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Done with Wishcraft? The future of the story?
Dec. 13th, 2008 | 07:37 pm
This story was actually meant to be a lot longer. You would have seen the emergence of a new ability of Harry's becoming more important, his dementor effect, as the story went on. It was supposed to last through (and yes, through. In the very beginning, I really did think thru was a word as my spell check did not say it wasn't. In my head I had two different definitions for through and thru. I will say that is the one review that irritated me most of all) his third year. The first year was going to be the only year that stuck so closely to cannon.
That is something else entirely. The choice I made to stick closely to cannon was so that I could rush through parts of Harry's school year so that you could get more of the interaction between Harry and Sirius, which had gotten few and far between. I did not want to change his house, because that would have introduced far too many new characters. I did not want to have a different and new plot, because the story was not about Harry at school, but about Harry and Sirius. It was a specifically chosen way for me to keep the focus on those two characters. I think many have seen it as a flaw for the story, but I see it as having been a potential asset. If anyone bothered to notice (and I'm sorry for the rant), after the sorting, the next chapter was approximately 2,000 words and went through Harry's first semester entirely. I, too, did not want to rehash his first year in its entirety. I just wanted to get through to Christmas.
In the end, I lacked the ability to continue this story because I had stepped away from it for so long. I didn't relish the idea of leaving the story unfinished, however, and so I completed it with many undone ends.
However, I left the end open. Harry's second year would have had the plotline of the chamber of secrets, but as Lucius hinted, it would have been a red herring, as they would be bringing the dark lord back. I planned on having Voldemort reemerge in Harry's second year, and you would have seen Peter's full nature as he was when he was a maurader, only for the opposing side.
I wanted Peter to be more than just a sniveling follower. I don't think he would have been friends with the mauraders, even after leaving Hogwarts, if he was just a tag along. I think, just as the mauraders were sneaky in their pranks (at least my image of them they were) that Peter was also sneaky in life, portraying himself in a different light of stupidity in order to pull off some of their best pranks.
As such, Peter would have sought some sort of revenge on the Remus and Sirius for his predicament in life and their abandonment of him after he was tortured and broken by the Dark Lord.
As for Remus and Sirius, conflicts between the two would have risen with an eventual new and strong friendship between the two, but only after time and their disagreements would have been behind closed doors to protect Harry from them.
Harry would have known about these tensions, and he would be conflicted on them, not really knowing his place in it all, but would more often than not, side with Sirius, though on a rare occasion with Remus.
As I said, his new ability to have the cold effect of the dementors might have been combined with the school discovering he was a parselmouth, causing even more trouble than in the original books, and because of the tensions already with the dark lord rising, he may have found some suspicions from the ministry on where he was when he was younger.
By the end of the second year, Voldemort would have risen. In the middle of second and third year, there would have been an Azkaban break out, of all the formerly imprisoned Death Eaters, and Bellatrix would be the one that Harry would need protecting from, especially as she knew he had been in Azkaban, and she would want to play with the widdle baby.
As such, unlike the third book, Harry really would be in danger because of the Azkaban escapee (where sirius in the J.K.s version was not really a danger to Harry at all) and because Voldemort was free, that would cause them to all want to wrap Harry in cotton wool. And you have to remember my Harry is not like the one in the books. He would have probably allowed Sirius to wrap him up firmly, at least until it put Ron or Hermione in danger.
By the end of Harry's third year, the world would have been a dark place to live, but Sirius would finally be free.
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Alas, I do not have the inclination to actually write this summary into an actual sequel. In the future, if no one else wants to continue Wishcraft, and I ever get the desire to, I might, but it's not at all likely. I'm working on my own original story, and I am finding that having a blank slate with everything original is both more of a challenge and more interesting than fanfiction can be at times. It means that Harry Potter fanfiction is only there for me should I feel the need to write, but am in too much of a writer's block with my story.
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Oh! Hello!
Sep. 9th, 2008 | 06:37 pm
Thank you all for taking the time to read my stories and seeing that I have readers from all over the globe, including places I don't think I've ever heard about, or if I have, it was from a long ago hated Geography class. Really, I'm awed by all of you.
Because of that, I should probably tell you that I have indeed finished Wishcraft. I've just been too lazy to post it. That, and I've been milking the waits so I can hopefully (selfishly) hit 1,000 reviews.
I know that many might be upset with where I end, because it is only two or three chapters away, but to continue on longer would be too insane of a project, and I'm wanting to focus on an original concept for a novel right now, one that I'm told has a lot of potential.
But seeing so many readers...I just might have to post soon.
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New Chapter for Wishcraft and a Rant
Jun. 28th, 2008 | 10:24 pm
I have just received a new review though that is like another I've received in the past, stating that I have been rehashing Harry's first year. And yes, I am well aware of that. I am one of those readers who even hate other authors who do the same thing. That's why I tried as much as possible to rush through the whole thing through the letters between Harry and Sirius rather than rewrite exactly what J.K. had said, and what I did take, like the scene on the train and the sorting and most recently Harry's confrontation with Voldemort, I thought were especially important because I didn't want to skip over Harry's first meeting with Ron and Hermione or his sorting into Gryffindor with the struggle of his shield, or that the Stone was still at Hogwarts.
For the Stone remaining the same, my AU timeline matched up to the point of Harry disappearing and I did not feel that the outside world would have changed just because Harry had disappeared to live in Azkaban.
For Harry having the same two friends, I happen to like both Ron and Hermione. I especially like Ron as a friend and it's evident in a few of my stories (even one I haven't posted).
Back to the letters. I chose that method because that way we/you could see the reactions Sirius had. Also, it had the added benefit of me fitting a whole semester of Harry's into one chapter. HELLO PEOPLE! ONE CHAPTER OF 2000 WORDS! NOT MY WHOLE STORY!!!
I thought my story was more about Harry and Sirius and that's where I wanted my focus. My story was not ever about Harry's first year. It was about Harry and Sirius being able to live together during Harry's time before Hogwarts, about his reactions and his living with a new guardian, and now about his reuniting with Sirius (that you know is coming up). It was never about Harry's friends, or his time with his friends, or anything of that nature. I kept J.K.'s plotline because the Mirror of Erised allowed Sirius to come back, especially with the restrictions and angst that my HP AU world was confined to.
