"It's done. The war's over. Now what do we do?"
"Heck, I dunno, mate. Go back to school I guess."
"But... are we still accepted? I mean, we'll be going back as 8th years. And without Dumbledore... nothing's going to be the same, I guess."
"Harry, hasn't the past 7 years taught us to live with the weird, the worst, the best and the ugly?"
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The war's ended. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, Pansy and Blaise and a few others are returning to finish (or redo) their 7th year. Little did they know, this last year and the impact the war had on them would change them more than they ever thought they could be.
Secrets leaked can lead to promising, or disastrous, events. Will our ship sail? Or will it sink like the Titanic? One to revisit and mourn, but never fulfill the journey made for it?
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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