I thought this was really sweet and I appreciated that you’re writing style seemed to improve/mature as the story went. There were a few spelling/grammar issues (e.g. drug instead of dragged, explode instead of dispose), and I felt that the dialogue for 4yo Harry was far too eloquent, but overall I really enjoyed it

This is a fun family oriented story.

this was so awesome!

I like this story, I just wanted to point out that you say the pairing is Petunia x Sirius in this chapter.

You know what I can see Petunia being a very powerful witch but I can also see Dumbledork doing something so rotten as binding her magic and preventing her from attending Hogwarts.
It's sad to read that Dumbledork felt that Petunia was born under a prophecy that foretold that she would powerful if not more so then the legendary Merlin. I have mixed feelings about the manipulations of Prof Dumbledork as he is way too much like Darth Siddious’s alias Chancellor Palpentine a wise and kindly grandfather who has Skeletons in his closet that he keeps hidden from everyone including Harry. More then anything its extremely creepy how much those two a fore mention characters are alike in many ways. Yuck.

Hahaa Imagine this!
Harry at four years old: Can I call you Uncle Sev?
Harry at 13 years old: Hey, does this mean I get to call you 'dad'?

Yes...why Severus?

This is so sad...Petunia has lost so much in not even a year...her husband and son, even though I've always hated Vernon, Dudley couldn't control his actions, her parents and now her sister and brother-in-law

Is a nappy a diaper in general or a certain brand of diaper? Or is it something else entirely. Sorry, I'm Nv'ce and I'm not all that used to British terms, even though I've been into HP for quite a while.

I'm sooo sad that this story has come to an end! To be honest: Three or four chapters before this last one, I was considering to skip the rest, having read the last chapter right in the beginning (* sports evil grin *) to make sure there would be a proper happy ending. But then I couldn't resist reading on, and THAT will teach me a lesson never to try skipping whole chapters again, because they were so full of suspense ... great job, really!
* sighs * ... a real pity that the story is finally at its end because you managed to put so many of the original, canon characters upside down - it was a real pleasure to experience that. Just think of Severus and Petunia of course, but also the Malfoys, Crabbe and Goyle, Sirius, all of them. And Dumbledore? You asked what we might be thinking of his crimes, his sentence and finally his fate ... well, it was a bit hard to digest of course. I'm no real fan of the canon Dumbledore character per se, but this one seemed to be a wizard who had been on a mentally unstable, rather unscrupulous and power-obsessed level for many, many years (not having changed much since the Albus-and-Gellert-days, or so it seems). So, your Dumbledore version almost seemed to deserve being treated as not responsible for his actions in legal sense, due to mental illness. But well, that's of course up to the decision of the Wizengamot, right? ;-)

Thanks so much for this wonderful story - it has been helping me through some rather dark weeks, and I think that's the best effect an author and their stories can have.

It would have been nice if you had included Remus (he was only mentioned in like 2 chapters and in very small sentences) and the twins and maybe a little of Bill and Charlie. But it's understandable that you didn't mention rons older brothers includin Percy and Ginny seeing as Harry and Ron weren't best friend and were more like acquaintances. Though i would liked to have read about Ginnys reaction to harry not liking her!

I was led to this story by checking the profile page of the esteemed author, looking for another HP story because – and I do state this with all emphasis – I liked the other one I had just finished reading, so I was looking for something similarly good. This one took a bit of acclimatisation first because never before I've read a Petunia-Severus story including romance of all things, but it's AU after all, so why not give it a try? Aren't we all here to have fun, choose the stories that seem to be compatible with our particular preferences, and go on reading happily ever after, in view of the fact that there are soooo many different kinds of stories – short and long ones, all kinds of pairings, ratings, orientation imaginable - so there should be something for each and everyone of us devoted readers, and if a story does not meet the expectation of somebody, they can easily, well, just click the button and be done with it, and no harm done.

Then I checked the other reviews first to get the gist, and I could hardly believe my eyes! What's going on here, all of a sudden? That's something I've never found before, and believe me – I've been reading hundreds of stories of all categories imaginable. Well ... while we all have the democratic right to deliver our particular opinion in form of a review, the quality of such a review definitely depends on the choice of words. And quite definitely, one of the previous reviewers (the third one prior to mine if I'm not mistaken) has overstepped a line. That was not a well-written review consisting of personal opinions, well-chosen arguments or constructive criticism, but a series of verbal low-punches, both insulting the author her- or himself by insinuating s*he might be „in high school, middle school or something“ … so, what if s*he were? Would that deny them the qualification to write something presentable here? Moreover, that statement also indirectly insults people who actually attend those types of school, or all people who successfully complete their education in those types of school, no matter how their situation may have been and how stony the way. My respect to all of them! Besides, in my opinion, the notion of stating a pre-defined percentage of the story that should – according to the opinion of the reviewer in question - be rewritten by somebody else (... someone particular in mind, have you?) is rather self-opinionated. Who are we all, the readers as well as the esteemed authors… just normal people who want to have a bit of fun, a counterbalance to our work or school chores, but definitely no literature professors at university! Most of all: Reading that „review“, I missed the use of the polite phrase „in my opinion“ which would at least relativate everything a bit. Plus: Dear reviewer, if you are such a judge of good writing, indicating percentages and giving estimation with regard to the educational level of authors, you should at least write complete sentences and pay attention to your orthography: it's „... if you're ( you are) in high-school ...“ for instance, and not „... if your in high-school“.
Bah, enough said.

I very much agree with the other guest writing before me, meaning that I find the story to be rather pleasant to read. It's AU, but well, what's the odds? It's an interesting pairing, T-rated just the way I like it (personal opinion), and I would like to give the author special praise for showing me another version of Petunia for a change, contrary to the hundreds of similar versions I found in other stories … you know: the frustrated, bitchy, horse-faced, envious woman who spoils her own son rotten and hence raises a terror-of-the-neighbourhood guy, and who cowardly ignores the different grades of physical and/or verbal abuse of Harry (depending on the respective story), inflicted on him by her brute of a husband. This one here is a very refreshing kind of Petunia so far, and I'm rather intrigued by your work. Thanks so far.

Don't stop writing, in my opinion it's worth the effort!

That felt good – venting a bit of steam for once!

Great story! Loved it!,,

This story is fantastic! I loved how you completely revamped Petunia and Severus's personalities and Harry's upbringing, taking a storyline we all know and flipping it on its head. It was great and I'm glad they all get to live happily ever after.

Also, I saw the most recent comment and wonder if they even read the rest of this story, especially considering they write Yu-Gi-Oh and not Harry Potter. It's perfect the way it is, does not need to be rewritten, and of course some things from the original story will be present as in all fanfiction, yet different as well. I'm positive no middle schooler or high schooler would put their time and effort into a story this long and detailed, all while making sure it will be interesting to their readers and tie everything together in the end. So to finish my little rant, don't change a thing about your work. You wrote it, you should be proud of it, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Once again, I loved this story so much. I hope to possibly see more in the future, maybe a little side story with Petunia, Severus, Harry, and little Eileen. Thanks so much for sharing your work!

the only thing you did in this story was picked a few character, completely changed everything about them. barely kept the same setting. completely changed/ ignored the culture and background of the original series without replacing it with something logical. oh yeah, and threw out logic all together. the premise is decent. but I would like to see someone with some more skill re-write this story, stripping it of 50-75% of what you have written here. I'm almost wondering if your in high school/ middle school or something. the writing level is barely passable for a story. if this is so or if this is your first story, not bad. but it needs a LOT of work