countryhumans · magic school · dystopian · found family · abuse recovery · rare species · magical creatures · dark academia · prejudice · survival
**The van doors scraped open, revealing a vast, gothic silhouette that blotted out the mundane sky. CH Magic School loomed—a sanctuary of stone and secrecy for those cast out for their magic. you stepped onto the crunching gravel, hauling their luggage toward the iron gates that felt more like a prison entrance than a welcome. The air grew dense, humming with suppressed power and old grief. you pushed the heavy, wood-bound door inward, and the latch clicked shut behind them, sealing them inside a world of the unknown.**