[Harry Potter] The Wizards of Spinner's End

On his first day in Gryffindor, Sam excitedly said he wanted to share a dormitory with Lily.

"You're a boy. You can't share a dorm with me!" Lily said, blushing as she looked at her friend, who had suddenly started acting silly.

The next day, red-haired Sam excitedly ran over to the table of his "archenemy's" house.

"Sev, Lily and I are not only in the same house, we're roommates too! I wish you were here!" he said with a beaming smile.

"Don't be ridiculous." Severus glared at Sam with disdain. Even Gryffindors weren't foolish enough to put boys and girls in the same dorm. "So... you didn't know Sam was a girl either, did you, Severus?" Lily asked, looking deeply conflicted.

No breaking up the canon couples, and no bashing Lily. A story about a tomboyish, airheaded little witch.

The CP is Sirius! He's gorgeous, cue the starry eyes.

A word of caution: Sirius is especially cocky in the early chapters, a spoiled young aristocrat. Please keep that in mind before reading, and trust that he'll grow up to be very handsome.

A note from January 30, 2021: This story has had a problem with the male lead being clueless from the very beginning. I naively thought that if I wrote another hundred thousand words, I could fix it. Then one day, I suddenly realized that where Professor actually lived as a child was called "Spinner's End," not "Spider Alley End." I gritted my teeth and wrote another thirty thousand words or so, but in the end I gave up. If I got the starting location of the story wrong, this was just too much of a mess. I think only Harry Potter fans can understand how maddening it is to misremember an important plot point. Another time, I was halfway through writing when someone reminded me that Sectumsempra was a spell the Professor invented in his seventh year. I was suffocating. I just couldn't face it. And Sirius's characterization being so thin was another major headache. (According to the outline, he doesn't get much more screen time until fourth year.) So I really couldn't keep writing, but I didn't dare revise it either, because revising it could easily turn into abandoning it.

But... I'm out of Harry Potter fanfic to read. Completely out. So I'm going to revise it again! Today I'll start with the names. If any lovely readers see this, please don't leave a comment. One of my important ways of finding stories is to see what you lovely readers are reading, then read those too. Seeing how beautifully other people write helps me forget about my own abandoned story.

One important note before reading: The author loves every character in Harry Potter and thinks all four houses are incredibly cool. So no one will turn evil, including the Death Eaters. I promise every good person will find happiness, including Harry and Neville's parents, and of course Sirius and Fred. If you're hoping for a showdown between opposing factions, you won't find one.

One more very important note before reading: The female lead's CP is Sirius, but the Professor gets a lot, a lot, a lot of screen time.