Not wanting to be late for your next class, you rush ahead with Lily and are the first two students to enter an empty classroom. Even your teacher isn’t here yet.
The classroom has the lingering scent of thousands of magical potions
You take a seat near the back of the class, hoping to be able to snooze for a little while, as you are still exhausted from lack of sleep. You ask Lily to keep an eye out for Professor Snape, and as soon as you lay your head down to rest, he storms into the classroom and addresses the students.
“There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class,” Snape begins, “As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few who possess, the predisposition... I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.”
Somehow, Professor Snape manages to effect an air of perpetual disappointment in his students
By now, most of the class is sitting up and listening. You can’t really be bothered though. To you, potions were something you simply buy, or have someone make for you. You ignore the Professor as he lectures Harry Potter on various herbs and bezoars and such like, and try to relax for a moment. You place your chin on your hands and rest your eyes, just for a moment…
“Lestrange,” Snape snaps at you, and your eyes fly open.
“Are you so rude as to actually fall asleep in my lesson girl?” He asks you, “well?”
“I’m…” you start, noticing that the rest of the Slytherin students are looking really annoyed with you, “I’m sorry Professor.”
“Sorry?” Snape parrots back at you, “Sorry isn’t good enough girl. Come down here and sit at the front of the class, so that you will find it easier to keep your eyes open.”
Snape indicates a seat toward the front of the class. You reluctantly pick up your text book and move toward the front. It is closer to the Potter boy, which means you have to hide yourself for a moment or an horrendous headache will strike you both. To hell with it, you think, let the girl suffer Snape’s wrath. I can go to sleep anyway, let her stay awake.
You feel the monster withdraw, and the threatened headache recede. Harry looks at you, a little confused for some reason, no doubt having noticed his discomfort in your presence. You sit down and start to read from the text book as your Professor instructs you.
You try your best to learn about potions, but it all seems very complicated. Most of the other students are struggling too, with the notable exception of Hermione Granger, who seems to have read the text book cover to cover before she even arrived at Hogwarts. Occasionally, one of the monster’s memories about potions surfaces in your consciousness, which helps you to grasp the subject a little more easily, as does copying Hermione and asking her questions. As the lesson goes on, you actually start to enjoy yourself, and apply yourself to making the potion as instructed by the Professor. You also start to think that making friends with Hermione might not be such a bad idea after all.
Toward the end of the lesson, you hear a cry from the back of the class.
“Haha,” you hear Draco Malfoy laugh, “Look at Lily, she’s spilled her potion everywhere! The stupid Mud-blood”
“You knocked it over!” Lily cries, sounding as though she’s on the verge of tears.
“It’s true Professor,” Jiao-Jie says, defending Lily, “he’s been bullying her all lesson and calling her names. Calling her Silly-Lily and Mud-blood.”
Suddenly you feel ice-cold fury in your veins, you draw your wand and point it at Malfoy, preparing to teach the fool a lesson for picking on your friend. As soon as you raise your wand though, Snape’s hand darts out and lowers your arm.
“Malfoy,” Professor Snape says to him coldly, completely ignoring the fact that yiu were just about to curse him, but keeping his hand on top of your arm, to dissuade you from getting any further ideas of revenge, “I will not tolerate you bullying other students in my class. There is nothing silly about Miss Smith’s name. Lily is a beautiful name. It is derived from the Latin, Lilium meaning purity and innocence. And as for her heritage, we do not know that her parents are Muggles. She has been sorted into Slytherin House, and for all we know she could be the heir to Slytherin himself.”
Draco is suddenly silent and looking at his feet, afraid to meet Snape’s stare. Even his goons Crabbe and Goyle have stopped grinning.
“As Lily is a member of House Slytherin, I will not punish your house by deducting points. You can join me for detention at the end of the day instead.”
Draco looks angry, but can’t do anything about it. As soon as the lesson is finished, you rush over to Lily to check she’s ok. She says she’s ok, but she seems quite sad and subdued.
Magic ItemsSofia Lestrange’s Pensieve, Enchanted Tarot, Guardian Statue, Self-Writing Quill, Wizard’s Chess Set, Mother’s Broomstick, several sets of shirts, skirts and underwear with protection from minor charms, jinxes and hexes.
Other Items Clothes, text books, blankets, towels, food, medicines and various supplies
Relationships (scroll left to right)
Lily Smith
House Slytherin
Friend
Seer and Oracle?
You might be falling in love with Lily, an orphan girl who was raised by Muggles, but who has the potential to become a powerful Seer and Oneiromancer - a Dream Sorceress.
