Y/N has always known that being born into an old pure-blood family came with obligations. There were rules about who she spoke to, how she behaved, which families were considered respectable, and exactly what kind of future she was expected to have.
Y/N was born into one of the oldest and most feared pure-blood families, where loyalty wasn't a choice—it was expected. From the day she could hold a wand, she was raised to believe that love was a weakness, mercy was a flaw, and the family name came before everything else. At fifteen, she made one unforgivable mistake. She fell in love with Theodore Nott.
There were certain things Hogwarts students learned purely through survival. Never insult a hippogriff. Never trust a staircase after midnight. And if Tom Riddle, Draco Malfoy, Mattheo Riddle, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Lorenzo Berkshire, and Y/N were all sitting quietly together— Leave.