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Twelve years after the fall of Voldemort, Estelle Ophelia Black returns to Hogwarts. Not as a student, not as the girl who once carved runes into windowsills or stole apples from the kitchens with the Marauders—but as a professor. As a survivor.
Twin sister of Sirius Black, former Slytherin tangled in Gryffindor friendships, a girl caught between legacy and rebellion, and still haunted by the scent of firewhisky and ash.
In a castle full of ghosts, she finds herself again facing old friends, dangerous truths, and the long shadows of war. Remus Lupin is still kind beneath his quiet, Severus Snape is still sharp behind his scowl, and the past—well, it never really left.
This is not just a return. It’s a reckoning.
Essence of Dittany is a slow-burn, emotionally layered canon-divergent epic that weaves through the aftermath of grief, the ache of forbidden love, and the cost of surviving. It is tender, furious, atmospheric, and strange. For those who loved the Marauders, who mourned what the war stole, and who always wondered what it might take to come home again.
This one’s for you.
And for her.