Good thing that they walked away and let the adults deal with it for the most part. The loose thread is the tapestry thing that they had planned on doing. Would have been good to get that cleared including the fate of Regulus. Good read. Thanks.

Got to admit Dumbledore’s plan was pretty cool. How he got Snape to go along with it, like a nice little pet death eater is beyond me.

Loved that you saved Sirius. I almost thought he had done the same with Harry’s parents. But at least he got Sirius back.

Why would you think that the sword is imbued with basilisk venom? Harry killed the basilisk by stabbing it through it's brain, not it's teeth. Venom is stored towards the back of the roof of the mouth, not towards the front of the mouth, where Harry stabbed the snake.

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otherwise good start

You never revealed the contents of the family tapestries.

Great story. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing!

Quality chapter Steven Jone is a first rate OC. Their discussion worked and they have an ally/allies who’ll work with them.

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Sorry much of what belonged her is in the previous review.

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So much goes on in here I won’t go blow-by-blow.

Regardless of their likely mutual feelings, this isn’t the time for it. Leaving her parents as they are is sensible.

I like your Australian Ministry. They sound like the right folk. BTW, you make a common mistake — Harry SKIMMED the files, not scanned. Scan is to read in depth.

I’m not surprised by Ron, Molly, or Ginny.

Finally, you need someone to go over this and fix all the homophones.

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I like this start. The potioning idea is a trope of course, still that’s because there. is a good bit of truth in the notion. I wouldn’t be surprised if the potions did something else to them too, like dull their thinking.

Both now seem good and a plan is going that should work.

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This whole chapter was just Hermione saying what she thinks and then Harry saying he’s been thinking that too and agreeing... very dry and meh, won’t be reading further.

nice.. but i was curious on the heritage potion that they were planning to make.. i wanna know if there are any potters whether they r squibs or not exist.. n if lily and hermione r truly muggleborns and that maybe petunia is adopted or not.. n if regulus is still alive or not..

This is truly a fantabulous story. You started with a conventional, canon-compliant DH after Ron leaves story and morphed it into one of the most dystopian AU it has been my pleasure to read.

As the onion reveals it’s layers, things got worse and worse. Thankfully, the Australian Ministry and some of surviving Order were able to rally around them.

I loved the way you found a newish twist on the ‘Muggle weapons are the power he knows not’ trope. Great final battle and it followed HP tradition as comparably anti-climactic. Good ending and they’ll be able to live now.

I know I’ll need to reread this for a few times to really get the nuances.

A favorite.

TGM

Great story! You could have finished the tapestries. Find out the Lily was alive, as Serius was. Lily/Harry have other family.

Great story