Still one of my favourites. Great update, etc. I'm not going to say all I have in mind, though, 'cause that wouldn't be good for your ego. The most intriguing part is still the Ginny/Voldemort one... Can't wait to find out more about it... Again, bravo!

Author's Response: Wouldn't be good for my ego? Email me, I would love to know what's on your mind. Come on, I can take. :Grabs tissue: Honestly, I can.

This is the first time I review for the story, which I like a lot, even though I thought it would be a story "à l'eau de rose" from the first chapters; but I changed my mind since.

The chapter was... good, but there are a few things I didn't quite like in it. Most of them are just me being picky, so I'll skip them and tell you only the most important of all: Dumbledore does NOT believe in destiny. He spends too much time convincing Harry he's not bound by the prophecy, in HBP, to believe in fate. He's always talking about the choices we make and how they affect our future. So, even if I always thought your Dumbledore was very IC, I cringed when I read those lines about James being destined to walk on this path etc. Not Dumbledore-ish at all. It's getting OOC. Without mentioning the fact that the idea is very disturbing in itself: not being able to step out of a path some force created for you... *shudders*

The whole story is really, really good. Thank you sooo much for breaking Lily Evans' image of little Miss Perfect. She was really getting on my nerves. I like bitchy Evans much better !

Author's Response: Tee hee, you're welcome, making bitchy characters seems to be my expertise... :P Lol!

I just loved the little first-years. Never think eleven-year-olds are boring... Great chapter!

Perfect prologue. It immediately made me want to read the following chapters.

I really liked it. It was so romantic! And it's nice not to see James Potter as a complete prat, for a change.

Author's Response: thanks, that's really nice of you! this is my first piece of writing that's gotten in here, i'm glad someone liked it!

Okay, basically, I still think every word I wrote for the first chapter. Let's just add Ginny begins to get REALLY annoying with her poor-little-victim-of-the-ruthless(or thoughtless, or whatever)-Potter attitude, and I would give anything to hex her into an ugly, slimy something (I let you imagine the something). The Weasley brothers (and father, by the way) aren't worse than her (that would be impossible), but close. Well, I hate that Weasley family, right now. Mrs Weasley is here, thanks God, though I'm becoming to get tired of the whole "he-had-not-the-right-to-do-what's-he's-done-to-poor-innocent-little-Ginny" thing. What has he done, exactly, apart saving her from a basilisk and trying to save her from Voldemort ONE MORE TIME???!! He correctly guessed (yes, surprisingly enough, he's got brains) when he said Voldemort would use her as bait if he ever found out about their relationship. As for when you say Harry thinks he's worthless, I disagree as well. He doesn't. He's been eager to prove himself since his first year at Hogwarts, he wouldn't have bothered if he had thought he was worthless. And anyway, this is bizarre: if he thought he was worthless, how could he have wanted for a minute to deal with Voldemort on his own? That's called arrogance. And that's not in his character either. OK, what else? just minor things, I guess: Snape didn't have a Pensieve of his own, he used Dumbledore's. I was rather bemused by your beginning: I couldn't figure out where exactly Snape was. Had he been caught already? If that's the case, how come we didn't hear Harry, Ron and Hermione discuss it (which would be far more appropriate in those trouble times than discussing Harry being an insufferable ass and Ginny being an all-suffering heroine)? The review is already too long, as is my last. So now I'll stop before you start wondering what the hell is wrong with me (wouldn't blame you for that -- been wondering as well).

