TITLE : Starting from the beginning
AUTHOR : Hollyva
REVIEW AT : Estelle@mic.fr
RATING : PG-13 to be safe
PAIRING : Draco/Helena the first year
SUMMARY : Helena is a young witch from beauxbattons but a tragedy in her world will bring her to hogwarts where she will discover some things about herself .
AUTOR NOTES : thanks for the reviews an special thanks to Incitata, my beta- reader . The chapters are getting longer and * i hope * better
DISCLAIMER : All the characters in this story belong to JK Rowling exept Helena and Flora Setendale
STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING CHAPTER 3
« Do you have all you things ? » The potion master asked . Helena and he were getting ready to go to his house .
« Yes professor » she replied
« Miss Setendale, as you are going to spend the summer at my house I suggest you'd call me Severus » he said
« Then call me Helena, . Severus » the name felt weird when she said it. She wasn't used to call her teachers by their given names.
« Now that you are ready, we may go »
************
Portkeys were really useful . In a few minutes, they arrived in front of the Snape Manor .
It was a very big and old mansion
« It's been in my family for 5 generations » he commented
The inside was bigger that she thought . Immense rooms with paintings and mirrors .
There were three floors . In the first were the living room,the kitchen , an immense library and a potion lab .
Four bedrooms were on the second floor, as well as an immense bathroom . The beds where so huge that even a giant could have had fit in it . The one who decorated the Manor surely had a great taste
And finally, on the thrid floor was the attic . It was that kind of attic that you expect to be haunted . She didn't know if it was but didn't ask
Snape led her to her bedroom . It was small compared to the others but much bigger that the one she had in her home in France.
She had the surprise to see that all her stuff had already been brought to the room
« i let you unpack your things . Meet me at 8 o'clock in the living room for dinner » Snape said
After that words, snape left the room muttering a quick ' don't be late '
Helena sighed as she sat on the bed . The Manor changed too much from her home and she wasn't sure she liked that change
Snape was nice with her but he wasn't much of talking person . ' It would be nice to make him open-up a bit ' she thought . At least, she wouldn't spend the summer alone and she was with a wizard .
She had met muggles once in her life and that wasn't a pleasant experience . Maybe some of them were nice, but those she met certanly weren't
Helena looked around the room and was surprised to see a muggle clock as well as some other muggle stuff . With a look a the time, she decided to have a shower and prepare herself for the dinner
Sje juste hoped it wasn't going to be dead silent
*************
Well it was dead silent .
Since she came in the room, the only words Snape said was ' sit down ' . Helena had a feeling that she bothered him . That he didn't want to have her in his house.
« Do you hate me ? » helena asked
« Excuse me ? » Snape replied
« I said ' do you hate me ? ' » she repeated
« Yes I unterstood that but why are you asking me that ? » he asked
« Well, every time i'm around you're awfully quiet and you're not that nice with me . It's like i'm some kind of burden » she said
Snape looked surprised by her answer, almost hurted
« I didn't mean to be cold or something like that, but it's the way I am so you accept it or you leave » he said in a cold tone
« See, you're doing it again ! Do you have any friends ? » she asked
« I beg your pardon ? » snape said, starting to get angry
« If you act like that I don't know how you could have any friends . People are not attracted to cold persons . Or are you just like that with me ? Witch brings me back to my previous question ' do you hate me ?' and why ? » she said
« Listen up because I'm not going to tell it twice : i'm not a nice person . Not at all . I've made mistakes in the past and the cost me a lot . Like the death of my family . That's why I'm cold to people . Those mistakes have consequences and each of my friends are in danger . Fortunately, they are very few . And I don't need to put another person in danger »
He paused , trying to figure out if he should tell her the rest . Finally .
« And I guess a part of me wanted you to leave the manor . You see, your father wasn't really my best friend . He didn't made my life easier and I kinda thought that, since you look exactly like him, you could bring me more problems » he confided .
Helena didn't know what to say . She wasn't expecting that kind of answer . Since Snape decided to be honest with her then she will be honest with him .
