And Yet, Here You Are

Nami Vale has a talent for ending up exactly where she isn't supposed to be.

A fifth-year Ravenclaw with a dangerous curiosity, an inconvenient relationship with rules, and a habit of turning ordinary school days into stories Hogwarts will remember, Nami is perfectly content being known for her chaos.

Until Hogwarts begins recognizing something in her that she doesn't understand.

Old magic remembers her name. Forgotten corridors react to her presence. A family history she thought she knew begins opening doors that should have remained closed.

And somewhere between hidden archives, impossible magic, first-year mentees, academic rivalries, disastrous experiments, and mysteries buried beneath the castle, Hermione Granger keeps ending up beside her.

At first, it's practical.

Then it's familiar.

Then neither of them quite knows when waiting for the other became obvious.

Some things may be inherited.
Some things may be written into magic.

But the things that matter most are chosen.

And yet, here you are.

"Just checking."

"Checking what?"

"That you're still here."

Hermione squeezed her hand.

"I am."