Wonderful story. Like everybody else said, your characterisation is spot on. I like the way you created the Christmas atmosphere, and included them, but also set them apart. x.x I suck at describing that. Anyway, it was lovely. One thing, tho. I really don't think Hermione would call Mrs Weasly "Molly".

I like their entire dialogue. Perfectly written. It was obvious that they were very close. Harry's appearance and the familiarity between the three was very good, too. :)

Oh, one other thing. Paragraph formatting. x.x A new paragraph should begin with every new line of dialogue.

Great story. i can't wait to read your sequel, though i kinda really hate you right now. there were so many things that just... sounded right, in your story. i won't be surprised if we see something similar to what you wrote in HPBP. Why i hate you? i'm working on a fic right now, and after three chapters, it lloks like rubbish when i put it next to yours (that doesn't mean i won't try to post it :)) your fic is really great... blah blah blah blah put together all the praise from the others, multiply it by 100000 and you'll have an idea of my opinion. Can't wait for your sequel!!!!!!

Wonderful chapter :) Fred and George are fun as always, (you're very good at writing them, btw), and the Harry/Ginny interactioon is well-written. The description of how Harry felt about Ginny being stressed, and the lengths he would go to, just to help her is good :) I can't wait to see what Mrs Weasley does :D

Author's Response: Thanks very much! I hardly ever write Fred and George, so it's good to know that. xxx

Great chapter! Great story! etc.etc... Please update soon, the wait is killing me. I think this is the first time I review your story, sorry about that, but I'm a busy person... Can't wait for chapter nine, update before you leave! Bye and have a nice holiday!

Author's Response: thank you! I'll update soon.

*chuckles* Ron is soooo smitten. I never thought about R/Hr, I just took it for granted. x.x But I love the way you wrote Ron's feelings. I doubt he is like that in canon, but just the image of him tying a ribbon to his bedpost makes me grin. It's so... sweet. :D Wonderfully written. :) PS: I love the line about him and the books she's read. :D

Author's Response: Thanks! I really liked this idea when I came up with it, and I'm glad you liked it too. :-)

lol. I never thought about how Hermione would react to being treated like that. But I doubt she'd actually be all submissive. But since you added that A/N, I guess I'll see. It's a good story, and it promises to get better.

Wonderful story :) And I like Ginny's attitude :D You wrote the entire Weasley family very well, and they fit the image I have of them.

I love the Harry/Ginny moments, when they are alone. You describe their emotions very well.

Keep up the good work :)

Author's Response: Thank you so much!

Wonderfully written. I'm just a bit confused. When you talk about Ron, I got the impression that there was a R/Hr pairing. Then you make it obviously H/Hr. Aside from that, it's a beautiful story. Hermione's emotions are powerful, and her despair is clear.

Than you ever so much! You've helped a lot! I've submitted the story and it should be approved in a day or two, read it and let me know what you think of the edited version. I can't begin to tell you how much your suggestions helped. I've also modified the Petunia coming around stuff, and some other things. How could you think Harry was going to kill himself? I will never kill Harry in my fics. Also, i re-read the final scene and you were right (of course) about R/Hr. It's much better now. I didn't intend to ruin their friendship, it just came out that way, thanks for pointing it out for me. [ btw, you do have a 'that' problem, but it's nothing serious. ;-) ] Now on to the most serious business. Sorry for using your review section for advertising my story, but there's that log in problem and the limited amount of time i get to spend online. first, a few questions: are you proficient in Divination (or watever they call it in the real world)? Are you a medium? Because I could swear that you are chanelling JKR. I'm not joking. HP and the Power of Emotion sounded so... how should i put it... right, and so does the sequel. Just update very often, i can't wait to find out what happens next. yeah, about the 'sounds right' thing: things just click into place, like the ships (but that's no big surprise really, tough i think Harry will take more time to noticed Ginny, maybe get involved with somebody else for some time.), their behaviour, their relationship with the other caracters... i usually have trouble keeping to canon, but i'm glad there are people like you, who can just take the caracters and 'play with them' without changing who JKR made them. About the curse of the damned. this is where things go off-course. Don't get this wrong, your fics are among the best I've read, but they are fics, and I think JK has different plans for year seven (I don't think she will kill the dursley's, not all of them anyway. I sincerely wonder if Harry and Dudley will actually talk about girls, though i doubt it.) That's it for now, i think. Oh, that was a low blow, that warning about drinking 'in the next chapter'. I can't stand the waiting! Thanks loads for your help, you helped a lot. Hope you like what it became too, tell me what you think, i'm open to anything. If there's anything I could do for you, just ask. THX!! CRS

Okay, this is a dark chapter. Very dark. It pained me to see Harry and Co go through that. Oh well, i just hope there is a happy ending. Or at least that Voldemort doesn't win. *om my knees, begging you not to kill Harry*

Author's Response: I promise you Harry's not going to die in this story because there is a sequel coming! As for the happy ending... I hope it's as happy as the real books. There is (obviously) going to be more dark chapters but I hope the lighter moments will balance it out :)