Dumbledore really thought that Petunia would find a space in her heart to love Harry, very naive of him but he believed in families bonds and the blood wards were too good for Harry safety.

Another important thing is that Dumbledore NEVER sent Harry to his death, He KNEW that Harry would survive, in the final conversation of book 4 when Harry told about Voldemort using his blood to the ritual Dumbledore for a moment he had a look of triumph that was when he realized Voldemort biggest mistake because the blood protection is now inside Voldemort and his magic won't affect Harry but only the horcrux inside him. It was a galaxy brain plan.

Why not just a simply tie between Gryffindors and Slytherns. I mean The Great Hall could have had room for both banners?! This just makes it look like the elite Harry James Potter of course wins because no matter what happens he will be reward MORE points than anyone else just so he can always win.

Ah-hoo, werewolves of London

I like that this Dumbledore is more proactive, less secretive. I really like the solution to the Horcrux in Harry's scar.

No basilisk yet?

That bothered me too. With only forty kids in Harry's year, he should have learned more about many of them other than just their names. JKR should have fleshed out the characters better. Also seems odd that a major character's parents were never named (Hermione)

I liked this trip back to Hogwarts, and the adults seeing that the entrance to the Platform was closed. It might not seem as eventful as canon, but a lot was going on here regardless. Oh, BTW. Neville never did tell his story about the happenings between the Weasleys and the Malfoys. I like that Ginny went to Hufflepuff, perhaps she'll make good friends there and wont be concerned with the Diary. I thought maybe you'd send her to Slytherin, but I don't see her doing well there. Perhaps Ron is the one with the Diary? we'll see, time to continue reading!

Mrs Greengrass didn't look a day over 35?! I hope not as she is only 32 if she's the same age as Lily, LOL! Lily was born in 1960 and had Harry at the age of 20. I loved the ending here. I haven't read anything similar to that. It was a great way for Harry to start a clean slate. Too bad the Dursleys couldn't see it, can you imagine their faces? LOL

Hermione CAN'T go back. Even though Theo never ended the freeze flame charm, the gargoyles are still there. Hermione can't fight them by herself. She'd be dead before she left the room.

odd that he is not thinking of how close to death he and Neville were from the spiders! You'd think he'd be telling anyone in authority about it

Excellent story. Well written throughout.

I really like your handling of Dumbledore. I think this is what Rowling intended in her canon-accurate version, but failed because of how negligent she made him for the plot.

I swear this is frustrating. It's not "here, here" as in "in close physical proximity", it's "hear, hear" as in "I agree with what is being said and I want others to hear that too". This mistake keeps repeating itself!

So the culprit is Draco? This is hilarious, Malfoy Sr created this pitfall and Malfoy Jr fell in it?

The narrative was whisked away by the plot, yet I was waiting for Harry to somehow speak with Snape about his friendship with Lily. It's been months since he learnt about that.