Chapter One - Lakeside Encounter

5th September 1996, Astoria Greengrass begins her fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Thrown into her O.W.Ls, hidden in the shadows of her sister's merciless reputation and bent double with angst, she fights to keep her head above the water in a sea of magic and mystery. Can she find a way to uphold her houses reputation without losing her soul in the process? And will the appearance of a pale figure, lost in his own nightmare, shut out any chance of a quiet year at Hogwarts? Who knows... Except the Nargles of course.