Slide Away

by em-ily8458

Saoirse McAuley's life as the granddaughter of the richest wizard in Ireland has been pretty comfortable, boring and predictable so far. But, when she finds out she's been lied to her entire life, and nothing about her family is as it seems, what will she do? Is she really who she thought she was? And will those who love her be able to guide her through?

1. preface

Hello fellow fanfiction-ers! Yeah, I'm back with another Harry Potter fanfiction. I hope this one is different. I know I've said that before, but this one is definitely going to be on the more OC-heavy side. There's also more of a backstory and hopefully less clichés. Hell, I don't know, but I really like this one so far.

Please review. I really like hearing from you guys, and the thing everyone says about "reviews = faster updates/more motivation" is seriously true. So please don't read and run. I really appreciate reviews. :-)

I'll shut up. Here's the preface:

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"Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you."

- Loretta Young

Revenons à tous moutons.

It was one of my grandmother's favorite sayings. It literally meant "return to your sheep," but it was her way of saying, "back on topic," or really, "mind your own business." She liked to say that a lot because she was a very private woman and wasn't a fan of me invading that, even in the slightest of ways. She loved me very much, but from a distance, or so I felt for most of my life. What I failed to realize in my younger years was that by telling me to mind my own business, she was attempting to keep me from learning things that she believed would hurt me.

And she was right.

The things I found out in my later teenage years did hurt. Of course they did. I found out my grandfather - the man who raised me, who I idolized, who I believed could do no wrong - turned out to be a completely different person than who I thought he was. He had a part in the death of my mother. My grandmother was too much of a coward to do anything to stop any of it. And I was caught in the middle of everything, left an orphan, to be raised by two people who ended up lying to me most of my life.

I learned very quickly that the world around me was not as I thought it was. That I was hardly who I thought I was.

And I quickly sought to change that. And I'm trying to change that. And maybe with a little help from those I love I can do that. And maybe, just maybe, we can change things for the better along the way.