Lily lied.
She was far from peaceful in Slytherin.
This house, so cool and indifferent on the outside, seems to be bustling with life and activity below the surface.
Everyone was determined to advance their goals only.
No, it wasn't that they were kind of selfish robots, they certainly stood for their friends as well. But there was nothing to Gryffindor's qualities, to stand up for anyone in their house, to challenge anyone and to defy...
No. Slytherin had a different principle. And as it turned out, everyone there had their own group of friends.
And as Lily knew, Severin was far from being accepted in any social circle.
She really didn't know how Severin survives. Lucky the girl was so anti-socialist, and still, it was a very lonely existence.
Lonely... well, not exactly.
But it would be better to have been absolutely alone, rather than the alternative.
In the past two weeks, Lily heard so many slander and insults, beyond the vocabulary she knew. The students were definitely creative.
Between the insect eyes, spider legs, until she compares her hair to the sewer.
And that was the good part.
But, oh hell, Severin really didn't get a break, did she?
Lily realized this, especially after a humiliating bullying case directed at her by two students, dragging an evening of laughter at her expense from across the common room.
And those were the people who were supposed to be her house.
Everyone else was worse.
She had only one consolation, the Marauders seemed to have lost their interest in her. It's mean, in the first week she was definitely caught up in some vicious stretches, but for some reason they seemed to have lost their interest very quickly. She might have thought it was because Potter liked her and felt her aura or recognized the form of behavior, but they just stopped looking for her to harass. Um, most often.
Plus, Potter and Black were too stupid to understand anything.
Maybe they felt it was not their usual familiar "Snivellin".
Lily exhaled furiously, she couldn't believe how shocking this cursed Potter was. And he asked her out time and time again!
Speaking of the idiot, he still kept following her. Well, after Severin in Lily's body.
She noticed him flirting several times, and smirked, Severin's reactions were even less patient than hers. Once, she even noticed, the girl raged furiously on his face.
He deserved it. But he just kept following her like a puppy in love.
It made her think.
Doesn't Potter even notice any other behavior..? She knew his flirtation wasn't a true love, but still, she felt an unpleasant pinch in her heart.
Was what made him follow her was just her look?
And so Lily found herself a little project. She decided to look at how the changes in appearance could have affected her good friend.
She was angry about it. Why are people so shallow? Why do they focus on flattening things like an appearance, without knowing the person inside? And more than that, it is not something under anyone's control whether one is beautiful or not. How can expect from Severin to look like a normal girl after the life she went through? Lily didn't know a lot about what Severin was going through, but with her poverty in her home and the constant battles at Hogwarts, how could a girl maintain a respectable performance?
After a thorough bath and taking care of her teeth, Lily looked in the mirror.
Severin was certainly frighteningly thin, but her features were not bad. Her hair definitely looked better, though, probably needs a few more thorough rinses to get on her shoulders best, or maybe a potion would be more effective at this point...
She wondered whether to apply any makeup on her face. Severin would certainly not like it, but it is surprising how much it attracts people's eyes... no. It is not at this stage, perhaps later, she doesn't need to make such a drastic change at the beginning...
Her teeth and... She touched her nose carefully, feeling the slight hump in both places where she had previously broken.
Um...
She certainly should to go to see Madame Pomfrey.
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