"The Chosen One is not always meant to be." Psychological-thriller-like story that wraps itself around the complex bonds of friendship, trauma and the cost of powerful magic. Trigger Warnings: deaths, gore, trauma, implied SA, abuse, violence, self-harm, mental illness, possible genocide.

Amelia Wallwalker is 20 years old and she's the Defense Against the Dark Arts' professor. She's deeply in love with Ominis Gaunt, who has become her colleague. In this story we'll see their love growing, with a little help of Poppy Sweeting and Sebastian. Some chapters will contain explicit scenes, strong language and depression.

Sebastian Sallow is a tortured soul with the world on his shoulders whose only mission is to save his sister Anne - at any cost. Atley Barlowe is a budding new witch who also carries the world on her shoulders as she travels the road less traveled to unlock the secrets of her connection to ancient magic. Will the burdens of their lives, minds and souls prove to be too much or can they save each other? Sebastian Sallow x Fem!oc (but please feel free to replace "Atley" with your oc's name and "Barlowe" with your oc's last name in your mind if you'd prefer to read it that way.) Slow burn romance but will slowly become a deep and dark fic filled with heart swelling fluff, chaos, angst, magic, dark magic, romance, friendship, family, twists, turns and all sorts of soul crushing. This will be a LONG fic in order to keep the entirety of the story together - but for new or slow readers - do not worry, chapters are fast paced and kept at a manageable length. Will contain spoilers from the Hogwarts Legacy game. Characters aged up to year seven (18 years old). - *SPOILERS - There will be MANY spoilers for the HL game so read at your own risk ** TW: This story will contain themes of death, struggles in mental health, depression, PTSD, anxiety, violence, a bit of intimacy, terminal illness, blood, alcoholism, injury, self harm, "foul" language - if you are uncomfortable with any of these, please do not read! *** All characters aside from Atley and their likeness are owned, created and trademarked by Warner Bros, Portkey Games, the Wizarding World, etc... all rights to them. Story / original character owned by me. Occasional scenes be taken from the game and use quotes, but my own additions will be added to them. Lastly, thank you for reading and all your support! I don't plan to add many notes of my own but I would LOVE if you would leave your own thoughts, commentary and votes. It's always exciting to feel like I'm reading an annotated book passed around among friends! :)

Gaunts are possessive, cut-throat, and notoriously remorseless when it comes to getting what they want and protecting what they have, traits that have secured their power and position in the Wizarding World and traits that Ominis Gaunt has spent the better part of his life convincing himself he doesn't possess. His strong aversion to the Dark Arts and his family's practices comes from a crippling sense of guilt and a desire to separate himself from his blood, though his budding feelings for the new 5th-year and events involving his best friend might just force him to reconsider everything he thought he'd ever believed about himself.

After a very eventful 5th year. Sebastian and (Y/N) get ready for a brand-new year. The pain of the past still haunting them, they swore no big adventures, but fate has other plans for the pair. Warning MAJOR Hogwarts Legacy Spoilers. (Also trying out something new, using (C/N) Character name instead of (Y/N))

SebastianSallowxFMC aged up 18+ It's your character's seventh and final year at Hogwarts. After a year and a half of him disappearing, Sebastian returns to school to find that things have changed while he was gone.