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Severus Snape (Juliss the Severed Snake)
Chapter 3:Lilies,Gugomonus and Whomping Willow.
Lily:
It was the following morning and Lily was more than a little nervous.But James, Sirius,, and Remus' excitement quickly pulled her out of her mood and she was satrting to giggle at Sirius's jokes on their way down to the Great Hall.Peter was starting to sweat, the poor boy was so nervous."OK,"Sirius whispered."James and I mixed the ingredients together earler this morning."James grinned."Lily,when Snape comes in the room,just distract him while Peter pours the stuff on him.""And just how am I supposed to distract him,Si?"Lily asked.James and Sirius exchanged a glance."Oh, come on Lily,who could resist such a pretty face?"Lily stared at the two boys,Sirius was grinning wildly at her and James winked."Whatever,"Lily said smiling slightly.Remus, who was the final part of the plan, was keeping look out,muttered,"The slimeball has entered the Hall."James handed Peter the glass tube, which almost slipped out of his hands, they were so sweaty."Peeeter!"Sirius said urgently."Dont drop it man!"Peter mumbled his apoplogy and took off,tripping into several people."That boy is such a clod,he's never gonna be able to do it."Sirius said in dismay."Lay off Si,"Lily said."He's just nervous.Peter's a good guy."Sirius shrrugged and patted Lily's shoulder before he and James sat down.The Hall was full of people mulling around, so Lily,Peter and Remus walking away from their table wasnt so unusuall.Remus was sitting on a table when Snape passed him,Peter was right behind him.Lily REALLY did bump into Snape."Watch where youre-"came a cool voice behind Lily."Oh,so sorry."Then she realised who it was.Ok, she thought,time for action."Hi...I think we met on the train,well we never actually met,but we almost did."Snape was giving her the strangest look."Im Lily.Lily Evans."Snape looked down at her.Lily could see Peter right behind Snape and Remus right behind Peter."Severus Snape."he paused."You're in Gryfindor,arent' you?"he asked,saying the name of her house like it was a disease."Umm..yeah..so Slytherin, right? My friend Tehhie's in there.Nice girl ....real nice girl."Snape's eyes narrowed."Yes she's nice.Where are your little gaggle of friends..Potter,Black and Lupin?"Lily saw Peter pour the contents of the vial on Severus and how he almost fell onto the Ravenclaw table as he turned around.Remus caught him,thank god,and sent him bak to the table.Remus stood behind Snape and muttered something, then took off.Ok, time to go,Lily thought relieved."Um..you know how boys are..you are one!"Lily giggled nervously."They're..."she turned around to see her table,all four boys waving her over and eating."Over there!Eating.No surprise."Snape almost smiled."Ok I gotta go,nice to meet you....and Ill see you later."Lily ran to the table where Sirius exclaimed,"Brilliant Lily!""Yup!"James said his eyes shining,"The prat 'll never see what's coming."Peter was recovering from near heart failure and Remus was looking over at Snape eagerly...ready for the fun to begin. Snape thought that was the oddest conversation he'd ever had.He started to head to his table when her hear a few snickers.He ignored it, as he thought it was the laughter of new friends getting to know one another.Then the laughs got louder and more frequent.Snape looked around to see people pointing, staring, and oh yes, laughing at him. "What the hell?"he wondered as he approached his table.Even the Slytherins were starting with wide eyes and dropped jaws.Tehhie exclaimed,"Severus,I think they got you."Snape turned to a mirror along the hall and saw a bunch of.....flowers springing form his head.Snape turned furiously to the Gryffindor table where James,Sirius,Remus, and even Peter were howling with laughter.The entire hall was laughing by now, as Snape headed to their table.Lily's eyes were covered so she didnt see him approach.She was trying not to laugh when she heard a voice."I shouldve known you three loosers were up to no good,"Snape,well,snapped."Oh calm down, Snape,"James said through his laughter."We just thought maybe you'd smell nicer with some flowers..."he couldnt continue,as he had fallen on the floor with laughter.Remus smiled at Snape,"Dont make your flowers wilt,Snape,they're just too pretty."Snape made a motion with his hand to grab his wand, but a strict voice interupted."What's the problem gentlemen?"Snape's arm went down.Sirius looked up from where his head had been resting,laughter subsided."Nothing Professor.We were just telling Severus how we liked his taste in hair accessories.Flowers,such a bold choice."Laughter picked up again."They-Black,Potter,Lupin...they all did this!"Snape yelled at the professor."Come with me,Mr.Snape,a simple counter charm will reverse this, I think."Professor McGonagall sent her table reaprroving looks before she left with a cursing Snape in tow.The entire table erupted in laughter."Oh that was good!"Peter said laughing.Sirius grinned,"But of course Peter!Dont expect anything but the very best from us!"Lily shook with laughter, almost collapsing on James and Remus.They all left the Great Hall knowing that it had been a good morning.Now they all went to enjoy their first day in class."Hey Lily,"James whispered.She turned around."Those flowers on Snapes head?""Yes James?"Sirius broke between the two,"Good job Lily!Well done dont you think James?"James grinned,"Evans youre a natural at trouble making.""Why thank you Potter."Sirius led them to their first class."Hey Potter,"Lily asked before entering their classroom."Yes Evans?""What about the fllowers on Snape's head?"He smiled mischeviously at her, reminding her of Sirius."They were liles."Lily's jaw dropped,as James entered the classroom.
