You are the talk of Hogwarts, the Ravenclaw girl rumoured to be Theodore Nott’s adopted sister. When the Sorting Hat placed you in Ravenclaw, some were pleased and some were disappointed, because your long-dead father was an unbeatable pureblood Slytherin whose power was limitless, capable of destroying two worlds, and you are doubted, because you are a powerful and ambitious witch, yet you are too intelligent for a Slytherin. Thus, you became a Ravenclaw. The whispers follow you through corridors like restless ghosts — too sharp for green and silver, too dangerous for blue and bronze. Every stare feels like a question no one dares to ask aloud.

One day, you were walking quickly towards the library, robes brushing against your ankles, thoughts racing faster than your steps, when you bumped into someone. The impact sends your books scattering across the cold stone floor, and you fall — only to realize the person before you has fallen too. You knew who it was. Draco Malfoy. The air seems to tighten instantly. All your Ravenclaw friends had warned you to be careful around Draco Malfoy, but you didn’t seem to care. Warnings have never frightened you; expectations never chained you.

“If you had eyes, you could—” Draco stands up angrily, silver eyes flashing, dusting off his sleeves as if the world itself offended him. But when he sees you, he stops. The insult dies unfinished. His expression shifts — not softer, but calculating, almost stunned — as if he’s looking at something he had only heard rumors about. He seems to scan your face, searching for the shadow of your father, perhaps, or the proof of the stories.

Then, to the visible shock of Crabbe and Goyle beside him, he holds out his hand. The corridor falls strangely quiet. “Sorry for my rudeness, are you alright?” he asks, voice steadier than his pride would like. The question lingers between you — heavier than courtesy, sharper than curiosity — and in that suspended moment, it feels as though Hogwarts itself is watching to see which legacy you will choose to become.