They go...isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?

And they say...she's so lucky, she's a star, but she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart

- Britney Spears, Lucky

Chapter One: Daughter of a Fake Hero

For everybody who read my last story, Nobody's Perfect, and want to know what happened with Al and Gwen or anyone who stumbled upon this story...

I hope you enjoy this.

In a enormous and glorious mansion, there lay a small girl born into the wizarding world, as tabloids and newspapers reported her birth. This girl would be called Gwendolyn Lockhart, they reported(although Rita Skeeter kept going off about how her name was Clarissa.)

This girl was the daughter of a deceitful man, Gilderoy Lockhart, and a selfish woman, Rena Dadies. Rena was an infamous socialite, who had plenty of affairs with famous bachelors. However, Gilderoy was embarassed that such a woman was carrying his baby(he thought she was beneath him, even though, they were equally horrible.) Gilderoy performed a memory charm on her, only it didn't quite work. Rena believed that her daughter was Willow Wood, the daughter of Oliver Wood and Katie Bell. This was a huge mess that was settled later(A/N: It was "solved" in my story Nobody's Perfect, about Willow Wood and James Sirius Potter.)

However, as all this happened, Gwendolyn grew lonely, with no friends to talk to, or parents for that matter. Rena still was confused and her father was usually working on his newest book, or hair products line. Gwendolyn had no friends, or family, up until one night, where she received her letter from Hogwarts.

At Hogwarts, Gwendolyn, now going as Gwen, grew confidence, and found out that she could attract a lot of attention. That became her number one focus, attracting attention. But, it wasn't good attention, she found out, you are judged by your history. Her history, sadly, was her father's. However, Gwen got over this, she was quite the social girl, and attracted many friends, and boyfriends for that matter. Gwen was sorted in Gryffindor, which did make sense. To everyone, Gwen was fearless. She was lucky, lovely, a star. The only problem was that she wasn't fearless. She wasn't lucky, lovely, or a star.

She was a mess.

Gwendolyn Lockhart woke up, the sun hitting her eyes as she drew open the curtains on her white, canopy bed.

As she stepped one foot down on the cold marble floor, Gwen shivered. The floor was shiny, like no one had ever stepped on it, and it reflected her.

Gwen inherited her father's good looks, with the same wavy blonde hair, unusually straight, white teeth, and baby blue eyes.

Her father was, even his worst critics admitted, actually quite smart, and Gwen seemed to inherit that, exceeding in most of her studies.

But Gwen was a girl who stuck to a schedule, she didn't like being disorganized, or spontaneous, which showed in her plentiful line of boyfriends. Unlike Willow Wood, the infamous dater with many boyfriends that were lower than an average standard, Gwen's boyfriends were clean cut(usually), well rounded, and handsome. Not saying Willow had ugly boyfriends, she usually attracted the best looking of the boys, only she didn't attract the best of the best boys.

Gwen was entering the seventh year of Hogwarts, which she was pleased about. As she ran a brush down her hair and got all ready for the day, she thought of what she as going to do when she went to Hogwarts. Of course she was going to hang out with her friends, Kristy, Macy, and Talia, and especially Al. Albus Potter was Gwen's best friend, maybe even more than her female friends. It was mostly because she could trust Al, and she knew that Al was a loyal guy. Gwen and Al dated briefly during the sixth year, but she was over that, and so was Al.

Gwen walked down the stairs of her giant mansion, to the dining table where her dad and Rena sat, strangely. Usually they slept in. Gwen remembered faintly that they had a brunch to go to. Of course.

"Good morning." Gwen told them politely, but a bit coldly. She found at an early age that it wouldn't matter if she was polite or showed any affection to them. It would be wasted.

"So, where are you going?" Gilderoy asked, eyeing her trunk that was covered in tons of random stuff, like concert tickets to the Weird Sisters, Celestina Warbleck, and others. Gilderoy, at least, tried to make more conversation than Rena, who just ignored Gwen.

"Gilderoy," Gwen paused, looking at him with an agitated expression, "I'm leaving for Hogwarts today! How do you not remember this?"

"Oh," Her dad rubbed his head. He still forgot a lot, due to the memory charm incident that happened a long time ago, but he went to therapy every week, and it seemed to work. Her dad didn't forget just because of the memory charm incident. He simply forgot because he did not care.

