So I forgot to tell you that I am a super pure blood, but my family doesn't discriminate, they just like to keep the blood pure.

They're genius idea is to engage me to Lucius Malfoy. He is a total slimy git. He is in Slytherin, is a total pervert, and always has a group of Slytherin whores following him around. Sufficed to say, I don't like him.

"YOU ARE WHAT?" Arianna and Lily screamed in unison.

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell them that. Oops.

"Yeah, it happened over the summer. It had to happen the summer I got attractive. I am pretty much screwed." I sounded fine, right? Well I'm not. I cried myself to sleep for the past two weeks. I figured I'd try and save the water works until tonight, where I wouldn't have to worry about mascara.

"I-I-I can't b-b-believe it, w-what are you going to d-do?" Lily looked so shocked then sympathetic and back to shock again.

"Well I am going to try to find a way around it. I never give up, especially if I have to marry a Malfoy." The thought flashed through my mind, the same thought that had been in my mind since the second I heard of my engagement to Lucius.

There I was in my white gown and long white veil. As I walked down the aisle, I saw my friends with the love of their lives looking sad, but on the inside they were so happy they had each other.

As they tried to look sympathetic, they would curl up to their partner and once I got to the alter, I looked at the groom, my groom. I was going to have to marry this man, someone I always hated. I was going to have to pledge my love and loyalty to him.

Then a tear rolled down my cheek and I looked at the pews one more time and I saw him. He looked so perfect in his tux and his long, black hair slightly in his perfect silver eyes. Sirius Black. I never once had the chance to tell him how I felt. I will live the rest of my life in regret of never telling him.

He opened his mouth and said my name, but it wasn't his voice. The voice got louder and louder and I snapped out of my nightmare.

"KATIE!" Lily and Arianna looked at me terrified. I then noticed that I had been crying, hard.

"What? Oh, I'm sorry… I just," I couldn't continue, my voice wouldn't work.

Then two pairs of arms wrapped around me and all three of us started to cry.

…

We cried for what seemed like forever and then Lily looked at the time, "Merlin, it's already four! I have to get back to the meeting. Will you be ok?" she gave me a caring look.

"Yeah, go to your meeting, they are probably starting a search party," I smiled at her to reassure her, but she didn't seemed too convinced, but she knew she had to go.

"Ok, if you need anything, just come and get me."

"Don't worry, Lils. I got her, you go to the meeting," Lily turned reluctantly and walked back to the meeting.

"Are you sure you are ok?" Arianna sounded just as worried as Lily was.

"Yeah, I think so for now. Please don't tell anyone. I want to tell everyone myself. It will probably get around soon, but I at least want to tell James before anyone else has a chance." I wiped my eyes and did a spell to fix my make-up.

"Of course," she took my hand and I turned to look at her, "Don't worry Katie. We are going to get through this," she gave me a big hug and the door flung open.

"Am I interrupting something?" Sirius leaned on the door and raised his eyebrows seductively.

"Yes, so if you wouldn't mind, we would like to continue making out," I said annoyed, Arianna burst into laughter when she saw look on Sirius' face. It was a mix of horror, confusion and lust at the same time.

I joined in and we soon couldn't stop. We went from crying to laughing in the matter of two minutes.

"You wouldn't mind if I watched would you?" He was already back to his disgusting horny self.

Arianna and I looked at each other and we grabbed him and pulled him down.

I was soon on top of him and Arianna was applying make-up. It would have been a lot more satisfying if he didn't have a smug look on his face because I was on top of him.

I felt hands creeping up my thighs and I jumped off of him, "You are such a man-whore Sirius Black!"

"Hey, you got on top of me, love. I couldn't help myself."

"Is that how you get girls? Slide your hands up there skirts?"

"That's how I got Arianna," she kicked him in the stomach and he let out a howl.

"If you say that again, your stomach won't be what I kick," she smiled sweetly and walked out of the compartment, "Oh Amos!"

I giggled, "Nothing fazes her,"

"Yeah, tell that to my stomach," Sirius moaned as he got off the floor and sat.

"You deserved it," I made a face at him and her returned it.

"So, you went to Greece for the summer, what was it like," he asked while massaging in stomach.

"Gorgeous, I wish I could have stayed longer, but I missed you guys too much,"

"You missed me, love? I'm flattered,"

"Oh shut up. I meant I missed everyone. Stop staring at me like that, it's creepy," Honestly, I liked it, but to the contrary of what my wedding nightmare showed I don't like him like that anymore.

"You know you like it, love. Come on, talk to me. Just because you got gorgeous over the summer doesn't mean we can't talk."

I blushed, "You think I'm gorgeous?"

He stuttered, "I mean… you got… attractive. You know what I mean,"

"Yeah, just don't drool over me during dinner,"

"You wish, love," he quickly regained his composure.

I rolled my eyes and took a seat next to him, "How was yours? I didn't hear from you either,"

"Fun, James and I fixed up a bike and made it fly,"

"Really, that is so awesome! You have to take me on it!" I know I was being stupid, but that sounded so cool!

"You are the first one that didn't flip out on me for it being dangerous. I mean girl wise, the guys obviously loved it," He smiled at me with his signature half grin.

"Like you said, just because I got gorgeous, doesn't mean I am not the same person. You just realize I'm a girl," I nudged him playfully and we started to laugh.

"I always knew you were a girl, I just notice it more," he looked at his hands.

