Ariane de Tandail never dreamed of being a heroine. But when her world is turned upside down after an ancient power awakens within her, the young girl has no choice but to embrace her destiny. Sent to Hogwarts in her fifth year and taken under the wing of Eleazar Fig, Ariane joins Gryffindor, determined to prove herself in a school that wasn't expecting her... and doesn't understand her. Proud, impulsive, loyal to the point of recklessness, Ariane quickly encounters whispers, judgements, the reality of this new world and a magic that seems to want to test her. But she also discovers friendship and troubling glances, such as that of Sebastian Sallow, a charismatic Slytherin who is determined to uncover all her secrets. Between ancestral secrets, magical rivalries and attractions, Ariane will have to learn to forge her own path. For in the corridors of Hogwarts, it is not always spells that leave the deepest scars...