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Two different students sorted into two different houses at the start of Voldemort's first rise before the boy who lived existed and before the prophecy was even uttered. One student is a pure blood Slytherin the other is a half blood Gryffindor. Both never really encountered each other except in classes until their fourth year. Then something happens and they seem to beginning to come in contact more often.

Something seems to be connecting them but they don't know what it is. Finally they are unable to deny the attraction they feel, and they find themselves in an unused classroom. Their they confess their feelings for one another and begin a relationship. Their classmates are surprised but no one protests.

Everything seems to be going great until Voldemort begins to reach out for supporters in the houses, Slytherin primarily. Then one house feel the need to break the pair apart. They manage to succeed, in a crafty way that has one of the pair avoiding the other.

Name: Arina Riely
Age/year at Hogwarts: Fourth Year
House: Gryffindor
Personality: Arina is a popular girl among her classmates/housemates. She is very outgoing and a bit of a people pleaser. She always seems to be smiling even when something goes wrong. She tends to be the optimistic voice in everything. Shes willing to give a chance to everyone and tries to help others where she can. Everyone thinks shes perfect but there are many cracks behind the mask.
Bio: Arina is the youngest child of three and one of only two to be magical. Her older brother is a squib and resents Arina for having magic where he doesn't. Because of that when they were in school together before Hogwarts, Arina's older brother had her bullied causing him to be quiet and shy. Her parents turned a blind eye and Arina felt the only one she could truly and completely trust was her sister who has long since graduated from Hogwarts now, it was her sister that showed her she could still trust people. When Arina got to Hogwarts she wanted a new start and forced herself to get to know people and help others. She doesn't want anyone to know about her home life so she doesn't talk about it, almost always she turns the subject to something else.

Name: Saren Bane Will
Age/year at Hogwarts: Forth year
House: Slytherin
Personality: He is a very blunt, straight-to-the-point person and seemingly perfect in every way along with being able controlling his emotions; it was just how he was raised. Most other people say he's rude and insensitive as to he's just telling the truth on a more harsher level. All that can change if he continues to keep things bottled up inside, but he's a patient person and able to choke it down until his tipping point.
Bio: Obviously, being a pure blood, Saren grew up in a life of luxery and strict rule to stray away from those that weren't. Of course, he wasn't 'safe' from them even at Hogwarts. The sorting hat quickly placed him in Slytherin before it even sat on his head. Even through the years he never seemed to make much 'friends', only acquaintances or people who thought they knew him. He never cared to learn about anyone else. At the time, he felt it wasn't important to know other people since it was both a waste of time and that it drag him down, so he always flung harsh words and distanced himself from people. That was, until he had forced into a project with whom he had rather much avoided. It was the make-it-or-break-it kind of project that would affect both of their grades dramatically, and if he had to put up with a Gryffindor to finish the project with a well off grade, he would. It didn't really matter to hm, as long as they made as little contact as possible. It turns out that there's going to be a lot more contact than he had intended...
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