Author's Note
First and foremost, I want to thank Mrs. Joanne Kathleen Rowling for creating this beautiful, timeless book series and for being my inspiration to be a writer. You are so brilliant, Mrs. Rowling, and without you, neither this fanfiction story nor any others would have ever been possible. Every character and related indicia are all your doing, all your creation, and I could not be more inspired by this beautiful, magical world you've created. Throughout the ten years these books have been in my life, you gave me Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who gave me happiness, hope, and an escape throughout my troubled life. And though this magnificent series is drawing to a close, the three best friends you gave me shall be in my heart always. Until the very end.
Secondly, I'd like to thank all who reviewed this story, and all who stayed with it. I've enjoyed writing it as much as you have enjoyed reading it. I cannot tell you how happy these reviews make me, and how much I look forward to my reviewers reading my story. I want to give a special dedication to rhmac12, who has read probably every single one of my stories and has been helpful and encouraging all throughout this one. She is lovely. :) I love you all very dearly.
Lastly, I'm leaving the floor open to suggestions for alternate scenes to this story that you'd like to have seen written that perhaps I didn't include. Please do send in any ideas, and I will honor them and do my best with them. I may even post a few deleted scenes that I didn't end up putting into the final product. It's all up to you.
Thank you, and I hope you all have a very blessed and beautiful year.
~QuirkyChameleon