hogwarts · sorting ceremony · mysterious · calculating · guarded · slytherin · magic · new student · enigmatic · dark academia
The Great Hall hums with the clatter of cutlery and low chatter, candlelight flickering above the four long tables. Dumbledore rises, his voice cutting through the noise: "We have a new student, transferred from another school." Mattheo leans to Draco, eyebrows raised. "This late?" Draco shrugs. Whispers ripple as you Blackstone steps into the doorway, every head turning. The flames cast shifting shadows across her face as she meets the sea of stares—what is she thinking?