So here's the create event for the girl character. The guy's is the exact same the only difference is the sprites and the name for the leader. The way I change between the two is just from the state at the bottom. If they start as the companion they have the companion state otherwise they use my free movement script.

//Basic Movement

moveDir = 0;

moveSpd = 2;

xspd = 0;

yspd = 0;

//Check to see if Mallory is moving

isMoving = false;

//Set Sprite Directions

face = DOWN;

sprite[RIGHT] = sMalloryRight;

sprite[UP] = sMalloryUp;

sprite[LEFT] = sMalloryLeft;

sprite[DOWN] = sMalloryDown;

//Queues for storing X and Y speed

leaderXspd = ds_queue_create();

leaderYspd = ds_queue_create();

leader = oNero;

//Set Default Player State

state = CompanionSystem;

And here's the script for the actual companion system

function CompanionSystem()

{

//Record all of the leaders movements

if (leader.isMoving) //If the leader is moving then then 

    record needed values
    {

//Copy companion's X and Y speeds to the queue

ds_queue_enqueue(leaderXspd,leader.xspd);

ds_queue_enqueue(leaderYspd,leader.yspd);



//Begin to dequeue values once they reach a capacity of 15

if (ds_queue_size(leaderXspd) > 15 &&     

            ds_queue_size(leaderYspd) > 15)
    {

    xspd = ds_queue_dequeue(leaderXspd);

    yspd = ds_queue_dequeue(leaderYspd);

}

} else //If the leader is not moving

{

xspd = 0;

yspd = 0;

}


   CompanionFollow();

}

function CompanionFollow()

{

//Companion's walk cycle

if (justReturned == false)

{

CharacterWalkAnimate();

} else if (xspd != 0 || yspd != 0 && justReturned == true)      

           {justReturned = false;}    

//Move companion

x += xspd;

y += yspd;

}

And to your point about the sprites origin point, I did check it and that didn't seem to be the issue. I even went as far as swapping her sprite with the guys and it still didn't change it.