It means something to be Black. At least, that's what Andromeda was always told. But by her seventh year at Hogwarts, with unrest in her family and in wizarding Britain and a boy she can't help caring for, she's learned that maybe being a Black doesn't mean what she always believed. Even if it does, does she still want to be one?

Justin and Ernie are excused from school to attend Hannah's mother's funeral. Justin finds himself out of his depth.