If you have read this far into my rant, thank you sincerely and I hope that you can see my perspective on what people have thought as rehashing Harry's first year.
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Update on Wishcraft
Jun. 27th, 2008 | 09:35 pm
Should anyone actually be reading this to know what is going on, I have been updating Wishcraft! That's right! I've said so in my Author's Bio on fanfiction.net, but I don't know if anyone actually reads that, especially for updates.
Suffice to say, I'm nearly finished writing the thing. When I started, I had planned on it going through year 3, but the truth is that I don't think I can carry it that far. Besides, the original purpose was to see Harry grow up in Azkaban and the consequences of it. I think I have accomplished what the story was set out to do and it just has a few chapters left. The other reason is that I started out with great gusto when writing the story, and then it faded. After all, I started this story in 2004 and am just now getting the last few chapters written? It would take forever to finish writing it if I continued it into future years.
To that end, if there is anyone who wishes to continue the story of Wishcraft AFTER I finish what I intend to write, please let me know!
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Book 7
Jul. 22nd, 2007 | 02:13 am
I just have to say that book seven was by far the best out of all seven. Except for the last chapter. It was sweet, but I could have gone for something a little different. I won't spoil it for you if you haven't read it yet.
For those that have, how many of you noticed very similar ideas written in fanfiction? I think that I noticed at least four or five scenes or ideas, at least, that were already in fanfiction. Four possibilities: coincidence, they read spoilers on this stuff (some I don't know how) and wrote it into their stories, J.K. read the fanfictions and liked the ideas so much she used them, or several fanfic writers are clearly telepathic, clairvoiant, or are secretly part of the wizarding world.
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Info on a story, a biography, and a touch of religious stuff you will not see in any story of mine
Jul. 17th, 2007 | 09:35 pm
It has been a long time since I’ve updated any story aside from Wishcraft, and even that story had a very long wait. My design for this live journal has always been to give updates on the progress, or lack thereof, and answer any questions on my stories. I have been very negligent on both accounts. Today I’m giving you an update on that YES, I am progressing with Harry Potter and the Known Story. I have not written anything for this story since two chapters of Wishcraft ago (more than a year). It has been a long time in coming, but like Wishcraft, I have been struck with a little bit of inspiration.
I will say that I do not know when you will see the next chapter, but it is approximately half way done. Not only that, but I have a later scene for it hand written. That scene is one where Molly and Arthur Weasley have a lovely conversation once all the little kiddies are in bed, and so are they. In that scene, there is even a little hint of knowledge on how Harry got the books, but that is not for another couple chapters. Just a little teaser.
I do want to say a few words on my original character, Suzanne Newton, just because I am foreseeing just a couple of possible flames regarding her because I made her Christian and I state it. So I am giving you a little info on her, that which may or may not get written into the story. If you do not want to read more than just the couple facts on her life, than do not read past the first paragraph. The rest is about the religious stuff that will not be in my story. Without further adieu:
The Short Biography of Suzanne Newton for the Facts Known
(written for the author’s piece of mind if nothing else)
What little we know of her life
Suzanne Newton is a sixty-one year old woman who has never been married, nor has any children. Whether she has ever had any romantic entanglements in the past is a mystery. Where she was born and raised is unknown, but she has lived most of her adult life in London, where she works at a library of this author’s own creation (it is only a little bigger than ‘small’). Her nickname is Zanne, one that she gained from friends no longer in her life, but is still called that by everyone she knows, as it is the name she prefers. Her family is long gone, but she does not grieve that. She is content with her life, but she has more than enough room to welcome Harry into it. She is Christian and goes to church every Sunday.
Religiousy stuff that I feel like writing about but many may not care about and so do not need to read the next two paragraphs
The touchy religious topics that you WILL NOT SEE CROP UP in this story, in case you are curious or worried, but is how our lovely Zanne does not think or act
First is that she is not a Bible basher. You will not see her quoting scripture or say that “you must live this way and memorize this text or you will go to a very bad place”. This author may be a Christian, but she does not like Bible bashers any more than you do. Second is that she tries very hard to not be a hypocrite. Every human is a hypocrite in some way, shape or form. Zanne knows this and so she tries to not judge others by what she knows she was or is the culprit of. Lastly, the only way she would ever think about converting someone is if someone goes to her for guidance in such matters, but this is not something that you will see in the story. She would rather live by example. She also tries very hard to not to be prejudice towards anyone. After all, if she were, she would never have become friends with Harry.
Basically the only religious stuff (which isn't very religious) that will pop up in this story, that which makes Zanne, Zanne
What she does have because of her faith is a good dose of compassion and willingness to welcome Harry into her life. She also has a very strong set of morals that will see. One of them is that she does not like lying of any sort, and she barely tolerates secrets. But she also sees a rare need and necessity for them, such as when it comes time to protect Harry so she is not above them.
Conclusion
The basic conclusion to this is that she is a genuinely good person, who coincidentally is a Christian. Her faith and religion make her who she is, but Harry Potter and the Known Story is not about religion, nor is Zanne. What Zanne will pass on to Harry is her strong sense of morals, which will prevent Harry from becoming the kind of Harry that you see in bash!Dumbledore stories where he goes out and buys a load of stuff that he doesn’t even need, gets angry at the man, insults him a lot, goes against him a lot, and we never see Harry genuinely enjoy himself in the stories, though I’ve never seen one of them actually finished, so I could be wrong. I’m not saying anything against those stories, I actually enjoy a couple from time to time. This story is more along the lines of Harry becoming more independent at a young age, but still depending upon the adults in his life to teach and guide him. He will learn magic younger and so be a little more advanced, but will still learn that “with great power comes great responsibility”. Zanne simply helps him to create his own moral compass. We’ll toss in Ron, a tiny bit of humor, and maybe, far into the future, the completion of this story.
Erm, more sorta but not quite religiousy comments.
