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I haven't updated since the second chapter. So far I'm up to chapter six. One of my favorite chapters is chapter seven because it was such fun to write. I wish that I could reveal more, but it will come out soon enough. I also noticed the changes on the website.

I was going to keep the coupling closed for the story, but obviously pairings are very important to fanfiction. People are probably wondering when Lily and Scorpius will have a real scene together. I hope when those scenes show up that they will be worth the wait. Scorpius is supposed to be sort of like Harry Potter, while Lily is more like her mother or grandmother.

Lily in this story may not be as snarky or as witty as her mother, but that comes from being shy about being the child of such famous people and coming from such a well-known family. She will start out pretty much the same way that Ginny did, which is rather a bit of a mystery until the story goes on.

Partly this story draws parallels from the original. Scorpius does have a scar, but no one can see it. It does have a role in the story. I have tried to stay away from original characters as much as possible because this next generation of characters are almost like blank slates to work with anyway. I have read other fanfics and read how people did characterize Scorpius. I suppose some of my characterizations are a bit different than what most people wrote.

Astoria is another character that very little is known about her. She's sort of a mystery. Her character was inspired by Penny Widmore from Lost. She is strong and dignified, yet there is a certain about of likable vulnerability that I wrote about her. As most people have figured out that Harry Potter may look like his father, but his personality is more from his mother. Scorpius is built to be about the same way. His outward appearance, even some of his more surface personality quirks are very much like Draco's, but inwardly I wanted to make him more like the Astoria that I have written.

When I first started writing this story, I was thinking about how I could incorporate characters that were side characters to center stage. I have done so with Neville Longbottom. He slowly grew on me, and there are more people like him in school rather than like Harry and Hermione or even Ron. In my story, he is a very good professor who knows what it is like to struggle with things and hold things in. I also wanted a father figure for Scorpius who was an even more unlikely choice than Harry or Ron.

Music likewise plays an important role. I have always loved music, but never learned how to play any instruments. I have relatives who learned how to play and are very proficient at it. It takes time and patience as well as discipline to learn how to play. Scorpius comes off a little Gary Sue at certain points, but he does have his flaws, which will be relieved as the story goes on.