This is my first Ffc of Harry Potter, so please be kind! Also English is not my first language, and I don't have a Beta... so all the errors are mine D: My mother language is Spanish, please deal with me.
So... this is very AU. Is in the time of the Marauders, Voldemor was stop by Albus Dumbledor and killed, (I know I fucking with the plot of the books and movies, but this IS AU) So there is no Dark Lord here, but there is Death Eathers leaft behind, that going to make things dificult and dangerous!
Also, the group are in school, and the story start in second year/ third year and on! I hope yours Reviews! Please Don't shoot me for this!
The couples are the next:
Severus Snape X OC.
Sirius Black X OC.
Remus Lupin X Nymphadora Tonks.
James Potter X Lily Evans.
Lucius Malfoy X Narcissa Black.
Declaimer: I own nothing! If I did Severus Snape would be mine and wouldn't have Die! Q_Q All belongs to J.K. Rowling!
Chapter 8
"What is happening here?!" they both hear a woman's voice.
Severus and Raven turn around and watch Professor McGonagall running toward them, closely followed by Professor Flitwick, and Madam Hooch, whom behind her was running the second year out of breath. Potter's group and Lily turn to look at the professors too, not knowing exactly what to say.
"Mr. Potter! Explain to me right this instant what kind of trick you were trying to put that could have cause harm to the students?!" McGonagall wasn't happy at all; her green eyes were glaring at the group of her house, which were usually responsible for the disasters around school.
"Erm… professor this time it wasn't Potter's group fault" Pam was affronted to have to defend them, but her code didn't allowed to do anything more.
"Explain yourself Ms. Belflour!" Minerva never takes the news of students getting hurt like it was a walk in the park.
Severus meanwhile helped Raven to her feet and checks her for injuries, not saying a word but listening to the explanation that Pam was telling the professors. His mind at the same time was reproducing the scene of the little girl falling in his head, and by the time they were beside Lily and Pam, he was scowling so hard his face would probably stay like that until the next day.
"So… you see that's what happen Professor" Pam finish her tale, glaring at the unconscious boy in the floor. "Are we in trouble?" the golden hair girl didn't fancy getting detention at all, unless she has searched it consciously.
There were a few minutes of silence and then McGonagall sigh.
"No Ms. Belflour, you're not in trouble, none of you are, except Mr. Walker over there" She feels everybody sigh in relief.
Then Minerva levitated the unconscious student and starts to head to the hospital wing, while Madan Hooch fixes the Quidditch balls and Flitwick talked to his student. But before the head of Gryffindor house could completely disappear, she turns around and informs the students.
"And ten points to each house for your quick thinking and brave actions"
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The next few days, were uneventful except for Raven who somehow ended without nobody notice in the Quidditch pitch again but that time with the Slytherin Quidditch team telling her to participate in the team as the Seeker. Apparently some older Slytherin student saw her while she was after the Snitch that day and decide that to beat the Gryffindor team they need a Seeker as good as the other, and she was the chosen one for the job. She couldn't refuse, fortunately Lucius was in the team since a few days ago too, and she wasn't alone.
The captain of the team Josiah Romanov a six year, have the new members training from dust to down the weekend and mostly Raven ended pretty beaten up and almost passing out, because she was horrible for sports and everything that have to do with exercise, she barely made it to diner and to bed with her body so tired she almost fall sleep with her face in the pumpkin soup one night.
Severus of course have talk her ear off the same day she jump from the broom to catch the Snitch, and was pretty angry with her for a few days, but eventually he forgive her after calming down enough for her to apologize. Nobody knew what Lucius and Raven were doing somedays after classes and the weekend. That is until the second weekend of October, the first Quidditch match of the year.
That early morning the dark hair girl was pale and nervous, muttering to herself from now and then. Severus, Aasron and Cissy were eyeing her curiously, and the dark hair boy was very tempted to ask what was wrong with her, but in that moment Lucius speak.
"So are you going to go and wish me good luck before starting the game?" he asks, driving the attention from his friend, he knew that she wasn't good at lying at all. And Romanov would kill them if they let know who the mysterious new Seeker before the game was.
"Sure thing!" Cissy said, with the other two boys nodding.
At nine and thirty a.m. Pam, Lily, Tonks, Severus, Aasron and Cissy got together in the great hall to go and to the Quidditch pitch and say good luck to their friend, but were curious as to where the last one of their group was. Severus and Pam in particular weren't particularly happy about the disappearance of the girl. Ten minutes and they were in front of the dressing room where the team usually got prepares before going out.
And they almost faint seeing who was there sitting beside Lucius with the uniform of the Slytherin Quidditch team, hyperventilating and as pale as the death.
"I think I'm going to vomit" Raven mutter under her breath, remembering one other time where she have feel the same way, and that was at the sorting, but this was worse. Much, much worse.
