AN: I'm sorry that it took me so long since I updated, but I have my brother in town and he fixed my computer, but in the process he deleted some of my files. Including all of my fanfics.
GASP!!
But don't worry I had saved this chapter in my email account just in case.
It seems that my computer really sucks cuz this chapter was supposed to be very long so I had to cut the end off of it because It didn't have enough memory to leave it on this file. I am not very happy with this. But don't worry this is part one and the next chapter will be part two, so that you have the best of your reading pleasure.
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Lily sat in the compartment looking out the window as her mother left with Tom. After a moment or two she looked away and went over to her trunk, she was going to get a book but stopped when she saw what was in her trunk.
The box that Tom gave her.
Lily looked at it with surprise until she decided her mother must have placed it in there. She felt so betrayed the night before that she had left it in the room she had stayed in. She picked it up and placed it in her lap, after hesitating, she opened it and took her locket out.
She held it in her hand and opened it, the soft music filled the compartment and Lily laid back onto her seat. She closed her eyes and let her mind wander.
'Tom is my Father . . . of all of the things that could happen I never expected this.'
Her mind drifted a bit and she saw herself with Tom and her Mother the day before, she saw how happy they all were. She had never seen her Mother smile like that before, her eyes lit up, her mouth would stretch as far as it could, and a real laugh would escape her lips.
Tom seemed just as happy, if not more. Lily didn't know tom all that well, but he always seemed to try to make her feel loved.
'Does he really care for me?' she asked herself as she looked out the window again, they had already left the station and were zooming past the countryside.
The more she thought about it the more Lily saw that Tom did care for her if he was trying this hard for her to care for him, even before she knew the truth.
The letters that were exchanged.
The owl and the snake
The locket
These were all tokens of his love for the daughter that he never knew he had and was trying to make up for lost time.
Lily realized that he also loved her Mother dearly. When she looks back to last night, she saw the way they held each other and the way they kissed with so much passion. If he didn't love her Mother then he would not care about Petunia, and Lily already saw that he had a soft spot for her sister.
Lily thought back to what her Mother had said about not loving her Father. Lily always thought they had a perfect relationship, now she knew it was anything but. She remembered all the times that they had their anniversary dinners, her Mother always looked like she enjoyed herself. But now Lily knew that her Mother was a very good actress when it came to lying.
'I guess she got used to it.'
She wasn't mad anymore, not at Tom, or her Mother. Especially not her mother, who sacrificed her happiness for her children by staying so long with her Father. Any other woman would had left long ago, and Lily didn't really blame her Mother for trying to be happy with Tom.
A sound broke her train of thought, the compartment door was opened by a boy her age. He wore black full length robes, his black hair was neatly combed, and he carried his trunk behind him.
"Do you mind if I sit here? I can't find an empty compartment."
Lily closed her locket, "No go right ahead. I'm Lily, by the way."
He placed his trunk next to hers, closed the door, and sat down across from her. "I'm Severus"
"Are you a first year?"
"Yes, I assume your one too, correct?"
Lily nodded and smiled slightly, "Yes, but I'm kind of nervous about what house I'm going to be in. Do you know what house your going to be in?"
"Slytherin, my whole family is made of Slytherins so its kind of like family tradition."
"How do we get sorted?"
Severus smiled, "We're not supposed to know yet but my father told me anyway. There's a hat that the founders made that tells you where you'll fit in better, but the decision is actually up to you, whichever house you want to be in you think it to the hat and it will tell you whether or not you belong there."
"In that case I'm torn between Griffindor and Slytherin."
Severus looked surprised for a moment but hid it quickly. "That's a very odd choice."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Griffindors are complete opposites from Slytherin and they tend not to get along. They compete in everything and usually end up fighting."
Lily looked sad for a moment, "So if I'm sorted into Griffindor we can't be friends because your in Slytherin?"
He smirked,"We still could but our housemates would not speak to us."
They laughed out loud, but stopped when they heard the compartment door open again. There stood Cassandra McGonagall smiling with relief.
"Finally a friendly face. Do you mind if I sit here Lily, your the only person I know here."
"Cassandra! Come on in and join us."
Cassandra placed her things next to theirs and sat next to Lily after closing the door.
Cassandra noticed the boy in front of them and held her hand out, "Hello I'm Cassandra McGonagall."
Severus hesitated before shaking her hand firmly, "Severus Snape."
