**Note to readers: hello and welcome to my story about Severus Snape. Now,
keep in mind that all characters from Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling.
Others such as Katerina, Stella, Sylvia, and Sabrina belong to me! This
takes place right after the 1st book. I know it isn't feasible for any of
this to happen, but hey, that's what fan fiction is for! The title of this
story comes from a Beatles song. In fact, all the chapters from this story
will have Beatles' songs for names! LONG LIVE GEORGE! Anywhoo, please
r/r!!**
Severus Snape walked down the hall of Hogwarts briskly, dodging the kids in the process. His long, black cape flowed behind him as he weaved through the mass of children. It was the last day of the school year. All the kids were in a rush to get back to their homes and families for the summer. Professor Snape didn't look happy as he flew through the maze of passageways. There was always a staff meeting the last day of the school year, and Professor Snape never looked forward to them.
He finally arrived in the Great Hall, where the meeting was to take place. He was the last one in and quickly took his place at the large table. Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster, stood and motioned for silence. When the room was quiet, he spoke,
"Welcome all! We have reached yet another end to a wonderful year at Hogwarts, and I would just like to congratulate you all on a splendid year." All the teachers smiled and clapped for one another. Professor Snape just smirked and clapped slowly. Dumbledore waited for them to finish, then continued, "I really have nothing more to say to you, except have a great summer.Oh! And you will be receiving your weekly newsletters as normal by owl." He smiled and started to walk off, but then stopped as if he forgot something. "Oh, I almost forgot.due to the recent events, it seems we are now short one teacher." They all looked at where Professor Quirrell usually sat. Dumbledore carried on, "If any of you are interested in the vacant position, please notify me as soon as possible. That is all." Professor Snape wondered why Dumbledore seemed to be eyeing him while talking about the Master of the Defense from Dark Arts position was being discussed. All the teachers gathered in small groups to talk amongst themselves, but Professor Snape just continued to sit there and think. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He whirled around to face Professor Dumbledore. He relaxed a little, and looked at Dumbledore, waiting for him to speak.
"Severus, I have heard that you may be interested in the Master of the Defense Against the Dark Arts position." Professor Snape still looked at him blankly. He finally came to his senses and answered,
"I indeed have a desire to be the Defense Against the Darks Arts Master. But, if I did accept the position, whom would you get to be Potions Master? No one is as good as Potions as I am, Albus, no one. There fore it makes it a difficult decision, sir. I would be an excellent teacher of the Dark Arts, since I have so much experience with the Death Eaters.but I don't think I'm quite ready to leave the Potions Master position." Dumbledore smiled and nodded.
"Somehow I knew that would be your answer. So, would you happen to know anyone who could fill the position?" Professor Snape thought a moment, then replied,
"No one really comes to mind sir, sorry." Professor Snape said. Dumbledore's eyes sparkled as he smiled warmly Professor Snape.
"That's alright, Severus. I'll have to do some searching this summer. Speaking of which, I hear you won't be staying here with us." Professor Snape nodded,
"I plan on visiting my sisters.I feel I owe them as much. They raised me and I haven't seen them in 5 years." Dumbledore looked as if he was deep in thought.
"Yes.Stella, Sylvia, and sweet little Sabrina. I remember them well. How are they?" Professor Snape shrugged.
"Actually, I'm not sure.I haven't wrote them in a while. I have been expecting any of their children to come here, but none have showed up so far. Must be the bad blood they married. Except for Sabrina, she married a true wizard. I hear their son is impressive." Dumbledore nodded. Professor Snape sighed. "I must be going, sir, I have a lot of work to do before I leave tomorrow."
"Alright then, you have a safe trip and a good time. Tell the girls I said hello." Severus nodded. Dumbledore walked off, talking to various people as he passed. Professor Snape decided to leave. He never really liked to converse with anyone but Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall, and they were currently already in conversations. He looked around the Great Hall one last time and exited. He walked back to his chambers quite slowly, looking for any lingering students. There were only a few wondering around, he suspected their parents were coming to get them soon.
