The summer before his fifth year, Harry Potter is drawn to a dusty room in Grimmauld Place. Fearlessly, like the Gryffindor he is, he enters and discovers a forgotten library—and something even more surprising: a profound eagerness to learn. However, this unexpected thirst for knowledge is interrupted by a bombshell: he has been accidentally expelled from Hogwarts and must be re-Sorted. Everyone is confident he will return straight to Gryffindor, but with everything he has been learning, the spectrum in Harry's core is beginning to blur. This change is certain to impact his entrenched hostility with Draco Malfoy. When Harry is no longer the pure Gryffindor boy, and when he views the world with new wisdom, the relationship defined by their House colors is about to be completely rewritten. The gears of fate turn once more. As Harry becomes uncertain of his true allegiance, and as old dividing lines crumble, his and Draco's future is headed toward a far more unexpected entanglement. Which path will he choose? And how will this choice fundamentally change both him and his "enemy"?