Chapter 1: A New Kind of Magic
The Sorting Hat settled on his head, and Alex felt a rush of foreign knowledge pressing against his mind. It was like someone had connected him to an ancient server full of untapped wisdom.
"Oh my, what an unusual mind... Data-based magic? Fascinating. I haven't seen something like this in centuries."
"You can read that?" Alex thought, startled.
"Oh, I can read much more than that, young Carter. Your mind is an intricate web of structured knowledge, unlike anything I've encountered before. A seeker of wisdom, ambitious yet fair-minded. A mind sharp as Ravenclaw's, but with the drive of a Slytherin... Where to put you?"
Alex hesitated. He had Archive Magic. Knowledge was his greatest weapon. But where could he make the most of it? Gryffindor and Hufflepuff wouldn't fit. Slytherin might offer advantages, but the risks were too high.
"Better be... RAVENCLAW!"
The table erupted into applause, and Alex took his seat among his new housemates, mind already racing with possibilities. With his Archive Magic, he could analyze spells in real time, create digital tomes of lost knowledge, and even predict patterns of dark magic before they emerged. He had the opportunity to uncover what even Dumbledore himself might have overlooked.
As the feast commenced, he discreetly activated his Archive.
[Scanning Magical Structure...]
The very fabric of Hogwarts began unraveling before his eyes, revealing hidden enchantments, protective barriers, and even traces of dark magic that lingered from centuries past. If he played his cards right, he wouldn't just survive this world—he would master it.
His mind absorbed spell theory from floating diagrams, decrypted arcane formulas hidden in the very air around him, and even highlighted flaws in existing enchantments. He was going to make history in this school.