Casus Belli

It's been more than five years since Hermione Granger left abruptly in her sixth year at Hogwarts, leaving behind all her magical skills and friends. Now, a twenty-one-year-old Hermione has been contacted by the two people she never wanted to hear from again as evil threatens to overrun the magic world. Hermione-Harry and Hermione-Ron abound.

In this chapter, Hermione gets an early-morning wake-up call from her co-worker who informs her that she’s being offered the biggest job of her life. This meeting is interrupted by a rather unexpected visit from an arrogant little creature from Hermione’s past who just won't let Hermione alone until she reads a letter that changes the course of her life. Then two lovely, identical knights in shining armor come and whisk Hermione away totally against her will.

After being 'kidnapped' from her home and taken to the Burrow, Hermione meets back up with an older Remus Lupin and a very pregnant Nymphadora Lupin-Tonks. Finally, at Hermione's insistence, Remus spills the reason why Hermione is so desperately needed.

Harry Potter walks back into Hermione's life, though their initial meeting is not without a bittersweet moment. Hermione visits Ginny's grave and discovers that Ginny was engaged at the time of her death. Finally, Hermione's reason for leaving the magical world becomes all to clear when she sees her husband, Ron Weasley, for the first time in five years.