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Summary
Sequel of “The Apprentice and the Necromancer”. Virtual penny dreadful with many short episodes.
In April 2003, Hermione is safely back at Hogwarts, but still refusing to touch a wand. She has finished her Potions apprenticeship without taking the final exams and is now working in the library, Muggle-style, helping Irma Pince with whatever needs to be done (and can be done without magic).
Severus is still Potions master. Additionally, he’s giving Alina private lessons. Now in her fourth year at Hogwarts, Alina is accomplished enough in wandless, voiceless magic that she is able to keep up with her classmates in spite of her disabilities (being unable to speak and hear). However, now the time has come for her to truly learn the Dark Art of Necromancy and to read “The Book of the Dead”.
Lois Petrel has married Ron Weasley. Together with their twin sons Kuno and Hugo, they live in Fore Close, just off Diagon Alley, and not far from the premises of Weasleys’ Wizards’ Wheezes. Winky the house-elf has been “loaned” to the family and is helping Lois cope with living as a Muggle in a magical world.
Harry—still blind, since he refuses to have his eyes removed in order to have magical eyes implanted—is working in the archives of the Ministry of Magic, together with Draco’s ghost. With Kreacher’s help he’s also taking care of his son James-Hermes while Ginny is abroad playing for the Holyhead Harpies.
Draco’s son Scorpius is living with his mother, Hannah Abbott, in Diagon Alley near the Leaky Cauldron. During the holidays Hannah’s fiancé, Neville Longbottom, is staying with them.
Now what?
Will Hermione ever pick up a wand again? How was Severus changed in the Realm of Death? What will Lucius Malfoy do when he finally discovers that Draco returned as a ghost? Why is Harry so adamant not to lose his blind eyes? Where are the last remaining Death Eaters? Can the rogue Necromancers of the Church who are still on the loose be captured? What is Cornelius Fudge up to? Who is sabotaging Weasleys’ Wizards’ Wheezes? Would you trust Pius Thicknesse to lead the negotiations of the new treaties with the Catholic church? What is the new mission of the Little Knights? Will Voldemort really return as a Demon of the Greater Dead, or is Severus only paranoid?
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The story in fandom acronyms: SS/HG. AU. Horror. Adventure. Hurt/Comfort. Romance. XX–over.
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Rating: >16; recommended only for older teenager or adults because of dark themes and a few explicit, but not graphic, sex scenes.
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