and sometimes even then!).

Now, I know many of you would continue to wait for updates. We lovers of fanfiction are tenacious that way. However, since my free time is limited, I have decided that my focus needs to be on my original works.

In that spirit, though a part of me is saddened, I hereby abandon all my current works-in-progress. I will not be updating them again. However, I also open my stories up for adoption, should anyone be interested in continuing them in my stead. (Though, to be clear, I don't honestly think anyone would, but) I ask only that I be credited and that no large portions of my work, incomplete or no, be copied by another (so please link/direct readers back to my work if you continue it).

I've had such a great time in this fandom. Thanks to all who've helped keep the magic alive!

Warm regards,

Dream Painter

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Sequel to Forlorn Hope. "And yet, here I am, forced to endure what dreams may come and fight with friend and foe alike. I know not which is which, they know not which am I". Horris

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Slytherin!Harry, SuperPower! Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape > Severitus Challenge
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Violence
Chapters: 8 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 30 Apr 2007 / 17 Apr 2007
Series: Forlorn Saga - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 2: Sense and Nonsense 01 Aug 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    That lab sure is a mess, isn't it? I'm getting the distinct impression that things are QUITE different from Horris' reality.

    I'm doing my damnedest to catch everything, but I'm sure a few things have slipped my notice... Also, I am not known for being incredibly observant. >.-

Title: Chapter 3: Down the Rabbit Hole 01 Aug 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Weird. Seriously, after reaching Forlorn Hope, I feel like I've stepped into the Twilight Zone. Everything's just so... strange!

    Great chapter - can't wait to see what the R.O.R. is.

Title: Chapter 4: The Room in Mind 01 Aug 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Oh, right. R.O.R. I knew that. *headdesk* Didn't I say I'm not known for my observance skills? LOL

    Poor Horris. Gosh, I hope he gets back somehow, or things get sorted out, anyway (since he is, you stated, dead).

Title: Chapter 5: My Image in the Mirror 01 Aug 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Uh-oh. Um... Horris? You're Harry right now. Haven't you figured that out, yet? *bites lip nervously*

    I feel so sorry for all the Asps, though. Poor guys. They had hell before, but at least they didn't have to be subservient to *that*.

Title: Chapter 6: Distorted Beyond Hope 02 Aug 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Love this line: "Thank Merlin for small favors endowed upon him by senile Dark Lords… and for his father’s famed self-control." Blood brilliant!

    Poor Horris, though - definitely wasn't expecting that. His other life didn't prepare him to survive in this Twilight Zone!

Title: Chapter 7: And Which Am I? 02 Aug 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Damn, indeed. I'm interested to see what this 'birthright' is, finally. You alluded to it in Forlorn Hope and I was disappointed we never saw what it was.

    Another awesome chappie. Kinda nervous about what Malfoy's so chipper about, though...

Title: Chapter 8: The Snake and the Phoenix 02 Aug 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Oooh. Awesome.

    I think my brain's gonna explode at the awesomeness of it all, actually. It's, like, yeah... no. I can't explain coherently. I'd have to read them both again to sort it properly.

    ANYHOW, excellently written, again. It was unique, yet with all the charm that make me fall in love with Forlorn Hope. Love this.

Harry gets some surprising news. He was adopted. His father is alive and he has a brother; named Severus Snape. Beta'd by breannatala

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Deaging
Categories: Big Brother Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 23 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 22 Aug 2007 / 23 May 2007
Series: Brothers - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 23: When the Kicked Dog Bites Back 28 Mar 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Excellent! Thoroughly enjoyable. Great characterizations, too.

    Author's Response: Thank you!

Harry Potter heads back to Hogwarts for his fourth year...but not before several bad things happen. A rather ominous way to begin a year...

Takes Place: 4th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Violence
Chapters: 37 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 01 Nov 2003 / 01 Sep 2003
Series: Not Myself - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 37: All is Fair in War 11 Mar 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Have I mentioned how much I love this series? I would go on, but I fear sounding like a broken record.

    Excellent!

Life as a double agent begins to take its toll on Snape. Can Harry really trust his most hated professor?

Takes Place: 6th summer, 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Suicide Themes
Chapters: 16 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 29 Jul 2003 / 19 Dec 2003
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 16: Chapter 16 and Epilogue 17 Apr 2010
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    *joins in on all the cheering and applause*

    Fabulously done! You have written this very well. It drew me in from the start and twisted my emotions this way and that. And the ending - Brilliant!

    I have grown to like this story so very much. It feels just horribly bitter-sweet to see it end.


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