In a search for lost purpose, lost hope and a lost home, they found each other once more in the deep depths of the night. He, who was astray; she, who was shattered; and they, having nothing in common other than the bandages around their arms. She was his saving grace, and he was hers. . Cover by @aquila-wings

On her 16th birthday, the Ministry of Magic barges into the Granger home. As a result, Hermione Granger is taken from her home and put under special protection of the Ministry. Because she is not just another ordinary witch. She is not even a Muggle-born. Instead, she was born to the most dangerous witch alive at the moment. A witch who has recently been broken free from Azkaban. Bellatrix Lestrange. [𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭]

Hermione saw potential in Draco Malfoy, the kind that he liked to hide and pretend he was never capable of obtaining. Draco saw everything that he's never experienced or had in Hermione Granger, the kind of things she freely gave to anyone who wanted it. One night, he decided to take from her. They kissed, and the rest came crashing down around them. [Mini-story]

When Hogwarts opens its doors after the war to allow students back in, the previous Seventh Years are told they must return to complete their final year. Harry is enraged, Ron is confused, and Hermione really just wants to have a normal year for the first time in her life. But with a mysterious creature from the woods appears far too often to be a coincidence and a tense relationship with her parents, Hermione realizes all too quickly that her life is never going to be anything except odd.