Nerys Dax

Well, I got the next chapter done, so I hope you like it. And thank you for all the nice compliments at the start of your last posting, I don't really know how to respond to something so flattering with grace. So, I'll just thank you and wish you the best with writing. We can surely use some more Tomione fics. *glances sadly at the short list* *sniggers about always loving BIG* - I suppose we'll do a "wink, wink, nudge, nudge" now. What second reply? Where? XD Third reply: HAH! trying to trick me into spoiling you, sneaky Slytherin. It was cunning, but I am not letting it slip. No siree. You'll see. My lips are sealed. *zips them* And ... *stops typing too* Oopsi, almost erred there. Thanks the backspace key. waves, xx Nerys

Chapter 4 Review Replies to: MarksPet: *ROFL* I'll see what I can do in the torturing you some more department. *glances at chapter 5's written scenes and sniggers* However, there will be smut in chapter 5, with a slight twist. But that's an excellent description in your review to how Hermione feels about Tom. To be honest, I love writing the UST, anticipatory scenes. Sure, a lemon is fun, too. But the torment and frustration of UST is just too irresistable to my sadistic nature NOT to write it. XD Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys Aviendha: Thank you, xx Nerys

First, thanks for this new feature. No more adding codes for italics, etc. to my docs. YAY! Second, ever since this new feature got installed, I keep getting pop up windows from Windows Internet Explorer stating I should close the window and stop the script (not sure it's the correct translation here), because it will slow down my connection, blah blah blah. It's really annoying, because it doesn't just happen once, it starts as soon as you copied text into the box and keeps popping up. Editing something is a bitch now. I just realise I could try using Chrome; maybe it doesn't happen there? *hits head on desk for not thinking about this sooner* Anyway, still thought I let you know. Third, if you want to edit something in the older chapters now, do you need to add enters everywhere or will it still display normally after you changed a word or two? Yeah, I am a chickenshit. Didn't dare to try it out in case I had to. XD Fourth, loving the not having to add codes to my docs. Yes, I recall mentioning it before, I am not that old. I just love it that much. Manga2g: way to go! :clap:

Chapter 3 Review Reply to Tori: Thank you. I'm hoping to update next weekend. There actually is more from his POV in the next chapter, but most of the story will probably be Hermione's POV. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Replies to scarletwitchextreme Genius ... riiiight, that's no pressure at all. But thanks for liking the other stories with Tom/LV and Hermione, too. Lots of love back. Review Reply Prisoner Chapter 2 Sneaky snake indeed, always keep your eyes firmly on Tom ... er... SWE, not for that reason. SWE! *jumps up and down while waving with arms through the air to get someone's attention* Uhh, well, considering he's much cuter than me, I suppose that's pointless. Another one lost to the clutches of the Dark Lord. LOL. Well, perhaps I should take the physical state of my reader under consideration and be a bit more careful with the punishments? *insert sadistic laughter* Glad you loved it in capitals, Review Reply Prisoner Chapter 3 *sniggers* Most readers did. I don't think there is much epilogue or Ron love around the fans of this pairing. XD Like I said ... not much Ron love. *snnnrks* Now, wherever do you lot get the idea from that Riddle wants babies? As in crying, whining, shitting, peeing, attention-drawing, little, obnoxious, spitting things that can't do anything and are, therefore, useless. Er... been writing from his POV too long again. yikes. He's bloody contagious. XD But you'll see whether or not Hermione will get preggies. *zips lips* Thanks for loving it and for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review Reply to Prisoner's Chapter 3 iheartkittles: Thank you for the nice compliments. And I'll do my best to get you that next chapter next weekend, so you can read all about the punishment. *insert evil smirk* Thank you for reading and reviewing. xx Nerys Fleur K: I am glad you did. XD For me the muse of it was more subconscious, I think. It's been a really long time since I last saw the movie and even longer since I read the book, but Tom and Hermione certainly share character traits with Hannibal and Clarice, so it's not hard envisioning them in the same kind of situation. It's why I had Hermione make the "Clarice" comment. If only she'd been as smart as Clarice and kept a bigger distance, she'd been ... Well, I'd have no story then. ROFLMAO *sniggers* Well, the words that sometimes fall out of his sexy mouth are helping her somewhat in the whole resisting thing. XD Thank you. xx Nerys

