é𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚒 (𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍): 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. - "𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟'𝕥 𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕥." "𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥?" "𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕚 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟. 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟'𝕥 𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕥. 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝." - Nuna Hollis had one job. Protect death eater in training, Regulus Black. She would do anything to make sure she doesn't end up alone, even if it meant pretending to be a Beauxbatons transfer student and enrolling into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Sirius Black had been disowned for doing the one thing Nuna wished she had the courage to do. Even though the Black brothers haven't spoken since then, Sirius notices a rather pretty new girl cling onto Regulus on her first day. He wonders if she can convince her to cling to a different member of the Black family instead. - (unedited) completed: 7.16.19 updated: 10.8.22 #1 in "beauxbatons" on 8.1.21 #1 in "remuslupin" on 11.7.21 #1 in "regulus" on 1.31.22 #1 in "1970s" on 8.25.22 #3 in "benbarnes" on 3.27.22 #5 in "themarauders" on 4.4.22

She had tried to warn him not to fall in love with her, that she could not be loved. She was as unreachable as the midnight sky and he was a star that would only burn out in her depths. Marauders Era | Sirius Black Fifth Year - Post First Wizarding War with flashbacks throughout |

"Beauty isn't going to get you everything you want, Black." "No but it certainly helps."

A muggle-born Slytherin whose parents are terrified of her. A pureblood Gryffindor whose parents are disappointed in him. The arrival of her Hogwarts letter was meant to make everything better. Asteria Halloway finally had an explanation for her parents as to why she didn't fit in no matter how hard she tried. She was a witch. However, this did not make anything better. If anything, Asteria's life began to spiral out of control. Her parents feared her magic - troubled by their daughter's powers. Not only that, but the young muggle born girl would soon be sorted into the pureblood supremacist Slytherin House. Here, she would face discrimination day after day, year after year. Sirius Black spends his days pranking. Asteria Halloway spends her days reading. The start of their fifth year at Hogwarts brings with it terrible circumstance. Sirius and Asteria must go behind each other's backs and use the other for their own personal gain. Despite this promised one-time-only deal, the two of them come together and won't be torn apart anytime soon. And this is only the beginning of the unbelievably amazing events that unfolded for Asteria and Sirius. They're in for one wild ride and they're defying stereotypes left, right, and centre.

"How did you know it was time to leave?" "Do you feel sick to your stomach every waking moment in that house?" Romina stepped back for a moment and let out the breath she did not even realize she had been holding. "Y-Yes." she admitted sheepishly, still clutching onto the railing keeping her on solid ground within the astronomy tower. "It's time to leave then, love." -------------------------------------------------- Romina Lestrange grew up believing that she was destined to live her life as a servant to the Dark Lord. With her best friend, Regulus Black, by her side - nothing could go wrong. With the fast uprising of Lord Voldemort, how will Romina fair in this game of life? OC x Sirius Black 1975-1981 (?) --------------------- Top Rankings ~ #6: mulciber - 9/24/2021 #10: firstwizardingwar - 10/3/2021; #6 10/16/2021 #8: firstwizardingwar - 10/12/2021; #2 10/29/2021 #4: Lestrange 1/4/22 #7: maraudersera 1/7/22; #1 4/20/22 #1: maraudersfanfiction 4/4/22 #1: remuslupin 7/14/22