Don't kill off Sirius!!The story is good otherwise..please continue writing

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WHAT? YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE OFF LIKE THAT! WORST CLIFFHANGER BECAUSE YOUR STORY IS TOO GOOD! A BELOVED READER IS BEGGING FOR A POST!

Author's Response: Sorry! :S I had to - it was the best place I could leave it. :/ I agree with you, though - it is a terrible cliffhanger. :P
I'll post on Sunday as usual - that's only three days away now. :)
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No
no
nononono
N N N N N N N N N N O O O O O O O
you cant do that :(
I'm not even going to give a proper review
you cant do that :.(
NO

Author's Response: Yes, sorry! :S
I had to do it - I've had this scene planned for a long time. :/
This is a good enough review for me - it shows me that I've managed to trigger an emotional response. :)
Again, sorry. :S
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How was this any better? I left a message of the same variety for last chapter but I can't remember what user name I had. I will tell you that your writing is excellent, I really do enjoy this story and you have to be a good writer to produce this kind of reaction out of me. Update , now please

Author's Response: It's not - if anything it's worse, I'm afraid. :S Sorry about that. :P
Aww! Thank you! :D Haha, getting a reaction out of readers is wonderful, because it lets me know that you actually care about the story and the characters. It's an awesome feeling, so thank you. :D
The update will be up on Sunday. :)
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NO!!! How am I going to survive six more days without knowing what happens to Sirius??!?!

This was such a brilliant chapter, however, and not only because of the cliffhanger. I loved the capture of Greyback, and what a close call it was. So much suspense! The perspectives with Snape and Petunia were very interesting as well. I like the way you write Snape and Dumbledore's conversations, and it makes me feel a little resentful towards Dumbledore on Snape's behalf. But I do feel like in the HP books and fan fics Dumbledore tends to swoop in deus ex machina style, so I'm liking how your Dumbledore is still uncertain and potentially not making the right choices. I like how he doesn't know Sirius is innocent, at least for now.

I also enjoyed the little detail Sirius threw in about waking up next to Marlene: it was cute, and just made the fact that she hated him all the more tragic.

I just can't believe the way this ended! I can tell that you love Sirius and wouldn't want to kill him, though granted it would make a very interesting twist to the story. I suspect that either Marlene's curse wouldn't have been strong enough to kill, or someone like Remus will leap in with a Protego charm (after all, he couldn't just do nothing!), or hopefully a miracle will happen and Sirius will be alright *fingers crossed*. However, I suspect you're going to draw this suspense out and possibly not even reveal Sirius' fate until the chapter after next... ahh!! Well, I'll just have to wait and find out!! :D Amazing chapter, as usual! :)

Author's Response: Haha, sorry. :S It's only five, now. :)
Thank you! :D Greyback deserved everything he got (and probably more). I found Petunia and Snape absolutely fascinating to write because they've got so much history, but that was so long ago, and the one thing that 'united' them (Lily) is gone (though I suppose Harry's a reasonable substitute). They'll be back soon - if not next chapter, then certainly the one after - and Petunia's plan will be revealed...
I have mixed feelings about Dumbledore; I absolutely love him as a character because he's so quirky and genuinely kind, but at the same time, I don't think he's as flawless as he seems. He's made some questionable decisions - even if they're often the best ones available - and I really enjoyed showing this with his scene with Snape (who often tends to get caught up in these questionable causes, the poor thing :P). My main goal with Dumbledore is to keep him human; he isn't going to always have the answers and - as you so excellently put it - swoop in deus ex machina style, but he is still an brilliantly clever and powerful wizard, and I don't want him to lose that side of his nature. It'll be a very delicate balance, I think, and it's one I'm looking forward to playing with. :)
I couldn't help putting that in - it was so very much like Sirius to say something like that - and I think - as you said - it really did put emphasis on how tragic their situation is. :S
Sorry! :P I do love Sirius, but so did J.K. Rowling and that didn't keep him safe from her either. :S They're interesting theories, but I won't say anything about them, though I will tell you that you'll know Sirius' fate in the next chapter; I think I've been mean enough with all of the cliff hangers and leaving everyone hanging for another week would be downright sadistic. :P
Thank you!
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Wow these last 2 chapters have been some serious cliff hangers. Great job on your part. When I read "Marlenes Revenge" as the title, I didn't think you'd have her go through with it, but now I'm not sure. I'm just gonna hope Remus or maybe Dumbledore is gonna come through. Can't wait for the next chapter.

