The Marauders Discover Fanfiction
Chapter Two: Sevella, Part One
First Uploaded: May 31st, 2014
Re-done: April 12th, 2015
Disclaimer: I don't own the marauders (sigh), or anything that you recognise. Wouldn't it be nice, though?
"What?" James asked in surprise. "This isn't the next chapter of the story we just read! In fact, it looks like a completely different story altogether… It's titled Sevella, and the description is, Snape's sister that was kept a secret. What happens when she goes to Hogwarts?"
"This definitely isn't based on real-life, then. Sound's interesting, though. Imagine if there were two Snapes. Eugh." Sirius said.
"This makes no sense…" Remus muttered, partly to himself. "I thought that people wrote about us because they knew us? Why would they invent such a crazy situation?"
"Boredom?" Sirius suggested. At Remus' ludicrous look, he shrugged. "What? I'm sure it's a possible solution that someone was really bored, so they decided to write about what might have happened in this improbable situation."
Remus raised an eyebrow, still unconvinced.
"Snape's sister?" James interrupted. "Gosh, do you thing she is as greasy and hooked-nose as he is?"
"Probably," Sirius snorted. "Can I read it?"
"You can read?" James asked in mock-surprise. Sirius flipped him off and pushed him over, moving into a comfortable position in front of the screen.
Sevella
"Original name for Severus Snape's sister." Peter piped up, rolling his eyes.
Terenety Starlet Stormwaker
"Well, that's a long and rather odd name…" James said, raising an eyebrow.
Remus paused to think. "It might be a Mary Sue," he said.
"What's that?" Sirius asked.
"It's a self-inserted character that is too perfect to be real. They have no real flaws, are always the centre of attention, and their looks are perfect. To create 'depth', the author will usually give them a really tragic background, and have them angst about really unnecessary things. Or, they get a faux-flaw, such as clumsiness or shyness." Remus explained.
"And how do you know that?" Peter asked.
"Well, they pop up occasionally, but not very often, in the novels I read. But I guess they are more common in so-called Fanfiction."
was never an ordinary girl. She had been kept a secret by her father, who hated her,
"Definitely a Mary Sue, then," Remus said.
because she was the proof of the affair he had once had with a muggle. He often beat her, and she spent loads of nights crying herself to sleep.
"I see what you mean with the tragic background," Sirius said.
Her brother, Severus,
"Eugh, imagine having Snivellus as a brother!" James said, disgusted.
"Yeah, he'd live in your house, and you'd be forced to see him every day!" Sirius added.
was the only one that was remotely kind to her, but even he didn't love her.
She had been forced to stay at home, and she was unable to go to Hogwarts, because her father hated her so much.
"That's not a reason! Moony, would that be possible?" Sirius asked.
"I think it might be, since he could just pretend to home-school her. But you'd think that if he hated her so much, he would just cart her off to Hogwarts, so that he didn't have to see her!"
However, when her father died, she was seventeen, and she had been allowed to go to Hogwarts.
"Well, if she has never been taught, how does she expect to learn six years' worth of magic in such a short period of time?" Peter said reasonably. Nobody knew, so Sirius continued reading.
Even though nobody taught her, she had managed to learn magic on her own, not even needing a wand.
"Oh, I forgot to add that Mary Sues usually have amazing powers, or they are naturally gifted at whatever they try." Remus said. "Continue reading, Padfoot,"
Now was her first day at Hogwarts. It was September the first, and she was going to ride on the Hogwarts Express and start her seventh year.
She was so excited in the morning, she could hardly contain herself. Not even her step-mothers sneering had dampened her mood, and she found herself being happy for the first time in years.
She combed her dark ebony hair, it was glossy and long,
"Unlike Snivellus', which is greasy and gross…" Sirius shuddered.
"Well, this is what I said. She looks perfect, you'll see." Remus said.
and she even put a little bit of makeup on, making her dark eyes sparkle and pop.
"I wonder where she got her makeup from… I mean, her daddy obviously didn't buy her any, I doubt Snivellus wears makeup, and her step-mum hates her anyway. Did she just steal it from her, or what?" Peter said.
"It's plot convenience," Remus said. "The author needs Sevella to put on makeup in order to be able to describe her beauty."
Her heart shaped lips were glossy, and her skin flawless.
"Obviously." James said sarcastically. "Anyway, why is she so different from Snape? The only similarity is dark hair and dark eyes, what about everything else?"
"Well, she's a Mary Sue, so she looks perfect. Her being related to Snape is just an idea of the author, it probably won't affect her looks or personality at all." Remus said.
She then proceeded to choose her outfit. Unlike her brother, her fashion style was great,
The four marauders snorted at this.
and she pulled on a Chanel designer dress.
"What's 'Chanel'?" Peter asked.
"No idea… But designer means expensive, so the author obviously forgot the fact that all her relative's hate 'Sevella', and would never buy her expensive clothes." Remus said.
She pulled
"Sloppy, the author only just used that word. How hard is it to think of a different one?" Remus said.
on a pair of black high heels,
"Yeah, because all students wear high heels to ride the Hogwarts Express," James snorted.
and a pair of fishnets that made her legs look longer
"This outfit is starting to sound way too over-the-top." Sirius said.
