Ginny stood up and slammed her napkin back onto the table. "I'm heading over to the locker rooms; I'll see you there."

 "I hope that Ministry scout was paying attention." Ohhhhhhhhhh!! *squeeeeee*  Ministry scout???!??!?!?!!!!!!! Awesome!  That made my day! Question is though- will Harry be able to beat ol' Voldie in order to play prof. Quidditch? And will he even be accpeted? Well, I guess I'll have to wait and see!

Hmm, what else? Oh! Yeah, that Skeeter article- about Harry being a player- had me laughing and crying at the same time! I was sooooo mad at Skeeter, but I was laughing so hard at the way Pavarti and Lavender where throwing themselves at Harry! And the way both Ginny and Ron got angry with him. He he. Ah well.

They all turned to see Ron coming down the stairs, bleary-eyed and with sleep-tousled hair. He stopped short when he noticed everyone staring at him and the paleness of their faces. "What? What did I miss?"

Poor Ron. Poor clueless Ron. I was so sad after the beginning of the chapter, to actually laugh at it, but I did find it really funny. And speaking of the beginning of the chapter- I was really touched. But the way everyone started blaming/telling him to hurry up really got my blood boiling. How DARE people be that ignorant and selfish. It reminded me that no matter what, in our world, as much as in fiction, people will never be satisfied.

And about the title. All Hallow's Eve: During Halloween, something always happens to Harry- I wonder if you're foreshadowing something...

Well, I think that's all I have to say.

Looking forward to the next chapter!!

~Maria~

Awesome chapter! It's always ten times better when the muses co-operate. Great writing and I love the fact that you pointed out such a major problem in journalism today which is ususally ignored, but is starting to take its toll on news reporting.

"Journalism should be about the facts, not opinions and innuendo" you said it Ginny! Unfortunately that's not what sells. Well I am on my way to college and I promise to be a better Journalist than rita skeeter (cross my heart)

I also loved the entire article and just the way you wrote it. Awesome! did that take a lot of effort? or did it just come to you naturally? Judging by tht bit of writing I think you'd make an exceptional column writer in one of those fashion mags.

That whole foreshadowing about friends being divided is starting to show up and it's unnerving to say the least. It's starting to look hopeless for Ron and Hermione. they are getting back together right? Please say yes!

oh and how many chapters left exactly?

Giggle.  Yeah, that comment from Ginny was my own little dig at the media, lol.  What ever happened to Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How?

The article gave me a lot of grief, and my good online friend KEDme was a huge help.  Unfotunately, I forgot to give her credit at the end - stupid me.  So, thank her for a lot of the inspiration on that.

I read these two last chapters in a row.

Your story is getting better. I think you progressively managed to analyse the character's inner thoughts. The situation between Ron and Hermione is one of your best achievements. And the relationship between Harry and Ginny is basically derived from Canon. Well Done!

I just hope that nothing serious will happen to Hannah and to Terry. The way you portraited them, they are nice and gentle people. Basically, and this is a very good sign, your set of second characters (Luna, Neville, Hannah, Terry, Parvati, Lavender) are close to what we can conclude from Canon. Again: Well Done!

May the Gods of Inspiration never leave you!

Domain ( A K A Dome 36)

LOL, yes, Hermione, Luna, and Ginny had their names wrong intentionally.  If you noticed, only Cho's was right...and she was the only one who gave a quote, as well...

The Virginia thing was meant as a joke.  Personally, I always thought her name was just Ginny...like Harry is just Harry.  It was just a lame joke.

Thanks!  I was wondering what you meant.  If you're looking for some H/G alone time, I think you might like next chapter. 

Ron and Hermone are moving forward...although at a snail's pace.  Not much longer, however.  I promise.

Another enjoyable chapter...just the right mix of angst and competition, enough to satisfy all the Percy/Rita/Slytherin-haters in your readership!  You did a nice job with Luna; I've never seen her written as anything but dreamy-eyed, so annoyed was a nice change!  I thought she'd be more articulate if her emotions ever showed!

I'm looking forward to Chapter 21, but not the end of the story...

This must have been a hard chapter to wrestle into shape.  It's hard to read, since one feels the pressure build and build on Harry, accompanied by a sense that it will get much worse, very soon.  The scene with Harry, Nate, and Ginny in the Quidditch changing room was very well done.  It felt like a moment of respite.  As always, your characterization of Ginny rings true.

Ron is hard to sympathize with in recent chapters.  There's too much focus on me from him lately.  I hope he can manage to mature a bit before Harry needs to lean on him when the crisis comes.

Great chapter, once again.

I liked where Abe reminded Percy to whom he was speaking and demand that he show some repect.  It's time Harry got some respect.

Here, here.  I think so, too.  I have fun writing Abe.

 Awesome - the aftermath to the Daily Prophet article wasn't what I had expected, but I honestly liked your version of the events better than mine!!!

Some very interesting tidbits in this chapter - Neville and Luna breaking up? I know JKR nixed that particular ship but I liked your version of it sofar. Finally Ron took a leaf from his mouth and told us what bothers him about Hermione - can't wait to hear Hermione's story!

 Arrrggghhhhh - bleeding Git!Big-headed!Prat!Percy, he and Fudge drives me bonkers, your writing is excellent and draws you in to the story and fires you up emotionally and Percy is - many naughty words...

       - what a lovely, fluffy moment in the locker room before the Quidditch match between Harry and Ginny - so well written and and well balanced, sweet but not overly so!!!

- hmmmm, I feel bad for writing this but the quidditch match itself was a wee bit disappointing, not the best one you've written. The best one was in chapter 16 of Power of Emotion and I had sort of expected something to blow it away which didn't happen... It wasn't bad, I just had high expectations as your other writing has improved from very good to brilliant. It felt a bit short and 'distant' - sorry...

That aside, another brilliant chapter!!!

Thank you for writing and sharing this fic with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First off, sorry you didn't like the Quidditch match.  I'll freely admit that after PoE, I almost considered skipping Quidditch altogether in this one, but I couldn't do that to Harry.  I can completely understand why JKR does it, now, though.  It's hard to keep coming up with new scenarios for the same thing and keep Gryffindor winning.  I'll admit, I've seen stories where Gryffindor loses...or even worse, Harry doesn't catch the Snitch...but they always seem "wrong" to me.  Shrugs.  So, there you go.

I will admit, I'm very curious about what you expected the aftermath of the article to be like.  As for Harry and Ginny...the next chapter picks up right after the game, and Ginny isn't finished discussing that article with Harry yet.  Evil Grin.

Ooh, fab chapter!  I really like Harry's reaction to everything.  The second article was also brilliant.  Ms Skeeter really needs to get her comeuppance!  And Luna's acting strangely, I mean a different kind of strange to normal.  Can't wait to see how all this pans out!

*sends positive energy*

And it's another brilliant chapter from Melindaleo! Yep, this girl is really on fire, folks!

I loved 's speech. I can fully imagine him delivering it; it didn't seem un-ish at all.

Ooh, that Rita! I just want to strangle her sometimes! "One has to wonder, one has to wonder, one has to wonder." I'm maliciously envisioning  storming to the Ministry to report her as an unregistered Animagus, but somehow I think the Ministry would try to cover that up in view of her nasty little articles that Fudge, no doubt, thoroughly approves of. Hmph!

Neat little catch at the end there. Go !

And go you! Keep it up, and maybe you'll inspire me to do the same!

Sarah (who's decided to become emoticon girl for today)