Stella White

Stella Side White III

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**Stella Side White** **III** (6 May, 1959 –18 June, 1996), also known as **Chat Noir** or **Kitty** (in her Animagus form) was an English pure-blood witch, the eldest daughters of Charles and Side White, and the sister of Regina White. Although she was the heir of the House of White, Stella opposed her family's belief in blood purity and defied tradition when she was Sorted into Slytherin House instead of Gryffindor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which she attended from 1971–1978. As the rest of his family had been in Gryffindor, she was the odd one out.

As Stella's relationship with her relatives decayed, she acquired a lifelong friendship with Jane Evers and Rena Lupus. She was also friends with Petra Perry. The four friends, also known as the Girls of Glory, joined the Order of the Phoenix to fight against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War. Stella was named the godmother of Harriet Jane Riddle, the only daughter of Tom and Jane Riddle. When Perry betrayed the Riddles to Voldemort, Stella sought to get revenge on Perry. However, Perry was able to frame Stella for her treachery of the Riddles, the murder of twenty-four Muggles, and the staged murder of Perry before Stella could effectuate this.

Stella was sent to Azkaban, and after twelve years became the only known person (along with Sirius Black) to escape the prison unassisted. She did it by transforming into her Animagus form of a black cat often confused with a sign of bad luck. Stella exposed Perry's betrayal to her old friend Rena and her goddaughter Harriet. After Lord Voldemort returned in 1995, Stella rejoined the Order. She was killed by a jumping in front of a Killing Curse, accidentally directed to Harriet, during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and subsequently cleared of all charges by the Ministry of Magic, though it was too late for her to enjoy her freedom.

She briefly appeared again to Harriet through the Resurrection Stone on 2 May, 1998, along with Rena Lupus, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James and Lily Potter. Harriet later named their first twins Jane Stella Potter after her and her best friend Jane Evers.

## Biography

### Early life (1960–1971)

**Harriet Riddle**: "*Did your parents ever, ki-kill any Muggles?*"
**Stella**: "No, but if they ever had the chance to support it, they would."
— Stella regarding his family's beliefs
Stella Side White III was born on 6 May, 1960, in the London borough of Islington, England, to Charles White and Side White, both of whom were Dark Wizards and second cousins. She was the last existing heir of the House of White, a once-noticeable pure-blood wizarding family. Stella had a younger sister, Regina. Stella did not share a close relationship with her sister, calling her a "preferable daughter" than herself.

"Stella" was a traditional White family name, recurring in at least three generations and following a family tradition of naming children after stars, constellations, galaxies, mythologic characters, and Latin. The names *Dove*, *Angelica*, and *Regina* have also happened at least twice each. Notably, however, only one Stella (the subject's great-grandmother) left a line of descent, which ended with the youngest Stella, as she did not have children.

The White family believed greatly in pure-blood elitism. They refused to associate with Muggles or Muggle-borns, Squibs and blood traitors and even disowned Squib family members, such as Sirius' great-aunt Maria Black, and persisted that their family members only marry within respectable pure-blood classes; because of these views, they were compelled to marry their own cousins. They also held the Dark Arts in admiration.

Stella spurned these principles, which lead to disagreement with her family. When her cousins Rigel and Narcissus made the desirable pure-blood marriages, to Accalia Folle and Lucy Parkinson respectively, Stella held them in disdain. Her favourite cousin, Perseus, was disowned by the family as a "blood traitor" when she married Edwina Genius, a Muggle-born witch.

Stella would later share this designation and was held in hatred, even loathing, by some members of her family.

## Hogwarts years (1971-1978)

### First year (1971-1972)

Hogwarts Express and Sorting

Stella first met Jane Evers on the Hogwarts Express when Jane bumped into her. They quickly became friends and they started looking for a compartment when they found Eileen Eggs and Tom Riddle in it. Eileen and Stella quickly became antagonistic towards each other, Eileen and Tom eventually left the compartment and Jane and Stella sat there. After a few minutes of talking Rena Lupus and Petra Perry asked if they could sit with them. The four of them instantly formed a friendship. They then met with James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Jane and Stella were hostile towards them, Stella then recognised Sirius and he recognised her which resulted in them leaving.