I walked through the corridors feeling utterly loss. I should have been in Potions five minutes ago, my first class ever, and I was completely loss. This is not a good way to start school…
"Are you lost?" a voice asked from behind me. I turned around quickly to see a boy with shoulder length black hair pulled back in a ponytail and dark blue eyes. The boy walked toward me and I felt small. Wow, he is tall…. He also seemed slightly familiar….
He tilted his head and looked at me curiously, "hello, is anyone there?"
My eyes widened as a blush quickly rushed to my cheeks, "yeah, sorry…. I am lost…. I am supposed to be in Potions."
"Ah, well good luck being late to that class" the boy replied with a slight smile, "Professor Snape is ummm… strict."
"Umm… can you point me toward the class please?" I asked nervously and he nodded his head. As we walked deeper into the castle, I built up the courage and asked, "what is your name?" The boy did not reply right away. Did he not hear me?
I opened my mouth to repeat myself at the same time he finally answered, "Caleb Snape, Professor Snape is my father."
"I am Amelia Rose Lynn, fi-" I began.
"First year Gryffindor" Caleb stated with a smile and I looked at him confused, "sort ceremony just happened yesterday, and I have a good memory." I felt my cheeks redden as we approached a door with a male's voice echoing from it.
"Good luck" Caleb said as he opened the door for me revealing the classroom. Professor Snape stood in front of the classroom and looked almost like an identical replica of his son except for the eyes.
"What is-" he began before turning toward me. The man's eyes widen as he saw me, it was as if he saw a ghost.
"Umm…" I began trying to think of something to say, a good excuse.
"Just find a seat," the professor said before going back to his lesson. When I turned around to quickly thank Caleb I realized he disappeared. I let out a small sigh as I went to the nearest open seat, luckily it was by Harry, and sat down. As the class continued, I could not help but to notice Professor Snape watching me… Why though?
Time passed and before I knew it, I was getting ready for my fourth year of school. This is also the last year of Hogwarts before Lukas begins. I sighed as I looked in the mirror in my bedroom and heard a knock on my door.
"What?" I asked as the door opened to reveal Lukas.
Lukas, smiling as usual, began "Grandma said hurry up, we need to leave soon." I quickly grabbed my bag and followed Lukas downstairs. I should be excited that I was going to the Quidditich World Cup but I am more excited about going to school in September. I also felt slightly bad about leaving Marshmallow behind, my grandma asked the neighbor to watch Marshmallow for now.
"Hurry up you two" grandma yelled which made both of us rush more downstairs. My grandmother stood in the sitting room ready to leave with my brother's bag by her feet. Lukas ran to get his bag excitedly then turned toward me with a huge smile on his face. My grandmother stretched her hand out and grabbed it as my brother grabbed my arm. A strange sensation flew through my body as my surroundings disappeared. I felt like I was being pulled and squeezed as once. When a new surroundings slowly appeared, I felt the urge the puke. Luckily, I did not puke, but Lukas did… on my feet.
"That's disgusting," I nearly yelled as my grandmother waved her wand and the puke disappeared.
"I'm so-sorry" Lukas muttered and looked up at me with sad puppy dog eyes.
I glared at him as my grandma yelled, "oh stop it Amelia, it was an accident." I rolled my eyes as I followed grandmother and brother. After my grandma talked to a man named Mr. Roberts, who managed the campsite, we headed toward our campsite. The location was filled with tents and wizards from all around the world. Even though we were not supposed to, some families added magical accessories to their tent. There were even kids playing with bewitched toys outside. It also became very easy to tell who was rooting for which team; Ireland fans had shamrocks themed items on their tents while Bulgaria had Viktor Krum themed items.
"This is amazing, I cannot wait for the match to start" Lukas yelled happily, "I wonder who will win… I hope Bulgaria because Viktor Krum is amazing, then again Ireland is also a great team. It is so hard to pick a team. Are you excited Amelia? What about you Grandma?" Neither of us answered the question as we found the spot and grandma quickly made our tent appear with a wave of her hand. "How much time do we have until the match starts, grandma?" Lukas asked as my grandma went inside the camp followed by the young boy. I groaned since I will have to deal with this all day until the match begins. Why cannot there be a spell to fast forward time?
"Long time no see," a familiar voice yelled from behind me and I turned to see Caleb. My eyes widen as the three year older boy walked toward me with a smile on his face.
"I thought you said you father did not want you to come here?" I asked as I looked around for the creepy professor. I always felt like he has been watching me since that first day of class. Professor Snape seemed like a pedophile to me… I just never told Caleb that.