Tehhie:
Next morning I went down to breakfast, not finding Severus or Lucius anywhere. Breakfast was
okay- bacon, eggs and toast, but then, finally, I saw Severus. He was talking to Lily over on
Gryffindor's table. Then I saw three boys coming on him from behind, and then puring something on
his back.
I was still mad at him, and plus, it was too noisy to say anything, so I didn't scream out to Severus.
He finished talking then, and coming to our table I saw exactly how Potter, Black and Lupin got back
at Severus - beautiful flowers blossomed on his head. I broke up into laughting, ut stopped, seeing
Severus' toubled face when he saw flowers. Lilies, they were. I saw Lily sobbing with laughter over
teh Gryffindor's table. I also liked the kind of joke, but Severus looked as if he was about to blow
up. He almost took out his wand, but then some teacher showed up and took Severus away -
probably to take of the flowers (pity for him, I say - the ywere quiet pretty)
I, because I finished eating looked around for Lucius or G&G, but they were nowhere at sight.
Looking over the schedules I saw that we had Herbology first and, picking us my books, headed,
with other Slytherins toward the Herbology classroom.
Severus and Lucius turned up about ten minutes after the bell rang. G&G were still nowhere to be
seen. Severus and Lucius sat down in the distant corner, murmuring something to the teacher. They
began talking rapidly, Severus looking furious. I though that they were thinking about a way to get
back at Gryffindors - really, it was starting to be a chain, which was to last forever, as it seemed!
And neither side will give up! I just hoped that the jokes will not become too dangerous. Looking at
the teacher with bored eyes, I looked through the Herbology book,
B-O-R-I-N-G...
Severus:
Not that i don't like lilies, but the shower of these pretty flowers, dropping from my ears, not droved
me happy at all.I was about to turn Sirius into spider right in front of all school, when damned
McGonagall came up and interrupted, as usual.She wanted me to go to the hospital wing to stop
flowers streaming, but i performed counter-curse by myself and got rid of her.Lucius came to see
what happens with me, giggling as madman.I proposed him to shut up and we both hurried to
greenhouses, we were already late for Herbology lesson.Not that i was really interested in feeding
worms for Flesh-Eating Gugomonus, whose leafs were pretty like jays and jerked aggressively.We,i
and Lucius, sat in remote corner to discuss our revenge on stinking Potter & K., when the loud
scream ceased our conversation.
Tehhie, bored almost to death, fall asleep right into non-welcoming embrace of fat Gugomonus, who
start to chew her happily.I pulled out my wand and tried to curse damned plant, but the problem was
that Professor Sprout did it also at the same time.Curses rebounded, and soon all the greenhouse
was on fire (Gugomonus, however, dropped his prey in confusion and we managed to drag Tehhie
from the merrily cracking flames).However, it was to good opportunity to lose it, and in uprising
turmoil i and Lucius run to school, were Potter's company has a Transfiguration lesson.
Naturally, we climbed to the balcony near Transfiguration Classroom and stared into class through
the glass door.They were turning matches into needles, stupid gits, but absolutely without success.
-Help them, yeah-whispered i to Lucius, slightly opened the door and pointed to the match in Potter's
hands.It begun to swell, sprouting silvery needles in all directions (several cut right into Pettigrew's
back, but the majority in Potter's hands).He yelled in pain and we run away-last thing we heard was
McGonagall's very angry voice.She was telling off Potter, of course.
Next lesson was Broom Flying-and i really looked forward for it, first, because i was very good flyer,
and second, it was both for us and gryffindor's and i'd like to see Potter's bandaged hands.
