A/N: Jumping back into the multichapter fic world with this fun little story based on Six the Musical. (My multi-shipper heart is very happy right now.) If you're not familiar with Six, a) you absolutely don't need to be to enjoy this story and b) you should give it a listen, it's fun! Chapters will mostly be titled after the songs and there will be some parallels between the queens and the women here. Enjoy!

The Six

Chapter 1: Ex-Girlfriends

The six women certainly made an odd group, seated by the fire in The Three Broomsticks: two Gryffindors, three Slytherins, and a Ravenclaw. An unlikely assortment of former Hogwarts students though they were, if passers-by knew what they had in common, they would perhaps understand what had brought them to the wizarding pub on that chilly October night. Madam Rosmerta had done a double take when she first saw them all seated together, but wisely chose to take their drink orders without comment.

One woman, with bushy brown hair and a bossy demeanor, called the rest of the women to order.

"Ladies," said Hermione Granger, "we are all here tonight because of one man-"

"I'll drink to that," said the redhead of the group, raising her glass in the air.

"Getting an early start, Weasley?" smirked the shortest of the three dark-haired women. She had a pug-like face, but carried herself with an air of supreme self-importance.

"Shut it, Parkinson," Ginny retorted, taking a big gulp of wine.

"I don't blame you," Pansy said scathingly. "If he had cheated on me, I'd want to drink myself silly too."

Ginny glowered at her and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like, "You think he didn't cheat on you, too?"

The other two dark-haired women, clearly sisters, glanced at each other; they seemed to be communicating something with only their eyes.

Hermione clapped her hands. "As I was saying, we're all here tonight because of one man: Draco Malfoy."

"Oh, is that why we're here?" said a dreamy voice to her left. "I was under the impression that this was just a fun girl's night out."

"Not exactly, Luna," said Ginny. "I believe some of us," she looked pointedly at Pansy and the Greengrass sisters, "wanted to compare stories."

The older of the two sisters finally spoke up. "It's only fair, after everything each of us went through at his hands-"

"Speak for yourself, Daphne," Pansy said, her nose in the air.

"Pansy," warned the younger sister.

"What?" Pansy tossed her hair over her shoulder. "By Salazar, you are SO self-righteous, Astoria. Who'd you find to babysit for you tonight, anyway?"

Astoria rolled her eyes. "My mother, although I don't see what business it is of yours, Pansy."

Pansy rather looked like she wanted to say something nasty in return, but a glare from Daphne kept her quiet. Luna, who had been watching the exchange between the Slytherin women with great interest, seemed rather disappointed by this.

Hermione cleared her throat and nudged Ginny.

"Okay, now that we've cleared that up," Ginny said swiftly, "who wants to start?"

Hermione immediately raised her hand, and the three Slytherins laughed.

"This isn't school, Granger," Daphne sneered.

The brunette blushed and lowered her arm. "I know that."

"Well, I thought maybe we could go in chronological order," Ginny said. "You know, starting with whoever dated him first-"

"Me," said Pansy smugly.

"-and ending with whoever dated him last." Ginny downed her glass and signalled for another.

"That would be me," Hermione sighed, although it was hard to tell whether she was disappointed at the thought of going last or by the fact that she had dated Draco Malfoy at all.

"That's a nice idea, Ginny." Luna flashed her a benevolent smile and sipped her cocktail.

"Yeah, it's..." Astoria caught her sister's eye. "It's not bad." She quickly feigned interest in her long, green nails.

"Fine, Pansy can start," Daphne huffed, looking extremely put out.

"Oh, no, I couldn't possibly," Pansy protested, but she was smiling.

"Just get started, would you?" Ginny said sullenly.

The five women directed their attention to Pansy, who was evidently very pleased to be going first. She leaned forward conspiratorially; the others followed suit a moment later. "Right. Well, suffice it to say, Draco and I had a complicated relationship..."

Stay tuned for Catherine of Aragon-I mean, Pansy's tale!