It was a shocked 11 (almost 12) year-old Hermione Granger who was shocked awake from her dream. Or perhaps nightmare would be more fitting. As the weight of the vision came crashing down, Hermione woke in tears during the early moments of September 1st. While her parents tried to comfort her, they could not understand the terror or horror that came with a dream showing herself to be the destroyer of the world.

It was a quiet Hermione who scared her parents as they made their way to King's Cross to drop her off. There was something which made the young woman far more clingy than either parent expected. As such, they were waiting later and later for their goodbyes, almost until the train was supposed to depart.

Everything changed the minute a small boy with black hair and large round glasses came into view. With a determination they had come to expect, the two Granger parents watched their daughter determinedly walk up to the young man, take his hand in hers, and offer a watery smile.

The response was slow in coming, but the grin which stretched across the young man's face left both parents feeling easier as the two children strolled confidently through the barrier. Neither knew what had affected their daughter so much this morning, but things were now looking much better…if still a bit strange.

It was a teary Hermione, Harry, and Luna who watched this from afar under the invisibility cloak. The dark aura that had surrounded the three since Harry's campaign began slowly faded. At the same time, so too did they begin to fade.

It was a grinning Harry Potter who drew the two women beside him into a tight hug as they faded from existence, never more for the world to know that Harry Potter had burned the world down all over the misdirected love of his wife based on the visions of their best friend.