CHAPTER ONE: The Next Generation
Evan Baxter was the son of Evanna Murphy and Joseph Baxter. Evanna was Irish, and a witch. She had gone to Hogwarts for schooling, where she was sorted into Slytherin house. Her first year there was in 1991. Joseph was a No-Maj, also known as a muggle, who was from Denver Colorado. Evan was born on June 27th, 2008. Evan was an outgoing child, and quite intelligent for his age. He was adventurous, and extremely caring. He cared for nearly everyone he met. He was able to form friendships within minutes. He had lived with his parents in his father's family home in Colorado. Evan was accepted to Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry upon his eleventh birthday.
Athena Prescott was born on April 2nd 2008. Her parents were Fiona Prescott, a No-Maj, and Gideon Prescott, a newsman for the wizarding world. She had a wealthy upbringing, which caused her to have quite the amount of confidence. But she always had a soft spot for others. Athena's mother was a nurse, and Athena had always looked up to her. She had wanted to follow in her mother's footsteps. However, when Athena was seven, while transporting a patient to the hospital, the ambulance got into a severe wreck, killing her mother. Athena and her father were heartbroken. Eventually, they were able to move on. Her father had started dating again, but Athena couldn't stand any of the "snobs" that her father had dated after her mother. When she was accepted to Ilvermorny when she turned eleven, her father was proud. That's where he had gone to school. He thought that the time at the school would be healthy for Athena, so she went.
Jason LeStrange was born on August 12th 2008. His father was Radolphus LeStrange the second. His mother was a No-Maj named Alyssa Ragen. His father was a part of the infamous LeStrange family, but disagreed with their views on bloodlines and the world, so he left for America, which is where he met Jason's mother. Jason was raised with the same beliefs as his father. It wasn't until Jason was ten that his father told him about the rest of his family in Britain. He also was accepted to Ilvermorny at the age of eleven.
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was not as well known as Hogwarts, but just as intriguing. It's history just as extensive. It may not have existed until long after Hogwarts had been formed, but it has become a well respected school in its own right. Taking inspiration from other schools around the world, most notably Hogwarts, Ilvermorny has earned a reputation that the school deserves. Being located in America, Mount Greylock in Massachusetts to be exact, Ilvermorny is where many young wizards and witches in North America go to study. At least those who aren't homeschooled in magic.
Ilvermorny has had many notable witches and wizards walk it's halls, such as former president of the Magical Congress of the United States, Seraphina Picquery. It also housed both Porpentina and Queenie Goldstein. Porpentina later went on to marry the famed magizoologist Newt Scamander, and Queenie having followed Gellert Grindelwald in order to be able to marry a No-Maj. Those are just a few to name.
The school had a reputation to be one of the least elitist wizarding schools, due to being partially founded by a No-Maj. Isolt Sayre and her No-Maj husband James Stewart had formed the school to initially teach their adoptive sons how to use magic before eventually becoming the school it would be today.
These three students had a lot to learn, and a lot of responsibility fell upon them once they arrived at Ilvermorny. With the Triwizard Tournament being revived and expanded throughout the world during their first year. Ilvermorny was to host the tournament. But something darker was about to happen, which would drag the three young wizards into an adventure they never expected. A dark secret Gellert Grindelwald had enacted twenty years prior, right before his death, was about to come to fruition. And these three would be dragged into it.