Welcome to Charming, where swirling petticoats, the language of flowers, and old-fashioned duels are only the beginning of what is lying underneath…
After a magical attempt on her life in 1877, Queen Victoria launched a crusade against magic that, while tidied up by the Ministry of Magic, saw the Wizarding community exiled to Hogsmeade, previously little more than a crossroad near the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the years that have passed since, Hogsmeade has suffered plagues, fires, and Victorian hypocrisy but is still standing firm.
Thethe year is now 1894. It’s time to join us and immerse yourself in scandal and drama interlaced with magic both light and dark.
Words can hardly express my sorrow. My part in Friday night's incident is something that will weigh on my heart for a long time. It would shock me none if you thought me now no better than those filthy, wretched street girls I found around you this summer. Perhaps I should have handled that better myself, for now we arrive here from opposite points.
I wish to be anything but opposites, and I hope you feel the same. If you asked me then, I thought Miss Parkinson went much too far with her words. She can be a prickly thorn on the flower of this wonderful house, and it took me a while not to get hurt by her as well. Though I can't entirely say I didn't enjoy seeing her bloody face after only a few seconds under your gentle ministrations. Sometimes I wish we were boys instead, their problems are more simply resolved.
Perhaps we could settle ours over tea after classes today?
I don’t think you are like those street girls at all, but I would think you thought that about me. I know I shouldn’t have hit Miss Parkinson, but she was bullying Penelope and it’s my job to protect her now. In my mind, I was doing what you did for me - being the lady knight, remember? I don’t know how I feel about you, though, because you’re friends with her and were also involved in the mean gossip, but if you say that you don’t agree with what she said about Penelope, I will do my best to believe you and have tea with you this afternoon.
There are many ways in which I fear that terrible night has gifted you a bad impression. Your letter gives me hope that there is still some chance for redemption.
I hold no ill-feelings for you or Miss Valenduris, and I cannot abide anyone who does. Please come to tea as you are, if it is still agreeable.
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