"Fred." "George." A pause. "I'm so in love with her, I think I might ruin everything." "Shut up." A beat. Then, softer, with a sigh: "Yeah... me too." - OR: A story about how the Weasley twins found out that you were basically immune to their pranks and thus have made it their mission to change that.

Is a child born into darkness? Is it their family that defines a person? Before the new school year even begins, the Daily Prophet comes alive with a news story: Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban. Eliora Black, who knows nothing about her father except his name, can't bring herself to believe in either his innocence or his guilt. This won't be the only problem for a witch starting her third year. Eliora, has unknowingly given those she dislikes a powerfull weapon: her surname. The protagonists of similar stories; Theodore, Mattheo, Lorenzo, Draco, and Blaise, who don't want to remain in the darkness of their families, have a completely different goal. They want to light a candle in the darkness. Every Slytherin has a viper inside them. Different personalities, different dynamics, different mindsets. One House where they all came together under the same color. New dynamics were about to reshape Slytherin. The story of playing pretend between two people who could never be together. Slytherin drama? Check. Enemies to lovers? Check. Toxic characters? Check. Slow burn? Check.

𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥... 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳... The Malfoy's have decided it's time for Draco to settle down, eyeing the Ravenclaw pureblood he invited to their annual Christmas party. Unswayed by Draco's insistence that he and Grace are only friends, the Malfoy's and the Abbot's are in agreement: the two make a perfect match. The only issue? Draco doesn't agree, and neither does Theodore Nott.