08/08/2005: I haven't updated in MONTHS, I know. Thing is, and I know a lot of people will probably - or hopefully! - understand: I've had a lot of things to deal with, at school, and in my life. I just haven't had the time to write any more chapters. And I know I said I'd have more time to write in the Summer, but that hasn't worked out on account of me having to do my dad's business accounts AND try and get all the homework/coursework I got from school to do! HOWEVER - I am going on holiday with a friend and her parents to HONG KONG - it's going to be soo good apart from the fact that I won't be able to eat anything cos I hate Chinese XD - and I'm taking a 13 hour flight all by myself - and I'm sure to have lots of time where I'm bored and have nothing to do. So I AM going to at least write the next chapter or two to The Serpent and The Lion, and then hopefully the first chapter of the story I want to start (description below!). Also, I'd like to thank those that have reviewed for TSATL. I know that it has had 32 hits, and I know that five of those have been in the last day! Though I'm surprised - only FOUR have reviewed! All I'd love off anybody that reads the chapter - even if you hate it! - is just a couple of words maybe. It can't take that long! Just a simple "Good chapter", "good story", or "I HATE IT -IT'S HORRIBLE!" would be GREATLY appreciated=D But anyhow, BIG THANKS, and mwahs go out to deal-with-it, Dyers-Eve, sortinghat086, and an anonymous (sp!) person who called themselves "shock"! Ok, I'll go now, but I PROMISE - even if I have to stay up til 2am in the morning with a torch under my duvet so my dad can't find me- I will have an update, and hopefully a LONG update, by mid-september at the latest!

DESCRIPTION OF NEW STORY
It's going to be Post-War, involving a few characters, that are favourites of my own. It'll have a couple of pairings in it, that I personally love, so yeah. A basic summary of the story is this: it is set about five years after the triowould have graduated from Hogwarts. Harry is left physically and emotionally drained and exhausted after the war, in which he killed Voldemort. Ron, Ginny, Remus, the rest of the Weasley family, and other friends and professors from Hogwarts try everything they can to help, but Harry grows distant. Hermione, also the second-worst affected (Harry being the worst) leaves the UK, to pursue a career elsewhere, most likely in writing mugglebooks. She returns five years later, to find Harry an emotional wreck. And there, i will leave you... ((If anybody has ideas - they are very welcome!))

Mwahs and hugs,

Rach xx