Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or it's characters. I only own this fic idea and the oc, Cecelia Potter, James' little sis...and the oc, Renee Gauner...
Summary: What happens when you meet someone, fall in-love, and then they die...or did they? I guess having the person you love being your old foe's little sister doesn't help much either, huh?
Ch.1 Quiet friend
Snape was upside down, AGAIN, and his underpants were on display for the entire castle to view, he could see the crowd circling him, cheering and laughing.
"Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?" James smirked then wickedly grinned when he heard the cheers of approval.
Snape wanted nothing more than to die right then and there, but then he caught sight of a first year Ravenclaw that had been glaring at James Potter all year long, so far. The girl got up from her spot in the corner of the quad and started towards James faster than he'd ever seen someone move, her flat hair swished about her face, making it look messier than it was. She pushed up on the bridge of her thick, cat-eye frame glasses and pointed her wand at James "Stop!" she said simply, everyone gasped, whether it was because she was telling the 'almighty-James Potter' to stop, or because of the fact that it was the first time anyone had heard a peep from her.
James turned and glared at her "Cece, go away!", Snape looked at her closely, she was shielding her sight from seeing him, or more than likely, shielding herself from seeing him in his underpants. She was only a first year, now, but Snape now remembered who she was, Cecelia Potter, James Potter's little sister, 'What's she doing, trying to help me?'. She shook her head "No, I'm telling you to stop it or...or else I'll...I'll tell mum!" she stammered, obviously thinking of this last minute and not at all sounding the least bit threatening.
Many of the students started to howl with laughter at her words, hell, Snape would've laughed of it weren't for the fact that he was upside down, nearly exposed and now starting to feel dizzy from the blood rushing to his head. While the crowd laughed, James glared at the little girl and hissed at Sirius, who was also laughing "It isn't funny, she'll tell mum I did this to her!". Sirius stopped his laughter and frowned at the girl now "Cece! Don't be like that!" Black pleaded but Cece just shook her head "Try it and see what happens...I dare you...".
Snape was really dizzy now but prayed that they wouldn't try it, much to his luck he found himself falling to the ground while James grunted a "Whatever, let's go, guys". Getting himself situated, making sure his robes were fully covering himself, Snape made to leave but James and Sirius had one last trick up their sleeves. Sirius shot a spell to cause Snape's robes to fly up again while James hexed Cece into looking, but infortunately the hex was too strong and practically punched the girl instead.
"Shit!" James gasped, Sirius and Peter grabbed his and Remus' arms, "Run!", they hollared as they scrambled away.
Snape fixed his robes, AGAIN, and was so sick of hearing the snickering, he made to bolt back to his room and stay there for as long as he could get away with. But he stopped himself and watched the first year Ravenclaw feel around the grass for her glasses, while many students walked right by without bothering to help her, not even looking to see if they were about to step on her specs. Sighing deeply, Snape quickly walked over and picked them up and held them in front of her, but of course, she didn't see him and continued to feel around the grass, muttering under her breath.
Snape finally took a step forward and placed the glasses on her hand and waited for her to respond and take them, "Thank-" she put them on "Y...". She stared at him wide-eyed for a few seconds before turning bright red and dashing away, tripping over her feet slightly while doing so. Snape stood there confused 'What was that about?' his mind answered him 'Well, she did just see you in your underpants...she's a first year, what do you expect?'.
He decided to follow her, ask her why she helped him, why she was blushing, why her and her brother didn't like each other...'Isn't that just normal sibling rivalry?' his mind answered again, 'Shut up!'.
She was quite fast, but his legs were longer and knew better than to tangle within themselves, the sound of her gasping and landing with a 'thud' on the floor let Snape know he'd caught up with her. She was getting back up when Snape reached out and grabbed her by the arm and turned her to face him, she jumped slightly and stared up at him with wide, dark blue eyes.
Snape stared at her for a few seconds, waiting to see if she would say anything but it seems she went back to her old quiet ways, "Why did you do that?" Snape decided to ask. She just stared at him, the hint of pink creeping back into her cheeks as she tried not to look at him directly, "Well, why?" Snape asked again. Cecelia found the floor very interesting at that moment, Snape looked down where her eyes wandered and noticed that her 'crash landing' had caused her knee to flower open.
