Sorry this chapter's a bit short, I've been super busy. I'm hoping next chapter will be longer because there will be quite a lot going on. Once again, thank you for all your reviews, I love hearing what you guys think. Please let me know how I can improve my writing.

Disclaimer: I'm not JK Rowling (in case that wasn't obvious) and I don't own the characters.

~The Lonely Geek

Chapter 28

The first day of term

"Severus!" I turn in the direction of the familiar voice to see Regina waving at me by the barrier between platform 9 and 10.

"I'll see you next term then," Mum says, giving me one last hug and walks away.

"Hey Regina," I smile, pushing my trolley towards her.

"Good summer?" She asks me and I shrug.

"Meh." I say, reaching her.

"You two go first and we'll follow you in a second," Regina's mum tells us. We lean inconspicuously against the barrier and are soon standing on platform 9¾ near to the familiar scarlet Hogwarts express.

"Can I copy bits of that transfiguration essay we had to write?" Regina asks me as her parents step through onto the platform. I roll my eyes. "Hey, I was busy and it was really difficult."

"It's fine," I sigh.

"We should probably get onto the train, it's not long before it sets off," Regina tells me, staring up at the huge platform clock.

"Yeah," I smile, picking my trunk off my trolley to take onto the train. It feels good to be going home.

1 month later

"Hey, Snivellus, don't you ever wash your hair?" I groan as I hear the voice of Potter behind me.

"Leave me alone," I yell angrily, carrying on walking.

"No need to be so rude Snapey, we were just asking a simple question," Black laughs. Frustrated I turn around, pointing my wand at them. "Stupefy." I mutter and Potter keels over, unconscious.

"You'll pay for the Snivellus," Black snarls.

"Yeah," Pettigrew snickers. Annoyed, I just point my wand at Black.

"Levicorpus," I think and he is hoisted upside down by his ankle. "I doubt that," I mutter, walking off again. Why can't they just leave me alone?

A couple of hours later

"Severus, I heard that you had a run in with some Gryffindors earlier," I look up from the book that I'm reading in the Slytherin common room and see Lucius standing in front of me. I nod.

"They started it as usual," I tell him and he sighs.

"They always do," He takes the book out of my hand. "Look Severus, can you come with me. There's a few of us that are fed up with all this and we want to do something about it. We want you to join us,"

"What do you mean?" I ask him confused.

"Things are changing outside of Hogwarts, for better. Sooner or later there's going to be a war Severus, and people like us will be at the centre of it," He tells me, but I'm still just as confused. "People like the Potter boy, families like the Weasleys, those sort, won't be in power. For too long we've hidden from the muggles, they should be subject to our bidding, not the other way round," He snarls. "Severus, I've seen the marks on your back when you come out of the bathroom, it was a muggle who did that wasn't it?" I nod slowly. I thought I had hidden the scars. Clearly not well enough. Most of what he is saying is still going over my head though.

"It was my dad," Lucius grimaces at this.

"Even your own kin will harm you because of their ignorance. We need to be the ones to eradicate them," He tells me. He wants all muggles to die?

"Not all of them are bad though," I try to reason with him.

"Aren't they?" He asks me, raising one of his eyebrows. "I've heard you and that mudblood girl talking-"

"Don't call her that." I tell him, cutting across him. He sighs slightly, as if a little impatient.

"Fine, the muggle born girl. Even her own sister rejects her now because she has magic. It's not right," He does have a point. Petunia is horrible to Lily and manipulates Lily into thinking that it's her fault. "I know this doesn't make much sense to you. You're only a second year and outside of Hogwarts you're only ever in the muggle world, but we're having a meeting, some of us. We want you to join us," I think he has a point about some muggles, but killing all of them... that seems a bit extreme.

"I don't know," I say. I would do anything to get Potter and his gang to lay off me, but I don't understand how all of this is interlinked.

"Next week there's a visit to Hogsmeade, we were going to meet there, you should come along too," Lucius tells me.

"But I'm only second year," I point out. We're only allowed to go to Hogsmeade in third year,"

"There's a secret passageway. Regina is coming to the meeting as well. She knows where the passageway is, she can show you," Lucius tells me. "The passageway leads to Honeydukes, the sweet shop in Hogsmeade. It should be pretty busy because there'll be a lot of Hogwarts students there, so you shouldn't be called out for being too young, but keep your hoods up in case. We're meeting in the three broomsticks at 11," I decide that I will go. If I don't like what they are saying, I can easily just leave.

"Okay, why not?" I smile at him.