YAY!A new chapter. Need more though. You be nice writer and give to me? I've been reading for a while now. And I must say it does tend to make my week when I see a new chapter of this story.

Author's Response: Dear Phoenix,

Thanks for the review. It feels good to be back, I hope to have the next chapter up in a couple of weeks. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

Until next time,

Marc

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I'm so glad you're still working on this. I really, really hope you finish it, and soon! Way to go!

Author's Response: Dear Jawsinnc,

Thank you for your review. I'm sorry that it's taken so long to get the next chapter up. I'm working on the next one now and will try to have it up in a couple of weeks or so. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

Until next time,

Marc

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This is a very good story. Why has it not been completed?

Author's Response: Dear Robert,

Thanks for the review. I'm having writers block problems but I haven't given up on the story as of yet. Stay with me and I'll try to get a chapter up for you as soon as I can.

Until next time,

Marc

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This is a good story. Why has it been abandoned?

Author's Response: Dear Robert,

I haven't abandoned the story yet it's just going to take a bit more time.

As always, Until next time,

Marc

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best fan fiction i've ever read. Make a sequel.

Author's Response: Dear potterfan,

Thanks for your review and welcome to my story. I'm still working on this story but have run into writers block as of late. I intend on taking it past the point where JK left off with Harry and Ginny seeing the kids off to Hogwarts. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

Until next time,

Marc

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I've been reading this story and although the plot is engaging, the readability of the story isn't great. There are a bunch of errors and I've never seen so many comma splices in one story. I want you to know that I do enjoy the story but, in the future, you might want to have someone proofread your chapters before you post them.

Author's Response: Dear Noah,

Thanks for the review. Believe it or not I do have a BETA that proofreads each chapter before I send it for validation. I hope that you can see past the commas and enjoy what I'm writing. Stay with me there's a lot more to come. I never said I was an English Major.

Until next time,

Marc

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Bloody hell Great chapter but a bit of a
long wait for it, but i loved it !

Dave

Author's Response: Dear Dave,

Thanks for the review. It's good hearing from you. I'm working on the next chapter but I've run into writers block. I haven't forgotened my readers but I've had to much to do to be able to write the way that I want. I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Stay with me.

As always, Until next time,

Marc

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Good story, keep it up. Thanks

Author's Response: Dear Gred,

Thanks for the review. Welcome to my story. I'm working on the next chapter at this time but I seem to have run into writers block. I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can.

Until next time,

Marc

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I cant wait for the next chapter...i need something to read while at work

Author's Response: Dear ben,

Thanks for the review. Welcome to my story. I'm in the process of forming the next chapter but it's going slow this time. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

Until next time,

Marc

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awsome story love it. When are you going to update it? So anxious to find out what's next.

Author's Response: Dear Matt,

Thanks for the review and welcome to my story. I'm suffering from writers block but I'm pushing ahead and the chapter should be finished in a few days. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

Until next time,

Marc

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i am completely in love with your writing! it is amazing, can't wait for more to come!

Author's Response: Dear Ellis,

Thanks for your review and welcome to my story. I've had a bit of writers block but I'm trying to get the next chapter done. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

Until next time,

Marc

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Fabulous chapter. One of my favourites

Author's Response: Dear Livicle,

Thanks for the review. I see that you've been reading for some time now, if you're at this chapter. I hope that you've enjoyed what I've done. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

As always, Until next time,

Marc

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LOVED EVERY MOMENT. CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE NEXT CHAPTER

Author's Response: Dear Livicle,

Thanks for the review. I'm glad that you're enjoying my work. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

As always, until next time,

Marc

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AW the ending of this chapter is so cute.

Author's Response: Dear Livicle,

Thanks for the review. I felt that JK never really connected Harry and Ginny. If they were to get married in the future then there should have been more a romance spoken of in the story. I hope that what I did filled in the blanks.

As always, Until next time,

Marc

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Aw this is so cute. I can't wait to read the next chapter.

Author's Response: Dear Livicle,

Welcome to my story. Thanks for the review. I'm glad that you're enjoying what I've done so far. Read on.

Until next time,

Marc

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It would seem from the battle at the end of this chapter that their preparations did not go very well. So it ended up being the Ministry rather than Hogwarts, though Harry is also the target. Considering the attack on Beauxbaton that seems very odd. Why attack that school, but not Hogwarts?

It certainly would be a lot for the Prime Minister to swallow. Hard to imagine the logistics behind creating such a path, and also how the statue would know of the location of the Ministry or for that matter the phone booth. The Ministry, like Grimauld Place and Diagon Alley is only accessible via magic it would seem, for otherwise they can not be seen.

I still think levitation is the way to go to temporarily stop it. Could be along with a ball of water much as Dumbledore used against Voldemort.

