I do love it when Snape gets a second chance (or even, as he sees it, a THIRD chance). This was a lovely way of making it happen (yay for those handy Phoenixes!). I enjoyed protective Aberforth, who was well developed for a change, as well as getting a glimpse into Severus' family life. Severus' insights into being a student in his own house were interesting, I would have loved to have seen that fleshed out a bit more (but I do understand that the story was already pretty long, so this is prolly just me being greedy, LOL). Overall this was a fun read, and as I am a fan of Severus de-aged stories, it read really fast. :) Nice job!