Chapter One

My name is Rosalie Ann Evans. Most of you will assume this story is all about Harry Potter, and his legacy. But I am here to tell you, it's not this time. This is a story about a girl going through he life watching, and losing everything she had. That girl, was me.

I had just turned 10 the day I heard my sister, Lillian, was going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Petunia, our oldest sister, despised the idea of it. I thought it was neat. Lily and I spent every waking moment together.

"You are a nasty little witch! No boy will ever like you! Rose, if you're smart, you'll come home with me, now!" Petunia yelled on that grassy hill.

"She is not a nasty witch! And she is a better sister than you will ever be!" I shouted. I wanted to be a witch, like Lily. It was better than growing up like Petunia.

"You better watch it! I'll tell Mum!" Petunia started running. I narrowed my eyes as I looked at Lily. The two of us were the only two who had taken Mum's hair and eyes. Vibrant red hair and emerald green eyes. Dad said we were much prettier than Petunia, mainly because of her attitude. It made her ugly.

"Mum won't listen to her. Don't worry." Lily said with a smile as a boy with black hair walked out of the tree behind us. I jumped a bit.

"So, you're going to Hogwarts too?" He asked. I instantly felt left out.

"Yeah. My name is Lily Evans, and this is my sister, Rose." Lily smiled as she placed her arm around my shoulder. I smiled, she was always good at involving me in everything she did.

"My name is Severus Snape. I live just down the road from you guys." He said.

"How come we've never seen you before?" Lily asked.

"We just moved. Got my Hogwarts letter the other day." I looked down at my shoes. Petunia was wrong, Lily was liked by many boys. Though Mum didn't like her thinking about boys at such a young age.

"Well, we have to go. Dinner's almost done. We'll come back tomorrow. Same spot." Lily said with a smile.

"Same spot." Severus gave his own grin as he watched us take off down the hill and into the large farm house.

After a year of spending my days with Severus and Lily, I was running through the house screaming and jumping up and down. Mum came running from the kitchen, Lily came out, wand in hand. Dad jumped up from his afternoon nap and fell off of the couch.

"What? What's wrong?" Mum yelled as she saw my face. I was beat red and I was screaming louder with a piece of paper in my hand.

"I got my letter! I got my letter!" I screamed. Petunia rolled her eyes.

"Great, I lost another sister!" Petunia shouted as she stomped off to her room. Mum rolled her eyes and smiled brightly.

"That's wonderful honey!" Mum cheered. Dad grinned a bit before laying back down. Lily smiled brightly as she grabbed my hand.

"Come on! We gotta tell Severus!" Lily said as she pulled me along behind her and outside. When we reached the hill, Severus was sitting at his usual tree, reading on of his school books.

"Severus! Rosie got her Hogwarts letter!" Lily yelled as we came to a stop. Severus looked up from his book and smiled as he stood, tossing the book against the tree.

"That's great!" Severus said as he hugged me and spun me around. I giggled a bit before he set me down. "That means you get to ride the train with us this year, and we can go to Diagon Alley together." I smiled and blushed from excitement. I had grown fond of Severus the passed year. When him and Lily were gone in their first year of school, I was a wreck.

"It will be great." Lily smiled.

Then finally, I was on the train to Hogwarts. Mum and Dad had seen us off before the train took off. I was sitting in a compartment with Severus and Lily, with a wide smile on my face. My wand was tucked in my jeans, and I wore a green T-shirt. My long red hair was braided back with lose hairs falling in my face. Lily always wore her hair down, it was straighter than mine was. I had natural curl and wave to mine, where she took after Dad, having his straight hair.

When we arrived at Hogwarts, I had to go with the first years instead of going with Severus and Lily. It made me a little upset, but before I knew it, I was inside the castle and being Sorted into a house. Both Severus and Lily had placed bets on which house I would end up in. Severus said I would be a Slytherin, but Lily wanted me to be in Gryffindor with her. I had thought they were in the same House together, but I must have missed that conversation.

