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The Wedding, by dokinana, commissioned by Betz

Fan art sneak peek for next chapter of And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After - though it looks like Hermione and Severus did.  Yep, the wedding is coming up next!  

The chapter is in the Ashwinder moderator queue, so should be up in anywhere between a few hours to five days.  This chapter is so big, had to split it into two parts for Ashwinder, which has a 10,000 word chapter limit.

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I much prefer this version of "Feeling Good" to the official video by Bublé.

Next chapter of And They Didn't Live Happily Ever After is up. Ch115: "It's a New Dawn, It's a New Day, It's a New Life"

Summary: Hermione finally leaves England and seeks sanctuary in Malu Palekaiko.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/22300682 http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php… http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php…

Two chapters and an epilogue left to go.

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“Crucioed” by Drkrav, commissioned by Betz

"And They Didn't Live Happily Ever After"

Chapter One Hundred Twelve

"Paying the Piper"

Summary: Who has kidnapped Hermione and the Malfoys?  Severus confronts their abductor.

Snippet:

Severus found Hermione on the ground twitching as lightning crackled across the ink black night.  Not even stars were visible.  He rushed over and pulled her into his arms while kneeling on the cold, dank ground. He saw her eyes flutter, looking about but unable to focus on him.

"Hermione," he said, trying to bring her around and assure her he was there for her, even if they were on some unknown plane of existence yet again.

"Severus?" she asked with uncertainty, not sure if she had seen him before she blacked out or not.

Ashwinder: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29111&i=1

AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/21609536

AFF: http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=113

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Hermione & Severus at the Malfoy Party by dokinana, commissioned by Betz

"And They Didn't Live Happily Ever After"

Chapter One Hundred Fourteen: "Some Enchanted Evening: Take Two"

Summary: Come join Hermione and Severus as they glide through the throng of guests at the Malfoy Spring Party.

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Standing at the top of the stairs, Hermione and Severus stood side by side. Hermione's right arm rested gently upon Severus' in a manner befitting a time long ago.

"MADAME HERMIONE WEASLEY AND SEVERUS SNAPE, POTIONS MASTER!" the herald called out in a loud booming voice.

While the band on the dais at the far end of the ballroom played on, most of the guests at the ball stopped talking immediately, their heads swiveling in unison to view the infamous couple descend the stairs.

The lovers were a picture of elegance and refinement as they descended the grand staircase together.  

Ashwinder Part I: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29131&i=1

Ashwinder Part II: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29132&i=1

AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/21961475

AFF: http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=115

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Hermione, if I was asked to prove my love for you by being whipped naked down the middle of Diagon Alley while incarcerated in a Shrew's Fiddle, I would do so without hesitation if it would satisfy their puerile curiosity and in the end keep you safe from ever being hurt again.

Severus Snape

And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After

Chapter One Hundred Thirteen

"The Redoubtable Convocation of Potions Masters and Mistresses"

Summary: Hermione faces the Redoubtable Convocation of Potions Masters and Mistresses regarding the fate of her apprenticeship.

AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/21733460

Ashwinder: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29115&i=1

AFF: http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=114

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Chapter 111 of And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After is up!

Chapter One Hundred Eleven

"Don't Worry, Baby"

Summary: Back in London, Draco and Ginny join Hermione for dinner, but dinner plans go awry with an unexpected guest.

AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/21500966

Ashwinder: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29110&i=1

AFF: http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=112.

Snippet: Looking at Severus wantonly, she recited in Japanese one erotic haiku from the book she gave Severus for Valentine's Day – the book that also featured shunga prints. "Majestic pine tree

Stout and towering it stands

Felled only in bliss"

NSFW Japanese erotic shunga print, Unnamed print by Utamaro I, Kitagawa (1753-1806), courtesy of Ohmi Gallery. (NC-17/Mature)

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Chapter 110 is up!

Sorry for the delay, been laid out with the chest infection and flu from hell.  Flu over, chest infection not, exhausted as all shit. Chapter One Hundred Ten: "Welcome to My Nightmare" Summary: Hermione and Severus work together to fight the Daily Prophet's twisted lies. http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29100&i=1 http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/21413561 http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=111

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Just when I think I cannot love you any more than it is possible, I am yet proven wrong once more.  How I do love you, Severus.  Beyond words or comprehension, I do love you so completely.

Hermione

Chapter One Hundred Nine: "Dreams Can Come True"

And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After

Summary: Hermione and Severus ring in the New Year, and enjoy tea at the Malfoys'.  Then it is time for bittersweet partings. 

AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/21117566

AFF: http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=110

Ashwinder Part I: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29083&i=1

Ashwinder Part II: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29084&i=1

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Final finished version of “The Happy Lovers” by Ulafish for Chapter 108, And They Didn’t Live happily Ever After

I have the final finished version of “The Happy Lovers” by Ulafish, an homage to Fragonard’s “The Happy Lovers.”

