Some people say that Azkaban broke Bellatrix. Others say it was the Dark Lord's fall. But Bellatrix was already stark raving mad when they dragged her to trial and those that were with her that night saw something fundamental break in Bellatrix the moment she turned her wand to Alice Longbottom. This is a story of madness, but it is also, technically, a love story.

When the war ended, Hermione joined the other survivors looking through rubble and bodies for the remnants of their lives. Six years later and Hermione is finally happy working in a bookstore and not doing much else. Until Narcissa Malfoy walks in one day and changes everything. Soon, Hermione realises that, maybe, what she's settled for isn't happiness at all.

Pansy didn't believe in much anymore. When Draco ignored her owls all through summer and came back to Hogwarts with a dark mark and a closet full of long sleeved shirts, she stopped believing in him too. Everything that used to excite her only makes her feel tired. That is - until Hermione Granger begins acting very strangely and Pansy decides that it's her job to find out why.