CHANGES: BY ALEXANDRA FAYTHE MORGAN
Disclaimer: The wizarding world and all of its inhabitants with the exception of the ones I created don't belong to me. They belong to someone I'm still mad at for killing off my favorite characters in the book-that-shouldn't-exist. Don't sue me. It's not my fault the book-that-shouldn't-exist is the book-that-needs-to-be-rewritten.
Prologue: Chances
It wasn't always this way you know. There was a time when they were happy, Slytherin and Gryffindor. The two houses were competitive, not divided. Back then, there was a difference.
Severus Snape had his chance at happiness, just like they all did. Like the rest of them, he took it for granted. He ruined it for himself.
He had friends at one point, you know. He wasn't so cold...and alone. The solitude was something he'd had to adjust to.
In the beginning, he was always with them- Remus Lupin, Sara Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, and Dakota Shanel.
He had even loved. They had loved. It had seemed, at the time, that they had been fated for each other. It had never occurred to them that they should be enemies, rivals because of their opposing houses. Back then, it didn't matter to them. Who they were was more important than what house they were assigned to. Especially to them: Severus and Dakota, Remus and Sara.
Despite the fact that Dakota and Remus were in Gryffindor while Severus and Sara were in Slytherin, Dakota's love for Severus was just as strong as Sara's love for Remus.
Of course, this was all before. Before everything fell down around them. Before prejudices and hatred replaced friendships and fun. Before loneliness replaced love. Before...everything.