In 1996, snow fell on the window lattice of Charter House at Hogwarts. The emerald safety buckle between Veronica's collarbone bounced off the Death Eater's Cruciatus Curse and burned through Slytherin's arrogance. Two souls scarred by fate began a dangerous conspiracy.
"Remember, there's never a magic bastard in London."
Draco stamped one last lie under the mistletoe. The emerald fluorescence dissipates in the breaking dawn.
When the Daily Prophet's headlines turned into the flames of Hogwarts, they discovered that what was buried in the wreckage of Zheng He's treasure ship was not the secret of immortality, but three hundred twilights stolen from the cracks in time and space by two colliding universes.
"A spell sharper than Avada Kedavra is to redeem you."
Purpose: Mutual redemption