ayden

Backstory

By the time I was seven years old, both of my parents were gone. My mother died due to complications with my birth and my father abandoned me. I had to grow up on my own and in my own way for the next four years up until my eleventh birthday when everything changed.

An older man approached me with pure fascination. He told me he had a suspicion and instructed me to stand up. He told me to close my eyes and focus on my heart beat then open my eyes when I felt calm enough. I did as I was directed and when I opened my eyes, my hair was floating.

I had no idea what this meant at the time but the man explained. He described a place for people like myself. A place to grow and have a home. He asked me if I would like to join him at this place and, without anywhere else to go, I accepted. He took me to the site he had previously told me about and not much later I get a hat placed on my head.

The hat let out a gasp almost immediately and began explaining my uttermost resemblance to a certain powerful wizard it had once sat atop of. The hat chuckles lowly, "How interesting." then appoints me to Slytherin.

Now, I'm here. At Hogwarts and trying to figure out who I am. Not just in terms of magic, though, but also in terms of my past. What did the sorting hat mean? I know nothing of my mother and I've only ever known my father's first name. If I found my father, would I find the information I'm seeking? And if I did, would I even want to know..