Cassandra looked thoughtful for a moment, "Snape? You father works for International affairs with my father."
Severus thought about it for a moment, "Yes your right, your father does all the translating, right?'
Cassandra smiled, "Yep, he knows a lot of languages, though I'm not all that sure how many that is to be exact."
They all broke into conversations about everything about the Wizarding world. From history to Quidditch and back again, they only stopped when a woman knocked on the door saying that there was food outside. They all took out their money and bought as many sweets as they could carry. After they ate for a while they started talking about how much magic they all knew.
"I know a couple of spells that I got from the book, other than that my knowledge is all facts." Said Cassandra as she chewed on a licorice worm.
"My father taught me a lot of spells before I came here but I do mostly Potions work." Said Severus as he opened the wrapper on a vanilla covered unicorn.
Lily thought about what she was going to say before she opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted as the compartment door was opened again.
Four boys stood in the doorway with grins on their faces. One had long hair in a ponytail, another had wild dark brown hair and glasses, the third was tall and lanky, and the last one was short with light brown hair. They went over to were Lily and Cassandra sat and introduced themselves.
"I'm Sirius Black, the one with the glasses is James Potter, the skinny one is Remus Lupin, and the short one is Peter Pettigrew."
Lily and Cassandra smiled at them, "I'm Cassandra McGonagall, she's Lily Evans, and he's Severus Snape."
They hadn't noticed Severus until Cassandra had introduced him, Sirius looked at him through narrow eyes.
"Your a Snape?"
Severus rolled his eyes, "Isn't that what she just said."
Both Lily and Cassandra started giggling at what Severus had said, he smiled at them slightly. Sirius however didn't find it amusing.
"Your grandfather was a supporter for Grindelwald, correct?"
Severus frowned, "I wouldn't know since he died before I could walk."
"Your whole family is rotten, I wouldn't be surprised if your father was a supporter for Lord Voldemort."
It all happened so quickly that Sirius didn't have a chance to react. Severus had tackled him and was punching his face. James and Remus tried to pull Severus of off the other boy but Severus would not budge.
"Take it back!"
Sirius punched Severus straight on the nose, Severus fell back and hit his head on one of the seats. He quickly stood and shoved Sirius into James and Remus who had helped him up. Lily and Cassandra each put a hand on his shoulder to keep him from fighting anymore.
"Severus calm down," said Cassandra clutching tightly at his robe.
"I will not calm down until he takes back what he said."
Sirius smirked at him, "What's the matter Snape, afraid of the truth?"
If Lily and Cassandra weren't holding on to him, Severus would have strangled Sirius until he was a dark shade of purple. Lily looked to James and Remus, who were also holding on to Sirius.
"I think it would be best if you take him out of our compartment."
James nodded and with help from Remus, dragged Sirius out of the compartment.
Peter was the last to leave and spoke to the girls, "um it was nice meting you."
After he left, both girls let go of a still fuming Severus, his hair was a mess, his face slightly flushed, and his robes were wrinkled. He dusted himself off trying to fix his robes, and ran a hand through his black hair. He touched his nose and flinched, there was a bruise on it and right under his eye. He sat down on his seat and the girls sat on either side of him.
"Stupid prat has no right talking about my family like that." Severus said as he ran his hand through his hair again.
"I know Severus, I would have done the same if he said that my father worked for Lord Voldemort."
Lily was confused, "Who's Lord Voldemort?"
Both Cassandra and Severus looked at Lily with surprise, especially Severus, whom also had a slightly thoughtful look on his face.
"Lord Voldemort is an evil wizard that is trying to take over the Wizarding world," explained Cassandra. "He has these followers that are called Death Eaters, who go around torturing muggles. The problem is nobody knows who he really is. They don't even know who the followers are, they where hoods and leave a mark over their victims homes."
"What does the mark look like?" asked an intrigued Lily.
"Its a skull with a snake coming out of its mouth. They usually leave it hovering in the air."
A thought was forming in Lily's mind, but she was unable to grasp it, but she knew it was about what Cassandra had just said. 'I know I'm supposed to know something but what?' she asked herself. She shrugged it off, and started trying to cheer up Severus.
A girl a few years older with a badge on her robes came in to the compartment, a few hours later, saying that they would be arriving soon. So the girls kicked Severus out so that they could change, then waited outside as he changed also.
