Gluffy is a funny little fellow, and quite handy to have around!

Thanks for reviewing! The next chapter should be up very soon. 

Thanks -- glad you are enjoying it. (I am posting more quickly than I'm writing at the moment, BTW, so it's not quite as impressive as it may seem! LOL! But I have a lot written and ready to be posted, so there should be fairly frequent updates for a bit longer, then it will go to a more usual one chapter a week, or so.)

Thank you very much for reviewing!

I don't supposes this is actually a "review," but since it's responding to a response to a review I left I suppose I can say it's not spam (I hope not!)...I only just now realized what your screenname stands for.  MMAD as in Minerva/Albus. I'd always read it as Mmad, like mad with a long M at the beginning.  *headdesk*

No, not spam! And it gave me a giggle, so that's a good thing! And it's kind of a play on words, which is why its "MMADfan" and not "ADMMfan," which is not only unpronouncable, but lacks the "MMADness" factor. *grin* I chose it when I started writing this story, actually, since my other screenname that I usually used was boring and I wanted something fun.

Thanks for the amusing note!

I think that people are combinations (obviously) of traits, and at the age of 11, we're still pretty malleable in terms of which traits can be nurtured and brought out, so if someone is pretty evenly split between a couple Houses, their personal preference probably would play a role in which House they were placed. If there are forty new students per year, and this happened every other year (which I think would be more frequent than it would "really" happen), that's still only 1.25% of the students sorted. (Yeah, it appears I have too much time on my hands . . . actually, I'm procrastinating doing the things I need to be doing, so figuring the percentages seemed reasonable! hahahaha!)

Glad you're enjoying the story! (Damn, I didn't think to have a murder . . . not exactly . . . and not at the Gamps' . . . and not for a while yet!)

Thank you for all of your reviews!

Gertie is very astute, but Minerva hears everything she says through her own filters and preconceptions about both Slytherins and Gertrude, herself. So . . . Gertie can only do so much.

Richard Harris was an excellent Dumbledore. I find Gambon unattractive and his portrayal of Dumbledore cringe-worthy.

When I first started reading the books, I pictured Albus as a combination of Peter O'Toole and Richard Harris, so I was pleased when RH was cast. Yup, very handsome fellow!

That is a puzzle, isn't it? But men (and women, for that matter) can be peculiar . . . of course, she does bear a very superficial resemblance to Minerva. And she's clever . . . .  

Valerianna IS deliciously evil, isn't she?

And yes, Quin is an outrageous flirt -- and a bit blind to the idea that his flirting may be real.

Glad you're enjoying the Gamp chapters! 

Interesting casting -- if you'd like to see a couple banners I made for RaM, one of which includes a picture of "Quin," go to my Potter Place photo album. I think you'll be interested to see who I used to depict Minerva as a young woman. (Kate Hepburn!) I love Anthony Hopkins, and he wouldn't be bad -- of course, quite a bit earlier in his career -- but I always see and hear someone rather different. I picture Valerianna as being sort of Sian Philips. I've been trying to picture a good Gertie, but no one quite fits my mental image of her, which is quite specific, with her height, "sturdiness," iron grey hair, etc. Just can't come up with an appropriate actress for her.

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Potter_Place/photos/browse/2a96?c= 

I'm so glad you're enjoying it!

Thanks! And when Minerva sees Albus again, there will be some tension bouncing back and forth, so you should be quite happy! But I think you'll like the way this sequence of chapters ends -- we get to see more of the lovely Valerianna.

Okay, help out the popular-culture-impaired old person here -- who is Keira Knightly and what is POTC? I watch Ugly Betty and the History Channel! LOL! I'm sure that that line has been said many times over the course of history; I've said it myself many a time. Hee!

Thanks for the review!

POTC is Pirates of the Caribbean movie trilogy and Keira Knightly is one of the stars...she plays Elizabeth Swann =Dand Harry Potter is pop culture :P  and I'm watching Ugly Betty right now xD  but I don't have cable :(  

Ah, but HP is series of books. That's somewhat different. Besides, I'm pop culture-impaired, not living in a cave. *grin* Also reading doesn't require the same effort that keeping up with all of the movie stars does! Especially all the female stars, whom I always confuse with each other. Give me a big name hunk, though (not too young), and I'll probably know him.

I think I'm one of the dozen people in the US who has not seen a single Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I do have the first one on my Netflix list, I think. And I know that Johnny Depp is in it!!!

This was a fun Ugly Betty rerun. (I do watch some other stuff, of course, but my sister makes fun of me all the time for not knowing most of the current big stars.)

Thank you! I really appreciate your taking the time to review. I'm glad you're enjoying the story.

Yup, I deliberately took the Gamp name from canon -- it's a family we know is pureblood, but we don't know anything about them, so it seemed to offer a lot of possibilities. The other canon characters whom I've borrowed but who never really appear in person in the books seemed fun to play with, too. It helped provide a little more "canonness" to a story set during a period we don't know much about from the books, I thought.

Thanks again for reviewing . . . it's good to know that people are reading the story and enjoying it.

Thanks! Albus's letter was the highlight of the chapter, I  thought. It is interesting to see Minerva trying to figure out Gertie's motivations. She's operating with too little information at the moment, however, but she'll learn more.

Thanks! Now if Albus were only so sweet in person . . . .

Thank you for reviewing! 

Thank you very much! I really appreciate reviews -- it's the only compensation I receive (other than the enjoyment of writing the story, of course).

I'm glad you liked the Grindelwald chapters. That sequence was fun to write and fairly different from the rest of the story, especially the last four -- Hiding, Seeking, Finding, and Escaping.  Coming up soon after Minerva returns to Hogwarts, we'll see what happened at the McGonagalls after Minerva returned from Carson's funeral.

Thanks very much for your review!

We'll be visiting Albus back at Hogwarts a few times, but not in the next chapter. And Minerva can try to be sneaky, and will be successful, but . . . she's no Slytherin!

Thank you for reviewing -- I really appreciate it! 

Or Albus's on Minerva? Or just basic jealousy of any other female in his life?

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for the review!

You're welcome for the thanks. I'm glad you are enjoying the story so much.

Quin is a fun character to write and a bit exhausting, too!

Thanks for the review.

It will be a while, so I'm glad you love the suspense! But only in terms of chapters -- they won't suffer too long, really. It's only been a few days, after all! *grin*

Thanks for your review! 

I know! Those two need a kick in the behind -- and they'll get it!

Thanks for reviewing!

Thanks. I enjoy writing Tabby!Minerva.

Thank you for reviewing!

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I know -- it's the only thing I can think of to justify a place like Azkaban! (BTW, did you notice that the book that Minerva chose to Transfigure back at the beginning of RaM was on the ethics of magic? Thought it was the sort of book that Albus would have on his shelf . . . you'd think they'd have a course on that at Hogwarts!)

Thanks! It was, wasn't it?

Thank you for reviewing! 

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reviewing!

I'm glad you like it! The story starts off simply and gets more involved later on. Hope it continues to please! And thank you very much for reviewing!

Glad it gave you a laugh! I had a smile on my face as I wrote it! I try to have fun with it! And Minerva has some very nice qualities . . . .