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Call me: Laura Murray (female) Member since: 15 May 2006
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My name is Laura. I'm a fultime college student and I work part time at a doctors office. I started reading the Harry Potter series a couple of years ago (long after it had become popular). Originally, I wasn't going to be dragged into a fad... but then the book was just sitting on the footstood and I was really quite bored. Five books later I was attached (the sixth has since come out, I'm not so sure about that one). My friend Nefla kept sending me links to a fanfic she called AYLNO. I didn't know what that was all about, and kept shrugging her off. It wasn't until she came over and started reading the fic to me, that I finally started reading AYLNO (A Year Like None Other). The story was really quite long (completed now, by Aspen in the Sunlight, go read it if you haven't) and I spent every waking moment finishing the story.. Once I was done, I felt really quite sad, I wanted more...

So I started writing my own story. Harry Potter and the Ferratilis Potion. I'm trying to be creative with it, although it mirrors AYLNO in many ways. It's a Snape adopts Harry fic, (and a Draco will be in there somewhere). My friend Nefla pesteres me daily to write, so I suppose there'd be no fic without her influence. Along the way, I picked up an awesome beta, Sunsethill. She keeps my grammer in tact and my story flowing.

I've also gotten quite interested in kidfics, I find little Harry very cute. I briefly deaged Harry (to a young age) in HP and the F. Potion, but I wanted to do more. So I've just started my second story, A Potions Accident, is going to be a cute little kidfic. All of you who read my first story, never fear, I won't abandon it. This second story is more of my "just for fun" story. Not that both aren't fun... but A Potions Accident will be a lot less formal. I won't worry about technicalities and the plot may be a bit random. Just a bunch of cute little kids...

I also wrote a one-shot, Braving Spiders which was my first challenge response... it's an Sevitus.

Ah, and my pet (coming soon as Jan says) is named Petrie. (And he is very cute, trust me...)

 

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Echoes from the Past by Valerie Vancollie starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 73]
Shortly before his fifteenth birthday, Harry receives a letter from the past that alters his entire life. Now it is up to him to reveal the truth to the other whom it concerns. But will he find the courage to do so or will he repeat his mother's mistake and wait until it's too late?

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape > Severitus Challenge
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 10 - Completed: No - Updated: 20 May 2007 / 29 Jan 2005
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 9: Homeward Bound 28 Aug 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)
    Nnnnoooooo! I've reached the end (of what you've written thus far). Oh I wish there was more... please update soon. I can't wait to see what kind of reaction Snape has to Harry. Anyway... I love Zera, the cutest little snake ever! It was a good idea to give Harry a familar so you chould have the conversations when he was in the vault. I like how Harry left the Dursleys... I wonder if we'll find out their reactions... Well this is a great story and I hope you update soon.

Chrysalis by elsa starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 35]
Sequel to Taniwha. Draco is having the semi-traditional identity crisis. Rated R for adult situations (sorry - not sex)

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Creature!fic
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Violence
Chapters: 13 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 05 Feb 2007 / 13 Feb 2005
Series: Taniwha Series - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 13: Coldest 05 Feb 2007
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)
    Great ending. It is a bit sad/shocking to not have Draco anymore... I'm glad that you included the epilogue, it helps give further closure, and it's funny.

    "Unspeakable to Unmentionable" I love that.

Past Featured Story Antiquity's Corollary by gonnabefamous starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 203]
At Lily's request, Albus Dumbledore has kept a secret from Severus Snape for 17 years. When Dumbledore learns that this secret plays a vital role in the war, however, it is Snape who is left to deal with the consequences. As Harry's true parentage is revealed, both his and Snape's futures become uncertain. The two must learn to work together in order to survive. PreHBP.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 58 - Completed: No - Updated: 11 Oct 2015 / 28 Jun 2005
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: An Unexpected Warning 09 Sep 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)
    So I'm rereading your story... I thought I ought to leave some good reviews for each of the chapters. I doubt I did that my first time through. Well I can imagine the first time you posted this chapter (was it the only one at the time?) It must have driven everyone crazy, with that warning from Draco! Well anyway, I really like your word choice. You use a bunch of different, colorful words to describe things... Eh, I don't know if that makes sense...but it was something I've noticed throughout your whole story. I really like how you've set up Harry's mindset. He's still angry/grieving, but he wants to improve himself and focus on killing Voldemort- it's like he's really growing up. That makes me sad to think about Harry in book one, the little eleven year old all excited about magic...

