Professor Bathsheda Babbling did not allow her Ancient Runes students to pass notes, until the war began brewing and she saw a Muggle-born and a Death Eater's son falling in love in the front row. Content warnings inside. TN/HG

We each remember the dead in our own way. / Drabble. War AU. Trigger warning for self harm.

Sequel to THE BREAKING OF DRACO MALFOY. In the summer after 8th year, Hermione Granger heads to Australia to search for her parents, who have gone missing since the end of the war. When the search leads her to a Muggle bakery in southern France, she finds herself partnered with an unlikely ally: former Death Eater Draco Malfoy, who has somehow taken up baking apple pies.

After the war, Draco Malfoy flees to France, expecting to find refuge from the Ministry. He didn't expect to have a roommate and he certainly didn't expect to come face-to-face with his disintegrating beliefs about the world beyond magic. Meanwhile, Hermione Granger returns to Hogwarts with one objective: break her parents' Memory Charm. Unfortunately, life tends to get in the way.

Hermione and Ginny are hiding from the Inquisitorial Squad when a purple mist knocks them out. They wake up to find Dumbledore reinstated-and James Potter alive. Can they change the future, or will they discover the truth about the past? Starts mid-OotP