Just a comment on why you may see religion or Christianity in any fic of mine. Zanne is probably the most religious person or topic I have ever or plan to ever put into my writing. She is more of an experiment than anything, and her beliefs are a reflection of mine, but she is nothing like me in personality. Much of my writing reflects me, as it does any writer. It's just that Zanne is more me than anything else I've ever done. Will you ever see any more religious characters in my stories? Perhaps. I have a scene with a cursed ghost for Knotted Blood that lends an ear to a Harry who has nowhere else to turn. You really won't see religion there either, only the lended ear and an abandoned chapel where the ghost resides and Harry will find as a quiet place to go to escape from being the Boy-Who-Lived. Will this scene actually make it into that story? I don't know. I may pull it out if it refuses to fit (right now its only floating in my files and not attached to the story).
I have no plans of preaching in any story of mine. It would make me a hypocrite. I will probably not (never say never) make any references to parts of the Bible. The closest I may ever come to doing so, though do not plan on doing, is "love your neighbor as yourself", certainly I would not phrase it that way, but would rather end up using it so that everyone comes not discriminate and to love the house elves!...and the goblins...and hinkipunks...and horn-crumpled snorkacks... Okay, I'm done preaching...okay,no I'm not. "LOVE THE HOUSE ELVES!!!!" Okay, now I'm done.
For those who actually read all of this, thank you for taking the effort to do so, and I hope that nothing here has offended anyone.
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CHAPTER 26!!!!
Apr. 15th, 2007 | 07:03 pm
Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
A.N.: HI!!! Long time no see! Well, as you can see, this story is not abandoned, though I will admit it did come close. I’m also posting here instead of on fanfiction.net because of some sort of error, and those actually checking here will get a nice surprise. FYI, I’ve drifted into the world of Stargate and Harry has only made a rare appearance in my mind. Fortunately, it was enough of an appearance to write this chapter and make it so that my story will not have gone a full year without being updated, though only by a couple of weeks. I do not know when I will next update, though I do hope I can motivate myself to not have such a long wait again. Sorry to say, no responses to reviews and questions this time around. Happy reading!
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It was two weeks later, and Harry was beyond frustrated. He never realized until now just how often Ron took Scabbers around with him until he wanted the red headed boy and rat animagus separated. But today was the day. He was going to make it happen, no matter what.
It also helped that Ron was in the infirmary at the moment, recovering from an exploded potion, and Madam Pomphrey did not allow pets in her ward.
Harry knew that during classes, Ron left Scabbers in the dormitories, and so that was exactly where he was heading, Hermione having been left at the infirmary with Ron. He felt bad about it, but he just had to take care of Pettigrew.
“Password, dear,” said the Fat Lady, bringing him crashing to reality. He had made it to the dormitory.
“Hinkipunks.” He started to make his way up to the dormitory.
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He really was minding his own business, resting upon Ronald Weasley’s bed, not having any cares, really. All his cares had been left in the past over ten years ago. Now all he had to worry about was being a rat, and that wasn’t all too difficult. He’d had practice even long before he had chosen the permanent lifestyle of a rodent. And who could blame him? After all, what else was he supposed to do? The truth would have come out and he would have been sentenced to life in Azkaban, at the very least. No. Living life as a rat was much better than what the future would have held for him.
Unfortunately, today, James’s son was looking oddly at him, glaring really, and that made him nervous. As a matter of fact, the boy had been doing so for a couple of weeks now, ever since coming back from Christmas hols. The glaring made him think about the past, reminded him of a stewing Sirius Black, unwilling or unable to jump out and lash out at someone or something. And, as uneasy as it was to admit it, Peter was quite afraid of that look being directed at him.
As a matter of fact, it was being directed at him just now. The dark haired boy had just entered the dormitory and was heading straight for him.
“Wormtail,” came the whisper through the eleven year old’s clenched teeth, and that’s when Peter knew he had to run. The boy may have been careless with his words and actions, but that did not mean Peter was.
As casually as a rat could, Peter stood up from his comfortable spot on the bed and started to walk around atop the comforter. That’s when his chance came, clear out of the blue. Two of the boy’s roommates entered the room, quite loudly at that, talking about some muggle sport one of them was so obsessed with. He ran out of the room, as fast as his little legs could carry him. He made it out right as the door shut.
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Harry’s mouth was gaping after Wormtail as the rat/man fled the room, and Harry was quite certain that he had fled because he knew that Harry knew, but it was the how that boggled his mind. As quick as he could, he pushed past Seamus and Dean to go after the rat, but by the time he got down to the common room, Wormtail was long gone. All he could think was how stupid he was. He could have told someone before Peter was gone, but he had been too afraid of the potential consequences of people realizing he had been living with Sirius for so long. And now, he and Sirius had to suffer the consequences of Pettigrew’s disappearance once more.
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It was difficult as the next few months passed by, and it was now the beginning of the last weekend in May. Harry was angry at himself, and beyond frustrated. Remus came by on the weekends, yet Harry could not bring himself to whisper a word of what had happened. Harry just knew he would not be believed without Wormtail as proof of what he said. And when he spoke with Sirius through the mirror…suffice to say, that had become a more and more difficult task. Not only was Harry burdened with guilt at his carelessness with Wormtail, but he was slowly watching his beloved godfather deteriorate. Oh, Sirius certainly was still sane as far as Azkaban inmates go, and he still had a good grasp on reality, but he was angrier and more ready to lash out at the world. Harry may be naïve, but he knew his godfather. A storm was brewing behind those gray eyes, and Harry could only wonder when its thunder and lightning were going to clash.
“Harry?” Hermione asked, startling him out of his upsetting thoughts, as she sat down beside him on the Gryffindor couch, notes and books clutched in her arms. She had been preparing for the upcoming exams for the past two weeks, starting just after she, Neville, and himself had snuck up to the astronomy tower, though without Ron because the redhead had been bitten by the small dragon (They had lost one hundred and fifty points because of that).
He gave her a small smile. “Hi.”
“It will be all right, you know,” she paused, “what ever it is you’ve been worrying about. It all works out in the end, somehow. So it’s useless worrying about it.”
“Like the exams,” he asked grinning.
