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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Summary:

Told from Sybilll Trelawney's perspective, this story begins during her first year at Hogwarts and continues through the war years. It chronicles her complicated friendship with Pandora, Pandora’s friendship with Regulus Black, a brief flirt with paganism, the headaches and fainting spells caused by Marauders & Co, and the increasingly anxious voice in her head that keeps telling her something bad is about to happen.

Notes:

A couple notes before we begin:

THE MUSIC
I tried to keep the majority of the music true to the 1960s and 70s, though there are a few modern songs that felt crucial to add. (You don’t even know the self restraint I had to show to keep Taylor Swift- mostly- out of this. It was a feat of strength.)
I really love how the Marauders own the pop and rock scene of the 70s, but Sybill is definitely more of a love child, so I loved finding hippie songs for her. I do have a playlist, but I'll post it after I finish uploading the chapters since it might give some plot points away.

THE CHARACTERS
I highly recommend looking at Annie Stegg’s art on Instagram!!! I see Pandora in a lot of her paintings. Her art is exactly what the characters in this story experience- a girlhood interlaced with mythology and folklore.

P.S. My original characters started out as just fillers for the common room. You can see that they quickly became much more than that. I hope you love them like I do :)

P.P.S I will admit that I was confused and thought that Alice Longbottom's maiden name was Fortescue so we're just gonna roll with it

Chapter 1: Sybill Trelawney's First Prophecy- 1980

Chapter Text

The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches.

Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies.

The Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not.

Either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives. 

The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies....