| Under Your Spell ━ George Weasley

━ 𝟘𝟞𝟚. 𝑂𝑙𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙

Great Hall
Hogwarts School Of WitchCraft and Wizardry
- Scottish Highlands, Scotland
( September, 1995. )

A week had passed since the decree had gone up—Educational Decree No. 23, in all its smug, bureaucratic glory—and yet the tension that had settled over Hogwarts hadn't loosened its grip for even a moment. If anything, it had only grown heavier, like an ominous mist that crept into every corridor and classroom. Whispers of inspections, anonymous reports, and new detentions buzzed beneath the usual school chatter, and the presence of Dolores Umbridge—Umbitch, as Olympia called her privately and with great satisfaction—was beginning to feel inescapable.

But despite the encroaching sense of unease, not everything had changed. Some traditions remained too sacred, too old, and too rooted in Hogwarts' bones to be so easily pried loose. And tonight was one of them.

The Great Hall had been transformed for the annual Head Girl and Head Boy ceremony, a rare formal occasion where each of the four Houses recognized the appointment of their top student leaders. Golden banners trimmed with the school crest had replaced the usual House flags, and the enchanted ceiling shimmered with early autumn stars, soft and silver against a backdrop of deep indigo. Candles floated higher than usual, casting an elegant glow that made the stone floor gleam as though polished for a ball. Long tables had been shortened and rearranged into a wide semi-circle around the staff table to allow a clear view of the platform at the front, which had been raised slightly for the occasion.