Author note
As an eleven year old whose dreams of going to Hogwarts were crushed when the owl with my letter probably dropped it or couldn't find my house I wrote this story, in the Marauders Era because I love the Marauders, and Professor Snape. I was fixated on having Hermione going back in time and changing everything but then Lily having a sister came to mind. I remember writing this all down and then well I figured it was horrible so just left it, and now three years later I have found it. I know others have had the same idea but I just wanted to put this up anyway. The story is on the oc's point of view in this chapter but if I continue it, it will vary. I don't know why I put the main characters as OC: Bell and James, maybe he represents the Marauders? Who knows
"Mum" a six year old girl whines as she lies on her belly plucking the petals of a daisy "how come I'm named after a flower?" she asks, her face scrunching up as she frowns.
"My favourite flower is a Petunia, that's why sweetie. A Petunia is beautiful, just like you and I also adore Lilies and that's why my beautiful Lily is Lily" Mrs Evans replies, brushing a kiss on a four year olds auburn hair who is cuddling into her.
"What about me? Mummy" a little voice speaks up, whose apple green eyes peer at her mum while she has her face half-buried in her dad's torso.
"Belle, she is my favourite fairy-tale princess in Beauty and the beast. I love that fairy-tale to bits, your poor Nan had to read that to me every night when I was little, of course she translated it from French. Your Nan was quite adventurous but settled down with Poppa, but before she had me she toured the world. She loved adventure, she could speak French, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese and English" Mrs Evans says, a smile on her face as she gazes up at the clouds.
"I wanted you to be called Rose because it goes so well with your hair" Mr Evans comments as he strokes Belle's fiery red hair, admiring the fiery red colour that is not auburn like his own.
"I don't want adventure, I just want to find my Prince Charming and to live in a big castle forever and ever" Petunia exclaims happily, as she sits up smiling at her parents and sisters.
"I want to be a Princess too where my Prince saves me from danger; can I be Princess with you Tuney?" Lily asks as she untangles herself from her mum and faces her big sister.
Petunia scrunches up her nose but reluctantly agrees "you can I guess, but I'm teaching you how to act like a proper lady. Every princess acts like a proper lady" Petunia replies and Lily nods enthusiastically.
Belle frowns at her sisters "I don't want to stay stuck in a castle, I don't want a Prince, and I don't want to be rescued. I want to be like Nan and travel around the whole world, to be a pirate, no wait a ninja" Belle proclaims as she pulls away from her dad, her apple green eyes shining brightly with a mischief smile appearing on her face.
"My little sister is not being a pirate or a ninja. You don't want to be a low class person Belle. It's okay when you get over that I will have a room in my castle for you and I will find you your Prince Charming" Petunia responds, the frown which appeared on her face after he sister made such a comment dissolves into a smile.
"Maybe Tuney but first I want to swim with sharks, climb Mount Everest it's the biggest mountain in the world, at pre-school Mrs Sharp told us and I'm going to climb it one day. Ooh I also want to fly to the moon, that would be so exciting and I could survive by eating the cheese" Belle exclaims, clapping her hands as she imagines all the things she could do.
"Oh no Belle, you can't swim with the sharks they might eat you" Lily proclaims completely horrified at the thought.
"Not before I eat them" Belle responds, biting at air with a huge smile on her face.
Mrs Evans and Mr Evans laugh with amusement "come on, we might as well go home. It's looks like it is going to rain soon but this has be a lovely picnic lunch" Mrs Evans says, Lily hops off her mum who starts packing the lunch away.
Belle turns to her dad, her apple green eyes shining with tears "It's not funny dad" she says rather hurt that he laughed at her dreams.
Mr Evans presses a soft kiss against her forehead "how about this, I give you a piggyback ride back to the car and you forgive me for laughing" he says, and smiles as her face lights up.
"Okay daddy" Belle chirps feeling extremely happy with the bargain, and wraps her arms around his neck giving him a quick hug.
"Mummy, daddy can we just play on the swings for a little" Lily askes, her emerald eyes filling with tears knowing it's her mums weakness.
Mrs Evans sighs while gazing at Lily who already has tears cascading down her cheeks "fine honey, but Petunia can you watch the twins especially the youngest" she says, looking at Belle the mischief one of the lot.
