"You know the secret to living with rules?" "Finding ways to bend them?" "Atta boy Wormy- we've taught you well." "Oh Merlin, we're going to get detention aren't we?" From the first hex thrown at Severus Snape to the last time they raised their wands together to save the ones they loved. Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs solemnly swear that they didn't regret any of it.

"Scars can come in handy." — Magic gives the gift of a soulmate. Separated by war, alliances, beliefs, and blood, but connected by skin. What if you shared the scars of the person that magic has given you? What if you really, really wished that you didn't?

Two years after the war, a young stranger pays a visit to the burrow. His arrival alone is baffling, but the news he brings of an upcoming war turns the world upside down. Hermione's quiet, post-war life will never be the same.