Wasn't Sirius dead by this point? its either six year or fifth year (also, where is slughorn?)

Laying in bed, tears in my eyes after reading this. Seems quite real to me, genuine reactions.

Don'tgiveahoot has announced that this story is now on permanent hiatus, and that readers are welcome to write their own ending. So - given what we now know about Harry being a Horcrux, and Dumbledore intending him to work this out and hand himself over to Voldemort to be killed (and guessing, though he kept this from Snape, that Harry would probably survive and only the piece of Voldemort's soul in him be destroyed) - what happens now? Is the soul-fragment destroyed by Harry hanging himself, or does Horcrux-magic have to be destroyed by substances like magic fire or basilisk venom? At this stage, does Snape know about Harry being a Horcrux, and what Dumbledore had planned for him - and how does that make him feel now? Presumably Dumbledore still needs to recruit members of the Order of the Phoenix to destroy the remaining Horcruxes - but who, and how? And could it help some of them, especially Ron, come to terms with Harry's death?

Oh Trelawney. What an oblivious trainwreck.

This is such an amazingly written story. I'll be honest, I don't usually like angst, but your characters and tone of writing is just brilliant.

I read this a few years ago and I've re-read it several times since. I still cry every time, too. It's such a shame it has been abandoned. I know you put it up for adoption. Did anyone ever take you up on that?

Jesus fucking christ this is deep and emotional. Im sitting on my bed just trying to hold back tears and its not working. You've captured all the various emotions that not only come from death but the ones that come with voluntary death, the what ifs and the should haves. This was deep man.

It's a shame that this fic wasn't completed. As someone who has been personally affected by suicide, the characters' reactions are realistic and relateable, and their heartbreak is so tangible.

I don't know how many times I've read this. Every time it brings me to tears. Every. Single. Time.

Gotta say bravo, you really nailed this chapter

That it is AU need not be said (at least not for we who have eyes open)
And yet, in some ways it might not be, given all that went on in harrys life in 5th year.
True he had not scored victorys against Riddle, nor been pulled form the House team due to bad marks.
but yet the underlying causes were there and the story still works even if set at the end of the year (no Sirius thou, unless the MoM nbattel went differently)

its been 12 years... when are you going to update?

This one made me cry too. I'm following this story just in case. I can see that it hasn't been updated in more than a decade, but if you ever do write another chapter, I would hate to miss it. I know I shall be coming back to read it again.

I've read the whole thing so far, and this chapter's the first one to make me cry.

You write an excellent Percy.