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Published:
2025-12-23
Updated:
2026-07-15
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110,766
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17/?
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Summary:

"love is never just one emotion" - Wendy Heiss.

A few months before the Potters died, Marlene McKinnon and her family were murdered by Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange. Secretly, a child born with Legilimency, was shoved in a vanishing cabinet and sent to her father's for safe keeping. After hiding out in France for 13 years she makes a school trip to Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament and everything changes. Full of female friendships, love both unrequited and returned, and ancient magics.

Chapter 1: act I

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I have the story planned in four acts with a finale, each one structured around a book, beginning with Goblet of Fire. You’ll also meet a few OCs like our main girl Elspeth, along with several Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students.

I made a Pinterest board full of outfits, aesthetics, and general vibes for the characters and settings.

The fic will explore older magic and pagan influences woven into the wizarding world. I’ve taken inspiration from some brilliant fics, and I’ll credit them in the author’s notes whenever relevant.

Link to Pinterest

enjoy :)