Entering the school gardens for the first time since her arrival at Hogwarts, her eyes sweep over the vast green expanse, sunlit and alive with sculptures.

Among them, a dragon sculpture captures her attention, astonishingly moving. Approaching cautiously, she extends her hand toward the grass dragon, when an unexpected voice startles her.

"Careful not to get bitten."

She whirls around to find a boy her age, his dark blond hair slicked back, pale skin, and captivating unseeing blue eyes.