THE LOVE TO END ALL LOVES
It was 1976, James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus were getting onto the train to go to Hogwarts. At that same time..... "Theresa, you're going to be late!" "Mom, if you'd press the gas pedal once in a while maybe I wouldn't be late!" "Grab your stuff, Theresa!" As Theresa struggled to get onto the train, a young man saw her. "Would you like me to help you, Miss?" "Sure, you can help me. Grab that." She pointed to a cage that contained an owl. "What is your name, Miss?" "Theresa. What's yours?" "Severus. Severus Snape." Both of them stuggled to get all their stuff onto the train. "Thank-you so much, Severus. Do you want to sit together?" "If you want to sit with such a freak like me then, ok." Theresa got onto the train with Severus. As they passed James, Severus was tripped and he fell to the ground. "Are you ok, Severus?" As he was about to respond, Theresa got up and hit James in the eye. Then, a small fight broke out. The four guys against the lone woman. The laws of odds say that the guys would win. But, as we all should know, Theresa was able to beat up all four of those men. As James, Sirius, Peter and Remus sat there with their lips, jaws, and arms bleeding, Theresa walked slowly over to Severus and picked him up and laid him down in a seat. He sat next to her and right across from Remus. As the train slowly came to a stop at the school, Severus got up slowly with Theresa right behind him. She did smile at James and Remus as they got up to get off the train. A smile that said 'sorry but I had to defend him'. As they made their way to the very large man, a young girl ran into Theresa. "Sorry, I'm not watching where I'm going." They both chuckled. "My name is Theresa." "Mine is Lily." "Do you want to walk with me and Severus?" "Sure, I don't have anyone to walk with." James came from behind, "You don't want to talk to these losers, do you?" Lily just looked at him, smiled and walked off with Theresa and Severus. The three of them and the giant man boarded a boat and headed to Hogwarts. As they made there way to the school they saw many people. Then they made there way to a large room, the teacher looked at the opposite wall. All the ghosts of the school looked at the students. One of the ghosts of Gryffindor locked eyes with Theresa. She stared right back and then looked at Severus and buried her head in his chest. As all the first years saw the Sorting Hat they all gasped. Theresa hugged Severus again. As James started to laugh, Severus pulled away. "Let us start the Sorting Ceremony now. Let's see who's first..... Beckony, Amanda." Without any hesitation the Sorting Hat said, "Ravenclaw." "Black, Sirius." "Gryffindor." This went on for a while then... "Lupin, Remus." "Gryffindor." It went on a bit longer...... Pettigrew, Peter." "Gryffindor." "Potter, James." "Gryffindor." All his buddies cheered for him, they were all together. "Rothoerd, Theresa." Theresa felt a lump in her throat. As the Sorting Hat dropped over her eyes a tiny voice spoke. "I can't believe this! I have never seen such a mind! There is only one place you can go, and may I add you will probably be a great Gryffindor in your day." The word Gryffindor echoed in her head. She took a seat next to Peter. She looked in the opposite direction of the stares that were coming from the boys she was sitting next to. "Snape, Severus." Theresa looked up and was half praying 'please, please, don't let me get stuck with these men'. But as fate would see it, the Sorting Hat yelled, "Slytherin!" Technically, they were enemies now. Eveyone knew that the Gryffindors always hated the Slytherins and would see to it that the would kill each other one day. Their rivally dated all the way back to when Godric and Salazar had fought and ultimately, Salazar went away never to be heard of again. But, now it was Theresa and Severus. In Gryffindor, she was stuck with the stupidest, snobbiest, weakest group of 'men' she had ever met in her life. It wasn't that Theresa hadn't met alot of men, she had 8 brothers and they always brought their guy buddies over to visit the house. They always made her cook and they always made her clean up too. She was the only girl. Her mother was ill and her father was always at work so she was the only mature one of the group. She had heard stories about Hogwarts. Her 3 elder brothers had already been school and 2 had already gotten out. The one brother who had gotten into Slytherin was still there in the school. Her other 2 brothers, Donny and Johnny, were out doing, something. Theresa never did know what her brothers did and really didn't care. James was the name of the brother in Slytherin and that was why she never did like this boy in the first place. James (her brother) was alway mean to her and always was getting her into trouble. But anyway, Theresa wanted so much to be in Slytherin with Severus, even if it meant to be in the same house as her brother. "Tremonta, Lily." "Gryffindor." Theresa's heart leapt at that fact. At least she had one friend in Gryffindor. She still wanted to be in Slytherin but, at least, she had someone to talk to. They all got up and followed a man named Quirrell, the head boy. Everytime she looked at him, though, she felt chills up and down her spine. She told Lily and she had the same feeling. "Now, the password is, Feelisght Uperstimontrus." As he said it the picture of the fat lady opened. All the first years gasped as they saw the Common Room, it was huge! Bigger then anything Theresa or Lily had ever seen in their lives. Theresa and Lily both walked up the stairs to the Girls' Dormitory. They were both in the same room, they were the only ones in that room. All that night, they talked about everything two 11 year olds talk about. Then, Lily dropped a bomb on Theresa. "I think I like James Potter." After that the conversation ended because, Theresa fainted. Anyway, in the Boy's Domitory.... "James, you can't like Lily! She is friends with Theresa!" Remus was saying. Sirius added, "Well, I think I like Theresa too." Remus fainted dead on the floor. James and Sirius looked at each other and chuckled. The next day.. "Hey James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus!" Lily said elbowing Theresa. "Hi," Theresa said unfeelingly. The boys returned with the same enthusiasum, all that is except Sirius. "Hello, Theresa, you are the most wonderful, smart...." "Save it, Sirius!" "Shut-up, James!" The other three guys laughed. "Theresa, I really like you." Theresa took a step backward. No one had ever told her that and meant it before. Slowly at first, Theresa ran down the hall and grabbed her books on the way out of the Common Room. She ran as fast as she could to a small hut at the edge of the Forbindden Forest. She was crying by the time the giant man opened the door. He let her into the house and was trying to comfort her. "Please, please, please don' cry. Miss, you don ned to cry 'ere. You are goin' be late for class and the teachers will yell at you." Hagrid said trying to calm her down. Theresa spoke inbetween sobs, "He said he likes me. I don't like him, I like Severus!" she finally let the big tears go. Hagrid handed Theresa a tissue. "Who is he?" "Sirius Black. Lily likes James, maybe he was just trying to be cool." Theresa looked better as she exited the hut and was just about to go to the castle when..... A muffled voice called to her in the Forbidden Forest. "Theresa, Theresa, Theresa. You must come here, I have something to give you! The Gryffindors will once again rise. You will defeat him when I can't!" Theresa's face turned white but she turned to go into the forest. She took on last look at the castle before she entered. It was so beautiful in the morning sun, the stones were magnificent, the stones looked like they were part of a painting rather then a building. But yet, she still entered the Forbidden Forest. She heard a scream come from Hagrid but, before she could turn around, the vines had blocked all the entrances and exits to the forest and left only one trail. Theresa could feel her heart race as she slowly made her way to the bright light the path led to. She covered her eyes as she came upon it. A very thin man came to her. He had a smile on his face and looked very old. He had many scars on his face. He grabbed Theresa's hand a dropped a small stone into it. The stone was the size of a pea and glimered in the bright light. "Theresa, this for you. You must show it to Albus Dumbledore, only. He knows what it is and will tell you too." He grabbed his stomach and looked at her once last time, "Gryffindor will once again be great! Make all of Gryffindor proud. You must defeat Volde, Volde, Volde..." He collaped right in front of her and dies instantly. She was so afraid and without any thinking she put the stone into her pocket as she heard her name being called, "Theresa! Theresa! Where are you?" It was Severus. He had made his way to her and her heart made another leap. They met and hugged right there. They stayed in that spot for about 3 hours, until Proffessor Dumbledore (the professor of swords) came into the clearing they were in. "Theresa, Severus, you are supposed to be at the school now! Why are you even in here?" Severus tried to explain, "Professor, Theresa came into here and I came after her. I didn't know what I would do if she was hurt but I had to try and rescue her." "Theresa?" "I came in here because someone in here was calling my name. This is what he gave me." She reached into her pocket and pulled out the tiny stone. Dumbledore looked at the stone. He almost fainted. "Theresa, this is the Stone of Gryffindor, but, sometimes it is called The Gryffindor Stone. There is only one of these in the world. It holds all the held by the Gryffindors in the world." Dumbledore smiled at Theresa and she smiled back. He handed the stone back to her. "You are now the Heir of Gryffindor." He tipped his hat to her and walked both Severus and her out of the forest. "How can such a tiny stone hold all that power in it?" Severus asked. Dumbledore smiled and said, "Just because something is small doesn't mean that it isn't valuable or powerful, does it?" Both, Theresa and Severus, had missed the first half of the school day but, Dumbledore pardoned them. They were in most of their classes together. They had Potions, Swords, Transfiguration, and Learning Muggles 101 together. Severus was interested in Potions most of all, and when they had to split up into groups, since there was 12 Gryffindors and 12 Slytherins, there were two groups that had to have one Slytherin and one Gryffindor because Theresa and Severus would always work together. They were a very interesting team. Dumbledore always had his eye on the two of them for two reasons. First, because they would make an interesting couple. Second, Theresa was the Heir of Gryffindor and if a Slytherin got her upset, they could be vaporized. They were always the first ones done and, sometimes people laughed at them when they sat together in the Great Hall. James knew they would become a couple, someday. So did everybody else but, not everyone was afraid for Severus's life if they ever would become a couple. Sirius still had his eyes on Theresa and Sirius always got what he wanted. James was afraid if they became an item, Severus would be hurt badly or die.
As the holidays came closer, Theresa had gotten gifts for her mother, father, brothers, Dumbledore (for being so nice to her), Lily, James (the guys were a littler nice to her now that James was together with Lily), Remus, Peter, Sirius and, yes, Severus. She had gotten Severus a new broom. The Nimbus one-thousand and one. The newest broom availiable. First years weren't allowed racing brooms but she really didn't care. She was the Heir of Gryffindor, even though only Severus and Dumbledore knew, and she would get him what she wanted to get him. She had got Dumbledore a book on all the famous magical swords. As Halloween came around Theresa was sitting with Severus at the Gryffindor Table when three owls came in. One dropped a letter in Theresa's lap and the one dropped a letter in Dumbledore's lap. Theresa opened it excitiedly. As she read down the paper, she was about half way through when, "No, no, no." There was a similar scream that came from the Slytherin Table. Theresa and her brother James both stood up and ran out of the Great Hall. Both were crying. As Dumbledore read his letter he put his head down on the table where he was sitting. He stood up and followed them down the hallway. Severus got up and followed Dumbledore. "Professor, what happened? Why was Theresa crying? Who was that other guy?" "Severus, that guy was her brother. Her mother, father and 3 of her brothers were found dead in their house. I think I know who did this too. You go and comfort James and I'll go to Theresa." Severus made his way to the Slytherin Common Room and found James. He was sitting on the sofa, he had a pocketknife in his hand. The blade was right at his chest. "I suppose you come to stop me from killing myself. It isn't me you should be worried about. Theresa can't take stuff like this. I'm going to be gone in a few seconds but, let me tell you something, Severus. Take care of her. She is a nice girl. Don't break her heart like many others have tried and succeeded at doing. She really likes you and you like her back. I can see it in your eyes that you like my little sister." With that he plunged the knife into his chest. He didn't die instantly, but suffered. Severus watched as the brother of his one true love died. He couldn't do anything. He did run for the nurse but, she didn't make it there in time to save James Rothoerd. Theresa was having a hard time too. She was crying into Dumbledore's cloak. "I can't believe it. Who did this? Do you know?" "I think I know, my dear, but it isn't a 100% thing." "Who?" "Voldemont." Theresa gasped. That was who she had to defeat. That was what that man was trying to tell her. She cried even more. "Professor," a voice from the hallway beckoned, "there had been more bad news." Theresa looked up and saw the blood on the nurse's hand. Instantly, she knew what had happened. She had 4 brothers left now, the four youngest. She was, in a split second, promoted to the leader of the pack. She had been the 4th born and now she was the eldest.