Jiao-Jie Ling
House Slytherin
Friend
Might know exotic magic?
Jiao-Jie is a half-blood witch of Chinese and English heritage. You wonder what she might know of the Magics of ancient China, or what her father, a very old Chinese Wizard might know.
Safira Tadros
House Slytherin
Friend
Might know exotic magic?
Safira is a Pureblood witch of Egyptian Coptic heritage. You wonder if she knows any of the magics of the ancient Egyptians, who were masters of both Life and Death Magics.
Blaise Zambini
House Slytherin
Friend & Cousin
Popular and Loyal
Blaise is your cousin by blood on your mother's side of the family, from the Italian/Libyan Zambini family. He is very popular in House Slytherin, especially amongst the girls
Draco Malfoy
House Slytherin
Cousin
A pawn at best
Draco is your cousin by marriage. Despite being a Slytherin he is neither Sly nor powerful. You dislike him but he pines for your love.
Pansy Parkinson
House Slytherin
"Friend"
Slytherin Alpha Female
Pansy has been your friend for years, but is now a bossy bitch. She clearly wants to breed with Draco. You have an uneasy truce with her.
Daphne Greengrass
House Slytherin
Friend
Popular Slytherin girl
Daphne is the last of your pureblood friends. She is popular and part of Pansy's gang of Slytherin girls. She is beautiful and scheming.
Marcus Flint
House Slytherin
Quidditch Team Captain
Useful Pawn
Marcus is a Pureblood boy in his 6th year at Hogwarts. He and Gemma are having an illicit relationship, given than she is a Half-blood girl. His parents would not approve. You control him via blackmail now.
Gemma Farley
House Slytherin
6th Year Prefect
Useful Pawn
Gemma is a pretty older girl, who is having an illicit affair with the Pureblood boy, Marcus Flint. You control her using blackmail and can force her to serve your every need.
Harry Potter
House Gryffindor
Rival
Distract or Eliminate
Harry Potter is the boy that lived. You are both proud and horrified that you killed his parents. You may have to end his existence
Ronald Weasley
House Gryffindor
Rival
Distract or Eliminate
Ronald Weasley is an idiot friend of Harry Potter. He can basically be ignored, except that in your timeline, you believe he may have destroyed one of your Horcruxes. He may have to die.
Neville Longbottom
House Gryffindor
Rival
Distract or Eliminate
Another foolish friend of Harry Potter. As a boy, he can be ignored, but as a man, in your timeline, he destroyed one of your Horcruxes.
Hermione Granger
House Gryffindor
Friend
Intelligent & Hard Working
Hermione is an insufferable know it all, despite her parents being Muggles. She has the finest mind of her generation though, and may one day become a powerful witch
Lavender Brown
House Gryffindor
Friend
Brave and Loyal
Lavender has been friends with you for many years. She is not the brightest witch but is brave and loyal, and so was sorted into Gryffindor
Severus Snape
House Slytherin
Teacher
Death Eater?
Severus Snape is the Slytherin Housemaster and Potions Professor. In your timeline, he was a Death Eater, but can you trust him? You must determine where his loyalties lie.
Albus Dumbledore
Hogwarts Headmaster
Rival
Distract or Eliminate
Other than yourself, Dumbledore is the most powerful Wizard in the world. You will eventually need to kill him, but for now you hide and wait.
Bellatrix Lestrange
Death Eater
Aunt by marriage
Loyal and bewitching
Bellatrix is your aunt by marriage. Emily adores and fantasises about her; Voldemort values her loyalty as a Death Eater
Lucius Malfoy
Death Eater
Uncle by marriage
Powerful Pureblood Lord
Lucius is one of your Death Eaters and is politically powerful. Sometimes though, you think he fears losing his privilege and position more than he fears your displeasure.
Narcissa Malfoy
Death Eater
Aunt by marriage
Pureblood Matriarch
Narcissa is your aunt by marriage and sister to Bellatrix. Until recently she had been hinting for you to marry her son Draco when you came of age, but now she knows you are the Dark Lord she is terrified of you.
Miss Lancel
House Lestrange Staff
Loyal & Caring
Cares for Emily
Your Nanny has raised you since you were a baby. Despite being a Squib with no magic of her own, she is the closest thing you have to a mother. Your nanny is worried about the change in your personality recently.
Servus
House Lestrange Staff
Loyal & Discreet
Loyalty, Elf Magic
Servus has been a loyal retainer to House Lestrange for generations. He too is suspicious about your changed nature recently.