She stuck her tongue out at him and let it rest at that. He didn’t know why, but she never fought with him like she did with Ron. He and Ron could have said the same thing, but it was Ron she fought with. “The exams are different. You know what’s coming up, and so you must prepare, and you know what to prepare. Life isn’t that simple. Mum says you must simply roll with the punches, then.”
“You almost sound like him,” he replied wistfully, thinking of Sirius’s occasional bouts of wisdom. He knew Hermione didn’t know who ‘him’ was, neither did Ron for that matter, but sometimes he would speak of ‘him’. In the beginning, they asked who ‘him’ was, but as the year had gone by, Ron and Hermione soon heard the word ‘him’ almost like one heard the word ‘dad’. Whenever that happened anymore, Ron would grin at the smaller boy, and Hermione would give a small smile, much like the one she was giving him now. It was the closest he ever got to speaking of his time before Hogwarts, aside from what he had learned, and they knew that they got more than even Remus. Though both Ron and Hermione were only twelve now, they knew that it was something special that the shy and secretive Harry was able to say that much to them.
“Oh! I forgot why I had come over!” Hermione huffed at herself. I was on my way back from the library, of course, where Ron had still better be if he knows what’s good for him. Honestly, the exams begin on Monday. How does he expect to pass them without studying? And Professor McGonagall was on her way up here when a couple third years began stirring up trouble. Anyhow, Remus is here. I was surprised, of course. Doesn’t he usually come a bit later?”
Harry shook his head and stood up, gathering his stuff together. “He didn’t come last weekend because he was ill, so he wants to make it up this weekend.” He hadn’t really been ill, but rather laid up because it had been the full moon that weekend, too weary to make it out to Hogwarts as he would have been able to otherwise. “Thanks.” And with that, he headed out of the tower and towards the old classroom where he and Remus were permitted to meet.
Quietly, he slid through the doorway and into the classroom. Remus was already there, giving him a small grin, and so Harry slid into his guardian’s arms.
“I missed you,” Harry mumbled into the man’s robes, not yet ready to let go.
“I missed you, too.” Remus’s left hand began to smooth down Harry’s untidy hair as his right continued to hold on to the small boy. Gently, he guided Harry over to the two cushioned chairs in the corner; but, instead of sitting separately as they normally did, Remus lifted Harry into his lap, letting the boy curl up there. He knew there was something bothering Harry, yet he did not know what. He just knew that Harry felt better in the security of another’s arms and Harry had been getting more mentally withdrawn with each visit.
“Remus?”
“Yes?” He was still smoothing down Harry’s hair, the motion calming the both of them.
“If I wanted to visit someone this summer, would you take me?”
“Who is it?”
“Someone. Would you?”
“I’d have to know more than that.”
Harry pulled his head away from where it had rested on Remus’s chest and looked to the man’s face, as if searching for an invisible answer. He took in a big sigh and laid his head down again. “Never mind. Too many questions. You’d never let me, anyway.”
“You don’t know until you ask.”
Harry just shook his head and burrowed in further. “I hate him. He ruined everything.” He sounded high pitched, on the verge of tears, but they had yet to fall.
“Who’s that, Harry? Who do you hate?” Remus said quietly, worried because he had yet to know Harry to have ever hate anyone or anything.
“Pettigrew,” he whispered, right before a sob escaped his throat. “H-he got m-mum and dad kill-ed, and…” another sob choked him up. “I t-tried. He was…he was pretending to be Ron’s p-pet r-rat, but…” He couldn’t get out any more as sobs shook his body and he clung tighter to Remus.
Remus, himself, held tighter to his charge in response, neither wanting to let go. He had no idea how Harry could have ever known about Pettigrew. And as for the man pretending to be a pet rat… Remus needed answers, desperately. No one outside the Marauders ever knew about their animagus forms, with exception of Lily. No one. Could Harry be right? Could Peter really be alive? Could that be where Harry has been all this time? No. While Peter was a good friend, he never would have been able to hide Harry without a lot of help, and the help would have had to be rich. He already knew of the wealth of the person Harry had been with, evidenced by the goblin wards, but the wealthy, for the majority, were suspected death eaters. They never would have let Harry go. And for Pettigrew getting James and Lily killed…he did not want to think on that. The man responsible was already rotting in Azkaban, wasn’t he?
All of these questions would float around in his head for the following weeks. Harry was not offering up any more information to him. The boy was already distraught and did not need to be hounded. Like he had done for the past months in trying to find where Harry had been all this time, he would go searching for answers. Only this time, he feared he would be investigating his possibly not-so-dead friend.
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HI!!
Jan. 30th, 2007 | 11:00 pm
mood: 
pleased
Hints for what's coming up? We will be seeing Wormtail. We will be seeing Harry and Hermione. Remus will show up maybe. And there will be people growling at me at the end of the chapter. What else is new?
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Feb. 16th, 2006 | 10:34 pm
Author's Note: Told ya! I knew this chapter would likely be late. I warned you in advance even! I'll warn you again. I haven't the slightest idea of when I'll get the next chapter out.
Do many house elfs come to belive that Sirius did not do what they said he did?
Am I allowed to tip toe? Of course I am! I have plans, oh I do. If you're asking about the "right now", then they do not believe Sirius, they barely know of what he claims because he would have told Harry when they were not around, but they do know bits and pieces of what Sirius says. They just don't believe it.
I didn't know that Sirius was that upset at Harry. Is that all that he was upset about?
In the beginning, Sirius had a burst of anger and then calmed down, as was seen in the letters. Thing is, since then he's had nightmares, which were mentioned in the previous chapter, and that has created the situation that led to Sirius's desire to yell at Harry in order to knock some sense into the boy, figuratively. But yes, that's pretty much what Sirius was upset about. If you noticed, though, he was a bit more insane. Harry's leaving helped that along, and then Remus's visit pushed it further. So insanity played a part.
Will Harry really take Scabbers to Remus?
Harry does have that plan.
Don't understand the chapter title, what does it have to do with the story?
I needed one.
How many miles to Babylon?
Threescore miles and ten.
Can I get there by candle-light?
Yes, and back again!
If your heels are nimble and light,
You may get there by candle-light.
