Chapter 1- The Torturing Of Snape

"Having fun Snivellus?!"

James Potter, official Hogwarts mischief maker and Marauder along with his three best friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, called out to Severus Snape who was hanging upside down by James's wand pointing straight at him. He looked around smiling at all of the girls laughing and whispering to their friends pointing at him. But there was one girl that was not quite so happy at this event, and unfortunately, it was the girl that mattered most.

Lily Evans sat by the lake giving a most deathly glare at James as she stood up and walked over to him.

"James Potter, you put him down right this instant!"

Came Lily's shriek from behind James. He turned around and faced Lily, accidentally swinging Snape with him as he turned. He could not help but laugh a bit, but seeing Lily's look made him wipe the smile completely off his face.

"Come on Evans, let me have a bit of fun!"

He gave her a charming smile, but was just returned with a frown.

"Put him down or you get detention for a week, as well as me telling the Headmaster about this."

James sighed as he got her usual threat.

"How about you go out with me Lily, and I put him down."

From the left of James came a snort.

"Come on Prongs, what makes you think that she will say yes this time."

Sirius Black muttered as he lay in the shade of a Willow watching Snape getting thrown around by James.

"I don't know, maybe I will just get lucky." Of course James wouldn't get lucky, Lily had never said yes from the day that James had first asked her out.

"No James! Are you too thick to see that I could care less about you? You go prancing about acting like you are better than everyone else and cursing people for no reason in the halls! I am surprised your head doesn't explode right now from being so self conceited!"

James frowned and gave his wand a twirl, shoving it into his pocket. As he did so, Snape did a flip in the air and landed with a splash in the lake. His frown shaped up into a smile again.

"There, I put him down, maybe next time you will say yes."

Lily gave James a glare and ran off to help Snape out of the lake. Thankfully he was just on the edge so she didn't actually have to jump in and save him. She held out her hand for him to grab.

"Are you alright? I am truly sorry about Potter, he has major issues."

Snape looked up and grabbed Lily's hand. She pulled him up onto the ground and plucked the seaweed out of his hair. James gave Snape a jealous look and headed off to the castle, his friends following behind him. Snape just stared at Lily for a second not noticing James or anyone else, she was a mudblood and she was helping him, someone who had always made fun of her.

"Y-yes I am alright, why did you save me anyways?"

Lily looked at him with concern in her eyes.

"Well I wasn't about to let you drown."

He noticed that he was still staring and he looked away.

"But what about all those times I made fun of you?"

A sneer played across his face, what if this was all part of James's joke.

"Well I admit, it isn't very nice to get picked on, but even though you do that stuff I still wouldn't let you drown. I must be going now, are you sure you are okay?"

He looked up at her and realized it couldn't be a joke Lily wouldn't do that.

"Yes I am fine."

Lily nodded and stood up grabbing her books and walked off towards the castle. Snape stared after her as she headed indoors, what were these feelings he was having?