Third year begins with shadows. Y/N returns to Hogwarts unsettled by the news of Sirius Black’s escape, the castle guarded by Dementors that seem to drain warmth from the very air. But what unsettles her more is the way Harry reacts to them — and the way she does too. The cold, the screaming in the distance, the feeling of something stolen — it mirrors something inside her she’s never been able to name. Harry is different this year. More burdened. More restless. And the closer they grow, the m