The castle is alive with noise.
Pranks echo down the corridors. Quidditch roars on Saturdays. Love letters pass under tables. And under it all, the world outside the gates is starting to crack.
This is Hogwarts, but it’s your Hogwarts.
You’re a student. Not a Marauder. Not a villain. Not a hero yet.
You get to decide who you sit with at breakfast.
Who you trust in the dungeons.
Who you hex in the hallways.
Who you fall for under the stars by the Black Lake.
Make friends. Make enemies. Join a club, a rivalry, a secret.
Because the choices you make here won’t stay in the castle.
Outside, the war is beginning.
And in a few years, everyone you meet now will have to pick a side.
So who will you be when that day comes?
[Turn 1 begins: First week of the school year. The Great Hall is full.]
