One Step At A Time
By: Siriuslover
Prologue
Severus stepped off the Hogwarts train and looked up to see a towering giant standing in a crowd of students.
"All firs' yeas dis way," The giant called and led a strand of first years towards the moat that surrounded the towering Hogwarts castle.
People pushed from all sides to get to the boats. Everyone felt anxious, scared, and excited all at once, and to Severus that was a deadly combination. As the crowed pushed through he ended up getting pushed from behind right into the girl who was walking in front of him, and he tripped on his face, no one caring to help him up.
Alessandra was starting to get mad; she had lost her brother a while back. He had met some friends on the train and didn't care to introduce her to any of them. She was getting fed up with the tightness of the line, she was starting to loose her breath and wouldn't be able to take this enclosed space amongst the fellow young witches and warlocks for much longer. The truth was she was claustrophobic and knew she would pass out soon if she didn't get out of this enclosed space.
She was walking along with the crowd eager to reach wherever they were going soon, when she was shoved from behind. She spun around only to see that the person who had shoved her had been shoved also and had fallen flat on his face. Alessandra fought against the flow of the crowd and went back to where the boy was getting up. The boy was thin and bony with a black tangled mess of greasy hair that hung down to the nape of his neck. When she reached him she held out her hand to help him up.
Severus pushed himself off the ground and tried to get up again, but with the flow of students that was a mere impossibility, he was just glad that he hadn't been trampled. Suddenly a hand shot out towards him. He looked up into the deep blue eyes of the girl he had just been shoved into. She had an extremely pale complexion and her face still held a quite a bit of baby fat, which contradicted with the rest of her stick thin body. He then tore his gaze away from her eyes and back to her hand, and reluctantly took it.
Alessandra helped the dark eyed boy up and found they were again swept into the rush of students. Soon enough they reached the boats. Alessandra climbed into the first boat, took a deep breath and looked around for the boy she had helped earlier, but he was nowhere to be found. She sat in the boat, and seconds later felt other people climb in she looked up only to see her brother and his new friends.
"We are survivors," the friend with nicely cut black hair and sparkling blue eyes stated as he sat down on the edge in the middle of the boat.
James looked at Alessandra, seeing how pale she was, and quickly moved beside her.
"Are you, okay?" James asked, he knew about Alessandra's claustrophobia and had been able to feel that she was distressed within the crowd.
"I'm much better now," Alessandra said and gave James a smile then it slowly disappeared and then replied in an almost cold tone. "Really didn't think you cared, since you just abandoned me on the train."
"Sorry," He replied with a solemn face, then smiled and continued. "But what are little sisters for, if you can't ditch them every once in a while?"
"I'm glad you think so highly of me, and only by a few minutes!" Alessandra stated.
"A few minutes which I was already born," James said.
"We are both the same age, we were conceived at the same moment. Just because you got out of the womb quicker just goes to prove how stubborn and impatient you are," Alessandra said and then laughed.
"Stubborn and impatient," James said as if carefully considering it. "Yep, that's me."
"I feel hurt! Emotionally scarred, James," The black haired blue-eyed friend stated getting both James and Alessandra's attention. "Are you not going to introduce us to your friend?" he said gesturing to the other two friends who were on the boat.
"Friend?" James asked. "What friend?"
Alessandra felt her mouth drop and she slapped James in his stomach.
James grinned and looked at her as if he finally understood. "Oh, you mean this brat here? She's just my little sister."
"Only by a few minutes!" Alessandra replied.
"Twins?" Inquired one of the other friends, who had dark blonde hair and tiny golden pigments incrusted in the hazel colored iris of his eyes.
Alessandra caught the comment back, before James could catch it. "Unfortunately, hard living with someone so dumb."
The guys laughed over this, even James.
"By the way, the name is Sirius Black," said the boy with the dark hair and blue eyes as he put out his hand.
Alessandra accepted his hand and shook.
"Remus Lupin," the hazel/golden specked eyed friend said as he made the same gesture as Sirius.
