Thanks for reading, and I really appreciate your comments. As I said to Swythyv above, my dad (who loved the story) thinks I should cut it out of the potterverse altogether and try to publish it, and, honestly, after what Rowling did to Severus in DH, it's tempting.

Neat that you also thought of Gran Prince as Margaret! And you're right about her similarities to her grandson; that was exactly what I was trying to express. She is, indeed, a tough old bird.

And thanks for friending me. I'll friend you back. Actually, I'm feeling a bit alone in the fandom now: I don't absolutely hate all aspects of DH as much as Sigune, for example, but I cannot rejoice at Severus's story as my sister did (she sees him as a redeemed figure and hero, just as Rowling wrote him, and she found the love story between him and Lily touching. I didn't, because, as written, I couldn't believe Lily ever even liked him much, and because Severus never seemed to fully transcend/sublimate that early love. It seemed to me that Rowling was TRYING to make him an emotional cripple - and far more crippled, at that, than I had imagined.) As someone else said, the ending of DH left me feeling flat, empty and depressed - just blah. At first, I couldn't even weep for Severus; his death seemed so utterly cruel and pointless.

Sorry - I'm nattering on again! Thanks for reading the story and for friending me.