After Hermione is captured and taken to Malfoy Manor, she escapes with an imprisoned Draco despite their differences. They must work together to end the war, return to Hogwarts as eighth year students, unite the four Houses and become Professors - all while slowly falling in love in the process. DMHG.

Post-DH, Hermione confronts the post-war world, including the wizarding War Crimes Trials of 1999, rogue Dementors, werewolf packs, and Ministry intrigue. All is not well, and this is nothing new. Rated M for later chapters.

He can't leave the room. Her room. And it's all the Order's fault. Confined to a small space with only the Mudblood for company, something's going to give. Maybe his sanity. Maybe not. "There," she spat. "Now your Blood's filthy too!" DM/HG. PostHBP.

Harry and the lot are back at Hogwarts for their final year, after the final battle. But Harry finds himself more ostracized than ever before, and finds an unlikely companion in Malfoy, also shunned. How will the others react to their friendship, and how long will it take the dense boys to realize they want more than that? Harry/Draco, canon Ron/Hermione, and Neville/OC.

He felt something close to pity for the woman in front of him. And while that disturbed Draco to no end, what really disgusted him most of all was the harrowing fact that someone or something had broken Hermione Granger’s spirit beyond recognition.