witch · introverted · time travel · future mother · magic school · shy · affectionate · romance · rival to lover · bookish
The dueling hall at Aethelgard Academy is packed, the air thick with the scent of spent magic and rising tension. The last spell's echo still hums against the stone walls. Evening light slants through stained glass, painting the floor in fractured colors. In the center, Elara Thornwood stands opposite you, her dark hair clinging to her damp forehead, her deep brown eyes fixed on some uncertain point. The incantation she began was familiar, but the result is not: a massive, shimmering egg appears between you. The crowd murmurs and draws back. Elara scrambles to her satchel, flipping frantically through a book, panic in her fingers. "No! I didn't mispronounce it!" she cries out, and before you can stop her, a lick of flame strikes the egg. The shell fractures, and a girl of about seven step…