Perry and Nick, I liked them so much. I shed a tear for them. But I did like the chapter even though I'm incredibly sad they're gone.

Thanks for the explanation that makes a lot of sense. Now... I can tell you I'm beyond excited for Japan! I hope you spend some time with the whole mind arts thing. I can't remember where but I've read fics where a developed Harry and powerful Voldemort actually had legillimency duels whilst dueling for real. Just a thought, maybe you could do something similar?

When will ginny come back into the picture if her memory was blocked? I want to know! Also great chapter. I loved it even though nick and perry died! Keep going!

I like the chapter.

amazing story, i hope perry will be al right. please update soon

I do like that you got rid of Peter. I still feel that Dumbledore should have done something about Sirius in getting a trial. He does bad things under this "for the greater good" saying. Getting rid of the snake will save lives in the future.

Its good. My only problem is the bit where you said Cornwall having good weather, total lie! :P

Hmmm. Too soon after their argument about Harry's disposition. My money's on Dumby letting the info slip on Harry' whereabouts to force events. Is Ginny in France? Thanks!

Still not going to read anymore.
Sure Peter just happened to know where to find Harry.
Right...
Seven billion people and he knew just where to go...

You've frustrated me with this chapter. I liked it well enough but after the way you portrayed Harry's training I would have expected for act a bit better with Voldemort. I understand Harry can't be perfect (if we want a realistic fic) ehh whatever your story is still great thanks for the update

I like the chapter.

Would love to see the Flamel's capture Snape and get all the info from him that they could to help Harry plan against Dumbledore. Awaiting more.

I certainly hope you are not going to have some lame ass crap coming up involving some stupid cup...
I can not stomach another story where some writer comes up with a stupid way to get him into the tri-wiz with some ridiculously convoluted reason.
I thought the original was ignorant to begin with, so please don't be another sheep.
If the plot has nothing to do with a stupid cup/contest, then ignore this mini rant.

This is a fantastic take on the Harry Potter series and I'm looking forward to more from you. I am curious about the Memory Blocks on Ginny though. Poppy (I think it was) was able to cast a spell to measure Harry's magical core/potential. If this is possible, why don't parents have this spell cast on all their children, instead of basing their idea of magical power off school results?

This is an odd instance where Dumbledore, a very intelligent man, makes a mistake, especially since he knows of the Weasley financial issues, and probably knows most of the children are using hand-me-down wands. I doubt he wouldn't be aware of the fact Ginny had a used wand, so I would assume, a man as smart as him, would know that it's possible her poor performance in school was due to the wand. Simply measuring her magical core, as Poppy can seem to do, would let him know just how powerful she is and whether or not the blocks would actually hold.

Of course, you could bypass that issue by simply having the Diary give a sort of false-positive in that it was siphoning her magic, not just her soul, so the result revealed she was weaker than she actually was.

Is there any possibility of you doing some sort of narrative for how different events took place? For instance, with the destruction of the stone, I'm assuming that the entire events of the Philosopher's Stone never took place? No troll to form the Trio, so Hermione and Ron wouldn't be friends (more than likely). This is something that is often overlooked in many 'Harry doesn't go to Hogwarts' stories. Hermione and Ron became friends because of Harry, it is very unlikely either of the two would have been friends without him to hold them together.

With no Hermione to help, Ron would either be smarter than cannon, as he has to rely on himself, or he'd be fairly stupid, as he has to rely on himself and is fairly lazy.

It's also possible that Ron might have matured more, as without Hermione's help, he may have to suck up his pride and ask for help from others (even Hermione or Percy), instead of just assuming she would help him.

At the same time, Hermione might not be so smart, or possibly even smarter, than cannon. Largely because, without Ron and Harry as friends, she may have secluded herself even more, or she may have forced herself to befriend Lavender and Parvati, which would result in her having less time for books, and more focus on make-up/boys.

So many different things could have changed simply because Harry never attended Hogwarts. Slytherins could still be the reining champs of the House and Quidditch cups. Sirius could have killed Peter because Fred and George never gave up the Map. Remus might never have worked at Hogwarts, so the the level of Defense of the Hogwarts students could be even more abysmal than in the books. So many changes, so many outcomes.

Truly, it is a butterfly effect :P

Anyway, I look forward to further updates in this story, and I am intrigued by the development of your characters.

Loving this so far. Looking forward to more!