Soon they felt the train slow down and stop. They left their belongings, except for their pets, and went outside. Severus helped Lily by carrying her owl cage while she held the basket.
"I've been meaning to ask you, what type of pet do you have in there?" asked Severus as he eyed the basket.
Lily grinned, "Oh, just Nagini."
"What's a Nagini?" asked Cassandra as they made their way outside.
"Nothing much," said Lily with a sly look on her face. "Just my pet snake."
Cassandra and Severus' eyes almost shot out of their sockets at what Lily had just said.
"Isn't that dangerous?"
"Can I see it?"
Lily giggled at them, "She's harmless and I'll let u see it later."
They saw a towering man above the other students heads, "First years over here, first years over here."
"I guess that's us."
They walked over to the man where most of the first years were already there. Including Sirius, "Look at Snape he looks like a bell boy holding the girls pets. Mind carrying mine too?"
The other boys laughed at what Sirius had said, while the other students merely giggled.
"Why don't you sod off Black, I was merely being a gentlemen, something you know nothing about."
Before another fight broke off, the towering man interrupted. He had bushy black hair and beard, but a friendly smile was visibly underneath all that hair.
"Come on lads we need te go, no need to start fightin' on ye first day."
They stopped yelling at each other and looked at the man as he introduce himself.
"I am Hagrid, The Gamekeeper, and Keeper of the keys. Fallow me."
They all followed him a path way in silence until a soft rattling noise was heard. Some of the other students grew scarred, but Lily knew what it was.
"I think Nagini wants to come out and play."
"Do you want me to hold the basket for you while you hold her?"
"If you don't mind, I don't wanna make her cranky."
She handed Cassandra the basket and she opened the lid taking Nagini into her arms. Since they were at the very front everyone noticed and gasped.
"Hi sweetie, how was your nap?" she cooed the snake like a baby and the snake responded by hissing softly. Nagini wrapped her body around Lily's hand while Lily petted her, she didn't notice the weird stares she was getting. Hagrid looked at her with a smile, "Tha's a mighty fine pet ye got there lass, I'm fond of animals me self."
Lily beamed, "Do you have any?"
"Aye I just got a small pup, I named it Fang."
Only Severus noticed the whispers that were going around the other students. For some reason it made him angry, but he kept his mouth shut.
They caught their first glimpse of Hogwarts and everyone was in awe.
"That there is the castle, it only gets bigger as ye get closer."
They reached a small fleet of boats and Hagrid yelled, "Four to a boat, only four to a boat."
Lily, Cassandra, and Severus got onto the second boat, the one right after Hagrids. Everyone else boarded the remaining boats except for one boy. He had finely groomed black hair, skin the color of coffee when you added cream, and clear gray eyes. He was very handsome.
"I'm sorry, but do you mind if I sit here." He had a strong Spanish accent, but his English was perfect.
"Come on in we have room for one more," said Lily smiling at him.
He smiled back, "Thank you,"
He sat down next to Severus and offered him his hand.
"I am Dominic Le Fay, thank you for letting me sit with you."
"No problem, I am Severus Snape. These are my new friends Lily Evans and Cassandra McGonagall."
He shook each of their hands and Cassandra blushed.
"You have a very nice accent Dominic, where are you from?" asked Lily
"I was born in El Salvador, but my grandfather was British."
"I have heard of the Le Fay's, you took your Manor from Britain and took it across the ocean to Central America, correct?"
"I am impressed, it is not everyday that I meet someone who knows that."
"My father told me about it, he is friends with your father."
"I think your father knows everyone Severus," said Cassandra with a small smirk.
He returned the smirk, "Of course, he is after all my father."
They all started laughing when they stopped Dominic asked something.
"Do any of you speak Spanish?" he asked this hoping that at least one of them did. Both Lily and Cassandra shook their heads, but Severus nodded.
"You speak Spanish?" asked Lily.
"When I was little my Nanny was from Spain, she taught me how to speak the language."
"I'm glad, that means that I have someone to talk to, I miss My country and everyone here speaks English so it makes it feel worse."
They felt the boat stop and they looked confused.
"I don't even remember when they started moving," commented Lily.
They climbed out of the boat and followed Hagrid up a flight of stairs. He knocked on a large door. As he did this Lily hid her snake under her robes and let Ciaron loose so he flew to the top of a tower, she then shrunk the cage and basket and placed it in her pocket.