What he said confirmed her theory that Snape knew her father . And she wanted to know more
« How much did you know my father ? » she asked
« Well he was in the same year that me in Hogwarts . But he was in Gryffindor and I was in Slytherin so we couldn't be friends »
« Why ? » asked Helena . She didn't knew anything about Hogwarts so she didn't understood why they couldn't be friends . Snape explained quickly then asked
« You really don't know anything about your father ? »
« No » Helena replied « My mother refused to tell me anything about him »
« She was probably right . And I shouldn't tell you anything either . » Snape said
« But . » Helena started protesting . Her father was the only family she had left, she wanted to know some things about him, she needed to know somethings about him .
« Can you at least give me his name ? » she asked
« No . Not now . I'm sure you'll know it soon enough »
Helena figured that she wouldn't get more information so she decided to stop talking
Snape got up to take something and Helena was surprised when she saw him come back with a box of chocolate frogs
She smiled at him and said
« Chocolate frogs ? »
« Yeah . want some ? » Helena couldn't stop herself from laughing
« What makes you laugh ? » he asked, somehow hurt by her reaction
« well i didn't thought you were the kind of person to eat chocolate frogs . But you've already surprised me more than once since i'm here . » she said
« I take that as a compliment » he said , smiling a little
Then he added
« I'm going to my potion lab to work a little . Do whatever you want but don't break anything . »
He turned to leave but stopped at the door and said to helena
« Tomorrow we're going to Diagon Alley for the day . be ready at nine o'clock »
« Diagon Alley ? » she asked . Once again,she didn't know anything about that place
« You can buy all the stuff you need her . Books,wands,owls . » he explained
« And where is Diagon Alley ? » she asked
« In London, but we are going by floo powder »
« Great ! » helena said « i hate floo powder »
« Well it's not my favourite way of travelling either » he admitted
« So, see you tomorrow » she said
« Yes . tomorrow »
*********
Helena quickly made her way to her room . 'Well it has been an interesting dinner . ' she thought . Severus has been more open than she has expected and she was right : he knew something about her father. Still, he refused to tell her his name .
A quick look at the clock told her that she has spent twenty minutes wondering about the dinner and she decided to go to sleep
' Tomorrow is another big day ' Helena thought before falling asleep
********
The night went without any problems . No nightmares and Helena appreciated that .
The night without nightmares were really rare lately for her .
She got up and started dressing herself . In a few minutes they were going to Diagon Alley for school shopping . She just hoped it was going to be fine .
Helena heard a voice from downstairs . Severus . It was time to go
********
They arrived to Diagon Alley very fast, thanks to floo powder . Helena was impressed . It was nothing like the street where she was getting her stuff in France .
There was so much witches and wizard, so much kids . She wondered if they were going to Hogwarts too . Maybe there was some of her future classmates in that crawd .
Severus led her to Flourish & Botts but before entering the book shop, Helena asked
« Severus, how am i going to pay ? I don't have much money and it's in France »
« Don't worry about that . Dumbledore asked for your argent to be transfered here . But it'll take some time . For now, I am paying for you . My money has no use if it stays in a vault » he replied
They quickly bought the books and Severus insisted to buy her a new cauldron and some potions ingredients .
« If you're going to be my student, you might as well have some new stuff . I don't want you to have problems catching up the work and I don't fancy people stealing my ingredients behing my back . Something i'm sure you'll do if you're in Gryffindor with Potter and his friends » he said
« Potter ? Harry Potter is in Hogwarts ? » Helena asked . That was actually the first time that she wasn't left out of a conversation because she didn't know anything in England.
Snape sighed
« Oh great, another fan . Anyway if you're not in Slytherin you will be one of his fans . That boy enjoys celebrity too much » he said not thinking any word of it
' That girl will be much better if she thinks Potter is a brat who only thinks about his celebrity . She has enough problems with Voldemort without adding Potter's . Hanging out with him will only get her in trouble ' Severus thought
« Can you go back to the Manor alone ? I still need to get some stuff » Severus asked
« Why ? I mean I can go with you , can't I ? » Helena was surprised by his question . Why didn't he want her to go with him ?
« Well the thing is the shop I'm going is a dark arts shop and they say that the owner is a Death Eater . I don't if it's true but I prefer not to take a risk » he explained
« Oh sure . I'll see you later then » she said before disappearing .
She kinda understood his reasons . She was in the Snape manor because nobody will think of her being with an ex death-eater . And she was starting to feel safe at the snape manor , she didn't want to move anywhere else .
