Severus Snape
Noted in the first days as Headmaster for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
What do I remember?
Not what you think.
Oh, of course I think of Lily, but those have faded somehow. I have tried my hardest, but, time covers all in gauze.
But what I do remember of her is this. He smile. Oh, everyone talks of her eyes, how they were so emerald and all that. But, her eyes were hers. Her smile was mine.
My first kiss. Oh, yes, I have kissed, and been kissed. I was fourteen.
It was a bright summer day, and her mother had packed us lunch. Even at that age she pitied me enough to feed me. Anyway we were sitting next to a spring by the park, and she leaned over…
I was just a boy of course, but still, it makes me smile. One never forgets…
Another of us is when I first saw her cast a spell, it was completely accidental on her part, she was 10, and wanted a blue daffodil. I was sitting under a tree at the park, very absorbed in my book when I noticed this. I remember, the excitement and hope that filled her face when I told her it wasn't coincidence.
She had so much potential.
Another memory that is all my own are my first days of classes, at school, I was normal, or as normal as I could be. Here, I learned, even if I wasn't accepted.
My first original potion, and first points awarded to the Sliterhen house. Mostly they were first. Because, after that, they mean so little.
My first day teaching. The hope, and possibilities that these students held, that I might inspire.
Well… those dreams of mine fell rather swiftly, much like all the others. But I still wait; wait for the next talent to come, to give me something to work for.
Yes, I think of Lily, and our first kiss, but it's not just her anymore. It's that potential that she had, that I took away. I think of that as well.
And in these dark times, where I am split four ways from myself, that is all that I can hold onto.
oOo yes, I know! A real caracter. I don't know... but the fact that he spent his whole life thinking of her was a bit un-realistic... I think there was more...
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