As the castle was slowly emptied from the people wanting to go home for the holidays, Theresa stayed behind. She stayed with Lily, James, Severus, Peter, Remus, Sirius and Dumbledore the entire time. They tried to comfort her but, most of the time, it didn't work. One night, she decided to go to meet her brothers, mother, and father. She thought of just the right way to do it too. She would jump off the North Tower. It was on Christmas night she would do it and no one would find her 'til the next day. As she climbed the stairs, a little voice in the back of her head was trying to make her stop. She wouldn't listen to it. She met James at the top of the stairs. He was looking at the stars and flying on his broom. "Hey, Theresa, what are you doing up here?" "May I ask you the same question?" "I'm just looking at the stars and fly toward them. You?" "Something that will stop the pain I've been going through." James looked confused but she agreed with her. She walked over to the edge and looked down. It was a steep fall. The little voice screamed, "NO!" James looked more confused when she stood on the edge, turned around to look at him and smiled. "Tell Severus I love him, ok James." "Why don't you tell him yourself?" She took one step backward and began the long fall off the castle. With lightning speed, he dove with his broom to save her. He was too far behind and he knew it. She hit the ground and a scream came from Theresa throat. It sounded much like the little voice in the back of her head. James turned around and headed back up to the castle. Dumbledore met him at the top of the North Tower. "What happened, James?" James was out of breath but managed to say, "Theresa jumped off the tower and is down there." He pointed to the ground. He jumped off the broom and Professor Dumbledore jumped on and headed down to her. When he had gotten to the ground with her he spoke very softly and sweetly to her, "Theresa, don't move James is going to get the nurse and you'll be just fine. The Gryffindor Stone won't let anything bad happen to you as long as you aren't fighting one of the other heirs." Theresa looked at him and smiled he smiled back at her and then the nurse came and examined her. She didn't have a broken bone, scratch, bruise, nothing!" The stone really had protected her. Severus was woken up by the scream and headed down to the spot where Theresa was. "Theresa, are you ok?" "Yes, Severus, I'm fine. James saved me." Severus and James exchanged stares and then they helped Theresa get up and head toward the Gryffindor House. James at one side and Severus at the other. When they got to the picture of the fat lady, though, Severus had to go to his Common Room. Slytherins weren't promited in the Gryffindor House. Theresa and Severus kissed good-bye and James helped Theresa to get to the Girls' Domitory. Much to the dislike of almost all the girls (except Theresa and Lily) James put Theresa into her bed, and kissed Lily good-bye before he left. Theresa had to explain all the happenings of that night to Lily before they went to sleep. Theresa slept soundly and by the next morning everyone was talking about Theresa and James. There was one rumor that James had pushed Theresa off the North Tower and just about everyone believed that one. Theresa became really close to James and his friends since that and she promised James she would do the same for him one day. Theresa didn't expect many present but, it was just the opposite. Theresa had a mountain of presents on her bed. Theresa invited Severus over to the Gryffindor Common Room and, much to the dislike of Quirrell, he excepted and came to the common room to open his presents. Severus had gotten her a cloak that had the word 'Griffindor' written on it. Theresa chuckled, "It's Gryffindor." When they were through Theresa gave everyone her presents from her. She wanted them to be saved for last. They all were amazed at the presents she had given them. Severus was very pleased and gave Theresa a peck on the cheek right in front of Sirius. James could see Sirius boiling over so he changed the subject. "Hey, how about a snowball fight before we go inside for the feast?" "Sure!" Everyone got into separate groups. James, Lily, Sirius and Peter were one one side and Remus, Theresa and Severus were on the other. Sirius was aiming for Severus the whole time. Once he got close by instead of hitting Severus, he hit Theresa. She dove in front of Severus so he wouldn't get hit. When they were all out of breathe, they headed inside to the feast. Theresa sat with the Slytherins and they all were making comments about her. "Why don't all of you just shut-up! She can sit anywhere she wants to! Who cares if she is a Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or even a Slytherin! Nobody will ever ask you that in life! So just mind your own business!" Severus screamed so loud that the entire Great Hall went quiet. Theresa smiled at Severus and kissed him. Sirius had a switchblade in his back pocket and he was reaching for it. James tried to stop him. "Sirius, Sirius, listen to me! You don't want to hurt him. The last time you did she got in the way and you hurt her. She'll do it again if you try again." "I don't care." He took the blade out of his pocket and made his way to the Slytherin Table. He put his hands on the table and looked like he was going to speak to Theresa. Then, he took out the blade and tried to put it into Severus's neck. He was knocked back by Theresa and was kicked several times. Theresa had seen the blade and she wasn't going to let Sirius hurt Severus. She then got up and walked back to the Slytherin Table. The mouths of the Slytherins were all open. Theresa and Severus watched as Sirius went back to the Gryffindor Table. The only thing they heard from the table was the words, "I told you so." That was James and they all knew that. As the rest of the school was coming back from the break, the rumors, once again, started to surface about Theresa and James. There were also rumors that Theresa had eyes for only Severus and that Sirius had only eyes for her, that one was true. Sirius loved Theresa and he would get what he wanted. Theresa was torn, she could date Severus and be happy or, she could date Sirius and keep Severus alive. Theresa was studying for one of the exams coming up in swords when, "No you can't come in here, Slytherin. I don't care who has sent you. I'll get all the professors here and you will be expelled." Theresa ran down the stairs and there was Severus fighting with Quirrell to get into the common room. "Shut-up! Let him in! I don't want to fight you!" Theresa was a little upset that Quirrell wouldn't let him in but it was ok. They were taught not to let the Slytherins in. Theresa sat Severus down on one of the chairs next to the fire. He was soaked to the bone, "What can you expect? It's pouring down rain outside!" They both chuckled. Severus was shivering, though. Theresa went up the steps carefully and came down with a cloak. "This was James's. He was from Slytherin. Here put it on." She helped Severus take off the cloak that he was in, it was hard since she wasn't allowed to look, and helped him on with the one from her brother. "It has Slytherin written on it. It fits you perfectly! You look like my brother too." Her eyes overflowed with tears. "Old memories. Some aren't that good either." Severus put his arms around her. "Here you have to get some sleep." Severus turned around to go out of the common room and he was dragged back and sent up the stairs. "I can't go up there. I'm not a Gryffindor." A long pause where Theresa started to chuckle. "I'm not a girl either!" Theresa dragged him up the stairs and very carefully got him into her room. They had to be very careful not to wake up Lily before Theresa could tell her what was going to happen. "Lily, Lily?" "What do you want, Theresa?" "Severus is going to stay in here for the night. Ok?" "Sure, whatever." Theresa got into her bed and Severus just stood there watching her. "Well?" "Theresa, I can't I'm a guy and you're, not." Theresa turned over onto her side and grabbed her wand. She drew a line on the bed, right down the middle. "Don't cross that line!" Theresa put her wand back and watched Severus get into the bed and stare at her. Theresa looked at the wall and slowly fell asleep. After about three hours, Severus got up enough courage to cross the line. He put his arm around Theresa's waist and waited. Theresa woke up with a start and looked at his arm, smiled at him and put her hand in his. The next morning was interesting to say the least. "Don't Sirius!" Theresa was woken with a start when James and Lily screamed. Lily and James were trying to get him off of Severus but to no avail. Sirius reached for his switchblade and at that moment... Voldemont entered through the window. Sirius stopped in midair and stared at the figure. They all stared. Theresa felt a strange feeling, she knew that this was the man that had torn her family apart. Voldemort pointed his wand at Sirius and, he was thrown against the wall. He pointed his wand at Severus and looked at Theresa. "Where is it, little girl?" He stared at her. "What are you talking about?" "You know, I'll kill your little friend here if you don't tell me where I can find the Stone of Gryffindor!" "You can't use the stone anyway. Your a Slytherin!" "You'll regret this, Gryffindor! I can sense you know something!" With that Voldemort was gone. Theresa hugged Severus, she was crying again. Severus knew she had the stone and he didn't say anything either. Theresa just knew that if she told him he would destoy her and everyone she loved. Theresa ran down to the common room and ran toward the castle, all of the gang were behind her as well. She ran to Dumbledore's office and started to cry when she got there. He couldn't make out what she was saying be he knew. He knew that Voldemort was around. He knew that he wanted the Stone of Gryffindor. He just knew. He tried to comfort Theresa but he wasn't succeeding very well. Severus walked in and sat next to Theresa. She cried into his cloak (or should we say James Rothoerd's cloak) Dumbledore knew instantly. That wasn't Severus's cloak. His cloaks were all the same color, black; this one was forest green. He knew why Severus had known Theresa was in his office. He was there. He, a Slytherin boy, was in the Gryffindor Girls' Domitory. If he had gone in there with no permition he would be expelled. Those were the rules. A few hours later, Dumbledore caught Theresa by herself. "Theresa, was Severus in there when the whole thing occured." Theresa's eyes lightened up with enlightenment. "No. He wasn't there. Why would a Slytherin boy be in the Gryffindor Girls' Domitory?" Dumbledore had a smerk on his face and Theresa knew that he knew. She would never admit to it, though. She walked away to class. The class was swords and this was test day. The one to make it to the top of the girls' and boys' standings would get 50 points for their house. As the exam went on, people started to be elimated. Peter and Sirius were both out. They were followed by Lily and Remus. There were only two fights left, Severus vs. James and Theresa vs. and girl named Kristin. Theresa fought Kristin first, they weaved and bobbed but Theresa pinned Kristin against the wall and all the Gryffindors cheered. "Fifty points to Gryffindor!" Theresa sat down content. The lead girl and lead guy fought each other too and she was very excited to see who she would fight. James came out to an early lead but Severus soon fought back. In the end, James lost control of his sword and Severus pinned him against the wall. All the Slytherins cheered and all the Gryffindors patted Theresa on the back. "Fifty points to Slytherin! Who ever wins this fight will win.... 200 points for their house." Both houses cheered. "Theresa, if you win, we'll have a giant party!" one Gryffindor said. Theresa felt the weight of the world on her shoulders. She didn't want to hurt Severus but she didn't want to appear to a weakling. Theresa and Severus circled each other for a while then, Severus made the first strike and sealed his doom. Theresa put him against the wall with her sword at his throat. He didn't drop his sword immediatly. That added to the suspense. Theresa pressed in the sword a little further. A little trickle of blood came from his neck. She backed away and the circling began again. The Gryffindors screamed, "Freud!" Theresa did a move right out of a movie. She hit Severus's sword and knocked it right out of his hand. Then, she put him against the wall. "Two-hundred points for Gryffindor! Nice job, Theresa." She walked out of the room with Severus and went to the Great Hall with him. He was very upset. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you or beat you!" "It's not that. The other Slytherins are going to beat me up now." "Why?" "Because I was beaten by a Gryffindor. A Gryffindor girl!" They both sat down at the Gryffindor Table and the Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and Gryffindors made fun of him. "I'd like to see you beat me!" Theresa screamed to one of the Gryffindor boys. They fought right there in the Great Hall. Theresa almost cut his throat open and probably would have if Professor Dumbledore wouldn't have come in. Theresa retreated back to the her seat next to Severus. She loved embarrassing boys by beating them. By the time the feast was over, Severus wasn't afraid anymore of the Slytherins. He didn't need to be friends with any Slytherin, he had Theresa. As the end of the year drew nearer, Severus promised Theresa to stay in touch with her. She knew he wouldn't, though. They had only 65 days left of school. Theresa and Severus were out walking the grounds when, "Wow! Look at that!" Theresa pointed out into the distance. "It's the Gryffindor House! I want to live there someday!" "Someday you will, Theresa." He looked into her eyes. They were just about to kiss when, "'Ow you doin', Therssa?" "It's Theresa. Good, how are you, Hagrid?" "Good, wat you doin' with this Slytherin?" "We were just walking the grounds, Hagrid. I think I have to leave." Theresa looked at her watch. She kissed Severus then Hagrid good-bye. "She is sometin' ain't she?" "She sure is, Hagrid." Hagrid looked at Severus in a surprised way and, "You 'ike her don' ya?" "No!" "Oh! Then you lov' her don' ya?" Severus blushed as red as a rose and left the scene. Hagrid shook his head and left for his hut. Theresa ran to the Gryffindor Common Room and greeted by an invition. It read...
