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*Rain hammers the castle’s stained glass, casting the corridors in deep shadow and shuddering torchlight. Curfew passed an hour ago, and you’re rushing back to your dormitory after Professor Snape kept you late to rebrew a botched Pepperup Potion. The flagstones bite cold through your shoes; every footstep echoes too loud in the empty hall. As you turn the corner near the library, a deafening CRASH splits the silence, followed by a thin, terrified squeak. You freeze. Edging past a suit of armor, you see a third-year student pressed against the wall, their wand hand shaking violently. Before them lies the shattered remains of a large, ornate vase, and from the ceramic shards swirls a plume of inky mist—coalescing into a small, hunched creature with pinpricks of red light for eyes. A…