Chapter 1

I am sorry for my grammar I am just learning english.

I own nothing, because I am not J K Rowling. Just Clara is my OC.

Soft snores was echoing around the gryffindor common room. It was early evening and the room was nearly empty, everyone was outside enjoying the last warmth of September sun. Only one person was inside, 5th year girl was sitting in the corner of the common room behind the desk, her head lying on the potion homework. It had big title Polyjuice potion making, but nothing else was written on the parchment. Lily has tried to write something last night, that's why she was so tired, but everything she had written during the night was wrong. She had to start again, but she fell asleep.

Then door burst open and her best friend Clara came in. She saw Lily sleeping on the table and walked to her.

"Lily wake up!" she said and gently pecked her friend's head.

"What?" Lily muttered and slightly raised her head.

"Wake up sleeping beauty," Clara said softly with big smile.

"I am not sleeping," yawned Lily," I was just... thinking."

"Thinking so hard that you fell asleep," joked Clara.

Lily glared at her friend.

Then Clara's blue eyes fell on the blank parchment.

"When I left you here it was right after lunch and now it is late evening,"girl with short brown hair gesturing to a darkened window,"and you did not write a word to your essay!"

"I'm sorry, I was really tired but I-I will write it during the dinner," Lily said guiltily packing her homework to her bag.

Clara's angry expression softened. "I didn't say that to make you starve."

"It's ok, I'm not hungry at all." Lily tried for a small smile.

Clara sighed.

Gryffindor students were caming to the common room in small groups and in a few minutes it was full of chatting people again. They were preparing their homeworks for tomorrow and dressing to their schol robes for dinner. It was really dark outside. Lily finished packing her bag and get through the crowd to the portrait of fat lady. She slipped out unnoticed.

Walking silently through the dark corridors she was thinking about the potions. Lily was terrible in potions, she has no problems in any other subject, but this one caused that she couldn't sleep at night. She must studied for potions exams two times longer than for the others, like charms, herbology, defence against the dark arts, which she loved, and so on.

Large watery tears started to slowly flow down her freckled face. I'm so stupid she thought and sat on the floor under empty portrait frame. She felt absolutely useless, noone was that bad at potions as she was. She was crying for her it seems like hours hoping that noone heared her. After a while when she calmed down a little she rised her head and find out that she have never been in this part of the castle before. It was quiet and empty, no portraits were here except the one under which she was sitting right now. Sobbing loudly she packed out her parchment, book and quill and started to scribble some notes.

"Polyjuice potion does not contain bubetuber pus unless you want to cause big problems with gall-bladderto to someone", said slow cold masculine voice from behind her.

Lily jumped from shock.

In the portrait frame which was empty just a few minutes ago was now head of young man with black greasy hair and eagle hook nose, dressed all in black. His cold dark eyes were glaring down at her.

"Who-who are you?" Lily asked still crying a bit.

"Professor Severus Snape", he said slowly and paused before continuing.

"You must be Potter", Snape said suspiciously looking at the girl with ginger hair.

"H-How do you know?" Lily sobbed her emerald eyes still full of tears.

"I saw your potions essay, honestly it was dreadfull. You must have inherited it, because your father was one of the worst students I've ever taught," said Snape and raised his eyebrow.

"It doesn't surprise me," Lily said and wiped her tearful eyes with her shirt sleeve,"I've inherited just bad things from my both my mother's and father's side."

"Is that why are you crying?" Snape asked a bit softer. He realized that she was miserable there was no necessary to be nasty at her.

Lily nodded tears again streaming down her face.

"Let me have a look," Snape said," I have nothing to do anyway.

Lily looked at him and gave him a little smile. She sat under the portrait again so professor could see over her shoulder.

As she was writing he was correcting her mistakes, like: "One counterclockwise not three times!" or "You cannot add three leeches to small cauldron, it's too much. Do you have your head in the clouds, girl?!"

After an hour Lily was finally done. She burst with happiness.

"Thank you very much professor Snape, I do owe you my life."Lily said smiling," can-can I come again?"

"If you must,"Snape replied and rolled his eyes.

Lily smiled at him one more time and was about to leave when she realized that she did not introduce herself properly.

"Oh, by the way... I'm Lily." she added walking away.

Snape was looking after her until she disappeared from his view.

Lily? She doesn't know how much like her grandmother she is.Thought Snape for himself.

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