Chapter 14

Sirius' POV

It's here. The day I've been dreading since I got sorted. The day I would have to go home. When I would have to face my parents. I was happy that James offered me to stay with him so I wouldn't have to go home, but it would never work and I was too scared to try. It was only two weeks and then I would be back at school. I could last that long.

We were boarding the train now and I was with James, Remus and Peter. All of them smiling and happy. I could see James taking worried glances at me though. Making sure I was alright. I was grateful to have such a good friend. It was much more than I ever expected. "Can you believe it? Christmas is in two days!" James exclaimed.

"I'm guessing you're excited." I replied.

"Why wouldn't you be?" Peter said.

"I love Christmas!" James repeated, "I hope it snows!"

"I heard that it was going to." Remus said.

This raised James' hopes, "Really?"

"Yes, now get on the train!" We found an empty compartment and all sat in it. Once we all got settled, a red haired girl and a boy came in, "Do you mind if we sit here?" The girl said.

"Not at all." Remus said, "I'm Remus." He offered his hand being as polite as he is.

"I'm Lily and this is Severus, nice to meet you." The girl said.

"This is James, Sirius and Peter." Remus said pointing to all of us.

"You're all in Gryffindor right? I think I've seen you." Lily asked.

"Yeah, aren't you too?" James said.

"I am, but Sev is in Slytherin." He looked like a Slytherin. But then again, I probably did too.

Apparently Severus did notice, "Aren't you a Black?"

"How did you know?" Peter said.

"His cousins are in Slytherin and I've talked to them a few times." He explains.

"What's your name then?" Sirius questions.

"Snape." Snape? That wasn't a pureblood name. I wonder what he was doing talking to Bellatrix and Narcissa and why they would let him.

The trolley came by a few moments later, "Anything from the trolley dears?"

"I'll have a chocolate frog. I'm trying to collect more cards." I said as I took money from my pocket. I open the box and the frog jumped out. It jumped right where Lily was sitting and she caught, making the spell stop working. "Keep it, I just want the card." And the card was great. "I got Godric Gryffindor!"

"You see? That proves you should be in Gryffindor, not Slytherin." James said confidently.

"Thanks mate."

"You're wrong." Snape spoke up.

"What did you say?" James said starting to get defensive.

"All Black's belong in Slytherin. That's just the way it is."

"You can shut up right now!" James yelled.

"James, it's fine." I say.

"No it's not!"

"No need to shout at him." Lily said.

"He," James pointed to Snape, "has no right to say something like that. You better not say something like that again."

Lily rolled her eyes, "Come on Sev, I'm sure we can find some other place to sit."

Once the door closed behind him I said, "James, what was that?"

"He can't just say stuff like that!"

"No, but it's just cause he's jealous."

"Jealous?" Remus piped up.

"Yeah, he's not a pureblood. He probably just wants to be apart of a proud pureblood family."

"How can you be so sure?" James questions.

"His last name. My parents drilled the names of all the best pureblood families into my head. Snape is not one of them."

"If that's all it was then." James said even though I could tell that he was still a bit angry. "We should still get back at that git."

"Let's try and think of some pranks we can pull on him over holiday." Peter suggested.

"Yeah! If you come up with a good one, write to all of us!" James said. I nodded even though I doubt that I would be able to write. But receiving letters could make the break more bearable.