The door opened and there stood a woman in her early 50s with black hair in a tight bun and beady eyes behind square glasses.
"The first years, Professor McGonagall."
She nodded at him, "Thank you Hagrid, I'll take them now."
She opened the door wider and everyone looked in wonder, the entrance hall was grand and beautiful. It had marble stair cases that led to the upper levels and a ceiling that was too high to make out.
Cassandra gave her aunt a small wave, which she returned with a smile and a nod. Professor McGonagall then led down the hall and passed in front of another door where they could hear the drone of hundreds of voices. Lily assumed that the rest of the school was already here. But Professor McGonagall led them to a small empty chamber of the hall. They squeezed in together and Lily was smushed in between Severus and Dominic and she held her arm out so that Nagini would be comfortable.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," started Professor McGonagall. She explained the different houses and the importance of house points. They all listened, their full attention was on the woman in front of them.
"You will enter the Great Hall in a few minutes and will be sorted so I suggest you make yourself smart before you enter." She stopped to look at Cassandra with a small smile. "Good luck Cassie."
Cassandra gave her a wide smile before she left the room. Scattered whispers broke out the small room while they waited with anticipation. Lily was going over the pros and cons for Slytherin and Griffindor in her mind, but was interupted by Dominic who started speaking to Severus.
"What house are do you want to be in. I don't want to be in a house full of strangers." Dominic spoke in a nervous voice which made his accent thicker.
"Slytherin but Cassandra and Lily might be in Griffindor."
Dominic looked slightly disappointed, "Does this mean we won't be friends?"
Cassandra giggled, "Of course we'll be friends silly, who cares what bloody house we are in."
They all smiled at each other, but the smiles were wiped from their faces when the door was opened again and Professor McGonagall appeared again.
"Please form a straight line and follow me."
They did as she instructed and followed her back across the hall and through a pair of double doors. There were four tables where the other students sat and one high table where the teachers sat. They were led there, and Lily could feel that all eyes were on them as she passed the tables.
She looked up and saw the night sky where the stars shined brightly at her. She noticed that Professor McGonagall had placed a stool in front of them. Then Professor McGonagall placed a patched and frayed wizards hat on top of it.
Lily looked at it skeptically but stopped when it moved, then a rip by the brim opened wide like a mouth and it began to sing.
Everyone listened as it song about the founders and their characteristics. When it was done everyone clapped and cheered while it bowed to each table and then was still again. Then Professor McGonagall took out a long roll of parchment and stepped forward.
"When I call your name you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted,"
"Zain, Raven," a girl with light brown hair and eyes sat down on the stool and put the hat on. A few seconds later the hat cried. "Slytherin."
The Slytherins cheered loudly as she sat down with them.
"Vindictus, Jeffrey,"a boy with black hair and dark skin stepped up, he held his chin out in a very arrogant way. When the Hat was placed on his head it took a few moments before saying, "Slytherin."
They cheered even louder as the boy sat down and was patted on the back.
"Turpin, Charles," a short boy with red hair and thick glasses slowly walked up to the stool. His face lit up when the hat cried out, "Ravenclaw."
The Ravenclaws cheered loudly but no where near as loud as the Slytherins.
"Timms, Agatha," a very skinny long nose girl walked up and as placed the hat on her head. "Slytherin."
The Slytherins were going wild as she sat down next to Raven.
Lily grew nervous as she tried to decide what house she was going to be in, she felt slightly lightheaded but quickly shook it off as a girl named Spore, Phyllida was sorted into Hufflepuff.
"Snape, Severus." Lily looked at Severus and gave him a small smile, he returned it with a nervous one and he walked up. As Severus sat there he started shaking his head slightly until the hat yelled out, "Slytherin."
He looked relieved and sat down as the Slytherins cheered. He was greeted by the older Slytherin boys who seemed to know him.
"Smethley, Veronica,"a small girl with big round eyes walked up to the hat and had trouble sitting on the stool."Hufflepuff."
The Hufflepuff greeted their newest member with broad smiles.
"Potter, James," Lily looked at James as he sat down on the stool, before the hat was placed on his head he looked at her briefly."Griffindor."
It was the Griffindors turn to cheer and they did it even louder than the Slytherins.