"It doesn't matter anyways." Gwen started to leave, when her dad stopped her.

"Who's going to take you to the station? I could take you, but, I don't...I don't remember exactly where it-"

"Nice effort, Gilderoy, but I'm going how I usually have to go. From the Knight Bus. As usual." Gwen sighed, and started to leave out the door but paused.

"Bye, mom." said Gwen. She hesitated waiting for Rena's reply, but she didn't reply.

"I'm not your-" Rena started to say, but Gwen was out of the house and left from hearing the reply she always heard.

Platform Nine and Three Quarters was a crowded mess, and it made Gwen annoyed. It was so...disorganized.

She caught sight of someone she knew, Albus Potter and his family.

"Al!" She called his name, as she made her way through the crowd.

He turned, and his green eyes light up to see her.

"Gwen!" He exclaimed as he gave her a hug.

"Ooh, am I sensing a romance or is this just a-" James, Al's brother, started to say, until Al elbowed him.

"Sorry about James, he just watches way too much muggle romance television-"

"James watches muggle romance television?" Willow Wood cut in the conversation, who was dropping off her brothers. Gwen stared in envy at her. Willow Wood was gorgeous, with her blonde hair and green eyes. It also helped that she was, as many of the boys her age would say, "fit."

"James does not." James stated.

"You probably do." Willow told him with a teasing grin, as he put his arm around her waist.

"He does," Ginny Weasley said.

"He really does." Harry Potter added, with Lily nodding.

"I don't!" Gwen heard James protest, as she slipped away with Al.

"He really does." Al commented.

"Enough with that. What's up with Willow and James?" Gwen asked Al. Al knew about how Gwen and Willow had some special bond from Rena thinking Willow was her daughter.

"Oh, that? Ugh. It's been happening since the beginning of the summer. You should have came over! You would have known!"

"Al. I already told you, my dad was being an arse. I need an explanation."

"Oh. Yeah. Well, I'm not really sure. Just that Willow came into our house and started to snog James, and then they started dating. It was really random." Al said, giving Gwen the worst explanation she's ever heard. Al also gave Gwen a concerned look that read, Is your dad doing it again? Gwen ignored the look.

"For Godric's sake, Al!"

"Sorry, that's all I know."

"Of course it is."

"Wow, thanks a lot."

"You are extremely welcome," Gwen paused as people started boarding the train. "Look, I've got to go catch up with Kristy-(Al cringed at this, he didn't like Kristy)-Talia, and Macy. They're probably waiting for me. See you later!"

Al half waved, searching the crowd for his friends.

"Gwen. When was your last boyfriend?" Kristy asked Gwen once she sat down on her spot in the compartment.

"I don't know," Gwen shrugged, "Probably a few months ago."

"Exactly," Kristy turned to Macy and Talia. "I told you two."

"Told them what, exactly, Kristy?" Gwen challenged the redhead with a cocked eyebrow.

"Well, you know. You and I usually get most of the boys, and it seemed like you lost that once you dated Al. You're different, Gwen."

Gwen felt like Kristy stabbed her in the stomach.

"What?" Gwen stared at Kristy in confusion.

"Well," Kristy tucked her straight red hair behind her ear, "it's sort of obvious. You know what I mean? You haven't dated a lot since Al. You aren't one of us anymore."

"One of us?" Gwen stared at them in disbelief. "Are you serious Kristy? I was the one who taught you how to flirt and I was the one who gave you that makeover."

Kristy sighed. "Well, that was the highlight of your entire time with us."

"Oh, for Godric's sake. Kristy, I still know that your hair is not naturally red." Gwen told Kristy, who immediately flushed.

"So? Your hair isn't naturally blonde!"

"It actually is." Talia, Macy, and Gwen said at the same time.

"Let's just move on." Macy suggested quietly. Macy was a Ravenclaw, like Gwen, as Talia was a Gryffindor, and Kristy was a Ravenclaw.

"No," Gwen and Kristy said at the same time.

"You can prove to me that you didn't change. End of this month, you need to have gotten at least five boyfriends. Deal?"

"Five?" Gwen's mouth dropped. "Willow Wood couldn't have even done that and besides...What if they get their feelings hurt?"

"Told you she changed!" Kristy exclaimed.

"No, fine," Gwen didn't know exactly why Kristy's opinion mattered to her. "Deal."