"It's not that bad… it will pass once you're in the air and after the Snitch" Lucius try to comfort the poor girl to no avail.
"What the hell is wrong here? Why are you dressed like that Raven?!" Pam demanded a bit confuse.
"Romanov recruited her to the team, she is the new Slytherin Seeker" was all that the blond young man said.
There was a few seconds of silence after that statement, and then they hear the crowd cheering for the players very loudly. And that just make her paler and her body start to tremble a bit, her hands cold as ice.
"I think I'll pass out" she said, looking afraid to the door from where they would go out in the file.
"You'll be fine, just try not to get hit by a bludger and it'll be peachy!" Tonks said smiling, totally unaware that her comment didn't help at all.
"Okay! Now get around team!" Josiah Romanov said, he was tall, has dirty blond hair, pale skin and brown eyes. He looks at the group with a raise eyebrow. "The ones not in the team get out of here, is almost time!" he wasn't out plainly rude but he wasn't that nice either.
While the other were saying their goodbyes and good look to the team and their friends, Severus hug Raven fast, his face blank but his eyes were worried for her. And in no time, they were gone, and she and Lucius were discussing the plane for the game once more, like they haven't discus it billions of time before.
Her legs were like JELL-O and she was almost sure that she was gonna pass out or fall from the broom. Lucius seeing her so worried and scared, give her a half-hug.
"Just do your best, your job is to catch the Snitch and my job is to make sure that the bludger don't get to you" he said calmly, smiling slightly to her.
"Be ready! This is it!" Romanov said out the noise of the crowd, mounting his broom, and everyone else follows his lead. "Now!" he shouted and they fly away from the door to the sky.
Her dark hair in a braid for better mobility, and her hands gripping the broom tightly, her heart was beating so fast and hard she swear that it would exploit the next minute. They stop in the center of the file facing the Hufflepuff team, her and the other Seeker above them all, waiting for madam Hooch to give the sign to begin.
"All right! I want a clean game and that the better team wins!" Madam Hooch said, letting out the balls and blowing the whistle.
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Raven still couldn't believe that they have won the match, and she has caught the Snitch without getting hit or falling. Her legs were trembling when she dismount the broom at the end of the game. The Slytherins in the pitch were clapping furiously and giving the team words of praise. All the guys in the team once they touch ground came toward her and give her praise and then Lucius take her by the shoulder in a half-hug smiling proud at her. She on the other hand barely could remember anything about the game but when it was over.
Once in the change room, everyone was celebrating the victory, but her. She only was sitting a little stunned in a bench and looking doubtful at them, that it until her other friend enter the room. Pam got to her first and gives her what she now started to name the Anaconda embrace, squishing her hugs out of her chest, leaving her dizzy afterwards. Then came Tonks and give her a bear hug, a little less constructive than the one her cousin have given and thankfully Lily and Aasron didn't strangle her at all. When they were talking between themselves, ignoring her for a few minutes, she caught her favorite person eyes.
Severus has been all the game with the heart in a tight grip, his eyes glue to her tiny figure in the broom chasing the snitch, his attention solely on her and imagining every and all type of scenario where she could get hurt or worse, by the time the game was finished, he was almost sure that his hair would be white. He did not like her to be in the team, it was dangerous, but he could not for le life of him, tell her to quit, not only because she was by far the better Seeker in years to have play in the Slytherin team and his house most probably murder him in his sleep if he so much as to breath a word and make her quit. But because he note that she truly enjoy flying like that, it wasn't really just only wining that put a smile and shine in her eyes, but the concentration and bliss that pass through her face when she was in the broom up in the sky that made him impossible to have her quitting to play.
It wasn't fair. He could not make her quit because he was dreadful of her to get hurt. But that doesn't mean that he would not be worry sick and attending every game in the hopes that his presence and will would stop her for getting hurt somehow.
When her dark brown eyes lock with his black one, he watch emotions play in her gaze, insecurity, elation, apprehension, happiness. She bit her bottom lip and play a bit with her hands, a clear sign of her doubt, and he suddenly realize that she was feeling like that because of him. It hit him like a stunner, she wasn't sure of his reaction to her begin in the team, and because she didn't tell him about it before the game that morning. He feels a warm wave goes through his veins at the realization, that she values his opinion highly to the point of no begin sure of what to do. So un-Raven-like. Because she usually doesn't let other opinion affects her like that.
He try to smile a bit to let her know he wasn't angry with her, and she once seen the corner of his mouth lift a little relax, and practically run to him, hugging him tightly around the waist, her cheek against his chest.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you" Raven mutter feeling guilty.