He entered his empty classroom and looked at the horrible mess, "So much to do." He said to himself. He usually stayed at Hogwarts year round, since it was his only home. Dumbledore made him a kind of "keeper" of Hogwarts during the summer, which meant Severus was in charge, which he loved. Filch and his cat Mrs. Norris always stayed as well, cleaning up the old school for the upcoming year. All the other teachers had other homes and families elsewhere to return to. Severus's only family was his three sisters. His mother and father died when he was very young, leaving him in the care of his sisters, who were much older than him. They all lived together, side by side on a street. He had received an invitation from Stella, his eldest sister, to stay the summer with him. He couldn't turn them down, not after all they did for him. Professor Snape stood there, looking around his untidy classroom. "Guess I had better get started." He said aloud to the empty room. He hated manual work and wasn't looking forward to the cleaning ahead of him. His desk was nothing but papers; you couldn't even see the top of it. He sat down and began shuffling through the mess, organizing them into stacks. He stayed there most of the night, getting reports, tests, grades, and such filed and put in their proper places.
At half past one, Severus decided he had better just finish it in the morning. He got up from his desk and stretched. He walked to a door behind his desk and unlocked it. It looked only like a storage room; the walls were covered in shelves that held various potion ingredients. Severus walked over to a special jar of fish eyes and removed it from its place on the shelf. Removing it revealed a small door, and behind the door was a switch. Severus flipped the tiny switch, and stepped back as the wall swung inward gently, so not to knock off any of the contents on its shelves. Severus walked through and the wall closed behind him. He was now in a plain, small, stone room, which had large wooden door on the other side. He muttered a "magic word" and the door unlocked. He entered his chambers and went straight for the bathroom to take a shower. He didn't exactly have an elaborate apartment, but it worked for him. He had his own bedroom, office, bathroom, kitchen, and spare room. He had guessed the spare room was originally intended to use for a living room or another bedroom, but he had no need for either of those things. After his shower, he went straight to bed. He was tired enough that he passed out as soon as he got comfortable in his wooden canopy bed.
The next morning, he awoke early to finish his chores. He knew he no longer had the luxury of eating his meals in the Great Hall, since there were no children to feed; the cooks had gone home themselves for a vacation. He got up and went into his small kitchen to prepare his own breakfast. He could mix deadly potions, so fixing a simple meal wasn't all that complicated. He was an excellent cook, although he never really cooked that much. He ate rather quickly and got dressed in the most "muggle-ish" cloths he could find. This consisted of black pants and a button up, high collar shirt. He finished his paper work by 9 a.m., and then began the ordeal of gathering his things to take on his trip. He dug around inside his closet for his rarely used large black trunk. He used a simple charm to get the trunk to hold anything and everything he desired to place into it. He got all of his black robes, capes, a cauldron, and a few common ingredients for potions inside the enormous trunk. When he thought he had everything, he went to the small desk in his office and sat down. This room was the only one in his chambers accessible from the outside. There was a door leading out into the halls of the dungeon, as well as back into his other rooms. This was where he brought naughty students to await their punishment and where he spent most of his time. He fished around in a drawer and found some parchment. He dipped his quill in the black ink and started writing a short letter to his sister Stella. He simply told her that he would be leaving that day and would be taking the train to their town.
"Do not bother with coming to pick me up at the station, I shall get myself to your house. See you in a few days.
Sincerely,
Severus"
He looked over the letter and once satisfied, he rolled it up and placed a red ribbon around it to hold it together. He looked around his office and locked the outside door, then returned to his apartments. There he also made sure everything was in order, and exited to his classroom. He grabbed his cape from his chair and put it on. He picked up his trunk and left the room, going into the halls of the dungeon. He climbed up the long flight of stairs out of the dungeon, walking a while before reaching the doors that lead outside. He opened them and went out into the sunshine. He had to admit, the warmth of the sun on his face felt quite pleasurable. The wind blew and tossed his hair, making it even more untidy than normal. He shook his head, forcing the hair to go back to its normal place. The Forbidden Forest was in full bloom, showing brilliant colors of flowers and the marvelous greens of trees and bushes. He even permitted himself to grin slightly at the sight laid out before him. He left his trunk in the spot right beside the doors of Hogwarts and stepped farther out into the grass, looking around for people. The scene was vacant, only him in the lovely outdoors. Severus placed his fingers to his lips and whistled loudly. Suddenly, a large shadow appeared on the ground. He shielded his eyes from the bright sun and gazed upward at the object. He recognized Ebony and smiled at the dark bird. The large black owl perched on Severus's shoulder and nibbled affectionately at his long hair.
