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! :)

Y/n was your ordinary Hufflepuff girl. She was kind,loyal,welcoming, and warm. She was never a person to judge others as well. But, her brother was known as Draco Malfoy. Everyone was scared of her, and Draco most people would apologize to her for no reason. She didn't like how Draco made everyone terrified of them both. And he was your typical Slytherin.. Sly, ambitious, cunning, arrogant, and mean- spirited. He surprisingly had a girlfriend she was known as Pansy Parkinson, and she was a Slytherin as well. She would always pick on everyone just like Draco Y/n wanted to say something about it, but she just didn't have the guts. Until one day, she got the courage to confront Draco and Pansy, "Look, being a school bully is not cool, I mean, people act like I'm just cruel and insane. Please, Dray, you're ruining my reputation. Just stop.." Y/n said as she confronted her brother Draco. He always loved the nickname Dray, and she knew he would listen only if she called him that. "Fair Well." Draco responded while nodding his head. He knew when Y/n called him Dray, she meant business. Pansy rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, "You're really listening to a girl in her 3rd year? Pathetic, Draco, you're a 5th year show her who's boss." Pansy said while persuading Draco. Pansy looked at Draco and smiled, but Draco wasn't having it, "Pansy Parkinson. That is my sister, my baby sister. I will do anything to make her happy!!!" And with that, he walked off and never talked to Pansy again..

Harry's first year at Hogwarts was fun. And he was relieved from leaving his somewhat abusive "Home." He was mistreated there, but he couldn't do anything. Until his best friend Ron came to the rescue. Harry moved in and made himself comfy at Ron's house.