I know everyone HATES author's notes. Well I felt I had to answer some of the crits here. I have been reading them. I must have reached A LOT of people here. I KNOW I felt like JKR left this as unfinished business and it pissed me off when I read the book.

I have a few things to say and I was going to leave them in the review section, but I realized that not everyone goes there. I have heard from people whose writings I admire and I feel honored by that. Thanks for that. It really has made me think that maybe my voice is worth putting out there. Something I was never sure of in the past.

Now, about Sirius Black. He is NOT central to the story. This story was sorted under Harry/Severus for a reason. This isn't about Sirius. Not everything is. I am looking at the Harry/Severus dynamic and working on it. As for Harry saying negative things about Sirius, I didn't see that. That he didn't buy Sirius' justification of his father's behavior was established in the book. I think him sharing that with Sev is justified and acceptable. Harry is very sensibly trying not to inflame a topic that has pained another for a long time. Say what you want about Harry, he has always seemed sensitive to others feelings. And one thing I always admired about him is he is an honest person. I like that about him, one reason I continue to read the HP books.

Some folks have expressed surprise that Snape would react so POLITELY. Well as I see it, Snape is a good actor. What we see of Severus Snape in the books is through the POV of Harry. And Harry IS BIASED. I don't see Severus Snape as a mentally unstable man. I do think since the books are from one person's POV we are only getting their opinions. I know the scene in the shrieking shack from PoA, has a lot to do with the idea of Snape as unhinged mentally. Some things such as the shrieking shack can set him off but everyone has things that will send them ballistic. If you think about the events in the third book from his POV, it makes sense that he seemed totally unhinged. Last time he was in that room he almost died. And the person who set him up that night is there. And the children he is trying to protect believe a man HE KNOWS is capable of murder? Of course he is going to go ballistic, unhinged, etc His reactions to Black, Lupin et al, make sense.

Something ONLY ONE reviewer brought up was security of owl post. THANK YOU I hadn't thought about that and I can plug that hole.

I can't see this going into slash much as I like slash, I just don't think I can do that here. I like the idea of HP/SS but it is one that I find very hard to carry off believably. And believe me I read A LOT of slash. Got into fanfiction through slash.

If anyone is so annoyed at this remember one thing. This is fanfiction and by it's very nature it is AU. My name is NOT Joanne K Rowling, I wish I had her money but I don't. I wish I had her vision, but I don't. I am just another person who reads and likes it. I am also someone who devoured the fifth book in approximately 20 hrs, because I couldn't put it down and was majorly pissed at the end. I am hoping the sixth book wraps up some loose ends but I rather doubt it will since this is a seven part series.

Part of me wonders if she will continue Harry's anger at Snape. I can see the anger, I just don't see how he can blame it entirely on Snape and I had him make that point myself. Even Harry when his brain re-engages will realize that is not fair to Snape. And at the point these letters are being written Harry has had some time to think things over. It would have helped if I had dated them but I didn't. I don't normally date letters myself so my own idiosyncrasy showed up here.

Chapter three will clear that up and start some more threads in this story. Remus has a part to play. Even though he is still off stage here.