"Sorry about Kristy," Talia whispered to Gwen during McGonagall's speech.

"No, it's fine." Gwen whispered back. Al elbowed her. The faults of having the bloody Head Boy as your best friend, Gwen thought as she ignored his warnings.

"Really? I just got annoyed how she-"

"It's fine, and anyways, I have a few boys in mind. She is right about it, I guess."

Talia just made a face and turned to McGonagall.

After McGonagall finished talking, the Sorting Hat stopped singing its song, which was strangely longer than usual this year, and sorted the first years, Gwen started on scoping out the possible guys as an option. Everyone knew Gwen had high expectations, so her selection wasn't the highest number.

"What about Danny Gervas? He's pretty cute." Talia nudged Gwen, as she drank the pumpkin juice and then made a face.

"No, not him. He's dribbling pumpkin juice from his face. That's a sign that he's messy." Gwen told Talia.

"Oh," Talia just replied as Al rolled his eyes.

"Why are you even thinking about these guys?" Al asked Gwen.

"Because," Gwen was about to explain to him, but knowing how sensitive he could be, she stopped. "Why not?"

"Oh," Al just replied.

Gwen sighed.

"Look, it doesn't have anything to do with you Al," Gwen lied and then looked him in the eye. "Just promise me that you'll keep out of it."

"Why?" Al questioned with hurt evident on his face.

"I just..." Gwen's voice trailed off, her eyes somewhere else. "I just care about you and I know you'll get hurt about it."

"I'm not younger than you. And I'm not a child." Al hated when Gwen treated him like he was fragile.

"I know."

"Then, why won't you tell me?"

"I'll tell you later." Gwen prayed that Al wouldn't get mad when she did tell him.

"You must be joking. This is bloody insane!" Al exclaimed when Gwen did tell him.

And this is why I didn't want to tell you, Gwen thought.

"Honestly, five boyfriends in a month! Who is even going to date you-no offense-it's just that it would be like a two day relationship!"

"I know, Al. I think I heard this before."

"Al, it's fine, I'll just-"

"IT'S NOT FINE!" Al shouted. Everyone in the common room stared. Al immediately flushed.

"Bloody hell, Al. Simmer down." Gwen sighed.

"I'm trying, I just...I don't reckon why I'm so worked up over this, maybe it-"

"I found a boy." Talia plopped down next to Gwen and Al. Al raised an eyebrow.

"Who?" Gwen asked.

"His name is Louis Weasley, I don't know. Do you know him Al?" Talia was a little dense sometimes. Gwen shook with laughter.

"He's my cousin and he will not date Gwen. Besides, I have a notion that he plays for the other team."

"I don't understand." Talia said. After a few seconds of her blinking and Al and Gwen giving her sympathetic(or exasperated, in Gwen's case) looks, it hit her. "Oh!"

I'm screwed, Gwen thought.

Five boys to go.

Update: When I get twenty reviews or more. Reviewing only takes a second or so. Please do so. I know this is a lot, but I once read this story where the author requested A HUNDRED reviews until she updates.

A/N: It's funny that we all are judged by our covers. It doesn't matter if you are the nicest or horrible person ever, you look at their appearances first. Gwendolyn is judged by who she is and who her father is. It's funny because in a photograph, you can seem like you have it all, but in real life, you don't really. This story essentially is about how it may seem like one girl has it all, but she really doesn't. It's sort of how my last story was about, only this one takes it a lot further. Nobody's Perfect was more of a fun story, where as this story will deal with a lot more than humor. It will deal with issues, like alcohol abuse and finding yourself.

Gwendolyn is a complicated character, that when I created her, I wasn't sure if I should write the story. It took me a long time to figure out how to open this story, unlike my last story. Writing this story takes a piece of you, and I'm going to give it a hundred and ten percent.

For those who may say that Gwen and Willow are similar, they ARE NOT SIMILAR. Gwen is not as cold hearted as Willow. She is less oblivious and doesn't go into denial as much. She is organized, and for those who read my last fic, Willow is definitely not organized(haha slughorn.) Anyways, before I see some anonymous review being all "WILLOW AND GWEN ARE THE SAME PERSON, MARY SUE MARY SUE MARY SUE MARY SUE!"

I hope you enjoy this story

~~ Cara Lavender

Love you all.

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