Ooooh, I really like this idea! i'm glad someone's writing the songs. Now you've just got to get someone to compose the music...... ;)

Author's Response:

Hello Phoenix13,

thanks! I've always wondered what a full album of Celestina Warbeck songs would look/sound like. The few lyrics we know of are quite funny, so I thought I'd give the whole album a shot and see if I couldn't come up with something convincing!

Glad you like it so far!

Thanks for R & R-ing,

Karas Aunty :)

I was one of the ones who tried to fill in this moment. It was about three years ago when I could not write. Yours is much better. :) I like the way you characterized Ron. He's very...Ron. One thing I noticed, though (because someone pointed this out to me when I was writing mine), is that the horcrux probably wouldn't attack Hermione like that. The only reason the locket attacked Ron was because it had, in a sense, "gotten to know him." Ron wore the thing around his neck for months, and he built up some kind of attachment to it. The cup wouldn't really have had time to get to know Hermione and what would prevent her from destroying it because they'd just retrieved it earlier that day. So while it's a good idea (and you did it well, all the "stupid Hermione Granger"s and such) I'm not sure if that would really happen. But I'm not JKR, so who am I to be that nitpicky? ;)

Author's Response: Thanks for reviewing! And hmm... I hadn't thought about that. Perhaps, perhaps. I suppose we'll never know, though, which sucks. I vote we make JKR write another book to tell us. :P

I love what you've done so far with this! This is as close to original fic you can get while still staying within the Potterverse. At first I thought you'd have some of the Weasley grandkids in there, (which would have been great I'm sure) but all OCs is much better, in my opinion. :D I'm excited to read more!!

Author's Response: Glad you're enjoying! And yes I stray pretty far from familiar grounds. No Weasley grandkids cos...idk it's not actually late enough in time for Weasley grandkids? Actually I deliberately set this so none of the Weasley grandkids would probably be associating with my characters because...I don't know, I wanted to give other people a chance or something. And yay, I hope I don't disappoint. =)

Wow. I almost like this better than canon. Is that terrible of me? It's so...well, dark, and very different than JKR's "all was well."

Very well done. The flow was excellent, the emotions resonated, it was not superficial; I think if you'd put a cure in, it wouldn't be nearly as good. The last sentence, especially, knocked the breath out of me. Absolutely heartwrenching.

I love your writing--please keep it up!

--Alyssa

Author's Response: Thank you so much for the lovely review! You know, the idea of a cure never really occurred to me. That was always how it was going to end. I can see how one might like it better than canon: I for one totally thought things would turn out a little less neat than they did. Of course, had this happened, there would be no Next-Gen category for us to write and Post-Hogwarts would be a bit dull as well, so in a way I'm glad it didn't. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really appreciate the review! And yes, I will keep it up - been doing this for four years and can't seem to stop! ~Gina :)

This is fantastic! I've never read a fic from Dudley's pov before. I love how he keeps missing everyone's names. You've made him sound just like how Dudley should; slightly stupid, but trying his hardest. It must be hard to characterize Dudley; after all, we've only ever seen him from Harry's point of view.

I also love how you've put all the people from Harry's year in starting jobs at the ministry. I like how they have phones and stuff; I've always imagined that after the war, Kingsley, as the new minister, would have brought some things to the Ministry of Magic that he learned in his job with the Muggle Prime Minister. Things would be going more toward Muggle integration and tolerance.

Just one nitpick I had--in the very beginning, you said that Dudley saw a cloaked figure, which didn't actually happen because Muggles can't see dementors.

Anyway, I'm very excited to see more from you! I love your style of writing.

~Alyssa

Author's Response: Thanks so much for your input! It's so great, as an author, to get detailed responses :D I completely forgot that Muggles can't see Dementors... I don't think there's any way for me to save that so I guess I'll just chalk it up to poetic license. Also, I read in an interview with JKR that the wizarding world (and in particular the Ministry) would get turned upside down and be rid of corruption and anti-muggle sentiment, which is what I'm trying to convey so I'm glad that came across. Anyway again, thank you for reviewing. I'm about to submit another chapter so stay tuned!

how come this story doesn't have a slash warning?

Author's Response:

To piss in your cornflakes, of course!

That being said, one would think that, with the story being in an SSP category, that redundancy is not germane to your comprehension of the suspected content.

Ta!

This story was written beautifully. My very favorite part was Luna. I think you got her character perfectly.

"“Will it ever stop? This?” he asks, and the way her lips curve up in a slight smile tells him she understands the question.
“No, but that’s the silver lining, George. It will never stop so you’ll never forget.”......And for the first time since he held his brother’s head in his lap, while the Great Hall erupted into chaos around him, all George remembers is Fred at his best, his most brilliant, his star shining bright enough to crack the sky."

This was perfect. I'm speechless. Absolutely wonderful!

~Alyssa

Author's Response: Thank you, Alyssa! Luna is a tough character to write so it's great to know you enjoyed her part :)

This was very good! Two things:
1) Why is it not longer??? ;)
2) Wouldn't they learn the Disillusionment Charm in Charms class, not Transfiguration? (Just a little nitpick.)

Author's Response: Thank you! I did think about that, by the way. My conclusion was that the Disillusionment Charm is something that you can put on yourself, like self-transfiguration, and that James was described as top in transfiguration which would greatly annoy Lily. She would want to work extra hard to beat him, and thus practice outside of class. Thanks, though :)