Wizards in the Muggle World Challenge

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Meet Lord Vitalius Octavious Fanglesnoot.

Lord Vitalius has a secret. His Pureblood family is presumed wealthy but in reality they’re anything but. They’ve been pretending for years. Their mansion is beautiful to look at on the outside, but every year the rooms get emptier and emptier as they sell old family heirlooms to keep up appearances. They never invite anyone to actually VISIT. He’s actually quite confident that he can pass off as a Muggle once he learns the rules and behaviours.

It’s not any surprise that Lord Vitalius ended up in Slytherin. Vitalius has been pretending his whole life. With his sly wit and polished manners, Vitalus has been able to find acceptance in the elite circles with nothing but a promise and a wink. With two exceptions – Lady Adelaide and her estute friend Lord Alec. Lord Vitalius had the misfortune of being recognized at Gladrags by Lord Alec, both trying to discreetly find the most inexpensive Hogwarts robes. It was one of the most humiliating moments of Vitalius’s life.

Lady Adelaide he’d met prior to Hogwarts, when he was quite young. His family was in the initial stages of arranging a betrothal between him and her, which thankfully fell through. Dash it all, nothing wrong with Adelaide but really! Producing two heirs? Her family was wealthy, but with his in poverty they just wouldn’t have the funds. Of course, his family never did tell her the real reason they broke it off.
Sometime in the first year of Hogwarts, Alec pointed him out to Lady Adelaide and confided that he’d been seen buying ‘poor student’ clothes. Adelaide had the nerve to feel sorry for him! Somehow no matter what he tried, he kept running into those two and they kept seeing right through his put-on airs and graces. “If you ever need a friend, we’re here.” Adelaide had once told him. Well … he was Slytherin enough to realize that when you can’t beat ‘em, you might as well join ‘em.

He’s going along with this mad muggle scheme for two reasons: #1 ‘muggles’ and ‘halfbloods’ are popular now, so it doesn’t surprise his Pureblood acquaintances that he’s trying out this new fad. #2 It’s really ghastly living in an empty mansion. Anything has to be better. Vitalius is willing to try.