So, this is my first Harry Potter Fan Fiction, and I've been day dreaming about this one for ages. I have the story worked out in my head, well the basics of it anyways. So I just need to flesh it out properly. I hope you like it, it's one of my favourites. Please let me know what you think. I'm aware that so far, my own character Mallory, is looking a little Mary-Sue-ish but she wont continue to be that way I promise. And please if you have any suggestions on how to make this better, then please let me know. Feedback is always welcome. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: The story you see here is entirely fiction, and anything recognisable such as characters and places belongs to J. K. Rowling
Chapter 1:
First Days, Friends and Boys.
Mallory hopped off the tube, and dragged her trunk along, her black cat Hades leading the way through the crowds. She travelled past the platforms until she found 9 and 10. There she stopped in front the large wall constructed in between both platforms, and watched as Hades disappeared into it. Giving a swift look around her to check no one was watching she walked quickly towards the wall, going through it to gain entrance to platform 9 and ¾'s. Spotting the scarlet steam engine, she sighed, and smiled.
Dodging through the crowds, she kept her eyes peeled for her best friends. She was just about to turn, and get onto the train when a pair of hands cut off her vision.
'Guess who!' Said a deep voice.
'Well, you're not James, he would have shouted it out by now,' she smirked. 'And Remus would just say hello, and Peter would never have the nerve to do something like this. Hello Sirius.'
'Merlin, why do you have to be so intelligent!' Sirius moaned, as she turned around to face him.
'Not my fault you were born with half a brain,' she threw over her shoulder as she climbed onto the train.
'Hey, take that back!' Sirius cried, following her onto the train.
'Nope!' Mallory said as she checked the compartments looking for her friends.
'Mal!' Mallory turned and was engulfed in a hug from one of her best friends, Marlene Mckinnon. 'How was your summer?'
'Brilliant thanks! You?'
'Pretty good actually, met up with Fabian Prewett once or twice.' Marlene said slyly, winking at her.
'Ooh do tell,' Mallory said, making her way into the compartment. Sirius trailed in behind her and narrowly missed being hit in the head with Mallory's trunk as she hauled it up into the luggage trunk. 'Lily!' Mallory hugged her best friend tightly.
'How was your summer?' Mallory asked as she sat down, Sirius squeezing in next to her.
'Oh, it was ok, it was nice coming to your place for two weeks though.'
'Yeah, that was good, it was really lovely of your mum to invite us all.' Mary said, sitting down next to Lily.
'That's ok, she loved having you all there, now that Mason and Ryan have moved out she says the house is too big, although having Dex and Ollie at home means there's never enough space.'
'I thought you said Dex and Ollie share a room though?' Sirius asked.
'Yeah, they do, but their stuff seems to float all over the house. And it's not like it's a massive house. So now we have a spare room, which was lucky, we had space for the girls to stay in, although we ended up moving it all into my room anyways, with Mum's help of course.'
'Yeah, it meant we could talk all night and not wake your mum up,' Mary giggled.
'Yep, it was brilliant, if a bit cramped,' Marlene commented.
'Mal, do you think you could get your cat off of me please?' Sirius asked. Mallory looked over at him, and found Hades draped across his shoulders like a scarf.
'He's obviously comfortable, and no, I will not move him, he's awful when he's mad.'
'Anyway, what are you even doing in here Sirius?' Lily asked her eyebrows raised. Sirius shrugged, causing Hades to hiss and dig his claws in Sirius' shoulders.
'Arrghh! Mal get your cat off me!' Sirius screamed frantically trying to remove Hades from his shoulder blades.
'Honestly, stay still!' Mallory said, rolling her eyes. She stroked Hades, and once the cat had calmed, she removed him from Sirius' shoulders. 'I told you not to move him. What did you shrug for!?'
'Forgot he was there,' Sirius mumbled, wincing as he moved his shoulder blades.
'Anyway, as I said, what are you doing in here, why aren't you off with Potter?' Lily asked, her eyes narrowing.
'I'm just going!' Sirius cried, holding out his hands. 'See you in a bit Mal?'
'Yeah, I'll come and find you later.' Sirius waved and left the compartment, leaving the girls in peace.
'Well thank goodness he's gone, otherwise Potter would have turned up without a doubt,' Lily sighed. Mallory rolled her eyes.
