Nice story. I do hope Harry is the only one who reads the book that Albus left him. I hate stories where Harry gets great books and gives them to Hermione and she reads them and masters all of the spells. There has to be a reason why people like Hermione cannot do magic like Albus is capable of doing and I think it has to do with magical power and in order for Harry to beat Tom he has to be just as powerful as him. It only makes sense that Harry would become one of the best wizards alive by the time he beats Tom. Of course JKR doesn't make much sense in her stories. I mean really love is not going to beat Tom not directly anyway. It might cause Harry to want to train and fight and allow him to use some rare type of magic but other than that I don't see it doing much. By the way, Ron bashing is always the right way to go with pretty much any story as far as I am concerned. Ron is nothing more than a hinderance to Harry. Update soon.