Onyx and Emerald.

Disclaimer: J K madam owns everything. I am just a 'somebody' who fell in love with her creation at first sight.

This story is about the first meeting of nine years old Severus and Lily. In this fanfic Severus is the only son of exceedingly rich parents while Lily is well LILY!

Sunlight flooded into the magnanimous room and shimmered on the beige silk bedspread and identically upholstered chairs. There was a white marble fireplace is extreme north where one could easily roast a camel. The room was filled with carefully selected original paintings by renowned artists. A priceless Chinese vase, belonging to some Emperor, stood in a corner in a Louis XV inlaid virtine. The room in short was beautiful, enormous, sterile and cold. Severus Snape was fast asleep in his huge four poster bed. He was sleeping peacefully when Eileen Snape entered his room. Her beautiful face got brightened by a dazzling smile when her gaze halted at her only son. She removed her expensive Jimmy Choo's and walked towards his bed without making any noise. She sat on the edge of his bed, cradled his head in her lap and kissed his forehead.

He stirred and then fluttered his eyelids open. The very first thing he noticed were the eyes of his mother, the color of Atlantic Ocean just before a storm, dark gray, tinged with blue and green. He smiled and hugged her mother. She cradled her son and smoothed his very silky hair. She kissed his cheeks and asked him to get dressed as that day he was going to France to visit her mother's aunt in their ancestral Prince Palace. He nodded and disappeared in bathroom to take a bath. When he came outside, two house elves were there to dress him up. They bowed and helped him in the finest robes Magical World could offer. When he was fully dressed, the bowed and disappeared with a pop sound. Severus was still standing before the huge mirror waiting for his father's human maids to arrive and give him his gloves, shoes and watch. He did not have to wait for a long time as moments later two maids entered slipped Allen Edmonds' shoes in his tiny feet. He held out his hands and one maid slipped the gloves and diamond watch in them. They adjusted his hair after applying a lot of jell to them as they were too silky to be tamed. He thanked them and then descended the stairs to take breakfast with his parents.

Just like always they were sitting at the opposite ends of the mammoth sized, mahogany table. A human maid was serving his father while a house elf was filling the plates of his mother with delicacies. Both of his parents smiled after watching their son, properly dressed like a Prince. He walked towards his father and hugged him. Tobias kissed his only son and asked him to have breakfast. He nodded and walked towards the seat reserved for him. He picked his fruit salad and chocolate flavored milk and waited for their parents to eat first. He was a true Snape, as mentioned repeatedly by his father on innumerable occasions. He had just finished his breakfast when Tobias cleared his throat and muttered in an apologetic tone:

"My dearest son I am truly sorry but I cannot accompany you to France today. I have a very important appointment with Sheikh Hamdan and his only spouse Sheikha Chandra today. I have been patiently waiting for this meeting for almost a year. If they accept our proposals and finance our latest project then our company will make billions out of it. Please forgive me my son."

Before Severus could utter a word, Eileen interjected:

"There is always a meeting! Always! My parents and aunt were waiting to meet you. They were finally accepting a muggle as my husband and part of the prestigious Prince family, but you are just too busy in the project to know how important that visit it!"

Tobias sighed and muttered:

"So what? I am not dying to be a Prince. I am a Snape! And you too should be proud of that, you ungrateful, bullheaded woman!"

The pale color of Eileen vanished and a beetle red blush took its place. Outrageous. She balled her hands into a fist and slammed the mahogany table with as much force she could summon at the moment. She got up and started to yell on top of her voice. Tobias also lost his cool demeanor and soon his voice could also be heard ricocheting in the magnanimous Snape Mansion.

Severus always wanted to cry whenever his parents fought. Tears were threatening to surface, but he held them back. He was perfectly aware that if they found out that he was crying their fight would become worse as they would blame each other for it. When his parents fought, he wanted to leave the Mansion, but he knew he just could not. He was not any ordinary boy. He was a gifted wizard and the only child of Eileen Prince, the richest witch in Britain and France, and Tobias Snape , the most successful banker of Europe. He could have everything in the world but the affection between his super rich and egoistic parents. Their fight was becoming unbearable for Severus, so he got up from his seat and walked to his room.

The air was around him was getting bitter, the walls of his rooms were closing in, ready to crush him. He wanted to run away from all that for some time. For a few hours he did not want to be Prince or a Snape, just Severus. He removed the gloves and watch, kick the expensive shoes and dug into his large wardrobe. After skimming through a lot of drawers he extracted plain, onyx colored robes which his mother had bought for him to attend a servant's funeral. He wrenched the expensive robes from his body and donned on the simple robes. He washed his hair and wore his cheapest sandals. He looked like an ordinary, middle class boy.

He exited the mansion from the rear door as it was near to the residential area. He could not help smiling as he watched a shabby, broken, discolored wooden hut. Snape Mansion was charmed to look like a broken hut from outside in order to keep it away from the prying eyes of muggles. Her mother was an excellent witch indeed. He started to walk towards the river. Soon he reached the edge of the muddy path. Beneath him the river bank shone like satin, the hills were veiled in mist and the lights of ferries shone like diamonds, rubies and emeralds. He carefully walked down the steep path into a meadow. There was a waterfall nearby. The sound of rippling water was evident of it. He started to walk in the direction of the sound and then suddenly there she was.

I truly hope you liked it. In this story I reshaped the view of Snapes and made them rich, just to give the impression that 'Severus is so poor that all he has is money!' please give me your suggestion about my teeny, tiny twist. Your reviews will indeed make my day. Keep reading and writing and live your life with zeal and zest.

Cosmos~