What a fabulous story! I enjoyed it very much. Harry was wonderful through it all, strong and stoic in the face of his unusual affliction. Snape was fantastic, surviving a terrible ordeal with his usual aplomb and cleverness.
Severus Snape was chasing the errant bird, and though funny, that wasn't what Harry had found so completely outrageous. Neither was the fact that Snape seemed to be wearing Muggle work clothes. No, the outrageous, the nearly unbelievable, was that Snape, grouchy git extraordinaire, was laughing.
::jaw drops:: o_O What have you done to Snape?!
"Pennyfeather is not unlike you, Mr. Potter—she's adept at getting herself into trouble."
::bemused:: He has a chicken named Pennyfeather…aw, that's so cute...what have you done to Snape?! /o\
Snape threw his head back and laughed.
::blinks:: …In the name of all that’s Snarry, what have you done to Snape?! :-0
"That is Pendragon. He is a shameless attention seeker."
Snape has a cat…OMG!!!!! That's sooooooo CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE! >^.^<
"I purchased this property ten years ago, and it became my sanctuary every moment I could get away in that time. I thought it unlikely that I might survive the final battle; however, as a precautionary measure, I carried a Portkey with me at all times. When I awoke in the Shack, I activated the Portkey and it brought me directly here. I've been here ever since."
Hm, I must admit I’ve never ever pictured Snape as a farmer but you did an excellent job of portraying him as such. I’m glad he is happy with his life despite the loss of most of his magic.
"I do not sleep, and so, do not have need for a bed." "What? Never?" "Never." "Oh." "Indeed."
::winces:: The lack of sleep must be as hard on Snape as the constant need to sleep is for Harry.
"My vote goes to you, Potter." Snape paused, seeming to weigh what he said next. "It was a slow process; I began to require less and less sleep, until I required none at all. During that time, I prepared for such an event by learning to meditate, and when that wasn't enough to stave off the madness from lack of REM sleep, I developed a potion which simulates the REM effect." Harry was slightly in awe of Snape's resourcefulness. He'd landed here a bleeding mess and managed to carve out such an existence, facing a life without magic, and finding ways to not only compensate, but to thrive.
I’m in awe too. Oh well done, Snape, well done indeed! …So how is this all going to be fixed? Inquiring minds want to know!
Hermione hurried through the doorway from the living room. "Harry! We've found it!"
Awright! Hermione comes through once again.
So Harry got out a fresh book, picked the most insistent idea, and then set about working out an outline. His plan was for something that would appeal to both wizards and Muggles, a wizard detective in the Muggle world, and he couldn't see why that wouldn't work: Muggles seemed to love stories about magic, and if it were presented as a fiction, it wouldn't break any of the secrecy laws.