I'm glad Resurgam made sense without reading this first! Glad you like it!So far the plot bunnies keep biting, so I'll definitely keep on writing. I'm very glad to hear that you like Redivivus and Resurgam so much!

Thank you! I'm glad to hear it.

Okay, if had read the other reviews, I would have known that I couldn't be Grindelwald. Mhh, let me think about it some more....

I seem to have downsized from evil to slightly mean. If it was Hermione, then she'd have gone baaaaaaad.Thing about Grindelwald is that Dumbledore killed him. I suppose it's possible that the dead know of the living (or relatively newly dead in this case).The veil gives a lot of opportunities, as so little is known about it.

I know you won't tell, but let me guess. Your comments were:Seeing as Lucius was not a Necromancer, nope, it's not him. Well, how would we know before he rises?A new Necromancer. Grindelwald is deader than dead, and Voldy wasn't one. A new one, but it can't be someone, who just died shortly. Because, they would know Hermione and her powers and Mr. X seems to be surprised. Granger?  That name I knew all too well. I fought down the surge of panic rising in me. She’s dead. She’s been dead for over a year here, she can’t come back. BUt was does "She’s been dead for over a year here" mean. Where else could she be dead? A parallel universe? And who has bad memories of her? Sirius Black went behind the veil without being actually dead, maybe he could come back. But why should he be bad? Oh darn, give me a hint. I'm going in circles.

Hint: as revealed in Resurgam's prologue, Atropos, the new necromancer, is female. So no, not Sirius.One of your guesses came close to the truth, but obviously I can't say more without spoiling the plot anymore than I already may have done.

Thanks!Seeing as Lucius was not a Necromancer, nope, it's not him.But cliffhangers are addictive! Maybe not for the poor readers, but they lend themselves to the story so well.

Yet if Hermione was alive, the ring would be glowing brightly. It's not. But, yes, if she were irretrievably dead the ring wouldn't glow at all.You do make it hard for me to write a spoiler free reply! Atropos, the new Necromancer, knows of them. Which is not necessarily the same as them knowing of her.The prologue to the real sequel should be up soon. Look out for 'Resurgam'.

Judging by the title, "she shall rise again," eh?

Could be. The summary being 'Darkness never dies' doesn't really reveal that, even if the title does.

A new Necromancer. Grindelwald is deader than dead, and Voldy wasn't one. And he was atomised, so even if he was, he could no more bring himself back than Hermione can.Sorry for the confusion, but this Atropos character is meant to be mysterious. I expect questions about identity! None of which I'll answer in replies to reviews, mind.

Thanks! The idea is even more funny when the picture of Filch's trot across the great hall is film!GoF is added. Imagine that turn of, er, speed when he's got some gossip to share.I just hope that the real sequel will be as interesting.

Thank you! Considering that the prologue to the real sequel is in the queue, 'for now' seemed appropriate to add.

Who 'that' is would be telling far too much! Help that he doesn't know about at the time of giving is the only sort that Snape can accept. Fortunately for him, house elves excel at that.I fully intend to finish my tale. Leaving it here would be far too cruel to poor Snape... and to my readers.

That would be telling! I'll submit the prologue to the queue as soon as I've thought up a summary. Problem is that I'm hopeless at coming up with them!

Is the story finished? It isn't marked as such on the main page.

It should be marked as such now. The problem here is that marking it complete while ch 5 was in the queue would give the impression that there were only 4 chapters.

That was the idea! If you had been able to guess I'd have pretty much had to rewrite what I have written of the sequel. I'll be posting the prologue soon, followed by chapter 1. When I get the latter back from my beta, that is.

Thank you! For fairly obvious reasons, Hermione can't bring herself back. I'll be posting the prologue soon, although anything beyond chapter 1 will be delayed by such horrors as preparation for exams.You couldn't resist that pun, could you?

Well, you've left a glimmer of hope with that ring, so even if Hermione can't bring *herself* back, perhaps something else can. Or not. Don't worry, I'm not fishing, just speculating. Exams are the one true evil. Good luck battling them! And no, I couldn't resist. ;-)

However much he didn't want it, all he needed was time. Thanks for reviewing!

Nope! Not while he's in no state to terrorise the students with anything other than incompetence.

I couldn't imagine him being happy with Hermione with her escapade there! The last chapter is no.4 in the validation queue, so might be posted by tomorrow.

I take it that you mean the real sequel? I can't start posting that until I have finished Tabula Rasa. I also have to finish the rest of this before I can post it and there's also the necessary delay of each chapter being betaed and then edited in most cases.However, as Tabula Rasa is only going to be a few chapters long, I hope to be moving on to the real sequel by April. I can make no promises though! Begging unfortunately won't make my real life commitments magically disappear.

as sad as the news is, i understand. it's the same reason i'm hesitant to post my story until i've finished writing and my beta's done editing. take your time. we'll be here waiting when you are ready. :)

That's good to know, thanks. But as soon as each chapter is ready for posting, I'll update, so I will be posting before the story is completely finished. I hope chapter 2 will be up by the start of March- it's been seen by my beta but needs some editing.

yay! *dances*

With spells like Obliviate, that theory can apply to more than just children!Me, Evil? Now, what can possibly have given you that idea?This is the second time a reviewer has called me both brilliant and evil. Maybe I should start believing it...

Good to know that the evil cliffie had the desired effect... I apologise in advance that the next is a wip.

Poor Sev indeed. I can only promise that he'll have a happier ending than in Redivivus at the very end. 

It makes a change to Hermione just knowing it from books! I hope the heartbreak is realistic. Only a chapter or so of this to go now, then I'll be concentrating on the real sequel.

I do think it's realistic, and I look forward to the rest of it and then the sequel.

The original aim for this was to explore the correspondence between Severus and Hermione. Now that seems more of a sub plot, with precedence given to the study of Severus's grief. The heartache is necessary for realism, sadly, although in the real sequel I'm not planning on having much heartache of the same sort.

I'm glad that I can successfully include some humour in this. Severus does need to move on through his grief, but I doubt that he'll ever be truly over the loss.

True.  I don't think any of us are ever truly over a loss like that.  But Hermione wouldn't want him spending the rest of his life, his short life if he keeps up as he was in that class, doing nothing but mourning and brooding. 

*Cheers!* If the forced sabbatical doesn't work, at least he won't be in danger of having his head blown off by a potion gone wrong whilst busy brooding.

I suppose it is, to both of your points. Severus is either in a mess or is one at the moment.

It won't be just her diary either, as her entries into that were few and far between.I get the feeling McGonagall has personal experience of grief, so can help others through it too. Sharing his memories (and his grief too) may keep Severus sane(r).With any luck, more will be up by the end of the month.

I can hardly leave Severus in the lurch! Be prepared for more stabs in the gut as grieving!Severus is probably going to be in each chapter. Poor thing didn't even get the chance to be a husband.'R' is soo much easier than typing out the full title. I'm always afraid that I'll mispell it.That smiley pretty much sums poor Severus's situation in this up: stuck in the past.Ooh, the temptation to spill some spoilers. Time to sit on my hands, before they give the game away.