Following the events of the Goblet of Fire, Harry spends the summer with the Grangers, his relationship with Hermione deepens, and he and Hermione become animagi.

He was one of the kindest people she'd ever known, certainly the bravest, but to look at him now she wouldn't imagine a hidden hero. He was just an unloved boy, a reputation more than a person to most, and tired and lonely of being a scar and a story.