Review Reply to Apprentice's Chapter 33: mrequecky Ooooh, I had so much fun writing that scene. If only I could get the start of that chapter written, but the emotional scene between Hermione and the teacher is giving me headaches; so it will be a while longer. I am using Prisoner as a distraction, hoping it will bring the muse back for emotional scenes. Thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys To Fleur K's earlier post in this topic: How's the mantra going? Just kidding. I really appreciate your patience. I had a rather rude, anonymous reviewer on FFnet complaining in all my fics about lacking apprentice updates in a way that really stroked all my hairs the wrong way. I usually reply nicely or ignore pointless flames, but this time I made an exception and left a sarcastic review reply in my AN there. So thanks again for understanding that I have a life and can't sit behind the PC all day long to write Tomione fics. Alas. XD

Review Reply to Prisoner's Chapter 3: MarksPet: Well, I figured Tom would be the perfect person to have enough distance not to focus on Hermione's parents history in conceiving and wonder about alternate possibilities. I actually doubted for quite a while about adding this. But unfortunately, it's still not uncommon to forget to look at the man in these situations, so I figured I had enough reasons for everyone else not to consider Ron. And yessss, it's confirmed. *insert evil cackle* LOL. Well ... you'll see. XD I never liked that either. I didn't mind them together as a teenage crush, but NINETEEN years of marriage... Oh please, give me a break. Too sugary coated, sweeter-than-sweet ending. Too Disney, one of my FFnet reviewers called it. And I felt that description shows precisely what's wrong with the epilogue since the HP series has a dark edge to it, which made that epilogue feel completely out of place. I wished Rowling would've kept the trio as just friends instead of this. I understand her need for a happy ending, but this? Come on, Hermione and Ron have nothing in common but their joined worry about Harry's safety. After the threat was eliminated, what on earth would those two talk about? The good ol' days? *huffs* Here, here. Although ... *checks shoulders* realistically speaking, hooking up Hermione with Tom is eviler than what Rowling did to her. Ermmm... *thinks it over* nah, Ron was eviler. Darn, beaten again by that woman in Scotland. Oh well, they say money doesn't make you happy (to make us poor people feel better of not having any). LOL Anyway, thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review Replies to Prisoner's Chapter 3: cennaka: Absolutely. A big pain in the arse. (Eh, no need to censor myself here. LOL) Oh yes, he definitely won't settle for less. And in a way, Hermione could learn something from his selfishness and he from her selflessness. Although, some of Hermione's selflessness is guilt-induced and a method to stick her head in the sand about her previous choices, so she's not that honourable, too. I think the only saint in HP is Harry (recalls him offering Voldemort the choice to save his soul and rejecting the power of all the Hallows - not even Dumbledore could resist their temptation). Although I suppose Harry has his flaws, too. Eh, it's what I love of the series, most characters are so well-developed (biggest exception is Dolores Umbridge). You don't really expect an answer to this, I hope? If so, too bad ... *sticks out tongue childish* Me too. I'll try to get it done before or on the 13th, I was a tad earlier this week. I started this fic the 23th of Januari after all. So, chapter 3 should've been done on the 6th of Februari, but when I had it back completely, I saw no point in keeping it on my pc and have my readers wait. XD Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review Replies to Prisoner's Chapter 3: darkwitchwithfangs (DWWF): Thank you. I am glad you found my writing that good. It's a great compliment. I am trying to update this once a week, so hopefully, next weekend you'll have your next chapter. XD Thanks for reading and reviewing. xx Nerys poisonous_passion: Thank you very much. I'll do my best to feed your addiction next weekend. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys mrequecky: Thank you, xx Nerys

The Prisoner - Chapter 2 - Review Reply to Aviendha: "I bow before your skill, oh Great Mistress! )" - Finally someone who knows how to act properly around me. *pets good reviewer* "Perfect" - *another stamp of approval* "and hoping for more soon!" - Tsk, tsk, tsk ... veiled demands? You dare!?! Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

