What a neat little story. It seems like the timeline just stretches out on either side of the story begging the blanks to be filled in. How did they get that way? What happens next? Well fleshed out. I love it!

Splendid. I think we need to hear more about Twigs, see Skeeter and Molly get their respective commupances, and maybe see a little bit into Hermione's future from this excellent basis, though.

Obviously a public hexing of Ronald (and Mrs Weasley) is in order in a few months time.

Lovely ending! 

so she is not pregnant?

I wonder why she doesn't ward her shop door with an automatic stinging hex -- just to the eyeballs and anus -- if Rita should breech the door (window, whatever)  I bet that would really hurt her in her beetle form.

No one uses their powers to protect themselves from interlopers.

And as for Molly, after nine months go by and she is proven a liar, I hope Hermione will get her revenge by living well and happily and Weasley-less!

I'd love it if Severus would hex Ron so that he felt a little of the pain he caused Hermione -- perhaps in the form of a burning sensation whenever he ...

really loved this story... thanks for posting