About twenty very old and battered broomstick were laying on the grass on Quidditch Pitch-not so
large, as stadium near my house, but still fascinating.
-See it-asked Lucius in very disappointed voice.-And we are supposed to fly on these twigs?
-Oh yes, our delicate Mr.Malfoy, he think he cannot fly on these brooms, poor thing.Indeed, take a
cow and fly on it, it fits your better,-drawled voice from behind, and grinning Black's face appeared
next to us.
-Shut up!-snapped Lucius, snatching his wand.
I eyed Potter's injured hands and smirked:
-Poor Potter, what happens with your hands, tried to shrink Black's nose, i suppose?
-Shut up!-snapped Potter, snatching his wand.
-Shut up you both-cried Tehhie, just in time, because some sulky and vulture-like woman was
approaching.
-So-said she,looking on us suspiciously-My name is Professor Hooch, i'm your flying teacher.Broom
Flying is a very dangerous skill, and all the students, messing up on my lessons, are going to be in big
troubles.Then she explained the main broom positions, so on, boring stuff because i knew it already
perfectly well.
-Now, mount your brooms and kick slightly from the ground, rise foot or two and come back, as i
showed you.-ordered Madam Hooch.
Only a few students (including me, Lucius, and Potter, to my disappointment)managed to rise as was
said. But Pettigrew, thick as he was, kicked to hard and now was rising higher and higher, wind
caring him right into strange tree not far from Pitch, whose branches swishes violently.
-Not!-cried Hooch-Not in the Whomping Willow, dear, change direction!
But scared fool only yelled miserably.I thought it's a good fun to see him collapsing with mad tree, but
one of the students has another mind.Potter accelerated his broomstick and flied after Pettigrew,
accompanied with furious Hooch's cries:"Come back, you stupid boy!"
He didn't come back, though.He speeded after fat git's broom, managed to snatch him in a few foots
from rampaging tree and bring back.Loud applause welcomed them, when they landed at last.
-Not a big deal-snorted Lucius-Everyone could do it.
-You think so?-asked i, with some obscure idea.
Madam Hooch led the almost fainted Pettigrew to the Hospital Wing,but first strictly forbade us to
mount brooms before her return.Not that all were going to obey her.
-Hey, Potter, think you are so brave?-drawled i,-Interesting, how close to this tree you dare to fly?
-Don't answer him, James, he trying to make you do something dangerous-interrupted Lupin.
-Oh yes i am-smirked i.-So, Potter? Let's see who's a best flyer in here?
-O'key,Snape-answered he, mounting his broom.
-Oh, stop it!-cried Lily girl, snatching brim of his robe-You'll bring us into trouble, and it is
dangerous, and it is stupid!
-Ah, how touching-smiled i-Embrace him tighter, beauty, don't let him pass you!
-Shut up, Snape!-snapped Potter and flied high into the air towards Whomping Willow.I was after
him.
It was crazy idea, after all.Branches swished and whooshed, and i only thought who will be first to
fall and be smashed-me or Potter.At last one especially violent branch got me (or, rather, my
broomstick) and i was about to say farewell to dear life, when some force rose me and broken
broom into the air.Potter was dangling next to me, his cheek in blood, and under the tree stayed
Professor McGonagall, enraged to a last degree.
-WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!!!!!!-yelled she, waving her wand so that we landed
extremely hard to her legs,-20 points from Gryffindor and Slytherin and detention to you both!
Lily:
James was furious at Snape for getting him a detention.Sirius and Remus were behind him laughing it up about the look on Snape's face as he had looked certain death in the eye.James was wiping at the cut on his face, while they were waiting for Madam Hooch to return(they did afterall have 20 minutes left of class)."James,for God sakes hold still."Lily said impatiently as she tried to clean up his cheek as well."Im fine,Evans."He said shortly.Lily looked up at him raising an eyebrow."Yeah...that's probably why you look like you just saw a dragon,Potter."James relented and stopped squirming so Lily could wipe off the rest of the blood from his face."I dont know why you let him get to you,all it'll ever get you in is trouble,"Lily mumbled.James rolled his eyes through her lecture."Evans,do you see what Snape did to my hands?"he said angrily."James,"Lily sighed,"just let it go for now...Snape cant be all bad now can he?""Sure,whatever."James replied glaring in Snape's direction."James,my boy,"Sirius said approaching with Remus."Good flying up there!"James smiled for the first time since the "flying incedent"."You call that good?"a voice sneered.The boys and Lily turned to see Snape,Malfoy,and C&G, standing in front of them.Tehhie was looking as though she wished she were somewhere else at that moment."Next to your skills,"Remus said softly,"anything is better."Snape's face turned red."You've got something to say about my flying,half wit?"he said in menacing tone.James stepped forward, as if he had somehting to say,but Madam Hooch was approaching, so Lily stepped between Snape and James and said quietly,"Stop it both of you.NOW."James and Snape looked at her surprised.Then they backed off slowly."Ill get you Potter,"Snape muttered as he walked off."Like to see you try,"James shot back.Sirius and Remus grbbed their two friends as Madam Hooch regrouped them.The rest of the lesson was spent not flying,thanks to earlier,but on proper broom care...yawn.They all had a free next so they were deciding what to do with their time."I think Ill go see how Peter is,we all should actually."Lily said.The boys nodded,even thought they'd have rather stayed behind and given those Sltherins a good pounding."Ah, our kind hearted flower!"Sirius joked."Always looking out for us."Lily smiled."Well someone sure has to,Si."The lesson was soon over and all retreated back into the castle.
