Nerys Dax

Review reply to Elisa: Hi, Well, if you want alerts, you can always subscribe to the story on FFnet. I usually update simultaneously here and there, so when you get an alert there, you can go here and read the "entire" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) chapter. But I suppose reading three chapters in a row is fun, too. XD "Most sexually satisfying" - Wow, thank you for that. I do my best on the smut, but I usually just write what I like since not many people leave explicit feedback behind on smut scenes, which means I am often just winging it, hoping it's what the readers like, too. Ah, our Lord, yes, he's delicious in his evilness. I love writing him. It's such great fun. Oh, the muse is very productive at the moment. Although Miya did a fine attempt at squashing it a moment ago by quoting to me from a very badly written Snapione story. I had to catch my muse by her collar, or she would've fled out the door. And we can't have that. I have Tomione smut to write. XDDD Anyway, thank you for reading and reviewing, and I am pretty certain the next chapter will be up soon. xx Nerys

Apprentice review reply to Alassea Malfoy: WOW, thanks for reading all of them. Ugh ... fluffy! Voldemort ... yeah, I've seen him around, too. *shivers* He's a scary creep. *shivers some more* But it's sad that we have to say Evil! Voldemort because of all those fluffy suckers out there, it should be a given that he's evil. Or at least that should be a given in my humble opinion. XD Oh, try Shan84 fics on FFnet and The-Quiet-Girl, they write a delicious evil Tom, too. XD Anyway, thanks for understanding that I can only type one fic at the time. I'll get back to this one as soon as prisoner is finished. Prisoner is after all a lot shorter than Apprentice. XD Thanks for reading all my fics and for reviewing, xx Nerys

Apprentice ch. 33, review reply to Kiwi: Thanks. I'm glad you like the story. I'll continue on it once I have Prisoner finished. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to somebody french: Well, he sleeps forever now. XD LOLs about the "Gesundheit". *whispers* I had to check back every time I used his name if I kept writing it correctly. However, it's good to hear you enjoyed the Parseltongue language bit. Aww... poor Ron isn't even in the chapter and still he gets some review lurving. Yes, his Grams is. I so loved it when in DH she pwned those DEs and fled, sending Neville a letter to go on as he did. Well, Neville already knows that she got it from him--he said so in this chapter. But yeah, his reaction is probably not the norm to how everyone will react. *snnnrks* In many, many ways indeed. *grabs voodoo doll and starts stabbing* LOL The collar is just a piece of jewellery; it doesn't do anything by itself. It's their bond that causes things to happen. It's the bond that made that collar tighten on Hermione when she tried to take it off. Not the collar itself. Yep, he died. And how he died... well, you'll find out later. Sowwies. *hides* Thank you for the compliment about characterisation. I do my best. And I'm also happy you liked this chapter. Cliffhangers, what cliffhangers, where? Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to temptress of nite: Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hmmm... do you honestly believe Lord Voldemort wants a child? Well, whether the answer is yes or no, I'm soooo not telling. You'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to Alassea Malfoy: Thanks, it's to good to hear you enjoyed the chapter. As for Neville and Hermione, well, I always saw those two as friends in a way, I think it's the sitting together in classes and all. And I can so see Hermione as the type of person to want to help clumsy Neville because he's such a likeable boy. XD *wipes forehead* I'm glad the translation was believable. It was rather difficult to figure things that could be seen as written Parseltongue and at the same time make it a complicated language to learn. I had fun with it, but it was hard to write, especially when the professor starts babbling (in his own little professor universe). LOL. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing again (btw. ffnet search engine doesn't give any results with that name; did you perhaps have a typo in it?), xoxox, Nerys

Review reply to mrequecky: I'm glad you've enjoyed the chapter. I am working hard on the next one. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys Watch me dodge the first sentence of the review expertly and unnoticably.

Review reply to Rehtak: Well, I'm glad you're enjoying your first Tom Riddle pairing. The Dark Lord would be pleased. Thanks, I'll do my best to update soon and get you more. I am turning quite into the "little" dealer here. LOL Hmmm... the Maggie Gyllenhaal? As in the actress? I googled the name, but I don't see any book series under that name--I only get her. Could you tell me what you meant? I mean if it's a book on BDSM, I am definitely interested to read it. And if you meant the actress, I am not getting the resemblance since I don't think her appearance is very Hermione-ish; but eh... that's just my humble opinion. Everyone is entitled to their own. Thanks for the kind compliments and I am working hard on the next chapter, so hopefully, it won't be too long a wait. Thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to m0nt: You were speechless? I know I am good, but I had no idea I was that good.

While I was chatting, I wrote: "back in a sex" Yeah, well, what can I say? Gutter mind.

