Winnie Potter had once been warm-full of laughter, always trailing after James and Sirius like a second shadow. But everything changed the moment the Sorting Hat whispered Slytherin. Her bond with them cracked, then broke. She became the black sheep of the Potter name, a stain on their legacy. They stopped looking at her the same way. Eventually, they stopped looking at all. But in the shadows of Slytherin, she found something else-not redemption, but belonging. Her new friends and family who held her hand when no one else would. Love, in quiet looks and cruel loyalty. Peace, in secrets. It wasn't what she thought she wanted. But maybe it was what she needed because, If the light casts you out, are you wrong for choosing the dark? (I started this when I was like 13, and just now decided to continue it. The writing gets better after chapter 3-4. Please bare with me guys. Also, there might be some small grammatical mistakes in the book because English isn't my first language)

"𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥- 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮." "𝐨𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 - 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐜 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐨𝐜 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 - 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐡

"𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 '𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐱, 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐬, 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱. 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐜 𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏-𝟔 + 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬.