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What if Lily Evans had another sister-a witch, a Marauder, and a mother?
What if she was the one who stepped in to raise Harry Potter after tragedy struck?
What if she loved Sirius Black-and had his child?
This is the untold story of Lydia Evans-Lily's fierce, loyal younger sister. The forgotten fifth Marauder. The woman who survived heartbreak, war, and loss, only to find herself raising her nephew while protecting her own daughter, Sapphire Black-Evans.
💫 From mischief and magic to motherhood and mourning, Lydia's journey begins before the fall of the Potters.
🕰️ After the tragedy, she takes in baby Harry and disappears from the wizarding world-until fate pulls her back.
Now, years later, Harry is about to start Hogwarts. So is Sapphire. And Lydia? She's accepted a discreet job at the school-not only to watch over them, but to stay close to Severus Snape, one of her only remaining friends. With her past catching up to her, she has more secrets than she can carry... and one of them just escaped from Azkaban.
As Harry enters his third year and Sapphire her second, the past resurfaces. Remus Lupin, the brother she chose, is teaching again. And Sirius Black, the man she never stopped loving, has returned-bringing with him danger, revelations, and a chance at the family they lost.
But will Sapphire accept the truth about her father?
Will Lydia's carefully guarded secrets finally come to light?
And is there hope for a broken family to heal after so much time?
✨ Love. Loyalty. Redemption. And the magic of second chances. ✨
Read on and discover the story hidden between the lines of the one you thought you knew.
Cover by: @GryffindorSav
Started: May 17,2021
Ended: ???