Prologue: Meet the Characters!
So here you have a small bio of each character, just so you get familiar with them!
Sara Wood: She is a Gryffindor half-blood sixth year. Sara grew up without her father, since he left the family when his wife told him he was a witch, right after Sara's sister's birth. She lives with her mother, Mary, and her sister Lily, who is nine years old at the moment. Sara is a loyal, brave girl who is also quite witty, she barely needs to study to memorize things and also has a good sense of humor. Her closest friends is Tom, whom she happens to fancy too. She is also very good friends with Olivia Preston, Jason Poole and Eleanor Rigby. As NEWT classes, she takes Transfigurations, Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Ancient Runes and Herbology. She is also a Prefect.
Pandora "Cherry" Fletcher: She is a Gryffindor Muggle-born third year. Pandora is a young, lively girl who is very passionate about everything she does. Pandora loves music and often talks a lot. She lives with her parents, Kya and Jacob, who are both Muggles and very interested on the Wizarding world, and her brother Noah, who is eleven and has been accepted at Hogwarts too. Her best friends are spread around the four Houses: she has her friends Mariah and Lynn in Hufflepuff, Nina in Slytherin and Geena in Ravenclaw. Her electives are Muggle Studies – she thought it'd be easy to take this subject, as she comes from a Muggle family – and Divination.
Thomas "Tom" Bates: He is a Gryffindor pure-blood sixth year. Tom had a nice, sweet childhood with his family in a small house in the outskirts of London. Despite coming from a long Wizarding family, Tom's family is considered as blood traitors, as they are fond of Muggle-borns and Muggles. Tom has always been an outgoing, funny boy, who is extremely loyal to his ideas. He is best friends with Jason, a fifth year, and Neil, who is a fellow sixth year. His closest friend, however, is Sara Wood, whom he fancies too. He lives with his parents and his brother Daniel, who is nine, until disaster strikes in the Ministry. As NEWT classes, he takes Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfigurations, Care of Magical Creatures and Charms. He is also Gryffindor keeper and captain.
Jason "Jay" Poole: He is a Gryffindor Half-blood fifth year. He is an outgoing, rather cheeky boy, who is often described as slightly arrogant, although that's just because he's quite confident and likes being himself. He's quite popular and quite a prankster, and extremely loud. He lives in Manchester with his parents, Nicholas, who is a Cursebreaker and works for Gringotts, and his mother, Dawn, who is a Muggle architect. He has five sisters and a brother: Olivia, who is twenty and is training to become an Auror, Megan, seventeen and Gryffindor, a close friend of Connor Goldstein, Lily, thirteen and a Gryffindor too, one of Pandora's Housemates, Amelia, ten, Jessica, five, and Samuel, two. This best friends are Daniel and Ben, who are his partners in crime, but over the last year he became quite close with Tom, who is now his best friend, and Louis, who became a close friend of his during their fourth year. He's also quite close to Olivia Preston, since one of his friends, Sara, is really good friends with her, and his old childhood friend Bruno Broughton. His electives are Care of Magical Creatures, Divination and Ancient Runes. He is also one of the Gryffindor beaters.
Louis Curdy: He is a Gryffindor Half-blood fifth year. He is a moody and strong boy, quite lively but sometimes shy to strangers, especially girls. He's quite the romantic, and has an unexplainable fear to bunnies. He lives in Cambridge with his parents, Kyle, who is a wizard and works with Tom's dad at the Ministry, and his mother Eve, who is a Muggle author. He also has a seven-year-old brother named Liam, who is very sweet and nice to his older siblings, an eleven-year-old sister named Juno, who is eleven and has been sorted into Gryffindor as well, and a sixteen-year-old sister named Lauren, who is one of the Gryffindor prefects for the sixth year and is really close to Louis. His electives are Divination and Muggle Studies, and his closest friends are Daniel, Ben and Jason. He will attend Quidditch tryouts this year and he will become a Chaser. He will also start fancying Rose once he meets her.
Amelia "Amy" Bones: She is a Hufflepuff Half-blood fifth year. She is a sweet and kind girl, who is rather quiet around people she doesn't know but really nice and loyal to her friends. She is an only child and lives with her mother Cynthia, who is a Muggle doctor, and her dad, Charles, who works at the Ministry and is related to Susan Bones. She became friends with Eleanor in the Hogwarts Express and they've been best friends ever since, although she's also befriended Louis and Jason. She fancies Bruno Broughton since their third year, but she's barely talked to him despite knowing he is a good friend of Jason's. Her electives are Divination, Muggle Studies and Care of Magical Creatures.
