can we get your take on an hp au? including the usual ships if you please!
Souma grows up knowing himself to be muggleborn. Jouichirou never discloses his own magical descent to him– and raises him alone in his wife’s hometown, working as a gym teacher. Naturally, Souma never receives any magical knowledge or training from Jou that lends him an edge over his peers at Hogwarts, but growing up athletic and agile proves incredibly helpful when he joins the polar star duelling club with Megumi– and proceeds to excel. At his sorting, he is promptly placed in Gryffindor.
Erina is the granddaughter of Headmaster Senzaemon. As always, the Nakiri are pureblooded, high-ranking nobles– and there is much talk of her being their most gifted heiress in centuries. Her natural talent, especially for potioneering, is matched only by her ruthless ambition, and it’s of no surprise to anyone when she is sorted into Slytherin. Her younger years were spent under her father’s tutelage– and that brings with it its own baggage. She grew up on castle grounds, and knows much of the hidden lore and history of the school. As Hogwarts falls under the Azami administration, Erina finds it in herself to resist the hardliner, purist methods of her father, and takes it upon herself to tutor the polar star club in advanced defences.
Megumi Tadokoro– Gryffindor to her bones– is a half-blooded (me dad’s a muggle, mam’s a witch!) girl, who hails from the far-north port towns. Though mild-natured, and not particularly academically inclined, she’s an exceptionally gifted quidditch player, and becomes one of the youngest seekers – and then captain– in Hogwarts history. Her best subject is care of magical creatures, but she’s got an unexpected and exceptional knack for DADA, possibly owing to her natural athletic reflexes. At his insistence, Megumi joins the polar star duelling club with Souma, and is one of the key players in keeping it afloat underground once the administration changes.
Takumi– hard to place, but ultimately Gryffindor– and Isami, irrevocably Hufflepuff– are half-bloods, come to study overseas at their wandmaker father’s alma mater. Both of them excel at Transfiguration, though Takumi is competitive to a fault when it comes to keeping up academically with all of his subjects. He, Souma, and Megumi become a sort of trio– Gryffindors have traditionally packed together, and after Azami becomes headmaster, it’s what necessity demands of them.
Alice– a complete charms whiz, who enjoys arithmancy. Despite being a Nakiri, she’s always had a certain laissez-faire attitude towards keeping up appearances, which allowed her to fully embrace her off-kilter academic tendencies. To nobody’s surprise, she’s a Ravenclaw to her bones. She publishes a monthly “newspaper” that tip-toes the line between satire and reporting, called “the other prophet” that comes with “holographic posters of nargles”. If you ask her why it’s blank, she’ll shrug. Despite all of this kookiness, Alice is a brilliant and dedicated fighter for the resistance. Her ability in charms have made her particularly useful for flying covertly en masse, etc.
Ryo is a ravenclaw. Whether he was properly sorted or simply threatened the hat into putting him into Alice’s house is yet to be discerned.
Hayama is a slytherin who’s exceptionally gifted at potioneering. Under the Azami administration, he hesitates to go against the school in fear of his mentor, Jun Shiomi (hufflepuff extraordinaire and herbology professor), being fired from her teaching position. He comes around soon enough.
Hisako is, as always, Erina’s aide. Hails from a pureblood family of her own and excels at herbology (+ ancient runes). Hufflepuff.
The polar star duelling club isn’t an established club as much as it is, well, the room of requirement-- still-furnished with the decor and equipment of the previous generations. Yuki’s the one who finds it.
Shun, secretly, really wants to open a shop for enchanted fireworks someday. Ryoko is the only one who knows about this.
Megumi’s firebolt was sent to her by her entire village. They all chipped in.
Erina eventually becomes incredibly passionate about house elf rights.
For Souma, amortentia smells like charcoal smoke and sunny side up eggs fried in fat. For Erina, amortentia is distilled orangeflower fragrance, and marzipan.
Takumi and Isami share an owl. It leads to many, many shenanigans over a few, erm, letters.
Ikumi holds the record for most butterbeers chugged under 20 minutes.
Divination professor Inui Hinako and DADA professor Shinomiya Kojirou are going to kill each other one day and the student body have a betting pool going over who’s going to snap first.
Alice often commentates for quidditch games. The quality of her commentary remains debatable and also incredibly dependant on who you ask.
Erina becomes a professor after graduating. Souma chooses to travel.
Alice becomes an actual bona fide serious journalist. Think chaotic good Rita Skeeter. Ryo tags along. They frequently bother Hayama. All is well.
Hisako ends up working with Jun. She and Hayama grow quite close.
Souma and Megumi were each other’s platonic dates to the yule ball.