*********
« Helena ? Are you here ? » Severus said . He had finished his shopping and had come back to the manor, arms full of bags
« Yes just over there » Helena said, coming in the doorway . « Did you find everything you wanted ? »
« Yes actually even some ingredients that are very rare . You see they are used for a very difficult potion and . » Snape stopped, seeing Helena wasn't interested in what she said
« All right i get it. I'm not interesting »
« What ? Oh yes you are it's just . well . Potions . » she admitted
« You mean you don't like potions ? » he asked, surprised . Potions was probaly the most fascinating subject, according to him anyway . He was well aware that students at Hogwarts didn't like potions because he was the one teaching it . But if Helena had another teacher, she should've had liked it
« Well the teacher I had in beauxbattons was terrified by the students . It's hard to teach in this condition and for the students to learn anything . » helena explained
« You will find in Hogwarts that the students are terrified by me, and not the other way around . I admit some of the students aren't able to work in this condition . » he said
« Well i think i can see why they are scared of you » she said, smiling
« Really ? if you think i'm scary now then just wait the first day of class . that's often the worst . » he replied, smiling back
Helena was about to reply when she heard a noise in Severus' bags
« Are some of your ingredients alive ? » she joked
« No , actually this is for you » Severus said as he took out a cage with a big brown owl in it .
« I noticed that you didn't have any pets so i thought an owl might be useful to carry your mail » he explained
Helena didn't know what to say . The day before, she told him he wasn't friendly enough and now he was buying her all her school stuff AND and owl . She managed a quick 'thanks' that made Severus smile lighlty . She hoped he wasn't going to mention that she told him the day before that he was a cold person .
But he didn't and he left her alone . She decided to name the owl Sallia and took her in her bedroom .
She wanted to use it to send a letter but she didn't know anybody . Dumbledore told her not to write to her french friends . After all, she was supposed to be dead .
Helena felt lonely . She just hoped she'll have good friends in Hogwarts . That she wouldn't be an outsider
She decided to stop thinking about that .
After all, she was only going to Hogwarts in four weeks .
TO BE CONTINUED
Please please i'm waiting for your reviews . The next chapter is almost ready and if you want it then review
Hollyva
AUTHOR : Hollyva
REVIEW AT : Estelle@mic.fr
RATING : PG-13 to be safe
PAIRING : Draco/Helena the first year
SUMMARY : Helena is a young witch from beauxbattons but a tragedy in her world will bring her to hogwarts where she will discover some things about herself .
AUTOR NOTES : thanks for the reviews an special thanks to Incitata, my beta- reader . The chapters are getting longer and * i hope * better
DISCLAIMER : All the characters in this story belong to JK Rowling exept Helena and Flora Setendale
STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING CHAPTER 3
« Do you have all you things ? » The potion master asked . Helena and he were getting ready to go to his house .
« Yes professor » she replied
« Miss Setendale, as you are going to spend the summer at my house I suggest you'd call me Severus » he said
« Then call me Helena, . Severus » the name felt weird when she said it. She wasn't used to call her teachers by their given names.
« Now that you are ready, we may go »
************
Portkeys were really useful . In a few minutes, they arrived in front of the Snape Manor .
It was a very big and old mansion
« It's been in my family for 5 generations » he commented
The inside was bigger that she thought . Immense rooms with paintings and mirrors .
There were three floors . In the first were the living room,the kitchen , an immense library and a potion lab .
Four bedrooms were on the second floor, as well as an immense bathroom . The beds where so huge that even a giant could have had fit in it . The one who decorated the Manor surely had a great taste
And finally, on the thrid floor was the attic . It was that kind of attic that you expect to be haunted . She didn't know if it was but didn't ask
Snape led her to her bedroom . It was small compared to the others but much bigger that the one she had in her home in France.
She had the surprise to see that all her stuff had already been brought to the room
« i let you unpack your things . Meet me at 8 o'clock in the living room for dinner » Snape said
After that words, snape left the room muttering a quick ' don't be late '
Helena sighed as she sat on the bed . The Manor changed too much from her home and she wasn't sure she liked that change
Snape was nice with her but he wasn't much of talking person . ' It would be nice to make him open-up a bit ' she thought . At least, she wouldn't spend the summer alone and she was with a wizard .
