AU - Summer before second year, Hermione learns about a world of long forgotten tradition and ancient festivals. Weeks after Dumbledore's death, she sets out to attend one festival before she gambles her life on the war. One night of ancient magic changed her life, and the course of the war, forever. HGSS

It is common knowledge, amongst those within the werewolf community, that we mate for life. Wizards and muggles, alike, have speculated, researched, and fantasized about this fundamental fact of our lives. Within these pages, my mate and I wish to show to the wizarding world what it really means to be a werewolf and his or her mate.