Lily Evans and James Potter had been enemies since their first train ride to Hogwarts, something to do with James insulting Lily's then friend Severus Snape. It had culminated in Snape calling Lily a mudblood, a nasty word for a muggleborn witch or wizard, when Lily had yelled at James to leave Snape alone after he'd attacked him and levitated him in the air after the end of their owl's. Lily had refused to accept Snape's apology and hadn't spoken to him since. Now at the beginning of their sixth year, Mallory wondered whether Lily would continue her silence where Snape was concerned. Mallory hoped so, Snape hung around with a group of wannabe death eaters, Voldemort's followers, and they were getting increasingly bold and dangerous. Several muggleborns had already been attacked at Hogwarts and the most the perpetrator's had gotten as punishment was detention.
'James isn't so bad Lils, if you'd give him a chance you'd see. Try not to yell at him every time he speaks to you this year? Just ignore him, and he'll go away, I'll try and get him to leave you alone too.' Mallory consoled her. Lily nodded and changed the subject to their OWL results rather hurriedly.
'I got O's in all of mine, except for Divination, but then that wasn't exactly the best subject to pick. What about you Mary?' Lily asked.
'Oh, I got an O in Defence, and Transfiguration and E's in everything else.' Mary replied.
'Well, look at you to brainboxes.' Marlene sniffed. 'I got E's in everything, so that's something to be grateful for,' Marlene laughed. Mallory laughed with her before getting her results out of her bag and passing them to Lily. 'O's in everything, same as you Lils, all that studying and lack of a social life paid off in the end.' Mal said, shifting slightly as Hades climbed onto her shoulder.
Mallory went off to find the boys after lunch, leaving Mary and Marlene on their own as Lily was doing prefect patrols. Mallory had been friends with James and Sirius since they had been sorted into Gryffindor. Her older brothers, Mason and the twins Dexter and Oliver were in Gryffindor too. Only Ryan was in Ravenclaw like their mother. Mallory had placed the hat on her head, dreading what it would say.
'Oh, another Stone eh? Yes, I remember your mother, exceedingly clever, if a little odd. And your brothers too, all Gryffindors except one. And you, where shall we put you? You're brave, and feisty to eh?' The hat chuckled. 'Gryffindor sounds like it would be a good fit. But you're also clever, just like your mother, yes. Hmm. Ravenclaw might suit you. Perhaps even slytherin, where the ambitious dwell.'
'Not slytherin!' Mallory thought desperately.
'No? Not slytherin eh? You'd be a good fit there, and do excellently there too. But no, not Slytherin. Hmm, hufflepuff definitely isn't right. Well, you're odd-'
'Hey!'
'Well, you are! Anyway, where was I? Ah yes, you're odd, but not odd enough for Ravenclaw. Well, then, you're Brave and Loyal, Kind and a troublemaker I see. Hmm, yes, you'd be an excellent fit for GRYFFINDOR!.
When Mallory had gone to sit with her brothers, she'd found James and Sirius involved in a heated discussion about quidditch with Mason. She'd joined in, and from then on they were fast friends. She'd met Lily, Mary and Marlene in their dormitory, and become good friends with them too. This wasn't a problem until fourth year when James decided he was in love with Lily. James ever one for the dramatics had succeeded in unintentionally embarrassing Lily every time he'd asked her out, and because of this and his intense rivalry with Lily's best friend Severus Snape, she'd never taken him seriously and only gotten increasingly more annoyed with him. Mallory kept on at James to stop being so dramatic and just hold a normal conversation with her, but every time James got within 3 feet of Lily he turned into an arrogant berk. Mallory just gritted her teeth and ignored him, but he riled Lily up to a point where she turned into a monster. Hopefully this year would change things. Mallory snorted, and rolled her eyes. That was about as likely as Sirius settling down with one girl. Sirius had a new girlfriend every week last year, reaching an all time record for himself. His friends just ignored this, and continued on with their lives. Mallory rolled her eyes at each new girl, and avoided Sirius until he'd gotten rid of her. That way she didn't have to watch them try to suck each others faces off.
Entering into the boys compartment, she sat down next to Remus, who was looking a little worse for wear. There were fresh scars on his face, and Mallory bit her lip, worrying about his health.
'Stop staring at me Mal, I'm perfectly fine. And we're going back to Hogwarts, where it'll be easier to manage.'
'I know I know. I do worry though, all the time. How was your summer?' She asked, patting his arm and stealing a chocolate frog. 'Not too bad, especially after the two weeks at James' house.'
