[HP: Sirius Black] The Boy's Long Summer Will Never Fade

Growing alongside poetry in immortal verse.

When Thistle Lex was six, she fell out of a tree while climbing it. At seven, she fell into a river from a boat. Both times, she was completely unharmed. By the time she was nine, after experiencing many more incidents like those and reading a few comics, little Thistle ran excitedly up to Mr. and Mrs. Lex, waving her tiny fists as she cried, "I know, Mom! I must be the 'Chosen One' from the books! I'm going to save the world when I grow up!" Mr. and Mrs. Lex only smiled without saying a word.

Then, on her eleventh birthday, Mrs. Lex solemnly told her the truth: "Sweetheart, you're a witch."

Few people knew, however, that Thistle was a rather unusual witch.

"Your great-great-grandmother was a gifted seer. Her descendants inherited some degree of that ability. Perhaps it changed a little along the way. In any case, sweetheart, when you or someone important to you is about to face a major event or a turning point in life, you might catch a glimpse of it in a dream," Mrs. Lex explained.

Much later, Thistle was often grateful to her great-great-grandmother, because she foresaw Sirius's terrible fate. She kept him from bearing the names "murderer" and "traitor," and from enduring an endless, lonely existence in Azkaban.

One day, years later, she curled up in Sirius's arms and told him about those childhood days. Sirius paused, then kissed the forehead of the girl in his arms and said hoarsely, "You really did save the world."

Thistle looked at him, puzzled. "Huh?"

"You saved my world."

[Manual Highlights]

1. A mostly lighthearted, sweet slice-of-life story. The heroine is in Gryffindor.

2. I'm a huge fan of happy endings where everyone gets what they deserve. Building on the original story, I'll do everything I can to give everyone a happy ending. To each their own; the point of fanfiction is to fill in the regrets we have.

3. The writing is very amateurish.

4. I started this story in my first year of high school, and it was terribly written. The six chapters already posted will undergo major revisions and end up quite different, though the overall tone won't change. (All updates and replacements were completed in October 2022.)

Theme: Love is the greatest magic