Consulting Sniper (Moran's Story)

Introduction

For those of you who have not read The Autobiography of Mycroft Holmes, the book that precedes this, or just want to know a little bit about the universe that this story takes place in that was created with the first book, here is a little introduction.

I didn't write fanfiction before creating this AU and writing these two book-length fanfics as well as the shorter "Holmes" chapter that fits into this story. But now I'm sort of addicted to fanfiction and Wattpad...

I created this AU not knowing it was actually going to be a series one day by taking the already-existing stories of Holmes and Watson further. What if it were Mycroft narrating instead of Watson? Maybe Mycroft as a young woman? From America, not Britain (but she'd still go to Britain of course because Sherlock is a character that performs well in a British environment)? And maybe she even lives in the FUTURE.

Eventually to create the character study you saw in The Autobiography of Mycroft Holmes, I gender swapped any characters that had not already been by Elementary since I had not known about that series before I began publishing and I did not want this to be a fanfiction of that. Thus, Moriarty and Watson remained men.

The plot of the story came from my research back into the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories that I read when I was in junior high school. There is little to nothing told about Sherlock's life before Watson. What if it heavily involved Mycroft?

After I wrote that story, I realized that I left a huge plot hole. Who was Sabrina Moran? What was her relationship with Moriarty? And why did Mycroft always deny knowing her, even though she was a terrible liar?

For this story, I employed a long list of old Sherlock Holmes villains, many of whom appear at some point or another. Some have more major roles, some more minor roles depending on their symbolism and backstories.

I even included MorMor, one of my OTPs (I can't choose just ONE OTP)! I really hope I did justice to the ship and all the other amazing MorMor fanfics I read for inspiration.

So here goes Consulting Sniper. Warnings are in the story description. Hope you enjoy, and let me know what you think :)

-Delta April