Belle quickly bounces of Mr Evans lap "race you to the swings" she exclaims while sprinting towards the swings.
Petunia who is in the midst of putting the jam away drops it in the basket and quickly races to the swing yelling "Belle that's cheating, I was helping mummy"
Lily starts running after Petunia also a little angry at Belle for cheating "no fair Belle you cheated" she exclaims between breaths as she reaches the swings, her cheeks pink from the running.
Belle sits triumphantly on the swing, she pokes her tongue out teasingly "like daddy says, expect the unexpected Lily. Anyways look I got on by myself" Belle announces, a bright smile on her face.
Lily frowns, despite being the older of the two she is the shortest by at least 7cm, not much particularly but enough to annoy Lily who stands on her tip-toes and heaves herself onto the swing.
She lays on her belly and turns to smile triumphantly at her younger sister only to realize she couldn't sit up. "Tuney, can you help me" Lily wails, tears already rolling down her cheeks after she tried to sit up only to nearly fall.
Petunia quickly rushes to Lily's side and helps her sister out with a click of her tongue "be careful next time Lily, and Belle it's not nice to show off mummy told you to cut that out remember" Petunia says sternly, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at the twins imitating her mum.
Belle looks over at Lily who is wiping away her tears and starts to feel terrible for hurting her twin's feelings "sorry Lily, I didn't mean to show off. I just wanted to show you I could do it"
Lily smiles at her younger sister" it's alright, I was only crying because I nearly fell off" Lily chirps happily, and Petunia giggles at her sister's quick mood change.
"Silly Lily, now are you ready? I'm going to push you" Petunia says as she walks behind Lily and starts pushing her making Lily go higher and higher with every push.
Belle starts feeling jealous as she gazes at Lily who her mum and Petunia seemed to prefer since she can be quite a handful, Belle being rather mischief, kind, opinionated and bold compared to Lily who is sweet, quiet, caring and well-behaved. Always Lily, never Belle only sweet and innocent Lily even Petunia gained more attention from their mum, whereas Belle only has her dad who admires her mischievous side. Mr Evans always wanted a son and gained one in his little girl. One second Lily is laughing happily as wind blows through her auburn hair and next she is flying forward and lands roughly on the ground.
Lily yelps in pain, and wails loudly as she lies on the ground holding her arm which is inevitable broken. Belle's eyes go wide in horror before she leaps off the swing and runs towards Lily, deep down feeling guilty for the incident.
Mrs and Mr Evans quickly run to their fallen daughter whilst Petunia stands frozen to the spot with her eyes wide in horror. Lily had literally flown right in front of her towards the ground, being pushed by some invisible force like magic.
From that day onwards Lily Evans has been dreadfully afraid of heights, and Belle has noticed that whenever she feels an emotion strong enough she could make anything happen.
Belle swings high with her waist length wavy/curly fiery red hair dancing in the wind; she laughs joyously as she swings higher and higher.
Petunia who notices what her sister is about to do screams "no Belle, don't you remember what happened to Lily. Mummy said you are not allowed to"
Lily turns from picking daisies drops them in horror as Belle leaps from the swing, Belle laughs happily as she lands safely on two feet.
"Don't be silly Tuney, I'm perfectly fine. Lily what are you doing with those daises?" Belle askes while skipping happily towards her sister not knowing onyx eyes followed every movement of her and her sisters.
Lily opens her palm and a daisy bud starts to blossom making Petunia who is watching it gasp in surprise.
Belle puts her hand over Lily's palm, her apple green eyes concentrating and Lily gasps this time as the flower stem starts to grow, making the flower go taller and taller until it is 2 inches tall with Belle's hand still over it.
Belle smiles at Lily who smiles brightly back at her younger sister, the lack of focus makes the daisy fall to the ground.
"You can do it too?" Lily exclaims, amazement clearly heard in the tone of her voice.
"It's strange, but ever since we were little I've been able to do weird things. Watch this" Belle replies, running towards an apple tree beside the big one a boy is currently hiding behind.
She touches the tree and imagines it full of deliciously sweet and crunchy apples and her sisters' gasp in wonder as apple starts appearing.