"Ebony, my dear, how long has it been since I have required your services, hm?" Severus said, petting her back absent-mindedly. The bird just stared at him contently with its huge black eyes. "Well, here's your mission, if you feel up to it." Snape received his answer when Ebony hooted softly. "I want you to take this to Stella. You just stay put, I'll be there in a few days." He placed the rolled up parchment in one of her gigantic claws. The owl suddenly lurched off his arm, flying towards the sky. He watched as she glided over the treetops.
When she was gone from his sight, he turned back towards Hogwarts and sighed. He walked over to where he left his trunk and picked it up by the handle. He dragged it out onto the lawn and looked back at Hogwarts fondly. He never liked flying for long distances on brooms, and flying to Liverpool would indeed be a long trip. Floo Powder was another option, but none of his sisters had a fireplace for him to appear in. They tried to stay cut off from the rest of the wizarding world, although Severus never really knew why. Something to do with their father, he was sure.everything they did had something to do with their father. So, all that was left was for him to take the train, with the Muggles. He rather liked riding the train; it gave him a chance to look at nature, but the Muggles he didn't like. He could Apparate like many witches and wizards, but in order to do that, he had to stake out a place where he was sure no Muggles would witness his appearing out of nowhere. He didn't want to fool with doing all of that, so he simply decided to take the train. He would, however, Apparate to a specific alleyway near the train station. That was a place set off for wizard-use only, so people and families could travel there, then use the train station. He took out his wand from his pocket and muttered a few words. With a final look back at the school, Severus Snape disappeared from the front lawn of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He reappeared in a very dark alleyway. He glanced around the area and found it empty. He walked out onto the street, careful no be noticed by Muggles. It would be a tough time indeed to explain to them how he could walk out of walls. He walked briskly, like always, down the street towards the train station. Very few people dared to look at the man wearing a rather large cape billowing out behind him, with pitch-black hair that hung down to his cheekbones, and dragging an enormous trunk behind him. The people who did dare to look at him oddly, received a threatening look from he Potions Master.
**And there ya have it, the first chapter. So, what did ya think? I know what your thinking: "Severus would have never turned down the chance to be the DADA teacher!" Well, in this case he has to. Let's face it, he is an awesome Potions teacher and he belongs there (In my humble opinion) and he has to have a stunning beautiful DADA teacher to fall in love with! That's the rules! So, until next time!**
Severus Snape walked down the hall of Hogwarts briskly, dodging the kids in the process. His long, black cape flowed behind him as he weaved through the mass of children. It was the last day of the school year. All the kids were in a rush to get back to their homes and families for the summer. Professor Snape didn't look happy as he flew through the maze of passageways. There was always a staff meeting the last day of the school year, and Professor Snape never looked forward to them.
He finally arrived in the Great Hall, where the meeting was to take place. He was the last one in and quickly took his place at the large table. Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster, stood and motioned for silence. When the room was quiet, he spoke,
"Welcome all! We have reached yet another end to a wonderful year at Hogwarts, and I would just like to congratulate you all on a splendid year." All the teachers smiled and clapped for one another. Professor Snape just smirked and clapped slowly. Dumbledore waited for them to finish, then continued, "I really have nothing more to say to you, except have a great summer.Oh! And you will be receiving your weekly newsletters as normal by owl." He smiled and started to walk off, but then stopped as if he forgot something. "Oh, I almost forgot.due to the recent events, it seems we are now short one teacher." They all looked at where Professor Quirrell usually sat. Dumbledore carried on, "If any of you are interested in the vacant position, please notify me as soon as possible. That is all." Professor Snape wondered why Dumbledore seemed to be eyeing him while talking about the Master of the Defense from Dark Arts position was being discussed. All the teachers gathered in small groups to talk amongst themselves, but Professor Snape just continued to sit there and think. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He whirled around to face Professor Dumbledore. He relaxed a little, and looked at Dumbledore, waiting for him to speak.
"Severus, I have heard that you may be interested in the Master of the Defense Against the Dark Arts position." Professor Snape still looked at him blankly. He finally came to his senses and answered,
"I indeed have a desire to be the Defense Against the Darks Arts Master. But, if I did accept the position, whom would you get to be Potions Master? No one is as good as Potions as I am, Albus, no one. There fore it makes it a difficult decision, sir. I would be an excellent teacher of the Dark Arts, since I have so much experience with the Death Eaters.but I don't think I'm quite ready to leave the Potions Master position." Dumbledore smiled and nodded.
