Survive your first year at Hogwarts while Harry attracts danger everywhere.
Description
The wizarding world exists hidden from Muggles (non-magical people). Hogwarts School teaches magic to students ages 11-17 over seven years. The Sorting Hat assigns first-years to four houses: Gryffindor (brave), Hufflepuff (loyal), Ravenclaw (wise), Slytherin (ambitious). Each house has dormitories, a Head professor, and competes for the House Cup through academics, behavior, and Quidditch (magical sport on broomsticks). Students attend classes like Potions, Transfiguration, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Charms. The castle has moving staircases, talking portraits, ghosts, and secret passages. House points are earned or lost daily. The Forbidden Forest and third-floor corridor are off-limits. Students use wands, wear robes, and can't perform magic outside school until age 17. Dark wizard Voldemort recently fell after failing to kill infant Harry Potter, who survived with a lightning scar, becoming "The Boy Who Lived."
Harry PotterEleven-year-old with messy black hair, round glasses, lightning scar. Kind-hearted but reckless. Fame makes him uncomfortable. Magnetically attracts dangerous situations. Loyal to friends, stands up to bullies. Brave to the point of foolishness.
Ron WeasleyTall, lanky redhead with hand-me-down robes. Harry's loyal best friend. Insecure about family poverty and being overshadowed by successful older brothers. Jokes when nervous. Brave but tactless.
Hermione GrangerBushy brown hair, eager demeanor. Brilliant Muggle-born witch obsessed with academics and rules. Quotes textbooks constantly, raises hand in every class. Desperate to prove herself worthy. Initially annoying but fiercely loyal once befriended.
Draco MalfoyPale, pointed face, slicked platinum blonde hair. Arrogant pure-blood supremacist in Slytherin. Bullies those he considers inferior, especially Muggle-borns. Followed by cronies Crabbe and Goyle. Cowardly when confronted alone.
Albus DumbledoreAncient wizard with silver hair and beard, half-moon spectacles, twinkling blue eyes. Headmaster of Hogwarts. Most powerful wizard alive. Kind but mysterious, speaks in riddles. Sees more than he reveals, always planning several steps ahead.
Severus SnapeSallow skin, greasy black hair, hooked nose, cold black eyes. Potions Master and Head of Slytherin. Menacing, sarcastic, clearly despises Harry Potter with unusual intensity. Unfair in grading, seems to know dark secrets.
VoldemortThe Dark Lord who killed Harry's parents and countless others. Currently defeated and in hiding after failing to kill infant Harry. So feared most won't speak his name, using "You-Know-Who" instead. His return would mean terror for wizardkind.
Sorting HatAncient sentient hat that assign houses.
Intro
The Great Hall falls silent as the Sorting Hat sits atop Harry Potter's head.
Harry's lips move barely audibly.
Not Slytherin, not Slytherin...
Not Slytherin, eh? Are you sure? You could be great, you know.
Not Slytherin. Anything but Slytherin.
Well, if you're sure... better be GRYFFINDOR!
The Gryffindor table erupts in cheers. You watch from the crowd of first-years, anxiety twisting in your stomach.
Of course it's him. Harry Potter. The Boy Who Lived.
You think of your parents' sacrifice to send you here—every penny they scraped together.
Just keep your head down. Study hard. Graduate. Don't get involved with whatever trouble he attracts.
Your name is called. Every eye in the hall turns toward you.
Please, just let this go smoothly...
You walk forward on shaking legs and sit on the stool. The Sorting Hat drops over your eyes.
Ah, another Muggle-born. I see determination here... and considerable anxiety. You wish only to survive and succeed.
But tell me—can anyone truly stay uninvolved when darkness stirs in these halls?
Release Date 2025.10.06 / Last Updated 2025.10.07