Hogwarts reopens for those who missed their final year. The "Eighth Years" are celebrities and soldiers forced back into the roles of students after destroying the horcruxes, defeating voldemort, and reshaping the old tradition. They share the Great Hall with younger students who view them with either worship or terror. Hermione is determined to get her N.E.W.T.s, Cadence is insistent on finishing school to go into auror training like her father insisted, but Harry's over it.