Gosh, I love this story. I can see a bit of me (well, more than a bit) in both Marti and 'Listener' (very clever, by the way). Marti/Andran, please! Though, tell me if I'm wrong, I think that's what you had planned already. As for Zinny's threat, I'd really like to see Andran in that hula skirt! Anything cruel and funny sounds great to me. But, it's your story. 10!

Author's Response: You have no idea how wonderful it makes me feel to have someone say they love this story! I did have a plan, but then I wanted to know what my "audience" wanted... and now my plan is a little different, but I'm getting a feel for what should come about in the end. Though, it may take awhile to get there...

Author's Response: a/m:7, a/z:4, a/mc:1, m/c:1, z/c:1

Oh, wow... In my opinion, this should get you a place beside the greatest writers of our time. Everything about this was wonderful, beginning through end. I have not seen such a story since The Lord of The Rings. High praise, yet well-deserved.

Intriguing... The very first thing that caught my eye about this story was the first line of the summary- He with the power to defeat the Dark Lord does not. That was poetic! Sammy here is a sucker for poetic-ness, so you had me from that.

Anyway, the idea of the houses being for the purpose of the war effort was just perfect for your story! I would agree with whoever it was before me that said that each holds characteristics of every Hogwarts house. For example, Maelioric members must be brave above all else, a characteristic of Gryffindor, as they are the force of the war; without them, the rebels might as well give up. However, they must also work hard (Hufflepuff) to learn how to fight. They have to be intelligent (Ravenclaw) so that they don't go on a suicide mission for no reason, and they have to be cunning (Slytherin) to outwit the enemy forces. The pattern repeats itself for each house, each having its own, most important characteristic, but each also being dependant on the others to suceed. Clever...

I didn't catch any grammatical errors or anything, which is good for you, because I'm extremely picky about things like that. I probably would've written a separate review for each one... *sheepish grin* Okay, kidding ya a little bit, but you get the idea.

I'm not sure if you intended this, but the name Adelaide, from which we get Alice, Alison, and Ally, means 'noble kind.' An odd coincidence if an accident, clever naming if purposeful. Also, Charles, the root of Charlotte and Lottie, means 'warrior.' If that was intentional, I wonder why Lottie was placed in Palmyitor instead of Maelioric. I suppose I'll just have to wait and find out!

You have a new fan! Be proud... Just don't abuse the fact- reader loyalty goes only so far... :-P

~Sammy~

Author's Response: Thanks so much for reviewing! I\'m so happy you noticed all of the characteristics from the Hogwarts Houses in my Houses. I was worried people would associate them with canon Houses.

Whew! Glad you didn\'t see any grammar problems! I tend to overlook those important details when working out plot. Heehee. I wouldn\'t mind a separate review for each nitpick. =)

Yay! New chappie! The plot thickens...

Sheesh, Andrea's rather unpleasant, isn't she? Or maybe that's just Lottie's perception of her. She is a bit know-it-all, but everyone has something they're like that about. She just has a bit more. Back out of my philosophical (I think that's right -- I really have no idea how to spell that...) moment, maybe Andrea's the Hermione of this story. In the first bits of Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone, Hermione came across as some bossy holier-than-thou girl who didn't exactly have much in the way of looks. That's a lot like Andrea seems now. Of course, Andrea could be like that anyway, whether one knows her or not.

On the subject of Lottie's acquaintances, Ally seems to have completely forgotten about her buddy over in Palmyitor. Wonder what's up with that?... I really must stop asking these semi-rhetorical questions, since I know they're all going to be answered at some point during the story. But anyway, Ally needs a dose of loyalty to her friends -- they're going to be the ones watching her back in the war, and vice versa. Might not be too pleasant then if she decides to be Miss Priss. Of course, this is all a bit premature -- maybe Ally didn't see Lottie's wave. One can only hope...

Some of the classes seem a bit... advanced for eleven-year-olds. Occlumency? Legilimency? Someone we all know and love didn't start learning them until mid-fifth-year, and even then had more than a little trouble with it. Then again, these kids won't have Snape for a teacher, so maybe that'll help.

Yet again, I have nothing to be nitpicky about *gasp*. What am I gonna do with myself if i can't be nitpicky?! I'm meellltiiing... *mysteriously recovers* Not that there's anything wrong with that. Nope. Nothing.

All in all, another great chapter. So, where's the next one? *zombie walk* Must... have... another... *trips* Um... right.

~Sammy~

Author's Response: Woot! Review!

Yeah... Interesting point you bring up about Andrea and Hermione, actually. I\'m glad that you noticed that it could have just been Lottie\'s perception, though. Lottie\'s sort of one-sighted about things, so her view isn\'t always the nicest about people.

