"Blackness is an endless perception of opportunities, a facade your mind labels as a colour to hide what it considers limitless." Stephen Strange looked at Master Astor across the street, her voice as clear in his mind as the thunder in his ears. "It is the ever consuming essence of the Universe. Do not trifle with it, Doctor Strange."

What leads to war is not the massive act of violence or terror, but the small encounters that spike the fire bit by bit. The simple everyday things that darken the soul and obsess the mind. The variety of perspectives blending black and white into gray. The First Wizarding War was like storm clouds you could see coming from afar but unable to prevent the storm. A friction of magic.

Five years after the Second Wizarding War AU. Things are not happening quite as expected for both Hermione and Draco. A new law binds them together, ruining their plans for the future. And when old and new enemies combine, will Hermione and Draco do the same to protect all they hold dear?