Yay! I loved it! New fave!

will there be a squel

This was REALLY good. What a rush! I knew they'd save Harry, of course, but it was the getting there that was the fun part. And I'm so glad I discovered this after it was done! Thank you for letting me read it!

aw... a neville triumphs story. it was so beautiful... you did a really good job with this.

loved this! the suspense made my heart beat 10miles an hour!

luv ya

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Truly a nice story, and very well-executed from top to bottom. Any chance for a sequel? There's a lot of potential to explore with Malfoy's conversion, not matter how moot DH made it. Hope to see you back writing here, and good luck with your original works as well. Thanks for a fun read.

Amazing! Amazing! Well done! I totally loved it! There was suspense to keep me here and a wonderful plot line to keep me interested! The best combo there is! Excellent work!

Just re-read this story and enjoyed it just as much, if not more, than I did the first time. Thanks again for sharing it... and welcome to my fav's list.

GREAT story! Very well done. It was about time someone put Neville in a brave role, and you did it well.

Hah, this story was great! I'm glad to read about Harry Potter not saving the day for once. (Don't get me wrong, Harry is great, but he's really a sponge for glory.) Not only was this story so entertaining, it just seems so true. I could imagine something like this happening, down to the Draco Malfoy change of heart. (I'm waiting for that boy to come around, even if he did help assassinate Dumbledore...)

You did a great job writing this and making it interesting. Thanks for doing it!

"Maybe . . . maybe Saint Potter's life outside of Hogwarts isn't as rosy as I thought it to be. And maybe, just maybe, Father's way-Voldemort's way-is wrong."

And what happened then...?

Well...in Hogwarts they say

That Malfoy's small heart

Grew three sizes that day!

(Sorry, it just reminded me of that so much...)

I love your writing, and this story. DO you have any plans for a sequel? I would love to read a Neville-centric sequel based on the last scene about curing his parents.

Interesting read... Well rounded and realistic characters! All in all a good read! Good work!

Brilliant story! I loved that you focused on Neville. And I love Draco's decision. Great job.

That was bloody well marvelous, not to mention truly original - the hunting cats, the shifting garden with dangers lurking around every corner, the race against time - wow, the entire story was so filled with tension that I have no clear idea of what the hell time it is... oh, 4:30AM. Damn.

Some real highlights of this story were the way that Draco worked so well with Ron and the way that Snape, Hermione and Neville worked so well together. That latter trio - I kept having to remind myself when you said 'trio' that you were referring to them and not the Gryffindor Trio. And was amazed all over again how you'd thrown these three very different characters together and yet they worked perfectly as a team.

Neville saving the day in general was truly special. He's a great, often underappreciated character, and it was fun to see him shine.

Snape's speech while he awarded points made me grin like a fool and press my fingers to my lips in utter shock. That was so well done!

The harm your three heroes constantly came to was surprising but good. When the pterodactyl-like thing caught Hermione I was beside myself, as when Snape fell, when Hermione caught fire, etc. I was surprised to note that Neville never encountered mortal peril, but I suppose you were making the point that he got the chance to play the hero.

The initial scene where Harry goes from cursing him to fighting to protect him was startling in its suddenness, but Harry all over - as was his first concern on waking, making sure that Draco and Snape were well. Finally, I am really fond of your Draco in general. You built him to be snarky and sometimes annoying but also genuinely good... a challenging sort of character to write. The bit where Draco's world sort of dissolves when he realizes how truly important Harry is to him was wonderful.

Ron being the responsible one and looking after Harry was great - he was okay with changing bandages, holding Harry, whatever was needed. Though... it did seem like you got his dialect a bit off, adding apostrophes to shorten his words when Rowling never has.

The only other bit of CC I have is that it was slightly unrealistic for Harry's illness to be so cut-and-dry in terms of its statute of limitations, so to speak. It seems awfully precise to say that after sunset, Harry can't recover (or was it that they had to start brewing the potion by sunset? Either way...) However, since this is a magical dysfunction and not a typical disease, I guess it *could* have a set time-frame in which it operates; I am willing to suspend disbelief on this point. Just seemed - more contrived than necessary. There was really more than enough tension without a truly specific deadline.

I love this story and am adding it to my C2, Kirinin's Fics of Worth. Thanks for writing, I really enjoyed it! :)

-Kirinin