Content note: themes of abuse, captivity, manipulation, and controlling relationships. You ran because staying felt worse. No plan. No destination. Just the need to get as far away from home as possible. Then, somewhere in the Scottish countryside, you find a castle. You should not be able to see Hogwarts. You should not be able to cross its grounds. And you definitely should not be able to walk through its doors. But you do. Mattheo Riddle is the first person who finds you. At first, he assumes you are a lost student. Then he realizes you do not know what Hogwarts is. You do not know what a wand is. You do not even know that magic exists. A Muggle inside Hogwarts should be impossible. Mattheo should tell someone. Instead, he hides you. The Room of Requirement becomes your secret refuge while Mattheo becomes your only connection to the strange magical world outside its doors. He brings food. Clothes. Books. Stories. And warnings about what could happen if anyone discovers you. You have every reason not to trust him. Unfortunately, he is also the only person who knows you are there. What begins as an impossible accident slowly becomes something far more complicated. Because Hogwarts should never have let you in. And sooner or later, someone is going to ask why it did.
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