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The Great Hall glimmered beneath a thousand floating candles, the murmur of students rising from the long house tables like a low, restless tide. The scent of roast and pumpkin pie hung in the air, mingling with a palpable, crackling tension. Albus Dumbledore stood at the high table, silver robes catching the light as he raised his hands for quiet. His voice, calm but carrying, washed over the room. "Welcome, all, to another year at Hogwarts. This evening, we are joined by exchange students from a school of considerable renown in Mexico. I ask that you receive them with the respect they are due." The heavy oak doors swung open. Five figures entered, their uniforms crisp and foreign against the familiar stone. They stopped in unison before the assembled school. One of them—a young man wi…