The Prisoner - Chapter 2 - Review Reply to Relatela: "Love this fic! It's hard enough finding Voldemort/Hermione fics, nevermind well written ones! You're definitely one of the best out there =). Please don't forget about The Apprentice though! Update soon =)" Yeah, I know it's hard to find fics for this pairing. T_T It's why I started writing them. LOL. I just couldn't find anything to read anymore. It's all Dramione, Harmony, etc out there. Our Lord gets duly neglected. *sobs* And it's really hard to find completed fics or WIPs that aren't abandoned. The fic ( Everything I know by One Crimson Tie) that got me hooked on this pairing is also an abandoned one. She restarted it, but never got farther than the prologue. *disappointed sigh* But I am glad that you enjoy my fics. Thank you for the nice compliments. And I won't forget Apprentice. Not a chance. I am focusing on Prisoner for the moment, because it's a short story and a bit of a distraction for that chapter in Apprentice that has an emo scene in it that's just a horrific write. I have to find the right emotional state to get that done. But I'll try to update Prisoner once a week. Thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

The Prisoner - Chapter 2 - Review Replies to: MrE-Quecky "Wow, what an awesome chapter! Loved!" - Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed it so much. XD MarksPet "OMG, that was so HOT...and with no smut!?!?!?!" - Thank you. Well, I've found it's often easier to make things hot when it's more UST with the promise to come, then when I'm stuck writing the actual lemon, which often is kind of tricky to NOT make it a mere description of where certain body parts are positioned and actually convey the emotions of it to the reader since I find that is what makes scenes hot to me. Also, once you wrote a couple of lemons, there is always the threat of becoming repetitive. There are only so many words you can use in sex scenes. LOL "I can't wait until she has to 'make it up to' him!!!" - LOL. On the threat of contradicting myself, me too. I am definitely looking forward to those moments. LOL. "More, please!" - I'll do my best to update once a week on this story, so if everything goes as planned, there should be a new chapter done next Saturday. Thank you for reading and reviewing. Kohomologia "It was perfect. I keep rereading it over and over. Please, please update " - Perfect; WOW, that's a huge compliment. Thank you. I am glad you like it so much to read it more than once. I'll do my best to keep a regular update rhythm on this fic; my plan is once a week. *keeps fingers crossed that will work* So, hopefully next Saturday chapter 3 will be online. Thank you for your kind review. xx Nerys

The Prisoner - Chapter 2 - Review Reply to Krista: "This is really great your an amazing writer. Cant wait for more" - Thank you. I'm hoping to update this story once a week. *keeps fingers crossed the muse will agree with that and real life issues won't interfere* Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

The Prisoner - Chapter 2 - Review Reply to QueenRuby: "Yay! I love updates." - Well, I hope to update this story once a week. It's my good resolve for the year. Now, don't start about what happens to good resolves, I can live the illusion of success. LOL "and yet part of me was like 'an hour, that is not long enough.'" - It's a minimum of an hour. I am sure Riddle knows not to ask for too much or he's going to get a definite no from her. And he's basically counting on his ability to keep her entertained once she is there. Somehow, I just agree with his line of thinking, which of course, has absolutely nothing to do with yours truly writing the rest of what's to come. "Keep up the good work." - Will do. Thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Prisoner - Chapter 1 - Review Reply to Aviendha: "Oooooh Hannibal with a twist...and lemons! Sweet!" - Thank you. I am halfway done going over my betas' changes, so the next chapter won't be too long a wait. Thank you for reading and reviewing. xx Nerys

The Apprentice - Chapter 33 - Review Reply to Fleur K. "I just finished reading your story.....and I think I am in love." - Thanks. I am glad you're enjoying the fic. "I too have been wondering what it is, exactly, that the Keepers are "keeping"." - Yeah, sorry, it's not going to become known soon. There will be a chapter (I think ch. 35) where you'll see the Keepers in action again, doing their "keeping", so that might give a bit more insight into what. "Also.....who is that girl in the bag?!" - Hmm... woman not girl. And it's a tiny spoiler. Let's just say Nagini dislikes me for getting rid of all her canon food. *wink, wink.* "Since I am so addicted to your story, I think you should update asap " - *hides* "By the way.....your Voldemort is way sexy. Seriously. *fans self* It makes it more believable when reading the interactions between Hermione and Voldemort.....more believable that Hermione would honestly feel pulled in so many directions about what she wants to do and what is the "right" thing to do." - Well, that's the intention. If it were easy for Hermione, there wouldn't be much of a fic. But I am glad you're enjoying the portrayal of Voldemort. XDDD "Anyway....update? Please? Tomorrow? In 5 minutes? " - *hides even better* Well, seriously now, I am working on that blasted chapter, but it's giving me problems. Well, to be precise Hermione's interaction with Burbage is. I just can't find the drama muse at the moment - she went AWOL and is mocking me from a distance whenever I try to get that scene on paper. You have no idea how many stupid versions I wrote up to date. Ugh. Too bad the Bella, Lucius and Voldemort bit can't come first. *sighs* Anyway, I want to thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys PS Sorry for the late reply, but I hadn't noticed there was a new review for Apprentice until now.