She had met muggles once in her life and that wasn't a pleasant experience . Maybe some of them were nice, but those she met certanly weren't
Helena looked around the room and was surprised to see a muggle clock as well as some other muggle stuff . With a look a the time, she decided to have a shower and prepare herself for the dinner
Sje juste hoped it wasn't going to be dead silent
*************
Well it was dead silent .
Since she came in the room, the only words Snape said was ' sit down ' . Helena had a feeling that she bothered him . That he didn't want to have her in his house.
« Do you hate me ? » helena asked
« Excuse me ? » Snape replied
« I said ' do you hate me ? ' » she repeated
« Yes I unterstood that but why are you asking me that ? » he asked
« Well, every time i'm around you're awfully quiet and you're not that nice with me . It's like i'm some kind of burden » she said
Snape looked surprised by her answer, almost hurted
« I didn't mean to be cold or something like that, but it's the way I am so you accept it or you leave » he said in a cold tone
« See, you're doing it again ! Do you have any friends ? » she asked
« I beg your pardon ? » snape said, starting to get angry
« If you act like that I don't know how you could have any friends . People are not attracted to cold persons . Or are you just like that with me ? Witch brings me back to my previous question ' do you hate me ?' and why ? » she said
« Listen up because I'm not going to tell it twice : i'm not a nice person . Not at all . I've made mistakes in the past and the cost me a lot . Like the death of my family . That's why I'm cold to people . Those mistakes have consequences and each of my friends are in danger . Fortunately, they are very few . And I don't need to put another person in danger »
He paused , trying to figure out if he should tell her the rest . Finally .
« And I guess a part of me wanted you to leave the manor . You see, your father wasn't really my best friend . He didn't made my life easier and I kinda thought that, since you look exactly like him, you could bring me more problems » he confided .
Helena didn't know what to say . She wasn't expecting that kind of answer . Since Snape decided to be honest with her then she will be honest with him .
What he said confirmed her theory that Snape knew her father . And she wanted to know more
« How much did you know my father ? » she asked
« Well he was in the same year that me in Hogwarts . But he was in Gryffindor and I was in Slytherin so we couldn't be friends »
« Why ? » asked Helena . She didn't knew anything about Hogwarts so she didn't understood why they couldn't be friends . Snape explained quickly then asked
« You really don't know anything about your father ? »
« No » Helena replied « My mother refused to tell me anything about him »
« She was probably right . And I shouldn't tell you anything either . » Snape said
« But . » Helena started protesting . Her father was the only family she had left, she wanted to know some things about him, she needed to know somethings about him .
« Can you at least give me his name ? » she asked
« No . Not now . I'm sure you'll know it soon enough »
Helena figured that she wouldn't get more information so she decided to stop talking
Snape got up to take something and Helena was surprised when she saw him come back with a box of chocolate frogs
She smiled at him and said
« Chocolate frogs ? »
« Yeah . want some ? » Helena couldn't stop herself from laughing
« What makes you laugh ? » he asked, somehow hurt by her reaction
« well i didn't thought you were the kind of person to eat chocolate frogs . But you've already surprised me more than once since i'm here . » she said
« I take that as a compliment » he said , smiling a little
Then he added
« I'm going to my potion lab to work a little . Do whatever you want but don't break anything . »
He turned to leave but stopped at the door and said to helena
« Tomorrow we're going to Diagon Alley for the day . be ready at nine o'clock »
« Diagon Alley ? » she asked . Once again,she didn't know anything about that place
« You can buy all the stuff you need her . Books,wands,owls . » he explained
« And where is Diagon Alley ? » she asked
« In London, but we are going by floo powder »
« Great ! » helena said « i hate floo powder »
« Well it's not my favourite way of travelling either » he admitted
« So, see you tomorrow » she said
« Yes . tomorrow »
*********
Helena quickly made her way to her room . 'Well it has been an interesting dinner . ' she thought . Severus has been more open than she has expected and she was right : he knew something about her father. Still, he refused to tell her his name .
A quick look at the clock told her that she has spent twenty minutes wondering about the dinner and she decided to go to sleep
' Tomorrow is another big day ' Helena thought before falling asleep
********
The night went without any problems . No nightmares and Helena appreciated that .
The night without nightmares were really rare lately for her .