"Somehow I knew that would be your answer. So, would you happen to know anyone who could fill the position?" Professor Snape thought a moment, then replied,
"No one really comes to mind sir, sorry." Professor Snape said. Dumbledore's eyes sparkled as he smiled warmly Professor Snape.
"That's alright, Severus. I'll have to do some searching this summer. Speaking of which, I hear you won't be staying here with us." Professor Snape nodded,
"I plan on visiting my sisters.I feel I owe them as much. They raised me and I haven't seen them in 5 years." Dumbledore looked as if he was deep in thought.
"Yes.Stella, Sylvia, and sweet little Sabrina. I remember them well. How are they?" Professor Snape shrugged.
"Actually, I'm not sure.I haven't wrote them in a while. I have been expecting any of their children to come here, but none have showed up so far. Must be the bad blood they married. Except for Sabrina, she married a true wizard. I hear their son is impressive." Dumbledore nodded. Professor Snape sighed. "I must be going, sir, I have a lot of work to do before I leave tomorrow."
"Alright then, you have a safe trip and a good time. Tell the girls I said hello." Severus nodded. Dumbledore walked off, talking to various people as he passed. Professor Snape decided to leave. He never really liked to converse with anyone but Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall, and they were currently already in conversations. He looked around the Great Hall one last time and exited. He walked back to his chambers quite slowly, looking for any lingering students. There were only a few wondering around, he suspected their parents were coming to get them soon.
He entered his empty classroom and looked at the horrible mess, "So much to do." He said to himself. He usually stayed at Hogwarts year round, since it was his only home. Dumbledore made him a kind of "keeper" of Hogwarts during the summer, which meant Severus was in charge, which he loved. Filch and his cat Mrs. Norris always stayed as well, cleaning up the old school for the upcoming year. All the other teachers had other homes and families elsewhere to return to. Severus's only family was his three sisters. His mother and father died when he was very young, leaving him in the care of his sisters, who were much older than him. They all lived together, side by side on a street. He had received an invitation from Stella, his eldest sister, to stay the summer with him. He couldn't turn them down, not after all they did for him. Professor Snape stood there, looking around his untidy classroom. "Guess I had better get started." He said aloud to the empty room. He hated manual work and wasn't looking forward to the cleaning ahead of him. His desk was nothing but papers; you couldn't even see the top of it. He sat down and began shuffling through the mess, organizing them into stacks. He stayed there most of the night, getting reports, tests, grades, and such filed and put in their proper places.
At half past one, Severus decided he had better just finish it in the morning. He got up from his desk and stretched. He walked to a door behind his desk and unlocked it. It looked only like a storage room; the walls were covered in shelves that held various potion ingredients. Severus walked over to a special jar of fish eyes and removed it from its place on the shelf. Removing it revealed a small door, and behind the door was a switch. Severus flipped the tiny switch, and stepped back as the wall swung inward gently, so not to knock off any of the contents on its shelves. Severus walked through and the wall closed behind him. He was now in a plain, small, stone room, which had large wooden door on the other side. He muttered a "magic word" and the door unlocked. He entered his chambers and went straight for the bathroom to take a shower. He didn't exactly have an elaborate apartment, but it worked for him. He had his own bedroom, office, bathroom, kitchen, and spare room. He had guessed the spare room was originally intended to use for a living room or another bedroom, but he had no need for either of those things. After his shower, he went straight to bed. He was tired enough that he passed out as soon as he got comfortable in his wooden canopy bed.
The next morning, he awoke early to finish his chores. He knew he no longer had the luxury of eating his meals in the Great Hall, since there were no children to feed; the cooks had gone home themselves for a vacation. He got up and went into his small kitchen to prepare his own breakfast. He could mix deadly potions, so fixing a simple meal wasn't all that complicated. He was an excellent cook, although he never really cooked that much. He ate rather quickly and got dressed in the most "muggle-ish" cloths he could find. This consisted of black pants and a button up, high collar shirt. He finished his paper work by 9 a.m., and then began the ordeal of gathering his things to take on his trip. He dug around inside his closet for his rarely used large black trunk. He used a simple charm to get the trunk to hold anything and everything he desired to place into it. He got all of his black robes, capes, a cauldron, and a few common ingredients for potions inside the enormous trunk. When he thought he had everything, he went to the small desk in his office and sat down. This room was the only one in his chambers accessible from the outside. There was a door leading out into the halls of the dungeon, as well as back into his other rooms. This was where he brought naughty students to await their punishment and where he spent most of his time. He fished around in a drawer and found some parchment. He dipped his quill in the black ink and started writing a short letter to his sister Stella. He simply told her that he would be leaving that day and would be taking the train to their town.
