Y/N arrives at Hogwarts with a trunk in one hand and years of orphanage silence in the other. She’s learned how to stay small, how to survive—but Hogwarts is anything but small. The staircases move, the portraits whisper, and magic hums through every corridor. She plans to keep her head down. Then she meets Harry, who understands loneliness without needing it explained; Hermione, whose brilliance pushes her to be braver; and Ron, whose warmth feels dangerously close to home. Before first year