This was probably the only alone time I was going to get with him, so I might as well tell him about my predicament with Lucius, he of all people would understand, "Hey I have to tell you something," I paused to make sure he was listening, "important,"

"Sure, what's wrong?"

I opened my mouth to speak, but untimely James decided to walk in, "Hey mate, we better change into our robes. We'll be at Hogwarts in a half an hour."

"Thanks Prongs, we'll be right there," Sirius turned back to me, "What did you want to tell me?"

"Um… nothing, it can wait."

…

There was nothing like walking into the Great Hall for the first time. It finally hit me that this would be that last time I walked into the Great Hall after Summer Break as a student.

I griped Lily and Arianna's hands and walked to our seats. As the first years got sorted into the houses, I thought back to when we were sorted…

"What house do you want to be in?" a boy with scruffy brown hair and glasses asked me as we waited to be sorted into our houses.

"Either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, what about you?"

"Gryffindor, definitely. Are you from America?"

"Yeah, is it that obvious?"

"Well you have an American accent, so I'd say yes, it is rather obvious," I giggled and he grinned widely.

"What's your name America?"

"Katie Brown, yours?"

"James Potter, is your dad Zachery Brown?"

"Yeah, he and my mom died six months ago," tears came to my eyes, but I blinked them away.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Your dad came to my house for dinner one time. He worked with my dad. He seemed nice."

"Thanks, he was. So, why do you want to be in Gryffindor?"

"My mom and dad were and Gryffindor always has the best Quidditch team."

"You like Quidditch too?"

"Yeah, it's only the best game ever!" James' face lit up.

"It's pretty good, but I like baseball better."

"What's baseball?"

I couldn't believe that he didn't know what baseball was. Well it was mostly in America and it was a Muggle game, "It's a muggle game. I'll have to show you some time."

He smiled and then Professor McGonagall came in, "We are ready now,"

...

I watched as James was sorted into Gryffindor along with Lily Evens, Alice Prewett, Arianna Adams, and Marlene Mckinnon (my future roommates). Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.

Then Professor McGonagall, called my name. I strode confidently up to the hat (I hadn't reached my two year awkward faze yet) and I heard him speak to me in my thoughts. He was analyzing every memory and then after a long battle between Griffindor and Ravenclaw, he decided, "GRIFFINDOR!"

"Welcome everyone," I was brought to reality by Dumbledore's booming voice, "I trust you all had a good summer. There are a few announcements before we can begin the feast. First, Mr. Filch has told me to remind you that the Forbidden Forest is just that, forbidden. On a happier note, we will be having a special ball to celebrate 900th birthday of Hogwarts."

A roar of joy sounded through the Hall from all of the students and all the girls squealed with delight.

"Settle down, settle down, I know this is exciting, but you will have to control yourselves," he looked directly at the Marauders, "It will be held right before Christmas Break. That gives all of you plenty of time to look for apparel. I know this will be a wonderful year, now to what you have all been waiting for. Let the feast begin,"

Food immediately appeared in front of us, "Man did I miss, Hogwarts!"

"Merlin Katie, you're worse than Peter," Alice and the rest of the girls giggled.

"Hey," Peter and I both looked up in unison, "I'm not that bad, all I had this summer was Greek food. It gets boring after a while."

"Please, you had a chicken wing eating contest last year with three other people and you won by a land slide," Lily is so annoying when she remembers things.

"Does it show?" oh sarcasm, I smiled back at her and she stuck out her tongue.

As I turned away from the conversation for a moment, my eyes happened to land on none other than my fiancé, Lucius Malfoy. He turned towards me but I quickly looked away.

He didn't even bother coming when I found out I was going to marry him. He was attractive when you first look at him, well even when you keep looking at him, but once you get to know him most attraction goes out the window. Okay so I found him attractive, sue me.

I felt a light tap on the shoulder, I turned around and there he was, "Katie, you have changed,"

"I wish I could say the same for you," I gave him a fake smile and turned back to my friends.

"What are you doing here, Malfoy?" James didn't like Lucius very much, actually he hated him with all he had.

"Just coming to talk to my f…" I cut him off before he could say the f-word.

"Me, he had something for me to pass on to my grandfather," I grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the Great Hall.

"What is your problem, Brown?" he was trying to get his arm free from mine.

"You! Why did you come over to my table with my friends, when you didn't even bother coming when I found out I was engaged to you? Look, don't tell anyone yet, I want to tell my friends first."

"You think I was happy about this, I mean before this summer you rather, unattractive."

"You are such an asshole! We may be engaged, but we don't have to act like it." My voice was getting louder.

"I am not going to let some American bitch talk to me like this. You will be the perfect fiancé," his voice was raising just as fast as mine, soon people would notice. I had to get out of this.

"Fine," I can't believe I was giving in, "but please wait to tell anyone. Lucius, I am begging you," I looked into his eyes, pleading him.

He had a smug look on his face, I would have slapped it right off his face if it were any other situation, "Fine, but when you tell your friends, I expect you to act the part,"

"Yeah… sure… whatever, thanks!" I ran back into the Great Hall. Forget the best year ever, I just want to get through it in one piece.

Yes, Katie is getting married to Lucius Malfoy. He is a total jerk, so obviously she is going to hate him and not go along with the whole thing. What fun would that be if everything was so black and white? Things are going to get complicated and fast.

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XOXO Miranda