Wow! this story is amazing. I really loved it. I think I'm almost going to be dissappointed with Deathly Hallows after reading this. Keep up the good work. =]

-Ashley

Ooh, Hermione put her foot in it, didn't she?

And the thought of Harry being controlled by Voldemort is really creepy.  You're put the possibility very convincingly with the slow slow, deliberate on Harry's mind.

Oh, how I love your Dumbledore: 

"...you are still the same pure hearted boy you were 6 years ago. And that is what makes you extraordinary, Harry. It is the love you have that has made you into the man you are now. Yes, you are angry, yes, you are bitter - but for the right reasons!"  Awwwww......  

And Harry saying he can't--and repeating it, with such pain and humility.  I just want to cuddle the poor boy (the Molly in me, I suppose.)

Thanks for bringing that out.

I like Ron's teasing at the beginning--very natural but also entertaining, and Harry's surly response is too:

"Want to have a good look? Anything else wrong with me?... Is my hair okay? Am I all spotty?”

I like your description of Harry with Snape too.  Chilling that Snape would show his delight in Sirius' death so obviously.

LOL at this: '...even you aren’t thick enough to think that I’d be able to fit in the cupboard forever...'

You've got the Dursleys cold.  Well they are cold and cruelly indifferent.  You make me really feel for Harry.  And I always thought he was kind of a whiney baby in OotP.