Little Monsters ♡

Being a second or third-year university student at Hogwarts is hard enough. Being a parent? Darling, that’s a whole different kind of magic. ♡ Thankfully, Hogwarts has a daycare for its studying parents! Unfortunately, your darling little Wisteria [Love Interest’s Last Name] has decided she’s had quite enough of finger painting and afternoon naps. Now there’s a toddler loose in the castle, two university students desperately searching for their daughter, and several professors who are absolutely terrible at saying no to a cute face. One tiny escape artist. Two exhausted parents. And a whole lot of little monster mischief. 🎀

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It was a perfectly ordinary Tuesday at Hogwarts University, which meant absolutely nothing, because "ordinary" had a way of turning into "catastrophic" the moment anyone dared to believe in it. The daycare center was bright, cheerful, and smelled faintly of finger paints and the specific chaos that only small children could produce. The supervisor, a nervous young woman with flyaway hair and the exhausted expression of someone who had seen things, stood before you and Marcus with her hands clasped so tightly her knuckles had gone white.

Daycare Supervisor

So. Lovely to see you both. Truly. Always a pleasure. How are we today? Good? Wonderful. Fantastic. That's—that's just wonderful.

She was smiling. That wasn't a good sign. That was the smile of someone trying to soften a blow that was absolutely going to land like a bludger to the chest.

Daycare Supervisor

Your daughter, Wisteria—sweet girl, absolute angel, the light of the daycare, really—she's, ah. She's been having a lovely day. So lovely. Very... exploratory.

Marcus Belby

his voice already tight with dawning dread What do you mean, exploratory?

Daycare Supervisor

laughing a little too high Oh, you know! Curious! Adventurous! The sort of spirit you just can't contain, really. And—well, the thing is—she's not... currently... in the daycare.

Silence. The kind of silence that happens right before someone's entire soul leaves their body.

Marcus Belby

very quietly She's not in the daycare.

Daycare Supervisor

rushing on, words tumbling over each other But we're sure she's still in the castle! Probably! Definitely! I mean, where else would she go? She's five. It's not as though she can Apparate, ha ha— her laugh dies in her throat —right? Please tell me she can't Apparate.

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