Daisy Ann Redwood: She is a Hufflepuff pure-blood third year. She is a shy, timid and rather insecure girl, however she is really loyal and protective of her friends. She's Amelia Bones's cousin, and is always around her. She is an only child who lives with her parents, Matthew and Piper, who are both wizards and have a small robes shop at Diagon Alley. Her best friends are also third year Hufflepuffs, Mariah, Lynn, Luna and Jane, and after befriending Mariah and Lynn she became quite close to Pandora Fletcher, too. Her electives are Muggle Studies, Divination and Care of Magical Creatures, and she is also the Hufflepuff seeker.
Lucas "Luke" Hawthorn: He is a Hufflepuff Muggle-born sixth year. He is a cheerful and confident boy who despises the Sorting Hat because he's always believed he would make a good Gryffindor. He lives with his parents, Oliver and Brook, who are both Muggle journalists, and his little brother Will, who is twelve and isn't magical. He's best friends with fellow Hufflepuff Connor and used to be Amelia's boyfriend, although they broke up before he finished his fifth year. His electives are Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes, and his NEWT classes are Transfigurations, Potions and DADA. He is also one of the sixth year Hufflepuff prefects and Beater for the Quidditch team.
Connor Goldstein: He is a Hufflepuff half-blood seventh year. He seems to have two different personalities. In public, he is quiet, shy and kind of a bookworm, but in private and with friends he thinks he can really trust he's loud and funny and a really nice person to be around. He lives in Doncaster with his father, Anthony Goldstein, and his sister Mariah, who is thirteen and best friends with Pandora Fletcher. His best friend is William Hall, who is a Ravenclaw, and he is also very close to a fellow Hufflepuff, Luke Hawthorn. He has a girlfriend, Kayla, who is a Gryffindor. His electives are Ancient Runes and Arithmancy and his NEWTs are Transfigurations, Defense Against Dark Arts and Charms. He is also Hufflepuff keeper and Head Boy.
Isabelle "Is" Alden: She is a Ravenclaw Muggle-born fourth year. She is the perfect Ravenclaw: top of her year, smart and witty but humble about it. She is quite shy around strangers but is extremely confident and outgoing with her best friends. She lives in center London with her parents, Rachel and Jacques, and her little brother Hugo, who is curiously showing signs of being magical too although he is only ten. She is best friends with two fellow Ravenclaw fourth years, Rose Kelly and Nick Creevey. Rose often bugs her and Nick about them being a couple, which always makes Isabelle blush. Her electives are Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures. She's also one of the Ravenclaw chasers.
Rose Michelle Kelly: She is a Ravenclaw Pure-blood fourth year. She is a bookworm and loves everything related to Ancient Runes. She also dislikes anything related to blood status and despises of most Pure-bloods at school, and therefore is often referred to as 'blood traitor' by some Slytherins. She comes from an old Wizarding Irish, but she was born in England to an English witch mother. She loves talking to portraits and is really smart. She lives with her father, a cheery Irish wizard named Michael Kelly, and her mom, an English witch named Fiona. She has three younger sisters: Maria, who is eleven and has been placed in Ravenclaw too, Katie, eight, and Sophie, five. She is best friends with Isabelle and Nick and often picks on them by saying they're a couple. Her electives are Ancient Runes and Arithmancy, and she's also a Ravenclaw beater.
Bruno Broughton: He's a Ravenclaw Half-blood fifth year. He is a smart, cunning boy who is also quite loud and funny, a brilliant prankster and top of his year. He loves reading and wants to become an Auror. He lives in Wimbledon with his dad Albert, a Muggle History teacher, and his mum, Grace, a witch who works at Gringotts and is Rose's mum's sister. He also has two younger siblings: Jamie, who is a cheery eight-year-old boy, and Marianne, his twelve-year-old sister who is also a Ravenclaw. His electives are Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes, and he is also one of the Ravenclaw chasers and team captain.