"Pettigrew, Peter," he walked up to the stool and looked back at Sirius and Remus who gave him a thumbs up, he then looked at James and he smiled at him. "Griffindor."
The Griffindors became even louder and Lily felt her ears throb.
"Parkinson, Lionel,"as he was sorted into Slytherin the students on the table grew even louder trying to beat the Grifindors, and Moran, Jasmine was sorted there afterwards.
"McGonagall, Cassandra," Lily gave her a smile and Cassandra smiled back walking confidently to the stool. Her aunt gave her a small wink as the hat covered her head. "Griffindor."
Lily looked from Severus to Cassandra who each looked at her trying to get her attention. Dominic went up to her.
"Are you all right Lily, you look pale. You will be sorted into the house you belong in, there is no point in worrying about it." He gave her a bright smile until his name was called.
"LeFay, Dominic," He walked up to the stool and as soon as he placed the hat on his head he was sorted into, "Slytherin."
Lily could feel her head pounding by all of the noise that the tables were making. She took deep breaths and petted Nagini under the sleeve of her robe. She walked up to the stool after her name was called. Lily felt as if every eye was on her. She especially felt one pair eye from where the staff sat she looked towards them and saw a wizard with a snowy white beard, purple robes and hat, and blue eyes hidden behind half moon spectacles. He gave her a penetrating look that she returned with full force, green met with blue. Lily guessed that he was the Headmaster since he was sitting at the very middle. She sat on the stool and the hat was placed on her head.
'Well, what do we have here?'
Lily almost fell down as she heard the hat speak into her head.
'You are very talented, and very loyal. But you are also cunning and think on your feet. I'm having a problem deciding where to put you, Slytherin or Griffindor.'
'I just want to be where I belong,' thought Lily.
'Well, you could be great in either house for you have the traits of a Griffindor and the blood of a Slytherin, but you would be greater in...'
Lily held her breath she felt her heart pounding in her chest, and her head throbbing as the hat yelled.
"GRIFFINDOR!"
To be continued.......
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But don't worry I had saved this chapter in my email account just in case.
It seems that my computer really sucks cuz this chapter was supposed to be very long so I had to cut the end off of it because It didn't have enough memory to leave it on this file. I am not very happy with this. But don't worry this is part one and the next chapter will be part two, so that you have the best of your reading pleasure.
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Lily sat in the compartment looking out the window as her mother left with Tom. After a moment or two she looked away and went over to her trunk, she was going to get a book but stopped when she saw what was in her trunk.
The box that Tom gave her.
Lily looked at it with surprise until she decided her mother must have placed it in there. She felt so betrayed the night before that she had left it in the room she had stayed in. She picked it up and placed it in her lap, after hesitating, she opened it and took her locket out.
She held it in her hand and opened it, the soft music filled the compartment and Lily laid back onto her seat. She closed her eyes and let her mind wander.
'Tom is my Father . . . of all of the things that could happen I never expected this.'
Her mind drifted a bit and she saw herself with Tom and her Mother the day before, she saw how happy they all were. She had never seen her Mother smile like that before, her eyes lit up, her mouth would stretch as far as it could, and a real laugh would escape her lips.
Tom seemed just as happy, if not more. Lily didn't know tom all that well, but he always seemed to try to make her feel loved.
'Does he really care for me?' she asked herself as she looked out the window again, they had already left the station and were zooming past the countryside.
The more she thought about it the more Lily saw that Tom did care for her if he was trying this hard for her to care for him, even before she knew the truth.
The letters that were exchanged.
The owl and the snake
The locket
These were all tokens of his love for the daughter that he never knew he had and was trying to make up for lost time.
Lily realized that he also loved her Mother dearly. When she looks back to last night, she saw the way they held each other and the way they kissed with so much passion. If he didn't love her Mother then he would not care about Petunia, and Lily already saw that he had a soft spot for her sister.
Lily thought back to what her Mother had said about not loving her Father. Lily always thought they had a perfect relationship, now she knew it was anything but. She remembered all the times that they had their anniversary dinners, her Mother always looked like she enjoyed herself. But now Lily knew that her Mother was a very good actress when it came to lying.
'I guess she got used to it.'
She wasn't mad anymore, not at Tom, or her Mother. Especially not her mother, who sacrificed her happiness for her children by staying so long with her Father. Any other woman would had left long ago, and Lily didn't really blame her Mother for trying to be happy with Tom.
