*grins* Thanks for the review. No need to review every chapter anyway. I doubt you'll have stuff to say about all of them.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the story.

No, I meant that Albus's grandparents would have welcomed Teddy to the Burrow. I'll change that "he" to "Teddy" to make it clearer what I meant. It does sound as if the "he" refers to Albus all right. Thanks for drawing my attention to that.

And glad you enjoyed their Christmas. No major disasters yet!

Thanks for the reivew. Glad the whole comparison of backgrounds came across as realistic.

And thanks for the constructive criticism. Flitwick is taking it seriously. He just doesn't necessarily want to make a fuss about it in front of the students. But it's DEFINITELY not meant to come across as if he's just blowing them off, so I'll take another look at that when I get a chance and see if I can make it clearer that he is concerned and is just being professional rather than dismissive.

Glad you liked it. Thanks again for your regular reviews. 

Thanks again for the review. 

I had a bit of difficulty actually deciding how much needed to be said around here, since obviously the reader will know more than Albus does, since we've read about Harry's time at Hogwarts in detail, whereas there are things he might not be comfortable talking to his pre-teen kids about, like "oh by the way, your mum was once bewitched into letting a Basilisk loose that almost killed your aunt and then she was captured by a memory in the Chamber of Secrets and almost died, but I saved her, almost dying myself in the process." Rather frightening for an 11 year old to hear.

And yes, things might get a little confused at Christmas when the family are talking.

Thanks for the review. Glad you enjoyed the chapter.

Yeah, Rose is quite like Hermione all right. As the story and its sequel progress, I do try to show she's not a complete Hermione-clone. She's not QUITE as smart as Hermione for one thing - like she's one of the two or three highest achievers in her year, rather than being streets ahead of everybody else - and she's not as concerned about rule breaking - it's usually Albus that worries about breaking rules - and she has a touch of Ron's tactlessness, which combined with Hermione's know-it-allness doesn't always end well. But yeah, she's definitely her mother's daughter.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks. Glad you liked it.

*laughs* I'm not a great fan of Quidditch chapters myself. Seems we have similar opinions on a few things! I tend to skim them too. That's why they tend to get mixed in with other things like the scales here or James's try-out going in with Blackburn's weird behaviour.

Glad you liked Albus's feelings about his brother playing against his house.

Thanks again for the reviews.

I had a bit of a conundrum about how to portray Scorpius, apart from as a suspect, because I didn't want him to be just Draco mark 2. I wanted him to have his own personality. But I also didn't want to do a new trio with him, Rose and Albus, because I think that is hard to make convincing considering all the history between their families. But it did occur to me that the Malfoys must be rather isolated as they aren't really going to be fully accepted by "good" society, while at the same time they are likely to be seen as traitors by the Death Eaters and their supporters. And people are bound to question the way they changed sides just as Voldemort was losing, if they don't know the full story.

Yeah, I actually have this entire story completely. I just have to post it.

Hope you enjoy the rest and thanks again for your reviews. It was great to log in and find five more.

As you've probably worked out now, this is a little more complicated that Blackburn just being "the hateful teacher". I don't like that idea either. I like all characters' motivations to be someway understandable and not just have people being nasty for the sake of it.

I'm glad it's holding your interest. I kind of consider this to be the chapter when the story really starts in earnest as the question of what is going on with Blackburn and why she reacts so bizarrely is sort of the first mystery here. It won't be entirely solved until year 2 though, which I am currently working on.

I'm glad you like James's try out for the team. I wanted to create some suspense and not just have it, "oh, he's James Potter; of course he'll make the team." I wanted there to be at least a moment when readers might consider the possibility he might not.

Thanks for the review. Glad you liked it.

Albus is just nervous about making a fool of himself in general and particularly in front of the son of his father's enemy. 

Thanks for your advice about the detail. I guess I'm a little worried about wasting too much time on introduction, so maybe I went too far to the opposite extreme. Might take another look over this chapter when I get a chance and see if I can expand on things.

Firstly, thank you for all the reviews. I was delighted to sign in and find them today.

And yeah, you've picked up on my weakness. I am absolutely no good at any kind of physical description. I can barely describe things I've seen in real life (actually, I often CAN'T), so there isn't too much of it in my stories.

I liked the idea of Albus ending up in one of the houses he hadn't even considered. *grins*

Thanks again.

Thanks for the review. I only just saw it.

I've that corrected now. Thanks for pointing it out.