Prod away!  I'm working my way through revisions slowly and thoroughly.  *grins* I'm having fun, though.

Oh, poor kid!  Being raised by the Dursleys as a witch or wizard?  That could be...complicated.

Thank you!  I'm excited to be getting back to it.

The whole thing with Fleur is very important - it sets some things in motion that move the rest of the story.  I'm going to try to give more hints as the story moves this time, though.

There are many possibilties for this connection, and it is merely a hint of what is to come.  The H/G element is a slow developing, slow-burning process, of which the dream is the beginning and the ending. 

And Ginny dreams true.

It goes some pretty dark places, some of it.  Vernon is not afraid to use his free hand...and Harry's pretty much stuck. 

Dolores was frightening to write, because she's a horrid person who thinks herself the best kind of person.  She struck me as so like the Dursleys, magic and muggle or not, I knew they would get along.  Kindred spirits, they are.  The last few sentences were supposed to be ominous and creepy, because Harry is about to go through a living hell.  I don't know how it stacks up against TGP, but I do know that for Harry - there is no rescue.

Dudley has had to come to terms with what he saw with the Dementors - and that means everything in how I write him.  Petunia is pregnant, the connotations of which make me ill when I think on them too much.

Veronica is a character who was supposed to play a major role in the 'Privet Drive' arc of the story, but she was usurped by Gracie McAllister - an infinitely better character.  Veronica is exactly what she seems.  A rich, cultured and older woman who raises children for people who don't have the time to do so.  I don't know how good at it she is, but I do know that she's highly sought in her profession.

She's vvery supportive of Dudley, though I don't know what she thinks of Petunia.  She might get explored some in an outtake I need to write called 'Dudley's Date'.

I put Harry in the cupboard because Vernon wants him to feel small and insignificant.  Vernon may be a horrid person, but he's a very skilled bully.  He know how to make Harry afraid of him.

Dissention in the Weasleys, all right.  Poor Bill...and poor Charlie.  Both have hard roads ahead of them!  I'm glad you like my style and my characters feel canon; I don't know how long that feeling will last, though.  I'm doubly glad you're intrigued.  Plot hook ftw!

Thanks!  I hope the next chapter is as entertaining - it sets the stage for Harry's long summer.