The Dark Lord has been defeated, but the demons that haunt the survivors' nightmares remain. Hermione has returned to Hogwarts alone to complete her education. Malfoy, on the other hand, returns reluctantly as part of his sentence.

Six years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione Granger has become a successful worker of the Department of Magical Creatures at the Ministry of Magic. She had long gotten over the effects of the War she took part in as a student or so she thought.