Malia Black grew up with an urge to protect her family. The war might be long over, but in the eyes of many, the Black family are yet to make up for the crimes of their ancestors. Will Malia be able to protect her family and newfound friends throughout her time at Hogwarts, or will she drag them down with her? All seems to be going well, until Malia becomes too closely entwined with James Potter... James Sirius Potter x OC Multiple POVs, mostly Malia Warning: Strong language and slight mature themes (drinking, mention/implications of sexual content) Descriptions of some violence further into the fic. Started: 23rd February 2021 Finished: who knows PLEASE READ FOLLOWING MESSAGE: there is an EDITED version of chapters prologue - 34 (old wounds) that has been posted altogether at the end of this fic read the message posted to my profile for more info about this i'm not going to tell you which version to read, but i would recommend the edited version then switching back to the original from chapter 35 onwards {Highest rankings} #1 in Nextgen (30/3/21) (21/4/22) #1 in Nextgeneration (24/4/22) #1 in Roseweasley (29/3/21) #1 in Teddy (22/9/21) #1 in Goldentrio (3/5/22) #3 in Teddylupin (22/9/21) #3 in Jamessiriuspotter (30/1/23) #20 in Granger (11/4/21) #47 in Jamespotter (9/3/21) #177 in Hogwarts (10/3/21) All characters apart from my own OC's belong to JK Rowling Disclaimer: I do not support JK Rowling's views.

𝘛𝘞: +18 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘉𝘋𝘚𝘔, 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 & 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭. Fred Weasley hated that Slytherin girl with his entire soul; Lilith Arambella was not only Severus Snape's niece, the daughter of one of the most dangerous Death Eaters to ever exist but also, the Beater in the Slytherin team and a terribly good player (nearly as good as him!). Fred Weasley couldn't do anything but hate her, and the feeling was pretty much reciprocal. ✵ • 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘹 𝘖𝘊 • 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 1994 - 1998 + 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 • 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 • 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 • 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔/𝗡 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗪𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴/𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. [ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞-𝐰𝐡𝐨-𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐧𝐨𝐭-𝐛𝐞-𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐊𝐑 ] 𝓍𝒶𝓃𝒶 <3

❝I try to refrain, but you're stuck in my brain. And all I do is cry and complain, because second's not the same.❞ A mistake. That's what their one night stand was. Nothing but a mistake. He loved Lily, and loving her was all he's ever known. So why is Selene finding it so hard to move on from someone who was never hers?

Maeve Black has always had a knack for finding herself in trouble. Now that she is at Hogwarts and feeling the real implications of the Black name, she has to maneuver her way through all while faced with growing feelings for her best friend. ◦How stupid I had been to try and squash the feelings that had developed over the years. Each pointless argument, every stolen glance, and lingering touch played on repeat in my head, amplifying the weight of my mistakes. ◦ disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter characters or that universe. (Maeve Black and Alice Pearce are mine, pls no touch) All Rights Reserved

"I'm feeling so impossible right now." "But I am the impossible, love." "Or maybe you're just someone who's immensely bored in Transfig that you reply to random desk vandalizing." Florence Price: Ravenclaw, punctual, bright. Straight grades with two brilliant friends who she treasures dearly. As she comes across a not so pleasant day, one sentence scratched on wooden desk leads to a whole conversation with an unknown person. Fred Weasley: Gryffindor, wild, creative. Extraordinary prankster with an equally brilliant twin brother. As he comes across a not so out of the ordinary day, one reply to a vandalized desk leads to a strange friendship with a mystery person. ::unedited:: please excuse typos and spelling errors, I write all my chapters either hastily or when I'm half asleep Highest Rank: #177 in fanfiction, as of 9/18