Nenya posted a comment on Friday 14th June 2013 1:42am for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Ahhh, it was Wormtail who saved Percy's life! I didn't pick that up on my first read through. Poetic.

LynnTerald posted a comment on Tuesday 11th June 2013 3:49am for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

I've been thinking Percy was mad for getting attached to Crystal the way he was, but...now..."Mad Muggle of Hogsmead" can only be her. It has always been something I had hoped that would never come to pass, but...FTW.

As for Fox...*clings to Danger's first ever dream like a security blanket*

"I married you last night," she said to Remus the first time they ever met and wasn't it just the sort of thing I would hold to, impossible as it seems right now. I'm still also holding to the fifth line of the newest prophecy.

Rebel Goddess posted a comment on Thursday 16th May 2013 6:01am for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Just read the scene with Ron and Percy and thought "Peter's paying Percy back for all those years of protection and treats".

Loved the Mad Muggle, loved the logic of Draco's sacrifice (sniff) loved it all. Can't stop to review - got to see who's dying!

Nenya posted a comment on Friday 19th April 2013 3:29pm for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Oh gosh! :'( :'( :'(

I wasn't expecting it to be George. And I hadn't guessed the meaning of Hermione's dream, even though I specifically re-read it a few weeks ago. Then again, I suppose it was hard to interpret.

Cracking stuff, although very sad. I'm completely in awe of the way you're weaving four books' worth of material together here.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Nobody was. Which is why I'm so frackin' evil. More weaving coming right up...

karm23 posted a comment on Friday 19th April 2013 1:47pm for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Just went back and reread chapter 30 of DwD and all I could say was Oh my God... Evil Panther....

Anne B. Walsh replied:

You know it. Have a look at Chapter 24 of FD while you're at it...

karm23 posted a comment on Friday 19th April 2013 1:08pm for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Sad or not, it was a good chapter...

Not exactly the way I was expecting Draco to leave them, but then again you never do things the way we expect them to...

Poor Crystal... although maybe after what the Death Eaters did I imagine they will be the ones to feel sorry for... After she's done with them.

Until next time...

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Oh, definitely the DEs will regret angering Crystal.

tangentsferret posted a comment on Thursday 18th April 2013 4:10pm for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Sorry I'm late, and not very verbose. My Grandaddy died. Is a good chapter, evilness and all. Glad Scabbers remembers his debts. That was really brave of him. S'brave of Fox, too, but then we kind of expect that of him by now. Looking forward to seeing how you work the switch. Poor Ginny, sucks thing to happen right before her wedding, particularly since they can't exactly postpone it.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Yeah, I would call that a valid excuse. Sorry to be pushy. And yes, Scabbers did a good thing, but do consider who else these particular DEs have been threatening...

oddlyalli posted a comment on Thursday 18th April 2013 1:50pm for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Well, as long as Crystal didn't really go mad...I was expecting one twin to die, especially with ASNT . But that doesn't mean I won't be mad at you if you kill Fred, Graham, or Peter in the next chapter (or just about any of the other good guys, but those are the foreshadowed, right?).

Is ASNT AU? I'm hoping it is, especially so you can write another way of Draco getting out of it.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

No, Crystal isn't actually mad. Just temporarily freaked out. And it is none of the above... Yes, ASNT is AU. Though possibly not the way you think...

AnnaTigg posted a comment on Thursday 18th April 2013 6:57am for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

I'm not sure what to say other than argh....I had begun to wonder if something was going to happen to George, but it still came as a shock. I sincerely hope nothing happened to any other Weasleys, since this chapter also had nasty things happening to Draco. Truly hoping that Luna's vision is still going to prove somehow wrong (please please please).

Looking forward to Harry and Ginny's wedding still, despite there being a twin missing, but seriously worried about your "another death" comment. Chapter 25 as soon as possible please to put us out of our misery...

Anna

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Well, it isn't a Pack or Pride member who dies next chapter. Or a Weasley...

tocom81 posted a comment on Thursday 18th April 2013 1:06am for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Oh my god, Anne, I've dreaded this kind of chapter for so long now and now it seems to have happened...

But! Even if you let the twins get killes, which I fear, you did, I will not believe that Draco really dies. There will be some twist like in your other story, and, I mean, Aletha finally got back to beeing herself, too. It's just, you just can't really let a member of the pack die for real. Can you ?!?

And in Danger's first dream there was Draco at her wedding. So I just keep hanging and I am looking forward to the next chapter no matter what you throw at your characters and your reader :-)

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Well, Draco's not dying yet. It's still only April 30. His gravestone said June.

Phil Boswell posted a comment on Wednesday 17th April 2013 1:42am for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Yikes…keeping my eyes dry mostly by force of will…

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Get your tissues. You'll probably lose it next chapter. I sniffled writing it.

carolebear posted a comment on Tuesday 16th April 2013 9:05pm for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Nooooooooo! Poor Crystal! I am currently rereading the entire DV,now working on Dealing with Danger, but I haven't gotten to Chapter 30 yet. I did reread to find the part you mentioned, though. By the way, I'm Carole on facebook. Somehow I always manage to forget that, in a way, this is canon, and some things are just meant to happen. It doesn't mean I have to like them, or to pray that there might yet be a way out for a certain individual. I'm sure there will be many more tears before we are finished.

It certainly won't be the wedding day that Ginny and Harry deserve, and it's not like they can even put it off, as it is so important.

Question (or two): Shouldn't the rest of the Pack and Pride's pendants be going beserk for Draco? Or are they not because he has come to terms with it (and is not angry or upset) and is not in imminent danger? Also, I haven't reread far enough to find out what the blood red potion does. Does anyone have the potion in his/her piece that acts like acid? And for good measure, isn't Crystal George's girlfriend, and didn't Fred die in the book? (I feel like an idiot that I can't remember)

Anne B. Walsh replied:

I'll address it later, but Draco shut his pendants down so they wouldn't overload the Pack and Pride. The red potion is exactly the one that acts like acid. And yes, Crystal is George's girlfriend... bear in mind that while often I am less evil than JKR, sometimes I'm MORE so.

callie posted a comment on Tuesday 16th April 2013 6:42pm for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

Argh! I want the next three chapters right now! Cause I know it's going to take at least that long for everything to sort it's self out... Also I think I need to retread this chapter because I'm sure I've missed things but maybe after breakfast...

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Oh, honey. Most of this won't get fully sorted out until the end of the story.

triciaelbl posted a comment on Tuesday 16th April 2013 6:25pm for Chapter 24: The Battle of Hogsmeade (Year 6)

wow, it's wonderful to see it coming together, and you are a master of pathos. LOVE is to calm a word for how much I love your work!

Thanks, as always, for your work!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Well, if you loved this chapter, get ready for the next one...