Intro
The war was over. The remaining Death Eaters were sentenced to life in Azkaban. The Malfoys were the only family found innocent, and that was only because Harry Potter had testified for them. Hogwarts was reconstructed as closely to its original state as possible. The Ministry was working over time trying to undo the chaos that the Dark Lord and his followers had conjured up, which included restoring the Ministry to its former glory, riding the world of all remaining traces of dark magic, and recovered deleted records of muggleborns.
Meanwhile, summer had arrived, which only meant for trouble. For the following summer was full of distrust and misery. Families mourned their lost loved ones while neighbors accused each other of dreadful things. Friendship and peace were hard to come by. It was as if a veil of darkness had been cast upon the wizarding world by Voldemort himself. Needless to say, things had not improved much since the Battle of Hogwarts.
And in the blink of an eye, summer was coming to an end. Kingsley Shacklebolt, the new Minister of Magic, ordered that all those who failed to complete there last year of Hogwarts due to unforseen circumstances return the following school year to finish their educations. Which meant all 7th years who went on the run last year were to go back to Hogwarts.
Sooner than some would have liked, school lists came out and Diagon Alley was once again packed tight with shoppers. August faded into September. The Hogwarts train is full of students young and old. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, Ginny, and of corse Luna found a compartment towards the back of the train were they now sat chatting and eating candy from the trolley.