For Chapter 108, "Dark Eyes: The Maenad and the Satyr Rejoined", of And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After.

NSFW for artistic nudity.

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I found a Kyrgyzstan lullaby on Vimeo that has a similar feeling to the lullaby Hermione sings to Severus.  While Hermione may not sing with the same sustained undulating and wavering notes, you can get a feel for the melody and tempo.  Unfortunately, I do not have the English translation for this song in the video.

"Жаным өзүндү абайла.

Учкан ��уштай  тоо ашып,

Тынчсыз ойлор  кайып болсун,

Алыс алыс жайларга.

Менин сүйүүм  мөл булак,

Тоо аралап агылган,

Жан дүйнөндү сугарып,

Жүрөгүндү  даарылап.

Көкүрөктө соккон жүрөк,

Кулак салсан сага айтат,

Сени коргойт санаадан,

Сага арналган махабат."

Translation:

Rest my sweet one

Let your troubled thoughts fly away

Like birds over the mountain pass

Carried far, far away

My love is a mountain

From it a spring cascades

To feed the valley of your soul

And water the pastures of your heart

Rest your head upon my chest

Hear my heart beat

It speaks of love to keep you safe

Rest my sweet one.

And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After

Chapter One Hundred Seven: "Shag a Night While in Someone Else's Body"

Summary: Hermione and Severus finally get to play with Polyjuice Potion in the bedroom. 

http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29064&i=1

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/20333944

http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=108

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Next chapter is up!

"And They Didn't Live Happily Ever After"

Chapter One Hundred Six: "Dragontinis and Drunkards" Summary: Hermione and Severus have an idyllic day out. Later, “the girls” have lunch out while “the boys” have a long-overdue booze-up. http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29053&i=1 http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/20152246 http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=107

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Draco had told him once that it takes a strong wizard to completely surrender to love and to be truly exposed and naked with the one he loved.  Severus finally understood.

Chapter 105 of “And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After”

Chapter One Hundred Five

"Catalysts and Indomitable Connections"

Summary: Hermione and Draco have a heart-to-heart about Severus.  The Potion master and the apprentice discuss how they became bound to each other.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/19930516

http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29040&i=1

http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=106

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The walk to Jerry’s house

Chapter One Hundred Four

"Pensieve Pleasures"

And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After

They walked together, with Hermione's arm tucked into Severus', towards the edge of town to an area where the jungle was less tamed.  Turning off the main road they walked single-file along a path that was slightly overgrown, and where they had to duck their heads under the fronds of a tree fern, until they rounded a turn in the gravel path dotted with pink and red anthuriums growing wild. Then they came upon a multi-storied treehouse about fifteen to twenty feet up in the air, built atop some long pieces of lumber and around a few trees.  Had Arthur and Molly built The Burrow as a tropical treehouse, it would have looked very similar to the house Hermione now stood nearly under, since it seemed there was not a right angle or plumb line in the entire structure.  

They climbed a long flight of stairs that led up to the front door.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/19837132

http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29034&i=1

http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=105

This video shows the inspiration behind Jerry’s house in this chapter.  I made this video when I stayed at Skye Treehouse in Volcano, HI in April 2015.  It was so unique I had to incorporate into the story somehow, when I was still working on this story

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Chapter 102 of ATDLHEA is up!

"And They Didn't Live Happily Ever After”

Chapter One Hundred Two

"A Promise"

Summary: Hermione’s answer, plus; It's Christmas morning, let's see what Hermione and Severus will unwrap besides each other.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/19513327

http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29030&i=1

http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=103

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To hold on to anger and resentment serves no one, not even those who have caused you your pain.  They do not suffer, you do.

Mounga Finau in Chapter 99 of And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After

Chapter Ninety-Nine: "Confessions: Free with a Slice of Pie"

And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After

Summary: It's Thanksgiving, so Severus gets to learn about turkey, stuffing, heaping spoonfuls of guilt and hefty portions of emotional manipulation, a traditional Finau family specialty.  Plus, proof why Luna is so awesome.

http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=29008&i=1

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/19048666

hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=100

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The vision of Dumbledore back in his flat had tried to tell him about love and how powerful it truly was.  It was only now that Severus was beginning to understand that love not only motivated people to act above and beyond what they thought themselves capable of, and selflessly, but moved the world and bent the universe to its whim when the love was strong enough.

Chapter 96 of “And They Didn’t Live Happily Ever After”

Chapter Ninety-Six: "Chaat, Chats and Cats"

Summary: Severus recovers from the ice pox.  Hermione comes to realize certain aspects of her relationship with Severus.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4786826/chapters/18684235

http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=28967&i=1

http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=38787&chapter=97