Prompt #143: Castle
He was not easily impressed, no, really not, or at least so he told himself. But when the boats approached the amazing and wonderful castle of Hogwarts, he was stunned, although he would never have admitted it. The other pupils in the boat where chattering excitedly, but Tom just sat in the bow, or as close to it as he could get, and stared up to the towers and bright windows of his new home.
For this was his home, he knew it. No comparison to the old orphanage. What he needed, what he would have always demanded of life had he known he could get it, was a place of miracle and secrets and a glorious past, present, and future – in short, a place of magic.