Dear Theresa,
This is Sirius. I hope we can go to the dance together at the end of the year. James has bet me 50 galleons that he and Lily will be voted cutest couple. Will you please go with me? Hope to hear from you soon!
Sirius
Great! Now I'm going to have to ask Severus first. She ran to the Slytherin Common Room and was met by an unpleasent sight. Severus had been beaten up and was lying in front of the door to the common room. He had blood coming from his mouth. Theresa knelt down to cradle him and was met by a deep voice. "Hello, Gryffindor." She thought of the worst. It was Voldemort and she had left the stone on her dresser. She got up and turned around slowly. It was only a Slytherin boy. "Don't you even think about taking care for him. You are only a first year and I'm a seventh year. You are a pansy Griffindor and I'm a lean and mean Slytherin." "I don't want to fight you but I will if provocted." He got ready for the first punched but missed. Theresa hadn't even ducked. She opened her eyes to see him get ready again and still the same result. After about 30 punches he ran from her and left her with Severus. He was looking worse then he did before and she knew he needed help. She didn't think there was enough time, though, to get to the castle and back. She didn't think he could last that long. Then an idea hit her, she got up and ran as fast as she could to the Gryffindor Tower. She ran up the stairs grabbed the stone and ran out in about one minute. She sat next to Severus again and looked at the stone. She hoped it could help him. It didn't seem to, though. She began to cry. As his breathing became more and more labored, she laid her head on his chest and listened as his heart slowly stopped. She got up and took one last look at her one true love. Then, the stone that was in her hand dropped onto in his chest. She was about to pick it up when a large beam of light came from the stone. It made Severus's whole body glow as it went inside of him. Theresa picked up the stone and held it for a minute. Severus, all of a sudden, woke up. He coughed as Theresa hugged him as hard as she could. He could hardly breath; between getting kissed and being hugged, there was no time. Theresa finally released him long enough to ask him, "Will you go to the dance with me?" "Sure, did Sirius already ask you?" "Yes but, I can tell him that I'm already going with you." Theresa smiled and he smiled back at her. "Hey I've already stayed in your common room what about you stay in mine? I don't have any roommates, though." "You probably have it better then me, then." They both chuckled and went inside. All the Slytherins stopped and the Head Boy (Malfoy was his last name) laughed and told him, "Severus, take out the trash once in a while." Theresa's eyes burned with the fury of a thousand suns. She wasn't going to be abused; not here, not now. Theresa lunged at the Head Boy and soon all the Slytherins were in on it. Theresa let out a scream so loud, everyone could here it. Even the Gryffindors could hear and they knew it was one of them. They had to save whoever it was. Theresa lunged at the Head Boy and soon all the Slytherins were in on it. Theresa let out a scream so loud, everyone could here it. Even the Gryffindors could here and they knew it was one of them. They had to save whoever it was. Malfoy opened the door and said, "Why I don't know what all of you are going on about and I certinally don't want to find out." The Gryffindors stormed into the common room and threw Malfoy against a wall and they all stood still at the sight of Theresa in the arms of Severus. They all stared and wondered why they had done this to a Gryffindor. She had a sword (her sword) through her. She was laying, in pain, in front of the Slytherin fire place. Severus was talking to her very softly so no one could hear what they were saying. "Theresa, don't leave me. This is where you have to stay. You defended me against him and now you shall hurt him for this too. Please, Theresa, don't." as Severus spoke these words Theresa's lips, which had been red with blood, kissed his lips. It was the most beautiful kiss in the history of kisses. Theresa backed away from him and fall back to the floor. She had used her last bit of strength to kiss Severus. Severus began to cry, as did most that were there. Even, Sirius cried a little. Then Severus remembered the stone. It would, most likely since it was the Stone of Gryffindor, be able to bring Theresa back to life. Severus looked into the stone and a voice came to him. 'Severus, take the sword out of Theresa'. He did as he was told. He wanted Theresa back, and would do anything to have her back. 'Good, use the stone. Rub the stone into the wound. It will heal it instantly, just watch!' Severus once again did as he was told. Everyone who was watching was on the edges of their seats. He rubbed the stone into the wound and as soon as it touched her skin it healed. He couldn't even believe his eyes. Theresa woke up and looked into Severus's eyes and she smiled at him. Everyone in the room cheered. She kissed Severus again. Severus then, took Theresa up to his sleeping quarters and she sat down on his bed. He put his arm around her waist and they kissed again. Then, they fell a sleep, once again, together. All the Gryffindors who was in the common room left. They were satified that Theresa was safe there. Sirius, for the time, forgave Severus for loving and receiving love from Theresa.
Theresa woke up the next morning and said only of one thing, "Where am I?" "You are in the Slytherin Common Room, Theresa." Theresa looked over and saw she was laying next to Severus. She smiled and fell back asleep. The next thing she knew, she was being shoved around. She turned around and saw him, Voldemort. She tried to look brave but, she didn't look too convincing. "I figured it out, Gryffindor, you are the heir." Theresa felt a lump in her throat. She couldn't speak. As she looked into the eyes of Voldemont, a weakness came over her. She fell to the ground and felt that Voldemort was hovering over her. She heard only one thing before she passed out, Severus's voice. He was saying something to Voldemont but, she couldn't make it out. "Why don't you just leave her alone?" "She is the Heir of Gryffindor! She must die!" "I'll defend her with my life." Severus fell onto Theresa's body and prepared to die with her. To his amazement, Dumbledore arrived just in time and Voldemort left the scene. Theresa woke up two days later. When she woke up, she saw Severus looking down on her, she smiled and he smiled back. She also saw that in the backround was letters; so many letters! She saw that some were from James and his friends and saw that most were from Severus. "How are you feeling?" "What happened?" "You passed out when Voldemort came here. You have been out for 2 days!" "Wow, was anyone else hurt?" "No, Dumbledore was there and after that Voldemort ran off." Theresa sat up in the hospital bed and hugged Severus. She hugged him so tight, he couldn't breathe for about one and a half minutes. He didn't care, though, he was happy to see Theresa happy. "Is the Gryf...." Theresa lost her train of thought and passed out into the bed again. Severus chuckled and pulled the covers around her. He kissed her on the cheek and left the room. After that, he was harassed several times while going down the hall. He sat at his usually desk in swords and was made fun of repeatedly until, "Why don't you just leave him alone?" James spoke with the confidence of a man twice his age. "Making fun of you enemy. What's it to you?" "I believe that you are making fun of one of Theresa's friends and as everyone knows she is close to my girlfriend! YOU DON'T MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FRIENDS WITH LILY!" Everyone jumped when James yelled. As James walked back to his desk that was close to Lily, Remus, Peter (who this day was absent) and Sirus, James told Severus to join them. He said it with a smile on his face so Severus excepted. He didn't like James and his friends but if James had stood up for Theresa and him, he thought he could trust James this one time. As they all sat there, Professor Dumbledore told them to all split into groups. Remus went with James, Lily went with another girl and Severus got stuck with Sirius. Severus groaned at this fact and Sirius rejoiced. All Sirius had to do was 'accidently' slit Severus's throat and he would have Theresa all to himself. They were practicing new moves with the swords. As they tried the moves on each other Sirius made up moves. Moves that would amaze anyone. Severus knew what Sirius wanted to do but he was able to hold him at bay for a while until, he lost his sword. Dumbledore ran over to where the two boys were. Sirius had his sword to Severus's throat and was telling Severus of his plans for Theresa and him. "First, we are going to move into a giant house with a white picket fence. Then, we are going to have 5 children. She will forget about you altogether and he will live in the forrest. Far away from all the other people." Severus couldn't handle it anymore. First, he knew that Theresa would hate all of that and second, he couldn't handle the thought of Theresa and Sirius together and Theresa being happy in that relationship. Dumbledore came from behind and tried to get Sirius away from Severus. "Sirius, you don't want to do this. Even if you kill Severus, Theresa still won't like you. She loves Severus and will kill any man who dare lay a hand on him." Sirius turned around and put the sword against Dumbledore's throat. "She loves me already and we will live happily ever after!" "She doesn't like you, Sirius!" James said for the whole class to hear. "She doesn't like you and she never will. Professor Dumbledore is right, if you kill Severus it will only turn her against you. Why don't you go and visit her once in a while? Severus has been late to class just to go and see her. He loves her and she loves him back. If you destroy that you aren't a friend to her, you are a foe. You didn't even try to comfort her when her family was ripped apart; Severus did! You just like her because you can't have her! That's the way you always were! Even when we were kids, you always wanted things you couldn't have!" As James spoke to Sirius, Theresa was coming down the hall. She stopped at the entrance to the sword's room and looked in. She saw the boy she loved down on the floor and her favorite teacher with a sword at his throat. The sword was held by Sirius and she knew what he was trying to do. She walked in slowly and tapped Sirius on the shoulder. As Sirius turned around to look into her eyes she saw him. It was Voldemort. She saw it in his eyes. His usual blue eyes were turned a pale black and the usual smile he wore on his face was replaced with a frown. She backed away slowly at first. She saw the face of Sirius turn into the face of Voldemort. Sirius was thrown against a wall, Voldemort didn't need his body anymore. As the two heirs stared face to face. The air between them was getting thicker and thicker. It seemed at though a fog had developed between them. Dumbledore knew that Theresa couldn't defend herself that good. She had escaped from the hospital and she was just made the heir less then 6 months ago. Yet, they stared. Trying to find the one opportunity to strike. Theresa found her's first. She took out her sword and slit Voldmort across the forehead. He stuck back with a cut to the cheek. The blood was pouring out of the wounds. This was for one reason and one reason only; they were deep wounds. Both backed away from each other and Voldemort vanished into nothing. Theresa fell to the floor and felt the wound on her cheek. It was