Yester Year
Chapter One The Red Train.
A red haired girl waved heartily out off the window of an old red steam train at her mom, dad and a grumpy big sister, that where slowly disappearing. As the platform vanished from sight she turned back into the train, straightening her green dress, her beautiful bright green eyes filling with tears. "I cannot believe she called me a freak! I am not a freak am I Sev?" she turned to a tall boy with shoulder length, jet black hair. He had dark brown eyes, so dark that they were almost black. He was wearing black jeans and a black long sleeved shirt. He would've looked quite menacing if he hadn't been smiling. "No Lil of course not," he whispered pulling his best friend to him. "You're special, unique and wonderful, she is just jealous." Lily Evans looked up into Severus Snape's dark eyes. Only she saw the light in them. "But… Tuney is my sister. She's my big sister. Petunia doesn't even look at me anymore, she doesn't talk to me, and if she has to she just calls me freak. I can't bear it."
"I know Lil, I know." Snape hated to see her upset. He grabbed her hand, he was determined to make her enjoy this day. "Let's find a compartment Lils." They moved along the train to an empty compartment, Lily sat down and stared out of the window. "I'll be right back, I'm just going to put on my school robes okay?" "Fine." said Lily coldly.
Snape hurried along the train to the bathroom and changed in a rush, he hated his clothes. He hurried back along the train as it clattered along the country side. He stopped outside their compartment which was now filled with rowdy boys. Hunched in the corner seat beside the window was Lily, her face pressed against the window pane. Snape slid open the door and sat down opposite Lily. She glanced at him and then looked back out of the window. She had been crying.
"I don't want to talk to you." she said in a constricted voice.
"Why not?"
"Tuney h-hates me. Because we saw that letter from Dumbledore."
"So what?"
She threw him a look of deep dislike. "So she's my sister!"
"She's only a-"He caught himself quickly; Lily, too busy trying to wipe her eyes without being noticed, did not hear him.
"But we're going!" he said, unable to suppress the exhilaration in his voice. "This is it! We're off to Hogwarts!"
She nodded, mopping her eyes, but in spite of herself, she half smiled.
"You'd better be in Slytherin," said Snape, encouraged that she had brightened a little.
"Slytherin!"
One of the boys sharing the compartment, who had shown no interest at all in Lily and Snape until that point, looked round at the word. He had black messy hair and warm brown eyes hidden behind a pair of round glasses.
"Who wants to be in Slytherin? I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" he asked the boy lounging on the seats opposite him. This boy had shoulder length black hair too and piercing grey eyes. He also had an air of smugness about him, but he did not smile. "My whole family has been in Slytherin." he said.
"Blimey!" said the boy with glasses. "And I thought you seemed all right!"
The grey eyed boy grinned. "Maybe I'll break the tradition. Where are you heading, if you've got the choice?"
The boy with glasses raised his hand in the air, like raising a sword. "Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart! Like my dad."
Snape made a small, disparaging noise. The boy with the glasses turned on him. "Got a problem with that?"
"No," said Snape, though his slight sneer said otherwise. "If you'd rather be brawny than brainy-"
"Where're you hoping to go, seeing as you're neither?" interjected boy with grey eyes. The boy with glasses roared with laughter. Lily sat up, rather flushed, and looked at both boys in dislike.
"Come on, Severus, let's find another compartment."
"Oooooo…"
The boys imitated her lofty voice; One tried to trip Snape as he passed.
"See ya, Snivellus!" a voice called, as the compartment door slammed…
"I don't like them at all!" hissed Lily; she turned to a scowling Snape. "Don't you listen to anything they say Sev. I love you just the way you are. " At those words Snape's face lit up. "I hope they aren't in our house," she continued. "Come on there is a compartment down here." They turned in to a compartment where 3 girls and a boy where sat laughing. "Hello" said Lily "Can we sit there please?"
