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The Prince's Tale
Summary: A series of unrelated drabble/one-shots. His tale, from the start till the end.
Written for Favorite Character Boot Camp
Favorite Character: Severus Snape
Written for Song-fic Boot Camp
Prompt23: Canon, I'll be There for You by The Rembrandts
Special thanks to MissingMommy for keeping all the errors in check for me.
Prompt1: Flower
Hiding behind the bushes, a young boy dressed in oversized pants and t-shirt covered behind a smock. The smock alone was hideous, but the fact that his actual clothes were so large and grease covered, he wore it.
Crouching, he continued to wait. In about few minutes, the girl he watched would come to the playground with her sister. He wanted to see what she would do today, intentionally or unintentionally.
When the pair he had been waiting for arrived, his face lit up in a soft smile. It looked weird on his face since he hardly ever smiled. The girls weren't so close that he could point out their conversation but he could just hear their voices. He found the dark haired girl's voice nosey and irritating but the red haired sister's voice was cheerful.
It had been the red haired girl who had been doing magic, obviously she was a witch. But he was pretty sure the rest of the family was. He had asked his mother whether there were other families being magical in their area and her answer had been negative. So, this witch was unfortunately a Muggleborn. Though he had been taught to hate witches and wizards of that origin, he couldn't hate her. There was something about her which made him wish that he was friends with her.
He wished that there were bushes closer to where the girls played, at least he could hear her and probably find out her name. And maybe, he could even introduce himself and tell her that he knew and also that he was the same as her. But then he looked down at his clothes; nobody would want to be friends with him. His own father didn't like him, why would a stranger feel inclined to become friends with him? Moreover, it looked like she already had a friend…her sister.
But yet, he hoped.
Suddenly, the girls started to run in his direction, or rather in the direction of the bushes behind which he was hiding. The red haired was chasing her sister.
"Tuney!" she screamed. His heart gave a jolt, this was the first time he had actually heard her, understood her. "Petunia! Stop!" she continued to shout as she ran behind her sister.
Frozen at his spot, he waited for Petunia to say something, answer her sister and tell him her name. But Petunia simply continued to laugh.
"Tuney," the red haired gasped as she looked at Petunia expectantly, her face was anxious.
"You're so stupid Lily!" Petunia laughed hysterically.
Lily! Her name was Lily! Finally, he had come to know. Such a beautiful name, it suited her, he thought.
"You are mean! I'm telling mummy!" Lily huffed, turning her back she started to run away.
"No, don't go!" the boy wanted to say, but he kept quiet. And then he remembered that it was because of Petunia she had left, because right now, Petunia was following Lily, calling her back.
He concentrated on her for a moment, she slipped. He was sure she had grazed her knees; he hurt her, just because she had hurt Lily. He waited until both the sisters were out of sight, watching Lily throughout as she helped her sister, and then he left.
"Lily," he said to himself repeatedly, smiling throughout.
Finally, Severus Snape had found out her name, and now, he wanted nothing more than being her friend.
A/N: I have finally decided to start Favorite Character Boot Camp.
I love write about Snape, he's just so angsty! Ha ha.
Anyway, I hope you liked it.
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