I'm so glad you could. I can too when I'm reading stuff sometimes.

Glad you're enjoying it. I need to get the next few chapters read and then have them up here.

Thank you. Glad you liked the ceremony and Tansy. I adored writing a bossy boots like her.

Thank you. I'm so glad you think that worked. I wanted to show Ron's weaknesses, but also his strengths. It was a bit hard to make the Weasleys the baddies for a while, I kind of like them and hate them all at the same time. But they are a really wonderful gift for characterisation - you can do so much with them.

Glad you are enjoying it. I have written further. Just not got it betaed to post it on here yet.

Thank you so much for your eagle eyed reading. I must sort that out. I really appreciate your close reading.As for the Weasleys - I wanted to show how thw good could go bad, thereby showing how families like the Malfoys could become so dark so thoroughly.

I agree with you on all counts as to the way in which they make choices here. On the one hand they are turning over a new leaf, on the other, well, they are going about buring the bodies because they still don't see the Muggles who were killed for sport as people. So it is a fake agreement to join the Light. And I'm sure in time that the Malfoys will learn the error of their ways.

Thank you so much :) More shortly. I just need to get the next few chapters betaed.

My beta is going through chapter 38 at the moment, so that should be posted fairly soon. The conclusion isn't quiet yet, but its not too far off. Thank you for staying with the story and your kind review :)

My beta is going through chapter 38 at the moment, so that should be posted fairly soon. The conclusion isn't quiet yet, but its not too far off. Thank you for staying with the story and your kind review :)

Paitence, my dear. I'm still in the process of thinking what's next :)

The Tudors? Draco maybe, but I've never. Is it good?

Ah, well, I enjoy it quite a bit.  It's available on Netflix.Draco's letter to Astoria sounded quite a bit like the letters to and from Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII from the show.  :)  But I think it gave a GREAT deal of authenticity to the letter, so that's not an insult at all. :)

Thank you. It just was the way he sounded in my head. I guess I do see him a having most of his mannerisms derived from an older, more courtly world, even as he struggles to fit in with this one.

Thank you so much. I do that too. I read stories as they are updated and then, one day I sit and read through it again from start to finish. I'm so pleased you're thinking of doing that to this one, some day.

Yes, indeed. She does need to grow up and I think listening to the castle is a good step forward in that respect. It's got centuries of understanding to pass on.Severus is going to be a difficult case, but I don't like sad endings, so we have hope for the future.

Yes, indeed. I do think that having life show Hermione that intellect can fail is a good thing and an important step in her growing up. She has always thought and spoken, instead of listened.

Thank you. Yes, I agree, Hermione was entirely in the wrong and it is going to take her a long time to get Severus to accept her apology. That she is not giving up is the only positive in the situation. The Malfoy adoption is going to prove useful in more ways than one, I think, especially if she wants to get through to a very hurt Severus.

Thank you. Yes, I think it will take a long while for Severus to actually speak of the curse, if at all really. He is too used to keeping things to himself.I enjoyed the Ginny/Hermione confrontation. The next chapter must unfortunately wait a while. Am working very hard to meet my thesis chapter deadline at the moment.

Thats okay I can wait. :)  Good luck with the Thesis chapter.  

Thank you. The writing has been going surprisingly well today. I hope the momentum continues through the week. I'd love for the first draft to be complete soon.

Indeed. I think though that Severus' folly in assuming that Hermione understood as much as he did is compounded by the curse and its insistense of not letting her apologise. I must confess that an update will have to wait a short while longer. I'm forced by looming deadlines to put all of my energy into working on my thesis chapter. But once it's done and being read over by my supervisors, I shall focus without fail on the story. Promise.

Thank you. I must apologise for the length of time it has taken me to post but in my defence, I've actually been working on my PhD thesis chapter and it must, due to its nature, take first priority.

Thank you. I'm glad you think so. Thank you too for the lovely stars.

Thank you. I'm so pleased you enjoyed the chapter. I've not gone away, I've just been forced to actually focus on real work for the moment.

Thank you for your support and reviews. I'm working on the next chapter - but it is taking time. I'm not really sure when it will be ready for posing. I promise the story is not abandoned.

I just checked - I've got a bit more posted on fanfiction.net. But it hasn't been betaed - so can't post it on this site at the moment. My beta who is a darling is really busy and has been for the last year - finishing college etc.

Thank you for your support and reviews. I'm working on the next chapter - but it is taking time. I'm not really sure when it will be ready for posing. I promise the story is not abandoned.

I just checked - I've got a bit more posted on fanfiction.net. But it hasn't been betaed - so can't post it on this site at the moment. My beta who is a darling is really busy and has been for the last year - finishing college etc.

Thank you. It has been fun to work on, although I must admit that I've not really had time to write more. I must try to get all the marking done this week.

I suppose she can, though I doubt Hermione abusing the system. She's got too much of an ingrained sense of responsibility for that. Ginny is going to through a wobbly when she finds out eventually though.

Yes, I hope so too. But then it's not just him, I think part of the reason for him hesitating is unwittingly the Dark Veela curse. It is stopping them from expressing their love for each other.

Thank you. My German is less than basic. I shall make the required change. Thank you so much for pointing it out.