In which a wizard meets a witch in the Muggle world. Emma Baranov attends Hogwarts for the first time after her parents remarry, expecting to have a normal fifth-year, but it turns out to be the complete opposite. It turns out that she isn't who she says she is... ▪▪▪ *ALL RIGHTS GO TO JK ROWLING I OWN MY CHARACTERS AND PLOTS* !!!WARNING!!! this story contains upsetting content such as suicide and references to it. _______ Book 2: common ground Book 3: cessation Book 4: someday _______ Started- November 1st 2015 Finished- March 1st 2016

Everyone in the wizarding world knew of the sinister and wicked school named Baxtart's School for the Independent Wizard and Witch. Everyone knew what evil brewed within its walls. When this fear mongering school in the United States was finally shut down, former student, Elizabeth Maryn's parents decide to send her off to Scotland to go to an older school by the name of Hogwarts. When she attends, it is all much more than she had expected. There she meets a strange, mysterious boy that takes an interest in her malevolent past. Will she reveal her dark secrets to him or will she heed the advice of her own conscience and stay away?

After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]