The third friend said nothing at all.
"Alessandra Potter," She said as she extended her hand out towards him. His eyes were a dark gray and his hair had a mousy look to it.
After a couple seconds he extended his chubby hand and shook hers. He acted completely shy and withdrawn and Alessandra wondered why her brother had chosen someone such as him for a friend.
"Peter Pettigrew," The plump little boy said and then took a seat in the back of the small boat.
Alessandra sat in the middle of the boat right before the boats jerked and began their journey towards the Hogwarts castle.
"Anyone else excited?" Alessandra asked as she grabbed a hold of the peoples' arms on either side of her. One was James' arm, and the other belonged to Sirius.
* * *
"SLYTHERIN!"
Severus was greeted by several, rather glum faced, people as he made his way to the table. This table was not as enthusiastic about the sorting as other tables. Severus took a seat at one end and looked over the entirety of the Main Hall.
Soon the food appeared and everyone ate a rather hefty meal. Then after everyone had finished eating, Headmaster Dumbledore announced that it was time for bed, and the students obeyed.
On the way out of the hall Severus was tapped on the shoulder. He turned around and saw the girl who had helped him up. He saw her being sorted into Gryffindor and from what he caught of several conversations Slytherins were not to socialize with Gryffindors.
He watched people leave the Great hall. Slytherins were glared at the both of them, and Gryffindors glared at him.
"I figure I might as well introduce myself," Alessandra said as she outstretched her hand. "Alessandra Potter."
He simply looked at her hand and then looked back up to her eyes.
"You're a Gryffindor," he stated simply.
"Yea and you're a Slytherin, so what?" She said as she pushed her hand in front of his face again.
"We can't be friends."
"Excuse me? Why can't we be friends?" Alessandra asked as she dropped her hand and placed her other hand on her hip.
"Because you're a Gryffindor," and with that he disappeared into the mass of people leaving the Great Hall.
"Alessandra, hurry up," Called the girl with red hair and green eyes whom Alessandra had met during dinner. She had said that her name was Lily Evans.
Prologue
Severus stepped off the Hogwarts train and looked up to see a towering giant standing in a crowd of students.
"All firs' yeas dis way," The giant called and led a strand of first years towards the moat that surrounded the towering Hogwarts castle.
People pushed from all sides to get to the boats. Everyone felt anxious, scared, and excited all at once, and to Severus that was a deadly combination. As the crowed pushed through he ended up getting pushed from behind right into the girl who was walking in front of him, and he tripped on his face, no one caring to help him up.
Alessandra was starting to get mad; she had lost her brother a while back. He had met some friends on the train and didn't care to introduce her to any of them. She was getting fed up with the tightness of the line, she was starting to loose her breath and wouldn't be able to take this enclosed space amongst the fellow young witches and warlocks for much longer. The truth was she was claustrophobic and knew she would pass out soon if she didn't get out of this enclosed space.
She was walking along with the crowd eager to reach wherever they were going soon, when she was shoved from behind. She spun around only to see that the person who had shoved her had been shoved also and had fallen flat on his face. Alessandra fought against the flow of the crowd and went back to where the boy was getting up. The boy was thin and bony with a black tangled mess of greasy hair that hung down to the nape of his neck. When she reached him she held out her hand to help him up.
Severus pushed himself off the ground and tried to get up again, but with the flow of students that was a mere impossibility, he was just glad that he hadn't been trampled. Suddenly a hand shot out towards him. He looked up into the deep blue eyes of the girl he had just been shoved into. She had an extremely pale complexion and her face still held a quite a bit of baby fat, which contradicted with the rest of her stick thin body. He then tore his gaze away from her eyes and back to her hand, and reluctantly took it.
Alessandra helped the dark eyed boy up and found they were again swept into the rush of students. Soon enough they reached the boats. Alessandra climbed into the first boat, took a deep breath and looked around for the boy she had helped earlier, but he was nowhere to be found. She sat in the boat, and seconds later felt other people climb in she looked up only to see her brother and his new friends.