Author's Response: Hi Tinn, no hate at all. I do appreciate these types of reviews. Let me explain myself: You do bring up a lot of good points, and I agree with you, to some extent, on a few of them. You point about GW accepting HP's breaking up of the relationship is correct. I reread that in HBP after I wrote chapter one. But whether she accepts the breakup or not she can still feel like it was a bad choice on his part. I think I probably over did the emotional stuff (as I usually do) when I write GW. But in my opinion, GW would come to realize that HP's desire to protect her is stupid, and it is. Thus the discussion btwn GW and HG on the road and HP's epiphany at Privet Drive: In spite of what HP wants, the important thing is what he NEEDS TO DO to destroy Voldemort. Pushing GW aside is not the right thing to do. Quote from my chapter 1: (“Gin, I need you, too. I need you as a friend, and I need you beside me. It’s like you said a couple years ago about being the only one who had been possessed by Riddle. You add something very important, too, and something no one else has.") Of course JKR is not going to write book 7 like this, she probably won't even keep HP alive, but what I'm trying to present here is the need for HP to use the resources he has, pull them together (as the Sorting Hat suggests) and make up for the loss of DD by using each person's individual talent(s) It took HP a few weeks to realize this. This sort-of goes with your concern about GW seeing herself as a victim. Well... she is a victim, though of Voldy, not HP. The poor kid’s waited six years for HP to fall for her and when he finally does they have a few weeks together then it falls apart. I saw Ginny’s comment (“I knew you wouldn't be happy unless you were hunting Voldemort. Maybe that's why I like you so much.") not an acceptance of Harry’s decision at all, just an acknowledgement that there was nothing she could do about it when HP becomes stubborn and irrational. Whether HP is doing this because he’s protecting his friends (which makes no sense at all since he reluctantly accepts RW & HG’s assistance) or for some other equally illogical reason, GW has every right to be upset for 5 weeks, waiting for HP to come to his senses, which he eventually does. Of course, this is all just my opinion! Now, about HP’s alleged arrogance. Arrogance is: Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance. (Webster) Please remember that it is not HP calling himself arrogant, it is HG and CW PERCEPTION OF HP’S ACTIONS. HG said it because she was mad, thinking HP was going to go off on his own because he hadn’t answered any letters about what his plans were for Horcrux searching. Was HP arrogant? No, of course not. Could his actions been interpreted as being arrogant by HG? In the heat of the moment, absolutely. HG was mad at HP: (“Pardon me, Mrs. Weasley, we don’t have six more years to wait for Harry to decide if he can save the entire world on his own or if he just might need a LITTLE HELP!”) I think HG’s comment about HP being an arrogant prick matches up well with how she was feeling at the time. Also, remember this is before she learns that HP has changed his mind about bringing other in to help. The thing with CW and the other Weasley brothers could be, in my opinion, viewed in a similar light. As far as CW was concerned, HP dumped his sister at a very vulnerable time in her life (DD’s death); he wouldn’t answer letters, he arrived unannounced in the middle of the night, comes down to breakfast babbling about dreams, says nothing in the way of an apology, offers no explanation, then comes back into the house holding GW’s hand. To me that makes him an arrogant prick. Was he? No, of course not. But we all know how important perception is! The “include us as a last resort” comment by HG was messed up by me, I had made a massive revision in that part of the story and I meant to fix that to sound more like: “why do we have to beg you to bring us with you?” Something more along those lines. I might rework that part now, so I agree with you. Snape certainly did have his own Pensieve, at least I’ve never read that it was DD’s. It was in his office in book 5, that’s how HP got into his memory of his father torturing Snape. You’ll find out more about SS in future chapters.

Author's Response: Ouch, you are correct about the Pensieve, sorry! S.

So... here is the mystery fic! I liked it a lot. I thought you had pretty well re-created the atmosphere, with everybidy rushing to board the train and the accidents occuring in all the confusion... Snape was his usual, unpleasant self, and all in all, you had most of the characters right. Most of them. I think maybe you're a bit partial to James (wouldn't blame you for that, I've got a soft spot for him as well). They're fifteen, right? we should see more of the arrogant, bullying side of the fifteen-year-old James. Maybe you should have developed (are there two 'p' in 'developed'? I can never tell) the duel a bit more... James looked a bit too much like a victim, what with Snape sending Unforgivable curses at him. Ah, but you have all the time in the world for that. Just thought I'd point it out.

The story looks like it's going to be good... update soon!