The Mysterious M

The Mysterious M

Introduction:

Meara MacDonald had always wanted to sing. All of her life she'd been singing, even before she knew about magic, she knew that she would be a singer. She planned stage names, costumes, even what songs she would include in her set. Songs by such muggle greats as Eric Clapton and Def Leppard were constantly heard from her bedroom in the small apartment she shared with her mother in New York. She even kept a diary of ideas for her future shows.

It therefore came as a huge surprise when, instead of a letter asking her to join a prestigious musical school, Meara was given a letter asking her to join the Salem School of Witchcraft. Both MacDonald ladies were very excited, and the four years that followed were the best of her life. She graduated a full-fledged witch and had an even more intense desire to perform. She began to write songs in a notebook as she worked in a small shop in the wizarding district of New York. She sent out feelers for an agent in the magical world, but they seemed to be full of those who would change her performing style or songs.

It took several years before she realized that the only way she could break out into the magical musical scene was to actually start performing. Enlisting the help of her mother, she began to make the costumes required. She took a cue from the Weird Sisters with the specially torn clothing, but instead opted for a worn look. She started looking for a band. Her bassist and drummer were, without a doubt, the best of the magical world. They began to put out feelers for guitarists. While Meara could play guitar, she wasn't nearly good enough to play with the men she had chosen for her band. The word they got back was that there were two exceptional players... in England. With disappointment, they began to talk it over. What were they going to do? Should they move to the English scene, or should they try to find others?

Meara talked to her mother. Sofia MacDonald, while close to her daughter, encouraged her to move. She knew that this would give her a better chance to break into the musical scene, and these players sounded like they were much more in tune with what her daughter and her current band members wanted. Meara took her mother's advice to heart. She quit her job at the shop, knowing that she could get another job when she got to England. She and her two band members than set out on a journey.

When they reached England, they settled down in London. The two guitarists joined them, and it was immediately apparent that they were the correct players for the band. Meara began to breathe a bit easier as she began to look for a job. She trawled Diagon Alley, the Wizarding district of London, and soon found a job in a fledgling shop called Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. The owners, two twins with flaming red hair, found it amusing to have as an employee an American witch who was only working there until her record deal came in. Her band members were always hanging around the shop when they weren't at work themselves. The twins enjoyed the company, and they certainly enjoyed the massive amount of free and willing victims. They became more and more a part of the band, allowing them to practice in the shop and even lending a few pointers. Though they had no musical training, they gave invaluable insight into what the average wizard would hear and like.

The Weasley twins began to do more and more for the band, getting gigs for them at local wizarding pubs and promoting them in their shop. They even gave the band their name, playing off of Meara's name and the fact that while the five members had been constantly in the shop, they knew nothing of them. Thus, The Mysterious M was born.