"Yeah sure of course." said a beautiful red hair girl with the most amazing green eyes. Snape hated to admit but they where even prettier than Lily's. "My name is Alexia, but just call me Lexie. This is my twin Jaymz." Lexie said pointing at the boy sitting next to her. He was well built with beautiful big blue eyes, huge blue eyes. He had soft fluffy brown hair. He smiled at them. "And these are my friends Sky," she pointed to a girl with curly shoulder length bright blonde hair, "And this is Minnie." She gestured to a girl with huge brown eyes and dark brown short hair. They were the most beautiful people Snape and Lily had ever seen. "Are you starting your first year at Hogwarts? We are." said Jaymz. "You can't be!" said Snape before he could stop himself. "I mean…" he stammered under the weird looks he got from everyone. "You don't look… like 11 year olds to me… sorry." Lexie laughed. "We get that all the time! But yeah we are 11. In fact…" But just then 3 other boys had come in talking loudly. "…hear that we get the first of the Blacks at Hogwarts this year." said the first boy, who had jet black hair, deep green eyes and lips piercings. "Yeah Sirius his name is I think… What house do you think he will be in? 10 galleons on Gryffindor!" said a second boy with bright blonde hair, blue eyes and freckles. "Nah." said the third boy. He had brown curly hair and deep brown eyes. "His whole family has been in Slytherin haven't they?"
"Yeah," said the second boy. "But he's not like his family is he? He disagrees with the pure-blood beliefs that's his parents think. You know, that muggle-born's are bad and shouldn't be taught magic blah, blah, blah. They way they think is out dated, stupid. I mean they are just like us. What does they're family blood line matter? Nothing in my mind." "Hear! Hear!" said the first. "Umm hi guys…" said Lexie. "These are some other first years. This is Lily and this is Severus." "Oh sorry hi! I'm Jason." said the first boy. "Hey, I'm Liam," said the blonde. "And this is Zack." he pointed to the last boy, who waved. "He and I are first years too, and Jason is in third year."
"So it matters?" Lily said looking tearful.
"What does?" said Jason.
"That… that I'm… a muggle born?" sniffed Lily.
"It doesn't matter to me Lily," said Snape forcefully, "And as you just heard it doesn't matter to them ether. The people stuff like that matters to are people who you don't want to be making friends with or even give them the time of day. You should be proud of what you are. You stand out from your family."
"Exactly," said Liam. "Blood line doesn't matter to descent people."
Lily smiled a watery smile. "Come on girls, I think we'd better change in to our school uniforms, we'll be there soon." exclaimed Minnie. All three girls jumped up, and grabbed their trunks. Lexie held out a hand to Lily, who hadn't moved. "Come on Lily, we'll take care of you." she said smiling kindly. Lily's face lit up she grabbed her trunk then Lexie's hand and got pulled out in to the corridor. They ran along to the bathrooms. Lily ran into the first free cubical and pulled off her favourite green dress and replaced it with her black school robes. She took out her wand for the first time since she got it; she felt the warmth spread through her fingers once again. It felt natural to hold it. That more than anything told her that she belonged in this world, the world of magic. She was a witch and proud. She came out clutching her wand and beaming. Minnie, Sky and Lexie where all ready changed. Their black school robs hugged their body's closely showing off their amazing figures, unlike Lily's that where baggy and loose. Lily realised that she was the smallest girl there. She looked up the three girls above her, they where all smiling down at her. "Come on Lil, you ready?" asked Sky in a sweet voice. Lily nodded. Walking back Lexie fell back to talk to Lily while Sky and Minnie talked about lessons. "I hope we can still be friends even if we are in different house." said Lexie. "Of course we will be," Lily said looking puzzled. "Why wouldn't we be?" "Well some houses hate each other, well I say some, it's everyone ageist Slytherin, which sucks cause I will be in Slytherin probably. Everyone focuses on the bad people that have come out of Slytherin, but no one remembers that Merlin was in Slytherin, the best wizard ever was in Slytherin, but no one remembers that because of Voldemort." explained Lexie. "Who's Voldemort?" asked Lily. "A dark wizard who is trying to take over and destroy everything we love. But don't worry he is scared of Dumbledore so I think we are safe for the time being." They fell silent as they re-entered the compartment. The boys where changed and laughing at something Jason had just done. The rest of the journey was enjoyable, Lily found the four boys highly amusing. They got loads of food off the cart as it come around, Snape and Lily had their first chocolate frog and loved it. An hour later, Lexie looked out of the window and let out a low whistle. "WOW! Is that Hogwarts!" she breathed. Everyone rushed to the window. "Yup that's Hogwarts," Jason said. "Welcome home kids!" Lexie laughed with glee, Lily and Snape exchanged looks of happiness. The manifest castle was drawing closer, Lily could almost see the magic about it, and it took her breath away. This would be her new home till summer; she had promised Sev that she would stay at Hogwarts with him for the holidays. She couldn't wait to start her new life.