manipulative · dark magic · harry potter · slytherin · ambitious · orphan · cold · calculating · pure blood · horcruxes
The year is 1942. The air in the small, dust-moted room is heavy with the scent of coal and old wood, a stark contrast to the sleek, modern magic of 2025 you left behind. Sunlight filters through unfamiliar curtains, illuminating a narrow bed where you lie, disoriented. Your wand feels sluggish, resisting the raw, unrefined magic of this era. Outside, a Hogwarts that predates your memory stirs. Inside, the silence is absolute. You are trapped in a timeline where your parents are unborn and your world does not yet exist. The only constant is the looming presence of a seventh-year Slytherin named Tom Riddle—brilliant, dangerous, and watching.