Author's Response: They have indeed. :P Thank you! :D Yes, she was quite determined to get revenge - more determined than a lot of people expected, I think... :S I can't say what happens next, but it'll come out in Sunday's chapter. :S
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Great Job as usual! Although I wish I would have waited to read this update until you had the next one out. What an intense cliff hanger. I would never expect you to reveal your plot before you're ready, but I sure hope Sirius is not dead. Can't wait for the next update!

Author's Response: Thank you! :D Haha, you didn't have any way of knowing it would be another cliff hanger so you were well within your rights to read. :P Sorry about that. :P It is pretty intense. :S I'm glad you understand, haha. :) I'm not making promises about Sirius, sorry. :S Haha, it'll be up on Sunday as per usual. :)
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What is your problem ending it like that!!!??? This is so good and addicting and I almost want to beg you to stop your life so you can finish it but even I'm not that mean. Keep it up, this is great!!! :) Your grammar is always impeccable, you make all of the characters (even the antagonists) love-able (the antagonists because they're just so perfectly bad) and you're really putting an interesting twist on Remus and Tonks, I love it!

The only thing that threw me off was Sirius' cell. I thought he was a prisoner, not in an asylum? I always associate white cells with asylums. But that's just me.

It's so good! I'm a big fan of AU's (though I like the ones where Lily and James didn't die) and this is by far one of the better ones I've read!

Author's Response: I felt terrible for doing it, that's for sure! But I couldn't honestly think of a better way to leave it. :S
Haha, I'm glad you like it so much. :) Put life on hold to write... well it's tempting... :P Thank you!
I'm so glad you like the characters; they are, first and foremost J.K. Rowling's, but after this long in an alternate universe, they've picked up a bit of my influence, I think, so it's nice to hear you appreciate my efforts. :) Tonks and Remus are so much fun to write and I'm glad you like them. :)
Haha, he is in a prison cell, not an asylum, although I can see why the white might make you think that. :) It's actually white for practicality's sake: there's nowhere to hide in a pure white room, so it reduces the likelihood of a prisoner ambushing the Aurors when they come in (think Harry and Ron getting Wormtail in the cellar of the Manor in Deathly Hallows).
Aww! :D Yay! I've got a bit of a soft spot for AU stories as well, though I've never read one where Harry was raised by Sirius before the age of about thirteen... which prompted this... :P
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NOOO!! Please tell me he doesn't die! NO!!! He's innocent! What about harry?! The suspense I want to know now! You can't kill him off! He's a main character! ;.(

Author's Response: I can't tell you anything. :S I know he's innocent - that's what makes this whole situation so terrible. :( Harry's safe enough at the moment. :S The suspense is cruel of me isn't it? Sorry about that. :S
I won't make any promises where Sirius is concerned. :/
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Ahh! You are keeping me on the edge of my seat with these cliff hangers. Please let Sirius Live! Please give him and Harry a chance at a little happiness please!

Author's Response: Sorry, haha. :P I won't make any promises about Sirius, sorry. :S
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You know, you keep leaving us poor readers hanging all the time. It's frustrating!

The chapter was good, I liked the way Remus and Dora dealt with Greyback.

Please don't kill Sirius. He's too good to die. He deserves a chance with Harry and Remus and maybe even Marlene!

Author's Response: Sorry. :S i know - I get upset when an author does that in something I'm reading and then I go and do the same thing... I'm a bit of a hypocrite, really. :P
I was really pleased with the way the Greyback scene turned out - he had it coming!
I can't make any promises about that, sorry. :( You'll have to wait and see how things turn out.
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why do you insist on doing this to me?! a whole week before i can find out what happens! :O ugh this is a brilliant story btw! :)

Author's Response: I'm sorry! I know, it's cruel, but hopefully it will be worth the wait. :) Thank you, though. :)
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This is awesome. Keep it up! I'm thinking of writing an hp fic. Maybe we could swap stories?

Author's Response: Thank you! I'll try! :D
Ooh, yay; another potential author. :D Of course! :D
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I really hope Padfoot will get freed, will they remember to give him versatium this time?

Author's Response: I won't say anything about Sirius or his current predicment, but I can say that he will appear in the next chapter. :S
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Update, NOW! How dare you leave me with this kind of suspense. But then again you must find this fun (I probably would also enjoy a dozen reviews with the same frustration, because then you know people actually care). I must know what happens. You have 24 hours to post again before I brake down and cry because the suspense is literally killing me!

