Disclaimer: I do not own Back to the Future.
Author's
Notes: While this story is Trilogy Canon, this is not a part of my
regular Trilogy Universe. Haven Martina Brown (from Cosmic Baby) was
born exactly one year earlier in this universe. The McFly children
correspond with these following actors: Marlene - Lea Thompson, Marty
Jr - Michael J Fox, and Melody - Claudia Wells.
7:15 AM PST
It was a typical morning at the McFly household. Marty McFly Sr had left early that morning to work at a record store called Musicland. He has had moderate success as a rock star - but he retired about 15 years ago, so that he can spend more time with his family. Marty's wife, Jennifer, had also left early for her office at the Hill Valley Department of Social Services - where she was a child psychologist.
Their eldest child, Marlene, was eighteen - and she had just finished travelling all across North America as a pop singer. She was currently recording a sophomore album, which was due to be released in two months. She had relatively moderate fame, but not quite to the same extent as her father. Marty Jr, was seventeen and a senior in high school - and he had classes only in the mornings. During the afternoons, he had a job working for Nintendo. The youngest child, Melody, was sixteen - and she was a junior in high school.
Melody looked exactly the same as her mother did when she was a teen. Marty Jr, likewise, looked exactly the same as his father did when he was a teen. Marlene looked exactly as their paternal grandmother, Lorraine, did when she was a teen.
'7:15!' Melody gasped, as she jumped out of bed. 'Perfect, just perfect. I'm gonna be late for school! I better go wake Jamie up. Gee, I really hope the mean kids leave her alone today. I feel so bad for her.'
Jamie Brown, Dr. Emmett Brown's granddaughter and Jules' daughter, was Melody McFly's best friend in the world - and they were both always late. Jamie always got made fun of, because her grandfather was deemed by the whole town as the local nutcase - but Jamie adored her grandfather. Jamie was also often unfavourably compared to her older sister, Harmony. On a positive note, though, she was expected to make the honour role.
Melody always stood up to the other kids who made fun of Jamie. They did things like replacing liverwurst with dogfood - so that, whenever she bit in to the sandwich, the nasty taste of dog food would remain in her mouth for the rest of the day. All the boys would make fun of her for being so tall and a thin as a pole. They would call her names like 'Giraffe', 'Jolly Green Giant' and other mean things - but Melody never stopped being her friend. In fact, Melody was quite baffled by just how cruel some kids could be.
Melody grabbed a cinnamon roll, as stepped onto her hoverboard and car-surfed to her friend's house. She then rang the doorbell of the house, and Jules had answered the door.
'Hello, there, Melody!' called out Jules. 'I have a hard time getting Jamie to wake up.'
'Don't worry, Jules,' Melody said, smiling. 'I'll go get her up. You know, something needs to be done about the other kids in school. They keep making fun of her and doing mean things. It's like, ever since she started high school and had her sudden growth spurt, the other kids had started to target her for abuse. I really am concerned about her.'
'I wish there's something we could do about it,' Jules said, sighing, 'but, let's face it, the Stricklands were never big fans of our family. Jeb Strickland always acts like my daughter somehow did something to provoke the taunts. He can't seem to understand that some kids just are plain cruel. I wish I could just pull her out of school - and homeschool her, instead. Unfortunately, it's too expensive to look into homeschooling. Maybe I could try taking this to the school board. I'm sick of seeing my daughter get picked on all the time!'
'Yeah, you know, the Stricklands never seemed to be too fond of the McFly's either,' Melody said, nodding, 'in spite of the fact that my dad is a famous rock star, and my grandpa is a famous science fiction author. Could it be jealousy, perhaps?'
'Well, who really knows?' Jules said, sighing. 'I sometimes wonder if the Stricklands really like anyone. Anyway, you might as well get Jamie up - and get her off to school.'
oooooooooo
After school, Jamie came to her grandparents' house crying - as Melody was following right behind her. Melody's heart was aching for her friend.
'Grandpa,' Jamie said, sobbing, 'the girls in the locker room stole all my clothes, so for the whole school day, I walked around in my underwear.'
'Well, honey,' Doc said, 'I will have a talk with the principal, and we will try to straighten this out. I mean, this has gone on far enough. It's about time we stand up and take some action.'
'How come Harmony never had that problem?' Jamie continued, sobbing. 'I feel like I'm the cursed one in my family. I wish I could be as beautiful as Harmony.'
'Well, honey, you are beautiful,' Doc insisted, as he held Jamie close to him, and he stroked her hair.
'You're only saying that because you have to,' Jamie protested, sobbing. 'Everyone knows that I'm not beautiful in the conventional way, if you know what I mean.'
Melody glanced between Jamie and Doc, as she was at a loss for words. Melody had always firmly believed that inward beauty was much more important than outward beauty. She also believed that everyone was beautiful in their own special, unique way. Still, could she really deny that Jamie wasn't beautiful in the conventional way. Maybe she could help her friend try to fix that. It disgusted her to think of how shallow some people can be.
'Listen, Jamie,' Melody said, quietly. 'Maybe we could get you a nice perm or something. We could also try to buy you some nice clothes that would look flattering on you. I sometimes think that you gave up caring about how you look. Listen, I'll talk to Dad about this. Maybe he can help out.'
'Thanks, Melody,' Jamie said, softly, as she reached out to hug her friend.
'Well, Jamie,' Melody said, 'I guess I should start heading home, now. Do you think you'll be okay for the rest of today?'
'Yeah, Melody, I think so,' Jamie replied. 'Have a nice day, and thanks for being my friend.'
oooooooooo
As Melody was heading home, she was accosted by Griff Tannen and his gang.
'Well, well, well,' Griff said, smirking, 'what do we have here?'
'It's the youngest McFly kid,' Data said, smirking. 'I think she'd look good wearing nothing at all.'
Melody turned to run in the other direction, but Data and Whitey caught her, and Griff shined a sleep-inducing alpha-rhythm generator into Melody's eyes, causing her to crumple to the ground.