Stars Between Us

Faelen Black, a Hufflepuff, grew up learning how to carry grief long before she ever had words for it when her mother, Elle Diggory, was murdered by Voldemort. The same night, her father, Sirius Black, was sent to Azkaban for a murder he didn't commit, branded a traitor, a Death Eater. With both parents gone, Fae was raised by her aunt and uncle, Michelle and Amos Diggory, alongside Cedric, who became more like a brother than a cousin. The Diggory home was where she learned to love music. Cedric was always tapping rhythms on anything he could reach. Lee Jordan, one of their closest friends and neighbor, never stopped joking or talking, and Fae never stopped singing. By the time Fae turned thirteen, the three of them formed a band, The Star Chords. Cedric on drums, Lee on guitar, and Fae as the singer and lyricist. In her third year at Hogwarts her world changed. Sirius Black escaped Azkaban, a man Fae had spent her life believing was dead. Suddenly, her father was a fugitive, accused murderer, supposed servant of Voldemort. Then, at the end of that year, she met him and learned he wasn't a monster, just a man who had been stolen from his own life. When she returned home that summer, she convinced her aunt and uncle that he was innocent. Slowly, her family began to rebuild around that truth. Sirius was welcomed back, hidden and protected. Now she's entering her fourth year. The Triwizard Tournament is looming. Fae's band is gaining recognition. Then there's Theodore Nott. At first, he is exactly what she thinks he is. Draco Malfoy's friend, her unfortunate cousin's closest ally, which automatically labels him "do not trust." Draco and Fae have always been complicated, and anything tied to him feels like trouble. So Theo becomes just another Slytherin she avoids without a second thought. Until one accidental night in the library changes that assumption. For the first time, she realizes Theo Nott might not be what she's believed.