Author's Response: I can't - I haven't finished the next chapter yet! :S I've got it planned, and I know what's going to happen, but I'm only on 3500 words. :/ Fun's the wrong word; I'm astounded by the responses and really touched that people care so much about a story I've written, but I also feel terrible for making you all wait. :P
I'm sorry! Please don't cry! :S The update's going to have to be on Sunday, though. :S
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NO What happens?!?! AGH I wanna know now!!! THE SUSPENSE!!

Author's Response: I can't say - you'll have to wait, unfortunately. :S Haha, suspense is what I was going for... :P
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AH! Is it next Sunday yet!!!??? Darn you, only updating on Sundays!

Author's Response: No, not yet, I'm afraid. :S Only 5 days to go, though. :) Sorry. :P
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no!! why do you do this?!! ugh i love sirius! he shouldnt have been caught! please let him get away! brilliant story by the way. :)

Author's Response: Sorry! :S No, he shouldn't have been. :/ I won't say anything about him getting away - you'll have to wait until the next chapter, which will be up on Sunday. :)
Aww! Thank you!
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JESUS CHRIST WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING LEAVING IT THERE OH MY MERLIN I HATE YOU UPDATE SOON PLEASE FOR MERLIN'S SAKE!

Author's Response: I'm sorry! :S Really sorry. :S I'll be updating on Sunday. :)
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No! No! You can't leave us hanging like that for another week!!!

Author's Response: Sorry! :S I know it's cruel, but the update won't be until Sunday - I'm only about a thousand words into the next chapter. :P
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Omfg update PLEASE PLEASE I need to know what happens to Sirius omgomg

Author's Response: The update will be up on Sunday, sorry. :P You'll have to wait until then to find out what's happened to Sirius. :S
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Oh my, such an exciting chapter!!! Ah, first of all the opening of the locket was so heartbreaking. It's so terrible how Voldy manipulates people's emotions and what's most important to them, like conjuring evil images of James and Lily. Harry's wondering if that's how their voices sounded was just so sad, and reminded me of in PoA when he kind of wanted to be near the Dementors to hear his mother's voice.

It's wild that Sirius handed himself in, but in a way not really surprising. They couldn't keep hiding forever, and eventually it was going to become too much for both of them. I really hope Sirius gets a free trial and has his name cleared, though I suspect that won't be happening for many, many chapters. Which is awesome, because the more chapters of this amazing story I have to read, the better! :)

I'm worried about Tonks and Remus! It seems so pointless that all this stuff with Greyback basically happened because Tonks was curious about the camps, and I feel like Greyback isn't going to rest until he catches her. I feel as if going to hide out at Remus' home probably wasn't the best course of action, but I don't blame Tonks for wanting to be around Remus since he's so kind and protective. I wonder how Remus will react when he finds out about Sirius being captured, and if he'll admit that he's been seeing Sirius and Harry! Ah, so much suspense! :)

I'm always so excited when I see you've updated this story. It's definitely one of my top three favourites on this site. Can't wait until next Sunday! :)

Author's Response: Yay! I'm so glad you liked it! :D
I felt terrible writing that scene, simply because of what I was putting Harry and Sirius through. :S Voldemort is terrible that way; he's the one that killed Lily and James, and then he brings them back (in locket form) as a sort of emotional blackmail. :( I thought the same thing when I wrote this scene.
I was surprised; I'd intended to have them fight their way out but Sirius dug his heels in and refused to budge. The story isn't anywhere near over yet (you're right about many, many more chapters still to come), but that's all I'll say - I won't say whether Sirius gets his trial or not.
It's valid concern. :S Greyback's an absolute lunatic and you're right that he won't rest until he finds her. :/ It is weird that something as small as Tonks' visit to the camp managed to turn into this, but it's often the little things that have the biggest consequences. No, it probably wasn't, but they really didn't have many places left to hide. :(
You'll see some of Remus' reactions - but probably not as much as you'd hope to see - to the Harry-Sirius situation in the next chapter, so I won't say much about it now...
I'm in the top three?! Yay! Thank you! :D I'm nervously awaiting next Sunday too - I've got big plans for the next chapter. :S
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I know back in "A Forgotten Favour" I stated that if Harry's animagus was any thing other than a stag I would put a little frown face on every one of my future reviews but I have found I must eat my words. I found it adorable that /harry's animagus was a mixture between his two present father figures its actually quite realistic that he comes off as part of both of them.

