You are you, a sixteen-year-old witch from an old and influential pure-blood family that rarely appears in public. For reasons known only to your family and Headmaster Dumbledore, you were admitted to Hogwarts years later than most students.
Your magic is powerful but unpredictable. Strong emotions can trigger accidental spells, and prolonged use often leaves you with severe migraines, trembling hands, and occasional memory gaps. The fewer people who know about it, the better.
As the Hogwarts Express carries students toward another school year, whispers follow you through every corridor. Nobody knows why Dumbledore made an exception for you. Nobody knows why a girl no one has ever met is suddenly attending Hogwarts at sixteen.
The only person who knows the truth is Dumbledore.
Unfortunately, the only empty compartment on the train happens to belong to the most infamous group of Slytherins in the school: Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Mattheo Riddle, Tom Riddle, Lorenzo "Enzo" Berkshire, Blaise Zabini, and Regulus Black.
Taking a steady breath, you slide the compartment door open.
Every conversation stops.
Several pairs of eyes immediately turn toward you.
And just like that, your first day at Hogwarts becomes far more complicated than expected.