I do not think that the wizarding world would leave the muggle military to fight on their own losing so many tanks and marines. It would have been more believable to work with them to slow Kali down at least. No sign that they did anything to direct it to a particular spot. They could have modified the memories of the muggles involved as necessary afterwards. They would be doing that in any case. Since Kali can not fly, a few wizrds on brooms could have monitored the situation and contributed from relative safety. That of course begs the question of helicopters, fighter jets and bombers on the muggle side of things. Easier I suppose not having to go down that route but you opened the muggle military door not me. The melting point of Bronze is 850-1000 degrees C, Modern artillery and tank rounds as well as other weaponry can easily exceed that temperature. I wonder how much power isolated droplets of the statue could exhibit. Melt it, suspend the melted material, would have no traction and therefore ability to rejoin.

I have caught up with the action, will try to check back sooner for new chapters.

Author's Response: Dear Doc,

Thanks for your review. You always make good points. I hadn't thought of using levitation but it's a good idea. The wizards are so messed up at this point since what the Minister did was almost at the same time. I have an idea about how Kali will be destroyed and I'm working on it at this time. It is going slow since I've hit a writers block but I'm working on it.

As always, Until next time,

Marc

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First a minor point, most of the references I have looked at indicate that the English Channel would not be within the range of the Great White Shark. Southern France certainly and a good way up the west coast perhaps. But as I did find one reference indicating it is possible I will have to let it slide I guess. Would have chosen a different species though.

What was interesting about that encounter was that the statue was giving off electrical currents. Bronze, while composed primarily of copper is a very poor conductor. Ranges from like 7-15% of coppers conductivity I think depending on the specific alloy. In order to be creating an electrical current, and sharks are indeed great at detecting the electrical currents that living things give off, there has to be some sort of a power source.

I know, this is in part a magical creation, in part a mythical creation, but by and large in the world JKR has created, nature pretty much acts the way it should in many ways. True, size and mass seem quite easily modified. I think I should let it go. In many ways makes more sense for a bronze statue than a copper statue, you do not want a highly conductive statue.

It does make me wonder about the burns that Harry received. I wonder if the electrical current could be part of that.

Seems to me that levitating it would render it fairly impotent. If it has nothing to push against, not much it could do.

How would it know about Beauxbaton and Hogwarts and where they are? The goddess [Kali?] predates those places.

Author's Response: Dear Doc,

Thanks for the review. I did do some research about Great Whites in the English Channel. There was mention that they are spotted in certain points in the channel at certain times of the year. I felt that since Bronze has a high level of copper in it, that it would react with the salt water in the channel and produce a low electric current. Since the statue is so large, it would produce a high enough current to attract Great Whites.

I felt that the statue would be able to feel the magic from Beauxbaton and locked in on it since some of the girls had been with Harry for the year at Hogwarts. She destroyed the building when she didn't find Harry there.

As Always, Until next time,

Marc

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The two words that are going through my mind are "too fast". Things are moving so quickly and resolution is happening far too rapidly.

I liked the scent in the Wizengamot and the capture of Hermione, and Wilkie going to get Harry, all of that was great.

Do not have a problem with immediately going to the rescue of Hermione either. What I thought happened too fast was the showdown with the Minister. In order for that to be credible and just to the general wizarding population it needed to be more public. Not with just Harry's family for the most part present. That he was more powerful was never in doubt. But rule is not about being the most powerful. Our leaders have the great power they have because they have legitimacy. To be sure, as I write this what is happening in Libya shows that individuals who should not be in power can be and removing them not an easy task at all. But then again, the NATO forces could end this quick enough if they were to use all of the power at their command. They will not, and should not because the action would lack legitimacy and ultimately fail.

I had similar thoughts as to how to remove Hermione from the shackles. I would have approached it a bit differently though. My assumption would be that the shackles themselves would be extremely resistant to magic. That would be consistent with what you wrote and the attachment to the prison the wak point, susceptible primarily to brute force. Rather than engorgio on the shackles, I would have uses some sort of a reducio spell on Hermione or her arm. The shackles were charmed, she was not. But either way works and it was good for Daniel to be able to use his brain to help them out. I am sure that was good for his ego and stature.

As much as Azkaban is being compromised these days, looks like they need a new maximum security prison,

Author's Response: Dear Doc,

Thanks for the review. You made several good points. I know that the story moved fast but I felt that the Minister was trying to cursh any problems that others would have with what he was doing. I let Daniel figure out the best way of getting her out of the shackles since he is still the youngest of the wizards there and would see the problem in a different way. His method was so simple that the Ministers men and the Weasley's wouldn't think to use that type of spell on them. Thanks for keeping me on my toes.

As always, Until next time,

Marc



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The green lady is Skeeter, bummer. I have never considered her much of a threat. She is so easily discredited.

