I enjoyed that.  Thank you.

JKR gave us some of what we wanted in HBP, didn't she?  I was cheering when Harry got together with Ginny.  I don't think it will be so easy to get them back together in the next one, but I liked the way you did it.

The thing that I enjoyed most about this is that it could be completely canon.  JKR left off before they even left Hogwarts, so who knows what happened in between? Though I doubt book seven will really cover much in betwen the funeral and the next installment, this is possible. Well, I'm terribly off-topic now, but well done!

Delani

If only the actual book had gone on to end like that!

I wonder if Ginny's going to insist on going with Harry, Ron and Hermione too . . . I can't remember whether she was there or not when Harry told Ron and Hermione what he was planning.  And Ginny DID say something along the lines of, "Would it help if I said I didn't care?"

Great fic!  I look forward to more post-HBP fics later on.

Agi, this is marvelous, just as I pictured the conversation between Harry and Dumbledore's portrait should be!  I'm glad Harry was able to grieve privately for Dumbledore in a place where the two shared so much during the year.  I'm glad, too, that Dumbledore counceled Harry to stick by Ginny and let her be part of his life after Harry vented his feelings at the injustice of it all.  

Your   rocks!  Go  and !

Very nice little fic. One comment on Dumbledore's speech; it seemed too casual and immature in his word choice in places (though I think, overall, you did a good job with it). He wouldn't use adjectives like "way" or "huge" (as in "huge mistake"), both of which are too informal and too pedestrian for Dumbledore.

Surely it is, but please note that English isn't my native language - actually I've never been to an English speaking country yet - and none of my betas pointed it out to me that Dumbledore's talk was too 'pedestrain'. Had they pointed it out, I would have gladly changed it, but I simply had no idea that it was wrong. One can never master another language fully, I think...

Very well written and I have to agree with your dialogue with DD's portrait. I to was angry at how DD died in the book and I've heard the same speculation as to DD asking for Snape to kill him rather than Draco since he is still an innocent.

Please continue writing because I'll definately be here to read it.

WandWavingWannaBe

This was a very nice piece, which gave both Harry and us a chance for a little closure.  It even made quick work of putting Harry and Ginny back together.  It seemed very canonical, with both characters enjoying an openness that they were approaching in HBP.  I liked it very much, especially the last scene.  I have no doubt that Ginny's words will be spoken before the summer's out in canon as well.

The only off notes were a couple of glaring Americanisms.  For example, Dumbledore would never say that Snape knew him "way better" that he knew Snape.  'Much better' perhaps, but never 'way better'.  It is not an expression that some one of Dumbledore's generation would use, especially not from a British gentleman of Dumbledore's vintage.

The only off notes were a couple of glaring Americanisms.  For example, Dumbledore would never say that Snape knew him "way better" that he knew Snape.  'Much better' perhaps, but never 'way better'.  It is not an expression that some one of Dumbledore's generation would use, especially not from a British gentleman of Dumbledore's vintage.

I'm sure you're right, but please note that English isn't my native language - actually I've never been to an English speaking country yet - and none of my betas pointed it out to me that Dumbledore's talk was full of Americanisms. Had they pointed it out, I would have gladly changed it, but I simply had no idea that it was wrong. One can never master another language fully, I think...

awwwwwww. that was great. will we be seing a sequel?