❛ It's not like Carina would go and do something stupid like falling in love with Prongs, would she?❜ It was a terrible idea to date someone who'd been in love with someone else for years, even if it was fake. But James Potter was desperate. It was already their seventh year, and he still couldn't get Lily to give him the time of day. Carina was his last hope to catch her attention, and she also happened to be one of his closest and dearest friends. If she simply agreed to help him out, what's the worst that could happen? Carina Lennox was the kindhearted witch liked by just about everyone in Hogwarts, with just enough of a dose of reckless bravery to land her in Gryffindor. When she agreed to James's scheme to woo a certain redhead, she thought that at best she'd help bring two of her closest friends together, and at worst they'd have a bit of school drama. But as the war closes in on them all, they'll have far more to worry about than a bit of school romance. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈: HOGWARTS ✓ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐈: THE WAR [ɪɴ-ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴇss] 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐈𝐈: ᴛʙᴀ ✥ 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤 : #2 lilyevans #1 regulusblack #7 jamespotter #40 marauders #66 war #237 harrypotter #338 fanfiction/1.2 million! ✥ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 • Carina Lennox (OC) • Marauders • Gideon Prewett • Fabian Prewett • Lily Evans • Alice Fortescue • Frank Longbottom • Regulus Black ✥ 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑: • I clearly don't own HP or the Wizarding World, I just enjoy dabbling in the world. • Slow burn!

The scene is set for the year 1943. The second world war unfurls like a steady burn, and the wizarding world begins to descend into a chaos of its own. Gwendolyn Gawmdrey leaves prestigious and dark Durmstrang Institute to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for her sixth year of schooling. There, she encounters friendship, death, and the mysterious and arrogant Tom Riddle. She soon finds herself plunged into a world of power, deceit, and manipulation. As the year surges onward, the malevolent boy and the Dark Arts begin to draw Gwen in, but under the curious gaze of Professor Albus Dumbledore, there's something else. But has the renowned wizard failed to realize that Gwendolyn Gawmdrey might have demons of her own? Perhaps one must know the darkness before being able to appreciate the light. 1 million - 1/31/22 2020- #1 in Voldemort, #2 in Riddle, #1 in 1940s, #6 in Harry Potter 2021- #3 in Fanfiction, #1 in WWII