AN: So, this is about McGonagall and the other teachers talking about their previous students. One student per chapter. PM me if you have any student suggestion! :) I thought I might start with Snape. Oh! And
time here is not connected to each other. For example, this may be in OOTP and the next chapter in DH. It depends on the character. Reviews are pleasant. Please do. Lots of love, xoxo

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. It belongs to the fabulous JK Rowling, of course.

Remembering Our Old Students

Chapter 1- Severus Snape

The teachers sit huddled in the staff room. Their headmaster just died. Was killed by their colleague. The Phoenix has gone too. What would they do without him? McGonagall breaks the silence.

"What's done is done. We can't bring him back. But wherever he is, I hope he's alright."

"Yes but what would happen to us?" Professor Burbage says the muggle studies teacher.
"I sense darkness." comes the prediction of the divination professor. Sybill Trelawney came down the staff room. First time she did it without a feast or an agenda. MvGonagall shrugs her off. She doesn't like her.

"What would happen to the students?" she replies. Pale."Everyone knows You-know-who is only afraid of one person. And that person is now gone!" Professor Sprout exclaims.

"If Severus were here, he'd know something about You-know-who," McGonagall stirs. She said the name of the killer.

"I never thought Severus would do such a thing." the littlest Professor squeaks. "I remember when he was just a student. Always eager to learn!"

"James Potter and Sirius Black always bully him though." Slughorn says. "Ah, the good old days."

"Do you think it has something to do with his actions now? The bullying?" flitwick squeals.

"Perhaps." McGonagall readily replies "James and Sirius themselves were smart kids. Severus was different though. A Slytherin! Attached to a Gryffindor!"

"I remember when you and I tried to make them examples." Slughorn fondly recalls. "But they eventually fought. Wonder why."

"It was because of Potter, I heard." Sprout says. She started teaching at Hogwarts when Severus was in the fourth year.
"Severus was a talented student. The best in potions in perhaps the whole school!" slughorn exclaims. "He always was a troubled child. His parents were let's say different?"

"He wasn't really cared for. Shame really. He couldve been someone more kind and happy." Filius precedes.
"You know, his mother Eileen was my student along with Dumbledore.
Wonder why she married a muggle." Slughorn voices out. It seems to be a mistake because Burbage questions him.
"What's wrong with marrying a muggle?"

To prevent fights. McGonagall readily answers. "Eileen Primce was a pureblood witch. In slytherin. Everyone would expect a rich upperclassman pureblood to marry someone who befits their status. What Eileen did was surprising. The results were not. She was disowned. Severus wasn't cared for really."

"Let's think of good memories of Severus."Flitwick says in his happy voice. Burbage and Trelawney do not speak. They weren't his teachers.

"How can we when he killed his professor. When he betrayed us all." The final sentence came from Minerva. Nobody spoke after that.

Unknowingly, someone, something was eavesdropping on them. When Severus Snape took off with the other death eaters and Draco Malfoy, his master told him that if he must collect his possessions in Hogwarts he better return. He lied. He said he won't go and get it from Hogwarts. But he sent his patronus to check on things and to retrieve a few of his most important if not private possessions. The silver doe stood behind the door to the staff room. Hearing the last sentence spoken in the room, she ran to her caster already with the things he ordered her to get. Upon hearing the voice of his colleague, he looked outwards.

Though McGonagall wasn't his favorite person in the world, he respected her. Hearing that from one of the few people he respected, he felt a sudden pinch in his heart. And rage to the one who asked him to kill the headmaster. The headmaster himself.

McGonagall moves towards the window. she sees a dim fire lighted outside Hagrid's hut. The big guy must be by one the professors turn to go until only she is left inside. She doesn't cry. Crying is a sign of weakness. Nervousness is visible one her face. What will they do next year? She retreats to her room and closes her eyes. Severus Snape is not the
same anymore in her memories. He isn't the scrawny kid working hard to learn. He is a traitor. The crony of one of the darkest wizards of all time.