She got up and started dressing herself . In a few minutes they were going to Diagon Alley for school shopping . She just hoped it was going to be fine .
Helena heard a voice from downstairs . Severus . It was time to go
********
They arrived to Diagon Alley very fast, thanks to floo powder . Helena was impressed . It was nothing like the street where she was getting her stuff in France .
There was so much witches and wizard, so much kids . She wondered if they were going to Hogwarts too . Maybe there was some of her future classmates in that crawd .
Severus led her to Flourish & Botts but before entering the book shop, Helena asked
« Severus, how am i going to pay ? I don't have much money and it's in France »
« Don't worry about that . Dumbledore asked for your argent to be transfered here . But it'll take some time . For now, I am paying for you . My money has no use if it stays in a vault » he replied
They quickly bought the books and Severus insisted to buy her a new cauldron and some potions ingredients .
« If you're going to be my student, you might as well have some new stuff . I don't want you to have problems catching up the work and I don't fancy people stealing my ingredients behing my back . Something i'm sure you'll do if you're in Gryffindor with Potter and his friends » he said
« Potter ? Harry Potter is in Hogwarts ? » Helena asked . That was actually the first time that she wasn't left out of a conversation because she didn't know anything in England.
Snape sighed
« Oh great, another fan . Anyway if you're not in Slytherin you will be one of his fans . That boy enjoys celebrity too much » he said not thinking any word of it
' That girl will be much better if she thinks Potter is a brat who only thinks about his celebrity . She has enough problems with Voldemort without adding Potter's . Hanging out with him will only get her in trouble ' Severus thought
« Can you go back to the Manor alone ? I still need to get some stuff » Severus asked
« Why ? I mean I can go with you , can't I ? » Helena was surprised by his question . Why didn't he want her to go with him ?
« Well the thing is the shop I'm going is a dark arts shop and they say that the owner is a Death Eater . I don't if it's true but I prefer not to take a risk » he explained
« Oh sure . I'll see you later then » she said before disappearing .
She kinda understood his reasons . She was in the Snape manor because nobody will think of her being with an ex death-eater . And she was starting to feel safe at the snape manor , she didn't want to move anywhere else .
*********
« Helena ? Are you here ? » Severus said . He had finished his shopping and had come back to the manor, arms full of bags
« Yes just over there » Helena said, coming in the doorway . « Did you find everything you wanted ? »
« Yes actually even some ingredients that are very rare . You see they are used for a very difficult potion and . » Snape stopped, seeing Helena wasn't interested in what she said
« All right i get it. I'm not interesting »
« What ? Oh yes you are it's just . well . Potions . » she admitted
« You mean you don't like potions ? » he asked, surprised . Potions was probaly the most fascinating subject, according to him anyway . He was well aware that students at Hogwarts didn't like potions because he was the one teaching it . But if Helena had another teacher, she should've had liked it
« Well the teacher I had in beauxbattons was terrified by the students . It's hard to teach in this condition and for the students to learn anything . » helena explained
« You will find in Hogwarts that the students are terrified by me, and not the other way around . I admit some of the students aren't able to work in this condition . » he said
« Well i think i can see why they are scared of you » she said, smiling
« Really ? if you think i'm scary now then just wait the first day of class . that's often the worst . » he replied, smiling back
Helena was about to reply when she heard a noise in Severus' bags
« Are some of your ingredients alive ? » she joked
« No , actually this is for you » Severus said as he took out a cage with a big brown owl in it .
« I noticed that you didn't have any pets so i thought an owl might be useful to carry your mail » he explained
Helena didn't know what to say . The day before, she told him he wasn't friendly enough and now he was buying her all her school stuff AND and owl . She managed a quick 'thanks' that made Severus smile lighlty . She hoped he wasn't going to mention that she told him the day before that he was a cold person .
But he didn't and he left her alone . She decided to name the owl Sallia and took her in her bedroom .
She wanted to use it to send a letter but she didn't know anybody . Dumbledore told her not to write to her french friends . After all, she was supposed to be dead .
Helena felt lonely . She just hoped she'll have good friends in Hogwarts . That she wouldn't be an outsider
She decided to stop thinking about that .
After all, she was only going to Hogwarts in four weeks .
TO BE CONTINUED
Please please i'm waiting for your reviews . The next chapter is almost ready and if you want it then review
Hollyva