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.
I don't suppose you dabble in kidnapping as an off-season job? I'm even less fond of London than I was last year despite having a considerable more number of books at my disposal. I desire a companion, yet have no one but my sister and Narcissa Bulstrode to keep me companion. Save me.
I am sorry to hear you so discontent so early in the holidays, quite apart from the company you have to keep - which I am sure cannot be as terrible as it sounds - I know how much you prefer the stimulation of your studies. With that in mind I have enclosed a book I think you might enjoy about the poisonous properties of plants written by a great friend of mine. Even if you do not enjoy the content please do not feel the need to return it to me as I already have three copies courtesy of the author, which I believe may have doubled the print run.
The company is more dreadful thank you'd think. I've known Miss Bulstrode since I was a babe, and she had not changed one bit. She is as dull and uninterested in academics as she was at the age of five.
But thank you for the book. I now wish to possess a garden of death-cap and fly agaric mushrooms; I think it would suit me well. I wonder how legal they are to harvest in the London suburbs.
The summer seems to have flown past rather swiftly and I am finally returned from my travels abroad. I'll be staying in London until the beginning of term now so, if your parents are agreeable and you haven't procured them already, perhaps I could take you to Diagon Alley for your new school books?
I hope your travels were safe and productive. I would gladly welcome your company on my school shopping excursion. I doubt my step-mother would allow me to linger in the bookshop as you might, and would be even less likely to offer advice when it comes to materials for my new electives.
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