Petunia in a slight daze walks towards the tree and grabs an apple, she gasps in surprise as she feels the solid and real apple. She takes a bite and moans at how uncannily sweet the crunch flesh is.
"This is… How do you do it?" Petunia askes Belle and Lily curiously, and she begins to feel a little envious.
A boy burst out from behind the big tree "isn't it obvious" he states, wearing a thick holey jacket way too big on him and holey jeans covered in dirt and grime.
He gazes at the twins, his eyes the colour onyx, his skin a very pale white, his black hair greasy and stringy and his nose hooked "your witches, both of you two" he says motioning at the twins.
"That's not a nice thing to say" Lily says with a hurt expression on her face.
Petunia glares at the boy for calling her little sisters name's "you were spying on us" Petunia exclaims angrily in a shrill voice.
The boy goes scarlet red "why would I spy on a muggle" the boy retorts eyeing Petunia with disgust like she is filth.
"I know who you are, you're the boy who lives down Spinners End, come on let's go" Petunia announces, she didn't know what he said but she knew he meant it as an insult. She spins on her heel with Lily trailing after her, and to the boy's surprise Belle stays gazing at him with a confused expression.
"A witch, I always thought I had super powers like superman" Belle admits while twirling a lock of her hair in her finger.
"Y-you're not angry like your sisters?" the boy stutters out, his cheeks darkening as he gazes at the beautiful girl with apple green eyes, beautiful eyes he could stare at for years.
"I'm going to listen to what you have to say and what happens after well we'll cross that bridge when we get there" Belle replies, she strolls towards the stream near the park motioning for the boy to follow.
Once they are by the stream she takes a seat on the lush green grass, and pats the spot beside her.
"Come on, don't be shy you said I'm a witch not a vampire so I won't bite" Belle says, laughing a little at her joke.
The boy cracks a smile at her sad attempt at a joke before he sits next to her feeling strangely comfortable around her, it's always uncomfortable at his home with his dad and his mum going at it all the time.
"So, are you going to explain?" Belle askes as she plucks at the grass between her fingers.
"My name is Severus Snape, and I'm a wizard whereas you are a witch" Severus say while looking nervously at the grass, he hasn't spoken to anyone properly other than his mum.
"Well Sev, if I can call you that I'm Belle Evans" Belle replies, smiling encouragingly at him making butterflies form in his stomach.
"Belle" Belle hears Lily and Petunia call out her name a few times, and she looks over her shoulder to where the park is.
"I don't mind being called Sev" Severus speaks up, earning her attention and he starts trying to think of something to talk about so she didn't leave him "you are obviously muggle-born, muggles are non-magical folk and a muggle-born is a witch with non-magical parents. You still have magic, a lot of it from what I saw back there. When we are eleven we will receive letters from Hogwarts the school of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
Belle's eyes go wide, reflecting amazement and excitement in the depth of her apple green orbs "really? There is a school for magic" Belle whispers, not wanting her sisters to hear her and make her go home.
"Yes, and at Hogwarts there are four houses. Slytherin is a house, the mascot is a snake, the colours are green and silver and it's for those who value ambition, cunning, leadership and resourcefulness. Ravenclaw is another house with the mascot being a Raven, the colours are blue and bronze and it's for those who value intelligence, learning, creativity and wit. Hufflepuff is a house, the mascot is a badger, the colours are black and white and it's for those who value hard work, patience, loyalty, justice. The last house is Gryffindor, the mascot is a lion, the colours are red and gold and it's for those who value bravery, courage, nerve and chivalry. I don't know how, my mum refused to tell me but they sort you into either of these houses. My mum and her whole family were in Slytherin so that's where I want to go" Severus says, as he lays back to gaze at the clouds with a smile on his face. He imagines Hogwarts, his future escape from his home.
"I don't know if I'm any of those, what if you're not any? Will they send you home?" Belle askes with fear etched into her face, she didn't want to be rejected and sent back home.
"No, you will get in one house'hopefully Slytherin' Severus replies saying the rest in his mind as he turns his head to gaze at her.
"Belle" her sisters call once again but she hears her mum's voice with them this time, she quickly stands up and gazes apologetically at Severus.
