I do think that the Severus chapters would be really interesting to write. I'm feeling pretty committed to the idea, actually ;) Thanks for the encouraging review, :)

Thank you very much! Actually, I think the Severus chapters of a sequel would be lots of fun; it'd just be the Hermione chapters that would court disaster. :)ps. I'm shocked by the suggestion that you wouldn't want to see SS left bleeding and abandoned on the floor of the Shrieking Shack!! ;)Thanks again for the lovely review.

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, thank you for such a lovely, lovely review. :) Your encouragement is most appreciated. And thus, a sequel there shall be.Can you howl as far as Brooklyn? I'd like to hear it ;)Thanks again!

What--you didn't hear that strange, despairing cry last night around 8 pm?  (sounded a little like some night bird) {grin}I read your bio (after sending the response) and saw you're an Aussie but living in Brooklyn now.  Why don't you come down South for a vacation sometime---straight on down the east coast to Georgia?  If you ever do, let me know--I'd be glad to give you the grand tour! (smile)

Man, the idea of a vacation sounds divine *sigh* If I come, I'll let you know :)

:) Well . . . I wouldn't want to give away the ending! :)Thanks for the review and the encouragement.

A crime? Well, in _that_ case ;) I'm so glad that you're enjoying it! I think a sequel seems to be in order. :)Thanks for the review.

Thank you very much! I'm glad that you're enjoying the story. :) Given the enthusiastic response, you can count on a sequel, just around the corner . . . :)Thanks again.

Thank you very much for your lovely review. I will indeed write the sequel, in fact, I'm looking forwards to it! :)Thanks again.

Well, I *could* just leave it at that, but then you'd probably hate me forever and that wouldn't be very nice ;p Thank you for such a lovely review. Just as soon as I get my RL in order I'll start posting the sequel! I promise.

LOL, well, I can't say I'd hate you, but I WOULD be in angsty torment every time I saw the story title and would probably engage in some old-man-esque fist-shaking.  ^_^And I can TOTALLY understand about RL and sequels ... I've been trying to start a sequel for my most popular fic for three months now.  The crap thing is, I know what I want to happen, it just doesn't want to write itself.  Anyway, I'll be very happy if/when you ever write a sequel to this and I'll wait anxiously for the next chapter!

Sometimes the writing urge is there, others it's not. *sigh* I have a work deadline coming up and I keep trying to tell myself that if I just knuckle down and do it I could get back to writing fanfic instead ;)

Well, there's only one chapter left because the school year is very nearly over. Now that Harry's attacked Draco, there's not that much left to happen.Thank you very much for the high praise of my writing. I've never written fiction before and I found it incredibly, imensely fun and rewarding.I'll get to work on the sequel soon . . . I just have a few RL things that need to be orgainised first.Thanks again for the review.

Okay! :) As long as I know people will read it, I'll write it. Thanks for the review. :)

Okay! :) Thanks for the review! :)

Well, no comments on the content, as I hate to give away the ending ;) but you can rest assured that I found the epilogue rather irritating myself. It seemed to foreclose so many possibilities while signalling that inter-house rivalry and discrimination against Slytherins was ingrained in the next generation. :( Not a great move on JKR's part, in my opinion.Thanks for the review and the encouragement--there will be a sequel as soon as I have time to write it. :)

Okay, then! :) Thank you for the review.

Thank you very, very much! That's exactly the kind of encouragement I need to keep going :) Thanks again for the review.

I think you have more faith in my writing than I deserve; thank you. The memories? Yes, okay, that's for sure.Alright, once I get my RL workload back under control, I'll start work on the sequel. :) Thanks for the review!

Severus alive? hmm . . . I wouldn't want to give away the ending, now, would I? ;pOkay, though, I will write a sequel--we'll have to wait and see what my twisted mind comes up with.Thanks for the encouraging review. :)

Thank you very much! (Maria certainly hit the nail on the head, didn't she?) The next chapter is already in the queue--so I hope you like it when it arrives :) Thank you for all of your encouragement, I shall write the sequel asap.

Oh, Maria, I saved responding to this review till last because, well, because it's perfect. THANK YOU! :)You have captured my motivations in writing this story with absolute precision. I will definitely write the story, and there will undoubtedly by angst. To be sure, I would have written it anyway, but knowing that people such as yourself are out there reading it and appreciating the model will help me not to stress too much about it being merely derivative of the original and thus encourage me to post it sooner rather than letting it rot on my harddrive! :)Thanks again for such a lovely, lovely, encouraging, insightful review. You rock.

Awww! You're making me blush.

Well, I wouldn't want to give away the ending ;) Thank you for the review and the encouragement; a sequel there shall be. :)Thanks again.

Thank you for the deliciously enthusiastic review :) Okay, I shall write a sequel. Actually, I hope you like the last chapter (which is already in the queue).Thank you again for the encouragement. :)

Oh yes! I am doing my little happy dance....I'll enjoy the next chapter?? Does that mean there's an exchange of saliva????oh. god... I hope it's not too far down the queue!

Well, now, I wouldn't want to give the plot details away, but I did try and put a twist on the events surrounding Dumbledore's death . . . :)

Thank you. It's a fine balance to make sure there's enough of the original story that this one seems to fit in, but not so much that it gets boring. I think Hermione's role will be harder to write in DH, because she's in the tent so much; but on the other hand, I think Snape will be easier to write, because we know so little of what he was actually up to. I'll give it a shot. Worst case scenario it'll be an abject failure, right? :)

I'll follow it to the end even if it is a failure. :)

You're too nice! Now I'll have to finish it :)

Well, even if no-one had responded, I probably would have written the story anyway--though I might have left it languishing on my harddrive. I would certianly *try* to give it a twist ;) Thanks for the lovely review, and for your earlier ones, too. :)

Thank you, thank you. :) I could never make him fluffy. He'd Adava me at the suggestion :)A sequel there shall be. Just give me a few weeks :)

Thank you! Such faith . . . the tent scenes were not my favourite moments in the HP fandom, I must admit. Alright then, I'll give it a whirl. :) Thanks for the encouragement.

:) But the year is almost over! Now that Harry's attacked Draco there's precious little time left. :)There's a lot more story to be told, though, it's true. A couple of drinks and I'd be promising to write the lot tomorrow and hang all of the RL work that's looming ominously . . . :) Is that what you want?I'll write a sequel, but it won't be until summer, not before June. Okay? And then we can drink dry gin martinis together in the park somewhere while we type happily on our laptops. :)

Oh boy, oh boy! Yes! Whoot!  I'll bing the gin!

:) You're on.