Wow! *exhales* So, I had been warned that the first part of your story was rough, and the people who warned me were right. It was gripping and gritty and heartbreaking, and yet I kept reading, waiting for the hopeful part that they all promised was coming. Thank you for giving it to me in spades! Poor Severus' despair was so real, I didn't know how he was going to make it, and then the Snidget flew into his life and it all got brighter, one chirp at a time. Harry made the perfect Snidget, really, as I'm sure you know and many other have told you. What an adorable and perfectly suited Animagus form! Sheathing the sword in Severus was... *shudders* but when Harry retrieved it with love and care and NO PAIN I was cheering for him. (Got some weird looks in the office, let me tell you). Your Voldemort was truly horrifying, he made the other DEs fluffy by comparison. Also? Bella for Divinations? Reading entrails? EEEEK (very clever, though) *g* And way to turn your prompts and genre on their heads! You two are SO clever. ♥
Brilliantly done, ladies! I bow to you. But we're still gonna win. *g*