Ponine

This is so... real. It's hard to see what Draco was, once upon a time. Back when he may have believed in once upon a time. Back when he could have done anything, been anyone. Then his life changed forever.

The saddest part of it, is the implication that Draco is not the first. That might just be me seeing things that aren't there (and believe me, that's happened a lot), but it seems that you're telling another story in the background, one about his mother or his father, one Halloween, hiding from a scary costume, wanting candy from a Muggleborn house, watching their mother or their father wide-eyed, soaking in every bigoted word. The spiral into prejudice continues here, and nothing can stop its descent.

Great story, Schmergo. Keep it up!

~Sam

Author's Response: Oh, thank you so much for your lovely review, Sam! And no, you weren\'t reading too much into it-- I wanted to get the idea that Narcissa was carrying on sort of a family tradition.

I wrote this for Coppercurls, who wanted a one-shot about \"A very in-character Draco,\" and somehow this spawned from it!

It hit me as I was reading this, that this could refer to Dumbledore. If this spell existed in a timeline (like HBP) where Dumbledore was supposedly dead, it could mean that he was still alive. *sigh* Dumbledore... I'm still not over that... Oh, well. Great chapter!

Author's Response: *sigh* If only JKR hadn\'t come out and said Dumbledore was really dead, we could all pretend until DH comes out. Actually, a lot of us pretend anyway. ;-)

Thanks for the review. I\'m glad you enjoyed it!

AWESOME!!! This is even better than 'TTMNT' (and that's They Told Me Not To, not Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)! And it is strange how stories turn into themselves as you write... Oh, well...

Show-off time! You said on your profile you're not sure how to spell 'fiance'? It's fiance for a man, fiancee for a woman. I think. It could be the other way around. So I'm not showing off, just making a fool of myself.

ANYwho, loved it!

~Sam

Author's Response: Thank you! This was another little poem that I did around midnight, funny how that happens...But thanks for reviewing (and telling me how to ((possibly)) spell fiance!~H_o_I_

*TEH GASPNESS* Schmergo wrote something - not humor?! Still, though, this is really funny. My brother has shaved his head a few different times. One time, it was around Christmas, and my family was invited to this party. My brother was bestowed a headband of bell-crowned antlers, with a mane on the back. I think we still have the picture sitting around somewhere.

But I'm getting majorly off-topic. I don't usually read second-gen fics, and even though it was by you, I wasn't going to read it, and then my friend was like 'hey, this is awesome' so I read it. And I'm veeeeeeeery grateful to my friend now.

So, characters. Character development is exceptional, though I was afraid for a few chapters that Haley (who is very much like my friends and me) wouldn't get much development, but then she was saved by Ted (who is also a lot like me. Yay multiple personalites!), and has been growing steadily since then. (I'm probably going to say this more than once in this review: this is WAY better than anything I wrote at twelve, or - ever, really.) Ted is very much like his father, but he's been around the Potters and Weasleys a good bit, so he's absorbed some of their personalities, which makes for a very complex character. And if that character if going to get bitten by a werewolf, so much the better. For some characters, being a werewolf would be devastating, but Ted has the history of being around a werewolf, and, as much as it might be a struggle, knowing that he's still human, no matter what he looks like, and it helps him grow.

Ivy. That name is so... Malfoy. Which makes perfect sense. It's almost like, even though the Potters adopted her, and she's no longer a Malfoy in name, her first name is like part of her past holding her back. Having her dad on the loose seems like a manefistation of the amount of power her past has over her. Ivy is beautifully and terribly torn, between loving the father who used to pick her up and twirl her around, and fearing and despising the tattered soul that replaced him. (Okay, that was a little too poetic. Moving on!)

Jordan is emo. Emo emo emo. Every story needs a good emo person, and Jordan fits the bill. The great thing is, unlike some stories, he has a reason to be emo. And he has an awesome rant vocabulary. Oo, idea moment! Is he going to say 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconeiosis' any time soon? Cause that would be awesome. I love that song he was singing (Everybody's Changing, not Satisfaction, heh)... *goes to iTunes to look for it* *realizes he doesn't, in fact, have an iPod* *is saving for one*

Tyrone is so... believable. I know people very much like him who aren't nearly as likable (and had to room with them for a week - nightmare). He screams 'Teenage!Sirus', but he's more, well, serious than Teenage!Sirus is often portrayed.

Emma is an interesting character. Maybe it's because she's actually normal, at least compared to the other characters. She's kind of a balance for the insanities of the rest of the cast. Lemme guess - something bad's gonna happen to her.

