Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the Marauders or anything you recognize. I also do not own these songs. Maybe is from the musical Annie which we are doing in school. (I'm Hannigan not Annie) and When You Wish Upon A Star is from Disney's Pinocchio.
"Starlight, Star bright, first star I see tonight….
I wish I may, I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight"
A small girl of three sat on a cot near a large window. She had tangled long blonde hair and crystal blue eyes, the kind that could show her whole past. The kind that if you looked into them, you could see the depths of her soul, like reading a book. She sat in a room with cots lining both walls. The room smelt heavily of mothballs and rotten cheese. The beds were filled with sleeping children of all ages, of all sizes and all backgrounds. The only thing all these children had in common was they were all orphans. Addison Mae was the smallest, the youngest here. The babies and toddlers were kept elsewhere. A different, happier place. Addy stared out at the small alley, Diagon Alley. She looked at the shops, at the families at the happy people. She diverted her attention back to the sky, looking and searching for a shooting star. She closed her eyes and wished. She wished for the one thing she had wished for every night for as long as she could remember. She sang her lullaby, the song her mother sang to her, in the only memory she still had of her.
When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do
Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing
Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true
"Bull shit" Addy said singing the song to herself for the thousandth time. She was nine now. She had gotten used to orphan life. The room still smelt of mothballs and rotten cheese and the best were still lumpy and moldy, but Addy supposed the human body can adapt to anything. Addy looked over at the clock. It was five thirty. Addy put on her cloak and went downstairs to the kitchen to make breakfast for the other orphans.
"Don't give me that misunderstood looked!" said Mrs. Crouch, throwing a pail at the small girl. "You have breakfast duty, and it's your own fault. If you hadn't thought it would be funny to steal the minister of magic's wig and place it on the flagpole you wouldn't be doing this."
Addy took the pail and walked out the door, trying to avoid another lecture about how she was supposed to show the minister of magic respect because he is the person who funds this organization and with out his money she would be on the street. She had heard it a thousand times. But the way she saw, at least the minister knew her name. She was the only orphan that he knew by name. He would know her walking down the street, she actually was someone. As she walked down the lane she saw a boy with messy jet-black hair and hazel eyes. He was running from a lady with long strait black hair and what looked like a long bread roll running down the street.
"James Potter you get back here this instant and apologize to your father."
The boy grabbed Addy as he ran by pushed her into the alley. He put a hand over her mouth before she could say anything and the two of them waited until the lady passed.
"Phew, I lost the hag," said the boy grinning largely.
"Hag!" said Addy outraged, "that's your mother you're talking about!"
"So" he said shrugging, "James, James Potter" he introduced sticking his hand out for her to shake.
Addy eyed the hand suspiciously before sticking her hand out to shake
"Ahh" James screamed as he shook her hand. "Ouch, what was that?"
Addy turned her hand to show a buzzer. "It works on the minister too," she said smirking, "I'm Addison by the way, but call me Addy, everyone does."
"Well if everyone does than I definitely will not. You need a nickname."
"No I don't," she protested.
"Yes you do buzz."
"Buzz?"
"Yes forever and always you will be known as Buzz!"
"Fine," she said turning to walk away.
"I'll see you around?" he asked.
"Doubtfully, technically I'm not allowed outside of the orphanage, I'm getting water now."
"It's settled then!" he said happily, "I'll meet you here everyday! Five forty five."
"Fine!" she said walking away, smiling to herself.
"See ya later mate," he said loudly as he walked back towards his house.
"Ya, later…. Mate," she said softly, "mate" she said again, "friend." She smiled and went to fill up her bucket of water.
Addy and James kept their promises. Everyday they met early to talk and scheme. The two found out a lot about each other. How they would both be starting Hogwarts in two years and how they both loved to play pranks. They shared ideas and became partners in crime, Buzz and James, Friends for life. But that was only half of their lives. When Addy turned ten she was allowed to go out around Diagon Alley. Mostly she hung out with Jennifer and Megan. She was friends with everyone older then her and idolized by the younger children. She held no fear in standing up to Mrs. Crouch, and she always knew just what to say to cheer anyone up. But she was constantly drowning in trouble. For example, on March 13th she was scrubbing the orphanage floors. She walked into the bedroom to see a small girl of three sitting on Addy's cot crying.
"That's my cot," she said sitting down next to the little girl.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs. Crouch just said the one at the end," she spit out quickly, embarrassed.
"It's ok" said Addy smiling brightly, "You new here?"
"My parents! They left me! I can't find them no more!" the girl cried.
"Shh, it's ok, listen here" Addy said giving the girl a hug and letting her sit in her lap. "Your parents will come for you sometime, I promise."
"What do you know about my parents?" the girl asked, her head in Addy's chest.
"I don't but I can dream," Addy whispered in the girls ear and began to sing softly…
Maybe far away
Or maybe real nearby
He may be pouring her coffee
She may be straighting this tie!
Maybe in a house
All hidden by a hill
She's sitting playing piano,
He's sitting paying a bill!
Betcha they're young
Betcha they're smart
Bet they collect things
Like ashtrays, and art!
Betcha they're good --
(Why shouldn't they be?)
Their one mistake
Was giving up me!
So maybe now it's time,
And maybe when I wake
They'll be there calling me "Baby"...
Maybe.
Betcha he reads
Betcha she sews
Maybe she's made me
A closet of clothes!
Maybe they're strict
As straight as a line...
Don't really care
As long as they're mine!
So maybe now this prayer's
The last one of it's kind...
Won't you please come get your "Baby"
Maybe
The girl was sitting up looking at Addy with a smile on her face. She gave her a hug before walking out of the room, turning briefly to utter a small, "Thanks." Addy smiled too, before turning back to her work.
A/N Ok that's the first chapter, please review so I can know whether or not it's worth to continue with this story! If you review I'm even thinking of posting a page with drawings of the characters.
