When Aurora Clarke returns to Hogwarts as a sixth year, she hopes for no shortage of normalcy - at least by wizardkind's standards. If she sees another goblin or has to fight her way through centuries-old trials, it'll be too soon. Unfortunately, when Sebastian Sallow doesn't return to Hogwarts, Aurora fears that a darkness is looming and she must face it, this time without the help of her dear mentor, Professor Fig.