My precious child,
the wars your mother has fought shall
never fall upon your shoulders.
You shall not behold the tempests
that stir within my soul, nor encounter
the phantoms that dwell therein.
Beneath my shade you shall be kept,
for I have stretched forth new branches for you alone
a family tree reborn, purged of all its former decay.
The burden I bear shall not weigh upon you;
rather, you shall be light and untroubled,
as befits the innocence of a child.
Otto’s first departure for Hogwarts was meant to be a day of joy.
And yet, behind the proud smiles of his parents, shadows stirred.
For Smile, the castle was not only a school… it was the place where her life had been torn apart and remade, where every corridor whispered of danger, secrets, and scars she still carried. She longed for her son to know only the wonder of magic, not the darkness that had once nearly consumed her.
Ominis, calm and measured as always, concealed his dread beneath soft words and gentle humor. What if the boy stumbled upon truths buried deep in the stone walls of Hogwarts? What if he discovered the Gaunt legacy… a name Ominis had never spoken to his child, a bloodline cursed by cruelty and obsession with the Dark Arts?
Otto boarded the train with excitement, unburdened by these fears. To him, it was the first step into adventure. To his parents, it was the beginning of a long, anxious vigil.
Both knew that Hogwarts had a way of unearthing what one most wished to keep hidden.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬:
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝, 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧.
HAPPY BACK TO HOGWARTS DAY, FRIENDS! 🤍🤍🤍
I want to thank my precious @sky.callaghan for helping with Otto’s outfit 🫵🏻❤️ you’re amazing.
I wasn’t really confident about making the MC look young and small, but hahahaha I’ve been wanting to see Otto at Hogwarts for ages, so… anyway, be kind aniqsjwishai I love you all ❤️
Which house will the Sorting Hat put Otto in???
