The Exchange Student

"I saw you standing there, with an open heart
And with open arms, you welcomed me"

―the light (alt. ver), chptrs

THE CARDONA FAMILY comes from one of the eight original Magical Bloodlines of Colombia. The last descendants —albeit indirect— of the Quechua’s Hampiq, the Shamans, the Wizards; they possess the unique gift of Creature Tongue, an inherited trait that allows them to talk with any creature, magical or not, except for serpents. The Hampiq, before the creation of Castelobruxo, around 600 AD, created a sanctuary for the Magical Creatures of their territory. A reservation that doesn’t exist in the physical space, but that expands space for its existence, rooted by the most primal and raw magic to touch the continent.   

"I learned my passion in the good old-fashioned school of loverboys."

―good old-fashioned lover boy, queen

CAROLINA CARDONA AND REMUS LUPIN didn’t plan to procreate, least of all in their teens. But oh, what a delightful surprise it was, even more, when María and Sirius found themselves in the same situation. Their marriage, already planned, needed only to wait for the birth of their child, and their graduation from Hogwarts. There was nothing they couldn’t overcome with their devoted love for one another, and so, on December 1^st of 1977, they welcomed their son Nicolás Cardona-Lupin. Sadly, for them, their family’s love couldn’t shelter them from the ruins and devastation left by the war. The First Wizarding War.

"We carry on 
Carry on 'til the morning come
We carry on
Carry on 'till the morning sun"

―carry on, chptrs

NICOLÁS CARDONA-LUPIN AND CAELUM CARDONA-BLACK were born in the middle of a war and left to be raised by those who were barely patching up their wounds and only had the remains of the aftermath. Their small family did its best with the little they were given. Love in their lives shone with no dims, and the warmth embraced them with no waver.

"Él le tiene miedo hoy a hablarme, yo le tengo miedo a confesarme."

"He's afraid of talking to me today, I'm afraid of confessing."

―miedo, Carolina gaitán

NICOLÁS CARDONA-LUPIN was a prodigy, a nerd, and the proper son of his parents. He, just like the Nifflers he cared for, loved shiny things, from rings to bracelets, to his favorite: the stars. Before he even started attending Castelobruxo, he knew thirteen constellations: the zodiac ones, and Canis Major. He could recite to you, barely breathing in between, the kind of alchemical formulas and recipes that adult potioners struggled with. He could tell you how to take care of any magical creature, with such passion, that New Scamander cried a few times in their meetings. He was born four days before his cousin Caelum was, but they shared every breath ever since; they were cousins, friends, companions, and soulmates. Nicolás lost people before he knew what loss meant. While everyone in the UK was celebrating the downfall of The Dark Lord, Nicolás thought of his Uncle James, his Aunt Lily, his Uncle Sirius, and baby Harry Potter. All who he lost, before his barely four-year-old brain could understand. Nicolás and Caelum swore to protect Harry —their honorary little cousin—, but the world had no regard for childish oaths, as Harry was stripped from their hands, hidden away, and vowed to be kept away. Not them, and not their family were able to get in any kind of contact with Harry, all due to one Albus Dumbledore, who kept his reasons as close to his chest as his heart was. All they could do was… endure and walk ahead.

"I was made for loving you baby,
You were made for loving me."

―i was made for lovin' you, kiss

CEDRIC DIGGORY for his part, was like a mystery to Nicolás. Curiously, not for himself —because Cedric wore his heart on his sleeve—, but for what he evoked on Nicolás. They met when they were both twelve, Cedric came all the way from England to Colombia for the summer, and Nicolás quickly made his own opinion on Cedric. He was polite, and gentle, and… pretty, very pretty. He wasn't sure what to do with that information, and his mother had only chuckled and told him he would know in time. Oh, well, if Nicolás has learned anything, is that most of the time, following your heart takes you to the right place. And there’s nowhere his heart beats more beautifully, than beside Cedric.

"투명한 유리구슬처럼 보이지만, 그렇게 쉽게 깨지진 않을 거야"
"I may seem like a clear Glass Bead, but I won't break easily."

―glass bead, gfriend

"'Cause I'm your home,
Because you're my home,
네가 울 수 있는 곳, 나도 울 수 있는 곳"
"A place you can come to, a place I can go to."

―home, seventeen

"You know how to ball, I know Aristotle."

―so high school, taylor swift

PRESENTING

XOLO MARIDUEÑA as NICOLÁS CARDONA-LUPIN

LOUIS PARTRIDGE as CAELUM CARDONA-BLACK

DIANE GUERRERO as CAROLINA CARDONA

CAROLINA GAITAN as MARÍA I. CARDONA

DAVID THEWLIS as REMUS J. LUPIN

GARY OLDMAN as SIRIUS O. BLACK

PEDRO PASCAL as PEDRO A. CARDONA

SALMA HAYEK as ANGELA M. CARDONA

ROBERT PATTINSON as CEDRIC DIGGORY

PLAYLIST

Taylor Swift — So High School
GFRIEND — 유리구슬 (Glass Bead)
CHPTRS — The Light (Alt Version)
Carolina Gaitán — Miedo
Choquibtown — Hasta el Techo
Taylor Swift — You're on Your Own, Kid
Karol G — MIENTRAS ME CURO DEL CORA
Queen — Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
SEVENTEEN — HOME
Troye Sivan — YOUTH
CHPTRS — Write My Name
Taylor Swift —gold rush
Epica — Unleashed
CHPTRS — Carry On
GFRIEND — Rainbow
CHPTRS — Photograph (Alt Version)
KISS — I Was Made For Lovin' You
Epica — Storm the Sorrow
Indila —Love Story
Choquibtown — Nuqui (Te Quiero Para Mi)
Karol G — CONTIGO (with Tiësto)
CHPTRS — Let The New Begin
Arcadian — Petit à petit
Taylor Swift — Paper Rings

AUTHOR'S NOTES

As a Colombian myself, this work holds a very special place in my heart, and I completely adore all the characters I've worked so hard to create, and can only hope for you to resonate with them.

This book is part of a series I'll be working on. For detailed backstory of the Cardona Family, you guys can check The Cardona Family: The Anthology , and also curse of romanticsm, both are currently on hold, and I'll probably publish them on Quotev any other day.

English is not my first language, but I'll make my greatest efforts to always bring quality content! And if you ever spot any typo, don't be shy to point it out!

I want to take this little space to support two figures who have been indispensable for my journey as a writer, and those are my very close friends @yllwjckts and @wheremyarmorends whose love and support has lifted me when the clouds over my head had turned grey

WARNINGS

𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯? 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘗 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 (𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘢, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶). 

𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘕𝘖 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘹. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 smut 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘨𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴.

𝘛𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘺, 𝘴𝘰, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.

𝚂𝚒𝚍𝚎  𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎,  𝙸  𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝  𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝  𝚗𝚘𝚛  𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎  𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕  𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛,  𝚗𝚘𝚛  𝚊𝚗𝚢  𝚘𝚏  𝚑𝚎𝚛  𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚌  𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜/𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜.  𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜,  𝚊𝚗𝚍  𝚊𝚗𝚢  𝚘𝚏  𝚖𝚢  𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜,  𝚊𝚛𝚎  𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎  𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜  𝚏𝚘𝚛  𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎.

- 𝐣.𝐟. 𝐜. 🐼💜