Great to know that Percy has finally realised his folly. Awesome chapter! Why don't you respond to reviews?

Author's Response: I am VERY sorry I haven't responded to any reviews. I just felt that my updates were self-explanatory most of the time, so I didn't. Thank you so much for reviewing, and for pointing this out, Dumbledore Prince. Percy realizing his folly was one of my favorite parts to write, so I am glad you enjoyed it!

There were tears welling up in my eyes as I read the Harry and Dumbledore conversation. Very touching (sad smile) Excellent job.

Wow! Great chapter! I hardly expected the trio to throw the locket into the fire. Ironically, the most complex of problems turn out to have the simplest of solutions. To give you a suggestion, you can have a few twists and turns for the other Horcruxes.

If you don't mind me saying this, I think it was a *little* predictable. Maybe that's because I'm reading more than three Book 7 fics right now. And the interaction with Aberforth seemed a little rushed, but it's not a big thing. I'm looking forward to seeing more of him!

I have a technical nit-pick:
He stepped carefully forward into the dank, dim, crammed apartment. I don't think 'crammed is commonly used in Britain. 'Cramped' would be a better susbstitute.

I'm sorry for not mentioning this earlier: thank you for adding my story Snape's Folly into your favourites and adding my name to your favourite authors' list! :D

~Mini.

P.S.: If you're wondering why this review is so long and I'm nit-picking so much; it's been a recent obession of mine. I'd like to apologise for the one-liners that I left you in the beginning; I agree that it was very foolish and stupid of me.

Author's Response: I\'m used to one-liners, it\'s cool. Thanks for this nice, long review--you care so much as to leave one, that\'s great! I\'m guilty of one-liners, too. I loved Snape\'s Folly, and unfortunately every time I try to read one of your other fics all the way through, something happens and I can\'t! I promise, I\'m going to read the others soon, and spread the word when I can. You\'re SO right about the \'crammed\' thing. I\'ll change it when I have the opportunity. Yeah, I figured it was predictable. That\'s why I wanted to skip the chapter in the first place, plus it was so difficult to write this chapter. I\'m going to aim for more time with Aberforth, with another Horcrux...I think I know where to put him next. Um, earlier in this fic...the chapter called \'Progress\' I do believe...I metnioned that Horcruxes could be destroyed by being thrown into fire. I was trying, at that point, to decide how to destroy a Horcrux. I was very, very nervous about how to do it, so I finally decided upon both a \'figurative and a literal\' destruction. I go into more detail in that chapter it\'s mentioned in. Some people asked me about Dumbledore\'s injured hand, and didn\'t that happen when he destroyed the ring Horcrux? Well, Dumbledore\'s hand was injured from obtaining the ring, not destroying it, because Harry sees the ring in Dumbledore\'s office before he destroys it, and the Headmaster\'s hand is already hurt. Okay, a long-winded and possibly confusing explanation... Thanks for reviewing, hope you and yours are well, Christine

Nice plot development in this chapter, Christine!

First off, congratulations on getting Hagrid's accent right in the chapter. I've seen many authors who go wrong in that part or prefer to write his dialogue without indicating his accent, and I'm impressed in the way you stay very close to the books.

Everyone's characterisation was great too. My favourite part has to be the following excerpt ...

“Of course it matters to me–all of this does. And Harry Potter, if you think for one minute that I wouldn’t care about something that greatly affects you, or Ron, or anyone else I know, you don’t know me very well at all.”

The way you portray Hermione's emotional side and her loyalty to Harry in a few sentences.

“Heart…heart…” Ron muttered after taking the poem into his own hands. “Maybe it is his real heart, because it doesn’t seem to be here. How are we going to defile his corpse?”

That was a nice touch. Ron's humorous and witty side is really great to read about, because there are so many fics out there that prefer to portray him as a fool - which he is not. Congratulations on staying in character almost throughout the fic. I'm eagerly looking forward to the next installment, no matter when it comes. Good luck!

- Mini.

Author's Response: Thank you, Mini--your review means so much to me, you can\'t know how much. It\'s good to know that you\'re loyal to my story!