From Krista
Hello my darling! It was such a pleasure to write this story for you, I am so glad that you liked it. Thank you so much for the awesome prompt that inspired this whole crazy universe to unfold on my laptop. To be honest, when I began to write it, I wasn't really meaning for it to follow the format that it does. It definitely took on a life of its own and I am so very glad that you enjoyed the end result.
I see Monikelen as a cross between the mum in Bridget Jones' Diary and Peg Bundy off of Married With Children! I don't know why, but that is the image that solidified in my mind every time I thought of her. I was really surprised at myself that I would do that to Hermione's mum and dad but in the end, I feel like it is more evil than to 'just' kill them off. It definitely set her off balance so that she wasn't paying attention to the corruption in the ministry any more.
I think that the birth scene was my favorite one to write so I am very glad that you liked it as well. Draco kept cracking me up while I was writing it, I could just imagine the look on his face as he tried to pretend that he was above caring about what was happening.
I could go on all day but I will just suffice it to say thank you once again for the fantastic prompt! :)