It's a nursery rhyme that I thought fit in with the rather quick travel to Azkaban, even if it weren't by candle-light, but rather a house elf popping them over.
Does Remus know anything else? Can you do like a little part of the story with Remus's thoughts on Harry's guardian?
No, he doesn't, but he'll keep on searching. As for your second question, I don't know. If I find a part for it, then yes, but otherwise you'll have to make do with the occasional sentence that gives you a few clues.
Will you show any classes?
Don't count on it. I want this story to move faster, but we have to get through this next chapter first. Classes just aren't important in this story, neither is Quidditch.
Will Harry make more friends than just Ron and Hermione? Will they prank people?
Harry probably won't, and by extension his friends won't. The only exception would be Neville, and that's only if I find him necessary. You might have noticed that even Hermione's part in this story is very loose. I just like Ron a lot and won't let him go. As for them pranking people, that's a resounding "No". Reason? Think of Harry's personality. He's only beginning to adjust to more people than Sirius. I highly doubt he'd be capable of being willing to possibly ostratize others by playing pranks on them. It's not how Sirius raised him. For Harry, pranks are for stories.
Will Lily and James make any appearance in stories that Remus/Sirius tell?
Likely not.
And I do want Sirius out of Azkaban, and everything all happy, but well, if that happens, would the story end?
Likely so.
I've really enjoyed your story so far, and hope you'll update soon. Your style is clear and easily understood, and you dialogue is fairly well-balanced, but I think you need to introduce some new plot-points soon, in order to avoid going over the same topics/points over and over again.
New plot points coming soon. It's the new feature attraction, actually. Thank you for the advise!
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Feb. 16th, 2006 | 10:31 pm
mood: 
accomplished
Author's Note:
Do many house elfs come to belive that Sirius did not do what they said he did?
I didn't know that Sirius was that upset at Harry. Is that all that he was upset about?
Will Harry really take Scabbers to Remus?
Don't understand the chapter title, what does it have to do with the story?
I needed one.
How many miles to Babylon?
Threescore miles and ten.
Can I get there by candle-light?
Yes, and back again!
If your heels are nimble and light,
You may get there by candle-light.
It's a nursery rhyme that I thought fit in with the rather quick travel to Azkaban, even if it weren't by candle-light, but rather a house elf popping them over.
Does Remus know anything else? Can you do like a little part of the story with Remus's thoughts on Harry's guardian?
Will you show any classes?
Will Harry make more friends than just Ron and Hermione? Will they prank people?
Will Lily and James make any appearance in stories that Remus/Sirius tell?
Likely not.
And I do want Sirius out of Azkaban, and everything all happy, but well, if that happens, would the story end?
Likely so.
I've really enjoyed your story so far, and hope you'll update soon. Your style is clear and easily understood, and you dialogue is fairly well-balanced, but I think you need to introduce some new plot-points soon, in order to avoid going over the same topics/points over and over again.
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Known Story answers for chapter 6
Jan. 12th, 2006 | 09:22 pm
mood: accomplished
Here are answers to questions from Harry Potter and the Known Story. This does not have to do with Wishcraft, for those that were hoping.
Harry could go to Gringotts and try to remove money after a agreement too keep all transactions silent perhaps?
I have a plan. Don't you worry.
Is Ron going to remember Jamie when he meets Harry or what?
Well, Jamie and Ron have become friends. There is only a small leap that needs to be made now, and that is for Jamie to reveal who he really is.
I'm still unclear on the books that Harry found. Are they HP books or magical books that were hidden in Muggle things?
They are the HP books. You always see humor stories where the Marauders get the books. Of course, they also practically rewrite every single chapter and then stop writing them because it's too tedious. I just gave Harry the books instead.
WHERE did the books come from??
I really don't know. Magic, I suppose. To be honest, it's not important to the story. What is important is that an eight year old Harry does have this info. He doesn't have the mind of a twenty year old Harry from the future or anything like that. All he has is the info in the books, and you know how fans speculate. Well now it's time for Harry to speculate, with a little bit of help from Suzanne Newton.
So he has the books and knows what will happen?
To an extent. Harry WILL be altering events, big time. From the get go, even.
But pushing his mentality further? Can't that cause brain damage, early puberty and other problems? Whatever. This is magic right?
Early puberty would happen if his body had been aged as well. His body is still that of an eight year old. As a matter of fact, so are his emotions. It was his smarts and his ability to comprehend things that I pushed. Its one of those psychological facts that made me do this. It is when a child is around ten or eleven that they are able to move past concrete facts and go into theoretical. So if I want Harry to speculate and understand that sort of thing, then this is what I had to do. And yes, it is magic. You don't think Fawkes would have done something if it would have caused damage, do you?
He sees the necessity of Harry staying away from the Dursleys but will he let Harry stay without a guardian, or a protector?
I think that in this latest chapter, this has been answered. I hope it isn't/wasn't too unclear.
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update and question
Jan. 11th, 2006 | 01:20 pm
Now, I know that some of you might yell and scream at the injustices of it (not really), but you'll likely have to wait a while longer for an update on Wishcraft. Why? Because I've only got one scene with it done and unless people want a really short chapter, then you'll have to wait.
Anyway, I've got a question for anyone who is willing to answer. The incident with the Shreeking Shack where Sirius told Snape, when did that happen? I thought it was in 5th year, but Lexicon lists it under September of '76, when they would be in sixth year. Is there a definitive date for that?
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Stories Update
Dec. 14th, 2005 | 12:49 pm
mood: 
awake
Hello everyone!
I have decided to give everyone an update on the progress of ALL of my stories pertaining to Harry Potter, exempting those that haven't even been posted (3 or more). I figure that those who really are fans of any of my stuff enough to be searching for hints and whatnot will actually be reading this, so this would be the ideal place to post such information.
