Okay, this twisted chapter had me laughing my head off. You really are an evol author. Where to start... Some lines I loved:

The topic of discussion seemed to wander about wildly like a drunken flobberworm.

Harry didn't know when Neville had started counting himself as more than one person, but he nodded anyway.

"You're— You're Harry Potter?" he stuttered. "Nope. I'm Herbert Podwart—"

Who is Herbert Podwart, anyway? *laughs* There were tons more, but that's just a few. I adooooooored this chapter. Really. And its longness, too. I couldn't stop laughing at how you wrote the meeting with Dumbledore. That's why I say this chapter was twisted, hehe. Evol, evol Dumbledore. I had almost forgotten about the ICW. I wonder what that's going to be like. I like how you inserted Neville in there a lot, too. *snickers* That was evol of you. Though, it did play out well for having him notice that he and Ginny were 'good friends'. I wonder when someone will figure it out/when they'll tell the others. Hehe. I wonder how the DA will turn out, too. This chapter seemed lighter than most... So does that mean the next will be darker? Or it'll be getting darker? Oh, and I like how you have Kingsley as the DADA professor. That'll be interesting. I wonder what other twists you'll put into this story... Eek, so many things going through my head from this long chapter. *laughs* And if I commented on all of them my review would be a page long... So I guess I'll end it here. I loved it!

Ooh, I adored this chapter. *laughs* I love the way you did some of the wordings. Like:

It had the odd effect of actually making Dudley seem more intelligent than he was. 

Harry nodded but kept an eye on him as if he might suddenly turn into a Death Eater.

Somehow this seemed to please Uncle Vernon, while Petunia seemed to have developed some fear of the chicken on her plate.

Hehe. Those made me laugh. I wonder exactly why the Dursleys were acting like that. Ah well, just another mystery in this story of yours. I like how you did the vision, too, how Harry was just thinking of Kings Cross and then he saw the vision. The Aurors' doubt about the attack was nice, hehe. I'm sure they believed him once the one came back like that. Ooh, a snake. You (almost) always stick things in your stories for a reason, so maybe it's starting to show just how much power Harry is picking up? Or how Harry's instincts are changing? I loooooooved how you described Harry walking through the barrier. That gave me the creeps. You had it seeming like nothing, then all those bodies. Poor Harry. I like your Ron, he's less... hmm... thickheaded? Not sure what word I'd use for it. I wonder how the school year will go for Harry. Anyway, enough rambles. I loved it!