[Original Slytherin heroine] [Marauders-era reverse-harem stock-picking story] [Warning: canon pairings will be broken] [Apologies for out-of-character writing and any trigger warnings]
[There are four male leads. In the order they meet the heroine: Lucius, Severus, Remus, and Sirius.]
Leora Morris was born an illegitimate daughter who had to live hidden from the world.
Her mother was a Muggle dancer. After being abandoned by her Pure-blood wizard father, she took out all her despair and obsession on Leora. At five, Leora was taught the warped beliefs that beauty was everything and money could do anything. At eight, she was forced onstage to be mocked by others. She grew up amid alternating beatings and affection, like a thorny flower broken off its stem.
She thought her life would rot away in the muck of the Muggle world, until an owl brought her a Hogwarts acceptance letter when she was eleven.
Only after entering the Wizarding World did she learn that she was a half-blood witch.
Her father's family regarded her as a disgrace, Pure-blood nobles looked down on her, and the shadows left by her mother followed her everywhere.
She had once been taught to use her beauty to get everything she wanted. Now she was determined to sweep all before her with her wand!
From a half-blood first-year who was constantly bullied to a genius witch who dazzled the entire Wizarding World.
The Morris family thinks she's an embarrassment? Then she'll make the whole family proud of her!
Pure-blood nobles look down on her? Then she'll shatter every prejudice with her own hands!
In 1972, she set foot in Hogwarts.
This time, she would be no one's appendage. She would be her own queen.