"I did not come with him, Malfoys invited me" he began as his smile slowly disappeared, "I wish I did not come with them. Their family makes us Slytherin's look bad, but for some reason dad is friends with them… at least they brought me here."
"Wait… is your tent around here?" I asked.
Caleb shook his head no, "I went for a walk and I might have got lost."
I laughed, "what happened to your great memory?"
Caleb looked around, "more people arrived and scenery changed."
"Well" I said as I looked behind me at the tent. I could still hear my brother's voice talking excitedly about the match. I turned toward Caleb and asked, "have you seen anyone else?"
"I saw your friends; Potter, Granger, and the Weasley family," he stated as he peered at my tent, "would you like to go for a quick walk?"
"Will you get me lost?" I asked.
"Maybe" Caleb stated smiling.
I nodded my head, "but I will have to ask my grandma first."
"Okay" Caleb responded as I went into the camp to see my grandma sitting down on the couch with Lukas talking her ear off.
"Grandma, can I go for a walk with a friend from school?" I asked, choosing my words carefully. If I said a boy from school, she would have definitely said no. She would have definitely said no if I told her who, for some reason she hates Snape and most Slytherins. I remember her complaining about my mom and that house when I was younger, my father marrying my mom nearly made her disown him. I guess I am lucky she never went that far.
"Yes, and take Lukas with you" my grandma said, "be back before the match begins." Before I could beg her not to allow Lukas to go with me, the boy ran up beside me smiling.
"Let's go!" he yelled as he dragged me toward the exit of the tent, "who is your friend?" We exited the tent and Lukas looked at Caleb in shock. "You did not say it was a boy," Lukas said with wide eyes. He still reminds me of a five year old at times… Caleb looked at Lukas curiously.
"So this is your brother you always comp- talk about" Caleb said, "he is going with us I heard?" I nodded my head as Caleb and I walked along with Lukas tailing us. The ten year old looked around in awe at all the tents and decor.
"He's adorable, how old is he? Seven?" Caleb asked peering at Lukas.
"No, he is just short," I responded, "he is ten, starting Hogwarts next year."
"I do not see why you hate him so much" Caleb stated, "he seems nice." I looked over my shoulder toward Lukas to see him with a huge stupid smile on his face. "You two look a lot alike," Caleb said.
"We look like our mother," I stated, "except our eyes, they come from our dad. Also his personality is more like our dad."
"Wha-what happened to your parents?" Caleb asked, "you always avoided the subject before."
"My mom died from complications while giving birth to the little pest and my dad committed suicide over it," I explained.
"What?" Lukas said behind me with wide sad confused eyes.
"What?" I repeated him.
"I killed mom?" he asked and silence fell upon the three of us. He did not know? I thought my grandma would have told him about how my parents died by now. It was an unspoken rule not to talk about it in the house, but I thought it was because everyone already knew. Was my grandma trying to keep the fact away from him?
Well he has to know sometime, "yes." Lukas stared at me in shock and I turned to Caleb to see him looking uncomfortable. I would too in this situation.
"You're lying" Lukas yelled, "grandma said mommy was sick."
"I am not lying," I stated. Lukas usual smiling face now had tears falling down. Part of me felt guilty and bad for causing it.
"Lukas-" I began.
"You are always like this Amelia," Lukas said, "it is like you just hate me and will not let me be happy!"
"Lukas" I tried to begin again, but could never finish. Lukas pushed between Caleb and me while running away. "LUKAS!" I yelled as I tried to chase after him.
"AMY!" Caleb yelled as he chased after me. Neither of us stopped until we reached the forest around the camp with no sight of Lukas.
"Bloody hell I am horrible," I said gasping for breath.
"It is okay, you are not that horrible" Caleb said with a small smile, "we will find him, he could not have ran that far." I nodded my head as the two of us entered the forest. On the bright side, Caleb is 17 so he can do magic outside of school. If anything happened, I have him as protection.
"So" I began as we walked around for about five minutes in silence, "what happened to your mother? You avoid the subject of her."
"Sh-she passed away while giving birth to me" Caleb responded with a sad smile.
"I am sorry" I responded not knowing what else to say.
Caleb turned toward me with a smile, "it's okay. MY father has a lot of pictures of her… and weirdly, she looks a lot like you, nearly identical." My eyes widened as I looked at him. I look almost identical to his mother? Well that probably explains why Snape watches me as if I am a ghost or something. I look just like his dead wife… That is weird…. Caleb laughed, "maybe we are related somehow?"
"That would mean I am also related to Professor Snape" I stated, "and that is, no offense, disturbing."
Caleb faked shock as he turned toward me quickly, "but then what about me? You would not want to be my long distant cousin twice removed?"