bruising already and she could see the blood all over the ground. "Professor, could you help me up to the hospital wing, please." "Yes, um well, Severus you can take her if you wish." As Severus went past Dumbledore he said only one thing in his ear, "Thank-you." Severus helped Theresa up and helped her all the way up to the hospital wing. "My goodness, Theresa, what on Earth happened to you, young lady?" "I got attacked by Voldemort and hit me with his sword." Severus helped Theresa onto her bed and she begged him to stay with her for a little longer. "It gets so lonely up here. There is no one to talk to except him!" Theresa pointed to the boy laying across from her. He was a boy who had been slashed across his neck and looked near death. He looked tall but you couldn't tell anything else. "Ok, I'll stay. If I get into trouble it's all your fault, though." Theresa and Severus talked about things they had done in class, and about the dance that was coming up, and just about everything. "So, we are definatly going together, right?" "Right, oh Severus, this is going to be the best year ever for me!" Theresa wrapped her arms around Severus and he wrapped his around her. They were in love and nothing could change that, not Sirius and not Voldemort. Meanwhile in Voldemort's house.... "Sir, how did your battle with the Gryffindor go?" "Horrible, I've been beaten by a teenager! It is horrible! She has the Gryffindor Stone, though." "You will be the supreme one when it is all said and done." That ended the conversation between Voldemort and Quirell. Voldemort had a plan on how to get the Gryffindor Stone away from Theresa. It wasn't going to be kind and fair but it would separtate the Stone from Theresa. He didn't know if it would work but it was worth a try. Little did they know, Sirius was outside the house and had seen the whole conversation taking place. He was going to get Quirrel, he was trying to hurt Theresa! Back at the castle.... "Theresa you have to get up one of these days! You will have your spine all bent if you don't!" The nurse woke Theresa will a start and she looked up at the ceiling and the dots on the panels began to move. They were spelling out words. As she looked harder at them, the nurse also looked at the panels. As the dots stopped, she ran out of the room screaming for Head Master Black. The dots spelled out, "Tghinot eid llahs uoy ro, rodniffyrg raed ym, enots eht em evig." Theresa wrote that down on a piece of paper then slowly and carefully got out of bed. As the nurse came back in with the head master, they both were amazed at what the ceiling said. "I've never seen anything like this before. Theresa, do you hold any special powers that someone would want to do this to you?" Theresa looked at the head master and told a lie. "No, I'm just a regular student and I wish to be taken out of the Hospital Wing right now." The nurse gave Theresa her walking papers and she left the Hospital Wing. She was puzzled and even more scared then before. All day she keep hearing strange voices. They sounded mysterious, like two men fighting. Theresa got even more scared when one of the men screamed. It was like all the students could hear it because they all screamed, even Severus. She put her hand and his shoulder and have him a kiss on the cheek. Sirius was even more enraged, he was just about to walk over to them when, on the intercom came a deep voice. "The Gryffindors will die for the deed of one. The one shall be the first to die. Ha ha ha when I have the stone I will be the most powerful WIZARD IN THE WORLD!" Theresa asked to be excused and she felt as though she was followed all the way to the swords room. She knew that if she was with Dumbledore, she would probably be safe. As Theresa knocked on the door, Dumbledore looked away from the class he had and looked at Theresa. He put his arms out and she dove into them. All the 6th years gasped. A crown appeared on Theresa's head. You couldn't touch it but you could see it. It glimered with all the power of the Gryffindors. Theresa had tears in her eyes but with the crown on, she was ready for a fight. A sword appeared at her side. Not her regular sword, this one had Gryffindor written on the blade and had her name on it, "Student of Gryffindor, Savior of Gryffindor and Heir of Gryffindor, Theresa Rothoerd." Theresa looked up just in time to see Voldemort. He wore a smile on his face and had blood on the sword he had in his hand. His face bore into Theresa and she felt, for the first time in her life, hatred. That was the blood of a student. Dumbledore shuttered at the look on the face of the student, Lily Tremonta. She was laying there with blood streaming from 3 wounds. One on her face, one on her neck and one on her shoulder. He was taking down Theresa's friends. That was how he was going to get the Gryffindor Stone. Theresa lunged at Voldemort with all the power in her tiny body. He blocked that and took her against the wall, "Give me the Stone!" "Never, Slytherin!" Theresa broke out of that and now had Voldemort against the opposite wall. "Bring Lily back and I'll let you live." Voldemort stared at the teenager and knew she didn't have the nerve to kill anyone. As she pushed the sword into his neck, he pulled out his wand and put a spell on Lily. All the wounds healed within a few seconds. Theresa let Voldemort go and slowly made her way to Dumbledore. Voldemort headed for the door but at the last minute he turned around. He headed straight for Theresa and she had her back turned. As Voldemont struck Theresa with the egde of his sword he was met but someone else. Someone more powerful then Theresa; Godric Gryffindor. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done. Theresa lay on the floor, run through, and dying. The weakness came over her like a warm welcome. She knew what was happening but didn't fight it. As her final breath drew nearer and nearer. The large figure picked Theresa up and carried her outside the castle. It was a sunny day and the sun was shining almost too bright. He put her down and pointed to a small clump of trees. Theresa could feel the life leaving her yet, she looked. "That, my dear, is the burial place of all the Heirs of Gryffindor. You don't want to meet them yet, dear. You are the heir and you will be great." She saw the smile on his face. I was almost hidden by the mustache of the man. She felt the last bit of strength leave her and she collaped into the man's arms. Godric carried the girl up to the castle and put her into her bed in the Girls' Domitory. As he went into the castle, all the teachers looked down, respectively. Dumbledore glanced at Godric and Godric took him against the wall and whispered his instuctions. "Theresa is in danger, you probably already know this but she is. Voldemort, the Heir of Slytherin, wants to take the Gryffindor Stone from Theresa. He won't kill her, though, she is a very good witch. She will grow up to be very well-known." Dumbledore gasped and looked at the ground again. "Is anyone else in danger?" "I don't know. He really doesn't like the idea of Severus and her together, though. I don't like it either but," he took a deep breath, "I can't do anything about it. I don't dabble with the heart." Godric looked at Dumbledore with a frown. "That's all I can say." In about 3 hours, Theresa was up in the Girls' Domitory. She was waiting for Lily to walk up the stairs, so she could talk to someone. Then, she decided to take a walk to the Boys' Domitory and ask James where Lily was. As she was getting up she felt very weak and collaped back on to the bed. Yet at that moment, James walked into the room and fell on to Lily's bed. He was crying. "What's wrong, James?" "Lily....in....hurt....Volde....mort." Theresa felt wisdom come over her. Lily was hurt by Voldemort again. She took out the piece of paper with the writing on it. As her head began to hurt, she put down the paper. It hit her like a train. She looked at the paper again. The code worked! It was backward and the words were backward.
"Give....me....the....stone,....my....dear....Gryffindor,....or....you....shall....die."
James looked up at this and stared at Theresa. "Not you! This paper. Voldemont is going to do something bad." Theresa looked up at the school and saw clouds, not regular clouds spiraled clouds, circling the school. They were very dark and very foreboding. She only thought of Lily as she walked out of the safety of the House and into the castle. She thought of how she was going to defeat him. She thought of Dumbledore. Why didn't she pay attention when she was in there instead of just staring at Severus the whole time. Severus! She began to think of him and she felt much better about this fight. She thought, also, about what Godric had said, "....you don't want to meet them, yet." She smiled as Voldemort came sweeping down the hall. "I've been expecting you, Gryffindor." "I was going to come in sooner but I had to figure out your code." Theresa looked at Voldemont with an icy stare. They were going to kill one another tonight. Voldemort thought he had the upperhand but, he didn't know that Theresa had Godric on her side. He was going to help Theresa tonight. He was going to make Gryffindor be the top dog of the school. He wasn't going to let Theresa lose, to a Slytherin no less. As she looked into Voldemont's eyes, she saw nothing. No love, no fear of death, and certainly no compation. His eyes were cold, she knew in that moment, he had joined the dark side. He was a dark wizard. Voldemort and Theresa circled for what seened like two ice ages. Then, he struck. Theresa felt her arm, there was blood gushing from her left arm. Just above the elbow. The blade of his sword began to melt where the blood was. Voldemont stared at the sword. He dropped his sword and attacked Theresa with his bare fists. She felt blow after blow. All she could think of was what Dumbledore was going to tell Severus. What was he going to think? He would die! Godric Gryffindor came to Theresa in this instant. 'My dear, you still have your sword, have you forgot? You must use it! NOW!' Theresa put a smile on her face and remembered. Dumbledore had told her what to do! (flashback) "In this situation, just hit the person's knee. Why, you might ask? You can knock them over and force a surrender." (in the present) That is what she had to do! She attacked with the strength of a thousand people. She attacked his right knee and, sure as day, he fell over. She was just about to kill Voldemont, yet, she stopped. He was a human, well maybe, and she couldn't kill him. She let him up and he looked at her with those cruel eyes. Severus appeared right inbetween of Theresa and Voldemont. Theresa looked at him and then, she looked at Voldemont. A tear appeared in her eye. Voldemont had a smerk on his face as he said, "Give me the stone or blood will be spilled in front of you." Theresa grabbed Severus and pushed him behind her. Voldemont laughed out loud, "You don't think that I can still get to him?" He ran his sword through Theresa and almost got to Severus. Theresa fell to the ground. The weakness came over Theresa. Severus grabbed Theresa as she fell to the ground. "Theresa, don't leave me now! Please!" "Severus, take the sword. You must kill Voldemont. Godric Gryffindor will help you." "I'm not a Gryffindor! He won't help me." "You must, if you don't I will die." Theresa tried to sit up to kiss Severus but, fell to the ground. "No, please don't leave me. Don't leave me here, with him." Severus felt Theresa's face and pushed her hair out of her face, "I won't let him kill you, Theresa, I promise you." With that he took the sword that was in her hand. He had lost once in Swords and wasn't going to lose again.
