Author's Notes.
Hi,
First I would like to thank all those people who have reviewed my story so far, it's nice to know some people enjoy reading it. I wanted to take an opportunity to explain how I see the Harry Potter stories evolving so that perhaps my story might make even more sense to the readers. That being said I won't be giving anything from the future of the story away.
Many people see the Harry Potter story as being one of a Hero and his sidekick. You often see this kind of story in Fairy tales and bad Hollywood movies. I don't see the story this way for several reasons. One, if Harry is the Hero and Ron is the sidekick then Hermione is relegated to a purely romantic female interest. I don't think that JKR being a smart intelligent female would write such a character. I also think that the Hermione character has, through her own actions, shown that she is far more than someone to stand around and giggle while Harry saves the world. Secondly the only real proof we have seen that Harry might be a really powerful wizard is how early his ability to manifest his Patronus showed up. To be sure Harry will be a good bit more powerful than your average wizard but to believe that Harry will become some sort of wizard god that smites Death Eaters with his cereal spoon is just crazy and has no basis in the published books. Thirdly, Hero's take responsibility for their actions. Harry wallowed in self pity about getting Sirius killed (and make no mistake he did get Sirius killed) but never really sat down and took responsibility without having a screaming pity fest. Fourthly it is my opinion that Hermione is the best wizard of all of them including Harry.
It is my theory that instead of the Hero/Sidekick relations ship that JKR has produced a literary triad form. The triad in literature has been around since before the written word. It began in an oral tradition and then was put on paper with the advent of written story telling. If the Harry potter story is indeed a triad then Harry is at the top for certain with Ron and Hermione supporting him. This is an important distinction between the Hero/Sidekick as a Hero can continue without his sidekick but a triad can't exist without all three components. Given this it is by no means a stretch of the imagination to have both Ron and Hermione to have special natures of their own. In fact it would make less sense for then to not have them.
This is only the beginning of my storyline that will encompass at least four or five fics. This fic will go to the end of the sixth year. Then there will be a fic covering the summer and then a fic that goes through the seventh year. After that there will be one covering the first couple of years after school and a final follow up fic. Also the chapters are going to get longer and more intricate as it seems like people would like that.
P.S. the next chapter will be up tonight.