A/N: Hey! So this is my first Sirius/OCstory that's not a one shot. I'm going to try and stick with is but I make no promises because I always seem to come up against a brick wall that keeps me from finishing story. Hopefully this one will be different. So anyway it's pretty much your average Sirius/OC with a few twist I guess. I don't know. If you like it you like. If you don't then you don't.
This story is for my friend Maddie. She's kind of the person I based Maddie Petit off of with a few things here and there that are different. I don't think Maddie is half elf. I'll have to ask her. Anyway this is her half birthday present and what not. I hope she likes it. She'll tell me if she doesn't.
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter Sirius won't be dead and he wouldn't be single. Until that happens J.K. Rowling (my hero) owns this wonderful series that has changed my life. We love you J.K. Rowling.
Claimer: I own Maddie Petit and her owl, Lover Boy. You'll meet him later. Ludovic is also mine. Everything else is J.K.'s.
Chapter One: Total Disappointment
My summer could be summed up in two words; total disappointment. First I came home from school to find out that my own mother had left my father, Ludovic, and me. As if that wasn't enough my father already had plans to marry another women named Lyn. Lyn was everything a step-mother was suppose to be. Sickening sweet when Ludovic is around and cruel when it's just the two of us. What's even worse about the wedding is that Ludovicwanted me to help with every little detail. Which I did of course just make Ludovichappy. But helping with even the smallest of details kept caused me to loose most, if not all, the sleep I could have had. Of course I wouldn't even be able to attend the wedding because Lyn wanted to have it on September 7th because she thinks it'll bring luck to her and Ludovic's marriage. I on the other hand know it's because I'll be at school and won't be able to attend.
There was one good thing about Lyn that I thought would make me the slightest bit happy; she lived in Paris. Since I was half French and my father was full I figured it meant that we would be moving to Paris and live with Lyn there. If we moved to France it meant that I would be able to attend Beauxbatonsand start fresh instead of going back to Hogwarts. As luck would have it Lyn wanted to move to London and move in with us. Which really didn't make sense considering her house in Paris was about six times as big as our hoursin London. I think she moved to London to make my life even more miserable. With Lyn living in our small little house there would be no room for me to go home for the holidays. Which by default mean I'll have to find my own place right after graduation this year.
Like I said the two words that best describe my summer are total disappointment.
Sighing I closed my eyes and stretchedmy legs out in front of me. Relaxing back into my seat I closed my eyes. All the sleep I missed over the summer was starting to take its toll on me. With today being September 1st I was heading back to Hogwarts, my hell on earth, I was going to need my energy. Most people find Hogwarts to be a rather enjoyable place. Those people aren't half elf and are constantly mistaken for an overgrown second year. It's because of my year confusion that I can't keep a friend. Most people think I'm younger than they are and just ignore me. Those who think I'm their age find me intimidating and ignore me.
Closing my eyes I could already feel my body shutting down for its long a waited sleep. I settled even further into my seat and waited for sleep to come. It didn't take long before I was hovering on the line of sleep. I was just about to cross over when my compartment door opened with a bang. I groaned but didn't open my eyes. If I kept them shut I would soon be a sleep. As the compartment door slide shut I heard trunks being thrown carelessly onto the luggage rack over head creating unnecessary noise. Did they not see that I was trying to sleep?
The seat next to me sagged with someone else's weight. I felt someone move my head slightly as they placed their arm a long the back of the seats. I tried to ignore the fact that person sitting next to me smelt really good and concentrated on keeping my head from falling onto their shoulder.
"Prongs pass me a chocolate frog," the person next to me said.
Prongs? Why did that sound so familiar? I don't know anyone by the name of Prongs personally but the name still rang a slight little bell in the back of my head. I still couldn't place a finger on where I've heard the name before.
"Do you think she's really a sleep?" a squeaky, almost rodent like voice, asked.
"I don't think you have to worry about a third year jumping you Wormtail," the first voice said.
Wormtail? That sounded familiar too but I still couldn't place where it came from.
"That's just Padfoot," Prongs? commented.
A bark like laugh sounded near my ear. Now I know I've heard Padfoot before. Wait? Did he just say that I'd jump Padfoot? I opened my eyes slowly and looked at the boy sitting across from me. His untidy black hair and hazel eyes that were framed by horn rimmed glasses sparked the recognition that I was looking for. The boy across from me was James Potter, a.k.a Prongs, the ring leader of the Marauders. I knew if I looked around the compartment I would find Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black, who was no doubt the one sitting to my left.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
James' eyes widened when he saw I was a wake. He opened his mouth to say something but he never got the chance.
"She's a wake!" Peter squealed and actually tried to hide under his seat.
James and everyone else turned their attention to the boy who was half way under the seats. Honestly I didn't know there was that much room under these seats. I mean Peter is a big boy.
"Is he okay?" I asked the Marauder sitting next to me.
He stared at Peter for a minute longer before he looked back at me. His long shaggy black hair fell into his smoky grey eyes.
"I'm not sure," he said, "I'm Sirius Black by the way."
"I know," I said and continued to watch Peter through heavy lidded eyes.
After Peter had finally given up and took the seat closest to the door I settled back against my seat and closed my eyes. I really need some sleep or else I was going to end up sleeping in my mash potatoes at the welcome back feast. I was so close to finally falling a sleep when the Marauders, meaning Sirius, starting firing off questions.
"What's your name?" he asked.
I groaned but answered. "Madeline Nickoline Petit. But you can call me Maddie."
"What year are you in?"
"Seventh," I murmured.
So close to sleep. So close.
"Real-"
"Just let her sleep Sirius," a new voice said.
Thank you new voice, I thought. Then everything went black.
A/N: First chapter! Tell me what you think. Good? Bad? Keep writing? Give it up? Chapter two is done and will be posted after my first review and when I have time. I know I'm really bad at explaining things. I'm also looking for a Beta Reader if anyone's interested. The reason why Peter is afraid of Maddie will be explained later and is based off my brother, Max who is deathly afraid of my friend Maddie.
Random questions: Does anyone else think of the Marauders when they hear Photograph by Nickelback? Does anyone else think of Sirius when they Nickelback period? Or am I just obbessed and have no life? Don't worry you can be honest. I won't hate you for it.
~Kat a.k.a. A Siriusly Obbessed Fangirl
