Please read this before you decide to flame me for misinformation! LoL :P
I wrote this story right after Order of the Pheonix was released, right after I read it. Therefore, I had no knowledge of what would happen in the final two books. I wrote it blind from right after OotP, and made up my own storyline with the information I had, and things I made up. So anything included in the 6th or 7th book won't apply here, if they do it's purely coincidence; sorry! I know, sevvvveral years ago. I actually posted the story here once before the first time around, but had never finished it. If you think it sounds familiar, that's probably why. I've gone through and edited extensively, added an entire person/situation, and lo and behold: FINISHED IT! Hooray!
Why did you decide to put this up now? I don't know. Not really for anyone but myself, just the prove that I could finish a story that I loved of mine. Kind of cathartic. If I like a story of mine, it's hard to finish because I hate to end it. : ) But I've done it, and I'm proud of myself.
If you hate the story for the story, that's fine; I'm not confrontational and won't tell you how to think : ) . But please don't flame me for changing some information (for example, Draco's birthday I've changed from early June to late September), etc.
It feels nice to be posting again though, I've gotta say! Thanks guys, and happy reading!