Thank you again. It's reassuring for me that the characters and their interactions are believable. I've never really considered the dictation program--partly because I had no idea that such a thing existed, and partly because I find it very difficult to talk when I'm writing. That probably makes no sense, but everything seems to go straight from brain to fingers. Thank you... I'm hoping the fingers will start to behave soon, as most of my hobbies and work involves them. On the other hand, I do have a good excuse now as to why my granny squares look like some temporal distortion as seen on Star Trek. 

Thank you so much for your review and kind words. The drabble challenge was thrilling and... challenging. Trying to get it all done in less than 1,000 words was also very trying. I'm so glad that you managed to get past the vocabulary. My ignorance must have shone through quite a lot in the chapters, but I did enjoy the challenge of learning new words and trying to do them justice; I think it helped me quite a lot. It was great fun. Thank you again for the review.  

Thank you so much for the review, and I'm sorry for the delay in response.  I'm so thrilled that the line was a good one.  Thank you for reading.

Hello.  It's lovely to read your review.  I am working, very slowly; I have had to put writing on hold for quite a while now.  I hope to get back to everything 'fanfiction' in the next few weeks.

Hello again :)  Thanks for reading!Thank you for those kind words.  Hope you enjoy the rest of this tale.

Hello :)  It's lovely to see you again.Thank you for the review and the stars.I know this is mean, but you'll find out :D

Thank you so much for that :)  I hope that the next chapters make more sense.

True, but don't you find that logical people tend to be the last to see the logic of a situation, especially when it's personal.Thanks for the review and the stars :)

Thank you :)Ron always strikes me as being rather insecure; JKR makes him work hard for eveything.

Does he feel that he could be?Thanks again :)

Yes, he is.  :)Thanks for the stars :)

Thank you for the review.  This was in response to a Dictionary Drabble challenge, and as result, quite a few of the chapters are constrained by length and specific words to use.  I didn't delve as much as I would have liked.  Hopefully, the chapters will become more satisfying as they go on.I will say that I have changed the rating, as the story does darken in places; this may not yet be apparent, so I thought I'd warn you about the rating change--just in case it's now not quite your cup of tea. Thanks for reading and reviewing :)

Thank you for the review :) 

Thanks for the review :)  Some aspects of this were written so long ago, that I think some pieces aren't connecting as well as they should.  I will fix that!I really enjoyed going back to Snape--the poor dear has been neglected.Shucks!  I should have thought of the t-shirt thing first!  I will--promise!--get to your wonderful story as soon as some annoying other stuff has disappeared :)

Yes, she has put a finger inside them and wiped their memories.  Bella is still in Meadowes.  I will do another chapter with her as the main character; she can have a chat with Meadowes about what she's planning.  That should clarify things.  Her idea to use Hermione and Draco was very spur of the moment, but she needed somewhere safe to keep those fingers.  The fingers are her anchor points, if you like.  She can site one and travel to and from it at will, or use it to fall back on if one is destroyed.   Think of inns dotted along long roads: resting places for travellers heading towards their destination.  She has yet to place all of them--eight remaining.  She herself cannot move more than a set distance from her current anchor, so she needs the anchor to be carried--Draco and Hermione have the anchors with them at all times and carry them around--Bella doesn't have to possess either of them, but she can use them as a base to possess someone else.  Bella knows that Hermione wants to help Snape and that she has access to all those who worked against Voldemort (the Order members, including Harry); all those who Bella wishes to take vengeance upon.  It makes no mention, because no one knows--there are hints ... Hermione rubbing her belly, thinking that she ate something funny, but nothing else, because if they knew, they'd remove what they were carrying.  Bella didn't want to torture them as such; granted, she enjoyed doing it (she IS a nutcase, remember :D), but she didn't want to create any lasting problems.  I hope that clarified something... anything....

Yes, I understand now. Thanks so much for the clarification.

Fair enough.  Thanks for reading thus far.  I will, of course, ask one of the admins to seek their opinion on the rating and change it accordingly, and I will use their advice to rate future chapters.

Thank you for pointing out the inappropriate rating.  I have upped it to M(R)--for mature teens.

Given the stars, I'm edging my bets that that was a good 'ooooooo!' :DGlad you're liking it!Thank you.

yeah! a very good OOOOOO!

It's a bit tricky, isnt it? :DThanks for staying with this story and for reviewing :)

Glad you liked it :)Thank you for reading and reviewing.

Thank you for the review :)They just want their happy-ever-after.  Thanks for reading... makes me all giddy with happiness :)

Thank you for the review :)In truth, they're not actually fighting against Bella--they have no idea that Bella is even up and around and a problem.  What is happening here is taking place over a few days.  I guess that posting at rather irregular intervals may be seemingly stretching this out--sorry :(The ingredients arrived on Friday, they saw 'Meadowes' on Saturday and by Wednesday, the Malfoys will be... possiby... your neighbours :DBella is following her own little agenda, and Hermione and Draco are now a huge part of that... whether they want to be or not.I can sense your possible frustration, so I'll try and get some very long chapters done to help speed this along.  Many thanks for reading this story and taking the time to review :) 

Thanks for the review.This is the darkest chapter in this story.  I won't be delving into such shadows again.  Err... are you asking if this is going to have a 'happy-ending'?  Or are you just querying if the story will descend into a pure horror tale?

It was more of a general whine on my part. I like to guess where I think a story is headed-- in this case I'm drawing a blank, at least for anything that will bode well for Hermione. So I'll just have to wait. As for the question, I don't really expect to get an answer (although one would be nice), I stick those in a lot of my reviews. It means I like a story enough to do the equivalent of thinking outloud. But, as a general rule, do you do horror stories?

So... you like the story *grins* but feel that it could do with some more clues.... okay.  I've just responded to another email about doing some longer chapters to help speed things up... I'll see if I can also make them more satisfying for you.Regarding horror, I do enjoy reading horrror and some of my stories do incorporate the genre.  Maybe I will write one dedicated to it s some point.Thank you for reviewing and reading the story :)

Crap, now I feel awkward.  I didn't do a very good job of answering your question. I started to say that I was usually pretty good at figuring out plot line, but that your story was keeping me guessing. Then I decided that sounded too arrogant on my part... You don't need to drop more clues. Your story is great just the way you've written it. I meant that as a complement, but I didn't say it very well. MA

I didn't mean to make you feel awkward--sorry.My concern was that I was being far too vague and not providing enough information, resulting in a confusing and inaccesible plot.  I can breathe easy now... you're enjoying the story.Thank you for the lovely compliment :) 

Thanks for the review :)I'm sure that he'll have his patch of blue again.Next chapter is in the queue... and well... er... :D