Hmmm... I recalled getting my first rather nasty flame and it took away my motivation to write for about a month (despite the numerous positive reviews I had) before I thought, what the hell, who cares, and continued writing. After all, we don't write fanfics to make money. It's for OUR enjoyment. Sure, if there is valid critism and I can incorporate it into my fic, then I will make changes. But if I am far into the fic and people complain about things that are now impossible to alter unless I completely overhaul the fic, then ... I will thank them for their input but continue as I have done before - even if I agree with them. The only rewrite I ever did was on MOM2 and its progress is remarkably slow now because of it. In retrospect, I think I should've finished it first, and then, done the overhaul. Besides, you can never please everyone. With Apprentice I've got reviewers wanting Hermione to stay good and those who want her to turn dark. I can only go one way with it and it will be the way I choose. If someone doesn't like it, too bad. I'd recommend they write their own stories then. And hating your own writings, well, I think that's normal for authors. You always see what is wrong with a chapter or scene, even when readers love it. But if you start questioning yourself too much, you'll never finish anything. If I were you, I'd take the critism to heart for the next fic I plan to write and not for the ones where it is too late to fix it. Eh, I still need to edit my first stories for horrendous spelling/grammar errors since I hadn't written anything in English in more than ten years when I started on those. Me lazy. *places it on the long to do list* What can I say, my focus just is on my new stories these days. *shrugs* And I try to prevent my earlier errors in those new stories I write now. So, that's how I use the valuable feedback I get on my earlier work. Hope this helps you feel less ... meh. And uhhh... UPDATE! ( sorry, couldn't resist to tease you again ... eh, you got me many times with them).

Kind of makes one wonder if Paypal allows users to buy Stephenie Meyer's "books" then. *coughs* Imprinting on babies *coughs* Or the Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton. I recall it recently had Anita rape an underage boy in it, so... But somehow I have a feeling Paypal will have no problem if you order those books through them. XD

Prisoner - Chapter 1 - Review Replies Dark Lady Snape "this looks like it's going to be ab interesting story! please do write more!!" - Thanks. And I most certainly will write more. XD Serpent In Red "I hate it when AFF goes through the so-called daily maintenance (what are they maintaining anyway?) and just delete the reviews I've spent a lot of time thinking and writing up. Gahhhhh!" - snnnrks. Forgot to copy before pressing send? I hate when that happens. LOL. Oh, and they're maintaining the database as in YOUR stories, so they won't go poof in the night. I suppose we're just on the wrong continent for the timing of the moment. I noticed I get that crazy game in the morning between 10 and 11 a.m. which probably means it happens in the middle of the night in the States. We live in the wrong country qua timing, Serp. So unfair. boohoo. "Now that that's out of the way ... Procrastination? What is this procrastination you are talking about? Can we eat it?" - Can we, can we, can we? *insert hopeful hungry expression* "Anyhow ... you know how much I love this fic by the gushing, drooling, and swooning I do while I'm reading it in the beta-ing stage. As usual, love your brilliance in originality, creativeness, and keeping the characters in character, especially, especially your Tom. Is there anyway we can swap places with Hermione? No? I guess we'll have to stick to the voodoo dolls again." *hands out new bash of Hermione voodoo dolls (registrated trademark )* Oh, do continue with the gushing, drooling, swooning, etc. I can never hear enough about how marvellous I am. Eh, who is that, with that saw underneath my mighty pedestal? VOLDYYYYY!!! Hellup! "Love the comparison between Hermione's situation with Silence of the Lamb. Well, our Lord could definitely be compared to Hannibal in more than a few ways. He's just missing the eating people thing. Or perhaps he does that in his free time? *hides daring question* I did not type that. Harry hacked into my computer. Again. Yes." - I did not read that. No siree. I am innocent. I have nothing to do with any of this. *hides* I strongly object to any and all deformation of our Lord's character or any and all comparisons made to any MUGGLE thing. *sighs relieved and wipes sweaty forehead* "Annnnnd you know what's next." - A donation on my bank account? checks. Damn, wrong again. *grumbles* "UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!! (And I don't just mean posting new chapters. You know ... hint hint nudge nudge. New parts I haven't read yet. xxp)" Grrrr... Didn't I send you the new parts yet? The unedited, lousy, shitty stuff that needs serious mocking before getting a stamp of approval. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing. *bats are sent, btw* xx Nerys

