Minas Tirith.... Nice Tolkien reference.
I came here because your story on LnLS sent me here. I started with this story because the other didn't appear to be Harry Potter from the summary. I don't read many fics with original characters especially when they are paired with Severus - I'm too much of a Hr/SS or NT/SS shipper to really like new characters - although I have found quite a few very interesting RL/OC fics that I have enjoyed. The characters are also very young in the fic and from cannon, I don't think I would have liked Severus very much at fifteen - he becomes a lot more interesting later. So, anyway, I do like your writing style, I just kind of skipped from the first chapter to the end in this particular fic for personal reasons that really shouldn't influence your continuing the story one way or the other. Good luck - and update the ones on LnLS - please???