Taylor Christopher Paxton And The Arcane Labyrinth
Taylor Christopher Paxton is a character I created for an RPG I was going to start, but never got around to. Instead, it turned into something much bigger. I decided I wanted to start a backstory for this character before I began RP-ing as him on Tumblr, and it, in Ron Burgundy's terms, escalated quickly from there. The result was a 12,000+ word fan fiction into the next-generation of Harry Potter characters through the eyes of a completely new face. It's not finished, not in the slightest. In fact, the real adventures haven't even begun yet. The Arcane Labyrinth is something that Taylor, Scorpius, and a few other new and familiar faces stumble onto in Taylor's fifth year. At forty-five pages in, I don't think I've even cracked the third year in Taylor's story yet. It's set up fast paced, and it is for the most part. I hope to get to the actual bulk of the story soon. I'll certainly be more motivated if I get positive feedback, so let me know what you think. One final note, while face claims are not totally important, I should note that Taylor was being modeled after young Leonardo DiCaprio.
Last Updated
05/31/21
Chapters
15
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933
Nothing Of Consequence
Chapter 14
Nothing else came out of the coin purse over break. Nothing else of great interest happened over break. The last week in August came, and Taylor went to stay with the Weasleys. Victoire wasn’t around to anticipate the first week of school with the rest of the children because she was an alum now. It was just Louis, Rose, Hugo, Lily, and Taylor at the house with Bill.
Fleur had already left to take Dominique back to Beauxbatons, and the other Weasley clan members had other affairs for the last week of term. James Sirius, for example, more Potter than Weasley, was off on some adventure in Germany with his father. It was apparently a dangerous affair—Lily seemed quite restless about it.
Hugo Weasley was going to be a first year. He was beyond excited, as was seen from the way his eyes lit up every time someone said the word Hogwarts. Taylor and Louis were both excited for their second year, as well. Lily, a third year, was ready, but didn’t seem nearly as hyper about it as the younger boys were, and Rose—a fourth year now—seemed barely phased at all.
They had all changed a bit over the summer. Louis and Taylor were taller, while the girls were growing, but in different parts of their physique. When Scorpius showed up the night before September 1st, Taylor noticed that he had undoubtedly changed the most. He seemed a whole head taller, and his voice had dropped two octaves. He was a fourth year and fourteen-years-old. He also seemed to have put on more muscle over the holidays. “For quidditch,” he muttered. “I want to make the team this year.”
Scorpius had tried to make the team both years since his second, but to no avail at this point. Taylor didn’t see how he could possibly not make the team this year. He had to have been bigger than the majority of the players on the team. He was the perfect size for a keeper or a beater.
Lily made jokes about him being a keeper—she was a chaser on the Gryffindor team, and she had been since second year. She was good; it was something she apparently got from both of her parents. Harry Potter had been the best seeker Hogwarts had seen in three hundred years, and Ginny Potter had gone on to play professional quidditch as a chaser for the Holyhead Harpies. Lily thought it would be amusing to score on her boyfriend Scorpius.
The train ride to Hogwarts was rather humdrum; nothing of consequence happened—not even an unwarranted visit from Sarah Tinsley. Taylor was not, in the least, disappointed. And thus began his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry…
