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Stories Nova Black is the youngest Black sibling — forgotten in the shadow of two brothers who left her behind in different ways. Nova Black had grown up knowing exactly what her surname meant. There is a cruel kind of loneliness that doesn’t come from being alone. The war did not end with Voldemort’s disappearance. The war had stolen years from everyone. History remembers Harry Potter as The Boy Who Lived. Nova Vale had always been an exception. The castle had become a battlefield long before the first spell was cast. Nova Vale had always been the heart of the Marauders. The wizarding world has never felt smaller. Nova Potter was never supposed to survive. Hogwarts in the era of the Marauders is often remembered as loud laughter echoing through stone corridors, enchanted pranks that shake the castle awake, and friendships that feel like they could survive anything. The Second Wizarding War is coming. Nova Vale had once believed that being intelligent enough, prepared enough, and stubborn enough could protect the people she loved. Sixth year at Hogwarts is supposed to be simple. Everyone at Hogwarts knows Nova Lupin. THE GIRL BEHIND THE SMILE War never truly ends. Sometimes it simply settles into the walls of old houses, into empty bedrooms, into family names too heavy for children to carry. Grimmauld Place was never meant to be a home. Nobody knew where Nova Vale had come from. Everyone in Hogwarts has decided who Nova Black is. Nova Vale had spent sixteen years learning how to be exactly what everyone expected her to be. There had once been five of them.