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2025-05-12
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the truth behind purebloods (now you know)

Summary:

All wizards are descendants of muggles, but the Sacred 28 are just families who became wizards centuries ago. This means pureblood ideology is all made up. The "balance" is the hierarchy, but it's also the idea that there is only so much magic in the world, and if there are more wizards than magic, then kids who should've ended up with magic ended up as squibs. Therefore, Muggleborns are "stealing" magic. They think that when a child becomes an obcscurial, the magic goes back out into the world and can be "reclaimed" by their future children, because of this, they don't want Muggleborns in the wizarding world and they don't want them to be taught magic, therefore forcing the child to become an obscurial. Regulus believes some of this. He believes that Muggleborns having magic means that fewer purebloods will have magic (because that's what he was taught his entire life growing up, until now), but he doesn't think they should die. To him, Muggleborns getting magic instead of "pureblood" children is just part of the "balance". He, like most of the wizarding world, believes magic is scentiant and when it makes children sqibs its because they didnt deserve the magic

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im sorry for the short first chapter but I'm an extremely sleeper deprived uni student

I'm dyslexic, tired, disabled, and mentally ill. Updates will be random and sporadic as I'm a university/college student trying to get a degree. English is my second language at this point, even though I grew up with it, just please don't question it

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Chapter 1: just the way the world works

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Regulus grew up believing that Muggleborns stole the magic from purebloods. He grew up believing that if Muggleborns didn't learn magic and became an obscurus, there would be more magic for those who were purebloods. He grew up seeing the statistics and everything, though he, like many people, believed that magic was sentient and that anyone born a squib was not worthy of Lady Magic's blessing. As he grew older and started to form his own opinions, he began to realize that no one, no matter their blood status, deserved to die or become an obscurial. Regulus was 15 now, he decided he wanted to make a more informed decision on this topic. This is where our story will begin.

 

-third person POV-

Regulus was a fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As it was Halloween, Regulus had decided to stay away from the Great Hall instead hiding away in the library surrounded by books of wizarding history and their origins, well skimming over a book on politics surrounding purebloods and their magics Regulus stumbled on a chapter that talked about the origans of the sacred 28 and the history behind all pure blood families. He pauses his skimming over the book and decides to read the chapter, which talks all about how purebloods started as muggles and how the sacred 28 are just families that are old enough to rewrite history to their liking, creating the blood ideals that everyone lives by today, including the current dark lord