'That was good, although I'm not sure if Mrs Potter will want us again, not after the hole we made in the ceiling.' Remus laughed, remembering the exploding snap incident, where they tried to build the biggest tower of cards before the whole thing exploded and blew a hole in the ceiling.
Later that evening, the girls were sprawled out in front of the fire in the common room. They were almost bursting from the all the food they had eaten at the welcome back feast and chatting about their summers, when the marauders entered through the portrait hole, and James, spotting Lily, made a beeline for them.
'Evans! Good summer?' He asked, sitting down next to Mallory, and draping an arm round her shoulders.
'Yes, thank you,' Lily replied, looking at him suspiciously, obviously waiting for him to start declaring his undying love for her as usual.
'Cool. Mine was pretty good, Mal and the boys came over, and there were only a few disasters, so my mum was happy.' James nodded his head at Mal, and Sirius, who had sat down on the other side of Mallory. Sirius turned to Mallory and grinned.
'Alright there, Mal?' He asked, winking at her.
'Eurgh, Sirius did you just wink at me?' Mallory asked, shuddering. Sirius' face fell.
'Er, yes. Why, did it look creepy?'
'No!' Mallory laughed. She patted his cheek reassuringly. 'No Sirius, it wasn't creepy, just strange. You've never winked at me before.'
'Ah well,' Sirius ran a hand through his hair, almost nervously. 'Just thought it would make you laugh. And it did, so mission accomplished, eh?' He said, nudging her shoulder. Mallory laughed and nudged him back.
'No girlfriend yet?' She asked, laying her head on his shoulder sleepily, her black curls splayed out down her back. Sirius laid his cheek against her head and smiled.
'Not yet, why you jealous?'
'Hardly,' Mallory scoffed. 'Just wanted to know how long it'd be before you were sucking some poor girls face off like a dementor.'
'Hey!' Sirius cried. Mal giggled and snuggled up to him, as Sirius put his arm around her. 'Just cause you're my friend doesn't mean I want to see that, Pads.' Sirius shook his head at her.
'Well as my friend, you should be prepared to sit through uncomfortable situations with me. That's what a friend does.'
'No I'm sorry but that's never going to happen. If you know, pigs fly, and James and Lily ever get together, I highly doubt you'd sit there whilst he sucked her face off.' Sirius laughed at that and was about to reply, when Lily cut in angrily.
'Excuse me?! Potter will never get anywhere near my face with my permission!'
'I know Lils, I know!' Mal laughed.
'Anyways, come on you lot, we need to get to bed.' Lily said, shaking Mary's shoulder. Mallory leaned over and ruffled James' hair, and kissed Sirius' cheek.'Night boys,' she said, waving to Remus and Peter. Mallory looked over at Marlene, who was flirting with Fabian Prewett.
'Marls! Come on, stop flirting and come to bed!' She shouted. Marlene looked indignant, but said goodnight to Fabian, and followed Mallory up the stairs to the Sixth year girls dorm.
As the girls settled in for the night, curled up in bed in their pajamas, talk turned to boys.
'So Marlene, things going well with Fabian then?' Mallory asked.
'Yeah, actually. He's asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him on the first trip. So that's a good sign, eh?' The girls all nodded, and chorused yes.
'What about you, Mal? Anyone caught your eye?' Lily asked. Mallory shrugged.
'Not really.' She said.
'Oh, what about Sirius.' Marlene asked innocently. Mallory sat up and stared at her.
'What about him?' She asked.
'Well, you two were flirting earlier on, and you were very cosy! And you kissed his cheek!' Marlene accused. Mallory rolled her eyes, blushing slightly.
'It was just from affection, he's practically family, like James and Remus.'
'Yeah, well you didn't kiss their cheeks did you!' Mary said, giggling.
'Oh pssh Mary! Don't be ridiculous! There's nothing going on between me and Sirius.' Mallory said, snuggling up under the covers again.
'No? He was looking at you strangely, though. Like he was seeing you differently. Like he looks at his girlfriend's, before he kisses them.' Marlene said nonchalantly.
'Oh, shush Marlene! Just cause you want Fabian to kiss you, and therefore have kissing on the brain doesn't mean there's anything going on between me and Sirius!' Mallory said, rolling her eyes, though her cheeks were burning.
'No, but the way he was looking at you does.' Marlene said.
'Oh, and how was he looking at me then?'
'Like he wanted to kiss you.' Marlene said smugly.
Oh.