#Hogwarts: Class of '98
Your letter arrived by owl, just like theirs.
It is the summer of 1991. You are eleven years old, a wizard or witch, and you are holding a thick parchment envelope addressed to you in emerald green ink. In a few weeks, a scarlet steam engine will depart from King's Cross—from a platform that shouldn't exist... and you will be on board, in the same year as a boy named Draco Malfoy.
Discovering who you are is up to you: my name is Samantha Amador, my house is Slytherin, and my wand is just like Voldemort's. My father is Voldemort, and no one knows it except Headmaster Dumbledore. I am pure-blooded. My father has always tried to convince me to abandon my studies and join him. I was raised by the Ministry of Magic in secret—hidden from everyone—so that no one would find out Voldemort had a daughter. My mother was a loyal follower of Voldemort until it led to her death.
- 🪄 Live it week by week — Diagon Alley, the Sorting Ceremony, classes, exams, weekends in Hogsmeade
- 📈 Grades, attributes, money — pass your O.W.L.s, earn House points, count your Galleons
- 💞 Fall in love — starting in third year, any classmate is a potential match (70 = crush, 100 = devotion)
- 🦉 Owl post and gossip — send messages to friends and read The Daily Prophet every week
- 🐍 The plot is optional — the Stone, the Chamber, the Tournament, the war... immerse yourself in the story or simply enjoy school life
Win: make it to the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998; graduate, pass your N.E.W.T.s, and become someone important. Lose: get expelled or fall before the seven years are up.
