Hi, thanks for reading!  I'm glad you like it, despite all of the sorrow.  Harry will get a chance to meet Snape--next chapter, in fact, so stay tuned!

-P.G. 

Thanks for reading!  I'm glad you enjoyed it and appreciate my story's flow.  I always have to double check everything to make sure I haven't given too much away before it's time.  Stay tuned for more!

-P.G. 

Wow, these questions are great!  I can definitely clear the Al one up; Al is not gay.  That is not his reason for not wanting to be with Vivian, and that's all I'll say about that ;).

All of your Severus questions will be answered in the next chapter.  I'm glad you brought up his body in the Shrieking Shack, because I hadn't thought about that issue.  I will now and I'll make sure it's addressed at some point in the story.

There's a bit of a hint about Lily in this chapter, actually, though it might not be clear enough because no one has mentioned it to me yet.  If you don't catch it here though, I promise there will be an answer next chapter.

As for story length, this is completely planned out and will be a total of seven chapters and an epilogue.  I think it could have easily became longer and would have been less angsty that way because I could have added more humor and a bit of 'filler' here and there.  I planned it out when I thought I'd be finishing it in a month for the fest and then it just didn't work out.  I'm not going to add in a bunch of extra scenes to bolster it though; I'm going to stick with the original plan so I can move onto other pending projects.

Honestly, the Ginny thing really has nothing to do with the mystery.  That's just a personal preference of mine because I hate it when characters seem like they're really good at everything.  I didn't want her to be a star player.  I think even though she was great at Hogwarts, being at the professional level would be a bit tough for her and she might not be one of the star players.  Not to say that she isn't good, because she'd have to be to play professionally, but I just think that she isn't necessarily best known for her Quidditch skills.  

The sink part is a bit confusing because Albus is seeing both his memory of the kitchen and Severus' memory of Harry's room.  The problem is that they've somehow combined into one vision and so Albus is seeing both of the bodies, as well his young father, but he's sort of appeared in the kitchen area of the vision.  It's almost like the rooms have combined and so he sees parts of the kitchen, but also parts of young Harry's room.  There's an explanation for this, next chapter.  I feel like I say that a lot, lol.

Thank you once again for reading Lesley.  I think your observations are going to help me create a better chapter six.

-P.G. 

Thanks Pandora; I'm so glad you're enjoying it.  The meeting that you (and probably all of the other readers) have been waiting for is in the next chapter, so stay tuned!  You always give me such nice compliments and make feel good about my writing--thanks for that.  I really appreciate the support!

-P.G. 

Hi Kristeh, thanks for reading!  It's really sad that everything seem to be crumbling around Harry; I mean, the poor guy has really been through enough terrible things in his life already.  I'm really glad you liked my Albus; I'm so glad I did it from his p.o.v. because he has a very interesting take on everything going on around him.  He is a nice guy and I really think that's how he would have turned out if J.K. was to write more about him.

I can't say anything about Severus without giving stuff away, but thanks again for supporting my writing!  I'm glad you've enjoyed reading this.

-P.G.