Note to angry H/Hr fans:

I realize that H/Hr reviewers might be angry, but please, as an author I have a right to change the plot however I want it. And halfway through, I realized that this story just felt –right- as a D/Hr. I've always felt Draco was my favorite character, and even though all my other stories are H/Hr, I decided that it would look best as D/Hr in the end. Besides, I have gotten very long, begging emails of D/Hr fans, and they were very polite and very requesting of what they wanted, and H/Hr fans seemed to have done nothing but yell at me in their reviews and attack my character.

Therefore, I felt a stronger affiliation for this story with D/Hr. Besides, as an author I have artistic right and license to do whatever I want with a story. And if I wanted to change my mind halfway through, so be it. And I never guaranteed it would be either pairing, from the beginning I posed the question: What would they choose?

Even in the summary of the story, it says so. And look at the two main characters I chose – they are Hermione G. and Draco M. If you couldn't figure it out from the beginning that the story could turn D/Hr at any point, you shouldn't have read it. If you cannot handle reading a story that dares to take a twist or do something different after leading the audience to be sure it will go one way, then you must be a very shallow reader.

I'm sure everyone would have liked Romeo and Juliet if they lived together happily ever after. But where's the story's impact?

I'm sure everyone would have liked Sirius Black to live, but where's the story's impact then?

So, please, if you dislike it, find another story, that promises H/Hr from the beginning, and live a life where there are no bends, twists, and surprise endings in stories. I myself started the story hoping for H/Hr, but while writing, I felt I had the right to change it as I pleased. Its my story, and as far as I remember, writers can do whatever they like in the story. I don't have to give in to pressure of readers to make the stories exactly like everyone would like it.

Its never guaranteed that a story will end in a way that will make you feel all good and snuggly inside, and you'll go home and read more stories that all end exactly the same way, constantly feeding your ego and your sureness of what you envision should be an ideal ending.

This story, from the beginning, gave MANY clues as to what the initial pairing was. And any dense cubic-zirconium head who would start reading it would be VERY aware that, from the beginning, it would be a VERY close and tight struggle between H/Hr and D/Hr. Never mind my author's notes, the author has a right to react differently to her own story, right? And everything I wrote from the beginning was true, at the time. I did intend at the beginning to make it H/Hr. I did, at the end, feel converted to D/Hr.

How could anyone start reading a story and ignore blatantly any clues, and be convinced that it will end JUST the way they like it? What's the point of reading, if you are never surprised, never react or think about what you read?

There's stories for people like you angry H/Hr fans… they're called "fluff". One chapter, OOC, pointless stories that will give you a quick shot of happy H/Hr goodness, and you can go off without worrying that there could be others thinking otherwise.

I still write H/Hr stories, don't get me wrong, but it annoys me how H/Hr fans seem to have overall become closeminded and cruel, attacking ANYONE who doesn't feel the same way. D/Hr and R/Hr fans seem so much more allowing. I'm still an H/Hr fan, but I'm disillusioned with other fans.

As of such, I will simply quote Lemony Snicket, " Wouldn't you rather read about ponies?"