Disguises, Ch. 2

By Piggylette

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"That'll be four pounds."

LeAnn Kelling - oops! I mean Lily Evans - paid the taxi driver and stepped out into the bustling world of King's Cross Station. She wheeled her trunk over towards the barrier between platforms nine and ten and found herself faced with her first dilemma of her new identity. Of course she new where the platform was - she'd been attending Hogwarts for five years - but she was pretending to be new to the school. If anyone were to see the "new girl" confidently going to the platform instead of appearing lost and confused, people would become suspicious of something. After putting on a confused façade while waiting a few minutes for someone to cross the barrier, she decided not to worry about it. She could just lie and say Dumbledore told her about it.

Three seconds after walking onto Platform 9 and 3/4, Lily collided with a body. Two seconds before literally running into her former best friend, she had heard small bits of two of her friends' conversation: "So sad.a whole year without LeAnn.don't think I can manage." It touched her heart, but that was soon forgotten after her friend Jessica was knocked onto the ground.

"Oh. My. God. Look what you did!" Jessica exclaimed, brushing the dust off of her chenille skirt.

"I'm so sorry! I was just -"

"Look, can't you see we're emotional here?" her other friend Molly cut in. "You so ruined our moment."

By this point, Lily was losing it. "How can you do this?!?!?!! You claim to be mourning a friend but snap at someone you could maybe become friends with as if she's worthless??" By this point, her former friends were gaping at her with shocked, wide eyes. "This is my first day at Hogwarts, and, frankly, I don't really want to go here if everyone's going to be as rude and heartless as you." She started walking away. "By the way, if you don't want people to run into you, maybe you shouldn't stand in front of the barrier."

Just as Molly was about to snap something back at Lily, a 2nd-year ran through the barrier and Molly landed on the ground with a thud.

Lily had never imagined that hearing her friend shriek would be so satisfying.

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With a sigh, the new and currently crushed Lily Evans boarded the train and walked past her normal compartment, where she knew she'd no longer be accepted. 'This is going to be a loooooong year,' she thought.

As she was searching for an empty compartment, a long, skinny, robe-clad arm leaned across the hallway in front of her, blocking her path. "Well, well, well. And who might you be, fair lady?" Snape. Lily shuddered unnoticeably. He bent down to kiss her hand, and she yanked it out of his grasp.

"My identity is none of your concern. I may be new here, but I'm not stupid, so prithee save the flirting, Snake-breath." Lily shot him a death glare and stormed off, settling with the first compartment she came to.

Severus stood staring at the spot where she had been just moments before. No girl had ever before turned him down so rudely. Well, there was one girl who had managed to resist his undeniable sexiness (A/N - yeah right. Just his ego, don't worry. Snape being hot would be out of character. Lol), but she was dead. Killed by death eaters, without a doubt. Anyway, she got what she deserved. No one insulted Severus Icarus Snape and got away with it. This new pain in the ass would be no exception.

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* A/N - Sorry to sorry so terribly sorry that it took me so long to post this chapter!!! I had had half of it finished after just a week, but I didn't want to post such a short chapter. Then I had to pull my grades up before the end of 3rd quarter to avoid brutal parental punishment. Then my computer fell off of my locker and the screen is cracked, meaning 1/8 of my screen is black and all screwed up. Now my dad is downstairs playing this song on his computer called "Country Tuba" over and over and over again. Oh well. At least I have a chapter up!

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