you really need to update ur stories, that is if u still go on this site. this story is incredible, and its quite a shame that its not being continued as it should be. hope u continue it.

The only mistake I noticed was your use of no doubt. I think you meant no less. However, I really like this story. I've read to this point before, but I haven't read it for quite some time. Are you still planning to finish it? I'd really like to find out how things turn out. Besides, I love dark fics! Morbid me really likes to read them because I know it takes a lot of talent to write them without them coming out cheesy. Keep writing!

I am dying to know what happened betwen Harry and Hermione. o__o and what caused Hermione to be locked away.

I really love this story, and it's fresh and new and a change of pace from everything else I've read lately. Good job at being original! ^^

Update soon

Wow. You weren't kidding when you said this was a dark story. I wonder what will happen with Harry. And will you please explain how Hermione ended up in the mental ward in the first place?!

This is one of the best stories I've read recently. In my opinion, Hermione's reaction to Harry's return was just right. Brilliant writing.

i love your story. please update soon. i cant wait to find out what happens!

I think having the flashbacks in this fan fiction is a good way to do it, now that you've started. If you hadn't already begun, I'd say start the whole fan fiction with the battle, or even before, and move on to how Hermione ends up in a mental institution then keep going from there. I like this, because it does seem realistic. I love the thing with the rain because I can relate. If I'm feeling down, I love going outside with my dog in the middle of a summer night when it's raining, and just running. No matter what it always infuses me with joy.

Wow. Talk about angst. You got me hooked on this story! What happened to get her put in there and did Mr. Weasley have something to do with it? And just my opinion, I don't think Hermione is being to cruel to Harry at all, after all of the crap she seems to have been through.
Your a gifted writer, you draw the reader in. Post a new chapter soon! Please!

A few of comments.

No, I don't think the timing is strange, I just wanted to make sure I had it right. When I first went through the story, for some reason I thought that she had been in the institution for two years, and Harry either left her there or she was in there shortly after he left.

When I mentioned the way she looked, it was not an attempt at a correction. It was more of a suggestion. We don't see any kind of reaction from those around her to what she looks like.

Another suggestion I have is that you should have her misremember passages from the Hogwart: A History book and mess up on simple spells. It has been way too long since she last thought about the book or cast a spell. Have Harry quote the book and her not recognize the passage or something. It would be one more example of her not being the same person she was....at least not yet. Heck, perhaps even reading would be difficult at first (I don't know, I've never tried not reading for a year to see what happens )

Looking back over the chapters I realize that I missed a couple things. The way I figure it now, Harry left Hermione for whatever reason. Perhaps he had to 'find himself'. Or perhaps she was pregnant and they lost the child, and he wanted to be alone for a while to come to grips with it. Well, whatever the reason it obviously was a bad one, probably a very selfish one by the way he is acting now (meaning he seems to acknowledge that he did something very wrong). Hermione went on for about a year, becoming more and more depressed. Suicidal? Or perhaps her friends simply overreacted to her depression and had her committed? Either way, correctly or incorrectly put into the hospital, she was obviously in there for far longer than she should have been.

My questions now are, how long has Harry known she has been in the institution? Why did he never visit? Hermione's thought suggests that Molly was not her only visitor. Who else came by? Ginny? Luna? Friends from school, or perhaps old teachers? Did any of them fight to get her out but failed?

And of course there is always the fact that we are seeing the world from the eyes of a woman who just might actually be crazy. What we are seeing could be skewed by her mental outlook. Who is to say that what we are seeing and what really happened are the same things. Heck, this might not actually be Hermione, but Ginny instead, crazy and thinking she is Hermione.

Wow....great chapter. I was rather wondering where this story was going when I read the first chapter. This is very interesting. Can't wait for the next chapter!!!

Let me see if I have the timeline right. Harry left Hermione two years ago and she has been committed for one year?

Ooops, forgot something. Hermione should be thin, pasty white, and her hair kind of limp. Her time in the hospital should have taken their toll. It would take some weeks of good nutrition, sunlight, and exercise to get back to normal. Heck, even her eyes should be sensitive to bright sunlight.

Actually I don't think Hermione is being too cruel at all. Harry and the rest appearently abandoned her to the tender mercies of the mental institution without really checking to see if she was crazy. Granted that we don't know what the circumstances were back then, but it is fairly obvious that she did not belong there. Living in horror and terror because your friends and family don't believe you and abandon you?

I'm really surprised that she went to live with him. With a wand she can take care of herself, even being 'homeless' (is a witch truly every homeless? They can conjure tents and such). Even without one, would she really so readily embrace the things she knew before the institution?

So Harry has never contacted her in all these years? He obviously knew where she was. He never checked on her? Why hadn't he seen those tapes before? And now suddenly he is all sorry and contrite? Too little, too late. Where has he been? Perhaps he has felt lonely, perhaps he has missed her. Poor baby. That is nothing compared to what she had to live through while her supposed friends and family turned a blind eye.

I was kind of disappointed in the last part of this chapter. Hermione already seems to be forgetting where she was just that morning. Just because Harry seems to care for her now and wants her forgiveness, that does not mean she should give it easily. He has years of torture he and the others indirectly inflicted on her that he has to overcome.

Hmmm, something else. Hermione is actually a broken person. Years of being subjected to all that without any support or hope? I like her attitude, but she should be more uncertain about being around people. She should not trust people. Crowds should freak her out. Mentally she should not be ready to re-enter society. It's not her fault, she has lived the past few years in a place where hope was crushed, the people that were supposed to take care of her abused her instead, and everything she knew betrayed her. There was only one person she could trust, and that was herself.

Well, I could go on and on, but I'll summerize. Your characterization of Hermione is very good. I don't think she is being too cruel or anything of the sort. She should not trust Harry, the Weasleys, or anybody else who left her to rot. Harry has a loooong road ahead of him if he wants to make things up to her.

On the other hand, if she really is crazy and we are seeing the world hrough a delusional girl's eyes...well, that could be interesting too.

Wow that was a really emotional intence piece of writing, I can really feel Hermiones pain!I`m glad that in writing that Hermione has issues with Harry that she didn`t just forgive him on sight as would have happened in a lot of other peoples stories! Please update again soon I am finding this story really interesting and different

Well, it's a nicely written story, but I'm mainly concerned about Harry's disappearance during those couple of years. I would like to think that it wasn't his choice to 'abandon' Hermione, that some circumstances made him unavailable to help Hermione and it wasn't really his fault... but you're the author. I guess we'll be hearing an explanation from Harry soon, so I'll wait to see how it turns out.