So it's been so long since I read this that I went back and re-read a few chapters before reading this one, which made it so I was able to pick out an inconsistency. Fitzwilliam King was Rasputin Bode. At first I thought there was just another Death Eater who worked in the DoM, but then Ginny said she worked in the Death Chamber with him, and there were only 3 people who worked there, Bode being the Death Eater. Not a big deal, but something you might want to address. Also at one point Ginny was talking about being encouraged in her dreams by Mrs. Nott, but of course you meant Mrs. Black. I only point these things out because usually you are nothing if not consistent in your writing and I'm sure these things would bother you much more than they actually bother me. :-)

Now that that's out of the way I would like to gush about how much I love this story, as I love everything you write. I'm both excited and saddened by the new turn in the story. Excited because now Ginny will get to be in the middle of the Horcrux search action, and saddened because she won't be at Hogwarts with the badass that is Neville Longbottom. :-) Oh, and I am SO looking forward to the conversation she and Harry are going to have going something like this:

Ginny: So now that I'm here with you are you going to tell me what you're doing?
Harry: Yeah. You deserve to know. We're looking for and destroying Voldemort's horcruxes...which are objects that house a piece of his soul. Once we've destroyed them all, we'll be able to kill him.
Ginny: ...
Harry: What's wrong?
Ginny: About that? Yeah...turns out I'm actually a Horcrux.
Harry: ...
Ginny: Let me guess what you're thinking? '**!'
Harry: Yeah, that about sums it up.

Of course it will be much more tragic and epic than that. But yeah. Ginny as a Horcrux...way to bring the angst! Can't wait! :-)

Wow! Incredible!! Love it!

I was very excited when I saw that you had updated. I have to admit to being very drawn into the story each time I read it. Unfortunately for me that makes me want the next chapter right away.

Well this chapter was able to bring the four of them together. Too bad two of them are ill.

I had a little problem with Ginny being able to leave and come back so easily.

I guess I didn't remember that Theo didn't get along with his mother.

Ginny being a horcrux was something I thought you might do. I'm just not sure how you are going to get her and Harry killed and possibly survive.

Great story I look forward to the next chapter.

Lovely story. You've redeemed my views of Ginny. You have made her into a believable/realistic character, whereas in the books she fell flat and undeveloped. Also, I've hated the cliched Harry/Ginny pairing for a while, but I'm finding it acceptable in this fic. Though I still love the idea of a relationship between Ginny and your Theo. :) Anyway, I look forward to the next installment of this as you left off on such a critical point!

OMG!Your story is AWESOME!I read it in a night!!I was so caught up with it that i couldn't stop!I can't wait for the next chapter!!Thanks for uploading!!

Dimitra

This just keeps getting better and better. Even though things just seem to be going from bad to worse, I can't help but get excited. I feel like something really big and awesome is about to go down. And Ginny still ROCKS! Kudos to your magnificent display of characterization, plot, and suspense.

Great update! But you and your cliffhangers SUCK! But I'm really glad you've added another chapter to make us ponder over. I had to re-read a few of the chapters to remind myself of the details of the story, only to realize that I remembered it a lot better than I anticipated.

I love Theo. He's great, and wonderful.

Can't wait for the next update email in my inbox...HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

"Miss Weasley was the only student in her second year class to tame a baby Federer on her first try", Remus said, smiling in remembrance. Ginny hid her grin by eating a bite of banana. "All the other students shot Cheering Charms at it. Your sister jumped on it." < Cheering Charm is to be studied in Year 3, which is when Hermione missed the class.

Thanks for the update. Excellent chapter. Very nice twist at the end.

That was a fabulous chapter. The conversation btwn Ginny and the DOM was jaw dropping, although the hints were there I just didn't connect the dots very well.

Merry Christmas :-)

Thank you, thank you, THANK you for updating. This is, without doubt, one of my favorite stories on . And possibly my favorite HP ongoing story. So many stories have been abandoned (here) or discontinued/taken off (fp) that I'd almost lost hope. But you updated! I don't care how long it takes, that you did, and the chapter is just as good as the last few, made me so happy.

I love Theo. He's absolutely confusing. I have no idea what he's thinking. Does he love Ginny (kind of) or no? I have to go back and read, of course, but I still love him. Plus his and Ginny's friendship adds to the story, with her other friends slowly waning. It, for one, shows Ginny's darker side that she possesses in this story (rather then, like so many stories, adding her and making a part of the Golden Trio). Plus, Theo's just awesome. And not perfect. So great, all in all.

