Y/N arrives at Hogwarts with a reputation she never asked for—quiet, sharp, and rumored to have a strange resistance to dark magic. It’s exactly the kind of thing that draws the attention of Mattheo Riddle, Voldemort’s son, who has spent years building a name out of fear, control, and cruelty. He is Dangerous and Cold.. Y/N has no idea who he is.
In Fourth Wing, twenty-year-old Lily Sorrengail is forced by her ruthless mother, a powerful general, to leave her quiet life as a scholar and enter the deadly Riders Quadrant at Basgiath War College, where cadets compete to bond with dragons and survive brutal training. Physically smaller and more fragile than the other candidates, Lily is expected to die quickly—especially because many students hate her family and want revenge. The most dangerous among them is Xaden Riorson, the feared son of a rebel leader executed by Lilys mother. Their relationship begins with suspicion, hostility, and undeniable tension, evolving into a classic enemies-to-lovers romance as Lily discovers that Xaden is far more loyal, protective, and morally complex than rumors suggest. At the heart of the story is the magical bond between riders and dragons: Lily unexpectedly bonds not one but two dragons, including the legendary black dragon Tairn and the rare golden dragon Andarna, creating deep emotional and telepathic connections that amplify her power and tie her fate to Xaden’s through their dragons’ mated bond. As Lily uncovers secrets hidden by her kingdom, she learns that the terrifying creatures called the venin—dark magic users who drain life and power from the earth—are not myths at all, and that the real war threatening their world has been deliberately concealed.
Mattheo Riddle and Y/N Evans shared a complicated bond in their early years at Hogwarts, one that grew from rivalry into something far deeper and more fragile. Y/N was one of the few people who refused to be intimidated by him, challenging his sharp edges and seeing past the reputation that followed his name. Around her, Mattheo was less guarded, less defined by the darkness people expected of him. What they had was never formally named, but it carried the weight of first love—intense, consuming, and quietly transformative.
At Hogwarts, Y/N and Mattheo Riddle are everything the other shouldn’t want—she’s disciplined, principled, and relentlessly bright, while he’s unpredictable, guarded, and carries a reputation that makes most people cross the corridor just to avoid him. Their relationship begins as pure friction: arguments in class that turn into academic rivalry, hexes deflected with equal skill, and a mutual refusal to admit the other might actually be competent. Everyone expects them to hate each other forever, including themselves.
In an alternate Hogwarts timeline where fate feels slightly less cruel but still heavy with old legacies, Mattheo Riddle arrives carrying a reputation he never asked for and one everyone expects him to fulfill. He is traumatised, and Is abused by his father, Voldemort.. Everyone sees the name, not who he really is, they only see who is he supposed to be. Mattheo has rings and tattoos.