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Wow! I love this more w/ every chapter. Witty, and fresh. I need more updates soon!

YEAH! Make them not have good enough gifts...;) Can't wait for the next chapter!

Soooo need chapter 6!!! Harry forgot the shells!!!

I would like to clear up a few points of confusion. First of all, THANK YOU so much to those who have reviewed with regards to the "Fred" question. However, after discussing it at The Coven, we have decided to leave the chapter DH-compliant...which means that Fred will remain dead. We would like to remind you that the twins are not central characters to this story at this point in time, and if they become so, future authors have reserved the right to resurrect him from the dead if needed. (So there's still hope!)

Second of all, to address ice owl's post regarding the several edits of today.

Thank you for your review, ice owl, and no, we will not be deleting it. Thank you for not being crude, and I'm glad that you recognize that it serves no purpose. You are entitled to your opinion, but I daresay that you may not know the whole story. That is okay, and you may never know the entire story.

The author you are referencing was not one of the official betas for this story, even though I'm sure she's a great beta. You are correct that there were not very many spelling errors in the original draft of this chapter. It was more of a content problem and lack of good explanations for certain plot twists. It would have been a disservice to our readers to post it without explaining. That is all I would like to say about that. If you would like more detail, you are welcome to email me.

I do not dispute that French nouns are gender-oriented. (I would like to learn French better, but I cannot claim to know the language.) However, "blond" and "blonde" are also English words, and this story is written in English. I'm just saying...and do you honestly think that the readers mind if Draco turns into a girl? *snicker* (I'm sorry; that was supposed to be a joke, but I do understand what you're saying.)

And as far as our egos go, this is again where it seems you do not understand the entire story of what happened, if you think that this was an ego boost for ANYONE. We had several pre-story discussions of different things, and honestly, the topic of writing standards never came up. Within ourselves (The Coven) we had never discussed what to do if someone submitted a substandard chapter, and so when we were presented with the situation, we basically had to make it up as we went in a short amount of time.

Yes, that means that we made mistakes. Would we (I) do things differently a second time around? Absolutely. But I honestly and truly feel that posting the original chapter without any changes at all would have been a disservice to our readers, and I sleep better at night knowing that. I guess the only way to know for sure would have been to post the two chapters side-by-side and let the readers pick for themselves which one was better.

But since the author in question has decided to leave the group (yes, she decided to leave; we did not force her out or kick her out. It was her own choice of free will to leave) then a side-by-side comparison is not necessary and could be construed as merely rubbing salt into open wounds. I have no desire to do that, and I am sorry about the way things turned out.

I hope that you will continue to follow the story, and I hope you enjoy it, in spite of this little mishap. Again, thank you for your review!

I like the Occamy, nice OC.

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!!!!. I can't believe I didn't read it when it was first put up. As for the Coven, as long as there are at least two of us, we will exist and I have no plans to go anywhere.

Can't wait for chapter 6.....

oh no...this story was getting so good too...please update soon. Cuz ive added it to my favorites and I will be checking

wait...take down chapter five for a while or the whole story for a while??
im confused!

Funny thing this chapter. I have watched it go up and down several times today. I am a great fan of FK01 and I can honestly say that you all did her a disservice. And, since I expect one of you to go in and delete this immediately I could get perfectly crude, however that serves no purpose. Instead, I am going to mention that you might get on better if you listed the requirements of what you expect from the story. You lost probably your best beta today through your ignorance and pomposity because believe it or not, that witch really does know her stuff. When your girl mentioned spelling errors that had to be corrected, I highly doubt that. I did notice that someone changed the blond to blonde (one of FKs favorite pissers because it is a French term and all French nouns are gender oriented.) Hence you just turned Draco into a girl with the 'e' on the end.
I will keep reading and might even comment a time or two, but for now, you all need to think about how you treated someone. Is your ego so big that all you can see is yourself?

*reads ice owl's review* Aww, sticking up for your friend there? How admirable. If you knew the surrounding details, you would understand. But you don't. It's a pity really. However, onto my review: I know I'm kinda bias, but I loved this chapter. I thought it was wonderfully written and the ideas were very interesting. It's really too bad about all the problems going on within the group. *sigh* You just can't escape fighting anywhere you go, now can you? Pity. Can't wait for the next chapter!

Much love,
Slytherine