𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒 | Moral choice. Nothing is properly considered either good, or bad, aside from those things that are within our own power to control, and the only thing fully in our power to control is our own volition. Esmerelda's attempts of having a decent school year go awry when a basilisk decided to go arou...
𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀 | No way out, nothingness, or the impenetrable. A puzzle or something puzzling. Esmerelda spent the school year dog-hunting after discovering the truth about the mortal side of her family during a 'visit' to the Underworld. Her summer vacation was spent trapped in a never-ending labyrinth where she was co...
𝐄𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀 | Happiness, but better translated as "human flourishing"; to flourish by realizing one's ideal end or goal, by achieving the purpose of human life with excellence or virtue. In Ancient Greek theater, a Greek tragedy is a play where the protagonist is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow. In...
𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐀 | Unveiling, uncovering. The Greek notion of truth. Esmerelda knew everything was going to change the second her super nice foster father suddenly turned into a snake monster and tried to eat her. She just never expected for all of it to lead her to a life full of gods and magic. BOOK ONE
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐒 | "Doom; fate" the personified spirit of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate. Esmerelda thought she had left all those feelings of pain and suffering behind once the Second Titan War ended, but another war was brewing and she knew that she was going to be forced straight into the frontli...
* UNDERGOING RE-WRITE * Re-written chapters: 1, Alarya Lily Potter; The girl who lived; the witch who won; alongside a multitude of other names which over the years she lost track of (Ron, however, kept a book full of them). Vivid red hair, piercing blue eyes, irritating scars, with more to her than anyone could have...
𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒 | privation; a state in which things that are essential for human well-being are scarce or lacking. Esmerelda had suffered through some pretty awful summer vacations before like that one time she was nearly sacrificed to a world-ending Titan, and that other time where she went through a war while deal...
❝𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜. '𝐶𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢! 𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑡�...
❝ 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆. ❞ ✯ Earth, 1998. The Battle of Hogwarts is won, Lord Voldemort is defeated, but the castle lays in ruins. Many Hogwa...