Amid the stench of London's polluted skies, among monsters cloaked in human flesh, a young boy witnessed something miraculous-a light that pierced the darkness and led him into a world never meant for the likes of him. A trespasser, perhaps. Yet even as his body crumbles to ash, he will keep chasing that light. FAIR WARNING: second book is in heavily need of a rework. Read while keeping that in mind as the content may change. ANOTHER WARNING: I'm incredibly slow at writing. Expect at least a month in between chapters. AUTHORS NOTE about AI: I've had some questions about the use of AI in my writing. I thought it best to get it out and in the open so as to not give any of you the impression that I'm being fake or disingenuous in my work. I use AI as a tool to help edit and format my work, the process being: 1. I write the chapter 2. I try to edit as much of it by hand as possible 3. If there's a part that I want to expand upon, or am dissatisfied with how I worded it, I throw what I'd written in the AI program to give me ideas on how to more accurately express the idea I want to use, or give me a better structure so that the story flows better. 4. Sometimes, I copy and paste the idea 'before' I reword it into my own writing. 5. Once I have everything sorted, I again try and comb through the chapter to fix up as much as I can to make sure that it's still 'me' writing, and not the AI. So to summarise, I do use AI to help edit when I need it, but the vast majority of my work is done by me. I'm sorry and understand if this disappoints some readers. Thank you again for reading.

There were some things in life that even magic couldn't heal and for Zakari Ollivander, being deaf was not something that he wanted to be "healed" of anyways. Never considering himself disabled, Zakari considered himself just to be slightly different growing up. He still enjoyed partaking in activities that other children his age were involved in, even if he had to find his own way to do them. It was a challenge sometimes, but Zakari was always up for a challenge. As the grandson of a famous wandmaker, Zakari's biggest challenge yet would come to the young boy when he receives his acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Without knowing him, people were quick to pass their judgement, believing the boy would struggle and calling it a waste of time trying to teach magic to a boy who couldn't hear and hardly spoke. However, Zakari sets himself out to prove that just because he was hard of hearing, didn't mean he didn't have anything to say. It was everyone else around him that needed to learn how to listen.