"Shut up, Potter!"

Lily rushed out of the room, leaving James there, discouraged.

"Rejected again, Prongs?" Sirius asked as he came out of the portrait where he had apparently been eavesdropping.

"What does it look like?" James replied dejectedly.

"How about I cheer you up with a good prank?" Sirius asked, an evil grin coming to his face.

"You have any ideas or do I have to make one up myself?"

"Oh I think I have a good idea..."

around twenty minutes later

"This is so perfect!" James whispered gleefully as he and Sirius sprinted down the hall, a very important note in James's hand.

"I know, mate. This is going to be the stuff of legend."

Suddenly both went quiet as they approached the Slytherin common room entrance. After looking quickly around, James ran over to the door, placed the note in
front of it, and sped away again, cackling madly. And so the letter sat there, waiting for a certain someone to find it, the words, "Severus Snape" scrawled across the top in beautiful, oddly feminine cursive.

However, it was not Snivellus who found the letter, but a tall girl with long, shiny dark hair and heavily lidded eyes—by the name of Bellatrix Black.

Looking down at the letter, Bella started. The penmanship was unmistakably female. Knowing that no girl in their right mind would send Severus a letter, she decided to have a little fun. Walking into the Slytherin common room, Bellatrix found Severus sitting in a corner by himself reading a thick book on the Dark Arts.

"Oh Seeeeeverus, there's a letter here for yoooouuu," she taunted. Snape looked up, his ebony eyes staring at Bellatrix, plagued with loathing.

"Don't you want to know who it's from?" she asked gleefully.

"Give it here, Bellatrix," Severus snarled, making a snatch for the letter.
"Oooo, Severus's feeling cranky," she cackled evilly, then stuck out her lower lip. "Did you forget to take your nap today, little bitty baby Snapey?"

"Just give me the letter and go away!"

"What are you going to do? Hex me?"

"Yes." Severus pulled out his wand and quickly started blasting Bellatrix with hexes. Five minutes later he was sitting back in his chair with the letter in his hand. Bellatrix however, was not as happy. She was stuck to the ceiling with orange hair and dark purple skin.

"LET ME DOWN SEREVUS SNAPE!" Bellatrix screeched

"No."

"You are going to regret doing this one day Snape!"

"Oh be quiet Bellatrix," Severus replied absently staring at his letter. "You're giving me a headache." Bellatrix, however, paid him no mind and continued screaming while Serevus read his letter.

Dearest Serevus,
You don't know who this is, but you know me. You probably don't have any feelings towards me, but I have feelings towards you. Oh, I have feelings towards you. There is something about seeing you that just lights up my day. Your smile is like sunshine that could make flowers bloom and little bluebirds sing. The way your hair glides about when you move, leaving crystallized droplets of grease on the grass like sparkling dew. The way your black eyes gaze with such hatred at everyone around you, so strong and handsome. The way your high-pitched voice cracks when you shout the hexes you put on people. I could extol your virtues for hours, but cannot go on, for thinking about you makes me filled with sadness, knowing that you do not love me in return. I am just happy that you have read this, and may someday see me in a new light.

With love and kisses,
Your secret admirer

Severus stared at the letter in front of him. Who was it that sent him this letter? Could it be true? He could hardly believe it. He was being stalked by some one madly in love with him.

Smiling to himself Severus went to his dorm room, forgetting all about Bellatrix.