Hi everyone. I'm writing a new story, and this one is a Harry Potter fan fiction. This takes place before Harry is born. But what if Lord Voldemort didn't make the Horcruxes and Harry's parents didn't die? I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER! J.K ROWLING OWNS IT, THE ONLY ONES I KNOW ARE THE MADE UP CHARACTERS! I hope you like it and please review.
Chapter 1: A Death and a Journey
"Keep running, Mercy, we have to get to the school!" panted my mother as she pulled me along. Someone was chasing us and the only place we would be safe was at this school. We'd been on the run for a few days. I was hungry and tired but I knew we had to keep moving.
We made it to the grounds but as she pulled me to the school something landed in front of us. Mother stopped and stood in front of me. Then she said in a low voice.
"Stay behind me, ma chérie."
I nodded, but she never saw. She and the monster began to fight. Her wand whipped about in the air so fast it was a blur. I watched in horror as mother tried to protect me. A green light came out of nowhere and she fell to the ground, still as a statue. I scrambled to her lifeless body. Tears running down my face.
"Mother, no!"
Coughing and sobbing, I stroked her hair and touched her skin, which was still warm. I looked up at the monster that killed her. I really couldn't see through my tears, but I took in his scent. I let out an unearthly scream that shattered all the windows up at the school.
The monster fled from the sound, the first of the powers I'd shown when I was born. When I stopped I looked down at Mother's face. I closed her eyes and wiped my own. Then I heard people running towards me.
I looked at them and put myself between my dead mother's body and them. I was ready to kill them if I had to. They stopped feet away. A man with a long white beard took another cautious step towards me.
"Oh, my," he said when he saw my mother.
"Ella, what has happened to you?"
He knew my mothers name.
"It killed her. It killed her, it killed her, it killed her." My voice got louder and more panicked with each repetition of the sentence.
"You must be Mercy?"
I nodded my head.
"Your mother told me about you. I wish I knew she was in trouble, then I could have helped her, and prevented this."
I slowly began to relax as I looked at her. There's nothing you can do for her now, Mercy. She would want you to... to go to the school... and... and... protect yourself.
"She wanted you to come to this school like she did when she was your age." I didn't say anything, I was numb with grief. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I flinched away.
"I will not harm you. Come with me, we will bury her on the island in the middle of the lake you can visit her anytime you want when you are at school."
I nodded, following behind like an obedient little duckling.
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When we were done burying her, he took me back to the school. It was huge, but I really didn't care. He sat me at a very long table and got me some food. I wolfed it down, and listened to him say, ."I am Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts. The school year won't start for a few more weeks, so you can go to London and get your things for school and then come to school when its time."
He took me to London that very same night. I stayed at a pub called the Leaky Cauldron. I didn't sleep well at all that first night. The next day I got up and went to Gringotts to get the gold I would need.
Mother left me with a huge fortune but I got what I needed and left. I went around and around Diagon Alley, getting my school supplies,.saving getting my books for last. I dropped off my packages in my room at the inn, then when to Flourish and Blotts.
As I was walking back to the Leaky Cauldron, I passed Magical Menagerie. I wanted a pet, but I didn't know if I should get one. I opened the door and walked in.
There were a lot of animals here. Most of them didn't like me and I couldn't blame them. I looked around and I was about to give up when I saw a ferret that was changing colors. He had icy blue eyes and he was making a funny sound like he wanted to come with me. I smiled at him and took him to the front to buy him.
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I went back to my room and let out my new friend. We played for a while before I said, "I need to give you a name."
He made a chirping sound, then started to change colors again. I thought of names but nothing seem to fit him. Then he turned pitch black, and it came to me.
"How about Shadow?"
He did a flip in the air. I guess he likes it.
"Shadow it is, then."
Over the next two weeks, I bought Shadow toy after toy, until I had to get a basket for them. He helped me get my mind off my mum. He slept on the pillow next to my head at night. I didn't have any nightmares for the rest of the time I was staying at the Leaky Cauldron..
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September 1st finally came. I had Shadow in his cage and my trunk packed. I made it to King's Cross Station and made my way to the platform. It was fun going through the barrier. I made my way to the end of the train to the last compartment.
I had a little trouble getting my trunk onto the train, and no one helped me. Then I went back and got Shadow. I let him out of his cage and he balled up next to me and fell asleep. I pulled my knees up and put in my headphones, then turned on my MP3 that mum spelled for me so I could go to Hogwarts and it would still work. I missed her so much. My eyes were a little bit red from last night's crying session.
I looked out of the window as the train started to move.
Then I heard the door open and four boys walked in. They stopped and looked at me blankly, as if they didn't expect anyone else to be in here. The one with the messed up hair and glasses spoke.
"Sorry, but do you mind if we sit here?"
I looked back out of the window. "I don't care."
He mumbled a thanks and they put their trunks up. They began to talk and become friends. One of the boys, the one with long black hair and gray eyes almost sat on Shadow. I looked as he turned a bloodred color and made a angry sound as he climbed my leg to sit on my knee.
I giggled softly, the first time I'd laughed since my mum and I went on the run. My voice didn't sound like it used to.
"What in the name of Merlin is that?" said the boy with the gray eyes.
I kept my eyes away from them. "He's a ferret."
The smaller one of the boys said, "I didn't know ferrets could change colors."
I turned off my MP3 so I wouldn't waste the battery.
"I didn't know either 'til I saw him."
The one with the messed up hair said, "I'm James Potter, and you are?"
I didn't look at him. "You can call me Mercy."
"I'm Remus Lupin."
"I'm Peter Pettigrew."
Then the last boy that was sitting next to me said.
"And I'm Sirius Black."
Still not looking at them I said, "Its nice to meet you all."
Then I turned on my MP3 again and started to mouth the words to the songs. They didn't seem to mind me being in there. Around lunchtime the food trolley came. The boys got a lot of food, and the witch asked me if I wanted anything.
I just sighed. "I'm not hungry."
After she left my stomach growled. James looked at me. "Why did you lie to her?"
I didn't say anything.
"Maybe she doesn't got the gold for it?" whispered Sirius loudly.
"I'm just not hungry."
They didn't believe me. They tried to share their food with me, but I didn't take any of it.
"You've got to eat something."
When I finally looked at them they took in a little bit of air.
"You sound like a mother hen." I observed flatly.
They started to laugh. I smiled a little and I put my knees down. They were starting to hurt.
"And I was starting to think you didn't have a sense of humor." said James after he stopped laughing.
I didn't mean to say it, but it just slipped out. "You don't have much of a sense of humor when you watched you mother die trying to protect you."
They all went quiet.
"You're not joking are you?"
I shook my head.
They all said at the same time, "Sorry to hear that."
It was kinda creepy.
"That's life, you just have to move on."
I was going to move on after I got my revenge on whoever killed my mother or die trying.
I started to sing softly after a while. I didn't know that I was. I made me calm down.
Then I heard Sirius say in a low voice to his friends, "Wow. I didn't know she could sing like that."
They all nodded. I could feel my face get a little bit hot.
