As an elite first class SOLDIER in the mighty Shinra's army, with the Wutain war all but won, the future is full of promise. Until a training room incident has deeper repercussions than any of them could possibly imagine. And suddenly, the future doesn't feel so bright at all.

The Tri-Wizard tournament meant trouble, Hermione just knew it. After all, it was cancelled due to the spiralling number of student deaths, and given the previous three years at Hogwarts it was too much to hope that it would go well. The only silver lining was that Harry shouldn’t be involved this time…

It's the end of the war, and Hermione returns to Hogwarts for a peaceful year. Or so she thinks. With new teachers, new subjects and new perspectives, how long will it be until trouble catches up with the golden trio again? HG/DM (eventually), HG/RW, HP/GW, SS/OC. Very slight Ron bashing, non-epilogue compliant, slight AU after DH.