Oh and I forgot to mention that, as usual, your humor is great. I loved Charlie's line " Hey, Ginny, are you going to introduce your boyfriend to your brothers - Barry isn't it?"
In this way you've really captured both Rowling's world and the Weasley family specifically.

Author's Response: There's lot's of humour in Harry Potter and I like to put it in my wok too. Thanks for the review

This chapter just made me smile a lot =)
Good characterization and a good way to introduce the idea that Harry will be proposing to Ginny without too much fluff. Keep this up =)

This whole story was just great! It really made me smile.

Author's Response: Thank you very much. I enjoyed writing it. ~Carole~

So that was the shot heard 'round the world? Nice. I like it. It made me smile.
FYI, I noticed one error - when he's talking about placing the commander under the Imperious Curse, it should be "we'll just Imperuse the regulars' commander."

Hi. I noticed that you still don't have any reviews, even after posting five chapters. I'd like to commend you for your perseverance. It's not easy to keep writing without getting any feedback.

There were a few elements of your story that I really liked. It was interesting to me that you made Lily afraid. I'm now interested to see why she's put into Gryffindor.

You also have some good dialog. I loved the line "What in the world is a Peeves?" Quite funny.

Now, there were a couple small details I'd like to address.

1. Julianna is not a very popular name. It is getting more popular, but it is still only the 147th most popular name (yeah, I looked it up...). You sort of addressed this by having Lily think it was unusual. However, it is about ten times as popular now as it was in 1960, when Lily and her classmates were born. So it would have been very unlikely for a Muggle baby to be given that name. Wizarding names tend to be old-fashioned (case in point: Neville), making it even more unlikely for Julianna to have her name. For future original characters, I would recommend looking up baby names from the year your character was born. Choosing a time-period appropriate name is a nice way of telling your readers, "Hey, I put a lot of effort into this story."

2. It bugged me a little bit that Lily hoped James and Sirius went to Slytherin without knowing what Slytherin was. Better to have her get something wrong about the wizarding world in her mutterings. Like she hopes they grow warts everywhere or turn green. I don't know, something besides going to Slytherin.

3. I didn't realize it until just now, but where is Snape? They were childhood friends, and he told her quite a bit about the wizarding world. No wonder this seems off to me. If they aren't friends in your story, you should probably list this as AU.

You're doing pretty well with your dialog and descriptions. Just watch out for the details. Good luck. Keep writing.

Author's Response: 1) I hope to address Julianna's unusual name in the future, but I do realize it's not very common. I have tried to make all my other OC's have much more common names, though. 2) I do agree with this and I have switched this. 3) I've never been very fond of Snape, at least not while he attended Hogwarts. I'm still coming to terms with him at the end of DH. But in my end notes I clarified that Lily not knowing him is the only non-canon element to their relationship. She is friends with him later. I hope this cleared things up!

What a fascinating look at the tragic tale of Merope Gaunt.
I especially like your title (I had to look up the definition) and the stars motif. It was very poetically written, and I think you handled sensitive topics well.

Ahhh! The suspense is killing me. What is this prophecy! I can't wait for your next chapter. (Which is exactly what should happen with a good story like this. Great job!)

Sorry I said your characters were senior citizens. I must have misread their ages.
To Lavender: Dearie, I wasn't referring to you. I was shocked to hear you are a grandmother. You look more like Harry's daughter-in-law than his classmate. You have aged incredibly well.

Author's Response: :-D
Thanks for making me smile.
-N-

As usual, I love reading your work. This one is intriguing. I find it interesting that Scorpius is on such good terms with so many of the teachers. He tends to suck up a bit, but nothing like his father. It seems as if he doesn't have many friends his age (otherwise he would have had the package delivered to a friend.)
I look forward to reading the next chapter.

Author's Response: Thank you so much, Sydney, for reading my story and leaving a review. I have modeled Scorpius on a few young men I have known in my life who seemed to have poise beyond their years and interacted easily and comfortably with people of all ages. Old ladies loved them. One of them was going to become a doctor, and I'm sure he ended up having a fabulous bedside manner.

I see Scorpius as being on a continuum of decency, starting with his grandfather Lucius, who did a bunch of bad things, then continuing through his father Draco, who had some personality flaws as a boy but was mainly the victim of terrible circumstances, and ending with Scorpius, who's a pretty nice guy, although you can see the family influence. He has learned to be a keen observer and judge of himself and others, he knows how to structure relationships to further his own interest, he has a certain sense of entitlement...As my beta Elaine says, he has no problems with self-esteem! He had a special reason for having the package go straight to Professor Longbottom; you will see this in the next chapter.

This is a fun read. Its a neat idea and well written. I like that Gulka invented indoor plumbing, and the part about the genius squirrels. The only improvement I can think of would be to expand it a bit, mainly the second-to-last paragraph. Having a few more detailed strange tales about the tree would make it more like an old legend.

Author's Response: Thank you for taking the time. I am glad and very grateful for the positive feedback. I still feel that the writing style of the first few paragraphs is too dense and convoluted. There is a certain whimsy and dark humour to Harry Potter that I have always admired and attempted to emulate in this story. The original plan called for a story at least three-times this length with further examples of the Tree's destructive influence over the years and then a lengthy explanation of what exactly happened when Voldemort reaches the Tree, including what I imagine the process of creating a horcrux to be. Ultimately I decided against it and cut vast parts out in an effort to maintain the tone I had struck at the beginning. I am hugely flattered that your only suggestion is to ask for more of the same. Thank you again.