Author's Note
By Prongs
First of all I want to apologize to all of you who are reading this and instead expected Peter's next chapter, but we have been getting so many questions concerning the fanfic that I wanted to write this author's note to explain some of the questions we have received via e-mail and reviews. If you read this it will help you to better understand the story and where it is going.
One very important thing I must say is that it is crucial to the story that you read every chapter. We have had people skip chapters because they did not like that one certain character, usually Peter. It is very important that you read every chapter because if you don't you will miss very important elements of the story. Peter's chapters in particular tend to be important because Peter notices things no one else does, things that could be very important later on in the story.
Another question we have often been asked is," Why would Dumbledore ever hire Tom Riddle to be a teacher at Hogwarts?"
Our answer is simply, if you remember correctly, when Tom was at school, he was prefect as well as Head boy and was a model student, so obviously Dumbledore trusted him with responsibility. At this time in our story Tom was not yet known, as Voldemort and he had not yet gained power, so Dumbledore did not suspect a thing was wrong, he had no reason not to trust him yet.
As far as, Could Tom get away with having Deatheater meetings at the school? They were under the guise of Remedial Potions lessons.
Another question we get a lot is, how are James and Sirius cousins? And if they are and they like each other, that is not right!"
The point is that all pureblood families are interrelated; if they want to keep the blood pure then their choices for marriage are very limited. James and Sirius are both from pureblood families so it would make sense for them to be related somehow. As far as Harry not seeing James on Sirius' family tree, James' mom was a Black before she married Mr. Potter so she would have been there but James and his father wouldn't have been because they were not claimed as family. Since Harry never knew his Grandmother's name, she just would have been another Black on the list.
It's not gross for James and Sirius to have a crush on each other for the simple fact that they would have thought nothing of it because they saw cousins marrying each other all the time, and they don't realize that there is anything wrong with it.
Something else we must be clear on is that even though all of the boys seem to have crushes on each other, we are not leading up to one big orgy. We realize that they are only eleven and so there will be no sex in Year One. There will however be plenty of kissing, making out and that kind of thing very soon.
Our vision for this fanfic is to write the story of James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter through Year One all the way up until the time of the Potter's deaths and the fall of Voldemort. We try our hardest to be true to the things J.K. Rowling has written all the while putting our own spin on things. We want it to be close to what the story would be like if she wrote it herself.
We really appreciate everyone who takes their time to read our story and we hope that you will continue to read the rest of Year One as well as Years 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8, which will cover everything that happened from the time of their graduation till the fall of Voldemort.
If there are any questions that you have that we have not covered, or you just want to contact us review and leave us your e-mail address and we will get back to you.
We welcome all comments and criticism.
Thank you for reading, and the next chapter is coming soon.
Prongs
By Prongs
First of all I want to apologize to all of you who are reading this and instead expected Peter's next chapter, but we have been getting so many questions concerning the fanfic that I wanted to write this author's note to explain some of the questions we have received via e-mail and reviews. If you read this it will help you to better understand the story and where it is going.
One very important thing I must say is that it is crucial to the story that you read every chapter. We have had people skip chapters because they did not like that one certain character, usually Peter. It is very important that you read every chapter because if you don't you will miss very important elements of the story. Peter's chapters in particular tend to be important because Peter notices things no one else does, things that could be very important later on in the story.
Another question we have often been asked is," Why would Dumbledore ever hire Tom Riddle to be a teacher at Hogwarts?"
Our answer is simply, if you remember correctly, when Tom was at school, he was prefect as well as Head boy and was a model student, so obviously Dumbledore trusted him with responsibility. At this time in our story Tom was not yet known, as Voldemort and he had not yet gained power, so Dumbledore did not suspect a thing was wrong, he had no reason not to trust him yet.
As far as, Could Tom get away with having Deatheater meetings at the school? They were under the guise of Remedial Potions lessons.
Another question we get a lot is, how are James and Sirius cousins? And if they are and they like each other, that is not right!"
The point is that all pureblood families are interrelated; if they want to keep the blood pure then their choices for marriage are very limited. James and Sirius are both from pureblood families so it would make sense for them to be related somehow. As far as Harry not seeing James on Sirius' family tree, James' mom was a Black before she married Mr. Potter so she would have been there but James and his father wouldn't have been because they were not claimed as family. Since Harry never knew his Grandmother's name, she just would have been another Black on the list.
It's not gross for James and Sirius to have a crush on each other for the simple fact that they would have thought nothing of it because they saw cousins marrying each other all the time, and they don't realize that there is anything wrong with it.
Something else we must be clear on is that even though all of the boys seem to have crushes on each other, we are not leading up to one big orgy. We realize that they are only eleven and so there will be no sex in Year One. There will however be plenty of kissing, making out and that kind of thing very soon.
Our vision for this fanfic is to write the story of James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter through Year One all the way up until the time of the Potter's deaths and the fall of Voldemort. We try our hardest to be true to the things J.K. Rowling has written all the while putting our own spin on things. We want it to be close to what the story would be like if she wrote it herself.
We really appreciate everyone who takes their time to read our story and we hope that you will continue to read the rest of Year One as well as Years 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8, which will cover everything that happened from the time of their graduation till the fall of Voldemort.
If there are any questions that you have that we have not covered, or you just want to contact us review and leave us your e-mail address and we will get back to you.
We welcome all comments and criticism.
Thank you for reading, and the next chapter is coming soon.
Prongs