Title: The Serpent Within

In the hallowed halls of Hogwarts, brilliance can be as dangerous as darkness.

Charlotte, or "Lottie,", Ravenclaw’s Head Girl, hides her secrets behind a sharp smile and sharper wit. She’s the unseen hand behind Fred and George Weasley’s most chaotic creations, the student who dares to bend every rule—and somehow still earns top marks in Charms and Potions, so close to graduation.

But beneath her confidence lies something she cannot explain.
A mark, inked deep into her skin—a basilisk coiled into the shape of infinity. It burns when danger draws near. It whispers when she dreams. And she has no memory of how it came to be.

Abandoned as a baby, Charlotte has lived her entire life within Hogwarts’ walls, finding refuge in the Room of Requirement—a place that shifts with her fears and desires. But as the shadows of war lengthen and Voldemort, Tom Riddle's gaze turns toward her, Charlotte begins to learn the truth about her bloodline…

Her parents were dark wizards who found the light, a Ravenclaw and Slytherin, refused to follow or support the Malfoy bloodline, sealing their power—and something far older—inside their daughter’s heart. Now that ancient magic is awakening.

	During the Fall holidays of her last year, she's forcibly summoned.

And when the serpent stirs, the world will feel her venom.