Thank you! As I wrote in the beginning, I already have this fic done. It is just now with my beta writers so there will be no chance of it being abandoned :)I hope you continue to enjoy!Thanks,Livvy

Thanks! Remember, Severus and Hermione are fighters and they won't let go without a fight.Thanks!Livvy

Thanks, it is snowballing now, we'll have to wait for where the ride will take them. Sad still,ThanksLivvy

Yes, it is quite dangerous, after all-war and all that. However, they are smart and know how to work around things. They won't let that get in their way of loving each other.Thanks!Livvy

Moody is extreme, isn't he? Always the fanatic! Well, we know Severus and Hermione aren't keen on being told what to do by people they think have no business dicating to them about their lives, so we'll see...Thanks!Livvy

Thanks! I know it was a hard chapter for some, but thanks for sticking it out!Thanks,Livvy

Unfortunately, yes. I, however, do not. War is a nasty business and for Hermione, she needs to be extrememly prepared. Don't want Voldemort getting into her head or controlling her!Thanks,Livvy

Thank you! Moody is a interesting character to write. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's going to be an interesting ride-more twists and turns to come.Thanks!Livvy

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Yeah, business... we'll have to see how sneaky these two can be!Thanks,Livvy

She won't. She will fight tooth and nail to keep him no matter what others tell her.Thanks,Livvy

I'm glad you liked it!Thank you!Livvy

Yeah, is was hard to write as well. War is erupting around Hogwarts and one year is left before these people leave school and start going into battle. It ain't going to be pretty. But remember, at the beginning of the fic in chapter 1, there was Severus and Hermione, September of 1981, still in love, but has had a time of it being seperated. But the love is still there. So, they will find a way! I promise some light-hearted moments, especially when they finally start having sex! Hot dog!Thanks,Livvy

Thanks for reviewing. I understand your "this is gross!" reaction. So you know, Hermione is seventeen. I didn't do it for "shock value," just out of what research I did on Voldemort and how he used and abused his Death Eaters. I couldn't get the image out of my mind how he placed Draco under the Imperius Curse and made him perform the Cruciatus Curse on Death Eaters who had disappointed him in DH. Then there was the whole Charity Burbage thing, not to mention how he basically raped Bertha Jorkins' mind until she was just a husk of a person and then disposed of her. The wizard was pure evil, so I wrote the chapter with that canon "reality" in mind. Not for shock value, but for a realistic expectation of the kind of skills they would need to fight these people. Hermione especially with what she knows needs to be trained harder than the others in order to protect her mind. It is that vital Voldemort does not find out she is from the future and knows about Harry Potter and his own demise.Writing it really wrung me out. THen, of course, I had to deal with the uber-fanatic Moody and his distrust of Hermione. I really felt that I needed to push Hermione past her limits to make her stronger becuase she will need to be strong and disciplined in her mind for what is to happen.There will be chapter coming up soon that I think you will adore. Hermione will have a week-end where all the Gryffindors will be forced to remain in the tower because Moldy-butt is coming to see Dumbledore about wanting a job, and also to plant a horcrux. Hermione and the others will put their differences aside and have a "training day" where people can teach others their specialties and there will be prizes for the winners. I even have an excellent part for Sirius and James where they get a run for their money by a little witch no one expected to be such a fantastic duelist (and it isn't anyone we've seen yet). So I think you will enjoy that.Thanks!Livvy

Where did you read that Voldemort put Draco under the Imperius and had him Crucio Death Eaters that disappointed him? I would definitely need to read that again, having never seen that in canon. I wonder how I could have missed something like that. It sounds like someone's fanfiction story I've read.I've done a lot of research on Voldemort myself for writing purposes, and I know he's no walk in the park, but he's got better things to do than play sexual games with his prey. He's actually quite a smooth talker (look at all the times we see him in the Horcrux memories for instance). The only thing he rapes is someone's mind. We know there are no such things as Dark Revels (parties of rapes and pillaging). JKR's told us that. I'm just saying that Moody could have been throwing other curses at her while Kingsley tried to get into her mind. Moody might be a fanatic, but I don't think he's so dirty to do all that to a kid in his care for training. And I really don't feel Kingsley would be a part of that.It really just makes me want to give up reading, for fear only more of the same is to come. It's just frustrating for me and disappointing. I thought, "Ah, this is going to be a great story," and then ... I dunno. Same old thing, different day maybe? Or maybe it feels like the story took a turn in a different direction lately. I'm not certain.