Something I love about this, is that you're not afraid to hurt your characters (like I said, WAY better than I was at twelve). To quote Sirius, 'a deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely.' And deadly struggles did indeed occur, though there wasn't any monotony to break. YAY! VIOLENCE!

*cough* Um, yeah. Bit of a Haley moment, there. A really twisted Haley moment. (I'm going to call random outbursts Haley moments from now on. It's such a great term.)

I really have nothing left I can say, except... holy moley, this is an awesome story! I believe there's another chapter in queue at the moment, so hopefully it won't be too long until it's validated. I am officially hooked.

~Sam

Author's Response: Wow, a lovely-ful long review! I\'m glad you like the characters... it is a trilogy, so there is a lot of development to come for these dudes.

ZOMG, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconeiosis is my favourite word! I use it whenever I can! (Like making up causes of death... it and defenestration are my favourites.)

I know what you mean about feeling like more than one character... because I am like Haley, Emma, AND Jordan! But not emo. ^__^

The funny thing about Tyrone is that I almost always hate people like him in real life, but I really like Tyrone!

Hmmm... never heard Emma described as \'normal\' before! Maybe it\'s because I\'ve written all three stories and you\'ve just read the first 8 chapters of this one, but she\'s kind of unpredictable and immature in a different way than Haley, kind of emotionally immature. As for whether something bad happens to her... well, you\'ll have to find out for yourself, won\'t you?

I feel really bad about hurting my characters, but I can do it-- although I still feel really awful about killing Tyrone\'s mum and letting Ted get attacked!

I hope you like the rest of it... Chapter 9 has been in queue for eleven days, so let\'s hope it\'s validated soon!

Oh... My... Gosh. That was WOW! As much as I loved the Voldy-fied Les Mis, this was so... so... asqueeably awesomely COOL! (You have no idea, the temptation to say 'wicked', there...)

Thank you so much for using the 'more/mort' thing! I'm the only person I know who actually says VoldeMORE, instead of MORT, and that was totally vindicating. Speaking of Mort, did I spy a Discworld reference at the end of Attacking the City/One Short Day? I know that was Volde-mort, but I think you mentioned Discworld in your profile, so I was curious.

There were so many too-cool things, but if I try to go into them all right now, I'll write this to death, and you'll likely never actually get the review - bad habit of mine, as proven by the fact that I started writing this on Easter, and it's now like a week later.

I do want to try recording one of these. I've been meaning to do that for a while, actually, with Les Mis and Phantom. Hopefully I won't mangle anything.

Okey-dokey, then. Happy Easter (a week ago)!

~Sam

Author's Response: Thank you sooo much! And thank you so much for reading the Les Mis one, because... almost no one did. I don\'t think I intentionally made a Discworld reference, but I\'m a bit obsessed, so references tend to creep in without my even meaning it. For instance, there\'s one line in my story, \"A Quest For Ice Cream,\" that\'s a direct quote from one of Terry Pratchett\'s books, and I thought I\'d make it up myself until someone informed me otherwise.

\r\nHappy fourth of July in like four months!

Hafta say, these Nott puns are growing on me. What's next, 'Nott a Chance'? How about 'Nott Good'? Or maybe, 'He Loves Me, He Loves Me Nott'?

This was certainly unique. You have a way with words, Schmergo. I honestly can't think of many other authors who can use 'blood' twenty times (I counted... and that's this chapter only. Of course, that includes two or three references to blood-replenishing potion, but *still*.) and still keep a tongue-in-cheek tone. Bravissima!

Oh, speaking of opera-related things, we ran out of time on filming day, thanks to 1a) my friend's little brother coming down with a stomach bug, 1b) my friend's godsister's mother deciding that it was too risky to let her come (when the kid wasn't contagious at all), and 2) the unanticipated length of time devoted to filming. So, we didn't get to record anything of yours parody-wise. However, I'm going to see what I can do with my stuff, and maybe I can work something out. Do you know of any good karaoke tracks on iTunes for PotO or any other musicals? Because, if there are any, I'll probably use them for parody recording.

...Where was I? Got sidetracked. That happens a lot. Anywho, yeah, blood. Bit more than I expected, but like I said, you handled it quite well. And I nearly pulled a muscle at the 'boyfriend' bit. Immature reaction? Quite possibly. What can I say? Awkwardness is awesome... *because*. It's sort of along the lines of stage kisses in middle school/high school productions. There's absolutely no logical reason for them to be awkward, they just are... *because*. Reminds me of 'Godspell'... you wouldn't believe the giggle-issues people had with Judas kissing Jesus' (my) hand. I don't want to know what would have happened if we had done it the acurrate way...

Since I'm now into ramble mode, I'd better bring this to a close. So long!

~Sam