I'm glad Viktor endorsed not sending Ron through the Veil, and I think this ended up as well as it possibly could have. Very nice. :)

Banishment was a very fitting punishment for Ron, I think. And then there's the poison he absorbed... I imagine it's not a comfortable thought to know he's essentially got a ticking time bomb in his body. Who knows if Ron will even survive the length of his punishment? I'd say he's paid a heavy price, indeed.And at any rate, it keeps him far away from Hermione. After what he put her through, though not completely of his own volition, I can't imagine she'd ever want to lay eyes on him again. And anyway, she's more important things to get on with, like reclaiming her life with Viktor and raising their babies.I still am amazed how much I'm loving the idea of Percy and Luna... she's just what he needs to keep him from getting too full of himself. Although, I think everyone involved has gotten a reminder about what's most important in life from all this.

my husband often visits muckle skerry..known as the pentland skerry locally ( I live in Orkney) so tell lavender to watch out for the muggles who fix the light house...lol..

loved the story, these chapters were wonderful.

It's so sweet to see the Krums reunited with their children.  At the same time, hearing about Ron's situation is so very sad. Hopefully everyone will be able to recover.

I don't envy Augusta's position. Rin deserves to be punished for he's done but as it wasn't really him, finding the right and fair punishment won't be easy. And more babies, yeah!!

It's so good to have her back. She's gonna have a lovely life with her husband and babies.

Now I'm wondering if there's something to Ron's 'oddness' about Hermione prior to being infected with the Horcrux-shard. It was weird even early on, the way that Ron didn't show much interest in Hermione, yet he was the very picture of extreme territorial jealousy the instant he saw her with Viktor at the Yule Ball. It'll be very interesting to see what happens once the shard is removed and Ron can speak for himself.

Brilliant.  Ginny is very angry at her brother, isn't she?  In any case, I have to tell you a funny story about this, I forgot to tell you earlier.  Gospodin means Lord, correct?  It does in Croatian as well, and when we went to the picnic on Father's day, they do Mass in Croatian.  Mass is Mass, so it doesn't matter that I don't understand the language, the ritual is the same, but I was able to follow better because they kept using Gospodin and I went, "hey, I know that word!" so I thought of you.

As always I am trilled to get a new update to this wonderful story, thank you so much for writing and sharing!

Interesting chapter. Things are moving along now.

Okay, I'm confused or maybe forgetful (it's easy to be either right now) but when did Severus and Harry enter the cave of the Inferi together? Was it in this story or was it something I missed in another story? Excellent chapter, by the way. ^_^

Oooh... pus! ;) Interesting chapter. I'll be reading to see what the Wizengamot decides to do with Ron. Loved Lavender and how she stood up for herself -- and that Viktor could feel the difference in Ron in that short moment.

I am as always totally trilled to see the update. I am so glad that Harry and Ginny have a baby on the way, even if Ginny doesn't know yet:-)) I look forward to see how the removal of the shard affects Ron, you have such a big job there, since most of your readers wants to kill him, slowly and painfully, for the harm he did to Hermione and the intention of killing her children. If anyone can do it, it will be you:-))

It's classic Ron for him not to connect the pain with his destruction of the Horcrux. How much pain could have been avoided had he sought help when his injury f:irst occurred.BTW, I adored Viktor's words to Harry in the lift:In the lift, Viktor said, “You must act surprised vhen Ginevra tells you. It vould not be good idea to haff her mad at me for spilling secret. You and I vill go book shopping after I bring Nin to house. Ve buy books for me, vhich I vill giff to you after she tells you. Ve do sneaky things so vifes not mad at us.”That totally made me smile. :)

Voldie is poison, so I'm not surprised, but it was very like Ron to ignore the thing.

*squee* there will be more babies!!

This is the obligatory "chapterus interruptus" before the storm, isn't it? Nicely done! I can't wait for the next chapter to see how Won-Won reacts to Lavender. ^_^

Another update to this wonderful story. I am really looking forward to the removal of the shard from Ron, to "hear" his side of the story. Very well written as always.

Oh, "tomorrow" is going to be interesting! I'm glad Viktor received the treatise before the meeting. Perhaps he'll get some reading done, so he can possibly protect his mind a bit

You have such a build up going, the anticipation is palpable.  I certainly can't wait to see how the removal goes.