Please go to Part 2 for the rest of the story!! Oh, yeah, I have to write my disclaimer!! Well, I have to say that most of the people (ex. James Potter, Lily, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore) all belong to J.K. Rowling! The people that you don't know (James Rothoerd, Theresa Rothoerd, and all the rest of her brothers) belong to ME!! If you want to use them, ask me at Potterfan131@homestead.com!! I might let you use them!! Well, look at Part 2!! PLEASE REVIEW!! This is my first FF please be nice!! Hope to make this a series!! Peace out! :o}
It was 1976, James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus were getting onto the train to go to Hogwarts. At that same time..... "Theresa, you're going to be late!" "Mom, if you'd press the gas pedal once in a while maybe I wouldn't be late!" "Grab your stuff, Theresa!" As Theresa struggled to get onto the train, a young man saw her. "Would you like me to help you, Miss?" "Sure, you can help me. Grab that." She pointed to a cage that contained an owl. "What is your name, Miss?" "Theresa. What's yours?" "Severus. Severus Snape." Both of them stuggled to get all their stuff onto the train. "Thank-you so much, Severus. Do you want to sit together?" "If you want to sit with such a freak like me then, ok." Theresa got onto the train with Severus. As they passed James, Severus was tripped and he fell to the ground. "Are you ok, Severus?" As he was about to respond, Theresa got up and hit James in the eye. Then, a small fight broke out. The four guys against the lone woman. The laws of odds say that the guys would win. But, as we all should know, Theresa was able to beat up all four of those men. As James, Sirius, Peter and Remus sat there with their lips, jaws, and arms bleeding, Theresa walked slowly over to Severus and picked him up and laid him down in a seat. He sat next to her and right across from Remus. As the train slowly came to a stop at the school, Severus got up slowly with Theresa right behind him. She did smile at James and Remus as they got up to get off the train. A smile that said 'sorry but I had to defend him'. As they made their way to the very large man, a young girl ran into Theresa. "Sorry, I'm not watching where I'm going." They both chuckled. "My name is Theresa." "Mine is Lily." "Do you want to walk with me and Severus?" "Sure, I don't have anyone to walk with." James came from behind, "You don't want to talk to these losers, do you?" Lily just looked at him, smiled and walked off with Theresa and Severus. The three of them and the giant man boarded a boat and headed to Hogwarts. As they made there way to the school they saw many people. Then they made there way to a large room, the teacher looked at the opposite wall. All the ghosts of the school looked at the students. One of the ghosts of Gryffindor locked eyes with Theresa. She stared right back and then looked at Severus and buried her head in his chest. As all the first years saw the Sorting Hat they all gasped. Theresa hugged Severus again. As James started to laugh, Severus pulled away. "Let us start the Sorting Ceremony now. Let's see who's first..... Beckony, Amanda." Without any hesitation the Sorting Hat said, "Ravenclaw." "Black, Sirius." "Gryffindor." This went on for a while then... "Lupin, Remus." "Gryffindor." It went on a bit longer...... Pettigrew, Peter." "Gryffindor." "Potter, James." "Gryffindor." All his buddies cheered for him, they were all together. "Rothoerd, Theresa." Theresa felt a lump in her throat. As the Sorting Hat dropped over her eyes a tiny voice spoke. "I can't believe this! I have never seen such a mind! There is only one place you can go, and may I add you will probably be a great Gryffindor in your day." The word Gryffindor echoed in her head. She took a seat next to Peter. She looked in the opposite direction of the stares that were coming from the boys she was sitting next to. "Snape, Severus." Theresa looked up and was half praying 'please, please, don't let me get stuck with these men'. But as fate would see it, the Sorting Hat yelled, "Slytherin!" Technically, they were enemies now. Eveyone knew that the Gryffindors always hated the Slytherins and would see to it that the would kill each other one day. Their rivally dated all the way back to when Godric and Salazar had fought and ultimately, Salazar went away never to be heard of again. But, now it was Theresa and Severus. In Gryffindor, she was stuck with the stupidest, snobbiest, weakest group of 'men' she had ever met in her life. It wasn't that Theresa hadn't met alot of men, she had 8 brothers and they always brought their guy buddies over to visit the house. They always made her cook and they always made her clean up too. She was the only girl. Her mother was ill and her father was always at work so she was the only mature one of the group. She had heard stories about Hogwarts. Her 3 elder brothers had already been school and 2 had already gotten out. The one brother who had gotten into Slytherin was still there in the school. Her other 2 brothers, Donny and Johnny, were out doing, something. Theresa never did know what her brothers did and really didn't care. James was the name of the brother in Slytherin and that was why she never did like this boy in the first place. James (her brother) was alway mean to her and always was getting her into trouble. But anyway, Theresa wanted so much to be in Slytherin with Severus, even if it meant to be in the same house as her brother. "Tremonta, Lily." "Gryffindor." Theresa's heart leapt at that fact. At least she had one friend in Gryffindor. She still wanted to be in Slytherin but, at least, she had someone to talk to. They all got up and followed a man named Quirrell, the head boy. Everytime she looked at him, though, she felt chills up and down her spine. She told Lily and she had the same feeling. "Now, the password is, Feelisght Uperstimontrus." As he said it the picture of the fat lady opened. All the first years gasped as they saw the Common Room, it was huge! Bigger then anything Theresa or Lily had ever seen in their lives. Theresa and Lily both walked up the stairs to the Girls' Dormitory. They were both in the same room, they were the only ones in that room. All that night, they talked about everything two 11 year olds talk about. Then, Lily dropped a bomb on Theresa. "I think I like James Potter." After that the conversation ended because, Theresa fainted. Anyway, in the Boy's Domitory.... "James, you can't like Lily! She is friends with Theresa!" Remus was saying. Sirius added, "Well, I think I like Theresa too." Remus fainted dead on the floor. James and Sirius looked at each other and chuckled. The next day.. "Hey James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus!" Lily said elbowing Theresa. "Hi," Theresa said unfeelingly. The boys returned with the same enthusiasum, all that is except Sirius. "Hello, Theresa, you are the most wonderful, smart...." "Save it, Sirius!" "Shut-up, James!" The other three guys laughed. "Theresa, I really like you." Theresa took a step backward. No one had ever told her that and meant it before. Slowly at first, Theresa ran down the hall and grabbed her books on the way out of the Common Room. She ran as fast as she could to a small hut at the edge of the Forbindden Forest. She was crying by the time the giant man opened the door. He let her into the house and was trying to comfort her. "Please, please, please don' cry. Miss, you don ned to cry 'ere. You are goin' be late for class and the teachers will yell at you." Hagrid said trying to calm her down. Theresa spoke inbetween sobs, "He said he likes me. I don't like him, I like Severus!" she finally let the big tears go. Hagrid handed Theresa a tissue. "Who is he?" "Sirius Black. Lily likes James, maybe he was just trying to be cool." Theresa looked better as she exited the hut and was just about to go to the castle when..... A muffled voice called to her in the Forbidden Forest. "Theresa, Theresa, Theresa. You must come here, I have something to give you! The Gryffindors will once again rise. You will defeat him when I can't!" Theresa's face turned white but she turned to go into the forest. She took on last look at the castle before she entered. It was so beautiful in the morning sun, the stones were magnificent, the stones looked like they were part of a painting rather then a building. But yet, she still entered the Forbidden Forest. She heard a scream come from Hagrid but, before she could turn around, the vines had blocked all the entrances and exits to the forest and left only one trail. Theresa could feel her heart race as she slowly made her way to the bright light the path led to. She covered her eyes as she came upon it. A very thin man came to her. He had a smile on his face and looked very old. He had many scars on his face. He grabbed Theresa's hand a dropped a small stone into it. The stone was the size of a pea and glimered in the bright light. "Theresa, this for you. You must show it to Albus Dumbledore, only. He knows what it is and will tell you too." He grabbed his stomach and looked at her once last time, "Gryffindor will once again be great! Make all of Gryffindor proud. You must defeat Volde, Volde, Volde..." He collaped right in front of her and dies instantly. She was so afraid and without any thinking she put the stone into her pocket as she heard her name being called, "Theresa! Theresa! Where are you?" It was Severus. He had made his way to her and her heart made another leap. They met and hugged right there. They stayed in that spot for about 3 hours, until Proffessor Dumbledore (the professor of swords) came into the clearing they were in. "Theresa, Severus, you are supposed to be at the school now! Why are you even in here?" Severus tried to explain, "Professor, Theresa came into here and I came after her. I didn't know what I would do if she was hurt but I had to try and rescue her." "Theresa?" "I came in here because someone in here was calling my name. This is what he gave me." She reached into her pocket and pulled out the tiny stone. Dumbledore looked at the stone. He almost fainted. "Theresa, this is the Stone of Gryffindor, but, sometimes it is called The Gryffindor Stone. There is only one of these in the world. It holds all the held by the Gryffindors in the world." Dumbledore smiled at Theresa and she smiled back. He handed the stone back to her. "You are now the Heir of Gryffindor." He tipped his hat to her and walked both Severus and her out of the forest. "How can such a tiny stone hold all that power in it?" Severus asked. Dumbledore smiled and said, "Just because something is small doesn't mean that it isn't valuable or powerful, does it?" Both, Theresa and Severus, had missed the first half of the school day but, Dumbledore pardoned them. They were in most of their classes together. They had Potions, Swords, Transfiguration, and Learning Muggles 101 together. Severus was interested in Potions most of all, and when they had to split up into groups, since there was 12 Gryffindors and 12 Slytherins, there were two groups that had to have one Slytherin and one Gryffindor because Theresa and Severus would always work together. They were a very interesting team. Dumbledore always had his eye on the two of them for two reasons. First, because they would make an interesting couple. Second, Theresa was the Heir of Gryffindor and if a Slytherin got her upset, they could be vaporized. They were always the first ones done and, sometimes people laughed at them when they sat together in the Great Hall. James knew they would become a couple, someday. So did everybody else but, not everyone was afraid for Severus's life if they ever would become a couple. Sirius still had his eyes on Theresa and Sirius always got what he wanted. James was afraid if they became an item, Severus would be hurt badly or die.
As the holidays came closer, Theresa had gotten gifts for her mother, father, brothers, Dumbledore (for being so nice to her), Lily, James (the guys were a littler nice to her now that James was together with Lily), Remus, Peter, Sirius and, yes, Severus. She had gotten Severus a new broom. The Nimbus one-thousand and one. The newest broom availiable. First years weren't allowed racing brooms but she really didn't care. She was the Heir of Gryffindor, even though only Severus and Dumbledore knew, and she would get him what she wanted to get him. She had got Dumbledore a book on all the famous magical swords. As Halloween came around Theresa was sitting with Severus at the Gryffindor Table when three owls came in. One dropped a letter in Theresa's lap and the one dropped a letter in Dumbledore's lap. Theresa opened it excitiedly. As she read down the paper, she was about half way through when, "No, no, no." There was a similar scream that came from the Slytherin Table. Theresa and her brother James both stood up and ran out of the Great Hall. Both were crying. As Dumbledore read his letter he put his head down on the table where he was sitting. He stood up and followed them down the hallway. Severus got up and followed Dumbledore. "Professor, what happened? Why was Theresa crying? Who was that other guy?" "Severus, that guy was her brother. Her mother, father and 3 of her brothers were found dead in their house. I think I know who did this too. You go and comfort James and I'll go to Theresa." Severus made his way to the Slytherin Common Room and found James. He was sitting on the sofa, he had a pocketknife in his hand. The blade was right at his chest. "I suppose you come to stop me from killing myself. It isn't me you should be worried about. Theresa can't take stuff like this. I'm going to be gone in a few seconds but, let me tell you something, Severus. Take care of her. She is a nice girl. Don't break her heart like many others have tried and succeeded at doing. She really likes you and you like her back. I can see it in your eyes that you like my little sister." With that he plunged the knife into his chest. He didn't die instantly, but suffered. Severus watched as the brother of his one true love died. He couldn't do anything. He did run for the nurse but, she didn't make it there in time to save James Rothoerd. Theresa was having a hard time too. She was crying into Dumbledore's cloak. "I can't believe it. Who did this? Do you know?" "I think I know, my dear, but it isn't a 100% thing." "Who?" "Voldemont." Theresa gasped. That was who she had to defeat. That was what that man was trying to tell her. She cried even more. "Professor," a voice from the hallway beckoned, "there had been more bad news." Theresa looked up and saw the blood on the nurse's hand. Instantly, she knew what had happened. She had 4 brothers left now, the four youngest. She was, in a split second, promoted to the leader of the pack. She had been the 4th born and now she was the eldest.