The first story I will update you on is Harry Potter and the Known Story. Sadly to say, I've only added a paragraph or two of material to this fic since I last posted. The hardest thing for me is that my imagination is running wild with Harry being some sort of super warrior and Ron at his side and a million other things that would happen about ten chapters in the future, but I've got little to nothing for the chapters in between. So here's the deal, if one or two of you is aching for this story to be continued sometime in the near future (it will eventually be continued, hopefully), perhaps you are willing to collaborate with me to write a few chapters, or simply give me ideas. Hardly necessary, but chances are this story will not be finished for a LONG time. One of my friends has volunteered to help me, so any help given would come from several different directions. It's already taken me over a year to get Wishcraft to be a third or half finished, what does that tell you about the Known Story fic?
Knotted Blood is having some progression, actually. The next chapter IS written, about 2,600 words. It will not be posted, though, until I have several more chapters completed. I do have three, I believe, scenes that are already written for future chapters. One of them is not yet complete, but is not a problem considering it takes place later than the first two. It's just a matter of actually connecting them with the beginning. Which means mostly filler, but some other stuff too.
Wishcraft is about a third complete. Sad if you think about it, because I have been writing it for over a year. I have gotten a couple paragraphs written for the next chapter. Get this. We are about to venture into the unknown a little, because I've decided to push outside of cannon a little more. It won't be so much that it changes a million things, but it will be enough that it will be different and some of the details will change. I was given advice a short while ago and that was that this story should focus mostly on Harry and Sirius's relationship, and it will. But there are parts of the story outside of the relationship between the two that are demanding to be excecuted, specifically Wormtail. Big hint there! What happens with him will sort of veer and shape a little bit of the story from here on out, not only because he needs to be dealt with, but because of Sirius as well. What it means is that there may be an interlude or two on a rare occasion in the future, but it will not be a major part until later, when it matters. You'll see what I mean then. Just to let you know, though, that's what's happening.
As for Mortal Once More, that is going to remain a one-shot. That was my original intention for it. I think some thought it was only a first chapter of a long story, but it wasn't. I also wanted to declare who I thought was R.A.B. before everyone else could so I could safely say that in any future stories, I did not take anyone elses idea. Only one other person had voiced the idea before I posted (from what I saw) and I was already writing the story. I may continue it in the future, but don't count on it.
Brothers! Now that's one that I thought would remain as I posted it, a one-shot. Nope. It's now emerging into a story. It will actually be one of the few stories of mine that doesn't have Harry as a focus when I have a long story. Hermione and Ron will take the spotlight, most likely, even if Harry will be a central character. You won't see this fic for a while, but give me time.
That's it for my stories!
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CHALLENGE!!!
Dec. 9th, 2005 | 09:11 pm
mood: 
thirsty
I want those who are writers to try several things with their next story:
1.) No swearing. If you have to have swearing, only have it done by the evil characters, please. If J.K. Rowling can have successful books without the stuff, then so should we with our fanfiction.
2.) Have some sort of moral or lesson. Like have the good guy tell a whopper of a lie and then show what sort of consequences come out of it. Or show how anger and holding grudges can be at the detriment of the person and their soul/mind. That forgiveness is possible. Anything really, but a story should have a lesson, and the lesson might as well be something that can be shown after the bad stuff happens.
3.) Try to stay away from slash and/or sexual natures of the characters, though romance is okay. Why? Think about little kiddies reading these stories, despite the fact that these stories are rated. Do you really think the majority of them are going to allow an R rating to stop them? If anything, it seems more forbidden. There is also the fact that if you typically do write these sort of fictions, then writing in a different manner could prove to be a challenge that you could possibly strive for.
4.) Have fun with this story.
5.) Harry does need to go up against Voldemort, but it doesn't necessarily have to be the final battle. What does Harry gain from this encounter? What does he learn? If you haven't figured it out, I want there to be something that the readers and/or the main character learns.
6.) Ron and Hermione truly are Harry's friends, though you can have distance between them if it suits your fancy. They are not to be anyones henchmen.
7.) Dumbledore is not evil. If you have him be manipulative, it has to be for the greater good and it has to be something Harry would be able to forgive him for, whether or not you actually have Harry forgive him (though it would be nice).
8.) Have Molly Weasley good, but show something that hints that her desire to prevent the kids from being involved in adult topics, or simply smothering them with motherly love and doing all that she can for them as a mother, be possibly detrimental to the kids safety. While we have seen this in book 5, try to do it in a different manner. It has to be clear, though, that it is only detrimental because it is time for the kids to grow up, and not because they should have known even if they were 5. Does that make sense?
9.) Keep Snape in character. He is not secretly a fluff ball. He is a hardened man who is likely mentally wounded by the past. I don't care if you think he is good or evil, but keep him in character. If he is evil, then remember that you still saw Snape's character in the books and you need to uphold that.
10.) Don't have more than one chapter devoted to Harry's shopping trip, if you have him go on a shopping trip. Get to the good stuff.
11.) Play with a little bit of parsletongue for Harry, but that does not automatically mean that he is going to get a pet snake. It doesn't mean that he HAS to talk to a snake. Be creative. Try something new if you can, something that others haven't done.
12.) Whatever it is you have as your plotline, do something new if you can. For example, with all the severitus fics out there, you know that Harry will be abused, then Harry will be rescued by Snape, then Harry has to masquerade himself as a Slytherin because he now looks like a Snape and is Snape's son. If you want to do a Harry is Snape's son, twist it up, a lot. Hey, I was sick of Sirius escaping Azkaban to be with a young Harry so I threw Harry into Azkaban to be with Sirius. Twist it up!
13.) Hary is NOT physically abused OR raped by the Dursleys. I will agree there is mental abuse and neglect, but Harry was not beaten. I'm tired of having to read through stories that speak of abuse for Harry and then rescued somehow for two or three chapters. It's overplayed and I know you can be more creative than that.
14.) Keep in mind that the magic of Harry Potter is incantational and not invocational. Harry can't invoke spirits and he can't raise the dead. If someone attempts these sort of things in your story, they have disasterous consequences.
Okay, now that I've written down all of this, and those who actually read this whole thing, will anyone even bother? Some of the things I have written here are my own personal challenge for my writing and yes, they will likely be difficult. Some of this is religiously motivated, but I don't think that anything I've written here holds a lot, if any, religious bias. I could be wrong, but there you go. Some of it is simply because I'm tired of having to stop reading a fic because I can't stand the amount of swearing and whatnot. Some of it is because some things have gotten to be cliche and I want something new. Some of it is because I want something wholesome and wouldn't be afraid to let a ten year old read.