"I'm sorry Sev, I have to go. I'll see you at the park tomorrow?" Belle says, a little unsure if the boy would show but Severus nods enthusiastically at the idea.
Belle turns and runs towards the park with her waist length hair swaying behind her.
Mrs Evans sighs in relief, and covers her heart which is beating fast in her chest "never do that again Belle, where were you?" Mrs Evans demand, Lily and Petunia behind her.
"She was probably with the awful Spinners End boy, mummy" Petunia speaks up, her arms crossed over her chest as she glares disappointedly at Belle.
"Mum, I was just with Sev who is my friend not that awful Spinners End boy" Belle responds narrowing her eyes at Petunia before she runs around them towards her home, she didn't know Severus had heard it all and came to like her even more.
As she arrives home she immediately runs into the arms of her dad who is on the couch reading the paper. Mr Evans puts the paper down and wraps his arms around his little Belle "daddy, I'm allowed to be friends with Sev, right? Just because he lives down Spinners End doesn't mean he is bad" Belle comments as she rests her head on his chest.
Mr Evans rises an eyebrow "I suppose, why what did your mum say?" Mr Evans asks as he strokes her hair.
"Petunia said he is awful but he isn't daddy" Belle answers, gazing up into his sapphire eyes before she starts playing around with his tie.
"Belle" Mrs Evans calls, and she rolls her eyes with amusement as she sees her daddy's girl cuddling with her dad.
Mr Evans looks up at his wife who smiles knowingly back at him "I see your handling the situation Alex, honey" Mrs Evans says and Belle turns to see her mum.
Petunia and Lily roll their eyes knowingly as they stroll into the living room muttering 'daddy's little angel' under their breath.
"There is no situation to handle, Sev is my friend not an awful bully Tuney and Lily have probably made him out to be" Belle counters, glaring at the pair while leaning against her dad's chest.
"He called you and Lily witches, and he call me a nasty word" Petunia screeches in a shrill tone.
"Muggle is not a bad word, it means non-magical Tuney you just made an assumption that he called you something nasty" Belle exclaims, climbing out of her dad's embrace.
Petunia gives her a look of disbelief "you believe that-that weird boy from Spinners End, he is absolutely filthy and wears clothes that are holey and which probably belong to his parents" Petunia proclaims, a look of pure disgust on her face.
"Not everyone has new, clean clothes like us Tuney, and it doesn't matter where he is from. Sev, he is my friend and I won't let you say nasty things about him when you don't even know him. You and Lily didn't even give him a chance to explain; instead you guys made assumptions and stormed of" Belle bellows angrily, and the ornaments start shaking violently.
Mrs Evans having enough cries out "enough" before Petunia could counter Belle's comment "you two shouldn't be arguing over a boy"
"Sorry Tuney" Belle apologizes forcibly but her shoulders slump before she repeats it, this time meaning it.
"I'm not apologizing for what I said about the boy, but for my attitude towards you. I'm sorry" Petunia replies and Belle huffs but accepts it regardless.
"Good now Petunia, would you like to help me bake some chocolate chip biscuits?" Mrs Evans askes as she walks towards the kitchen, Petunia nods enthusiastically and follows her mum.
Lily shuffles her feet nervously while gazing at Belle who she deeply admires for her confidence, for her loyalty to a boy she barely met, and for her bravery to go against Petunia who would run and tell on her to their mother in a heartbeat, sometimes she wished to be like her younger sister.
"Belle, can I speak to you in our room?" Lily askes softly, and Belle gazes at her twin for a second before agreeing.
"Look Belle, I know I left not letting him explain. It's just it sound like he called Tuney something bad and he called me a witch. Witches are ugly, old and evil women with big nose's and huge moles" Lily says, as she sits on her bed by the door.
Belle laughs as she hears this and quickly tells Lily what Severus told her, and she smiles as Lily's eyes go wide with amazement and excitement.
The next day Lily went with Belle to see Severus, and soon the trio became the best of friends. Lily starts to admire Severus feeling infatuated with him. Severus also feels the same for Lily, preferring Lily the quiet, creative, considerate, patient, innocent, kind and sweet twin over Belle the feisty, spunky, energetic, caring and free-spirited twin.
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