As the castle was slowly emptied from the people wanting to go home for the holidays, Theresa stayed behind. She stayed with Lily, James, Severus, Peter, Remus, Sirius and Dumbledore the entire time. They tried to comfort her but, most of the time, it didn't work. One night, she decided to go to meet her brothers, mother, and father. She thought of just the right way to do it too. She would jump off the North Tower. It was on Christmas night she would do it and no one would find her 'til the next day. As she climbed the stairs, a little voice in the back of her head was trying to make her stop. She wouldn't listen to it. She met James at the top of the stairs. He was looking at the stars and flying on his broom. "Hey, Theresa, what are you doing up here?" "May I ask you the same question?" "I'm just looking at the stars and fly toward them. You?" "Something that will stop the pain I've been going through." James looked confused but she agreed with her. She walked over to the edge and looked down. It was a steep fall. The little voice screamed, "NO!" James looked more confused when she stood on the edge, turned around to look at him and smiled. "Tell Severus I love him, ok James." "Why don't you tell him yourself?" She took one step backward and began the long fall off the castle. With lightning speed, he dove with his broom to save her. He was too far behind and he knew it. She hit the ground and a scream came from Theresa throat. It sounded much like the little voice in the back of her head. James turned around and headed back up to the castle. Dumbledore met him at the top of the North Tower. "What happened, James?" James was out of breath but managed to say, "Theresa jumped off the tower and is down there." He pointed to the ground. He jumped off the broom and Professor Dumbledore jumped on and headed down to her. When he had gotten to the ground with her he spoke very softly and sweetly to her, "Theresa, don't move James is going to get the nurse and you'll be just fine. The Gryffindor Stone won't let anything bad happen to you as long as you aren't fighting one of the other heirs." Theresa looked at him and smiled he smiled back at her and then the nurse came and examined her. She didn't have a broken bone, scratch, bruise, nothing!" The stone really had protected her. Severus was woken up by the scream and headed down to the spot where Theresa was. "Theresa, are you ok?" "Yes, Severus, I'm fine. James saved me." Severus and James exchanged stares and then they helped Theresa get up and head toward the Gryffindor House. James at one side and Severus at the other. When they got to the picture of the fat lady, though, Severus had to go to his Common Room. Slytherins weren't promited in the Gryffindor House. Theresa and Severus kissed good-bye and James helped Theresa to get to the Girls' Domitory. Much to the dislike of almost all the girls (except Theresa and Lily) James put Theresa into her bed, and kissed Lily good-bye before he left. Theresa had to explain all the happenings of that night to Lily before they went to sleep. Theresa slept soundly and by the next morning everyone was talking about Theresa and James. There was one rumor that James had pushed Theresa off the North Tower and just about everyone believed that one. Theresa became really close to James and his friends since that and she promised James she would do the same for him one day. Theresa didn't expect many present but, it was just the opposite. Theresa had a mountain of presents on her bed. Theresa invited Severus over to the Gryffindor Common Room and, much to the dislike of Quirrell, he excepted and came to the common room to open his presents. Severus had gotten her a cloak that had the word 'Griffindor' written on it. Theresa chuckled, "It's Gryffindor." When they were through Theresa gave everyone her presents from her. She wanted them to be saved for last. They all were amazed at the presents she had given them. Severus was very pleased and gave Theresa a peck on the cheek right in front of Sirius. James could see Sirius boiling over so he changed the subject. "Hey, how about a snowball fight before we go inside for the feast?" "Sure!" Everyone got into separate groups. James, Lily, Sirius and Peter were one one side and Remus, Theresa and Severus were on the other. Sirius was aiming for Severus the whole time. Once he got close by instead of hitting Severus, he hit Theresa. She dove in front of Severus so he wouldn't get hit. When they were all out of breathe, they headed inside to the feast. Theresa sat with the Slytherins and they all were making comments about her. "Why don't all of you just shut-up! She can sit anywhere she wants to! Who cares if she is a Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or even a Slytherin! Nobody will ever ask you that in life! So just mind your own business!" Severus screamed so loud that the entire Great Hall went quiet. Theresa smiled at Severus and kissed him. Sirius had a switchblade in his back pocket and he was reaching for it. James tried to stop him. "Sirius, Sirius, listen to me! You don't want to hurt him. The last time you did she got in the way and you hurt her. She'll do it again if you try again." "I don't care." He took the blade out of his pocket and made his way to the Slytherin Table. He put his hands on the table and looked like he was going to speak to Theresa. Then, he took out the blade and tried to put it into Severus's neck. He was knocked back by Theresa and was kicked several times. Theresa had seen the blade and she wasn't going to let Sirius hurt Severus. She then got up and walked back to the Slytherin Table. The mouths of the Slytherins were all open. Theresa and Severus watched as Sirius went back to the Gryffindor Table. The only thing they heard from the table was the words, "I told you so." That was James and they all knew that. As the rest of the school was coming back from the break, the rumors, once again, started to surface about Theresa and James. There were also rumors that Theresa had eyes for only Severus and that Sirius had only eyes for her, that one was true. Sirius loved Theresa and he would get what he wanted. Theresa was torn, she could date Severus and be happy or, she could date Sirius and keep Severus alive. Theresa was studying for one of the exams coming up in swords when, "No you can't come in here, Slytherin. I don't care who has sent you. I'll get all the professors here and you will be expelled." Theresa ran down the stairs and there was Severus fighting with Quirrell to get into the common room. "Shut-up! Let him in! I don't want to fight you!" Theresa was a little upset that Quirrell wouldn't let him in but it was ok. They were taught not to let the Slytherins in. Theresa sat Severus down on one of the chairs next to the fire. He was soaked to the bone, "What can you expect? It's pouring down rain outside!" They both chuckled. Severus was shivering, though. Theresa went up the steps carefully and came down with a cloak. "This was James's. He was from Slytherin. Here put it on." She helped Severus take off the cloak that he was in, it was hard since she wasn't allowed to look, and helped him on with the one from her brother. "It has Slytherin written on it. It fits you perfectly! You look like my brother too." Her eyes overflowed with tears. "Old memories. Some aren't that good either." Severus put his arms around her. "Here you have to get some sleep." Severus turned around to go out of the common room and he was dragged back and sent up the stairs. "I can't go up there. I'm not a Gryffindor." A long pause where Theresa started to chuckle. "I'm not a girl either!" Theresa dragged him up the stairs and very carefully got him into her room. They had to be very careful not to wake up Lily before Theresa could tell her what was going to happen. "Lily, Lily?" "What do you want, Theresa?" "Severus is going to stay in here for the night. Ok?" "Sure, whatever." Theresa got into her bed and Severus just stood there watching her. "Well?" "Theresa, I can't I'm a guy and you're, not." Theresa turned over onto her side and grabbed her wand. She drew a line on the bed, right down the middle. "Don't cross that line!" Theresa put her wand back and watched Severus get into the bed and stare at her. Theresa looked at the wall and slowly fell asleep. After about three hours, Severus got up enough courage to cross the line. He put his arm around Theresa's waist and waited. Theresa woke up with a start and looked at his arm, smiled at him and put her hand in his. The next morning was interesting to say the least. "Don't Sirius!" Theresa was woken with a start when James and Lily screamed. Lily and James were trying to get him off of Severus but to no avail. Sirius reached for his switchblade and at that moment... Voldemont entered through the window. Sirius stopped in midair and stared at the figure. They all stared. Theresa felt a strange feeling, she knew that this was the man that had torn her family apart. Voldemort pointed his wand at Sirius and, he was thrown against the wall. He pointed his wand at Severus and looked at Theresa. "Where is it, little girl?" He stared at her. "What are you talking about?" "You know, I'll kill your little friend here if you don't tell me where I can find the Stone of Gryffindor!" "You can't use the stone anyway. Your a Slytherin!" "You'll regret this, Gryffindor! I can sense you know something!" With that Voldemort was gone. Theresa hugged Severus, she was crying again. Severus knew she had the stone and he didn't say anything either. Theresa just knew that if she told him he would destoy her and everyone she loved. Theresa ran down to the common room and ran toward the castle, all of the gang were behind her as well. She ran to Dumbledore's office and started to cry when she got there. He couldn't make out what she was saying be he knew. He knew that Voldemort was around. He knew that he wanted the Stone of Gryffindor. He just knew. He tried to comfort Theresa but he wasn't succeeding very well. Severus walked in and sat next to Theresa. She cried into his cloak (or should we say James Rothoerd's cloak) Dumbledore knew instantly. That wasn't Severus's cloak. His cloaks were all the same color, black; this one was forest green. He knew why Severus had known Theresa was in his office. He was there. He, a Slytherin boy, was in the Gryffindor Girls' Domitory. If he had gone in there with no permition he would be expelled. Those were the rules. A few hours later, Dumbledore caught Theresa by herself. "Theresa, was Severus in there when the whole thing occured." Theresa's eyes lightened up with enlightenment. "No. He wasn't there. Why would a Slytherin boy be in the Gryffindor Girls' Domitory?" Dumbledore had a smerk on his face and Theresa knew that he knew. She would never admit to it, though. She walked away to class. The class was swords and this was test day. The one to make it to the top of the girls' and boys' standings would get 50 points for their house. As the exam went on, people started to be elimated. Peter and Sirius were both out. They were followed by Lily and Remus. There were only two fights left, Severus vs. James and Theresa vs. and girl named Kristin. Theresa fought Kristin first, they weaved and bobbed but Theresa pinned Kristin against the wall and all the Gryffindors cheered. "Fifty points to Gryffindor!" Theresa sat down content. The lead girl and lead guy fought each other too and she was very excited to see who she would fight. James came out to an early lead but Severus soon fought back. In the end, James lost control of his sword and Severus pinned him against the wall. All the Slytherins cheered and all the Gryffindors patted Theresa on the back. "Fifty points to Slytherin! Who ever wins this fight will win.... 200 points for their house." Both houses cheered. "Theresa, if you win, we'll have a giant party!" one Gryffindor said. Theresa felt the weight of the world on her shoulders. She didn't want to hurt Severus but she didn't want to appear to a weakling. Theresa and Severus circled each other for a while then, Severus made the first strike and sealed his doom. Theresa put him against the wall with her sword at his throat. He didn't drop his sword immediatly. That added to the suspense. Theresa pressed in the sword a little further. A little trickle of blood came from his neck. She backed away and the circling began again. The Gryffindors screamed, "Freud!" Theresa did a move right out of a movie. She hit Severus's sword and knocked it right out of his hand. Then, she put him against the wall. "Two-hundred points for Gryffindor! Nice job, Theresa." She walked out of the room with Severus and went to the Great Hall with him. He was very upset. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you or beat you!" "It's not that. The other Slytherins are going to beat me up now." "Why?" "Because I was beaten by a Gryffindor. A Gryffindor girl!" They both sat down at the Gryffindor Table and the Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and Gryffindors made fun of him. "I'd like to see you beat me!" Theresa screamed to one of the Gryffindor boys. They fought right there in the Great Hall. Theresa almost cut his throat open and probably would have if Professor Dumbledore wouldn't have come in. Theresa retreated back to the her seat next to Severus. She loved embarrassing boys by beating them. By the time the feast was over, Severus wasn't afraid anymore of the Slytherins. He didn't need to be friends with any Slytherin, he had Theresa. As the end of the year drew nearer, Severus promised Theresa to stay in touch with her. She knew he wouldn't, though. They had only 65 days left of school. Theresa and Severus were out walking the grounds when, "Wow! Look at that!" Theresa pointed out into the distance. "It's the Gryffindor House! I want to live there someday!" "Someday you will, Theresa." He looked into her eyes. They were just about to kiss when, "'Ow you doin', Therssa?" "It's Theresa. Good, how are you, Hagrid?" "Good, wat you doin' with this Slytherin?" "We were just walking the grounds, Hagrid. I think I have to leave." Theresa looked at her watch. She kissed Severus then Hagrid good-bye. "She is sometin' ain't she?" "She sure is, Hagrid." Hagrid looked at Severus in a surprised way and, "You 'ike her don' ya?" "No!" "Oh! Then you lov' her don' ya?" Severus blushed as red as a rose and left the scene. Hagrid shook his head and left for his hut. Theresa ran to the Gryffindor Common Room and greeted by an invition. It read...