"We are survivors," the friend with nicely cut black hair and sparkling blue eyes stated as he sat down on the edge in the middle of the boat.
James looked at Alessandra, seeing how pale she was, and quickly moved beside her.
"Are you, okay?" James asked, he knew about Alessandra's claustrophobia and had been able to feel that she was distressed within the crowd.
"I'm much better now," Alessandra said and gave James a smile then it slowly disappeared and then replied in an almost cold tone. "Really didn't think you cared, since you just abandoned me on the train."
"Sorry," He replied with a solemn face, then smiled and continued. "But what are little sisters for, if you can't ditch them every once in a while?"
"I'm glad you think so highly of me, and only by a few minutes!" Alessandra stated.
"A few minutes which I was already born," James said.
"We are both the same age, we were conceived at the same moment. Just because you got out of the womb quicker just goes to prove how stubborn and impatient you are," Alessandra said and then laughed.
"Stubborn and impatient," James said as if carefully considering it. "Yep, that's me."
"I feel hurt! Emotionally scarred, James," The black haired blue-eyed friend stated getting both James and Alessandra's attention. "Are you not going to introduce us to your friend?" he said gesturing to the other two friends who were on the boat.
"Friend?" James asked. "What friend?"
Alessandra felt her mouth drop and she slapped James in his stomach.
James grinned and looked at her as if he finally understood. "Oh, you mean this brat here? She's just my little sister."
"Only by a few minutes!" Alessandra replied.
"Twins?" Inquired one of the other friends, who had dark blonde hair and tiny golden pigments incrusted in the hazel colored iris of his eyes.
Alessandra caught the comment back, before James could catch it. "Unfortunately, hard living with someone so dumb."
The guys laughed over this, even James.
"By the way, the name is Sirius Black," said the boy with the dark hair and blue eyes as he put out his hand.
Alessandra accepted his hand and shook.
"Remus Lupin," the hazel/golden specked eyed friend said as he made the same gesture as Sirius.
The third friend said nothing at all.
"Alessandra Potter," She said as she extended her hand out towards him. His eyes were a dark gray and his hair had a mousy look to it.
After a couple seconds he extended his chubby hand and shook hers. He acted completely shy and withdrawn and Alessandra wondered why her brother had chosen someone such as him for a friend.
"Peter Pettigrew," The plump little boy said and then took a seat in the back of the small boat.
Alessandra sat in the middle of the boat right before the boats jerked and began their journey towards the Hogwarts castle.
"Anyone else excited?" Alessandra asked as she grabbed a hold of the peoples' arms on either side of her. One was James' arm, and the other belonged to Sirius.
* * *
"SLYTHERIN!"
Severus was greeted by several, rather glum faced, people as he made his way to the table. This table was not as enthusiastic about the sorting as other tables. Severus took a seat at one end and looked over the entirety of the Main Hall.
Soon the food appeared and everyone ate a rather hefty meal. Then after everyone had finished eating, Headmaster Dumbledore announced that it was time for bed, and the students obeyed.
On the way out of the hall Severus was tapped on the shoulder. He turned around and saw the girl who had helped him up. He saw her being sorted into Gryffindor and from what he caught of several conversations Slytherins were not to socialize with Gryffindors.
He watched people leave the Great hall. Slytherins were glared at the both of them, and Gryffindors glared at him.
"I figure I might as well introduce myself," Alessandra said as she outstretched her hand. "Alessandra Potter."
He simply looked at her hand and then looked back up to her eyes.
"You're a Gryffindor," he stated simply.
"Yea and you're a Slytherin, so what?" She said as she pushed her hand in front of his face again.
"We can't be friends."
"Excuse me? Why can't we be friends?" Alessandra asked as she dropped her hand and placed her other hand on her hip.
"Because you're a Gryffindor," and with that he disappeared into the mass of people leaving the Great Hall.
"Alessandra, hurry up," Called the girl with red hair and green eyes whom Alessandra had met during dinner. She had said that her name was Lily Evans.