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Reviewer: pottermania Signed Date: 2011.09.10 - 01:26PM Title: Chapter 15

Phew, what a dilemma...risk performing healing spells inexpertly and cause possible further damage or do the bare minimum and risk problems in performing the correct healing spells later.

Poor ginny also trying to concentrate on what she has to do and not think too much about WHO she is treating.

Was voldermort making his presence known in harrys head...was that what caused him to clutch his scar and collapse?

I can understand the others feeling guilty about spectating when they could have done a lot of damage while everyone else was standing watching..but you can sense how easy it was to react that way and at least Ron got malfoy senior:)

Author's Response: It's not known at this time whether Voldemort was trying to get into Harry's head since he's out cold because of the Stunning Spells. I think the guilt that they all participated in the group stare instead of doing damage is something Ron and Hermione and Neville will carry with them the rest of their days, but hopefully, there's a lesson in there somewhere that their teachers can help them learn. I hope you at least smiled that Ron got Lucius Malfoy. Thanks for writing.

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Reviewer: Miri Signed Date: 2007.04.26 - 07:06PM Title: Chapter 15

I'm sorry I'm so late with this review. Real life rather caught up to me and the fact that I read wa-a-ay too many stories sometimes means that it's hard to keep up with them.

On the whole, this is a well written piece of work; I think I only saw a couple of small grammar glitches and I really enjoy your long chapters. You are developing your characters and plot line in a well done, cohesive and believable fashion. It's also a very "readable" flow of narrative.

With Ginny still not healed enough to take part in the fighting, it was certainly a good idea for her to set up this haven for the non-fighting and wounded students. This is something I could see Ginny in canon doing--being brave enough to admit that she'd be a liability in the fight and then getting on with what she could do.

Poor Harry,,,he does seem to get injured so much...Ah well...it's frequently the hero's fate in an action/adventure story. But, I must admit that i'm puzzled as to why it took his friends so long to come to his aid when Lucius was hitting him with the cruciatus curse. If their reactions were that slow, it would be a surprise that any of them survived the battle. And poor Ginny, trying to decide what to do to help Harry when she only has limited knowledge of healing.

I like the way all of Harry's friends and the other students are working together to do what they can for the fighting and the fighters and to protect themselves.


Author's Response: I appreciate all reviews whether they are new for Chapter 1 or for the most recent one to be posted. I took the common sense approach when I was writing this chapter. Ginny is astute enough to know that her role in the up-coming battle is meant to be different from the one Harry and the others are to fulfull; she knows her limits and plays to her strengths to the best of her abilities. As for Ron, Hermione, Neville and Luna not reacting fast enough to Harry being hit with the Cruciatus Curse, I took my cues from the battle in the DoM in OotP where Neville gets hit with the curse by Bellatrix Lestrange. In that scene, Harry stands as if rooted to the floor, unable to do a thing, as he watches the horrible scene. In this chapter, Harry's friends see the curse for the first time. You must remember that the Harry/Lucius duel comes late in the day when everyone is tired and time seems to lose all perspective. What could only have been fifteen seconds could seem an eternity to them, as in Hermione's words, "It was as if both sides were frozen in time." I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your kind words and the chance to "defend" my reasons for writing the chapter the way I did. I look forward to your next review.

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Reviewer: skiutahnum1 Signed Date: 2007.03.31 - 11:04AM Title: Chapter 15

i think they would have been better off to leave him alone..but then again its going to learn that the lesson soon enought....hope harry is going to be ok....kutgw

Author's Response: Thank you for your concerned review. You're actually mirroring Ginny's main concern; if they leave him alone, he may injure himself more, but if they do too much they may be setting him up for more complications. Therefore, Ginny's goal is to keep Harry alive, out of shock and realitively comfortable. Eventually, he will get some real medical attention in Chapter 16 which is with my beta now. I appreciate your thoughts.

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Reviewer: witowsmp Signed Date: 2007.03.30 - 03:09PM Title: Chapter 15

Good chapter aside from one thing that's very common. Death Eaters try to kill and maim the good guys, who fight back with only stunners. That's like police using squirtguns on killers using machine guns. It's not a game of tag. Force must be met with force, otherwise they'll end up fighting the same Death Eaters over and over again, letting them kill, torture, and rape more and more victims in the mean time.

Author's Response: I took this very idea into consideration when I decided to prolong the battle. Did you notice in Chapter 14 that Hermione tells Ginny that it seemed that the Death Eaters were all lining up to have a go at Harry? They also wanted to frightening as many of the students as they could, but with Neville and Luna taking the younger, more "scareable" students into Honeydukes, that particular objective seems to be lessened, if not defeated. Thank you for reminding me about how ruthless the Death Eaters can be. I'm definitely storing that bit of information for future stories.

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