Linda Sanchez had once called England her home, for she had been schooled there for 7 years. Over the summers, she would return to America to live with her family. She was forced to love them, but as for her friends; she chose to love them. During her time at Hogwarts she confided in a shy mysterious boy named Severus Snape. Linda, Severus and a girl named Lily who was also in their year had been the best of friends. Severus and Lily were always closer than Linda would ever be. Even though she was in the same house as Severus, he would prefer to talk to Lily. Linda did not mind because she found a new group of friends to talk to when she felt like a third wheel.
They consisted of: Frank Longbottom, Molly Prewett, Arthur Weasley, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, James Potter, Sirius Black and a girl named Alice. Linda had known that both James and Severus had fancied Lily. Linda had tried numerous times to prevent the marauders from messing with Severus. They would stop if they took it too far because Linda would already be on her way to the Headmasters office. On many occasions, the marauders offered Linda the role of one of them, but she would turn them down every time for the sake of Lily and Severus. In their 5th year, Lily and Severus had gotten into a fight. They never talked to each other again after that.
Linda had tried to get them back together, but her attempts always failed. She was still friends with everyone after the fray. It broke Severus's heart to see Lily and James in a relationship in their 6th year. It bothered Linda as well because she had thought of Lily and Severus as soul mates. She was shocked to find out that Severus was interested in the Dark Arts. Just because Linda was a Slytherin, doesn't mean that she was evil. Before she knew it, her relationship with Severus had wilted as well. During a Gryffindor/Ravenclaw match, Linda had an Epiphany. She realized that she had the biggest crush on her longtime friend Sirius Black.
They got together after Christmas break. As their love blossomed even more, they moved in together after their splendid Hogwarts schooling. 2 years after graduation, Lily and James were married. Linda and Sirius agreed that they didn't want to wait until they were married to have kids. Months after the wedding Linda and Sirius had a daughter named Estella. A month later, Lily and James had a son named Harry. Linda and Sirius moved from London to Godric's Hollow so that Harry and Estella could have play dates all the time without having to travel far.
Sirius had taken Linda out on a date, October 31st, 1981 to propose to her on her favorite holiday. They left Estella at the Potters' house. On that very night Voldemort had attacked. He murdered James and Lily only leaving a scar on Harry's head. Estella was unharmed, but witnessed the whole thing. Sirius was devastated to find his best friends dead, but was relieved to find the children safe. He left them with Linda to find Lily and James's secret keeper; Peter Pettigrew.
While he was away, Hagrid had arrived with orders from Dumbledore to take Harry to live with his Aunt and Uncle. Listening to the radio, Linda was heartbroken to hear that her fiance had killed Peter Pettigrew. She fled with Estella to New York where she was born, to start a new life. She didn't really want to keep Estella from a magical life, but every time she thought about it, her eyes would wander to the ring she didn't dare to take off. She didn't want to remember him, but Estella looked just like him. She even tried memory spells on herself, but none of them would ever block him out. She refused to use magic, which drove her to depression. She feared the day when Estella would turn 11. She abjured to have Estella go to Hogwarts. A letter came in the mail the morning of Estella's 11th birthday, but she threw it in the fire before her daughter could get her curious little hands on it.
The same letter came on Estella's 12th birthday. This time Estella had already opened it as Linda was walking through the door with an ice cream cake in hand. Being distracted by the pastry, she forgot all about the letter giving Linda time to throw it away. Next year won't be so easy.