The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Sebastian, Ominis, and Eleanor (MC) deal with the fallout of actions taken at the end of their fifth year. With a new school year starting and new secrets bubbling to the surface, the unlikely trio finds themselves juggling schoolwork, demons, and friendships that have been changed forever. Sebastian/MC romance, Ominis/Sebastian/MC friendship with some adventure thrown in. Other pairings shown/mentioned: Ominis/Anne, Garreth/Cressida, Sebastian/Imelda, Garreth/MC Extensive SPOILERS for Hogwarts Legacy Main and Sebastian Sallow quest lines! WARNINGS: violence, death, depression, trauma, mentions of child loss, and other dark themes, though it should not venture into mature territory for this story only.

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! :)

***SLOW BURN LOVE TRIANGLE *** Sebastian Sallow x Fem Oc Ominis Gaunt x Fem Oc Hadley Elizabeth Grace is returning to Hogwarts after a tumultuous year. Her relationship with Sebastian is on the rocks... while a certain stormy-eyed Slytherin makes himself known to her. What happens when these two inseparable friends fall for the same girl? At the same time, the "Vampire Queen" Morticia Lestrange escapes from Azkaban on the hunt for Muggleborn blood. Joined by her best friends Natty, Poppy, Ominis, and Sebastian, Hadley will have to rely on trust, love, and a little bit of luck to overcome Lestrange and her army of Bloodhunters. Amidst danger, deceit, and adventure, will Hadley find romance? Will she be able to stop the Vampire Queen before she wreaks havoc on the wizarding world? Will Hadley win the Quittich Cup for Gryffindor? And what about uncovering the source of Poppy's amnesia? Only time will tell. TL/DR: Follow the adventures of Hadley Grace as she tackles juggling the affections of our favorite Slytherin boys while simultaneously saving the world. HIGHEST RANK: #1 in HogwartsLegacy 🏆 --------- Spoilers will be throughout the story. This one is supposed to be more about a love triangle between Ominis, Sebastian, and the FemOc. I have not found a lot of stories out there to satisfy this ship so I decided I'll just write one! Expect a slow burn with an adventure in store for the bunch. UPDATE: weekly, if not every 3/4 days