At 12:53 AM 7/12/2009, clell65619 wrote:
>- Then next part and what Harry found when he opened his eyes after touching
scars with Harri...
>
>- Are the methods Harri used to deal with Riddle too dumb? My sense of humor
being what it is, I can rarely tell when I've gone too far.

Works for me, although it is a bit of an emotional distance from
just how dire things seem to be before Harry gets into her mind
and the scene they are now seeing, especially since *we* know the
latter is or was very real.

>The Dark Lady was suddenly back, "What did you do girl? How did you do that?"
She vanished under an unexplained anvil that suddenly fell from the sky.
>
>"I'm pretty sure going Acme on her like that is a copyright violation Harri."
Harry said trying not to laugh.

I love "going Acme on her".

Speaking of copyright violations, in the mostly? distaff Tanya
Grotter series:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Grotter

As I remember, when the headmistress(?) of the school first
says the nom de guerre of the evil sorceress, Chuma-del-Tort,
an iron? appears and tries to brain her. A quick Google search
couldn't confirm this, though.

>Harry looked around, seeing no one else in the room. "Where is everyone
Headmistress? A few minutes ago the Grangers and Luna were all here."
>
>"A few minutes Mr. Potter? The two of you were locked together for more than
four hours. The Grangers put your friends to bed over their protests after I
arrived,

I can't see them being asleep, though (no way would they willingly
take a sleeping potion). And Harry at least knows they're going to
be frantic with worry. (Plus Luna is going to find the humor in
this very funny, I suspect.)

>then retired themselves when I assured them that there was nothing anyone could
do."

And I can't see them not hovering based on the info we have.

Maybe insert a paragraph or two of parent and friend interaction
and then Blanche resumes control of the agenda with them sitting
quietly in the room?

- Harold