Severus tense at first, he after all wasn't used to people hugging him, but eventually relaxes in her embrace. He put his arms around her tentatively at first feeling a bit out of place doing it; physical affection was uncomfortable in the better of case to him. But once he did it, it feels right. His left hand brush a few hairs that had come out from her braid for the wind out of her face, and she at the contact lift her face until her chin was against his clavicle like the last time they have been in that same poise. Her big eyes were still insecure.
"I understand why neither you nor Lucius told us about it, and I'm not mad with you" he said calmly in his usual soothing tone of voice. What he didn't tell her was that he would tall Lucius ear off when they were alone for not telling him and to tell him to take much care of her in the pitch when they would play again.
She closed her eyes, and her body relaxed, knowing he wasn't angry with her. Then when she open it again, it were shining and her lips grow into a big smile, giggling a bit feeling giddy.
"We won Severus!" she squeals happily letting him go and doing little jumps giggling.
He couldn't do more than chuckle at her antics, totally amused by her out of character attitude. Neither noted that two pair of eyes was watching them interact with much curiosity. Lucius have his eyebrow lifted so high that almost touch his hairline, with an amused look in his light grey eyes, while Tonks look more pensive while watching them.
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That night the Slytherin were celebrating at the common room, all but Raven who was sitting at one of the couch near the health and was trying to stay awake. Until she could not keep up and decide to head to bed, saying good bye to her friends and smiling slightly to the other students who congratulate her in her way to bed. Severus seeing her leave did the same, but not to sleep he was going to study more in his room, it was quieter there anyway.
He just stops her before she went upstairs and squish her hand, while she just turn and smile sleepily at him. Before each one went their own way.
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Halloween feast came and went, same as the classes and the practice of Quidditch. And so did November, and the first Hogsmead weekend. They went all together and buy sugar quills and chocolate frog, and much more, and Raven and Pam were introduced to the glorious beverage called Butterbeer. They became addicted. Even Raven who sweet tooth wasn't like Pam, who always stuff her face with candies.
Even when the usual sour encounter with Potter and his gangs, they enjoy the trip.
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And then came December, and with it all Christmas related things. They great hall was full decorated with stars, red, white and green, the enchanted ceiling was letting fake snow fall and even Dumbledore was dress with his peculiar robes red Christmas with white, beaming everywhere, while Professor McGonagall just roll her eyes and smile slightly.
At mid-December Severus was heading to the Great Hall by himself, his face in a book, reading intensely, when suddenly he walk into what look to be a wall, confuse because usually his orientation was good, he lift his head and look around for the thing that wasn't allow him to walk but see nothing in front of him. Shrugging, he went to walk again, and watch confuse as an invisible wall was standing in the way, he frown his brow and touch it, trying to decipher what in Merlin bear was that. But a snigger at his back distracted him from it.
There Potter and his gang were laugh their ass off. And he just scowls annoyed. That it until Potter signal something above his head. And Severus feels something cold run down his spine. There above his head, was a plant, but no a common one, oh no, this one was a mistletoes.
"Snape is caught on the mistletoes!" Potter said loud enough to travel a few corridors down, while he and Sirius laugh loudly and point to him. "Now who would want to kiss greasy old snivellus?"
A few people that have congregated around them start laughing too, especially the girls and some boys, sniggering and pointing at him. Severus was furious, for more than one reason. For one he have been stupid enough to get caught under the mistletoes, and worse of all get caught with Potter there making fun of him in front of others. The worse part was that he was right, nobody would want to kiss him, and ultimately they would have to call a teacher to help him out of it. More embarrassment.
"Potter stops laughing at Severus! You're a prat!" Lily's voice sound angry at him and while she walk glaring at him furiously.
Now he was more embarrassed, the girl he likes, Lily Evans, was there, and he was still under the damn plant begin mocked by others. She start to yell at him to stop begin cruel to him, while James just ignore her, and his gang less Lupin, where laughing and pointing with the other students. That is until she arrives.
Raven was walking out of the library and heading toward the great hall to lunch, when she heard the commotion and Lily's voice. Curious she got near until her confuse eyes take the full picture of what was happening there. She didn't understand until she hears some girl mocking her friend.
"Nobody would kiss old snivellus! He would need a teacher to get him out of the mistletoes!" the girl near her said, laughing mockingly.
Raven saw red. A fury like no other fuel her, and she step into the circle where she saw Lily yelling at Potter to stop begin mean, and poor Severus there begin pointed at and mocked like it was a circus. Furious she walk steadily toward the dark hair boy, who just now has notice her arriving there, and was looking at her oddly, while the dark hair girl glare at everyone around making them shut up, because no one has ever seen her looking at someone so coldly.
"You should be ashamed of yourself" she said quietly, glacially, but everyone there hears her, because even Lily and Potters groups have silence when they notice her.
Raven turns around again and keep walking toward Snape, who was looking at her a bit confuse. Then she did something that leaves everyone, including Severus speechless. Raven grab his robes by the front, making Severus bend slightly toward her, and then her little hands took his face softly and standing in her tiptoes to reach better, her lips were upon his. The contact was lightly and didn't last too long, but for the two of them was like minutes.
