They were polar opposites, but as the old saying goes, opposites attract.

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.

"You should tell him, you know," a familiar voice softly said from behind her. "I know you love him." "Remus," she began turning around to face her friend, "You know I can't do that. He's my best friend, and h-he's in love with his perfect Lily-flower," Elsie sighed as tears began forming in her eyes. "But, Elsie... you don't see the way he looks at you, he-," his sentence was cut off by the girl with tears running down her face. "I don't see how he looks at me, but I see how he looks at her! And, t-that's enough to know that I will n-never be good enough to be with h-him," she snapped through stifled words. "But why don't you just tell him? Why don't you let yourself have a chance at happiness for once?" he asked stepping forwards, wiping her cheeks with his thumbs. "Because...loving him is a losing game. Either way, I'm the one getting hurt," Elsie whispered, falling into the arms of the boy in front of her. SLOW BURN {extended summary inside} (All characters, plots, and aspects of this story belonging to the Harry Potter Universe are credited to JK Rowling.)

Everything happens in 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄... ...Including Iris's cycle of life 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐱 𝐎𝐂 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫: THIS STORY IS DISCONTINUED. THERE'S ANOTHER STORY WITH THE SAME PLOT IN MY PAGE CALLED "Sign of the times. James Fleamont Potter"

༉‧₊˚❏ 🖇 ◂╯• | JAMES FLEAMONT POTTER | • ❝𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠.❞ ┌──── └➤ - or in which a certain potter falls for the youngest lupin. - ╭┈ │ 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 / 𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 │ - 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐳𝐳 © 2021 │ ╰────────✬

"𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘤𝘢𝘵" "𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬" [james potter x fem!oc] [5th year - end of war] [longer description inside] STARTED january 4th ENDED september 12th

𝑒𝑢𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎- (𝑛.) 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 After her mother's death as a young child, Asteria was constantly fighting against her father and his cruel ideas of society. In addition, she was a disappointment due to the fact she had been sorted into Hufflepuff which seemed impossible, especially because she was a Parkinson. As a result, she had kept her defences up constantly but could she lower her guard and let James Potter in? Plus, there's Wolfstar!!! #15 James Potter #1 Ben Barnes #2 Andrew Garfield #1 Aaron Taylor Johnson #1 Sirius Black #1 Hufflepuff

Alina Nightshade doesn't think much about James Potter. Only that he seems rather keen on being annoying. James Potter thinks Alina Nightshade is a mystery all wrapped up in a very pretty girl. And he is keen on trying to be her friend. James Potter x Fem!Oc ~Cover made by be~

Finn Lynch lives a quiet, tranquil life in a rural village in the mountains. Her life may lack spontaneity and excitement, but at least it's peaceful. And if it's a little lonely too, then she can't complain too much - she's still happy, after all. When her uncle asks her to house a defector from the magical war he's involved in, Finn agrees reluctantly despite her concerns that the presence of Regulus Black in her home will disrupt the careful peace she's been cultivating for years. Nothing could prepare her for what an insufferable prick he is. [marauders era] [regulus black x muggle oc] [enemies to lovers] ** updates on wednesdays **

He cut himself off with a kiss. Beatrice was growing rather fond of these Sirius Black kisses. Above everything, she liked the risk of the kiss. The risk that someone might see, and their secret would be revealed. The risk of their families discovering everything. She liked that Sirius saw her as a risk too. Something to hold on to, something to fight for. She liked that Sirius had placed an immeasurable value on her; that he considered her something worth losing. *** Beatrice had grown up hearing tales about Sirius Black. When she was young, they were tales of admiration and jealousy from her best friend, Regulus. But when they grew up, well, so did Sirius, and Beatrice was no longer allowed to see him. But in her fourth year, she learns that Sirius can be quite persistent about the things that he wants, and things start to change. But Sirius was everything her parents hated, and she couldn't have that. And Beatrice was everything his parents loved, and he really couldn't have that. But how beautiful and dangerous to finally have something worth losing. A Sirius Black fanfiction WC: 80,878 Currently under editing #13 in marauders tag #18 in padfoot tag