This was very well-written, and I enjoyed the dialogue between Albus and Snape, but I never understood why Harry took Albus to Hogwarts. Surely their long journey was for more than just a short, pointless chat between a portrait of Snape and Harry's son? What was the reason?

Author's Response: That you for your compliment on the writing. As for the reason, I thought Harry introducing his son to Professor Snape was reason enough. Harry brings his son to meet his namesake, a man who put himself in danger for years to protect a boy in honor of his mother's memory. The only thing I feel I need to explain is why Harry too so long.

Wow! This was fantastic. I really enjoyed reading from Lavender's point of view. Well done!

Author's Response: Thank you.

Nice! I really enjoyed this one. I'm always a little wary when people write fics that are set during the trio's Hogwarts years, because I'm afraid they'll express the characters all wrong, but you did it really well. Can't wait for the next one, so don't take too long!

Author's Response: Thank you!! Yeah, I don't write fanfiction for the trio years, really. The only reason I write fanfiction is to figure out what happened in certain holes in the story, and I just don't find those as compelling for some reason... anyway, I wrote this for a prompt a long time ago where a character had to write a letter to their future self, and I ended up writing a whole slew of letters, and then I thought of a reason they would have written them... and it ended up beginning during the trio years. I tried my best to make the writing as much like the books as possible! This story has been finished for a while and I'm uploading as fast as they will let me. I'm currently working hard on a full length prequel series from this universe. You can find more info on my blog, the link is on my profile. Let me know if you're interested! Anyway, thanks for reading, and look out for more :) Laurel

I liked it a lot! I actually felt a lot of emotion while I read about Lily losing James, mostly because I adore James' character and I'm writing my own Lily/James chaptered fic, and I could really understand why she felt so much pain.

My only real complaint was the ending. I wish the last line wasn't "she had finally found her way home," because she'd found her way home before James' death. So essentially, she completely lost her home but had found a path that, in time, might lead her to a new home, but I don't think that realizing she had friends and a son would be enough to make a widowed woman who'd watched the love of her life be murdered feel like she'd "found her way home."

In any case, I would love for you to continue with this story, given that you stay as canon and realistic as possible. (I hate fics that are AU because of a dead character still being alive, but then all JKR's rules for magic and Harry's protection are disregarded!) Good luck!

Author's Response: James has always been a favorite of mine as well. I always was fascinated and overjoyed by his transformation from an arrogant prat to a self-sacrificing, strong young man. I do understand your complaint about the ending, and looking back, I agree. I have decided to continue the story, and am currently working on the second chapter. Any suggestions or advice would be welcome! Thanks!

Oh interesting! I never really realized that it would have been so possible for Dumbledore to unite the Hallows in this cirmcumstance. I wish it had been more of a struggle for him to find the ring; Voldemort would have lots of protection over it. Otherwise, well done.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review! I wanted to explore this, the whole Master of Death concept, and it will return, though much, much later on. Yes, that's a good point about the ring being too easily obtained... Thanks again, I'm glad you like it so far :)

Ooooh, excellent start! Keep writing :)

Author's Response: Thank you very much. The story is finished, apart from a bit of tweaking, so hopefully you'll like the rest of it. ~Carole~

Really sweet story! I secretly wish you'd used Rose Weasley--she is from the books, and she is kind of the usual match for Scorpius in the fanfiction world, but I totally understand if you didn't want to conform! Very good anyway :)

Author's Response: Thanks so much! Yes, I know Rose is often paired with Scorpius because they are in the same year and that makes it interesting, given how Ron and Draco might react. I sort of like Scorpius/Lily myself. But I wrote Scorpius/Roxanne for another story and decided to explore them a bit more here. I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks again for the review!! ~Gina :)

Hmm... as much as I liked this story, I have one major hesitation. I really think Harry would have replied to every letter. I really do. I think that if an unknown person was sending him letters that were so full of despair and depression, Harry would have done anything he could to write back, no matter how busy he was at work. It takes five minutes to write a letter, surely Harry hasn't been on his feet every second of every day for months!

Otherwise, well done.

Author's Response:

If that's what you choose to believe, then that's your prerogative. However, when one looks at Harry, one of the things he hated the most was people telling him how good a job he did and how much of a hero he was when so many people were hurt or had died and went largely unacknowledged. This would disgust him, I reckon. My theory is that he would start reading all of these letters out of a sense of duty, but after a while, he would become overwhelmed by the borderline hero worship of people treating him like their saviour when he really doesn't believe he's worthy of such treatment. Then he might just let a few slide and then a few more until he puts off reading them to the point when he has to make himself do it.

You might agree, you might not, but this is how I see it. And just as a note, he wouldn't know what was in the letters if he wasn't reading them, so he would never have known that someone was in such dire need of guidance. All in all, Harry was always a bit short-sided when it came to stuff like this, so there's nothing to say that he might not have let something like this happen unintentionally.

In the end, you are more than free to make your own interpretation on how Harry adjusts to life after the battle and how he deals with the things that happen; this is merely my own view based on what I know of Harry over the course of the seven books. Anyway, thank you for reading and letting me know what you think. :)

~Jess