::Smiles wickedly decides to try with another ear-worm since the previous on failed::

::Starts humming "Bad Boy" (Cops them song) by Inner Circle::


Yay, new chapter.

::Gives the plot bunny some Black Forest cake with extra chocolate::

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Life is a great big canvas,
and you should throw all
the paint on it you can.
- Danny Kaye
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No, don't know that one either

Finally got around to reading your story. Took me about 9 hours total to read from start to finish. Strikes a good balance between total awesomeness and reality as defined by the original works.

Thanks

i love this story, read most of it in a one bite type sitting. could i urge you to post more quickly? i am adoring it so far. thanks so much!

::Looks cautiously at the author while humming "Dog in the window"::

Thank you for the ear-worm and a very amusing chapter. (I had to listen to "Princes of the Universe" by Queen five times in a row before getting rid of the ear-worm.) Ear-worms are evil and one ear-worm deserves another. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_worm

::Smiles wickedly before posting the lyrics to "One Elephant"::

ONE ELEPHANT

"One elephant
one fine day
went on a spider's web to play
He found it such enormous fun
so he called for another elephant to come.
Oh elephant!

Two elephants
one fine day...."

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"We are the hero of our own story."
- Mary McCarthy
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Princes of the Universe, nice choice, but unfortunately for you your ear-worm wont work as I have never heard one elephant before and as I don't know the tune I can dodge catching it.

Grins back.

GuardianOfLight

Whoa. So I finally read this fic after avoiding it forever. I had assumed Avatar was referring to the Airbender and you know what they say about those. :)
Then I realized that this fic was 99 chapters long and it had to have something to it to be THIS long. The intro explained that the avatar was an original character so I started reading. I didn't finish until a day and a half later.
This fic is awesome. Really, I have enjoyed reading this. Nothing seems boring and I like how while the overall plot continues to unfold that the secondary plotlines are great as well. They would make excellent stand alone fics.
I like the ANs and the hints they drop. I'm very curious to see what happens next.
PS still waiting on explanations on Adam's disk and the Phoenix charm. I'm thinking its some sort of imperious thing over Harry and Ginny to sow discord. Keep up the good work. If this only book 1 of the series, I can't wait to read the rest.

I can safely say I don't know what they say about Airbenders but I get the reference, that is where I first heard the name refer to a person and what gave me the idea for the elemental skill but the actutal description of the word actually fits in with both, hence the reason I named Harry as such.

You read 99 chapters in one and a half days!! Blimey.

The Phoenix charm is coming just be patient but the disk I put in just as a precaution in case I ever wrote sequels to this and the overall meaning of it would be revealled in one of those, I love fics where in the first few chapters you read something which directly relates to something dozens of chapters later, it shows how carefully an author plans his plot and I liked the idea of bringing something in the first few chapters of a fic and then maybe 50 chapter into a second sequel revealing it, but at the moment it is just a prop I'm afraid.

As regards sequels, if you have read the bit I mentioned in a note before the first chapter then that is all I will say about that for the time being.

Thanks for reviewing.

Regards

GuardianOfLight

Poor Severus. {snicker} He's gotten stuck with being the Greek Chorus for the story. He's my favorite character in the books, and I like stories where he has a chance to be more than a villain. I just discovered this story yesterday, and I've been reading on it since (though I did sleep a few hours around dawn), and I'm eagerly looking forward to finding out what happens in the rest of the story. I hope your muse and schedule will allow you to write and post more chapters sometime soon. Keep up the good work. Zafaran {mailto:} zafaran {at} fastmail {dot} fm

Thanks for the review.

Regards

GuardianOfLight

Yay, new chapter.

For some reason when I read "Time: An Eternity In A Second" I was instantly reminded about this William Blake quote:

To see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour.
- William Blake

Because of your vivid imagery I could almost see Draco hanging from the ring of the tallest hoop.

I am already looking forward to read any future chapters which your plot bunny might inspire you to write.

::Gives the plot bunny some carrot stew::

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Batman: Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it.
Catwoman: A kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it.
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I like that quote, I would try and use it in the story but I don't think I could get it to fit properly.

I was hoping someone else would see Draco, I almost laughed when I imagined that idea for the first time.

