Disclaimer: ok, a fic for a friend. You might think this is weird but still. I don't own Harry Potter (not that he's in this) or any other characters from the book. Or any locations. Or objects.

Severus Snape has not just got eyes for Lily Evans. Who else does he love and win love from?

What we didn't know about Severus Snape

It was a new year at Hogwarts. New students were anxiously running at the wall between platforms 9 and 10 to reach platform 9 ¾, afraid that they would hit solid brick. Fornax and Musca Galsworthy walked calmly toward the wall, their eleven year old daughter Maia following closely behind. Eileen Snape came close behind the aforementioned family, ushering her twins, Severus and Siri, along quickly. They disappeared through the wall, causing Maia to stop and look remarkably confused for a pure-blood. Musca turned around to see that her daughter had stopped just as her father had disappeared onto the platform.

'It's ok' said her mother. 'Come on, I'll hold you hand if you want. We'll go through together'. Musca smiled encouragingly, holding out her hand for Maia to take.

Musca worried about Maia. She was far too quiet and didn't interact well with others her own age. She was polite enough around adults. Maia told her mother about this. She was afraid people wouldn't like her, and whenever she tried to speak around children her voice would stick. No matter how hard she tried the words just wouldn't come out. Fornax had said that she'd be fine when she got to school, but her mother wasn't so sure.

As they reached the platform, Musca saw someone that she hadn't seen in years. Eileen Prince had been her best friend in their years at the school; the two had been inseparable.

'Eileen?' she called 'Eileen Prince?'

The sound of Musca's voice caused Eileen to turn away from the twins.

'Musca!' She sounded surprised to see her old school friend here. 'How are you? I've been meaning to invite you to stay for so long but what with the twins starting school and Tobias being busy at work…' she trailed off. 'How are you?' she asked again.

'Oh I'm fine thank you' replied Musca. 'Those must be your twins over there. They seem remarkably close'. Musca seemed astonished to find that siblings could be so close. The reason for the strong bond was not a happy one, and had led to problems in both of the children. Severus had become slightly withdrawn and had few friends. Siri had none save her brother, and was prone to violent mood swings. At these times it was best to leave her alone, although Severus had a special way with her; he could always calm her down. When she was in a good mood, however, she was one of the worst pranksters ever. Her dark eyes would gleam mischievously behind her long black tresses, and she would smile evilly. Whether it was a bucket of glue balanced on the door and feathers on the fan or wet start no heat fireworks hidden in the chimney on wet days there was always a prank. Be it Christmas, Easter or someone's birthday there was always a prank. This girl had a prank for all occasions.

'Yes they are' replied Eileen. 'This must be your little girl' she said, smiling kindly at Maia. 'Severus, Siri, come here. This is Maia Galsworthy. Maia, this is my son, Severus, and my daughter, Siri'

'Hi' said the twins simultaneously.

Maia just nodded, smiling nervously.

The Hogwarts Express whistled loudly, snapping both parents out of a trance.

'Oh my' cried Musca. 'Come on Maia, let's find you a compartment. Come on' she held out her hand.

'Come on you two. Time to go'. Eileen found her children a compartment and helped them with their trunks. She kissed each of them on the cheek through the window of the door as the scarlet steam engine pulled away from the platform. Children waved to their parents as the train sped up. Parents called out reminders to their children, proud fathers beamed and anxious mothers of first years dabbed their eyes as their children left them for the first step of their school life.

Severus and Siri were glad to be going, to be getting away from the rows.

Maia was rather sad. She'd miss her mother's gentle affection for her. She'd miss her father, calling her his little princess and bringing home sweets for her, making square and heart shaped bubbles come out of his wand when she was down. They loved her so much. She hadn't wanted to leave, but she wanted to make them proud.

THAT'S IT. THERE YOU GO. I'M GONNA GET BUGGED ABOUT THE NEXT CHAPTER NOW BUT STILL. SEE YA NEXT CHAPTER!