"Slytherin!" The hat shouted. Half of me jumped and blushed with a wide grin, the other half wanted to cry because I wouldn't be in the same house as my sister. Lily sighed. I ran over to the Slytherin table next to Severus who was smiling and cheering. Our table was right next to Gryffindor, so Lily and I sat back to back from each other. Throughout the night, I would lean back and tell her something or laugh at someone else. This year couldn't get better.

As the years went on, I grew up in every way. Lily was beautiful in her Seventh year. Her hair was gorgeous and her eyes shown brighter than Mum's. My hair was still long and wavy, but I had it pulled back. It was more tame now than it had been though. I thought I looked like a freak, my eyes were bigger than Lily's were, in my six years here at Hogwarts not one guy had asked me out, and I was curvier and more filled out than Lily. I figured I looked horrible to guys.

Today was the day my heart was crushed. Over the seven years I had known Severus, I had become in love with him. I was shy though, but he was the only boy I had ever liked. The only one I ever saw myself with. Maybe that was why no one else ever wanted to date me.

As I walked down towards the Library, I saw Lily talking to Severus. I narrowed my eyes a bit as I hid behind a beam and watched as they spoke.

"Lily, James is an arrogant little prick. Why are you hanging around him?" Severus asked.

"Because I am dating him, Severus. Since when do you care? I heard you talking to Lucius. Mudblood? Really?" My eyes were wide. Mudblood was a term I heard a lot in my years being in Syltherin. Since I was quiet, no one ever bothered me much. I guess they assumed I was a Pureblood.

"Lucius is insane. I said nothing like that. Not about Rose." That's when my heart sank. I thought she was talking about herself, not me.

"Do you realize, when we're gone, Rosie still has one year. Slytherin will make that year hell for her if they find out she's a Halfblood."

"I'm a Halfblood. They don't mess with me."

"Severus! Look how far you've come!"

"I'm sure this subject was about you and James...breaking up." Severus narrowed his eyes.

"Well it's not going to happen. I love James. So there."

"So those years him and his band of nitwits destroying my life, pulling pranks on me, it means nothing?"

"That's not the real James. Besides, he said he was sorry."

"Sorry? Sorry, Lily? A boy comes along with a cheesy smile and says he loves you, you fall head over heels for him! What about me?"

"What about you, Severus?" I paused. I knew where this was going. Tears swelled in my eyes. Lily was the only person who knew I loved Severus. I had told her in my fourth year. That was when she started to like James Potter.

"Well...I.." Severus paused. Lily noticed his eyes switched from on her, to something behind her. Lily turned to see I was running down the corridor with my hand on my mouth, holding in the screams. Her eyes were wide.

"Rose!" Lily shouted as she ran after me. I couldn't take it. I ran for the Slytherin common room and slid in the painting door behind someone else, before Lily could make it up the stairs in time. I fell behind the couch and closed my eyes, cringing at the pain. I held my chest, feeling my heart breaking.

"Rose?" I heard a sweet voice from over in the chair beside the couch. I jumped a bit, hearing Narcissa's voice. I tried to wipe away the tears and sit up straight. "Rose, honey. What's wrong?" She asked as the blonde slid off of her chair and sat next to me on the floor.

"N..n-nothing.." I choked.

"Come on now, something is wrong. Do I need to get Bella? She'll get you to tallk." Cissa smiled a bit. I chuckled and sniffed. "There we go. What's bothering you?"

"Well...I like this boy...but my sister..well he likes her.."

"Who is this boy? How long have you known him?"

"Eight years.."

"And you haven't made a move? No wonder he's moved on!" Cissa said.

"He's been in love with my sister.."

"Right...sorry. Well who is he?" I paused for a second, wondering if I should tell her.

"Severus..." I whispered. Cissa's eyes were wide and she became silent. I waited for her to say something after a few minutes. "Well?" I asked, trying to get her to talk.

"I don't see why he wouldn't like you. Your Mudblood sister is nothing. Trust me, you're ten times more beautiful, intelligent, your voice is beautiful. She has got nothing on you." Cissa smiled. I did as well. I was feeling a little better. I was starting to loath my sister, and the year after she graduated and was gone, I hated her even more. Cissa had been in my year, so she was teaching me a lot of things Lucius Malfoy had taught her and we saw Bella on the weekends and holidays. I refused to ever go home again.