I don't think that anyone planned for things to get so out of control, but someone has a big mouth and spread the word among the students, so that not only Gryffindors are prsent, but some Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws too!

Well, Seamus is not really a druggie, but was persuaded himself to have a puff.  Don't forget that most of these kids are Wizards and some, like Ron, have no experience with the danger of Muggle drugs, or the fact that they are illegal in the Muggle world.

 Well, Harry has never been one to think before leaping, now has he? Everyone kept handing him a drink, and after the first one or so, he lost some of his good sense and any control that he had left.  The joint well...Seamus was enjoying the feeling of it, so he just basically stuck it in Harry's mouth.  Hary didn't really have more than a puff or two before Hermione pulled it out of his mouth.  He didn't have particularly have the strength at that point to resist Seamus.

Thanks, and I loved the most recent chappie of Shocking Discovery. I really can't wait for the next one, oh and it's been a while for Severus Snape and the Muggle too! Oh and Finding Ginny has me enraptured.  There just wasn't enough Ginny and Harry in the new movie!

The first dream was  in chapter 19.  Don't forget that a lot of the part about Harry's appearance is Harry's own perception that his fingers were short and stubby before.  They really weren't, Harry is just having some weird perception of his own appearance now. As far as him being better looking now, remember how Harry was thinking that he had always worried that he was going to look like Snape, and that he'd much rather look like the handsome James Potter than the Greasy Git of the Dungeons.  Maybe not in those exact words, but the worry was definitely there, and he was very relieved that he got most of the looks from his mother. Even his hair has auburn highlights now. It is not ptich black like Snape's.  The one thing that Ginny's pleased about is that Harry doesn't have to wear glasses anymore and that you can see his gorgeous eyes that are just like Lily's.

 I think that Ginny is going on more about his appearnce to appease her own doubts and to reassure Harry that she likes the new look.   She can't very well say that he was better looking as a James Potter lookalike, now can she?  But he's got Lily's features and Snape's fine bones now, so he is still good looking in a different way, but not necessariily BETTER looking.

I think that Harry's eyes have always been his most appealing feature and that is probably why Hermione picked up on it, and the reason perhaps that they didn't sooner was because Ginny and Ron were having a little tiff before Harry appeared, and they were distracted, and Ginny and Ron were already in a bad mood and itching for a fight.

Oh, Snape's hair of course, wasn't ALWAYS greasy, but It is still a stark contrast to his usual lack of concern with his appearance.  I like to think of Snape actually as looking like Alan Rickman, and not having greasy hair at atll.  I was perhaps being a bit cliche here with the hair washing thing but I wanted to write something a little silly and I hope I made it a little believable as just a distraction from Harry's own change of apperance. The whole idea of taking extra care of his appearance was to make Harry feel better about looking like him.  After all, who wants to go from looking like the dashing popular James Potter to the infamous, bat-like, most feared Professor Snape? Snape is not really that greasy in this story, nor do I like to really think of him as ugly either, but HE thinks that he is.  It's all about Harry and Snape's own perceptions of themselves.  Harry was always modest and very humble and that is what I always loved most about him.

 Snape's hair of course is probably greasy due to the most likely explanation that everyone falls back on and makes sense--the potionmaking.  I also think that since he lost Lily, Snape in this story hasn't really cared about what he looks like. 

I'm sorry that you're disappointed about Harry's looks changing, but it was hard to explain why they WEREN'T changing.  He is after all, Snape's son and doesnt' have any part of James in him, so people were constantly asking me about his looks, and I didn't really have any sort of back story written, so I thought that maybe in the interest of reality, that Harry should look llike Snape.  He is still Harry inside though, and he looks an awful lot like Lily now, so I hope that makes up a little for the disappointment.  he will always have a special place for James though in his heart.

Oh, and I'm glad you like the interaction with Harry and Snape.  I want to try to keep Snape as much in character as possible, and I dont' think physical interaction for him is ever going to come very easily. He'll always struggle with it. I rather think that Harry is like that as well a little.  But whereas Harry's abuse has made him desperate for a father-figure and very trusting, it has had the oppostie effect on Severus. The loss of Lily and the abuse he's suffered as a child have made him emmotionally stunted.

Oh wow, I'm sorry, this is getting to be a novel!! :)

I'm really looking forward to the party!! LOL!  I can't help it, I really like a Harry who leaps before he thinks, who lives a bit on the edge, and is not a stickler for rules.  I like to think that he is a bit like James in that way, even thouht they are not related biologically.  I don't like when Harry is too perfect or too good!  I like him to have some character but be still good-hearted and selfless, just like in Canon. I think that is why the third book was my favourite. Harry was adventurous and didn't care about the rules too much. He was a little sneaky and I loved it! It created some nice conflict with Snape. I loved those scenes.

Sorry I talked, uh- wrote your ear off!

Any updates for any of YOUR stories. I'm so anxious to read SD, Muggle and I simply can't wait for the next chappie of Finding Ginny, especially after seeing the movie!

To be honest with you, I almost did it!  I was arguing with my two voices, you know the little Angel on one shoulder and the little Devil on the other, and the Angel won for this one.  I thought that Harry had enough to deal with already. I had to give the poor kid a break.

 Oh thank you. Yeah, Severus is very proud of Harry.  Ooops did I spell incredibily wrong?  Or did you?  Yikes, better go back and check! Yeah, Snape knows that he is not a nice person, buthe recognises that Harry IS and he's proud that his son is so much like Lily yet has grown into his own person as well.

Again, I'm pleased as punch that you're back, and you're making me blush at your kind words.   :)

Thank you. I've tried to have their relationship as a background story, but this is not a romance story so I'm trying to keep it balanced so that the main focus is Harry and Sev's relationship.

Oh that's okay. I appreciate you taking the time to review. 'That's really sweet, and I'm happy to have you back!

That is such a coinquidink, because I was just thinking yesterday how much I miss YOUR story, "Father of MIne".  Any chances of an update soon?

Hermione is one very clever witch, isn't she.

I'll tell Harry to bring some butterbeer, but I doubt he'll take my advice! LOL!

The foolish boy never listens. He leaps before he looks.  Poor Sev. He's getting more and more gray hairs from his errant son!! But Harry keeps him on his toes! :)