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A/N: I know the first chapter was pretty short, but it was kind of a spur of the moment sort of thing. You know, "HEY! Lets write about Severus Snape and his agonizing love story!" Anyway, this chapter will be longer and more interesting. I hope.
Jaded Imagery: Ahh yes, dear Sirius will be having a rather odd experience in the near future.
Mother of Tears: Thank you!
P.S. Thanks to both of you for alerting the story.
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Don't Call me Snivellus
Chapter 2
Laughter echoed through the Great Hall as students sauntered in for breakfast. The dismal mood that had swept over Hogwarts due to the upcoming exams had been temporarily pushed aside and a sort of giddiness had taken its place. Radiant rays of sunshine were bursting in through the tall windows, making sure that everyone knew that spring had dropped in for a long awaited visit. Severus found it rather difficult to believe that his 3rd year of school was almost over. He wasn't particularly pleased at the thought of returning to his odious parents. At least he'd have Lily.
As he awaited the arrival of Black and Potty, he gazed across the Great Hall at his best friend. Her dazzling eyes were barely visible behind her drooping eyelids. She nibbled at a piece of toast, nodding politely as her friend Taylor Banks rambled on excitedly about her most recent crush, waving her hands frantically for more emphasis. Severus smiled slightly, knowing that Lily would much rather be left in peace. Even beautiful days like this did little to vary her grumpy features. She wasn't much of a morning person.
"Staring at that mudblood again, eh Snape?" cooed the cold voice of Lucius Malfoy, the only 6th year that seemed to take notice of the unpopular slytherin.
"Er..no, not really," lied Severus.
Lucius scoffed loudly as he sat down across from him. Sneering, the handsome blonde pressed on.
"She's hot, isn't she?" Lucius said, making it more of a statement than a question.
"Yeah..she's okay," muttered the third year.
As Severus glanced up at Lily, he was quickly reminded of how much of a lie that truly was. She was far beyond okay. Her body had begun to mature, and although she had not fully developed her womanly figure, it was clear that she was going to be stunning in a year or two. Her scarlet hair was falling carelessly over her shoulders, framing her pretty face in a very desirable way. When she spotted her friend staring, she grinned and waved. Sev gave a small smile and quickly looked down at his food. Much to his dismay, he could feel his cheeks heating up. God. Lucius must think I'm a git.
Malfoy, noticing the little exchange, raised an eyebrow and gave his underclassman a vile grin. "I bet she's easy."
Severus was acutely taken-aback by this repulsive statement, but much to his favor, he was saved from the horror of agreeing with Lucius. At that precise moment a screech came from the other end of the Great Hall. Severus must have missed the arrival of the marauders, for there they were, sitting amongst a fiasco of panicking students. He smirked. Ah. The potions taking affect. The greasy-haired boy had slipped his precious invention into the goblet he knew Black would be drinking from. (A/N: Although Sirius was arrogant and cocky, he wasn't in the least a dull fellow. The handsome boy had managed to put a rather tricky charm on his favorite seat at the end of his house's table, causing anyone who tried to occupy it to stand up and Irish jig uncontrollably.) As Severus watched, a rather peculiar scene ensued.
The infamous Sirius Black was hopping around wildly on the Gryffindor table, flailing his arms at a miraculous speed. That slime ball of a boy, Peter Pettigrew, who Severus always thought to be quite slow, was laughing nervously, thinking that Sirius was putting on some show for his peers. However, the senseless smile was wiped off his round face as Black let out a perplexing, inhuman squawk and rose several feet into the air before dropping heavily to the floor. Severus frowned slightly. The flying affect didn't work very well; he'd figure that out later. Perhaps he did put too much fig juice.
Feathers began to sprout from Black's nose and ears, giving him a rather foolish appearance. His fan club of bemused girls were ringing their hands and scampering about frantically, hoping that their dear, charming Sirius was okay. Remus Lupin, who was seemingly unaffected by the bustling predicament, had quietly continued to write his Transfiguration essay. A yelp erupted from Pettigrew as Black began to peck at his head viciously.
The teachers had taken notice by this time, and Madam Pompfrey was yelling obscene things (of which I will not mention) as she ran to aid the disgruntled, feather-brained boy. As she did so, James Potter was making a stupid attempt to hold his best friend down.
"Oh for heavens sake, Prongs, get out of the way!!" shouted an exasperated Lupin, finally deciding to interfere.
A bewildered James struggled onto his feet, his hair more unruly than ever. Sirius had been tearing at James with his "talons."
Remus took his opportunity. "Locomotor Mortis!"
Black's legs locked and he tripped onto the floor, still flapping involuntarily.
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"That wasn't right," Lily lectured, trying her best not to smile.
"He deserved it," replied Severus nonchalantly.
The two of them were studying by the lake. Or rather, pretending to study. It was passably demanding to concentrate on such a lovely day. Besides, Severus was in a good mood. Sirius Black had been up in the hospital wing for nearly three hours now. Madam Pompfrey couldn't seem to make the boy stop spitting out feathers. Potter had been searching around for the culprit, acting amused if his suspicions were turned toward a Gryffindor, and getting rather vicious if he thought it fit to accuse a Slytherin. Severus sighed. Potter didn't expect his black eyed, big nosed saboteur to be talented enough to pull off such a stunt. The arrogant brute didn't realize that Severus Snape wasn't somebody you wanted to cross.
"You do realize that all hell is going to break loose if they find out it was you," Lily stated, giving her leering friend her sternest look, which was quite intimidating for such a young girl.
"Not if you're around."
"Why do you say that?" Lily asked.
"You know how James acts whenever you're near," Sev blurted maliciously, a strange anger he didn't understand swelling up inside him.
"I don't know what you're talking about…" Lily said quietly, looking a little flushed.
There was an awkward pause as Severus and Lily stared down at their hands as if they had suddenly become extremely interesting.
"What if you hadn't brewed that potion right?" Lily began suddenly. "Something awful could have happened. What did you use anyway?"
"I haven't really given it a name yet," her friend explained, relieved that she had changed the subject.
Lily's eyes widened. "You invented that yourself?"
"You know how I love to experiment."
"Yeah, but you've never completed anything that complex!"
Lily's admiration took over her disapproval. Sev smiled at her awe-struck face. How he loved to impress her.
"It was nothing," he said, a hint of smugness in his voice.
"You're so modest," she said sarcastically, throwing her bag at Severus.
"I know," he chuckled. She punched his shoulder affectionately and winked, making his insides churn. "Come on, supper will be starting soon."
"You go on without me, I'm gonna go talk to Ivy," Lily nodded in the direction of her pretty friend, who was motioning her over.
"Okay, I'll see you later," said Sev, trying to hide his disappointment.
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A/N: That wasn't as long as I wanted it to be, but I have a lot of schoolwork to do and I wanted to put up the second chapter. Please review! Chapter three should be up in a day or two, and I promise it will be better.