The real surprise was Arthur springing Kitchi. I did not see that coming at all. My first thought was that he acted on the spur of the moment after the Minister spoke to him. But upon reflection, and seeing as how Molly and Harry are awaiting his arrival at the Burrow and Grimmauld place respectively, clearly that was the plan from the start. That shows an interesting level of foresight on the part of Harry. True, that is his father in law, so some of it will rub off on him, but he still has some plausible deniability.

If he wishes to duel the Minister on the up and up, he needs the Minister to challenge him again, and publicly. That way he is merely responding. Should not be hard. Question is, with the statue headed presumably to Britain, do they have time for such a distraction.

I know that the statue is supposed to be a goddess brought to life, but I find that whole line rather troubling. After all, other statues embodied life to ever greater levels. They were not actual entities though, they were statues. The path you led us down was that someone or group was perfecting the magic that they finally used on the goddess statue. I look forward to what you end up doing with that.

The folks blowing themselves up seems disconnected. I have no doubt that it will play a part, because if it was just random it really is out of place. As it is, it still sticks out a bit, rather like a sore thumb. The only reason I feel that it must be connected is that if it is not, I would have edited it out.

So where is the statue headed I wonder. Seems to really be only three options, the Ministry, Hogwarts, or wherever Harry is [Grimmauld place, Potters home etc]. The first makes sense from the British attacking the goddess several generations earlier and that the current attack she experienced was from agents of the British wizarding community, where Harry is because he is the center of the story, led the recent attack, Hogwarts because it is the easiest way to involve Walter, Danny, Bonnie and of course young Ms. Parvati. Her family has already been attacked and an attack on her was carried out at Hogwarts. I am betting it is the last one of these.

As for Skeeter, whatever she will write will likely include Ber and how friendly she has been with Ginny. More foreboding to me was if the green woman was unknown and was planning an attack on Ginny, likely while she was with her team as she is more vulnerable then.

As always, time will tell. I always read the reviews for a chapter after I have posted my own review. That way I am not influenced by what others have written or your comments. You do give a lot of hints in your comments. With my long break, all of those pleading that you update soon are kinf of funny. I still have three chapters waiting for me.

While carrying on through all 19 years until the next generation departs on the train is admirable. If this were a real book, you would not do that. After all, JKR wrote 7 books to cover basically 7 years [arguably the first covers 11-12 years, but skips almost 11 years of what took place. Many authors here have sequels and folks like to be able to wrap things up a bit. I would seriously consider breaking this up into several books. In any case, I will enjoy your writings as I can.

Author's Response: Dear Doc,

Thanks for your review. Skeeter was just being herself. Ber will be having a talk with her. Poor Harry! Your points about where the statue is going is well made. You seem to be a chess player since you're trying to figure out my moves in advance. I hope so.

I may bundle a few of the years together after I close this story line up, but I don't think that I'm going to start another book. I'm going to fill in the 19 years and then it will be over. This is something that JK should have done but I'll give it my best shot. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

As alwasy, Until next time,

Marc

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So now we have a green lady to wonder about. As green also was associated with the statue, could there be a link? Time will tell.

The only thing that struck me as peculiar was the insistence of Minerva that Walter leave and hurry back to the common room so that he would not be out after curfew. She is the headmaster of Hogwarts, she can allow students to do whatever she wants. Dumbledore certainly did.

What misvhief will rise up with all of the aurors no longer officially there to help. Will the Minister have to beg for help or will the Wizengamot remove him from office.

As for the statue, since it is at the core bronze, one would think that heat would be involved in it's destruction. Then there is the bit about the gold which increased the explosive nature of other statues, but not part of the Indian statue from what has been described. Whatever magic is being used on the statues would seemingly work on a number of different materials.

Author's Response: Dear Doc,

Thanks for your review. I always enjoy reading your viewpoint. You're right in that Gold makes a more massive explosion but the material and spells will work on several different metals. Bronze was used since several of the actual statues of Kali are made of Bronze and I felt it should be kept that way.

You're right in that the Minister will cause a lot of problems for Harry and company, he's just going to have a bad time of it.

Finally, Minerva was just keeping Walter on his toes. She knows how he is and wanted him back in his proper common room before curfew.

As always, Until next time,

Marc

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Why are Ministers of Magic so often royal pains? They always seem to be more impediments to help, not just here but in the originals generally. Maybe it adds needed tension. Hard to have a very good story if everything is going well.

It will be interesting to see where you go with the statue. One knew that it could not be that easy. The aurors still have a lot to learn when it comes to investigations it would seem.

I understand that the dueling robes are really cool, but it still seems a bit of a time waste to change into them. I do not recall them giving any specific advantage.

