::mouth drops:: Bloody brilliant! This is the first and only Slash fic I've read before and I don't think it could get any better than this. I'm going to add it to my favourites when I'm done reviewing.

It was put together very nicely. It felt so real, and so touching. I even cried, something I haven't done because of a story in nearly a year. I had many favourite parts throughout the story, especially in this chapter. The characters were written so beautifully, it made me smile with how well you put them together. And the plot... oh jeez, thought out very well. There really is not a single bad thing I can find about this fic! Can't wait until the prequel!

I read this a few weeks ago and put it in my favourites. Then today, I looked in my favourites, opened up this story, re-read it, and now I'm here. Anyway, I love it! Very mysterious and intriguing, not to mention clever. The plot sucked me in, and the characters seem well thought out. I'd be thrilled if you updated sometime soon. Definitely a 10/10

Ooh! I'm impressed! The tone you wrote this in really imitates the fear that Voldemort creates very well. My favourite part is [i]"Strangling light and severing hope
The weak are screaming, the strong can't cope".[/i]
It shows that both the mentally weak and strong people are frightened of him, and that's a powerful sentence. The ending has this dark beauty about it, and it somehow reminds me a lot of the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera. As I was reading the poem, I pictured a bloody battle and mother's crying over their children dying, etc, and then there's Voldemort, who's responsible for it all, and it really created these strong emotions… but I don't exactly know how to explain it. I did notice that it moves on gradually from one thing to the next. It starts off with the narrator seeming angry, then sad, then focused on power, and then on pain, which is great that you got all of those things in there. All in all, I'm quite blown away, so excellent work!

Author's Response: Well, where to start? Thankyou for the marvellous review, I really enoyed reading it. I\'m sorry for the delayed response, I\'ve had quite a hectic weekend! I\'m very glad that you\'ve been able to gain such descriptive pictures from this poem; i\'s one of my faveourite pieces of work. :D So anyway, thankyou very much fr that little ego boost and have a nice day! Lots of Love xxxx Dquill

Wow, this plotline was unexpected, but enjoyed, nonetheless. How did you ever come up with such a point of view? I think it's quite brilliant how you wrote him a fleshed out perosnality. He really could be a person. My favourite part was this: 'Celeres snorted sadly, small chance of that being repeated, having a bird’s nest in each nostril didn’t really allow one to be called “fearsome”. “Interesting” maybe, “distinguished” if you were feeling kind, but not “fearsome”.' I found some subtle humour in that, and I adore it. I love the little references to events in the book that are scattered throughout this... it winds in well with your own take on the situation. Wonderful job! I never knew I could be so interested by something like this.

Even though I R&Red a week or two ago... this is for the Scavenger Hunt. (I'm not gunna leave Madness to fend for herself! Get your butt going...) :) Great chapter! Draco's feelings are very real, and I especially love the trial. Harry's decision was quite ironic, but very believable. I could actually imagine Jo writing that part, and the canon was all very precise when Draco stood in front of the Wizengamot. However, I did notice that Pansy called Draco "Drake." While I could imagine her calling him that, it isn't canon. Lovely fic, so continue updating to please me, dear! <3

Well hello there. :) Just dropped by to say that I absolutely looveee this story. It's a shame really that you have to choose between such temptations: write more lovely chapters for this or help out our House with all those challenge-thingys so we can win the House Cup. Hmm. I'm adding you to my favourites so I demand an update Miss Jennaferator, that is if you don't want to be subjected to water torture by yours truly. Pretty banner, and I must say you were smart to choose Robyn. Now I'll shut up. :) Toodles.

Oh. My. God. I didn't think it remotely possible for me to even like this pairing, but I think now I'm going to ship it. This pairing is beyond believable the way you wrote it, and Draco's determination to get Ron really shows through. I love that you followed canon, because that just ups the believability. Both Ron and Draco are in character, which is rare for a pairing like this. I really like Draco's little prodding hints to Ron that he likes him, especially where he keeps suggesting that Ron has been with other guys. My favourite part is: “Eat slugs, Malfoy.”

“I prefer tadpoles, thanks. Ever tried them?”
It adds a touch of humour to the story and really lightens up the mood between them, however unnoticeably, methinks. I also really like the part that goes: "Maybe I like you."

. . . "Maybe I don't like you."

"Maybe I fancy you."
There's just, ah, something about it that made me reread those lines repeatedly. I think it’s the way you had Draco present that information to Ron that really made me like that part. I can just feel Ron's surprise at that comment.

There's not much else to say except that I'm blown away. I'm going to go read the rest of this series now. Excellent job!

Author's Response: Ooh! What a lovely long rich review! Thanks!

Don\'t they make the neatest little couple? They\'ve given me all sorts of things to draw on, though I doubt Jo had that in mind, somehow. I found the pairing very hard to take seriously when the challenge was issued, and that may be where those bits of levity came in -- or maybe that\'s just Draco himself, and Ron. And now they seem to be my OTP. I just have to figure out how to get them back together and still keep it in canon.

The riddles were very clever! 'Tis a fun little story, I enjoyed reading it. Short, sweet and original.

Now, I'll provide some constructive crit...

1.Scanning the covers, he found 5 books about Polyjuice and started to open them randomly.
2.He didn't had time to take 5 strides that he heard menaces and dares coming out of the portrait.
In both numbers one and two, '5' would be spelled out as 'five,' according to the English language rules. Also, in number two, 'had' would be changed to 'have' -- you just got your past/present tense mixed up.

Also, madam Pomfrey is a pronoun, therefore the "M" in "Madame" is capitalised, too.

"Where there more than one person?"
"Where" is used incorrectly. An example of the correct way would be, "Where is she?" However, in this case it would be "Was there more than one person?"

Those are just a few things I noticed. I saw other spelling and grammer mistakes near the end that a Beta would be glad to fix. However, all in all, I really like it! Keep writing, and don't get discouraged by my critique; it's the first steps to learning and improving.

Author's Response: Thank you for the helpful tips... I'm currently searching a beta before submitting my next story so hopefully it will be better. And yes, verb tenses are defenitly a headache...

*Squees because she finally found her OTP and because this is completely brilliant.* Minerva and Tom were both so perfectly in character... I could truly see Jo writing the younger versions of them that way. The encounter is far from casual; they both know what the other wants, and you can tell from their actions. The ending has a lovely finality to it, which I also like. Great job... I love it!