Wonderful story! 

A beautiful story with a wonderful, hopeful ending.  You must have put a bit of time into researching some of the theories you discuss in this story.  There is some very real depth to Hermione's thoughts.

delightful.  The thought of such music fills me with joy ....

an absolutely superb story.  loved the music of the spheres.  i've only heard of the phrase before but i;ve often contemplated the concept.  you have inspired me to do a bit of research.  thanks so much and mucho smoochies

*More Applause*  It makes perfect sense to go from Lockhart to the Longbottoms. What a wonderful scene.The ending is utterly beautiful, perfectly wrapping everything up to its most satisfactory conclusion.  I'm glad I finally had time to read this.

Well, Lockhart was a nice touch.  Narcissa's derision of Dumbledorian championing was delightful.  Meep, now I must run to the next chapter... Evil cliffy!

Firstly, yay for the Copland quotation.  Second, Lucius' regret at not maintaining Narcissa's happiness is so sweet.  Few writers capture the harmony of the Malfoys as you do.

*applause*  I almost feel as though I can hear the music and Severus' voice.

Brass?  Wow, that's neat.  I'm thrilled to see the three of them finally interacting.  I love your Narcissa.

Very neat.  I can't help but enjoy observing Hermione in nature and home.  This set-up is so beautiful that I *almost* don't mind the suspense waiting for the plot to thicken.

Very neat!  I like the little details like the Azkaban clause in the OoM.  Intriguing start.

That was a perfect ending.  I loved the description of the Universal orchestra, the planets playing the music.  And the awakening of the Longbottoms, so tender and sweet.  Best of all was the blossoming love between Hermione and Severus as she follows her heart's desire for knowledge.  This just begs for a sequel... I thoroughly enjoyed this story, Karelia.  Your beautiful words conjured equally beautiful images of joyful sounds.  This was a true mood enhancer when I really needed a boost.  Thank you, as always.

It's nice to see Lockhart redeemed, helping to heal Hermone.  I liked her reaction to feeling the music.  It explains why Lockhart is different and Severus' change as well.   It can only be described as spiritual, to experience the miracle of healing when all hope from conventional treatments is lost.  I can't wait to see how this affects Hermione and Severus... together?I'm sad to see it end so shortly, if you call twelve chapters short.

Wow!  Severus is awake.  But at what price?  Hermione has depleted her magic to guide the Universe's energies to heal Severus.  I'm curious to see his reaction to his newly appointed saviour.  Will he return to his former snarky self, or will he be changed by his life-altering experience?I'm more than a little surprised to see the hag and the giant working together.  I imagined her more corporeal and him as ethereal.  But any means to an end, to bring all the important players to the party.

Oh, I'm so excited.  She finally will meet Severus.  Her dream encounter with him early on made me think about miracles.  How our society likes to know the answers to strange phenomenon, rather than celebrate in the glory.  I understand wanting to know why, but there should just be joy in the event of its own merit.  Quidditch for the Advanced Sportswizard. LOL

Thank you for the nod in the A/N. It was truly wonderful working with you and getting a first glimpse at this. I enjoyed it just as much, if not even more, the second time around. Truly an amazing story, so full of hope and love. This evening was a bit depressing for me and it was nice to sit back and read something so beautiful to lift my spirits.

So nice that they were able to return the favor for Hermione.

I love that giant. He's so wise and loveable.

Great story! Great concept! I think a sequel, where Hermione and Severus further explore the Music of the Spheres, would be fantastic!

I loved the girl talk between Narcissa and Hermione.  A pure-blood enjoying the retail joys of Muggle London. LOLBut I wonder why during three encounters Hermione hasn't made a connection between Severus and the Malfoys.  I guess she's not putting two and two together when Narcissa vaguely mentions her friend.  Hermione must realize that both DE and 'good' wizarding society has shunned them.  Or maybe she doesn't know who to trust when speaking about the 'spy who didn't really die'?  Or maybe I'm anxious for the SS/HG romance to begin?

The hag is an enigma.  She is very sensitive to the Earth, but I wouldn't equate her to Gaia, or should I? I thought she was the piano whose notes seemed to snatch Severus from the hands of death, but perhaps she was Hermione's wake up call, alerting her to conduct the planets, or their music, to healing, rather that wallow in the emotional pain she felt from Severus dying. Healing Lockhart?  Seems like a waste, but if he will devote himself to serving the wizarding world instead of his blatant self-promotion, I guess he's not all bad.  Why not heal the Longbottoms?  Curious minds want to know!

I thought the giant was a figment of Hermione's imagination, despite the real life results of her dreams.  But then the giant just pops up and knows all the answers.  Is he related to Dumbledore? LOLLove the friendship growing between the witches, breaking down the barriers of bias.  At least Lucius can see that Narcissa enjoys Hermione and thrives in her company.  I don't see that he had much of a choice to return to the DE after Voldemort's physical rebirth.  He didn't have an excuse for hesitating like Severus did.  It would have been curtains for Lucius to defy the DL.I'm slowly warming up to your Lucius.  Canon LM was self-serving and not always the concerned family man.  Your Lucius is devoted to family and friends.  He sees the injustice served to Severus and he wants to remedy it as well.

And nothing would please me more than you and Lucius deciding to stay on, but alas, I fear loveliesless times are back again.I truly enjoyed every bit of this story and considering ah, you know what, that's quite something if I may say so myself :)Thank you for the music (I have been into classical since my childhood but have come to appreciate and love certain kinds of rockmusic as well), the mushrooms and for being nice to the Malfoys. Can't wait for the sequel and hope - well, you don't have to be Trelawney to predict what exactly.

Wonderful, Lady...just wonderful!  And I am SOOOO excited that there will be a sequel.  The ending of this story reminded me a bit of one of my favorite books.  Of course, this story ended much more happily however open ended, but nevertheless, 'tomorrow is another day'! I can't wait to find out what happens next.  Well done. I listened to Holst while reading this...your story made me think of his Planets Suite.

What an awesome story! I'm glad to hear that Hermione and Severus will be spending a lot of time together indeed, since they will be both living and working together. I imagine that will be quite an adjustment for Severus, someone who, until very recently, has spent so much of his life in a relatively solitary fashion. Then again, having a new lease on life opens up so many wonderful possibilities, and it sounds like Severus and Hermione are very happy. I think they have a wonderful foundation to build on and wonderful friends in the Malfoys.But I have to wonder... how will Hermione's other friends react to the changes in her life? And how will the wizarding world react to having the Music back... I imagine Hermione will find herself bombarded with requests should her identity be revealed to the general wizarding public.Again, this was a completely awesome story and I enjoyed it very much!