Hello and I do apologise for not responding before this. But I never got the email telling me there was a review.I've not abandoned the story. It is just that my beta is unable to find time at the moment, and so I'm only posting on ff.net. I need to sort myself out with the betaing and get posting here too. Thank you for your thoughts. You're right of course. Hermione should have seen that. They will learn as they grow older, I hope. Besides, I think if she had asked Cissy that the Malfoys would have made her go. You can't allow people to think you weren't invited. But maybe I'm being a bit obtuse here.Anyway, Harry and Ginny are on the rocks, and later on there are words between them :)

Thank you. I adored Ginny, and it was really hard to make her bad in my stories. But I really wanted to explore what happens when good people go bad and you don't really get a better family than the Weasleys. Normal with faults, but on the side of good etc. I love the Slytherins. They are just so unexplored. I wanted to see what happened when that was coupled with the Weasley fertility. What would they covert? Why? and so on.

Thank you. I adored Ginny, and it was really hard to make her bad in my stories. But I really wanted to explore what happens when good people go bad and you don't really get a better family than the Weasleys. Normal with faults, but on the side of good etc. I love the Slytherins. They are just so unexplored. I wanted to see what happened when that was coupled with the Weasley fertility. What would they covert? Why? and so on.

I don't know if the others have the patience or the desire to look that deeply at auras. You need to really care about people, and Luna is so good at being one with the universe. I've given her that aspect through her surname - love + good - the ability to love truly and well.

I don't know if the others have the patience or the desire to look that deeply at auras. You need to really care about people, and Luna is so good at being one with the universe. I've given her that aspect through her surname - love + good - the ability to love truly and well.

Thank you. Aren't the Slytherins brilliant? I love 'Tory.

Thank you. Aren't the Slytherins brilliant? I love 'Tory.

I doubt Ron and Draco are ever going to be best buddies. Wary aquaintances at best possibly - with time though Hermione might just wear them down :)

I doubt Ron and Draco are ever going to be best buddies. Wary aquaintances at best possibly - with time though Hermione might just wear them down :)

Hufflepuffs don't blab. That's one thing I'm quite sure off :)Thank you for your reviews. I'm so pleased you're still taking the time to write your thoughts.

Hufflepuffs don't blab. That's one thing I'm quite sure off :)Thank you for your reviews. I'm so pleased you're still taking the time to write your thoughts.

Thank you for getting me to think more. I'd not really thought of baby Draco/Astoria or another baby Weasley. I'd just focused on the whole healing thing and possibly the older Malfoys at some point - but even that's still not decided in my mind.

Thank you for getting me to think more. I'd not really thought of baby Draco/Astoria or another baby Weasley. I'd just focused on the whole healing thing and possibly the older Malfoys at some point - but even that's still not decided in my mind.

Thank you for the review. Yes, I don't think they ever expected to come across such strong women.But Ron's almost over his blindness. I'm so glad.

Thank you for the review. Yes, I don't think they ever expected to come across such strong women.But Ron's almost over his blindness. I'm so glad.

Glad you enjoyed that part.The Weasley men are smart and they aren't going to give in to their darkness. Just because Molly and Ginny are still suffering is not an excuse for the rest of the family to be blind.

Glad you enjoyed that part.The Weasley men are smart and they aren't going to give in to their darkness. Just because Molly and Ginny are still suffering is not an excuse for the rest of the family to be blind.

Thank you. I'm enjoying having Minerva and Kingsley involved. We never do see enough of them in canon and they are such fantastic characters.

Thank you. I'm enjoying having Minerva and Kingsley involved. We never do see enough of them in canon and they are such fantastic characters.

Thank you. Glad you're still enjoying the story. I love the castle. Wish I could go live there.

Thank you. Glad you're still enjoying the story. I love the castle. Wish I could go live there.

I think the Malfoys were afraid she'd refuse. I think that's why they did it in such a way that she would go directly to Severus and he'd be able to tell her. Glad you're still enjoying the story. Thank you for the reviews.

I think the Malfoys were afraid she'd refuse. I think that's why they did it in such a way that she would go directly to Severus and he'd be able to tell her. Glad you're still enjoying the story. Thank you for the reviews.