Regards

GuardianOfLight

A delightful story that I've only been able to read snippets of. Then again considering the odd hours I've been keeping I could have read this entire thing through and given you some good feed back. 97 chapters, it's always possible, especially if I've got the next two days off like I'm hoping.

eta - It is very well written, just a few little things like common spelling mistakes and small errors that are scattered throughout. Things that your betas could probably catch easily enough. And I understand that it can be difficult to introduce new characters to a familiar canon setting. You've done well with the characterization and intrigue of Adam. Probably when you go back through to fine tune it you will find a better flow for the the meshing of characters.

I will certainly continue to track this because you have been able to write an intriguing story that continues pulling the readers along to the end. I most certainly look forward to how you plan to have this finish up and plan to reread this story again.

It took me three or so days to finish the 97 chapters and even then there was some stuff that I missed and skimmed over that I'll probably catch when I go back through for a reread. I giggled over several lines (Fleur as April, the confusion of the two Buffy's) and so forth.

I know that you had a poll on your group as far as hair color for Anne goes. And several of the people chose other. I was wondering if you had maybe considered a different shade of blonde, like say a darker blonde with some lighter highlights. That way Buffy is still all California blonde, but Anne can be a little less ditzy looking. And it will be easier to maintain in Scotland.

97 chapters in three days, blimey, I don't think I could have managed that.

I'm glad someone liked my bad attempts at humour, I do try to make the story slightly amusing but it does not always work.

I have chosen the hair colour for Anne but what everyone is assuming is that I am making this colour change voluntary, why not a magical accident giving her no choice in the matter.

Thank you for reviewing.

GuardianOfLight

Another great chapter.

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Grown men may learn from very little children,
for the hearts of little children are pure, and,
therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them
many things which older people miss.
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i read most of this story all in one bite as i came lately to this site. i am loving it. great cliffhanger! oooh you need to update more often though.. pretty please???

I'll consider it.

I gave you 8/10 only 'cause it's the beginning, not because I think this story isn't great. But most exciting things haven't started yet and I cant give more before they do.
You don't have to worry for even a second about having waisted writing something with this much potential (again, haven't got that far yet), because I haven't stopped fidgeting since begun, which is a very good sign.
But pleeeeeeese... tell me what pairings you're planning, because there are some that can really spoil even the best fic's for me, like Angel/Buffy (can't stand them they are always either too broody or create squishy, fluffy, icky factor). I have to be ready for those or I keep getting disappointed. This is a warning question, if you are a nice person, please answer.
I'm a devoted Spuffy fan by the way, although I do read Spike/Other works, I just don't seem to be able to enjoy the Buffy/Other story's. They lead to heartbroken Railroad Williams, and it's always too sad to look at (I have a good fantasy, season 6 Spike ain't creating pleasant pictures).
Oh just don't mind me I have flu and it makes me all whiny, but really I do love this work even if there is so many chapters ahead... well actually, especially because there are so many chapter ahead.

I do apologize for the earlier chapters, I could never find a satisfactory way of introducing Adam and of getting the connection with the Scoobies that I needed.

As for pairings some of them are listed in my notes at the beginning of chapter one but I am not planning any Buffy/? or Spike/? pairings in this story, I already have enough on my hands without anymore with major characters, if they are seen together it will be a purely platonic relationship.

I like long stories too, I hate reading stories and getting only a few chapters in and realizing thats the end, I think with this story is going to be more trouble to actually bring it to a stop than it is too keep going.

Hope you get over the flu soon.

GuardianOfLight

::Gives the plot bunny a couple of slices of carrot cake::

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"In my profession all sorts of odd knowledge comes
useful, and this room of yours is a storehouse of it."
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Dumbles didn't sound too Happy :P

nice to see a new chapter...i already feared you had enough of this big story :)

Not me, just took a while to get the next chapter there

wow, this is a mammoth story, it's taken me a few days to read all 95 chapters! I like it, it's an interesting story line and I'll definitely be reading more. However, you need someone to look it over carefully before you post as there are lots of word substitutions that wouldn't be picked up by a spell checker, such as your for you're and loose for lose, also you use 'encase' a lot when you mean 'in case'.

The early chapters especially suffer from bad spelling and punctuation as at those times I was unable to hold down a beta, now I have one so there are likely to be less errors than before.

Thanks for reviewing

GuardianOfLight