Chapter 2 - The First Day of Vacations - Severus

This is the second chapter, obviously. I tried to make my grammar better but I'm sorry if it's all messed up. As usual, I owe nothing. Remember to review!

This year, unlike the previous years, Mr and Mrs Evans didn't brought me home. Lily must have had told them something, I don't know what, but they all left in a hurry, leaving me stranded on platform 9 3/4. So, i ended up in Muggle London, waiting for a taxi to drive by. When one finally stopped in front of me, I gave it the address of the Leaky Cauldron. The drive was short, thankfully, because I didn't have that much muggle money on me. Once at the pub, I walked toward the nearest fireplace, shoved some floo powder in it, and yelled my destination.

Mum was quite surprised to see me home so early. She literally dropped the plate she was washing... the muggle way.

"Severus, why are you home so early? I didn't expect you here for another four hours".

"Hello Mother, I drawled. Nice to see you too. To answer your question, I decided to go through the Floo network." I took a quick look around. "Father isn't here?"

Mother turned to the broken plate and proceeded to pick up the larger pieces carefully. She threw them in the garbage disposal, picked the broom up and swept the remaining parts before finally answering me.

"Your father is currently at the pub, most likely. He should be back within an hour or so, he never miss an occasion to comment on my cooking. Please bring your trunk to your room. And remember to remove the cape, the muggle that drove you to the Leaky Cauldron probably thought you were a lunatic. The less of Hogwarts your father sees, the better. Come on now, hurry up!"

I scowled but still did as told. It was true, I did forget to remove my travelling cape. I grudgingly brought my trunk to my room.

When I opened the door, the sight of a very dusty room greeted me. Made me wish I was back in my dorm room. Obviously, Mother hadn't put a toe in here since September first. Absolutely disgusting. I set my trunk to the foot of my bed and my want on my nightstand, but not before sweeping the layer of dust off of it. My cape's sleeve turned grey. My scowl went deeper, if possible.

I took off my cape and school uniform and dumped them in the laundry basket by my closet door. I then opened my closet and found the very few muggle clothing that I owned. They were all Father's old clothes, most of them ripped at the seams or at the elbows.

I grabbed a black tshirt and a pair of faded jeans. Putting them on, I see that the jeans are getting shorter. I was very glad to notice that; it meant that I was getting taller than the old man.

"Severus, Mother yelled. What are you doing up there?"

I rolled my eyes and turned around to face the door, looking around the room while doing so.

"I just changed, Mother. And looking at the state of the room, I think I should be doing some sweeping...and laundry, I added after looking at my sheets."

"Oh dear, I forgot to clean your room before your arrival again?"

She walked in the bedroom, looked around, as if to make sure I was the only one in there and pulled out her wand.

I gapped at her, I haven't seen her use her wand in years...well...never saw her use it.

"Scourgify", she said while making a half circle around herself. Within seconds, my room was back in its black and green colors, and the sheets on my bed were back to black.

"Well, she said with a satisfied sigh, that wasn't as hard as I expected. Oh my!" she stared at me. "Severus, you've grown! Those jeans don't fit you anymore".

"You don't say", I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Severus Tobias Snape, don't you speak to me in that tone! We're going to do some muggle clothes shopping tomorrow. And stop rolling your eyes at me. The thrift store downtown might have something for you to wear. You obviously don't fit in your father's clothes anymore."

A loud bang coming from the kitchen made us both jump.

"Eileen! Where are ya, ya blasted piece of waste of space? Where's my dinner? Is that freak-show son of yours back? EILEEN!"

Mother winced and called back to Tobias. "Coming!"

I rolled my eyes and sat on my bed. Mother turned to me, her eyes sharp.

"Be in the kitchen in five minutes, not a second more. I don't want to break any fight between the two of you tonight. So be sure to behave!"

With those words, she turned and rushed to the kitchen. Within five seconds, I heard my father yelling at her and Mother angrily snapping at him. Home sweet home.

When the five minutes time span was up, I scowled and made my way to my parents. Father was sitting at the beaten table while mother was putting the last touches on supper.

"Oh, so you ARE back, you filthy scum. Well, don't just stand there. Fetch the plates and cutlery, the table won't make itself."

I swore under my breath but did as told. I won't continue about the dreadful supper we had, but it was very unpleasant.

After supper, I ran back to my room, determined to avoid my father. I lied on my bed and turned my head to face the window. On the other side of the river, I could see Lily's house. I wondered what she was doing. She was obviously home by now, I could see the lights in her house.

She gave me until Christmas to prove to her that the Dark Arts weren't ruling my life. To have Lily's friendship back, that meant ignoring some of the few friends I had in Slytherin and renouncing the silent pledge I took with them to join the Dark Lord's army. I wanted Lily back enough for that. I admitted to myself when I was twelve that I loved her. I became friends with Avery and Mulciber after overhearing them talk about the Death Eater's way. They were walking about how, soon, Mudbloods would all die under the Dark Lord's rule and Hogwarts would be one hundred per cent Pureblooded. I understood that it meant that Lily would die one day, and I couldn't' allow it.

Avery and Mulciber made me join them after seeing me read a book stolen from the Restriction Section in the Library about the Dark Arts. I was happy that they trusted me, that meant that I could protect Lily from their evil plan. I just had to play my cards right. But it all went down the drain after what Potter did to me after the DADA exam.

I got up and walked to the window. I leaned against the frame, folded my arms, sighed and looked toward Lily's house again. The night's breeze came in the room, making my hair wave gently.

"Six months. I will get you back, Lily Evans. I love you", I spoke into the night.

The breeze somehow got stronger and for a minute, it felt as if the wind brought my words toward the Evans house. Maybe Lily had heard them?

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