I have been thinking about wands lately. Mainly because I just rewatched deathly hallows part I and saw part II. A lot of these stories wise folks carry a back up wand, which makes perfect sense to me. But at least with the emphasis the movies have placed, that does not seem to be quite as easy. Lucious Malfoy for example is basically impotent once Voldemort relieves him of his wand. Why not just pick up a new one, or use a backup wand. The wand chooses the wizard we hear time and again. So there is only one wand for the life of a wizard? That seems doubtful. Then we have the matter of wand allegiance. The one wand can only be operated by the wizard who has recently won it [Grindelwald, Dumbledore, Draco, Harry] and so it does not work as well for Voldemort it resists him because he had not won it by defeating or killing its master. Yet Harry did not defeat Draco when he was wielding the one wand, but rather his own that he had received from Ollivander. After he disarmed Draco, Draco's wand switched allegiance to Harry, but Harry acted with a wand Ron had won off of some other bloke. One starts to get caught in a circle of logic. If a wizrd disarmed you of your first wand, would not all of your wands switch allegiance to whomever disarmed you? While I would grant that a particular wand may work best for a particular individual, and even grant you that the one wand being special might only truly work for the individual that won it, I think the movies at least take the rest too far.

In my thinking additional wands would work and make perfect sense. Sorry this has been more my thinking out loud than an actual review. What I am very curious about is the sentience of the statue. Made of bronze, fragmented yet pulled itself together, is the mental capacity internal, or is it externally controlled. If the latter, by whom with the temple destroyed and wizard dead. If the former, where would that sentience lie? If running off of it's programming so to speak, how could it have such complexity of determining what to attack and what not to attack. It is fiction, we can suspend our belief, but I am curious which path you will follow. Time will tell.

Author's Response: Dear Doc,

Thanks for the review. You made several good points about the wands. Should all wizards have a primary wand and one or two back up wands. I don't think that JK gave this much thought. Since Voldemort was handed Malfoy's wand would it work for him, since he didn't win it in battle. I'm not sure what JK would say.

The statue was brought to life as the goddess Kali, not as a representative. It has all of the powers of the goddess it's suppose to be. Since she's a goddess, normal methods of destroying her will not work. She's now after Harry since she sees him as the one who desacrated her temple. This is the line that I'm forming for this story plot, I hope you enjoy it.

As always, Until next time,

Marc

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Wow, hard to believe that it has been over a year since I have checked in on your story. Our lives do get busy do they not. Good thing I am not your reader. :) I have decided though that I am not going to point out editing things any more, not my job and more fun dealing with the guts of the story.

Having been gone so long, I may have to back up farther than the last chapter to remember all of the various threads you have going on. It is really amazing how many different lines there are in the web you are weaving. I trust that they will all come together in the end.

Pretty sloppy of Minerva to not pick up on checking the armor after the comment by Daniel and Bonnie. She was forewarned. As I recall, four suits of armor were messed with and only two involved in the attack here, perhaps they still need to do some checking.

An awful lot of powerful witches and wizards in the upcoming class at Hogwarts. I seem to recall Daniel having a lot of power and Walter may be putting him to shame. Is it your view that Walter is naked when he reverts to his normal form because his transformation is not being consciously controlled? Certainly Minerva was not prancing around in her birthday suit as she changed shape, nor any of the others, but they had perfected control of their animagus forms.

Harry seems especially tight lipped to me in this chapter. Perhaps that is consistent with his actions to date, as I said, I likely need to reread all of your story to date to refresh my memory. But with so much having been kept from Harry when it clearly impacted him, even Dumbledore apologizing because he kept more than he probably should have, I do not see Harry being the same way. I think he would find a way to be more forthcoming. Maybe though that is why he was nodding to Pavitra conveying additional information that his words did not.

Enjoyed it.

Author's Response: Dear Doc,

Welcome back!!

The suits were taken out to be cleaned. I didn't say this but I felt as if it should be infered. Harry has a feeling of what's coming but isn't sure what it is at this time. Walter changed under pressure and has not learned how to control what he's doing. That's why he's naked when he reverted to his non-animagus form. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. I'm working on another chapter at this time.

As always, Until next time,

Marc

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I'm enjoying this story. A lot might I add:)

Author's Response: Dear Harry,

Thanks for the review. Welcome to my story. There's more to come so stay with me.

Until next time,

Marc

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i'm really enjoying this, please continue!

Author's Response: Dear els,

Thanks for the review and welcome to my story. I hope that you've enjoyed the other chapters as well. I'm working on the next chapter but I've developed writers block. Give me a few more weeks and I'll have the next chapter up. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

Until next time,

Marc

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I've really enjoyed the story to this point. I think Harry should get a bunch of wizards together and send Kali to Jupiter. Let her stomp around someone where she can't hurt anyone.

Author's Response: Dear Gail,

Welcome to my story. Thanks for the review. Your idea isn't that far off, you'll just have to wait an see. The next chapter should be out by the end of next week. Stay with me there's a lot more to come.

Until next time,

Marc

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