Tehhie:
I was bored to death, feeding slugs to flesh-eating plant, whatever it's name was... gumo... mugo...
Damn!
Glancing over my shoulder once I saw that Severus and Lucius weren't bored at all - tehy were
having such fun with slugs and the plant that it was cheering even to look at them.
I, however didn't feel too cheerful. Yawning I fed one of my last slugs to the plant, my eyes closing
automatically.
FALLING ASLEEP IN CLASS - that NEVER ever EVER happened to me.
ANd ESPECIALLY when I'm feeding creepy brown slugs to some dangerous plant. Well,
everything has to happen at least once, righ? (I hope JUST once, in this case).
The flesh-eating plant, seeing all the bunch of food (me) almost bit off my arm. On my screams
Severus and Professro Sprout both attacked the damn plant.
Unfortunately they attacked it in the same time, and the plant exploded into flames. It, of course, let
go off me, and Severus and Lucius dragged me away from the flames, which were murmuring
happily. I only managed to whisper something like 'Thanks" to them both, because I was too
shocked to say anything else. They set off somewhere, leaving me with Sprout.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING! YOU COULD'VE DIED! TEN POINTS
FROM SLYTHERIN AND GO UP TO THE HOSPITAL WING - IMMEDIATELY! - Sprout
shouted at me, looking almost as scared as I did (I bet I DID look scared).
Madam Pomfrey, of course, fixed everything in no time, murmuring something under her nose about
"dangerous plants all over the school grounds" and "students who don't watch their step".
Few bangages and I was free to go - the Flying lesson almost strated, and I sure didn't want to miss
it.
Almost running I nearly bumped into Filch, the caretaker.
- WHERE YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING! - he yelled at me, looking furious.
- Er... Sorry, professor - I almost circled him and ran for it, when he stopped me
- ANd what ARE you doing, wandering in the halls all alone now? The bell rang five minutes ago!
- Been to the hospital wing! - I explained, holding up my bangaged hand.
Filch, looking like he was ready to kill somebody set off without saying another word, and I ran up to
the Flying lesson, hoping it not TOO late.
It wasn't.
The teacher was not even there. Everybody looked quiet cheerful, except for Severus and that Potter
person from Gryffindor - they were both acting as if the next moment they will kill each other. "Shut
up!", which was their favorite line so far was heard even from the corridor. Seeing Professor Hooch
in a distance, I found nothing better than stand in between of them and yell
"Shut up, both of you!" Looking slightly surprised, they murmured last "I'll pay you for that" and
mounted their brooms, as Professor Hooch said.
I was not able to get off the ground at first, but then I managed it, feeling happy and cheerful. I saw,
however, one person who wasn't cheerful at all - Peter Petegrew from Gryffindor was flying high in
the air, yelling in panic, to the direction of the Whoomping Willow. Potter immediately mounted his
broom and flew after Petegrew, accompanied by rs. Hooch angry yells "COME BACK HERE,
STUPID BOY!"
But he did not come back. He managed to turn PETEGREW back, just when the Whoomping
Willow was about to slam him flat.Madam Hooch led him in Hospital Wing, his face was still white as chalk.
Nearby Lucius gave out a snort. Severus whispered something to him, and then moved towards
Potter. A few seconds later they mounted on their brooms. Lily tried to get Potter back down, once
they rose up a few feet. He, however did not. Him and Severus began to speed up to the direction of
the Whoomping willow.
What they were doing came to me at once.
