Fate was either very optimistic or had a very sick sense of humor when it decided to intertwine the lives of Hermione Granger and Severus Snape. Is is easy to manipulate fate, or is it unescapable, inevitable, no matter how hard you try to decieve it?

Aurelia has suffered much in her time, yet the scars still remain, but kept silent by her choice. Her secrets are well-kept, that is, until Sirius Black comes along and single-handedly shakes the very foundation of her existence. SB/OC

Sirius Black hadn't genuinely smiled for fifteen years before he met Evie, a vibrant girl with no inhibitions or worries, and now his world has been flipped upside down, for the second time in his life. Except this time, it's a good change. Right? SB/OC

During her Fifth Year, Hermione is swamped with OWLs, homework, Sirius, and the Order, and the last thing she needs is a detention with Snape. However, her Potions Master is human, contrary to popular belief, and she learns this in the strangest of ways.