The Rebirth of Tom Riddle, the death of Cedric Diggory... is it any wonder that Harry Potter is behaving a little differently than what his friends and classmates expect? But is this sudden shift merely the result of traumatic experiences, or is something much darker afoot? Who should Harry trust? Who can he turn to? With all that's happened in his life, who'd believe it anyway?

For every hour I had spent in my Cockpit, fighting a war that no one wanted, I spent days on the ground, getting to know people who made me want to spend more time with them. War is known for stealing things; Land, lives, time, money. But the Circum-Pacific War gave me more than I started off with.[REVISED]