Review reply to Jean Grey: Well, we wanted to do something different. So, we appreciate that you enjoyed what we wrote so far. And if you prefer a strong, dominant Hermione, this story won't let you down. *sniggers* Although, to be honest, even when Serp or I write the usual crap (winks), we just have a problem writing her as weak, because that's just not Hermione to us. Anyway, as for a new chapter of The Gold Puppet, well, we'll continue on it once Serp has SIT finished. Apparently, it took her muse hostage. *grumbles about insolent muses* Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Serpent In Red and Nerys.

Hi, Well, same as you, I suppose. RL sucks at times. Ermm... I think you misread what I wrote. I didn't say lacking the will to write, just the ability to be able to do so, which to me is even more frustrating. Since when I don't feel like writing, I just don't write. When I want to write and I can't, I just want to pull my hair out and scream. Holding back chapters... oh, I am envious. I wish I had chapters ready to go. Then, I could update something. LOL Although I do have about 9,218 words written for the next chapter, it's a lot of unfinished, unpolished scenes at the moment. So nothing that can be updated yet. And why do these chapters always turn longer than I planned? Tom and Hermione are just too big of a chatterboxes. *hides* Well, if a review makes you pissy, I recommend waiting before replying unless that only makes you more aggravated. *sniggers* I personally don't mind most reviews, even flames, they just make me laugh. I had some crazy ones on FFnet. *snnnrks* But I had this one anonymous "reviewer" on FFnet who kept telling me what to do with my time, that I wasn't allowed to beta for others but should work on my own stories and that person kept making rude remarks about the lacking updates. Now I normally am a nice person. If someone complains about my lacking updates, I take it as a compliment since they obviously want to read on and I respond in kind. But this person was pissing me off with her rudeness. We write stories they can read for FREE. We don't get paid and she thinks she can tell me what to do with my time?!!! Grrrr... OK, rant over. Glad to see you're back writing, too. xx Nerys

Review reply to Fleur K. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter and the idea of the collar. Hmm... well, how much trouble Hermione's truly in remains to be seen, because she did pick that bond for a good reason. Now she might have overlooked something, but knowing Riddle, he's bound to do the same. *hides in a new secure, atomic shelter, positive he's not getting in. What's that creaking noise?* .... Many hours later and after several limbs have been reattached. OK, Ron seeing the ring and the collar ... well, whatever makes you think Hermione can't hide those from him? XDDD However, don't worry ... your evil laughter is not in vain. You will be able to use it in the next chapter. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to somebody french: Yep, I'm back and feeling better. I hope you don't mind for me not going into details, but for a long time, I didn't even want to mention it. However, I figured I'd better explain why I havean irregular updating style since it seemed some thought I was abandoning my fics, which is definitely not the case. *hides* Yeah, I know... it was a horrible cliffhanger to leave the story at for months. *atones for her sins as well by working hard on the next chapter--ignores the cliffhanger chapter 9 will probably end on* Eh, I did avoid one at the end of my last chapter, which is practically a miracle for me. LOL Famous last words: What could possibly go wrong? ROFL Thanks. It was what I was going for. I tried out multiple variations of that chapter because I was concerned the info would be too obscure in a dialogue between Tom and Hermione. Since they're rather clever, they wouldn't go into things too much. However, any other way to relay the information about the bond sounded forced in my ears, so I decided to go with a normal dialogue and interaction between them and see where it went. It actually did cost me several drafts to get it somewhat satisfactory. Hmmm... well, I don't think those words coming from him are a surprise to Hermione. She'd likely just roll her eyes and think: Oh, riiiight, suuure, dear, if it'll make you happy to think that. I think she'd consider it a waste of energy to even try to to counter it because you know you won't convince him anyway. Besides, some of those things are what she wants ... to some extent. That's the part where they'd most likely differ, the degree in which to do things. LOL Working on it. I've actually got quite a lot done already on the next chapter, but some of it needs ... work. However, I am hopeful I can get it up-to-par soon. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to mrequecky: Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. Review reply to m0nt: Thank you.

Thanks DemonGoddess061.

OK, that's weird. Those letters are definitely not supposed to be there. I have no idea how, what, why they got there. Maybe some kind of internet coding? What's even weirder is that they don't show up on my screen. So, I also have no idea why you do see them. I've not heard comments about them before either from other readers, but I'll ask around. Thanks for informing me about it.

But you gave me an example of Apprentice in your review. That example was from chapter 1 and now you say the first chapters are fine? O.o Hmmm... I checked MoM, and I do see that some paragraphs have moved together for some reason, but it's not that bad and unreadable on my end, so somehow, I doubt you meant that. Bizarre text? I'm really not seeing it. Are we talking formatting or just my insane spelling/grammar errors? Well, anyway, whatever it is, considering I'm going to edit these stories in the future, I'll get to it then.

