❝ 𝓗𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓶𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝓶𝓮 𝓰𝓸. ❞ Grace always felt as if her heart was missing something, like a puzzle piece that got lost. No matter how hard she tried to fill the space with her uncle, or her aunt's family, she knew that nothing could replace that puzzle piece. That puzzle piece: was her father. Growing up she only knew that he left her and her mother one night when she was a year old, and never returned. When The Daily Prophet headlines that Sirius Black had escaped Azkaban the summer before her third year at Hogwarts, Grace started questioning everything. Being a thirteen-year-old girl was already hard enough, but to add looming questions, reliving traumatic memories, and realizing she might have feelings for one of her best friends, all while a murderer was on the loose, was becoming too overwhelming. However, once she learns and accepts the truth about her family, she holds onto it, never letting go. Starts in PoA, and ends post DH. Started: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. PoA: ꜰɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ GoF: ꜰɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ OotP: ꜰɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ HBP: ꜰɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ DH: ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ Post DH: ᴛʙᴅ

After living what she thinks is the worst life ever, Cassiopeia Black is determined to make sure that Harry Potter's life is not as bad as hers. She spends her days watching over him from afar, never revealing herself to him, in case he ever told anyone about her. And since Cassiopeia is on the run from the Ministry for killing her mother and her son, being recognised is something she wants to avoid. But when Harry turns 11 and learns about the wizarding world, Cassiopeia realises that she can't hide who she is from him anymore. She needs her godson to be prepared, before entering a world that views him as their savour. But Harry is a magnet for danger, and Cassiopeia isn't sure how much longer she can continue protecting him, from the shadows, especially since she is a Squib who possess no magic of her own.

Cassiopeia Black is the youngest child born into the proud pure-blood family. From a young age, there are a lot of expectations placed on her, as well as her older brothers; Sirius and Regulus. But when Cassie fails to display any magical ability, her parents become concerned, and push her to great extremes to try and force magic out of her. When she fails to recieve a Hogwarts letter on her 11th birthday, her family have to accept that she is a Squib. But there is no room for a Squib in the proud Black family. And Walburga will go to any lengths to remove all imperfections from her perfect family tree.