Dear Theresa,
This is Sirius. I hope we can go to the dance together at the end of the year. James has bet me 50 galleons that he and Lily will be voted cutest couple. Will you please go with me? Hope to hear from you soon!
Sirius
Great! Now I'm going to have to ask Severus first. She ran to the Slytherin Common Room and was met by an unpleasent sight. Severus had been beaten up and was lying in front of the door to the common room. He had blood coming from his mouth. Theresa knelt down to cradle him and was met by a deep voice. "Hello, Gryffindor." She thought of the worst. It was Voldemort and she had left the stone on her dresser. She got up and turned around slowly. It was only a Slytherin boy. "Don't you even think about taking care for him. You are only a first year and I'm a seventh year. You are a pansy Griffindor and I'm a lean and mean Slytherin." "I don't want to fight you but I will if provocted." He got ready for the first punched but missed. Theresa hadn't even ducked. She opened her eyes to see him get ready again and still the same result. After about 30 punches he ran from her and left her with Severus. He was looking worse then he did before and she knew he needed help. She didn't think there was enough time, though, to get to the castle and back. She didn't think he could last that long. Then an idea hit her, she got up and ran as fast as she could to the Gryffindor Tower. She ran up the stairs grabbed the stone and ran out in about one minute. She sat next to Severus again and looked at the stone. She hoped it could help him. It didn't seem to, though. She began to cry. As his breathing became more and more labored, she laid her head on his chest and listened as his heart slowly stopped. She got up and took one last look at her one true love. Then, the stone that was in her hand dropped onto in his chest. She was about to pick it up when a large beam of light came from the stone. It made Severus's whole body glow as it went inside of him. Theresa picked up the stone and held it for a minute. Severus, all of a sudden, woke up. He coughed as Theresa hugged him as hard as she could. He could hardly breath; between getting kissed and being hugged, there was no time. Theresa finally released him long enough to ask him, "Will you go to the dance with me?" "Sure, did Sirius already ask you?" "Yes but, I can tell him that I'm already going with you." Theresa smiled and he smiled back at her. "Hey I've already stayed in your common room what about you stay in mine? I don't have any roommates, though." "You probably have it better then me, then." They both chuckled and went inside. All the Slytherins stopped and the Head Boy (Malfoy was his last name) laughed and told him, "Severus, take out the trash once in a while." Theresa's eyes burned with the fury of a thousand suns. She wasn't going to be abused; not here, not now. Theresa lunged at the Head Boy and soon all the Slytherins were in on it. Theresa let out a scream so loud, everyone could here it. Even the Gryffindors could hear and they knew it was one of them. They had to save whoever it was. Theresa lunged at the Head Boy and soon all the Slytherins were in on it. Theresa let out a scream so loud, everyone could here it. Even the Gryffindors could here and they knew it was one of them. They had to save whoever it was. Malfoy opened the door and said, "Why I don't know what all of you are going on about and I certinally don't want to find out." The Gryffindors stormed into the common room and threw Malfoy against a wall and they all stood still at the sight of Theresa in the arms of Severus. They all stared and wondered why they had done this to a Gryffindor. She had a sword (her sword) through her. She was laying, in pain, in front of the Slytherin fire place. Severus was talking to her very softly so no one could hear what they were saying. "Theresa, don't leave me. This is where you have to stay. You defended me against him and now you shall hurt him for this too. Please, Theresa, don't." as Severus spoke these words Theresa's lips, which had been red with blood, kissed his lips. It was the most beautiful kiss in the history of kisses. Theresa backed away from him and fall back to the floor. She had used her last bit of strength to kiss Severus. Severus began to cry, as did most that were there. Even, Sirius cried a little. Then Severus remembered the stone. It would, most likely since it was the Stone of Gryffindor, be able to bring Theresa back to life. Severus looked into the stone and a voice came to him. 'Severus, take the sword out of Theresa'. He did as he was told. He wanted Theresa back, and would do anything to have her back. 'Good, use the stone. Rub the stone into the wound. It will heal it instantly, just watch!' Severus once again did as he was told. Everyone who was watching was on the edges of their seats. He rubbed the stone into the wound and as soon as it touched her skin it healed. He couldn't even believe his eyes. Theresa woke up and looked into Severus's eyes and she smiled at him. Everyone in the room cheered. She kissed Severus again. Severus then, took Theresa up to his sleeping quarters and she sat down on his bed. He put his arm around her waist and they kissed again. Then, they fell a sleep, once again, together. All the Gryffindors who was in the common room left. They were satified that Theresa was safe there. Sirius, for the time, forgave Severus for loving and receiving love from Theresa.
Theresa woke up the next morning and said only of one thing, "Where am I?" "You are in the Slytherin Common Room, Theresa." Theresa looked over and saw she was laying next to Severus. She smiled and fell back asleep. The next thing she knew, she was being shoved around. She turned around and saw him, Voldemort. She tried to look brave but, she didn't look too convincing. "I figured it out, Gryffindor, you are the heir." Theresa felt a lump in her throat. She couldn't speak. As she looked into the eyes of Voldemont, a weakness came over her. She fell to the ground and felt that Voldemort was hovering over her. She heard only one thing before she passed out, Severus's voice. He was saying something to Voldemont but, she couldn't make it out. "Why don't you just leave her alone?" "She is the Heir of Gryffindor! She must die!" "I'll defend her with my life." Severus fell onto Theresa's body and prepared to die with her. To his amazement, Dumbledore arrived just in time and Voldemort left the scene. Theresa woke up two days later. When she woke up, she saw Severus looking down on her, she smiled and he smiled back. She also saw that in the backround was letters; so many letters! She saw that some were from James and his friends and saw that most were from Severus. "How are you feeling?" "What happened?" "You passed out when Voldemort came here. You have been out for 2 days!" "Wow, was anyone else hurt?" "No, Dumbledore was there and after that Voldemort ran off." Theresa sat up in the hospital bed and hugged Severus. She hugged him so tight, he couldn't breathe for about one and a half minutes. He didn't care, though, he was happy to see Theresa happy. "Is the Gryf...." Theresa lost her train of thought and passed out into the bed again. Severus chuckled and pulled the covers around her. He kissed her on the cheek and left the room. After that, he was harassed several times while going down the hall. He sat at his usually desk in swords and was made fun of repeatedly until, "Why don't you just leave him alone?" James spoke with the confidence of a man twice his age. "Making fun of you enemy. What's it to you?" "I believe that you are making fun of one of Theresa's friends and as everyone knows she is close to my girlfriend! YOU DON'T MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FRIENDS WITH LILY!" Everyone jumped when James yelled. As James walked back to his desk that was close to Lily, Remus, Peter (who this day was absent) and Sirus, James told Severus to join them. He said it with a smile on his face so Severus excepted. He didn't like James and his friends but if James had stood up for Theresa and him, he thought he could trust James this one time. As they all sat there, Professor Dumbledore told them to all split into groups. Remus went with James, Lily went with another girl and Severus got stuck with Sirius. Severus groaned at this fact and Sirius rejoiced. All Sirius had to do was 'accidently' slit Severus's throat and he would have Theresa all to himself. They were practicing new moves with the swords. As they tried the moves on each other Sirius made up moves. Moves that would amaze anyone. Severus knew what Sirius wanted to do but he was able to hold him at bay for a while until, he lost his sword. Dumbledore ran over to where the two boys were. Sirius had his sword to Severus's throat and was telling Severus of his plans for Theresa and him. "First, we are going to move into a giant house with a white picket fence. Then, we are going to have 5 children. She will forget about you altogether and he will live in the forrest. Far away from all the other people." Severus couldn't handle it anymore. First, he knew that Theresa would hate all of that and second, he couldn't handle the thought of Theresa and Sirius together and Theresa being happy in that relationship. Dumbledore came from behind and tried to get Sirius away from Severus. "Sirius, you don't want to do this. Even if you kill Severus, Theresa still won't like you. She loves Severus and will kill any man who dare lay a hand on him." Sirius turned around and put the sword against Dumbledore's throat. "She loves me already and we will live happily ever after!" "She doesn't like you, Sirius!" James said for the whole class to hear. "She doesn't like you and she never will. Professor Dumbledore is right, if you kill Severus it will only turn her against you. Why don't you go and visit her once in a while? Severus has been late to class just to go and see her. He loves her and she loves him back. If you destroy that you aren't a friend to her, you are a foe. You didn't even try to comfort her when her family was ripped apart; Severus did! You just like her because you can't have her! That's the way you always were! Even when we were kids, you always wanted things you couldn't have!" As James spoke to Sirius, Theresa was coming down the hall. She stopped at the entrance to the sword's room and looked in. She saw the boy she loved down on the floor and her favorite teacher with a sword at his throat. The sword was held by Sirius and she knew what he was trying to do. She walked in slowly and tapped Sirius on the shoulder. As Sirius turned around to look into her eyes she saw him. It was Voldemort. She saw it in his eyes. His usual blue eyes were turned a pale black and the usual smile he wore on his face was replaced with a frown. She backed away slowly at first. She saw the face of Sirius turn into the face of Voldemort. Sirius was thrown against a wall, Voldemort didn't need his body anymore. As the two heirs stared face to face. The air between them was getting thicker and thicker. It seemed at though a fog had developed between them. Dumbledore knew that Theresa couldn't defend herself that good. She had escaped from the hospital and she was just made the heir less then 6 months ago. Yet, they stared. Trying to find the one opportunity to strike. Theresa found her's first. She took out her sword and slit Voldmort across the forehead. He stuck back with a cut to the cheek. The blood was pouring out of the wounds. This was for one reason and one reason only; they were deep wounds. Both backed away from each other and Voldemort vanished into nothing. Theresa fell to the floor and felt the wound on her cheek. It was bruising already and she could see the blood all over the ground. "Professor, could you help me up to the hospital wing, please." "Yes, um well, Severus you can take her if you wish." As Severus went past Dumbledore he said only one thing in his ear, "Thank-you." Severus helped Theresa