Thank you. I wanted to have the Malfoy family grow, and Hermione is so often made a Malfoy in fanfiction through her connection [sexually] to either Draco or Lucius, that this more plutonic manner just seemed interesting.

Thank you. I wanted to have the Malfoy family grow, and Hermione is so often made a Malfoy in fanfiction through her connection [sexually] to either Draco or Lucius, that this more plutonic manner just seemed interesting.

Yes, the castle is such a fabulous creation. It needs more of a part to play in stories, [I think] anyway.

Yes, the castle is such a fabulous creation. It needs more of a part to play in stories, [I think] anyway.

Mm.... I think have Slytherin friends is going to give Hermione a real education in how to think in critical and twisty ways :)

Mm.... I think have Slytherin friends is going to give Hermione a real education in how to think in critical and twisty ways :)

Thank you. I am so touched you're re-reading the story. Wow. That is such a compliment. You've really made my day.

Thank you. I am so touched you're re-reading the story. Wow. That is such a compliment. You've really made my day.

Glad you're enjoying it. Glad you're finding their slow burn worth sticking with.

Glad you're enjoying it. Glad you're finding their slow burn worth sticking with.

Thank you. He more than anyone in that world in my mind deserves to be happy. He's suffered so much - I'm often really annoyed that JK just left him to die like that alone. Thank goodness for fanfiction!

Thank you. He more than anyone in that world in my mind deserves to be happy. He's suffered so much - I'm often really annoyed that JK just left him to die like that alone. Thank goodness for fanfiction!

Thank you. Yes, it was time Harry grew up. He was so annoying at times during the series. But I just guess that's JK's brilliance in having a hero with flaws.

Thank you. Yes, it was time Harry grew up. He was so annoying at times during the series. But I just guess that's JK's brilliance in having a hero with flaws.

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave reviews. I am so touched that you think the story is good.

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave reviews. I am so touched that you think the story is good.

I never really thought that Harry would need to be sent a formal invitation as such to be with Teddy. I just assumed that they would chat at an Order meeting or something and work something out. Hmm... now you've made me wander down a new strand in the story. As for Severus, yes, he knows how to press her buttons. Lucky Hermione!

I never really thought that Harry would need to be sent a formal invitation as such to be with Teddy. I just assumed that they would chat at an Order meeting or something and work something out. Hmm... now you've made me wander down a new strand in the story. As for Severus, yes, he knows how to press her buttons. Lucky Hermione!

Thank you. I'm so glad you're still taking the time to leave reviews and that you think the plot is believable. I thought that it would really put Hermione into a bother when she discovered that Severus really liked her. I mean, he's her teacher and she's always done the hero worship the teacher thing, putting them on a kind of pedestal. To see the all too human side must in a way kind of terrify her, even as she is attracted to him.

Thank you. I'm so glad you're still taking the time to leave reviews and that you think the plot is believable. I thought that it would really put Hermione into a bother when she discovered that Severus really liked her. I mean, he's her teacher and she's always done the hero worship the teacher thing, putting them on a kind of pedestal. To see the all too human side must in a way kind of terrify her, even as she is attracted to him.

Mmmm.... I don't think Severus is really ever the kind to rush into things, no matter how he is sometimes portrayed. I think he's been burnt too often for foolishly made decisions to not be overly cautious wherever possible,

Mmmm.... I don't think Severus is really ever the kind to rush into things, no matter how he is sometimes portrayed. I think he's been burnt too often for foolishly made decisions to not be overly cautious wherever possible,

Mmm... well it really doesn't work that way too often does it. I mean, sometimes you do get that spark of friendship that's kind of like falling in love, but often, things need time to grow. You need to learn people and figure out that this thing has solid potential.

Mmm... well it really doesn't work that way too often does it. I mean, sometimes you do get that spark of friendship that's kind of like falling in love, but often, things need time to grow. You need to learn people and figure out that this thing has solid potential.

Thank you. It seemed the best way to proceed. I'm not good at the whole twisty plotting - so this seemed the easiest approach for me :)

Thank you. It seemed the best way to proceed. I'm not good at the whole twisty plotting - so this seemed the easiest approach for me :)