The War is won, and Hermione Granger is back at Hogwarts as an Eighth Year, feeling reckless and determined to shed her prim bookworm persona. Also returning is Draco Malfoy, universally hated but determined to restore his family's name. Hermione's hopes for a quiet school year are quickly dashed as she contends with...
Vivian Blair is the summation of everything Sirius hates: a prefect, a pureblood, and a Slytherin. It doesn't matter that she makes a half decent Seeker, has an unnatural obsession for reading muggle books, or even that Lily thinks she's a reasonable human being. Vivian is just a bitchy Slytherin who likes to call him...
The Order fights a losing battle. There is a traitor among them who is fixated on killing them off. One by one they fall, like chessmen being brushed aside. The lone Slytherin is naturally suspected, even by the ones she thought she could trust. But even as war looms upon their doorsteps, happiness can still be found...