Review reply to Relatela: Yeah, I am back and feeling better. Thanks for caring. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter and I hope to update soon. I'm already a long end into the next chapter, so I hope it won't be too long. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to SARA: Oh, oh... O.O *goes to check the other stories in case the text got pushed together and apart again* .... Hmmm, that's odd. The format is normal for me in chapter one of Apprentice. I asked a friend to check and the text is normal for her, too. Are you using IE as a browser perhaps? Because in IE, I have problems reading the stories, too. Strange letters? I don't think AFFnet supplies other lettertypes, and on my screen, there the same as in Prisoner. That's weird. You're missing a huge chunk of text there between "...and the" and "Accio...". That's not the case on my screen. I have no idea why it's like that on your end. Unless ... you copied and pasted it this way and these are your examples of the formatting problems? As in punctuation issues, etc. If it's the spelling and grammar errors that are bothering you, well, those stories are older and I am not a native speaker. I got better at it over time but when you're reading the stories in reverse, you have to deal with some annoying homonyms, punctuation errors, etc. I'm going to edit them, some day, when I am done completing the new stories, when I am in the mood for it, when *insert any and all other excuses*. So, not right now. LOL So, sorry, I can't help you at the moment. It's as it is. Thanks for liking Prisoner though, xx Nerys

Review reply to Alassea Malfoy: Thank you. Well, it's always fun to torment characters, and nothing is more frustrating than thinking you've won and the situation turning on you. XD Aaah, yeah, Parseltongue. *drools* I've always loved how they made it sound in the movies (tries to eradicate the hugaboo, tower dive, cheerleading and all other things Yates out of her mind). And I realised not so long ago that I've never really used that in a sex scene. So, I decided it was about time. I'm glad you felt it seemed hot. That was my intention. XD Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to SarahLuvsZombehs: Yeah, it's going better. And I hope to update the next chapter soon. I'm already far into it, but it's getting ridiculously long again. XD Glad you liked the chapter. Yeah, Ron isn't aware of his competition yet. *evil sniggers* He's about to find out though. *evil sniggers turns to evil cackle* Well, I'm thinking she'd define it as sub. Slave is probably a step too far for her since she's already having a hard time acknowledging her feelings about wanting to be dominated. One moment she does, the next she fights against it. Thank you. As said before I don't think the next update will be too long a wait. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to iheartskittles: Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And it's going somewhat better at the moment. Thanks for your best wishes and for reviewing, naturally. xx Nerys Review reply to silentsoliloquy82 Yeah, oh my goodness indeed. LOL. *falls of chair in shock herself* XD *climbs back on and then drops again from all the nice compliments.* Thank you for liking my Tomione stories this much, I really appreciate hearing that. And that's how I intended the chapter to be, so it's great to hear it came across as such. Yeah, well, that's all the fun of these two. They think they got the other one, but then that person does something and completely turns things around. I love the play-by-play you have with these two characters. XD Nope, it got posted once. Had issues with the "evil box of impossible to read letters"? I always do. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys Review reply to Liz: Yeah, I'm feeling somewhat better. Hence, the writing and updating. LOL. Thanks for asking. Oh, another chair-faller *shakes hand*. Anyway, I am glad you enjoyed the chapter. I'm already far into chapter 9 so I'm not expecting that to take months. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review reply to Lady Miya, ch. 8: LOL Yeah, I definitely think that trumps it. So, she's more likely not to comment when she notices Ron is wearing a fake wedding ring. She'll be doing the same after all. XD I'm glad you enjoyed the scene. Yeah, Moody saw problems everywhere. Though, it's understandable how he got so paranoid. Not my words, yours. I have nothing to do with that sentence. *hides* I didn't mention it before. Hermione looked into the box but didn't comment on the contents in chapter 7. And well, collars are for... Do I really need to explain that, Miya? *sniggers*Actually, I realised I might. In the BDSM scene, collars have a specific meaning. If you wear one, it means you belong to someone. You have a Master or a Dominant and you're either the slave or the sub, or however you decide to name what you both are in the relationship. Hence, I figured adding the collar to the box would be in compliance with Hermione's wishes. The rings are naturally the old-fashioned way of showing they're married. The collar shows the nature of their relationship. I think this will become clearer in a future chapter, but I figured I'd explain it now since it's not really a spoiler to those versed in BDSM culture. - It was after a paragraph, so that's why I felt the POV change wasn't a huge issue. I didn't want to get repetitive by doing the whole scene from both their POVs, so I decided not to care about the change because some of Tom's POV was necessary. Don't we all. Le sigh. *sniggers* You might be on to something there. *hides more securely* Thanks, and I'll talk to you later. I hope your exam went well? xx Nerys

Review reply to Alassea Malfoy: I take it the disappointment stems from the inability to read on and not the fic itself since you stated later you loved it? Actually, I am close to sending the next chapter to my betas. It just needs some fiddling and tweaking here and there and one scene needs to be rounded up (Tom and Hermione can be unbelievable chatters), but then I'll be done with chapter 8. Once I get it back from them, it will be updated immediately. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys