September 1, 1971: Kings Cross Station, London England:

Severus was a thin average height boy and looked healthy and happy as he stood by his parents. He was clad in his school uniform, minus the heavy robe, this was new, now students dressed more in muggle attire as it was clear that the muggle world was making so many advances that they needed to be able to hide in plain sight. Getting students used to wearing muggle clothes was the first step. There was more, several books had come out, most were on the workings of the magical world, how one raised in the muggle world needed to learn how to act, what the laws and government was like, the magical creatures and the magic careers to be had. Seven of these were out and sold very well to all students, not just muggleborn.

There were seven books on muggle things too, from technology and telly shows to history and medical breakthroughs. These books took a very humorous way to explain the muggle world and not only kids liked to read them adults did too. These books stressed that learning of the muggle world did not turn a magical into a muggle but protected the magical world by allowing the magical world to still hide. What better way than to blend in with dress and such? Magical robes and the like would be used for special things, for home and the ministry and for church going and visiting all magical towns and the like. Though no-one knew it, it was Eileen who wrote the books under an assumed name. This, along with Tobias now running five bookstores with tea shops in them (his idea) made them a moderately wealthy family.

"Severus so there you are." Came the voice of one Petunia Evans.

"Petunia, good to see you too!" Severus said glaring at her, but the next minute he grinned at her, "how are you?"

"Fine, looking forward to school" Petunia replied.

"You are heading off as well today right?" Severus asked.

"Yes, St Mary's is suppose to be really good." Petunia replied.

"Sev, Sev!" Lily Evans said running up, "we are going to Hogwarts this is going to be so much fun!"

"It will, though I will miss Petunia."

"As if, I am a boring muggle, you will not miss me, you will forget all about me." Petunia said.

"As if I would, you are really cool, you like Doctor Who as much as I do, anyone who likes Doctor Who is cool!"

Severus meant this, as he was raised by a muggle father and witch mother he was open about both sides. He had met Lily the first day of primary school and they had been friends ever since. It had taken Petunia a bit longer as she saw them as "children" though she was only two years older than they were. She and Severus could argue like brother and sister really but Severus did like her as they had lots in common. Petunia was not as pretty as her sister, she had lovely strawberry blond hair and blue eyes, but was very thin and had a far too long neck on her. Lily was beautiful even at eleven with dark red hair, bright green eyes and pale milky skin with no hint even of freckles, rare on a red head really. She was very girly and Petunia was more, at least she had been a tom-boy but was turning into a woman and putting aside many of her childish ways, all but her intense love of Doctor Who and of course her friendship with a wizard boy by the name of Severus Snape.

"Better get on the train then." Tobias said stiffly, he was not going to show how much he would miss his only child, well one hug would do would, yes indeed, "you do us proud, remember you are a Snape, part of a good family."

"Yes dad, I promise." Severus said turning to his mother.

"Such a good boy, have fun, I will be proud of you no matter where you get sorted." Eileen said, "have a good term."

"I will mum." Severus said.

He got on the train and found a compartment with Lily and helped stow their trunks and opened the window to wave to his parents. Soon the train was on it's way and Severus was on his way to Hogwarts. He took out The Daily Prophet and sighed, despite all the progress in the magical world there was a new terror rising, a new dark lord called Voldemort. Severus thought it was a stupid name and he was stupid too in gaining followers and attacking those he saw as lesser blood. Severus would bet at least a galleon that he was one of the inbreed idiots as his mum called them hell-bent on destroying everything around them.

"Stupid dark lord." Severus muttered, "why can't he just go and stuff himself?"

"I agree, but who cares about some stupid dark lord, we are going to learn magic!" Lily said grinning and looking so happy.

"True that." Severus said.

"What house you think you will be in?" Lily asked.

"Well, mum was in Slytherin but I would be happy in any house." Severus replied just as the door opened and two boys looked in, "they all look good to me."

"Mental, all my family has been in Gryffindor, I am James Potter and who are you?" James said to Lily.

Severus studied the two boys and pegged them as rich bullies used to getting their way. James was average height for his age with a rats nest of black hair, hazel eyes behind square glasses he was clad in his school uniform complete with expensive robes and the boy next to him was clad much the same way. He was tall, stocky and had shaggy black hair and grey eyes. Severus remembered his manners, not to be nice but to throw these two boys off their game. Lily was just nice, and smiled at the boys which got them to take a seat across from them.

"Lily Evans, muggleborn, I read all the Mary Graham books of course but I still think there is so much to learn!" Lily replied.

"Well you will do fine, sound like a Ravenclaw to me." The tall boy said, "I am Sirius Orion Black the third, but you can call me Sirius."

"You said you don't care what house you go to?" James said to Severus, "no, and I am Severus Snape, half-blood. To me I am here to make friends, learn and have fun."

"Hope you don't end up in Slytherin." James said getting Severus to count mentally to ten. In Latin.

"Well, if I do I can change them from the inside out, they have fallen far as much as I can see, or so my mum says." Severus said, "you said you will be Gryffindor?"

"Why yes! Home of the brave, all my family has been." James replied puffing out his chest.

"Well say I end up in Slytherin and you Gryffindor, we should be friends." Severus said. "Can't see why not, it would be fun, not anything any would expect."

"Like a prank on the school?" James said grinning, holding out his hand "as long as you promise to never go dark!"

"I promise, as if being dark is fun at all! No it's light for me, even if I am in Slytherin!" Severus said.

"James are you sure?" Sirius said, "it could be a trap."

"As if I would do that!" Severus said coldly, "not like you Blacks…"

"What is that to mean?" Sirius snarled.

"Well the Blacks once were a good family but everyone knows you all have gone dark…"

"No fighting!" Lily snapped, "we all can be friends!"

"Fine." Sirius said looking murderous, he would take care of Severus in the common room tonight.

"Fine." Severus said thinking the same thing.

Yet that evening the sorting did not go as either Sirius or Severus thought. Sirius, to his horror ended up in Gryffindor and Severus did end up in Slytherin. Lily ended up in Gryffindor and much to the annoyance (at least on the inside) Severus was taken under the wing of one Lucius Malfoy. Oh joy, now he had to deal with the Malfoy family, a foreign family that had only been in England three hundred years. Who was he to have airs over one like him? Yet Severus swallowed his pride and made sure that very night to put up the ward stones his mother sent with him around his bed and stuff. Until he could cast those spells himself this would have to do as he was not sure he could trust his housemates as of yet.

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No matter what I see Severus as a Slytherin, yes he will be friends of a sort with James, he has been raised to form allies by his mother. His father does not mind his magic at all as he has had a major say in how Severus was raised. He is a strict but loving father and Severus knows a lot of the muggle and magical world. He knows of magical families too and knows that the Potter family is a power in the magical world. He may not always like him but he is smart enough to make alliances. James here well

His mother has changed too and got her brand of revenge on the magical world. Here she was forced out to save her life and did the most Slytherin thing I could think of. She started to help change that world she had been cast from. While the magical world is more open here to muggle things not all is rosy, the death eaters and Voldemort have more fuel to the fire with the "corruption of the magical world" which clearly is not the case.

James here is not OOC, in fact the train ride could have changed so much if they (James and Severus) had been civil to each other. James is thinking on a large prank in being friends with Severus and Severus, well we know what he is thinking.

As for how Severus gets on with Petunia, remember he looks up to his father and would not see Petunia as "only a muggle", in fact why could they not be friends? Let's face it they are not the best looking and Lily is a stunner, and here Petunia and Severus have a few things in common.

Anyway, do review please!