The Prisoner - Chapter 1 - Review Reply to Signy33 Hmm... I hope you're aware that Apprentice on AFFnet is considerably different from the version on FFnet? But if it doesn't confuse you, enjoy the read. Yeah, I just posted The Prisoner. It will be a short story (taking a bit of a break from the complicated plots) in length compared to MOM2 and Apprentice, and I hope to update at least once a week for it. Unless the muse for Apprentice strikes in between. LOL. *places a sticking hex on signy's drawer* There, saved from the attack of the voodoo dolls. XD And thank you for the nice compliments, it's nice to hear you're enjoying my stories. Personally, I enjoy Serpent In Red's fics (she is busy writing on Somewhere In Time, so that's definitely not abandoned), Cosettex's "Of Elusive Realities and Convincing Facades", Lady Miya's fics (especially Atlantis - all her fics are completed), the fics from The-Quiet-Girl (I especially enjoyed the short two-chaptered fic where she had Hermione take Voldemort's virginity). And for a slightly nicer Tom but still well written, I definitely recommend Flaighan's stories. Sionnain has written a couple of LV-HG one shots, which are deliciously wicked. And if you want to piss in your pants from laughing, try Ssserpensssotia's craziness. Well, you can check my favs on FFnet: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1334462/Nerys Although beware: I got a few WIPs on there that haven't been updated in ages (or get one update per year) and I should take them off, but I am still hoping beyond hope the author might someday finish it *cries*). I do fear, however, that you probably read all these stories already. The HG-LV community is a small one. XD Anyway, thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

The Prisoner - Chapter 1 - Review Reply to scarletwitchextreme: "I just know You are going to rock me with this one, and I cant wait!" - So, no pressure. Anyway, thank you for reading and reviewing. It's much appreciated. And I'll do my best to update asap. xx Nerys

The minors they are referring to in this bit of text are real life minors, not fictional. It's about goods and services involving minors/appear to involve minors, where actual harm to these minors can occur. That's not the purpose of AFFnet. Its purpose is to support a censor-free environment to write fiction, most of it with adult contents but not limited to sex either. The bulk of the fiction here doesn't even involve minors. I doubt PayPal had a site like this in mind when they made that policy. Don't let some of the crazed, obsessed fanatics make you overly paranoid, too. The whole "made to appear to involve minors" is not added for the purpose of encompassing fiction, it's added because actual paedophiles have a tendency to use veiled terminology to escape detection. Sometimes I wish the world would find their common sense again and focus on that what causes actual harm.

Prisoner Chapter 1 Review Reply to QueenRuby: "And she has free'd Tom!!" - Ermmm... no, she hasn't. Sowwie. *hides in personal CoS* Eh, if he sees what I did to him ... *hides, hides, hides* "Right before I read your SoL talk I had said 'Hello Clarice'." - Yeah, I deliberately added that window-like barrier as a sort of hommage to that book. I couldn't resist it since, if you say imprisoned serial killers, Hannibal's name will be one of the first to pop up. However, the resemblance will end there. Clarice never entered Hannibal's cell. XDD "Love please keep it up." - Thanks and I will. And another thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review Reply to Victory: QueenRuby: "Ummm could I beg for this to become more then a oneshot? Perhaps after you get one of the other stories done that your working on." - I have plans to turn this into a short (give or take 10 chapters) multi-chaptered Tomione some day. Probably after finishing The Prisoner.