The war is over. The Dark Lord won. Hermione is in Azkaban, sentenced to be a prisoner there for the rest of her life. That is until a familiar face brings shocking news, and a rather unorthodox proposition.

Sirius Black remained the Secret Keeper and everything he feared came to pass. Ten years later, James and Lily live, Harry attends Hogwarts, and Voldemort remains…yet the world is different and nothing is as it seems. AU, updated for HBP.