The Half-Blood Prince's Secret
By: Juju24
Did you ever wonder what Severus Snape's sixth year was like? Did you ever wonder why Bellatrix and Snape hate each other so much? Well this is what i think happened that year.
Severus's POV
Today is the day I have been waiting for this whole summer. Today is the day I return to Hogwarts. This summer is the summer where I have missed Hogwarts the most. I can usually count on Lily to keep company over the summer, but we had a fight last year. She wants nothing to do with me anymore. It is going to be torture watching her hang out with Potter and his gang. I'm worried she'll join in the taunting.
Since I am starting out this without a female friend from another house, I have decided to keep it that way. If Lily wants to be friends again, I might just break that resolution. Notice how I said nothing about girlfriends. I sort of have this crush on this girl and I think she likes me. I just wish I could ask her out. You are probably wondering who this girl is. Well, "this girl" is Bellatrix. The only reason I think she likes me is because she keeps glancing over at me.
Most people believe that Bellatrix is a bitch all the time, but truth is, she can be kind and loving when she wants to be. When I told her about the Lily ending our friendship, she was kind to me and tried to make me feel better. She told me that she was sorry about it and that Lily didn't deserve a friend like me. She also made fun of Lily, which made me not only laugh, but also realize that what she said was true. Lily was nothing more than a person who had all of my attention for a while. The only thing I thank Lily for is getting me closer to Bellatrix.
I have been going over some facts that contribute to Bellatrix possibly becoming my girlfriend. First off, she is only a month younger than me. There are also the facts that she is pretty smart, has plans to become a Death Eater, loves the Dark Arts, and is gorgeous. There is only one problem at the moment with her. She is already dating someone. Someone I hate as much as Potter. Bellatrix is dating Potter's best friend, Sirius Black. That is not the only weird thing about their relationship. They are also cousins. That just makes their relationship less appealing.
After Bellatrix and I gained each other's trust, she told me she was dating Sirius Black. Not because she liked him, but because of a dare. Her sister, Narcissa, had dared Bellatrix to ask Sirius out. Apparently, Sirius had just ran away from home when Bellatrix asked him out. He could really care less about what was going on in his old home, but he thought it would be good to have an inside spy just in case his parents tried to do something to his possessions. He said yes to Bellatrix, and Bellatrix could do nothing but date him.
There is one good thing about their relationship though. They are about to break up. There are three factors. One: Sirius is not pleased with Bellatrix's reports. He knows she is not even trying to get him the information he wants, which just makes it worse. Two: Bellatrix told me she was interested in someone else. Someone in the Slytherin. I couldn't help but wonder if she meant. I shouldn't get to hopeful. If she doesn't mean me and I make a fool of myself asking her out, I know she won't want to be friends with me anymore. Three: I saw Sirius making goggly eyes at Jinx Curse.
You are probably wondering who Jinx is. Jinx is one of the most popular girls at Hogwarts. Her best friend is Lily Evans (a fellow Gryffindor). She also has a twin sister, Martha Curse (also a fellow Gryffindor). Martha and Jinx's relationship is pretty special. They can be great sisters to each other most of the time, but sometimes they get mad at each other like best friends would. Jinx and Martha both have straight, long light brown hair and can read emotions and minds, but Jinx has carmel brown eyes while Martha has icy blue-gray eyes. Jinx and Martha are a very sweet girls with a bad temperaments. If you piss one of them off, you better sleep with one eye open. Their last name isn't Curse for no reason. They will both curse you if you bother just one of them.
Jinx is also a well-known girlfriend of James Potter, my enemy. They dated for two years. Before she dated James, she dated Remeus Lupin for two years and a muggle named Vernon Dursley for a year. She was only dating Vernon Dursley because her best friend, Lily, dared her to ask Vernon out. Lily's sister, Petunia, became furious with Lily and Jinx for playing with Vernon and his hearts. Lily and Jinx were just trying to be funny with Petunia. They had a suspicion that she liked Vernon, and the little outburst Petunia had confirmed it. Petunia should have kept her mouth shut because Jinx and Lily bothered her about it until they were bored with teasing Petunia.
During Jinx's time at Hogwarts so far, she has been asked out many times by a ton of boys. Even though she, Lily, and her sister are hot and irresistible as most boys would say, there is one restriction they have. They will never think about dating a boy from Slytherin. That's too bad for a lot of the boys in the Slytherin house. So many of the boys like the girls. At least they are smart enough to not even think about asking them out.
There is one remarkable person who asked her out while she was dating James. His name was Micheal. Micheal really liked Jinx and did everything he could think of to try and convince Jinx to break up with James and start going out with him. Not only did Micheal get his heart broken by her refusal, but he also lost all of his memories/thoughts about Jinx. He was completely clueless in most of his classes for the rest of the year because Jinx had tutored him. Micheal has his memory back from the help of a doctor at St. Mungo's Hospital.
It turns out that Sirius might be lucky with getting Jinx all to himself once he's through with Bellatrix. It turns out that Jinx and James broke up over the summer. They agreed that even though they enjoyed being around each other, they loved each other that could never love anyone else, and they had a wonderful relationship, they needed to find happiness with someone else. They promised each other that if they can't be happy with anyone else, then they will go back out. So far, James seems pretty happy with Lily while Jinx seems to be flirting and showing interest in Sirius.
Back to what I was thinking about Bellatrix and Sirius. Their next date is tomorrow night. By the end of the night, they will be single and ready to date someone else. My plan for asking Bellatrix out is simple. I want a day or two after she and Sirius break up before I ask her out. I don't want to seem to eager!
Just before I could get out of my thoughts, Bellatrix jumped into my lap.
"What was that for?" I asked, upset that my thoughts had been interrupted, but pleased Bellatrix was in my lap.
"You seemed to be in la-la land," she said in reply. "I don't want you upset that you missed your chance to change into your robes."
I gently pushed her off my lap and stood up. "Thanks for reminding me."
She was frowning, but quickly smiled. "I'm glad to be of your assistance."
I quickly got my stuff and hurried for an empty compartment to change. Once I was done, I quickly got my back to my compartment. Of course, because of my luck, I ran into Jinx. She was standing pretty firm, so I fell to the ground. I was waiting for her to blow up and leave me on the floor, but she surprised me. She offered her hand to help me up. I took it and murmured my thanks.
"No problem," she said. "Why were you thinking I would explode at you?"
Shoot. I forgot she could read minds. "It's just, you dated James and he didn't like me. I thought you felt the same way."
"Nope, not really," Jinx said without hesitation. "I miss hanging around you in the summer. You always managed to have us do something stupid but fun. This summer was boring beyond belief. Sure, we had our sleepovers and hanging out at each other's houses, but there were not silly dares or pranks that you supplied us."
"Why, thank you," I said, shocked by what she said. "I didn't know I had that effect on people, let alone you."
"You're welcome," Jinx said as she walked into her compartment. "It was nice talking to you Severus. Hope to see you around."
As I walked to my compartment, I wondered about my conversation with Jinx. Was she crushing on me or just trying to be nice? I guess I wouldn't know until later on this year.