And making Ginny a horcrux makes sense absolutely. I get that JKR had to get through billions of other things and couldn't focus on Ginny, who is still one of my favorite characters do to various fics. That you included this in her, giving a reason that she manages to stay alive from Death Eaters in Hogwarts and elsewhere (but not making her Mary-Suish by giving her magic avoidance/super powers) makes the story all the much better.

And Tracey--how you made sure she didn't just automatically accept immediately, but still displayed (and remembered to display) the conflict is great. It still revolves around debt...this time a debt to Lily. It seems a lot of things in these stories go back to a debt, debts that connect everyone. So it's nice it still continues.

And the last two paragraphs (lines, really)...mean! A cliffie. And good, because how Ginny wasn't being caught was just at the point where if it kept on happening, I'd wonder what had happened to the Deatheaters. And Theo's note was perfect.

I really look forward to the next update

--Scribbling Death

Another great chapter! Poor Ginny. I love how you brought back some characters we haven't seen in a while (Baron and Gretchen to name a couple). I also enjoyed the dialogue between Samantha and Tracy. It'll be good to see what happens when Harry lives under Tracey's roof.

As always, I'm looking froward to the next chapter - happy writing!

I'm glad you had it all catch up on her, because it would have been quite ridiculous if she managed to get away with missing that much school.

I love the collision of the chips Ginny has to call in from different places, the Ramseys and the Department all in one go - so only she could do this, really. Everything she did is being put up to protect Harry. The way she's gathering all of her allies together, things you don't entirely realize will make the difference in times to come, is really nice to see happening.

The petulance of Tracy Merton was a really sharp contrast to the dignity of all the old families we've been hanging around with, which was very interesting to see played out. It wasn't exactly flattering to her, but in a way it really put her perspective into focus. She fought so hard to make this not her world that when its rules try to settle on her she can't do anything except shout - but she IS bound by the rules of the Old Families and the magical world.

It's nice to see the more detailed post-Hogwarts stories of Lily's friends, in your epilogue our dear Lily put it so mildly. Because of course she would, but it's nice to see the ramifications and difficulties of the actions played with.

I can't entirely figure your Theo out. I'm not sure what I mean by that. Perhaps it's just that it's odd to read a reimagining of a character that is straight personality - not morals or even thought process or reasoning or talent or capability but just straight: this is how they express themselves now. It's not the opposite or a slight variation but such something completely different. A bit of what happened with Ginny, honestly, but that's the narrator character so we spend enough time with her to see her as separate. Theo I can't tell as much. For example, I keep thinking he's gay and trying to remember if he ever indicated liking Ginny at all in this version. Also, I'm not sure what makes me say that except that he's so comfortable bearding Ginny it's like he has a lot of experience with this tactic. Which he'd need, even if it technically fooled no one. I've always loved that dynamic in comedies of manners - the stuff everyone knows but you still have to "cover up" so that everyone can keep pretending we've kept the propriety up.

I expected you'd go with the horcrux angle on Ginny - which I admit being really disappointed that JKR didn't even address in the books. Even just a quick throwaway comment from Dumbledore when he first said about the Diary - that could even show some of Harry's involvement if his first thought was, "Oh god, is it in Ginny now?" But then again, JKR seemed so determined to keep the Ginny subplot separate from the main story. I'm really interested to see how you're going to play this out. The "purging of the soul" sounds sinister, like she's going to have to empty everything about her - a kind of lobotomy or at the very least permanent amnesia or erasing of all memories and start over from scratch. So wow, that's an eerie specter hanging over everything. Nice job.

Although quite an interesting little detail that she's untouchable to the Death Eaters now - or at least unkillable. I'm sure they'd love to lock her up in a tower somewhere so that she can't get herself run over by a bus. I really want to see her jump in front of somebody in a fight and use herself literally as a human shield they won't shoot at. I just feel that would be an awesome use of this, and since I've been medicated and tested in the hospital all day, I'm speculating on what's to come rather than reviewing what you have. (I'm fine.)

You haven't really let yourself get going in long passages for awhile. It's all dialogue and plot scenes. It's a fun plot, and it's great that your payoffs are actually plot heavy rather than just the symbolism heavy you usually get, but I've missed watching you wrap words and phrases around your scenes and characters and elevating them. Yes, this section of the story doesn't need it, but with the gaps between updates, I miss the interludes of poetic prose all the more.

Great job overall. Look forward to the next update.

Katy

AWESOME CLIFFHANGER! cant wait to read more! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK AND UPDATE AGAIN SOON!

A most interesting Chapter, as the rug is pulled from under Ginny's life, and many relevations are shown. The pace is faster, and it seems like it's all spinning out of control - and towards the end! I like how Ginny is getting entrenched in all of this - or perhaps shortly even overwhelmed? Well written fanfic, and can't wait for the next few chapters!