I found I had to start eating my words when harry stated that he hoped his animagus for wouldn't upset his father. The fact that he thought he should have been a stag in honor father and didn't want to be disappointing to him. Sirius's reaction to harry's was perfect especially the part about Lily only wanting one James Potter.

I found my opinions that harry should be a stag completely gone when Sirius was thinking how much a wolf fit Harry. him being a wolf seemed so right all of the sudden.

I warming up to this new version of draco. I don't quite know how I feel about a gryffindor Malfoy but I do know that were ever Draco is I want Pansy to be with him. Maybe the way he is being trained to think will were off on her just a thought.

I realized what I really love about your story and it your ability to display emotions it gives the reader a connection with the character. Your stories are the most enjoyable stories to read.
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Author's Response: Yay! :D I'm so glad you like his form - I was so worried about getting it right because so many people had so many different expectations and the form I chose didn't fit with any of those. :P I thought so too - Sirius and Remus' presence in his life has had a huge impact on Harry's personality, but I also couldn't imagine him as a prey animal.
I hadn't planned that part at all - Harry just started asking if James would be upset and I was so intrigued by the turn the chapter took that I let him. I thought Sirius was wonderful in this chapter - he keeps stepping up to fill the guardian role, and he's surprisingly good at it. :) Haha, I think one James Potter would be enough. Poor Lily wouldn't cope otherwise. :P
I'm glad you were convinced. :)
Draco's turning out to be a fascinating character. :) Neither do I - I haven't even decided if he'll make it into Gryffindor, though his confrontation with Hydrus was pretty gutsy. :) That's interesting; I hadn't though of Pansy in any House other than Slytherin... You've given me something to think about now, haha. :)
I'm so glad you like that. :) I think characters are so important, and that they carry the story; if a reader doesn't care about the characters, then they're not going to care what happens to them, and they're not going to get swept up in the plot. It means so much to me that you feel that connection with the characters I write about. :D Aww! :D
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This story is amazing! I read it in 24 hours because I was sooo hooked and I cannot wait to keep reading it. I am such a huge fan of Sirius raising Harry and I just love how different his life is with him.
I love that Draco is going to be a completely different character than he is in the real books and I'm honestly so curious to see how it will turn out.
Please don't stop writing because I don't know what I will do if I don't know the ending to this story.
I'm so curious as to what will happen when Harry goes to hogwarts and I'm scared dumbledore will try to take him back so dumbledore has to find out the truth soon! Ahhh I can't wait for more.
Amazing story

Author's Response: Thank you! :D Wow! :D That's some serious dedication. :D I love their little family dynamic, and I love giving Harry the life he almost had. It's also fascinating to see Sirius mature a bit and fill the role of parent/older brother. :)
Draco will be interesting; even now I don't know where he's going to end up. :P All I know is I've set something in motion that will - as you've said - change him a lot.
I won't stop - I'm having so much fun writing it and I'm getting so many wonderful reviews to keep me motivated when the fun wears off every now and then. :)
I have plans for Harry at Hogwarts but you'll just have to wait to see what they are... :P Once Harry's at Hogwarts, Dumbledore will be fine. It'll be holidays and end-of-term that causes problems. :P
There will be more up on Sunday. :) Thank you! :D
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I started reading this story last Saturday and finished it in 24 hours (in which I got 4 hours of sleep). I'm so hooked, I might reading it all over again before next Sunday.
Although I'm not really a fan of AU, your writing is so convincing that sometimes I actually think that this could have happened... I love the Harry-Sirius-Remus moments :-)
Tonks is just adorable. I'd never given much thought to Narcissa, and it's nice to read her take on things. Draco's coming along well, hurray for the punch!
Thanks for such a beautiful story! :-)

Author's Response: Wow! That's an incredible effort, considering the length of this story! :P Sorry about the sleep deprivation, though I'm honoured that you thought it was worth your time. :D
It could have happened... if Hydrus Malfoy had been born. :P That's the trigger to everything that's happened so far, and I've just worked from there. :) I'm so glad you think it's convincing - AU can be tricky, because you're trying to change people's minds about things that have already happened. :P
Me too. :) I love their little family dynamic. :)
Haha, I never intended Tonks to be a major character, but she's so much fun to write that I keep bringing her back. :P Narcissa's a favourite of mine, so I'm glad you like her. :) Yes, Draco's doing well at the moment. :)
You're very welcome! :D
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