Another excellent start! I do enjoy seeing Snape put into his place....as far as I'm concerned it should be under a rock with a permanent squishing charm! I liked how Harry, Hermione, Neville and Padma are getting along. Hmmmm....perhaps Snape could moonlight at the wizarding equivalent of Mc Donald's to pay off Harry... but then, he only has a month to pay it off. Maybe Dumbles will loan him the money. By the way, is Harry going to send his father a critique of Hogwart's teachers and administration? Somehow, I doubt that his father will appriciate Snape being permitted to teach when he's so abusive. I can see Mr. Stark contacting parents and former students to get the dirt on Snape. Add in Quirrell, the attempts at reading Harry's mind and perhaps the family lawers will have more than one person to file suits against. Thanks for the latest chapter!