When I wrote, "I'll Be There," which was an OC/SS is basically had DH open at all times on my desk because I wanted to work my OC into canon. I hated the LACK of Snape in DH.It was page 174 of DH. Voldemort is speaking, "More, Rowle, or shall we end it and feed you to Nagini? Lord Voldemort is not sure he will forgive this time... You called me back for this, to tell me that Harry Potter has escaped again? Draco, give Rowle another taste of our displeasure... Do it, or feel my wrath yourself!""...Malfoy's gaunt, petrified face seemed branded on the inside of his eyes. Harry felt sickened by what he had seen, by the use to which Draco was now being put by Voldemort."Look, I don't know what kind of time Voldemort has or doesn't for whatever. He enjoys various kinds of torture, either by his own hand or making others to it while he looks on. He is a sadist, and rape, through history, has always been used as a means to interrogate, strike fear, and disable the enemy. If he has time to sit around and have Charity Burbage in a spinning whirl on display, I'm sure he doesn't mind what his Death Eaters are doing to extract information from prisoners. This isn't a "revel," this is war.Moody was very angry because he was going through this over and over with Hermione, and she wasn't getting it. This was his "Hail, Mary" pass. His way to trigger a desperate response that would push her further to do what needed to be done. He didn't start out with humiliating things, like eating dog food or sexual coercion, but he needed for her to push past herself and learn to combat it! And as you see, they were proud of her, and Moody even laughed at her tenacity at crashing him into the water.I understand your concern, but believe me, this story is going to take a sharp left turn and everything that has been going on to prepare for war will change drastically for Hermione, and rape or torture will have nothing to do with it. This story is not going to go down the road I think you are dreading. Keep with it, and if after the huge reveal, where this story goes completely into a direction that I swear I have never read in any fanfiction (though, probably someone has written about it, somewhere and I haven't read it), you aren't fine with it, then stop reading. But this is not going to turn into a gratutitous fic for shock value. This is a love story.Thanks!Livvy

~jots down page for later reading~ Looks like from early on in the book. I look forward to reading it again--when I have time.My "revel" was just an example. I wasn't saying you were writing about one, just showing her (the author's) distaste to the whole "rape this and that" in fanfiction and how people carry on with things. And about Voldemort, I don't dispute he's cold and ruthless. Just saying, he'd rather kill / Crucio than check someone's knickers to humiliate them. He's so much deeper than that. I believe Burbage had all her clothes on. HahahaI have no qualms about quitting a story that I've been reading because I don't like it (though it's hard to escape my turn to admin it in queue), and as you see, I have no trouble voicing my opinions on it either. It's just frustrating because yes, I have read some of your stories, and I feared that this was going down their road. I remember you telling me something a while back about Hermione and what she's going to become, which DOES have to do with rape/women being taken advantage of?. So you can see my concern for what the next chapters "could" be filled with. I just wanted to tell you that it was so much better and that you didn't have to go that route and still have it stand on its own. And yes, it's very hard to be original in the fandom these days. Someone's always saying, "Been there, Done that."

She's stronger now than ever. She had to go through hell to prepare for the other side. After all this is war, not a garden party. People are going to die and Dumbledore doesn't her to be one of them! So she needed to get tough.Thanks!Livvy

But she got through and proved herself! Now she's got respect and has earned her place in the Order. She'll need that strength to get through the last year of school.Thanks,LivvyP.S. I haven't forgotten you :) Keep looking in to see the chapter dedicated to you!

Thanks! I'm glad you appreciated the seriousness I wanted to show in this chapter.Livvy

Thank you!!

I just used that phrase in a review earlier. This is war, not a garden party! It has to be grueling, especially for Hermione. She has to protect that mind of hers from Voldie!Thanks,Livvy

Oh, yes. Hermione's life is going to feel nothing short of a rich, full waster! Our lovebirds have got to be careful.Thanks!Livvy

It's going to be a rough year for them, but they'll make it-eventually.Thanks!Livvy

That's right. There is so much she doesn't know and her relationship with Sirius will continue to be a problem.Thanks,Livvy

That's right. There is so much she doesn't know and her relationship with Sirius will continue to be a problem.Thanks,Livvy

I'm glad you like the story. I always thought after I read DH that it might have been very overwhelming for Lily with these boys clamoring for her attentions.Yes, that will be the issue, won't it? What will happen and what won't.Thanks,Livvy

I'm glad you like the story. I always thought after I read DH that it might have been very overwhelming for Lily with these boys clamoring for her attentions.Yes, that will be the issue, won't it? What will happen and what won't.Thanks,Livvy

Thanks! Oh, yes, it will quite the adventure when all is said and done. I hope you keep on liking it.Thanks,Livvy

Thanks! Oh, yes, it will quite the adventure when all is said and done. I hope you keep on liking it.Thanks,Livvy

Thank you! I really wanted to do a TT for a while now, but I wanted something original. I hope it will continue to surprise you.Thanks!Livvy

Thank you! I really wanted to do a TT for a while now, but I wanted something original. I hope it will continue to surprise you.Thanks!Livvy

Yay! Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.Livvy

Yay! Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.Livvy