By Anne B. Walsh
Reviews
Rebel Goddess posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 9:03pm
As soon as I heard voices, I figured it would be them. What I didn't expect was the cord explanation of why Harry isn't dead either. Poor little Marcus, though I suspect James's cryptic remark means he'll only be with James and Lily until Aletha is pregnant again. I like the way you interweave such sadness with the joy of Harry meeting his parents. The DoM scenes are excellent.
I also like that Lucius takes the opportunity to hook into Draco's magic and Draco's current idiocy. Most of all, I'm looking forward to Harry suckering Voldemort.
You keep trying to make us think Draco is going to die for good but I don't see it happening. There'll be a way out I suspect.
callie posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 12:20pm
awwwwwwwww poor marcus
and why do you still have to let draco die:(
can't wait till the next chapter
jj84gal posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 11:18am
Thank you Thank you Thank you for not killing off padfoot or any of the other pack parents for that matter. I was sad when I read about Marcus though. When will Luna find out about Amanda? Ahh this fic, as much as I love it, is going to drive to drink. You should really "discover" a potion that allows mooney and danger to have kids, and allow letha to have at least one more baby, I want more kids!
Rasgara posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 8:42am
awesome im so glad you have been updated quickly. i love your story and ive been following it since the first installement. cant wait for more.
smileys,
Rasgara
hahaheeheehaha posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 4:23am
omg! you killed marcus! lethas gonn be devastated! and ur gonna kill off draco? i like dangerverse draco. im not so keen on canon draco, ur dracos much better! ill def re-read year 3 cos ive recently re-read dh... i wanna know what happens next! but not so much i want you to tell me if that makes sense :P please update soon. thanks for writing!
uthamm posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 3:46am
Nice. I like the little twists and turns, but the section with Malfoy was just EVIL! What did he do? and 'coughDRACOcough' isn't making me feel better!
Sweet moment with James, Lilly and Marcus.
Musta posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 2:40am
And one thing though, I'm actually putting Luna at a higher risk than Draco.
Musta posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 2:25am
one, two, three... please review"
Indeed. An excellent chapter, though I already thought that you weren't going to take the canon route anyway.
sejones posted a comment on Thursday 18th October 2007 1:34am
I didn't want to say it in the review of two chapters ago, but I thought Aletha's baby would be a logical character to kill. It gives an apropriate level of angst (who doesn't get upset when a baby dies?) while preserving the balance of characters in the pack. I'm still hoping you won't kill Draco.
Bevvie posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 11:24pm
I am glad that Lily and James were there for Marcus, that was a nice touch out of a very sad situation. -- Can't wait to see what happens next!
bookaholic_au posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 8:04pm
I can't fully express my gratitude. But did you have to kill the baby?
Please ignore my whinging. I am not satisfied with anything, it would seem.
Thanks for the quick update.
karina82 posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 4:37pm
man thanks for that authors note and the beginning for i really did need a tissue.
i'm glad sirius is alright but it's so sad that marcus was the one to fall.
looking forward to the scrimmage between voldie and harry.
oh and i really hope you really aren't planing to kill of draco like you hinted in your ending authors note.
Graup posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 4:24pm
Brilliant chappie.
You scared me with the BYOT. I thought for sure you would kill Sirius here.
Instead you killed Marcus? Sounds like trouble is brewing.
Thanks for sharing the story with us mere mortals.
Sherylyn posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 3:41pm
The way you handled this was just beautiful! And as much as I "enjoyed" the chapter (which was a bit like Harry's emotions -- glad to see him w/James and Lily, but sad for the reason of him being there), I'm especially grateful that you were able to post it very quickly. That does SO help the suffering of the masses of readers you have ;-)
Brilliant job!!
Claire1 posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 3:40pm
Great chapter!
Aki posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 2:28pm
I don't want Draco to die! Not any of the pack and pride, please! I don't think we've seen the last of Marcus. After the war, he may come knocking on Aletha's womb again. I was wondering when it was announced that Sirius and Aletha have another child whether it was a mistake. After all, he wasn't mentioned in the dreams.
Anyway, it was a good chapter and I want to know how Harry suckered Voldemort!
Truebluejp90 posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 2:24pm
Oye ve my dear, such well done cliffhangers. I do enjoy your stories and look forward to more soon.
Aggiebell posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 2:10pm
*waves* Jules from PFW here. See, I told you I'd review. I still apologize for my tardiness, though.
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Oh. Wow. That was... Not at all what I'd expected. I'm not sure what I did expect, but it wasn't Marcus being the one who died.
Except... I do remember thinking that Letha really needed to be careful when I learned that she was going into the battle, too. Not that I expected her to not go, of course, since that's not something she'd do, but I did have just that twinge of worry.
So I think maybe it was (yet another) case of you giving us the clues and me missing them until I have the hindsight to recognize them. You're very, very good at that, by the way.
I love, love LOVE that Harry got to see Lily and James, that he got to talk to them and hug them. I think that made me more weepy than Marcus did, actually. Not because I'm hard-hearted, but because it's something that I've wanted so badly for canon Harry. Except... I think it's better that it happened in your story than if it had happened in canon, because Harry was loved here, and when he has to say goodbye, it's not so bad. In canon, he never had that love, and so I think it would be so much more painful for him, if he'd had the chance to be with his parents in canon.
I also love that Lily and James will take care of Marcus for Sirius and Aletha. I can't imagine how hard it would be to lose a child (and I hope that I never have to experience that), but I can imagine that it might be just a touch easier if you knew your best friends would be there to take care of him for you. (Okay, now I'm getting all weepy again thinking about it.)
Let's see. What else? I want to smack Ron upside the head, but that's not any different than what happened in HBP, so that's okay. He'll come around eventually. I love Ginny as Alpha. She's perfect. And that whole DA speech? Also perfect.
And Lucius... I hate him. He's just evil, and truthfully, at this time, I think I might fear him more than Voldemort in this story, at least at this point in the story. I really hope we get to see him get what's coming to him before this story ends.
Whew! Sorry to be so long-winded, and thanks again for a thoroughly entertaining read!
~Julie aka Jules
amulder posted a comment on Wednesday 17th October 2007 12:56pm
Thanks, Anne, I love the story, and am grateful that you are continuing.
darkangel628 posted a comment on Friday 19th October 2007 8:28am