Waltz of Sinners

"Why did you do it?"
"Hmmm"
"Why did you do it if you loved him so much?"
"Because sometimes aunt Rebekah, love, isn't enough"

According to Seraphina Von Potter, insanity was a relative term; after all, you never know who has been locked in what cage. Seraphina had a locked cage too-one that she keeps locked deep in her mind because pretending it doesn't exist is much easier than acknowledging it. After all, one doesn't come out sane when you grow up with a soul shard stuck in your head-an old headmaster who raised her like a genuine pig for slaughter.

The British wizarding world has always put Dumbledore on a pedestal; they worshipped the ground he walked on, and maybe it was one of the reasons that they were selectively blind to all his faults and shortcomings, but Dumbledore knew better. He knew that, contrary to popular belief, he was no match for Tom Riddle. He was desperate, and when he saw a young child with the bluest eyes he had ever seen that sang with unhinged power and the blood of the oldest vampire family, he couldn't help but take her.

Yet, despite all of his plans, Dumbledore didn't account for Peverell. He wasn't prepared for the kind of madness that ran in the blood of a Peverell, lest one be as powerful as her. After all, Hope Mikaelson, or Seraphina Von Potter, has always had a very special connection with death. Death was there when she was born, and she was there when Hope became Seraphina.

Tom Riddle x Hope Mikaelson (in the beginning)
Rhysand x Hope Mikaelson (endgame)