"Shawn, could you get down here for a minute?" A girl with jet black hair dashed down the halls of the chilling manor. The girl was tall and thin, with inquisitive gray eyes that always had a sparkle of mischief in them. She was dressed in a tank top and sweat pants, and the smirk that played on her lips gave one the impression that she had just done some serious pranking.
"Hey dad, what's up?" She asked expertly hiding her smirk.
"Don't pull that with me Shauna Black. What did you do?" She blushed at the use of her full name and without missing a beat, pulled her cover story from the back of her mind.
"I don't know what you're talking about dad. Honestly, you get one letter from the headmistress and all of a sudden it's like I've done a federal crime." She complained, her American accent contrasting to her father's British one. Her father was a few inches shorter than her, he had her same black hair and grey eyes, but the main difference was that his eyes were dead, they held no sparkle of mischief like they once did, and were now dry, unlike his quirky sense of humor.
"Oh let it go. Now, I do indeed have a letter from your headmistress, and I would like to know why she wants you to come to the school." He said trying his best to keep his amused look from showing.
"So I'm not in trouble?" She asked hopefully.
"We'll talk about this later." He said handing her an envelope. It was white, no stamp, and was simply addressed with her name in black regal writing.
She sighed and pulled the letter out of the envelope, her eyes skimming down the letter. It seemed with every line her smirk slowly began to return and her eyes regained the hint of mischief.
"She wants me, Troy, and Jake to help our potions master with some summer project..." She said, running a hand through her hair.
"Why though?" He asked suspiciously.
"Well, we're the best in our year for potions, and I swear that teacher loves us." She said with a grin. Their potions professor was her favorite teacher, she was smart, her head of house, and was a mad prankster, I mean, what more could you ask for.
"That'd be a first..." He had a point; many teachers in the school barely tolerated her and her 'band of brothers' as she called them. Sure, they were the smartest of their year, and most of the time could be found studying, but when not in the library, they were formulating new prank ideas, horsing around, playing Quidditch, and had a knack for causing trouble around the building.
"Shut up, you know your teachers could hardly tolerate you and the rest of the marauders..." She said shaking her head, a smirk once again gracing her features.
"Ahh...good times, good times." He said with a reminiscing smile on his face.
"Anyway, she wants us to help with the You-know-what and the Quidditch cup I assume." She said reducing her voice to a whisper.
"Why are we whispering? No one's in the damn house." He said mocking her whisper.
"Good point." She whispered back. Her father let out an exasperated sigh and rolled his eyes.
"So you're leaving in a couple of weeks then?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, and I'll be staying there up until a week before the Quidditch Cup, then I'll be going down to Hogwarts to help with the tournament, stay for the Cup, and be back that same week to spend the rest of the summer with you and Uncle Remus." She said in one breath.
"Aww man...That'll be forever!" He whined, sounding very much like a dog.
"Get over it you big lump, it'll be three weeks, four at the most depending on any auror business that needs to be done..." She sighed angrily at the thought of 'auror business.'
"Ahh...I miss auror stuff, it's nice to see that my daughter is carrying on my old career." He said as he pulled her into a one armed hug. She stiffened into the unfamiliar grip, but eventually relaxed into it. This action did not go unnoticed by Sirius, but he brushed it aside, they had only just met and he didn't want to ruin it by asking personal questions already.
"Eh...I'd much rather be a Quidditch player." Ah...yes, at this point in time you are probably wondering why a girl, the age of 16, would be an auror. That question will be answered in due time my friend...due time.
A/N: Hey all, new story, hope you liked it. Please review, it wont make me update any faster to be honest, but it would be nice to get a 'nice one' or 'you misspelled so-and-so'. I accept flames gratefully, but please say why you didn't like it, and I'll try to fix it A.S.A.P. By the way, this series won't be unnaturally short like the prologue, I just wanted to get the series started. You'll find out more about Shawn's past in the coming chapters, as well as why she's needed at the school, what school she goes to, what house she's in, and more in the coming chapters.
Love ya'll lots!
Shawn
Disclaimer: i dont own Harry Potter, you know it!