"Nope" I said smiling.
"It would not be blood" Caleb stated, "since you would be related to me on my mother side, not father."
"That would me-" I began and stopped when I heard crying. I looked at Caleb nervously and he nodded his head. The two of us ran toward the source of the noise and saw Lukas sitting on the floor. He was leaning on a tree and had his face in his hands crying loudly. Caleb pushed me toward my brother where I nearly lost my balance and fell on him. The ten year old looked up confused and saw my face. "I'm sorry," I stated.
"It's okay, I understand that is why you hate me-" Lukas began but I pulled him up and hugged him.
"Shut up, and do not tell grandma what happened," I whispered in his ear. When I let him go a huge smile appeared on his face.
"I won't," he said happily. Is this boy bipolar or something? How can he go from crying to happy so quickly? Caleb magicked up a tissue and handed it to Lukas who proceeded to clean his face.
"Who are you anyway?" Lukas asked as he looked up to Caleb. There was a huge height difference between the two boys.
"Caleb Snape, I bet your sister talks about me a lot since I am pretty much her only friend she has since her first year," Caleb said smiling.
Lukas looked at Caleb confused, "never heard about you, she usually talks about Harry, Hermione, Ron, and two twins."
Caleb turned toward me looking offended, "you talk about the twins and not me?"
"They're more entertaining" I replied with a smile.
"That was amazing right?" a voice asked behind me as I followed my grandma and brother from the arena. I turned around to see Caleb standing there with a huge smile on his.
"Why do I get the feeling you are stalking me?" I asked.
Caleb walked beside me and asked, "what if I am?"
"Sounds like a boring pastime then" I suggested.
Caleb groaned, "it really is." My grandma turned around to see what I was doing and looked Caleb up and down.
"Hurry up girl, I will give you twenty minutes to be in the tent," she said before dragging a smiling Lukas away. Lukas waved bye to Caleb before the duo completely disappeared into the crowd. I turned toward Caleb who grabbed my hand and began to lead me out of the crowd and toward the edge of the campsite.
"Did you see your friends?" Caleb asked.
I nodded my head, "how was hanging out with the oh so lovely Draco?"
"It was like have a cat scratch at year ears over and over again" Caleb responded and I laughed. The two of us continued to talk until I realized it has been about an hour.
"I think we should go back," I said.
Caleb nodded his head, "but wait one second." Caleb grabbed my arm and pulled my close to him. I looked up and saw him staring down at me. I could feel his breath on me as he lowered his lips toward mine. Wait… is he about to… kiss me? "Amelia" Caleb began but never finished. A loud bang echoed from somewhere on the campsite and the two of us separated.
"What was that?" I asked as another loud bang echoed. I heard screaming before but I thought it was from the celebrations. It was not until I heard the bangs that I saw people running toward us and into the forest.
"Fire… smoke… we are being attacked" Caleb said from beside me and grabbed my arm, "we have to go."
"Wait, what about grandma and Lukas?" I asked as I ran toward the tent but Caleb grabbed me around the middle and dragged me away. I did not go down without a fight, a very unsuccessful fight. Caleb dragged me to a place where I could no longer see the tents and finally let me go.
"They would rather you stay here then be out there and most likely getting hurt" Caleb explained as I sat on the floor in shock. All thoughts of the kiss that could have been were thrown from my mind and replaced with anxiety over the current health of my family. Caleb kneeled down in front of me and pulled me into a hug. "They will be okay, I doubt anyone would hurt your family with your grandma looking as scary as she does," he whispered in my ear and I nodded my head. Caleb did not let go until an unexpected voice filled the ear.
"Caleb, are you okay?" the voice asked causing the two of us to separate. Standing a couple of meters away was Snape who looked relieved to see his son all right. Snape quickly noticed me and paled, "what is going on here?"
"Father, I thought you were not coming?" Caleb quickly said as he stood up.
Snape stated, "Malfoy said you went missing after the game and he could not find you during the attack. He was worried about you"
"Right" Caleb muttered under his breath and turned toward me then his father, "is the attack over? Do they know what hap-"
"What is that?" I asked looking up. A green skull glowed in the sky with a snake slithering out its mouth.
Caleb gasped, "is that…"
"Lynn, go to your family and Caleb you are going home."
"Wait-" Caleb began but his father quickly grabbed his arm the duo disappeared with a crack. I stared at where Caleb was just kneeling in confusion. After a few seconds, I remembered my family and jumped up. I ran toward the tents. I quickly found my tent and saw my grandmother standing outside furiously.
This is not going to be fun...
A/N - Thank you for the fav/follow Ruri7533, and the fav/review KashinaKairi.
