I have been asserting very forcefully that I would not be continuing this, but in the last few weeks, I've been toying with a companion oneshot to this.  I'm glad everyone has liked this little AU as much as they have.

I love irony.  I live for irony.

Thank you!  I will not be writing any further stories in this universe, but I do have a "Harry is in Slytherin" novella in the works, in which Harry is decidedly not closer to any of the Slytherin students than in canon and doesn't get along well with his head of house, after I finish my current novel length fic.  I tried to keep Harry very much in character in this story, and even though he's in an awful position, I didn't want it to be pure angst.  So, he's angry, afraid, and embarrassed.  It was fun to write.

Thank you!  I get worried when an idea grabs hold of me and refuses to let go that it isn't as exciting to everyone else as it is to me.  As to the blood in the urn, my eyes literally popped open at three in the morning when I realized I had to deal with the blood protection somehow since Harry wasn't living with the Dursleys.  I'm cheerfully macabre in the wee small hours.

Wow, I'm really disappointing everyone.  This is the end.

I'm glad you liked it.  I tried not to say too much, to keep it strong and poignant, and lengthening it would probably ruin it.