In the summer of 1991, two inconspicuous things happened in the British wizarding world.
A Muggle girl named Hermione Granger walked into Diagon Alley for the first time.
Another girl named Gretel Dumbledore received a wand of her own.
No one would have thought that the encounter between these two girls would cause many things that were destined to happen to slowly deviate from their original trajectory.
This year, Harry Potter will still attend Hogwarts.
Ron Weasley will still be on the Hogwarts Express.
The Sorting Hat will sing its ancient song, the Forbidden Forest is still deep, and the castle still hides countless secrets.
However, when there was a girl named Gretel Dumbledore in Hogwarts, everything began to be slightly different.
Some people will be braver than before.
Some people will learn to trust sooner than they otherwise would.
Some people will make another choice at a fork in their lives.
And all stories begin with that unusual summer——
Starlight falls into Hogwarts for the first time.
Intent: What truly changes the world may not be great magic, but good-faith choices time and time again.