Anyway, there's my challenge. Let me know if you're going to take it up, because I would love to see the outcome.
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Dec. 6th, 2005 | 12:57 pm
mood: 
okay
Author's Note: Well, here are the answers to several of your questions. I am sorry about posting so late with this chapter, and I fear that the next chapter will be rather late as well because I haven't any plans for it yet, only a plan for the second semester of 1st year, so I am appologizing in advance.
I do wonder if Harry is going to visit Sirius on his Christmas holidays?
Well, I'm only guessing, but you read the latest chapter, yes?
Is Sirius gonna be proven innocent or at least known to be innocent by Remus? In first, second, third, or fourth year?
I can't really answer this question, not only because I don't want to, but because my plotline is changing in my head right now. I was going to stick close to cannon and have him see the newspaper with Pettigrew and everything, but the plot has changed, for the good I hope, but it means big changes to the plot as time goes on, even if there are going to be major similarities simply so I can focus on other aspects of the story that are more important, I think.
I wonder what Remus and Harry are going to do for Christmas?
So do I. This is going to be in next chapter, very likely.
I was on the edge of my seat when I was reading the scene in Azkaban, but why hadn't Sirius just told Remus that Pettigrew was the betrayer!?
Sirius started to, but then he got caught up in Remus's words. At the end, Sirius sort of prevented himself from saying anything because he focused on other things. He alluded to it, saying Remus allied himself with a death eater, but his words were too vague and there would be no way for Remus to figure out what Sirius meant. The closest he could possibly figure would be Snape, but not Peter. To Remus, Peter is dead.
Will Remus find out the truth?
Yes.
Is Harry going back to stay with Sirius for X-mas?
No.
If he is, is anyone going to follow him to see where he goes?
See above.
Will Sirius forgive Remus? Will he even get free?
Possibly. Possibly.
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When I update...
Oct. 26th, 2005 | 12:18 pm
mood: 
blank
Well, someone decided to ask me when it is that I update. I decided to answer rather quickly, as opposed to what I normally do.
Anyway, my updates are usually no earlier than the two week mark, but if I don't have a chapter completed by then, for whatever reasons, then it is when the chapter is completed.
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Chapter 21 response questions
Oct. 24th, 2005 | 09:35 pm
mood: 
calm
Author's Note: Yes, it's that time again! And you've likely already read my latest chapter. Well, here's all the answers that I have no idea if anyone is really reading except for a few, but to those few, THANK YOU! Some of you are probably aware, but it takes me half an hour to an hour to compose these things sometimes. Not only that, but I usually cut and paste the questions to save me a little time, but I feel this compulsive NEED to correct the grammar so it's not so horrible for anyone else who may read the questions.
All Harry has to do is make up a story about suspecting that the rat could be a human, without involving Sirius at all, maybe a class experiment?
Well, he could, but I also e-mailed you for your opinions. Besides, I can't make it too easy, even if I have lame reasons. Besides, I don't think there is an opportunity for such a thing as a class experiment until a later year in transfiguration.
Is Remus going to find out the truth?
Yes, but not yet.
I did not like how Harry was placed in with the Gryffs so readily, especially since he was raised in a prison! He seems much more of a gryffie-itherin to me. But, you said you would be flexible with it, so I trust you
It is going to be flexible, I think. The problem with sorting the students is that it stereotypes them. This way, I'm free of those stereotypes and can do whatever I want with Harry without having to worry if it's too Slytheriny or Ravenclawish or Gryffy and whatnot. Harry is still a shy bugger, but he's not about to admit that to Sirius in a letter! There is a bit of a difference between what actually happened with the events and what is filtered into the letters.
Could Sirius please tell Remus the truth about him and Harry?
Why would I want that? I need my angst!
Your story is cute and well done. My only objection is that Harry seems a little too canon for the way he was raised.
Yegh! I agree, sadly. I do have my excuses, and you might see why a little later that Harry being canon is a little further from the truth. Still, I am trying to get thru the first book with relative ease without the snags of having to create a whole new plot. I have dropped hints in the letters that Harry's not quite so gung-ho as he is in J.K.'s version, but am I being too subtle? Do I need to hit you with the Hogwarts Express to show it? Well, you'll see that the letters are a little deceiving in later chapters. HINT! HINT!
Will Sirius tell Remus about Peter? Will Remus believe him? Where did Sirius hide Harry's letters?
Three questions for the price of one! He'll try. You've seen that if you've read my new chapter. Remus isn't quite paying attention to the meaning as he is to preconceived notions and the words said. As for Sirius hiding the letters, I had made a mention in one of Harry's letters that he sent along a bag much like the one Harry had gotten when he was younger. That's where he keeps them all. Besides, Remus isn't taking notice of surroundings, but only the people in the surroundings.
How could you have such an EVIL cliffy?!
Weeeelllll...the chapter would have been too long otherwise. I aim for no less than 2,000 words, but I do try to not go too far above that because I don't want the chapters that are closer to that number to seem super short. I don't usually do cliffies, to be honest, but I will have one every once in a while.
This was my first fanfic I ever read and I have been following it ever since.
I grinned widely when I read this, from what I remember anyway. I'm glad to be your gate keeper to the world of Harry Potter fanfiction, and that I didn't lead you into a horrible notion that fanfiction was horrible or horribly written.
Nothing has been said about Dumbles yet? Does he run into Harry at any point?
Dumbles, as you call him, is on the back burner right now, mainly because I'm a bit lazy. Yet you will be seeing him within the next couple of chapters, I think. I haven't written them yet, but I do have plans.
Will Harry find the mirror if he is not there for holidays?
I haven't any plans for this yet, and I've only given a brief thought to it. I have an idea of what I'm going to do, though. It's just not well formed yet.
Will Sirius get freed? Will they talk?
Yes! He will, and they will! I'm just not saying when.
Will Remus understand the truth?
Yes. He's an intelligent fellow. Here's the thing: "When is Remus going to get the truth?"