"Shit, look at your knee!" Snape now knew why she was just standing there, she was trying to hide the pain in her knee, 'One peep and she'll most likely burst into tears'. Snape quickly turned around and crouched "Let me bring you to the hospital wing", he stayed like that for a few seconds, she wasn't moving to climb his back. Turning around, he saw she let her head hang down, her hair fell in front of her face and the faint sound of whimpering was heard, to confirm his thoughts, a few drops fell from behind her curtain of hair and landed on the ground...she was crying now...
'Great...now all I need is for her brother or someone to show up and think I made her cry...' Snape stood there awkwardly "Do you not want to go to the hospital wing?". Cecelia shook her head, never lifting her head up, Snape shifted from one foot to the other "Do you want me to leave you?" he asked, trying to be helpful 'Yeah, leave an injured girl...real helpful'. She nodded, sniffling while doing so, Snape just backed up slowly, eyeing her carefully to see if leaving her is alright or not 'Strong girl for not breaking down into a fit with an injury like that...'.
He was just about to turn the corner when Cecelia's mouth opened "I...", Snape paused his actions and waited for her to finish speaking. "I...did that...because...it was wrong...what he did..." her voice showed no sign of being in pain, 'So she didn't like her brother picking on me, huh?' Snape raised an eyebrow. Cecelia nodded to herself "Yep...that...and I..." she looked up and gave a weak smile "I like getting him into trouble..." she lowered her head again, but Snape had already seen the fact her eyes were red and watery.
She grabbed at the wall and tried to walk in the direction of the hospital wing but she nearly fell down, Snape rolled his eyes and walked back over "Ok, now, can I help you to the hospital wing?". She looked up at him and blinked then clung onto his arm to help her walk, Snape had meant for him to carry her but she seemed to have too much pride to allow that. On their way to the hospital wing, Cecelia wouldn't look at Snape, in fact she was looking in the exact opposite direction as him, making him feel rather uncomfortable.
"Ahem..." Snape cleared his throat, at the pace they were walking, it would take a while to get to the hospital wing 'She should've just let me carry her'. She jumped slightly and winced at the pain in her knee but didn't look at him, Snape glanced at her from the corner of his eye "Why are you blushing?" he honestly didn't want to know the answer. She bit her bottom lip and finally looked up at him with wide, innocent eyes, she opened her mouth to say something but only strangled gasps of breath escaped, making her blush even more. Snape was about to give up on trying to converse with her until she stopped and clutched at her knee, Snape stopped as well and waited for her.
"I didn't look..." she whispered, Snape's face grew hotter 'I knew it...the damned underpants!', she tried to walk again but silently hissed in pain. Snape sucked in a deep breath and walked in front of her and crouched again "We'll get there faster if you just get on my back" his words came out a little harsher than he meant. After a seconds hesitation she climbed on his back, he carefully hooked his hands under her knees and started walking again, she was light enough for him to carry her with ease.
Her head gently rested on his shoulder as he walked, "I'm suprised..." she murmured suddenly, Snape stiffened, afraid of what she was about to say. "No one...ever talks to me..." she finished lamely, 'Aa, so that's why you're so quiet' Snape thought "What about your brother?" he cringed at the thought of James Potter. He felt her shrugg "He's got his friends...", Snape started wondering if he could get any blackmail info on James "Is he a...bad brother, to you?". A few minutes of silence fell over them, 'Damn...I screwed up!' Snape mentally smacked himself, "No..." her answer was delayed "He's just...too cool for me, I guess..." she sighed, Snape remained silent for the rest of the walk.
Snape lets his eyes flutter open 'What made me remember that, now?' he shrugged 'Well, whatever it was, it doesn't matter now'. He needed to get ready to help Harry Potter, the-boy-who-finally-killed-the-dark-lord, find a decent flat in, of all places, muggle London. Perhaps it's the fact that Harry looks so much like James, especially now that he was nearing adulthood, that he remembered his first encounter with Cecelia Potter. Quiet, shy, innocent, caring, Cecelia Potter...he hadn't thought about her in years, or maybe that was a lie..."Too bad they never did find her body...although, I don't think I'd like them to find her body...I like thinking she's still alive somewhere...".
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