"Do not bother with coming to pick me up at the station, I shall get myself to your house. See you in a few days.
Sincerely,
Severus"
He looked over the letter and once satisfied, he rolled it up and placed a red ribbon around it to hold it together. He looked around his office and locked the outside door, then returned to his apartments. There he also made sure everything was in order, and exited to his classroom. He grabbed his cape from his chair and put it on. He picked up his trunk and left the room, going into the halls of the dungeon. He climbed up the long flight of stairs out of the dungeon, walking a while before reaching the doors that lead outside. He opened them and went out into the sunshine. He had to admit, the warmth of the sun on his face felt quite pleasurable. The wind blew and tossed his hair, making it even more untidy than normal. He shook his head, forcing the hair to go back to its normal place. The Forbidden Forest was in full bloom, showing brilliant colors of flowers and the marvelous greens of trees and bushes. He even permitted himself to grin slightly at the sight laid out before him. He left his trunk in the spot right beside the doors of Hogwarts and stepped farther out into the grass, looking around for people. The scene was vacant, only him in the lovely outdoors. Severus placed his fingers to his lips and whistled loudly. Suddenly, a large shadow appeared on the ground. He shielded his eyes from the bright sun and gazed upward at the object. He recognized Ebony and smiled at the dark bird. The large black owl perched on Severus's shoulder and nibbled affectionately at his long hair.
"Ebony, my dear, how long has it been since I have required your services, hm?" Severus said, petting her back absent-mindedly. The bird just stared at him contently with its huge black eyes. "Well, here's your mission, if you feel up to it." Snape received his answer when Ebony hooted softly. "I want you to take this to Stella. You just stay put, I'll be there in a few days." He placed the rolled up parchment in one of her gigantic claws. The owl suddenly lurched off his arm, flying towards the sky. He watched as she glided over the treetops.
When she was gone from his sight, he turned back towards Hogwarts and sighed. He walked over to where he left his trunk and picked it up by the handle. He dragged it out onto the lawn and looked back at Hogwarts fondly. He never liked flying for long distances on brooms, and flying to Liverpool would indeed be a long trip. Floo Powder was another option, but none of his sisters had a fireplace for him to appear in. They tried to stay cut off from the rest of the wizarding world, although Severus never really knew why. Something to do with their father, he was sure.everything they did had something to do with their father. So, all that was left was for him to take the train, with the Muggles. He rather liked riding the train; it gave him a chance to look at nature, but the Muggles he didn't like. He could Apparate like many witches and wizards, but in order to do that, he had to stake out a place where he was sure no Muggles would witness his appearing out of nowhere. He didn't want to fool with doing all of that, so he simply decided to take the train. He would, however, Apparate to a specific alleyway near the train station. That was a place set off for wizard-use only, so people and families could travel there, then use the train station. He took out his wand from his pocket and muttered a few words. With a final look back at the school, Severus Snape disappeared from the front lawn of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He reappeared in a very dark alleyway. He glanced around the area and found it empty. He walked out onto the street, careful no be noticed by Muggles. It would be a tough time indeed to explain to them how he could walk out of walls. He walked briskly, like always, down the street towards the train station. Very few people dared to look at the man wearing a rather large cape billowing out behind him, with pitch-black hair that hung down to his cheekbones, and dragging an enormous trunk behind him. The people who did dare to look at him oddly, received a threatening look from he Potions Master.
**And there ya have it, the first chapter. So, what did ya think? I know what your thinking: "Severus would have never turned down the chance to be the DADA teacher!" Well, in this case he has to. Let's face it, he is an awesome Potions teacher and he belongs there (In my humble opinion) and he has to have a stunning beautiful DADA teacher to fall in love with! That's the rules! So, until next time!**