Thank you, dear! Yeah, I dunno where Mortimer came from, but his voice was very loud when I started writing this story. I might even have dropped him in there another time or two if I'd had time but I guess he wasn't that important in the long run, really. :) Fred was fun to write, as was Narcissa (they were both insistent on being included *g*). The Potter kids made me the most nervous. It's the reason I don't write next-gen, I don't feel I've enough basis in canon for personalities, so i feel as if I'm wholly creating them. *shrug* Which is fine for minor OCs like Mortimer, but feels weird for characters that others feel have established personalities... *stops babbling* Anyway, thank you for the lovely comments and all the kind recs. Those made my day! ♥