Prologue
All that Hermione was aware of was that she was shaking, and that there was a sheer drop less than a meter in front of her after various dark creatures had stampeded over the bridge to enter Hogwarts for the raging battle that had just finished. Crouched on her haunches with her head in her hands, trying very hard to breath calmly through her nose, Hermione Granger felt relief. The fight she had been fighting for seven years was over, and Harry was safe. But the fight she had been fighting for seven years was over, and she couldn't help but feel a gurgle of panic or two when thinking about what she would do next, her friends inside the castle, and the world that they would now have to rebuild.