That was so cool, but why a cliffy?
Why a cliffy? Why not? Actually, it's because I was stuck, but I still wanted to post so people wouldn't have a desire to throw rocks at me. I suppose it didn't stop one girl from wanting to gather a mob and surround my "house/ apartment/ cardboard box", but what would you rather? An especially long wait? Or the stuff split up? I suppose I could have arranged it so I still had my word count done up properly and left you without a cliffy, but like I said, it would have ended up an especially long wait.
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Responses to chapter 20
Sep. 28th, 2005 | 07:39 pm
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Who will be the first to realise that Scabbers is Peter and when? What about Scabbers? Where is that blasted rat?
Did you read chapter 21 yet? I'll get there... someday.
So is Dumbledore going to try to figure out who put the shields on Harry?
'Course! He's just working independently from Remus at the moment.
Why can he just be happy Harry is back and not get in his business? Does he not know this will pull harry away from him if he fines out.
Fortunately, we don't really know HOW Harry will react as he has grown up in different circumstances. Also, this is not the brash 15 year old we know from the books. AND, Remus has much more sense than to let on to Harry that he is searching for answers. If bad news comes to Remus if he finds out, then he'll use it to help Harry. Chances are, Harry's never going to know that Remus is researching where Harry had been. Harry's more likely to find out about Dumbledore's secrets than Remus's.
Why can Harry not use Sirius's old mirror that they talk about in year five, that way he talk to Sirius all he wants. Will you use it please?
Now where's the fun in that?
So will Harry get to visit Sirius soon?
Harry wants to.
And what of the dementer shield?
SO not telling!
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Chapter 20 questions
Sep. 3rd, 2005 | 10:23 pm
mood: accomplished
Thank you to everyone who gave me suggestions for Harry's house. That was a total of four or five people and it was practically a tie considering I had one vote for every house. You've likely already read my newest chapter, so you saw what happened. Those characteristics will continue to show up for Harry in the future. I know that some wanted to see new friends for Harry, but if I did that, then it would be a much longer wait until we saw Sirius. New friends is not the focus or the plot for this story, as interesting as it would be. Having Sirius and Harry as the focus is. Thank you to everyone who reviewed.
Will Harry have night mares and call out for Sirus in his sleep and give away were he's been for the past 7 years?
I haven't thought of that. Probably not, though. My idea is to draw it out as long as possible so that I keep each and every one of you in suspense.
Will Harry be going into gryffindor in this story?
You did read the chapter, so you have your answer.
When are you bring Sirius back in your story? I miss him.
He will be in and out periodically before he returns as a main character.
What do think about the 5 book where Sirius was killed? I hate it that happen to him. Please tell me you are not going kill him in your story please?
Sirius will not be killed in my story. I, personally, think that Harry needs an adult in his life that he can fully trust to care for him. In Jo Rowling's books, Harry needed to be cut off from any adults. In this story, Harry desperately needs one.
Will Remus find out about Sirius and if he does will he tell DD?
I'm not telling.
PLEASE...you just HAVE to let Remus figure out that it is Sirius!! I thought it was just so obvious in the last chapter, that he'd come to the conclusion immediately.
It was SO not obvious! *smile* Put yourself in Remus's shoes and remember that Remus knows NOTHING! Tell me, you are a wizard and one of the top three places to fear in the world is Azkaban. Now, do you really think that Harry could have been in Azkaban? Especially considering Harry is completely sane, he has been well cared for, knows about house elves, has a pretty good education, and oh...Azkaban is the last place you would think to look! Sorry if I sound a little mean, snarky, or defensive here, but I dont' mean to be. Please, also, don't forget that wizards are also not known for their logic. Think of it this way. You have a kid that has disappeared. Are you going to look for him to be with your friend So-n-so (who is in a high security prison) if you hear that the name of the person your child is with begins with So? I didn't think so. I, too, would probably think it obvious if I were not writing this, but keep in mind that you are knowing Harry's side of the story. Remus doesn't. Azkaban is a feared place. Even if Remus thought of it, he would instinctively dismiss it because of his fear for Harry actually being there. Sorry for ranting! I just had to get that out. It may be obvious to the readers, but we are seeing everything. Remus is not. Thank you and I will now step off my soap box that I created out of the molehill made mountain.
I am curious about Harry's effect on Draco...what was that?? It almost seemed dementor-like in it's cold effect.
Hey, a couple of you are checking out the little clues! What about the one that is far back in the beginning? What was that one all about?
How long can he keep the info hidden that Sirus raised him?
As long as he likes! He's at Hogwarts right now, and Dumbledore is not yet interfering with his life. Remus, also, will only be seeing him on the weekends and has also been instructed to not dig for answers through Harry. It will come out, just not quite yet.
What did Peachy talk to the hogwarts elves about in the care of Harry during the school year?
Just that she wants him to look out for Harry and that should he come to them, could they please help him without running to anyone else that is not a house elf. In other words, keep it confidential.
I wonder just how Mooney will react once he manages to cross off the other 2 names on his list of possible guardians for Harry?
Well, I'm not gonna make it that easy.
Will he do a Holmes (Once every other option is eliminated, than whatever is left no matter how improbable must be the truth).
No. But he will be a little like Holmes in picking out the information that may lead him into the right direction. 'Course Holmes would never let misinformation deceive him........I didn't just say that, did I?
Oh man! The whole scene where they got on the train I was totally rooting for Harry to sit there all curled up knees-to-chest and wait for the other students coming in and YOU DID IT. Hah! Totally called it. xD
Oh, completely! I'm not that unpredictable! I just have different plots that are not the same as everyone else. I just take their plot and change it up so that it is my own! I do not copy! I am simply predictable. That's me! Did I mention that Remus wears pink underwear and secretly desires to own a purple elephant that speaks bear?
Will the Sorting Hat be able to sort Harry due to what the Dementors did to him?
Oh, yeah! *throws hands up into the air to do a little cheer* I took your suggestion from one of your previous posts. I had been barely thinking upon those lines, but you made it much clearer for me, and allowed me to do something that may or may not be right for Harry.
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