It's good to see Umbridge gets her just desserts, but not restraining the accused in a criominal trial seems like a significant breach of protocol.... Despite that, well done!

Very well done! I just encountered this story last night; read the first 11 chapters then, and got caught up this morning. I am quite impressed (positively, mind). I had noticed a few typos in earlier chapters, but it looks as if the proofreading has been improving as the story progresses. If you want help with that, I may be able to assist. (Contact info in profile should work.) Sorry to read that your back was giving you grief; I hope that ceases to be a problem.

Excellent story so far, all told. (Just started reading it last night, so I didn't submit reviews for the earlier chapters.) I'm (very) slowly coming to terms with Draco -- I think I can identify with the Gryffindors on that score. :-} The dragon (Morgan) is interesting ... but that egg is perhaps one of the more interesting things about her. Wonder if it's fertile (and no, I'm not going to think about the process by which that might have occurred, if it is). For that matter, I wonder if the egg is Morgan's.... If "yes" to these, there could be some exteremely interesting results (as well as justifications for the situation). And -- re: Morgan -- I wouldn't be too surprised if there might be a romantic interest for her, once she redeems herself -- though there might be some issues related to the preceding paragraph to resolve for that to go forward. I look forward to the next chapter. :-)

Curious; interesting. Wonder what his middle name is. (Anonymous? :-})

Author's Response: I\'ll just keep that under wraps for the moment.

Hmmm... interesting developments; well done.

Author's Response: Thanks, I\'ve always been a fan of the twist in the tale sort of stories a la Jeffrey Archer and O.Henry. And I intend to keep those twists coming, so keep reading.

Looks as if Regulus has recived a reminder of how teenage boys tend to eat. :-)

Heh -- for someone who always loses to Ron at chess, Harry certainly seems to be putting his pieces in position. :-}

Hagrid's all right. :-)

Author's Response: I think Harry\'s realised that he needs to start thinking ahead if he needs to be prepared. Hagrid was a lot of fun to write about. Glad you liked it.

Eh; dialogue (as a part of interactions among the characters) can be good, too. :-)

Regulus's appearance appears to have been remarkably fortuitous, there.

And it appears that providing answers that merit further consideration may be a Dumbledore family trait. :-}

Author's Response: Thanks for the review. Yes, I do enjoy writing dialogue, but since the last few chapters had been dialogue heavy, I was really looking to put some more direct action into this chapter. I hope you like Regulus' character, since he's someone I'm having to almost re-imagine. Aberforth was fun to write too, and yes it would appear that the Dumbledore's tend to give infuriating vague answers. Thanks for the encouragement, and I hope you like the rest of the story as well.

Quite good; I'm coming to expect that from you. :-)

Interesting that you've eliminated the Knight Bus (for now); perhaps even more interesting that one can create a Portkey to a place of which one is ignorant of the location, given but the name. :-}

Also interesting that the "town drunk" apparently knew the Potters,but didn't comment on Harry's resemblance to James.

So: either no Horcrux there or Harry isn't "sufficiently well tuned" to sense it, then, eh?

Author's Response: Thank you for the review, Wolfs_Scream. I guess I\'ll have to claim creative license on the portkey. I didn\'t know if you can create one to a place you\'ve never been to, so I just assumed you can. Harry would be too conspicuous on the Knight Bus, and the idea seemed to be too simplistic. As for the town drunk, well it is night, and Harry was taking great care to hide his face and forehead, so that would contribute to the drunk not noticing the resemblance. As for where the Horcruxes are, well, keep reading and you\'ll know. Chow for now, Scarhead Steve.

Well done! Hmm.... There's a bit of a switch: Ron providing direction to Hermione! :-) Speaking of Ron, I wonder if he's really going to be able to keep his over-protectiveness under control.... And it's looking as if each of Harry, Hermione, and Ron is going to have adequate reason to get pretty frustrated once they head out on their journey.

Author's Response: Ron, like many teenage boys, knows what he likes - sex, Quiddich, sex, chess, sex and more Quiddich. - and what he knows, he learns ALL about, right? He's great at chess, practiced his Quiddich skills and got a spot on the house team, and Lavender was good practice for what he could do with Hermione. She's still a novice with "the physical stuff."

Aye, plenty exciting. I rather like the way the Trio thought through the notion that a Horcrux needed to be "used" to be destroyed.

Author's Response: You have no idea how long it took for me to think that up....and make it fit with JKR\'s past, and my future, Horcruxes...it was a nightmare! So glad you liked it though...makes it all worth it! Thanks for the review!