Nicholas "Nick" Creevey: He's a Ravenclaw Half-blood fourth year. He is a cheery, lively boy who loves taking photographs with his camera, taken from his deceased uncle Colin. He is also really smart and loves reading, and is the top of his year after Isabelle, whom he is very fond of. He lives in Oxford with his dad, Dennis, who works for the Ministry, his mum, Alice, who is a Muggle professor at the Oxford University and his little sister Julia, who is seven. His best friends are Isabelle and Rose, and he's been wondering lately if he might fancy Isabelle. His electives are Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes, and he is the Ravenclaw seeker.
Olivia "Liv" Preston: She's a Slytherin Half-blood sixth year. To her House mates, she seems like a quiet and methodical girl who doesn't talk much, but to her real friends from other Houses she's pretty lively and outgoing. She lives in Plymouth with her father, a Muggle dentist named Peter, and her mother, a witch who works at the Department of Mysteries and is called Flora. She also has two younger brothers, Mason, who is fourteen and in Hufflepuff, and Carter, eleven and Ravenclaw. She despises most of her House mates and often hangs out with people from other Houses, having become best friends with Sara Wood and Eleanor Rigby. Her electives are Arithmancy and Muggle Studies, and her NEWT classes are Transfigurations, Charms, DADA and History of Magic. She is a Slytherin prefect for sixth year.
Eleanor "Ellie" Rigby: She's a Slytherin Muggle-born fifth year. She is often bullied by her House mates, so she has always hung out with people from other Houses. To her House mates, she is quiet and sometimes rude, just to shelter herself from their insults and jokes about her, but with her friends she's a lively, outgoing girl. She lives in Bath with her parents, two Muggle scientists named Ethan and Danielle. She is best friends with Olivia Preston and quite close to Sara Wood too. She's also friends with Bruno Broughton, but despises Jason because she thinks he is a complete jerk. Her electives are Arithmancy and Ancient Runes.
Jack Westron: He's a Slytherin Half-blood seventh year. He is strong, ambitious and emotionally composed, although he can sometimes be rather authoritative. He doesn't usually hang around with people from his House. He lives with his parents, Richard and Elizabeth, who are both magical and work for the Ministry, but he's a Half-blood since his mum was Muggle-born. He has an older sister, Michelle, who is now nineteen and used to be a Hufflepuff, and a younger brother, John, who is twelve and a Gryffindor. His friends are Matthew Ebornheart, Olivia Preston and Eleanor Rigby. His electives are Ancient Runes, Arithmancy and Care of Magical Creatures, and his NEWT classes are Transfigurations, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms and Potions. He is also Head Boy.
Matthew "Matt" Ebornheart: He's a Slytherin Pure-blood seventh year. He is handsome, intelligent and might look slightly arrogant, but he's more of a hardcore boy, he often shields himself from trusting people because he lost all of his family at age seven. He lives with his only remaining relative, his grandfather Rufus, and comes from a long Slytherin ancestry family, although his grandfather was actually a Gryffindor. He only trusts Jack as a real friend, but sometimes hangs out with Olivia and Eleanor if necessary, although he's somewhat rude to them. His electives are Arithmancy and Ancient Runes, and his NEWT lessons are Transfigurations, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms. He is also one of the Slytherin Quidditch chasers.
So, those are the seventeen characters you'll meet over the next who-knows-how-many chapters! I hope you liked the small bios, and please tell me if I made any mistakes! Note that I had to relate characters with each other, so I made some of them cousins and friends and such! I hope that's okay with all of you.
As for couples, I had thought of the following: Sara/Tom, Jason/Eleanor, Louis/Rose, Bruno/Amelia, Matt/Olivia. I hope that's okay with everyone!
Here you have the full-length summary:
Hogwarts, 2030. Students are back to school, expecting a nice and relaxed year, but something has actually been stirring up outside the school. A small, anonymous Dark Force has taken over the Ministry. The Defence Against The Dark Arts professor, Professor Bell, has been mysteriously replaced by a grumpy old man named Mosad Muffel, who prohibits them from using practical magic too. And worst will come when Professor McGonagall mysteriously disappears from the school and is replaced by a Ministry woman called Dolores Umbridge as Headmaster of Hogwarts...only a handful of the Professors will be able to stay, and in a school repressed by Dark Arts teachers, a group of seventeen students will prepare themselves to battle the new enemy that is rising to power.
So that's pretty much it for now. Chapter one will come soon!
Maya x