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AMÉLIE
The World Cup burned itself into my lungs that summer - smoke, silk, and the taste of fear disguised as champagne. By the time the Dark Mark carved itself into the sky, I'd already learned what my mother meant when she said image is everything. The year that followed at Hogwarts was nothing but proof.
In Slytherin, lies were currency, and I learned to spend mine well. I smiled at professors I couldn't stand, charmed my way through lessons I barely cared for, and traded secrets like galleons. The name Rosier opened doors, but it also left blood on every handle. Somewhere between the Yule Ball and a hallway duel, I realized I wasn't quite my mother's daughter-or my father's, for that matter.
But I was something worse.
Something better.
A Rosier who'd learned that venom only works if you know when to bite.
HARRY
The night sky at the World Cup had looked beautiful until it didn't. One minute it was fireworks and music, the next it was green light and screams, and I couldn't tell where the celebration ended and the nightmare began.
Back at Hogwarts, everything was louder-cheers, rumors, my own pulse. The Tournament made heroes out of boys who didn't want to be, and monsters out of anyone who stood too close. I tried to keep my head down, but trouble never forgot my name. It just changed the way it knocked.
There was a girl in green who smiled like she knew the end of every story before it started. Rosier. Sharp tongue, colder eyes. She called me darling once-right before telling me I'd die trying to be the hero.
Maybe she was right. But I couldn't stop trying anyway.