Toolisa remembered quite clearly the day that she had gotten her Hogwarts acceptance letter. She questioned the veracity of it, but to some extent, she had always known that she was gifted in unusual ways. Her emotions caused odd things to happen, as it does with many young witches. Her parents, on the other hand, immediately knew what was going on. Toolisa's aunt, Mildred, had been quite a genius witch herself, but her dad and the rest of his family had shunned her.
Toolisa's family forbade her to go to Hogwarts. They tried to put extreme measures on her, like extra locks and restraints on things like internet access. In the end though, on departure day, Toolisa boarded the Hogwarts Express with a little help from her neighbor.
Once at Hogwarts, Toolisa was sorted into Ravenclaw. This didn't surprise Lisa, seeing as how smart she was. In a way though she felt like she could be a Slytherin, but that kind of reputation was out of the question. Plus, if she was in any other house, she probably wouldn't haven become such good friends with Alex, a fellow Ravenclaw. The most memorable day though, was her first day of classes. In the first few hours of her Hogwarts life, Lisa discovered her real passion. Potions.
She remembered how Snape was so cold and kind of mean. She really didn't like that, but the way he looked at her, there was something else there. To Lisa, he was undoubtedly an attractive man, but she didn't care much for his personality…yet. As days past over the next months, Severus and Toolisa became closer. Lisa would stay after class to help clean up things. They'd talk and laugh, making fun of her nimrod classmates. It was even Snape who was able to get her back to the school the following year. This third year though, no one had to do anything because her parents just didn't care anymore.
Lisa fluttered her eyelids open. Alex was still across from her, snoring loudly. Phillip was gone. "Must've been her snoring that drove him off" Toolisa laughed to herself. Now they were alone and Lisa felt kind of strange and empty. She could see the school in the distance, within another 20 minutes they would be there.
She cursed Alex's snoring though, as it woke her from a great dream. She was running through the dungeons, playfully. Someone was following her and she had smiled and ran. All of a sudden something caught her from behind and warm arms wrapped around her. She could feel breath on the back of her neck and she looked up. That was all she would know about that dream now though. "Stupid Alex."
Time tick-tocked by and soon they were ready to unload once more. "Wake up Alex!" Toolisa shouted, clapping her hands wildly trying to get some sort of response. Alex just groaned.
A good hour later, Alex and Toolisa were in the Great Hall wearing the crazy little hats as the newbies got initiated. It was a triumph year for Ravenclaw, more first years than ever. "All I know," Lisa thought to herself, "I get my same bunk and same seat at meals, or someone is goin' down."
Soon, everyone started to filter up to the common rooms. As Lisa turned to travel up a staircase, a whisper came from a quiet corner.
"Tooman," the voice summoned. Lisa sported a puzzled look and started towards the corner.
"Who-who's there?" Lisa asked quietly, almost in fear. She entered the shadow and instantly her emotion of fear disappeared and was replaced by joy. "Severus!" she smiled.
"Lisa." Snape breathed, burying his face in her blonde hair as they embraced. "Dungeons, potions classroom. 15 minutes. Can you be there?" He interrogated quickly in a whisper. Lisa nodded frantically. "Okay then Lisa, see you there. 15 minutes. Snape disappeared further into the shadows, and Toolisa quickly spun around and dashed up the stairs.
She caught up to the group she was traveling with and found Alex. "Alex," she whispered, "can you do something for me?"
"Oh no. Oh no, no, no Lisa. More of your late night rendezvous? Agh." She sighed.
"Just this once, cover for me. No one will notice with all the new students. Save my bunk."
"Yea?" Alex questioned, "Well, what will I get out of it?"
"I'll do your homework for a week." Lisa pleaded.
A sly smile broke across Alex's face. She despised homework. "Go have fun, bad girl, you got yourself a deal. Don't be too late though, I'm not covering your butt again."
AN: I hope that you're enjoying the banch off Magical Affairs. It's not as funny as it is more dramatic. I dedicate this story to a close friend of mine, she knows who she is. The real life "Toolisa Tooman." = ) Also, reviews are warmly welcome. I'd love to know how I can make the stories better. The story line is moving pretty slowly through time currently, but it'll pick up later I promise. Thanks for Reading! -- Net
