One can spend a lifetime building themselves into the person they always thought they wanted to be, only to have it all torn down in a matter of moments. No one knows this better than Valerie Halliwell. However, this may just be the push she needed to set herself on a brighter path, along with a little help from a certain kindred Gryffindor and his band of marauders. (Sirius/OC).

Helena Halliwell's first five years at Hogwarts were some of the best of her life. However, all of that comes crashing down when her younger sister Cheryl disappears and her family practically falls apart at the seams. She is left a shell of her former self. However, with the help of the rebellious Marauders, especially one sixth-year Sirius, she may find what she lost. (Sirius/OC)