Chapter One

A somewhat scrawny boy stumbled into the Great Hall, almost tripping on his too long Syltherin robes. He had told his mum he'd never grow into them. His view of anything was obscured by his shoulder length greasy black hair. He followed in the back of a pack of Slytherins who were up to no good. He didn't really fit in but he didn't care. Severus looked across the Great Hall and caught a glance of beautiful Lily Evans. It was a pity his childhood friend wasn't in the same house as he. She was the only one who really understood him, but no. She was in Gryffindor, his own house's rival and more often then not was found with Sirius and James whose favorite activity was to torture him. Who knows?

Severus thought, Maybe Mum was right; maybe I should get the mark. Then I'll fit in.

Definitely cannot tell Lily about that though. She would go out onto a rampage and of course she would say Why would you want to fit in with them anyway? and then Why can't you just be yourself Sev? I like you better that way!

After their spat she then would not talk to him for weeks. Definitely a thought to keep to himself. Severus soon realized that he was standing alone in the middle of the Great Hall. His "friends" had already sat down and he was getting some frightened glances from the second-year Hufflepuffs he was standing by. As he slid in at the end of the table and took a large swig of pumpkin juice Dumbledore started to speak,

"Attention students! As you know we have been given the great honor to host the Triwizard Tournament this year. The two other schools will come tomorrow and on Christmas Eve we will have a Yule Ball. Now do not worry about that matter until later but I do expect the best of all of you tomorrow. Now without further ado, let dinner commence!" The rest of the food then appeared upon the table and Dumbledore then stepped down to the teacher's table. Severus's gaze lingered on Professor Hingburrow, his Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. That man was his role model. He hoped that one day, one glorious day, that position would be his.

Severus then continued to have his fill of all of the lovely foods Hogwarts had to offer. As he was eating he overheard some of his friends discussing the tournament. To be considered a champion would be amazing. That would be how he would redeem himself. Lily might like him more than just a friend once she saw how heroic he was. The one thousand galleons didn't sound bad either. He resolved to spend the upcoming weekend preparing himself if he should make it. Madam Reswohl did saw that he was an exceptional flyer.

The dinner had vanished and the desserts appeared on the silver dishes. He helped himself to a cauldron cake and pondered dancing with Lily at the Yule Ball. I hope Potter and his gang won't ruin this for me. There are plenty of other girls in 6th year. If only Severus could become the Hogwart's champion then all of his dreams would come true. Then maybe he wouldn't have to be a Deatheater.

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