Prologue

"They look at me, and see a daring, careless person, not knowing that I am a ticking time bomb, and a threat to them all."
Elsie Charles comes from a family of shame and secrets. She comes to Hogwarts to escape from it all, but it follows her in the form of a cursed necklace. At Hogwarts, everyone loves the Marauders, but she can't seem stay in a room with them without going over the edge. Elsie tells a new lie every day, each one adding a weight on her chest, but dark forces threaten to expose her every day. Will her dark secrets turn her to the dark side? Who is trying so hard to ruin her life?