up and helped her all the way up to the hospital wing. "My goodness, Theresa, what on Earth happened to you, young lady?" "I got attacked by Voldemort and hit me with his sword." Severus helped Theresa onto her bed and she begged him to stay with her for a little longer. "It gets so lonely up here. There is no one to talk to except him!" Theresa pointed to the boy laying across from her. He was a boy who had been slashed across his neck and looked near death. He looked tall but you couldn't tell anything else. "Ok, I'll stay. If I get into trouble it's all your fault, though." Theresa and Severus talked about things they had done in class, and about the dance that was coming up, and just about everything. "So, we are definatly going together, right?" "Right, oh Severus, this is going to be the best year ever for me!" Theresa wrapped her arms around Severus and he wrapped his around her. They were in love and nothing could change that, not Sirius and not Voldemort. Meanwhile in Voldemort's house.... "Sir, how did your battle with the Gryffindor go?" "Horrible, I've been beaten by a teenager! It is horrible! She has the Gryffindor Stone, though." "You will be the supreme one when it is all said and done." That ended the conversation between Voldemort and Quirell. Voldemort had a plan on how to get the Gryffindor Stone away from Theresa. It wasn't going to be kind and fair but it would separtate the Stone from Theresa. He didn't know if it would work but it was worth a try. Little did they know, Sirius was outside the house and had seen the whole conversation taking place. He was going to get Quirrel, he was trying to hurt Theresa! Back at the castle.... "Theresa you have to get up one of these days! You will have your spine all bent if you don't!" The nurse woke Theresa will a start and she looked up at the ceiling and the dots on the panels began to move. They were spelling out words. As she looked harder at them, the nurse also looked at the panels. As the dots stopped, she ran out of the room screaming for Head Master Black. The dots spelled out, "Tghinot eid llahs uoy ro, rodniffyrg raed ym, enots eht em evig." Theresa wrote that down on a piece of paper then slowly and carefully got out of bed. As the nurse came back in with the head master, they both were amazed at what the ceiling said. "I've never seen anything like this before. Theresa, do you hold any special powers that someone would want to do this to you?" Theresa looked at the head master and told a lie. "No, I'm just a regular student and I wish to be taken out of the Hospital Wing right now." The nurse gave Theresa her walking papers and she left the Hospital Wing. She was puzzled and even more scared then before. All day she keep hearing strange voices. They sounded mysterious, like two men fighting. Theresa got even more scared when one of the men screamed. It was like all the students could hear it because they all screamed, even Severus. She put her hand and his shoulder and have him a kiss on the cheek. Sirius was even more enraged, he was just about to walk over to them when, on the intercom came a deep voice. "The Gryffindors will die for the deed of one. The one shall be the first to die. Ha ha ha when I have the stone I will be the most powerful WIZARD IN THE WORLD!" Theresa asked to be excused and she felt as though she was followed all the way to the swords room. She knew that if she was with Dumbledore, she would probably be safe. As Theresa knocked on the door, Dumbledore looked away from the class he had and looked at Theresa. He put his arms out and she dove into them. All the 6th years gasped. A crown appeared on Theresa's head. You couldn't touch it but you could see it. It glimered with all the power of the Gryffindors. Theresa had tears in her eyes but with the crown on, she was ready for a fight. A sword appeared at her side. Not her regular sword, this one had Gryffindor written on the blade and had her name on it, "Student of Gryffindor, Savior of Gryffindor and Heir of Gryffindor, Theresa Rothoerd." Theresa looked up just in time to see Voldemort. He wore a smile on his face and had blood on the sword he had in his hand. His face bore into Theresa and she felt, for the first time in her life, hatred. That was the blood of a student. Dumbledore shuttered at the look on the face of the student, Lily Tremonta. She was laying there with blood streaming from 3 wounds. One on her face, one on her neck and one on her shoulder. He was taking down Theresa's friends. That was how he was going to get the Gryffindor Stone. Theresa lunged at Voldemort with all the power in her tiny body. He blocked that and took her against the wall, "Give me the Stone!" "Never, Slytherin!" Theresa broke out of that and now had Voldemort against the opposite wall. "Bring Lily back and I'll let you live." Voldemort stared at the teenager and knew she didn't have the nerve to kill anyone. As she pushed the sword into his neck, he pulled out his wand and put a spell on Lily. All the wounds healed within a few seconds. Theresa let Voldemort go and slowly made her way to Dumbledore. Voldemort headed for the door but at the last minute he turned around. He headed straight for Theresa and she had her back turned. As Voldemont struck Theresa with the egde of his sword he was met but someone else. Someone more powerful then Theresa; Godric Gryffindor. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done. Theresa lay on the floor, run through, and dying. The weakness came over her like a warm welcome. She knew what was happening but didn't fight it. As her final breath drew nearer and nearer. The large figure picked Theresa up and carried her outside the castle. It was a sunny day and the sun was shining almost too bright. He put her down and pointed to a small clump of trees. Theresa could feel the life leaving her yet, she looked. "That, my dear, is the burial place of all the Heirs of Gryffindor. You don't want to meet them yet, dear. You are the heir and you will be great." She saw the smile on his face. I was almost hidden by the mustache of the man. She felt the last bit of strength leave her and she collaped into the man's arms. Godric carried the girl up to the castle and put her into her bed in the Girls' Domitory. As he went into the castle, all the teachers looked down, respectively. Dumbledore glanced at Godric and Godric took him against the wall and whispered his instuctions. "Theresa is in danger, you probably already know this but she is. Voldemort, the Heir of Slytherin, wants to take the Gryffindor Stone from Theresa. He won't kill her, though, she is a very good witch. She will grow up to be very well-known." Dumbledore gasped and looked at the ground again. "Is anyone else in danger?" "I don't know. He really doesn't like the idea of Severus and her together, though. I don't like it either but," he took a deep breath, "I can't do anything about it. I don't dabble with the heart." Godric looked at Dumbledore with a frown. "That's all I can say." In about 3 hours, Theresa was up in the Girls' Domitory. She was waiting for Lily to walk up the stairs, so she could talk to someone. Then, she decided to take a walk to the Boys' Domitory and ask James where Lily was. As she was getting up she felt very weak and collaped back on to the bed. Yet at that moment, James walked into the room and fell on to Lily's bed. He was crying. "What's wrong, James?" "Lily....in....hurt....Volde....mort." Theresa felt wisdom come over her. Lily was hurt by Voldemort again. She took out the piece of paper with the writing on it. As her head began to hurt, she put down the paper. It hit her like a train. She looked at the paper again. The code worked! It was backward and the words were backward.
"Give....me....the....stone,....my....dear....Gryffindor,....or....you....shall....die."
James looked up at this and stared at Theresa. "Not you! This paper. Voldemont is going to do something bad." Theresa looked up at the school and saw clouds, not regular clouds spiraled clouds, circling the school. They were very dark and very foreboding. She only thought of Lily as she walked out of the safety of the House and into the castle. She thought of how she was going to defeat him. She thought of Dumbledore. Why didn't she pay attention when she was in there instead of just staring at Severus the whole time. Severus! She began to think of him and she felt much better about this fight. She thought, also, about what Godric had said, "....you don't want to meet them, yet." She smiled as Voldemort came sweeping down the hall. "I've been expecting you, Gryffindor." "I was going to come in sooner but I had to figure out your code." Theresa looked at Voldemont with an icy stare. They were going to kill one another tonight. Voldemort thought he had the upperhand but, he didn't know that Theresa had Godric on her side. He was going to help Theresa tonight. He was going to make Gryffindor be the top dog of the school. He wasn't going to let Theresa lose, to a Slytherin no less. As she looked into Voldemont's eyes, she saw nothing. No love, no fear of death, and certainly no compation. His eyes were cold, she knew in that moment, he had joined the dark side. He was a dark wizard. Voldemort and Theresa circled for what seened like two ice ages. Then, he struck. Theresa felt her arm, there was blood gushing from her left arm. Just above the elbow. The blade of his sword began to melt where the blood was. Voldemont stared at the sword. He dropped his sword and attacked Theresa with his bare fists. She felt blow after blow. All she could think of was what Dumbledore was going to tell Severus. What was he going to think? He would die! Godric Gryffindor came to Theresa in this instant. 'My dear, you still have your sword, have you forgot? You must use it! NOW!' Theresa put a smile on her face and remembered. Dumbledore had told her what to do! (flashback) "In this situation, just hit the person's knee. Why, you might ask? You can knock them over and force a surrender." (in the present) That is what she had to do! She attacked with the strength of a thousand people. She attacked his right knee and, sure as day, he fell over. She was just about to kill Voldemont, yet, she stopped. He was a human, well maybe, and she couldn't kill him. She let him up and he looked at her with those cruel eyes. Severus appeared right inbetween of Theresa and Voldemont. Theresa looked at him and then, she looked at Voldemont. A tear appeared in her eye. Voldemont had a smerk on his face as he said, "Give me the stone or blood will be spilled in front of you." Theresa grabbed Severus and pushed him behind her. Voldemont laughed out loud, "You don't think that I can still get to him?" He ran his sword through Theresa and almost got to Severus. Theresa fell to the ground. The weakness came over Theresa. Severus grabbed Theresa as she fell to the ground. "Theresa, don't leave me now! Please!" "Severus, take the sword. You must kill Voldemont. Godric Gryffindor will help you." "I'm not a Gryffindor! He won't help me." "You must, if you don't I will die." Theresa tried to sit up to kiss Severus but, fell to the ground. "No, please don't leave me. Don't leave me here, with him." Severus felt Theresa's face and pushed her hair out of her face, "I won't let him kill you, Theresa, I promise you." With that he took the sword that was in her hand. He had lost once in Swords and wasn't going to lose again.
Please go to Part 2 for the rest of the story!! Oh, yeah, I have to write my disclaimer!! Well, I have to say that most of the people (ex. James Potter, Lily, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore) all belong to J.K. Rowling! The people that you don't know (James Rothoerd, Theresa Rothoerd, and all the rest of her brothers) belong to ME!! If you want to use them, ask me at Potterfan131@homestead.com!! I might let you use them!! Well, look at Part 2!! PLEASE REVIEW!! This is my first FF please be nice!! Hope to make this a series!! Peace out! :o}