The Snake and Eagle
Summary: An unlikely friendship with a Ravenclaw student dramatically changes Severus Snape's childhood. Set in the Marauder Era.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter
Severus Snape ran along the corridors towards Transfiguration. He was late and didn't want detention. In his haste, Severus crashed into his most hated enemy, James Potter. He had been accompanied by his friends, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew.
The impact almost knocked James over. Eyes narrowing, he cried out "Oppugno!" and directed his wand at Severus. The latter was ready to cast a defensive spell when another voice was heard.
"Protego," the word uttered was no more than a whisper but the shield charm cast was nevertheless effective. A large invisible wall had been cast and James' spell had rebounded harmlessly. All eyes were directed towards a Ravenclaw girl who had been sprinting silently towards her class. It was clear that she had been the caster as there was nobody else around. But she did not stop and explain her actions but continued to run towards her class not glancing back.
Severus would had stayed there staring after her in shock for a while if he had not remembered that he was late to class and started running towards his own class ignoring the Potter gang who had been too shocked to say anything.
Severus arrived panting in front of the entire class who had been seated. Professor McGonagall glared at the Slytherin. "You're late to class, Snape," she spoke sternly. I'm...sorry...Got...caught...up," panted Severus with embarrassment. His thoughts were still on the mysterious girl who had cast the shield charm. "Well don't just stand there all day, find seat and take out your books," ordered McGonagall.
Severus headed to find an empty desk near his Death Eater friends. Unfortunately, all was occupied. His Slytherin mates smiled apologetically as Severus was forced to sit at a shared table next to a Ravenclaw student. To his horror, he had to sit next to the girl he had seen earlier. She did not glance up at him and was too engrossed in what McGonagall had been saying.
"Today we shall be turning feathers into live birds." The students set to work. In no time at all, the classroom was filled with wand waving and incantations.
Severus wasn't interested in transfiguring his feather into anything yet. Severus was thinking about earlier. He was probably the most hated person in the year. He wasn't exactly popular with any of the houses except his own. Even Lily Evans, had deserted him. Why a Ravenclaw student should who he had never seen before cast a spell to protect him?
He came to the conclusion that the spell was probably meant to protect James from him. After all, James had plenty of admirers. Severus glanced around. Everybody was occupied with casting their spells. Seizing this opportunity, he attempted to start a conversation with the girl next to him. "Hello, I'm Severus Snape" The girl glanced at him halfway through waving her wand. She raised an eyebrow and quietly replied, "Hello." She didn't seem very eager to start a conversation. So Severus shrugged at started to work on transfiguring his feather.
蛇与鹰
An hour later, Severus found himself in the school library. He was carrying a stack of potions books. He was navigating his way around the library, dodging and avoiding the tall book-filled shelves. Unfortunately, a book was lying on the ground was just to Severus' luck he managed to trip over it and spill all the books he had been holding. The loud echo of the thud reverberated through the normally-silent library. The occupants of the library glared at him. "Sorry," he muttered, cursing himself for his clumsiness.
A hand reached out and grabbed the book on the floor which Severus had stumbled onto. The owner stood up and stared at Severus with piercing brown eyes. "No, it was my fault. I shouldn't have let that book lying around." It was the Ravenclaw Severus had seen earlier. He gasped and wondered if she was following him around or not. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the girl. "Hi Severus, my name is Cindy Grace."
Severus stared back at her and wondered yet again if she had cast the spell to protect James. It didn't seem likely as he hadn't even showed any noticeable signs to retaliating when James cast the spell.
"That was an impressive Shield Charm you made earlier."
The girl called Cindy blushed. Looking at her watch and she murmured, "sorry. I better get going. Herbology next." With that last comment she turned on her heel and hurried away. Frowning, Severus looked down and saw that she left her book in her haste to get to her next class. He picked up the book and saw that it was titled, "Animagus transformations."
Severus flipped it open and skimmed through the pages. There were instructions was demonstrations on how to become an animagus. He wondered how a student could become an Animagus at such a young age. He remembered the night when Sirius tricked him into going into the Shrieking Shack when Remus Lupin had been turned into a werewolf. That was when he learnt that James, Sirius and Peter were animagi. Severus had been jealous that his least liked enemies knew such advanced magic.
Severus pocketed the book, making a mental note to return it to Cindy as soon as possible. After all, she had been reading from it.
蛇与鹰
That night, Severus walked back to his Slytherin dormitories. He was greeted by Avery and Mulciber. They asked him if he could help them with their potions essay with Professor Slughorn had set them. Severus merely shook his head, declaring that he was too tired.
"Aww, c'mon Sev, you don't want your own friends to be in detention do you?" Personally, Severus couldn't care less. But they were his only friends after Lily Evans had left him. Sighing, Severus sat down beside them and started checking their essays.
To be continued…
This is mostly likely a draft so I apologise for any mistakes which I have.
I've had it in my head for a while and decided to write it all down.