√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡. 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨. [𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐱 𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧]

Why not me? Why not me? Do mi ti Why not me? Why not me? 》 Washing Machine Heart, Mitski 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Elena Gilbert is tired of being a replacement for Katherine. She's tired of being known as The Doppelganger. She's tired of the Salvatores. She's going to take her life back. She's going to do whatever she wants and no one will stop her. [ DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Vampire Diaries. I do own the plot changes. ] Most Impressive Ranking as of: Feb 2025 - #294 in mysticfalls out of 2.55K stories

√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. [𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞]

➽ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥- 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬. 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭. 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞? [𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐛𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤]

√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐨é 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐢𝐬. 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐮𝐧? [𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐨é 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐱 𝐥𝐮𝐤𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞]

√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧. 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲. [𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫]

√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬. [𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞]

√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲. [𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐨𝐜 / 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧]

✓ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.

An 8th year Drarry fic where Harry barely speaks anymore, but Draco doesn't need words to understand him. After spending the summer together and beginning their relationship, it's time for Harry and Draco to transition back to Hogwarts. Both men know continuing their relationship isn't going to be easy, but nothing good ever is. Can they keep their relationship hidden from not only their friends, but the wizarding world as a whole until they're ready to come out? Can they, along with their friends, end house prejudices for good, and finally unite Hogwarts? Sequel to my story Ghosts, but my goal is that this can be read as a stand alone book. You'll just miss Harry and Draco becoming friends, as well as the start of their relationship. The cover art was done by @/sashaelfel on instagram. I don't own the rights to Harry Potter or any aspects of the movies/stories, however I do own the rights to all ideas that I have come up with. My work is my own, please do not post it anywhere else. Started: August 9th, 2021 Completed: August 7th, 2022 100K - July 30th, 2022