"James, put him down!" Lily yelled as she she tugged on James's arm.
James was using the Mobilicorpus spell on Severus, who was now dangling upside down mid-air as kids laughed and pointed at him.
He wasn't visibly shaken by it. He and James had a petty rivalry for years now. Since they were young James and Sirius always picked on Severus, so he was used to it, but what hurt Severus was how Lily could just stand by and watch. He and Lily used to be close friends, but when they started Hogwarts they were separated, Lily was a Gryffindor and Severus was in Slytherin.
For the first year or so the two were able to carry on their friendship but as time went on Lily began making more friends and even had an admirer, James Potter.
James disliked Severus, Severus wasn't quite sure why, he just assumed it was because of the closeness he and Lily had.
But even as Lily and Severus began to drift apart, James still hated him.
In the past Severus would fight back, but he stopped. He knows he's more powerful but he wouldn't use magic against him, especially the Dark Arts, which he had a growing interest in.
It was Katrina's first day at Hogwarts. She has been wandering the campus aimlessly, looking for her potions class. On her way, she heard loud laughter and shouts, but decided to ignore it. As she wandered deeper into the campus, she looked over into the courtyard and saw a large crowd of students gathered around in a circle, which piqued her interest.
She made her way over and was surprised to see a young man floating mid-air.
She was shocked because just the other day she had learned that in Hogwarts students weren't allowed to use magic against each other. Also, this was bullying. She was surprised and curious as to why no one has intervened.
After watching for a few minutes, she decided that she'd have to be the one to intervened.
Katrina whispered,"Piertotum locomoto."and used her finger to direct James's wand out of his hand, stunning both James, the crowd, and even Severus who hit the ground with a hard thud.
Everyone shrieked and was confused as to what was happening and directed their attention to James's wand which was floating away from his reach.
James, Sirius, and a few others tried to help get James's wand as Severus pulled his body off the ground. His eyes quickly perused the sea of faces, curious as to who helped him, and saw Katrina slickly directing James's wand with her wand, and thanked her mentally, though he showed no physical sign of gratitude.
The two held eye contact for a brief second, long enough for Katrina to give Severus a small smile before she turned off to walk to class.
Severus gathered his things and quickly ran off to his class also.
Upon entering the classroom, a few students gave him dirty looks, but he ignored them. He was used to it.
His eyes quickly skimmed the room, none of the desks were empty, so he'd have to sit next to someone.
His eyes stopped when they landed on a certain someone. It was her, the girl from earlier.
She was reading her textbook. He could tell she was concentrating hard by how her eyebrows were furrowed.
She was a pretty girl. The sun shone through the window and was directly on her, giving her an angelic glow, highlighting her lovely brown glossy hair, and tan, smooth skin.
He wasn't sure if he should go sit next to her, or take the chance sitting by a person who found him utterly repulsive.
"Take a seat anywhere, Mr. Snape." the teacher said, sternly.
Upon hearing the teacher speak, the other students looked up at Snape, including the girl.
When she saw him she smiled, and waved her hand, beckoning him to come over.
Snape slowly made his way over and sat down, eyeing her cautiously then curiously.
Before he sat down, he could smell her scent, she smelled like a mixture of vanilla and another sweet fragrance he couldn't quite put his finger on.
He slowly brought his gaze up to her face and was mesmerized. She had dimples and the deepest brown eyes he's ever seen.
"Hello! Katrina Belmonte- Kat for short. Nice to meet you!" she said cheerfully. Severus nearly facepalmed himself for sitting girl was nothing but a bucket of sunshine, completely opposite in personality from him.
He stared down at her hand. Normally, he'd ignore people but this girl was different from the other people he's been around. She was the first person to intervene whenever he was getting bullied. She was the first person who looked at him with neither disgust nor pity.
Reluctantly, he shook her hand and replied, "Snape, Severus Snape."