    Author's Response: Well, first of all, thank you for doing that! I really do appreciate the feedback- I haven\'t gotten much on this site, for all that I\'ve recieved on fanfiction.net. Yes, this chapter was rather... I\'m not sure how to describe it, but having people comment on how out of character it seemed and stuff like that irritated me... because you don\'t get the gist of it all until later. No, I didn\'t post only this chapter at first- I posted the first 5, simply because I personally hate when people post one chapter of a story to start. Also, I like to develop things... so I knew the next few chapters were going to be kind of slow, and I didn\'t want people to get bored.

Title: Chapter 2: The Watcher 09 Sep 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)
    I like your Snape, he's really Snapy. (otherwise know as in character) I'm glad that you let Harry get in his two cents though. You have this nice balence in this chapter between a kid Harry and an adult Harry. Like he's all nervous getting caught by Snape and he sits when he's told to. But then he also holds his own, first yelling at Snape and then later holding his tongue. Oh and I think Harry's solution to getting an Order member to help him was quite clever- shouting out to the world like a crazy kid. It fits his St. Brutus' image...

    Author's Response: Lol, well, I did try to make him Snapish. It bothers me when he\'s not... you know how that goes. I also liked Harry\'s solution to his problem- I thought it was clever. I try not to go with my bias and depict him as an idiot, as some people do. He\'s not an idiot... he\'s just a bit irrational.

Title: Chapter 3: The Results 09 Sep 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)

    Your Dumbledore doesn't seem evil/bad or whatever in this chapter. I like that he listened to both Snape and Harry and then lectured both of them. It seems as though a lot of stories have Harry painted as a saint and Snape as the bad guy. But they both have their faults... and I'm glad that you let Dumbledore point it out.

    Oh and I forgot to mention this for the last chapter. You had Dudley wanding off with his thug friends (ch. 1) and then later he was back in the house. It seems odd, like I didn't think enough time had passed... but it's not really that big of a deal, just wanted to point it out. It was enjoyable to see Dudley all trembly.... 



    Author's Response:

    Yes, I tend to have flawed characters, which I like- and I think that it does need to be pointed out at times.

    Hmm... you do have a point about the elapse of time. I never really went back and explained that- it\'s kind of hard to fit into the story context stupid little things like the fact that Dudley said goodbye to his friends during this time, because it\'s not from Dudley\'s POV and I really kind of write from Harry\'s perspective (And later, Snape\'s)... a bit like JK Rowling does. I don\'t write what Harry doesn\'t know unless it\'s something that has to do with Severus... or occasionally Dumbledore.


Title: Chapter 4: Preparation 09 Sep 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)
    I'd forgotten about all the details you included in these chapters... about the different classes they were taking and about the neat devices. Oh and the end, how Harry doesn't want to go to Hogwarts- It's funny how he used to always want to stay, but life with the Weasleys must have been a lot better. To bad Harry couldn't have been raised with a family and skipped the Dursley bit. Oh another thing I should mention, I liked how you have had Harry grieving for Sirius, it seemed in Rowlings HBP that she didn't really have Harry grieve much.

    Author's Response: Well, I can\'t imagine it would be particularly enjoyable to go to Hogwarts when you knew none of your friends would be there... especially if you knew that Snape would be swooping around the place, trying to take points before term for your misgiving over the summer.

    I was actually rather surprised, when I read HBP, that JK didn\'t write that much grieving in! I mean, I write this from a perspective that I lost someone I considered a parent at a younger age, and got over it when I was about 15... it took such a long time, and the pain continued for so long... I understand that. I don\'t think you can just brush it off. Being older, I\'m sure the wound will close a lot quicker, and after a while he won\'t think about it as much, but it\'s still bound to hurt. I don\'t have him sitting and crying in corners and such, but he does need the grieving time, in my opinion.