"Starting? I thought that after she mentioned the designer dress." Peter said.
and she put on a black lace push up bra that made her great curves look even better.
"Riiight." James said. "And why did the author have to mention what bra she was wearing?"
"Well, obviously the author thought she was subtly mentioning the fact that Sevella has great curves." Remus explained, rolling over on his bed so that he was lying on his back. He was really starting to enjoy the stories, even if it mainly involved pointing out what was wrong, especially in this story.
She realised that she was going to be late if she didn't go now, so she set off quickly. However, when she arrived, the train was already full. People turned and stared as she went past,
"Further proof that she's a Mary Sue." Remus said.
"We already determined that ages ago," Sirius pointed out.
"Yeah, but see what I mean that she is always the centre of attention? It's like people have nothing better to do than stare at her and gossip about her."
"Well, to be fair, I think I would be shocked if a new student came to Hogwarts and she was wearing an outfit like that one." Peter said.
and she felt very self-conscious, for, although she was beautiful, she didn't know it.
Remus sighed. "I really hate that line. Although she was beautiful, she didn't know it… I don't know why, it just really doesn't work for me."
She finally went to sit in the only compartment that wasn't completely full. There were four boys chatting idly, but they all fell silent when she walked in.
"I think this is our entrance." Peter said.
"Hello," the first one, a boy with black hair and silver eyes,
"Wait a moment, is that supposed to be me?" Sirius asked.
"I think so…" James said.
"But I don't have silver eyes!"
"Do you really expect the author to care?"
Sirius scowled.
murmured,
"I don't murmur." Sirius said, disgustedly. "And especially not to random new girls I have just met."
staring at her chest shamelessly.
"So now I'm some kind of a pervert. Great."
Sevella felt very self-conscious, and crossed her arms to stop the leering.
"Well, that's understandable," Remus said.
The boy turned red at being caught staring so blatantly,
"Well, if I'm so embarrassed, why did I do it in the first place? She even said that it was obvious!" Sirius exclaimed.
but he murmured,
"Seriously, it was bad the first time, why does the author have to repeat it? I DON'T MURMUR!"
"I'm sorry, I just can't help myself. You are so beautiful…"
"Wow, that's some really bad, creepy flirting you're doing, Padfoot." James smirked.
Sevella blushed, but smiled.
"Well, it's working." Sirius said.
"Yeah, on Snape's sister," James laughed, causing Sirius to cross his eyes and faux-pout.
"No, I'm not," she whispered, covering her face with her hair.
"Who are you?" a different boy, a sandy haired one, asked.
"I think that's me." Remus said.
"Sevella." She whispered.
"So I'm murmuring, and she's whispering? I mean, that's so weird! Why can't the author think of some synonyms?" Sirius said.
The third boy, one with hazel eyes and brown hair, asked her, "What is your surname?" He asked.
"James: the only one with common sense in this Fanfiction." Remus said.
"Well, to be fair, you also seemed normal enough, it's only Sirius that's murmuring and leering." James said. "And anyway, my hair isn't brown, it's black!" To prove his point, he ran a hand through it, messing it up.
"Where am I in this story, anyway?" Peter asked.
"You're probably going to be introduced in a moment." James said.
"Erm, Deays," she whispered, not wanting to give away her true identity. Her brother had often complained about his enemies, and she had the feeling that if these boys knew who she truly was, she would not have a chance to ever make friends with them.
"Like we'd make friends with her anyway." Peter said. "I mean, she's dressed in a weird way, she's whispering and she's making Padfoot murmur."
"Well said, Wormtail, my friend!" Sirius said.
"Hello, Sevella Deays." The first one murmured.
"So I'm still murmuring? Yipee…"
He had silver eyes that were as deep as pools of moonlight,
"Ok-ay..." Sirius said, raising both eyebrows.
"The author is trying to be poetic." Remus said.
"It's not working," said James.
and they were so expressive. Right now, although Sevella didn't know it, they were filled with love.
"Because I'd definitely fall in love with a random girl I just met. Seriously, even if I'd had the best conversation in the world, which I didn't, I'd not fall in love with them just like that." Sirius said, snapping his fingers. "I mean, I don't even know anything about her."
"And am I the only one realising that this is Snivellus' sister? She is related to him!" James pointed out.
Sirius looked horrified. "You're right! And if this Fanfiction would make us marry, I would be his brother-in-law." He gave a fake shudder.
"What's your name?" she whispered to the first boy shyly.
"Because, of course, she is only interested in the name of the mighty Padfoot. The others are pale in comparison to the bright glow of Sirius Black." Remus said, shaking his head.
"Sirius," he murmured, taking a strand of her glossy, black hair, and tucking it behind her ears.
She blushed again, and he chuckled. "Well, Sevella, why don't you sit down?"
"And that's the end of the chapter." Sirius said. "And it looks like the next chapter hasn't been uploaded yet."
"Good. I don't care about Sevella," said James. "Well, let's read another story, shall we?"
A/N: Part one of Sevella, but the next part won't be for a while… A very long while…
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