Severus was dumbstruck, and his body was feeling peculiar with a tingle running from his lips through his entire begin; her lips were soft and warm, a bit moisty, and between those and her hands in his face, that now that he pay attention to it, her thumb cares lightly his cheek that made him feel more strange than before, but not in a bad way. For a first kiss, this certainly wasn't bad at all. Even in front of a crowd.
In the other hand, Raven really didn't know what she was doing at all; she just could not stand them mocking her dear friend like that, and for the first time she act without really thinking about it, and now she was kissing her very best male friend in front of a crowd, but to hell with them. His lips were firm but soft, and were giving her a tingle in her tummy.
Soon enough after what feel like eon but were a few seconds, they part. His cheeks were a bit pink, same with hers, but when she turn around to watch the other students, her face became cold and the disdain in her face was so obvious that many took a step back from them, Lily was smiling at them, and Potters group look like they were to vomit at any minute.
"You are all scum" she said scowling and curling her lips like she just smell something bad. "And you believed yourself above us Slytherin? Ha! You're all the same bully's than you make us out to be! You're not better than us" and with that and a last glare icily at them, she take her friends hand and took him away from there. Knowing Lily would scream at them a bit more.
Just as they turn around a corner Severus finally go out of his stunned state and grabbing firmly her hand, shift the their path until he was leading her to the Black Lake, neither saying a word. That is until they reach their destination that is. He let go of her hand and start pacing, lost in thoughts.
"W-Why-?" he start saying but she stops him right away with her own question.
"Are you mad at me Severus?" her voice was low and insecure. All the confidence of before long gone and she was biting her bottom lip and playing with her hands.
"What? No! I'm not mad at you Raven!" he exclaim surprise, turning to look at her confuse as of her inquire.
She was with her head bow and staring at her hands; sighing he came closer to her, and put his hands on her shoulders trying to put an order in his thoughts. That kiss has trough him out of focus.
"I just want to know what motivate you to do such a thing? No that I am not grateful that you get me out of that problem" He sigh again. "You usually don't confront people like that"
"I think I just thought for a moment that I was sorted into Gryffindor" was her feeble comment, but then she furrows her brow. "I just… I was so angry when I hear what they were saying… and I wanted to hex them so badly but no even that I could do" the girl with dark hair start pacing like he has done before, scowling at the memory. "They were so cruel… I just want them to shut up… and… I didn't want you to be ridicules by Potter again" her mouth was in a tin line and her nails were biting her palms in anger.
He observes her for a few seconds before sighing and approaching her.
"I appreciate it Raven, but don't do it again… next time you could get hurt, alright?" he said taking her shoulders again in a gentle touch. His eyes locked with hers.
"I know I'm not strong Severus… but it was the least I could do to help you" her hands got up to play with a lock of hair that has gotten out from her usual bun. "I can't hex them like Pam can or yell at them like Lily does… that was the only way I could think about to help" she mutter quietly.
"You're not weak Raven, you just don't like to fight like they do" he said, really touched by her actions and explication. "And for a first kiss it wasn't that bad" he said without really thinking about it, and then blush.
Raven was surprise and starts to feel her own blush in her cheek. Realization trucks them like a thunderbolt at the same time. They have kissed each other in the lips. Neither knew what to say to the other, and stay silent for a few minutes, not wanting to meet the others eyes.
"I guess your right… I've never imagine that my first kiss would be quiet like this" she said quietly staring at her feet, and with her face red.
Severus who's have been staring at the lake instead of her, turn sharply at her reply. It hasn't occurs to him that she has never kiss anyone before, and oddly enough he feel pleased to be her first kiss. And seen her standing there blushing looking intently her feet only make her look adorable in his eyes. Cute even. He could not hold back a chuckle, while she just pick under eyelashes at him shyly. And he smiles at her, having the impulse of hugging her tightly. Fortunately he could refrain himself, barely.
"Let's go to the great hall" he said seen her tremble by the intense cold out there, that year it haven't snow early like last year, but it was very cold anyway, and he knew she hate it.
By the time they reach their tablet, all their friends were sitting eating lunch, everyone but Pam and Lily that is. The latter because she usually didn't sit with the Slytherins, and the former they didn't know where she was. Once seated, she beside Lucius and Severus beside Cissy, they start to fill they plates with food until a voice stop them.
"And… What is this rumor about you two kissing in the corridor?" Pam said coming out of nowhere, and sitting beside his dark hair friend, her eyebrows high reaching her hair line.
Raven who at that moment was drinking water spill it out and start to chock with the remain of it, while Severus almost crack his neck turning to watch her stunned. Neither knew what to say for a moment.
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