Title: Chapter 5: A Sickening Realization 09 Sep 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)

    The begining of the chapter is so funny... the books on Albus' table lol. And then it gets really really sad. And I really can't believe that Dumbledore said Snape's baby died because of what he did to Lily. That just seems so cruel! I know you said Dumbledore is a nice guy in your story, but that seems a bit much for him. Well he can feel guilty about his choices later... I wonder though, where'd Dumbledore get these memories? From Lily?... and they've just been stored or something?



    Author's Response: Let me explain- Dumbledore was not doing this as any sort of an act of vengeance for what Severus did to Lily. He was doing it for several reasons. One, he was still wavering in his thoughts about whether or not Severus should know. Two, he had no idea how Sev would react- hence the books. Now, if he had told him before, it wouldn\'t have fallen on him- Sev wouldn\'t have had to know that Dumbledore had kept it from him for so long. Once Sev saw the memories, however, Dumbledore knew that he would be absolutely irate with him for keeping this huge secret. At that moment, he couldn\'t come out and tell him, because he knew he would be risking the trust he and Sev have built. He needed more time to figure it all out.

Title: Chapter 6: Bird of prey 09 Sep 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)
    Well seems moving Harry to Hogwarts wasn't such a good idea after all eh? I see what you mean when you said the plot would pick up...getting captured by Lucius certainly would do it. Although, you didn't mention him getting out of Azcaban (sp?), isn't he supposed to be in prison? Oh well. I liked what you picked for Lucius' animangus form, I never thought a large white bird could ever be creepy, but this one certainly was. Awesome descriptions!

    Author's Response:

    (Azkaban)

    Well, I figured it was implied, to be honest. This is not me being lazy- it\'s just that it\'s difficult to fit every bit of information in with the flow of the story. I suppose I could have incorporated it somewhere earlier... but I didn\'t. That might be something to include during the rewrite process, though, yes.


Title: Chapter 7: Beyond Recognition 09 Sep 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)
    Ick, the thought of getting your heart cut out, slowly, while concious... that sounds horrible. Good thing Voldemort trusts Snape so much. I'm glad you didn't dwell to much on what happened to Harry, his battered body implies enough.

    Author's Response:

    Yes, does sound horrible- most things Voldemort commands are. You hit on the point I would make about Voldemort trusting Snape in the next review, so I won\'t comment on that, lol.

    I do sometimes feel that authors overdo it on the torture and whatnot, because they keep going back to the point later. Do the torture and skip the result, or do the result and skip the torture, I say. Doing both implies sadism, if you ask me.


Title: Chapter 8: The Weight of the World 09 Sep 2006
Reviewer: Arualcopia (Signed)
    Poor Harry, I hope he will be okay! lol, I already know he turns out okay, but from the description of his injuries... I still worry about him. It was cool how you had Lucius show up, the Dark Lord isn't so trusting after all eh? And I like the coin/portkey that brought us Kingsley. Oh and I really liked how you had Kingsley pose as Snape- and that you alude to the fact this isn't the first time. I love the idea that they've all been doing so many sneaky things without Voldemort noticing!

    Author's Response: Kingsley has always struck me as the perfect person to do this sort of thing with Snape, if you want to theorize that he\'s more involved in the order than the books really imply. See, the way  he is described reminds me of a friendlier, darker (in terms of skin tone, lol) version of Snape... I don\'t know, I just felt he was good. Also, he\'s one of the more serious people in the order, which makes me think Snape would be more likely to put up with him.

    Author's Response: I forgot to add- I\'m really glad you mentioned the Lucius thing. I had someone comment awhile ago that she didn\'t think Voldemort would trust Snape so much with this- and obviously, he doesn\'t. He trusts them both together, however, because he\'s too confident to think that they would have any sort of mutiny going on. Which, they don\'t, so I suppose he\'s right.


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