Thank you! I scribble a little in my notebooks when I have a chance. Someday I may even get it into the computer.

Thank you most kindly! I'm afraid the emergency is now a chronic condition--which means I'm on caretaking duty about half the week and playing catch-up the rest. Catching up on review responses is one of the more pleasant things.

Rose's parents, much like her precocious self, may yet prove full of surprises. After all, Ron was only joking (though he had no idea that he needed to be!) Snape is still irked at me for making his identity so apparent, but once he sees how well Scorpius, Rose, and Al contribute to the honor of the House, heill forgive me. Eventually. <--Snape has actually got over it, but is still keeping up appearances a while longer.Thank you for all the kind reviews!

Fred has many issues of his own which the adults will have to address in 'Recovery Continues.' All hope is not lost for making a solid citizen of him.These three could very well manage what an army of Death Eaters failed to do. Hopefully Hogwarts has a good insurance policy!

I'm glad you so enjoyed them! I find that I quite love writing the misadventures of the younger set, as much if not more than the madcap comedies that were my original specialty.

A certain amount of parallelism was indeed intended in this chapter. As for Scorpius' speech impediment, his anxiety mainly resjults from him picking up on the worries of the adults around him: after all, unless a magical child is some sort of prodigy at non-verbal spellcasting, a stutter may leave him or her essentially a Squib. Fortunately, Scorpius is well on track to having the friends and the resilience to deal with any situation. Thanks very much for reviewing!

I have to warn you--if I have a reputation in the fandom for anything other than comedy, it's for getting people to enjoy subjects/pairings/premises that they 'don't normally do.' Thank you kindly for reviewing, and I hope to provide continual pleasant surprises! :)

Thank you! As for Scorpius... well, as the Hat said, he has an interesting ambition. Becoming his Best Self for the good of others is quite possibly the loftiest ambition Slytherin has ever seen. I always thought that old Slughorn was probably closest to what the average Slytherin is like: a networker extraordinaire with rather old-fashioned attitudes who doesn't let prejudices (even if he secretly harbors a few) prevent him from cultivating relationships with people who can get him what he wants. In Slughorn's case, he was a harmless opportunist angling for bragging rights and creature comforts.In Scorpius' case, he also happens to be a shrewd judge of character who can tell a good boss from an indifferent one--and really, more than anything else, he wanted  Rose.(Of course, there is also the tiny detail that Scorpius is quite literally a highly dramatic walking, talking, living secret, in case an element of subtlety is an essential Slytherin trait! )

Thank you very much!

Thanks very much! I'll be chipping away at the side stories as possible--there's a bit of a RL update on dracfic (my livejournal) for all those who offered their good wishes. 

No need to apologize! It's a special effort to take the time to leave any sort of review, and I always appreciate it. In addition to the now-posted epilogue, there's a bit of a RL update on dracfic (my livejournal) for all those who offered their good wishes.  Thank you most kindly.

Thank you kindly! In addition to the story epilogue posted here, there's a bit of a RL update on dracfic (my livejournal) for all those who offered their good wishes.

Thank you kindly! As for spinning off characters, I think I would rather write something altogether original; but I'm glad to know that my writing exercises are entertaining in the meantime.

It almost seems like it would be safe to tell him, doesn't it; after all, the new Wolfsbane is so easy and effective, lycanthropy is becoming the smallpox of the wizarding world--a scourge that is well on its way to being vaccinated out of existence. And yet, no one can think of a good way to explain when she became infected... so the gentle lie stands.  It was nice to see someone pick up on that bit.

And something else, is there any chance we will get to see more of that letter that Scorpius has written to his parents and Narcissa? You capture his voice so well, it's such a joy to read. And I hope we will see the response from his parents too.Don't get me wrong, all the children are spot on, but somehow, Scorpius has some special place in my heart. I thought about it yesterday and I really think he has some traits of Harry that shine through his formal upbringing. His spontanious invitation of Rose to live with him was something Harry would do (and we have seen him doing it with Grimmault place in several fanfiction stories) and the careful way he phrases it in his letter to his parents is definitely his upbringing.

Thank you very kindly! I'm sorry, but there will be only one more tiny drabble and an epilogue to this story; the tiny bit is going up tonight. I do have a couple of one-shot side stories with the children and/or the adults in their lives, and at least bits of Scorpius' letter might make an appearance somewhere. I can't give any time frame for when it will all see daylight, since life will not permit me much writing time for the foreseeable future. Once again, thank you for the encouragement. Hopefully I will be able to revisit all of this someday.

O and I forgot to add, Scorpius is such a dear. I really hope Daco will inform Harry about Scorpius letter so that he can inform Hermione that Rose is really worried that her sorting in Slytherin won't be accepted by Ron.

Can peacocks faint, I wonder?We might just find out... While I really must close this story with the epilogue (almost... done... writing...) I have at least one or two more small snapshots which will hopefully find their way into the archive as one-shots in the near future. Thank you for reviewing!

I'm still debating whether Professor McGonagall remained Headmistress (only seen temporarily occupying that station in canon) or whether she would have retired by the time of the epilogue, like Professor Sprout. My instincts are to pick a leader from a different house for purposes of balance, but my instinct for balance plainly does not correspond with the source material. I've toyed with the idea of Professor Vector (female, as per out-of-book canon) being in the top spot. Her House is unknown, but I always imagined it to be Ravenclaw, as Arithmancy strikes me as one of the most academic of magical disciplines. Thank you kindly for reviewing!

I'm afraid this one will probably have to wrap up with the epilogue--but there are a couple more little episodes that may yet see the light of day as one-shots, and who knows what plot bunnies may pop up even later? Thank you, as always, for reviewing!

The adults in the family are looking into a solution (and the cause) of Fred's issues in another work that isn't quite ready for prime time yet. Thanks for reviewing!

Thank you! I'll scramble about in the old brain box to see if there's any more good work to be had.

i hope you'll choose slytherin for them!

Thanks for reviewing! There is a bit more, just working out a few more details. As for the children, they'll have to choose for themselves! (that's how you can tell if you've written a character right--they run off with the story without consulting you...)

As to Scorpius getting a decent broom--Al started scheming how to accomplish THAT before Scorpius even considered trying out (possibly before they made it across the lake). I swear, P.T. Barnum had nothing on that kid... As to Fred, the grownups in his life have rather failed him up until now, but there's a family conference happening in another file on my hard drive that intends to turn him around.Dear Hagrid; he may not be quite professor material, but if you're looking for the benefit of the doubt, he's one of the first places to look.

Thank you most kindly. I'm working on a wrap-up to this one right now (though Ron had a few things to say and has sidetracked me into writing something from his perspective. I do hope no one else has their two knuts to throw in, or I'll be pulling some very late nights!)

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I shall go over the opening dialogue again, perhaps there's some way to sort it out better. It's a challenge to avoid giving Scorpius knowledge which he would have no way of obtaning, just to make it easier to write!

GODS NO!!! NO Don't Change a THIng!!  NO!!! It was what made it so memorable, you could feel his confusionand were stumbling along with him, and you could then feel what he does. DON't Change It!  No! NONONONONONONONONONONONONO!It works, really it does. that was in no way a complaint. It's actually brilliant and as I said, you follow along and feel his confusion and wonder, and it's all like - I connceted with him. Leave it alone!I really am enjoying this story and very much look forward to more.

Thank you! I hadn't planned to elaborate on this universe, but Scorpius asked so nicely, I hadn't the heart to refuse him.

Yeah! More... I'll ahve to go ask him to plead agian nicely!  I really want more of this. I really am enjoying it very much.