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.