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Acid Reigns by Mothboss

Summary: Coming of age in a declining northern borough wouldn’t be easy for any eight-year-old boy. For reasons that defied logic, being named ‘Harry Potter’ only seemed to complicate matters. Second in the Storm Surge Series. Sequel to Grease & Lightning. HP&SS friend/mentor/Severitus-style fic. No slash. This story is part of the series, Storm Surge. The previous story in the series is Grease & Lightning.

1. Panama by Mothboss [Reviews - 6] (4197 words)

A/N 1 (written before starting): I have to say, I’m pretty damn blown over by the response that Grease & Lighting got. I wasn’t prepared for it to do better than my 300k HGSS fic that I spent two years on and given that I began posting it while also stepping away from my discord server—which had seen me through publishing both of my fics—it’s been a Godsend to have that support. With that in mind, I dedicate this sequel to everyone who read G&L, who liked it, who faved it, who bookmarked it, who left reviews, and comments and kudos. They’ve really cheered me up and onward during a bit of a rough time, and I’m grateful for all of you.

I wish to thank my husband for patiently answering all of my silly questions about cars and rock history, who stays up late beta reading my fic for me and texting me his observations and corrections when he ought to be practicing for his band, working on his own YouTube guitar videos, or fixing the vacuum lines in his truck. You’re every woman’s dream.

And an enormous thank you to JK Rowling, without whom these stories would be impossible. I’m not sure what my life would have been like without her characters and world, but I know I’d have been poorer for their absence.

A/N 2 (written after finishing the Epilogue): Well... it’s been a year and a few months since I finished posting G&L, and in the span of 15-16 months I managed to write a modest 420k words for you all. I sincerely hope you guys like what I’ve put together. I have hopes to add illustrations in due time, but I’ll admit that I feared focusing on drawing would detract from my impetus to write, therefore I abstained until I finished. Plans for a podfic produced by myself and my husband (of both the original and this fic) are forthcoming but a bit on the backburner for reasons.

A lot in my life has changed in that time, including all nine months of a pregnancy. As I type this I’m 38-39 weeks in, and my hope/plan is to post this first chapter for you the day my second child is born while she sleeps. It really put the pressure on me to finish in time, let me tell you! I cannot thank you all enough for all of your comments/reviews/faves/bookmarks/etc. on G&L, for without them I’m not sure I would have had the inspiration to keep writing.

My plan for updates is once a week until the fic is posted in full, and I humbly ask for your feedback because that feeds my soul, particularly while post-partum, although by no means are you obligated.

2. The Headmaster by Mothboss [Reviews - 6] (4463 words)

3. Hairy MacBoon by Mothboss [Reviews - 4] (5501 words)

4. A Man's Duties by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (4692 words)

5. Rowky Syke Primary School by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (7258 words)

6. Problem Child by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (5824 words)

7. Assa Marra by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (5441 words)

8. The Poison Yew by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (6075 words)

9. Kuya 'Rus by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (7537 words)

10. Drop Dead Legs by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (6074 words)

11. The Jiggered Yow by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (4414 words)

12. Gammy Hill by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (3956 words)

13. Wicked Lester by Mothboss [Reviews - 1] (6575 words)

14. What's the Buzz by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (8556 words)

15. Cokeworth Rock City by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (6863 words)

A/N: There's use of the 'C' word in this chapter. Not in a lemony context, but as a pejorative.

16. Tabitha Tibbons by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (5982 words)

A/N: I'm really happy to report that within an hour of posting the last chapter, an update from Cliff's family came through about his condition. He's out of the hospital and recovering at home now, though it was apparently pretty touch and go for a while. If anyone is interested in further updates on that score, his Facebook page (Clifford Hoad – Kings of the Sun) is the place to go.

17. The Poisoned Yew by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (4927 words)

18. Holy Diver by Mothboss [Reviews - 1] (8132 words)

A/N: This story doesn't properly have "Parts" per se, but if it did, this very much feels like the beginning of Part II.

19. Get Up by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (5793 words)

20. Part I: Aethlingworth by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (5568 words)

A/N: This is the first chapter in the story that I'm splitting. There are 3-4 chapters that exceeded 10k, and I'll be halving them (I believe in one case, it's something closer to 15k, and I may split it three ways), which is where the final chapter count comes from. Originally there are 63 chapters. In any case, this chapter will be in two parts, so if it seems that it cuts off in a weird place, that'll be why.

21. Part II: Harrtholomew and the Oobleck by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (5711 words)

A/N: A little Friday night delight ;)

Tonight's posting will not affect Tuesday's.

22. Wild Side by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (5031 words)

23. The Lorry by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (3409 words)

24. Part I: Paris Green and Ultraviolet by Mothboss [Reviews - 6] (4954 words)

A/N: Split chapter

25. Part II: Honeydukes' Special Reserve by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (5081 words)

26. Heavy Metal by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (9254 words)

A/N: I had planned to split this chapter but simply couldn't find a good place to do so, so enjoy an extra long chapter.

27. An Experiment by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (3906 words)

28. Eggs by Mothboss [Reviews - 1] (2312 words)

A/N: I am TERRIBLY sorry if you got the first version of this chapter posted an hour ago. For reasons that I suspect have to do with the italicization, the formatting went wonky and many of the paragraphs ran together. Normally fixing that would be annoying but not too bad, but I'm currently away from home and had to fix the formatting on the ffn app on my phone. Mea Culpa, dear readers.

29. Carleton Hall by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (7073 words)

30. The Tramp by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (4937 words)

31. Not Father and Son by Mothboss [Reviews - 1] (5475 words)

A/N: Last chapter I had a couple of intrepid commenters who identified the erumpent in the room. The Assa Marra used by Snape's father (and other characters at times). BlueRowley and Sunset74 mentioned that as readers, we are as confused by Tobias Snape's speech as Harry seems to be. That's pretty much on purpose. I had the option of providing rough translations at the end of the chapters, but given that the story is told from Harry's point of view, and he's confused by Tobias' vernacular, I thought the best way forward was to allow the readers to be equally confused. If there's a lot of interest I could direct anyone curious towards the resources I used to piece together an approximation of the dialect, but usually I tried to make clear what was being said either through context or through Severus' responses to his father.

32. Atomic Dog by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (5669 words)

33. Pater Familias by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (6287 words)

34. Unforeseen Guests by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (8556 words)

35. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (7343 words)

36. Little Dreamer by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (4416 words)

37. Part I: Immaculate Mother by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (4882 words)

38. Part II: Hark! The Harold Angel Sings by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (4406 words)

39. Part III: Papagena! Papagena! by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (4620 words)

A/N: Off-screen drug abuse mention.

40. Impractical Magic by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (8690 words)

41. G&L by Mothboss [Reviews - 5] (9788 words)

42. A Call from Barclays by Mothboss [Reviews - 2] (5608 words)

43. Fathers and Sons by Mothboss [Reviews - 3] (6072 words)

44. Storm Surge by Mothboss [Reviews - 1] (5652 words)