- WHAT, ARE YOU MAD? - I shouted, but they didn't seem to hear me, although Lucius nearby
nodded. He also seemed to think that seeing who will come closer the the Whoomping willow was
such a brilliant idea.
Meanwhile the branches of the tree were swinging furiously, like a nest of snakes. One of them
managed to get Severus's broom, and another one - cut Potter by the cheeck. However, materialized from nowhere Prof.McGonagall
already hurrying up to them, yelling something. In a second they were both back on the ground,
looking scared.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! - she yelled, while Potter and Severus were
landing. She gave them both a detention and took points off Slytherin and Gryffindor.
- Are you okay? - I asked, when Severus gloomily came towards us and added - What was the
need of that?
- I'm fine, Tehhie. It was a stupid idea, indeed... - He looked real scared - I imagine - if I myself
would've been in that situation, I would be scared out of my wits.
First the plant and then the Willow- this day was a sure Herbology trouble!
Thanking Lucius and Severus for the "saving of my life after all the lessons finished, I went up to
the owlery to send my family a message. I knew that my sister will be furious for me getting into
Slytherin, and so will the rest of my family. However, causing as much trouble as one can manage
was always my type of thing, so I didn't care.
However, I tried to make my letter short and quick, without details, or my mom will end up sending
me Howler or something even nastier.
Dear mom, dad and Heather,
I'm okay by now, only I didn't get into the house you wanted me to - I got into Slytherin. The first
day was so far so good - only I got in trouble in Herbology and got my left hand almost bitten off.
But Madam Pomfrey already fixed that.
Don't be mad,
See you later,
Tehhie
I tied the letter to the leg of large barn owl, and looked as it took off and disappeared out of sight in
the darkening sky.
Because we hardly had any homework I decided to go see Hogwarts, A history book - my friend,
who was a third year, said it's quiet educational - plus, it's always good to know the history of the
place you ended up being in.
To my surprise somebody else was in the library - as I came closer it turned out to be Lily - she was
skribbling something on the piece of parchment, looking miserable.
- Homework? - I asked, placeing my books down on the other table.
Lily almost jumped.
- Oh. Tehhie, it's you! Don't come creeping on me again like that - you scared the wits out of me!
- I won't - promise! - I smiled and repeated my question - HOmework it is?
- Yeah - McGonagall! Could've been nice and not given her house any, but NO - write an esay on...
oops... - Lily accidentally knocked over her bottle of ink, spilling it all over her essay. While I was
helping her clean up, she said
- Too bad you ended up in SLytherin.
- My sister thinks so also, I guess... And Why's that bothering you?
- Well, we'll be bound to play against each other now - you know, it's already in the air - Snape's
gang against James's gang and all that.
- Oh, that Potter boy is named James?
- yeah... I'll have to write this essay all over again - it's ruined! And these four didn't even bother
starting!
- Boys.. - we said in the same time and gigled. After that the library became silent once again -
Hogwarts, A History WAS quiet interesting. After I finished with reading - it became dark, and I
wanted to return to the dormitory - I still have a cat to look for - I noticed that Lily's gone.
" Probably finished with her essay and now wandering somewhere in the castle" - I though, picking
up Hogwarts, A History for a future read.
Severus:
O'key, it WAS a stupid idea, to say truth, but when i entered Slytherin common room this
evening, the wave of cheering almost knocked me down.
-What's all for?
Tall boy, looking as fourth-year or older, came to me, accompanied with several younger guys.
-It was brilliant, Severus, you showed them!My name is Rosier, Evan Rosier, by the way, and they
are Roderick Lestrange and Arthur Avery-he pointed on the boys next to him.-Malfoy told us all already.
-What you told them?-hissed i to Lucius, beaming as Christmas decoration.
-Only truth-answered he with stupid smile.-How you got this Potter fool into trouble, so on...
-Rubbish!-snapped i, but was interrupted by next wave of applause.Damn it all!It's luck that Tehhie wasn't here-i imagined her countenance if she'd saw all this fuss-and smiled.
At last i got rid of my fans and sat in armchair near heather, pondering about this mad tree and
nursing my knee, which was severely hurting.Tehhie came up to me thank me again for my brave killing
of vicious Gugomonus, when strange-looking girl entered, gazing around.She appeared to be quite
alone, so Tehhie went to talk with her.I was staring in flames, when heard girls name,"Vivica
Riddle"."Where i heard this name?-thought i-May be, my father mentioned it?Some coworker of
him?" However, when i asked her about her relation, she obviously lied.O'key, i have a lot of
problems to bother without this girl,honestly, so i went to dormitory-my knee hurting abysmally.