A sound broke her train of thought, the compartment door was opened by a boy her age. He wore black full length robes, his black hair was neatly combed, and he carried his trunk behind him.
"Do you mind if I sit here? I can't find an empty compartment."
Lily closed her locket, "No go right ahead. I'm Lily, by the way."
He placed his trunk next to hers, closed the door, and sat down across from her. "I'm Severus"
"Are you a first year?"
"Yes, I assume your one too, correct?"
Lily nodded and smiled slightly, "Yes, but I'm kind of nervous about what house I'm going to be in. Do you know what house your going to be in?"
"Slytherin, my whole family is made of Slytherins so its kind of like family tradition."
"How do we get sorted?"
Severus smiled, "We're not supposed to know yet but my father told me anyway. There's a hat that the founders made that tells you where you'll fit in better, but the decision is actually up to you, whichever house you want to be in you think it to the hat and it will tell you whether or not you belong there."
"In that case I'm torn between Griffindor and Slytherin."
Severus looked surprised for a moment but hid it quickly. "That's a very odd choice."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Griffindors are complete opposites from Slytherin and they tend not to get along. They compete in everything and usually end up fighting."
Lily looked sad for a moment, "So if I'm sorted into Griffindor we can't be friends because your in Slytherin?"
He smirked,"We still could but our housemates would not speak to us."
They laughed out loud, but stopped when they heard the compartment door open again. There stood Cassandra McGonagall smiling with relief.
"Finally a friendly face. Do you mind if I sit here Lily, your the only person I know here."
"Cassandra! Come on in and join us."
Cassandra placed her things next to theirs and sat next to Lily after closing the door.
Cassandra noticed the boy in front of them and held her hand out, "Hello I'm Cassandra McGonagall."
Severus hesitated before shaking her hand firmly, "Severus Snape."
Cassandra looked thoughtful for a moment, "Snape? You father works for International affairs with my father."
Severus thought about it for a moment, "Yes your right, your father does all the translating, right?'
Cassandra smiled, "Yep, he knows a lot of languages, though I'm not all that sure how many that is to be exact."
They all broke into conversations about everything about the Wizarding world. From history to Quidditch and back again, they only stopped when a woman knocked on the door saying that there was food outside. They all took out their money and bought as many sweets as they could carry. After they ate for a while they started talking about how much magic they all knew.
"I know a couple of spells that I got from the book, other than that my knowledge is all facts." Said Cassandra as she chewed on a licorice worm.
"My father taught me a lot of spells before I came here but I do mostly Potions work." Said Severus as he opened the wrapper on a vanilla covered unicorn.
Lily thought about what she was going to say before she opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted as the compartment door was opened again.
Four boys stood in the doorway with grins on their faces. One had long hair in a ponytail, another had wild dark brown hair and glasses, the third was tall and lanky, and the last one was short with light brown hair. They went over to were Lily and Cassandra sat and introduced themselves.
"I'm Sirius Black, the one with the glasses is James Potter, the skinny one is Remus Lupin, and the short one is Peter Pettigrew."
Lily and Cassandra smiled at them, "I'm Cassandra McGonagall, she's Lily Evans, and he's Severus Snape."
They hadn't noticed Severus until Cassandra had introduced him, Sirius looked at him through narrow eyes.
"Your a Snape?"
Severus rolled his eyes, "Isn't that what she just said."
Both Lily and Cassandra started giggling at what Severus had said, he smiled at them slightly. Sirius however didn't find it amusing.
"Your grandfather was a supporter for Grindelwald, correct?"
Severus frowned, "I wouldn't know since he died before I could walk."
"Your whole family is rotten, I wouldn't be surprised if your father was a supporter for Lord Voldemort."
It all happened so quickly that Sirius didn't have a chance to react. Severus had tackled him and was punching his face. James and Remus tried to pull Severus of off the other boy but Severus would not budge.
"Take it back!"
Sirius punched Severus straight on the nose, Severus fell back and hit his head on one of the seats. He quickly stood and shoved Sirius into James and Remus who had helped him up. Lily and Cassandra each put a hand on his shoulder to keep him from fighting anymore.
"Severus calm down," said Cassandra clutching tightly at his robe.
"I will not calm down until he takes back what he said."
Sirius smirked at him, "What's the matter Snape, afraid of the truth?"
If Lily and Cassandra weren't holding on to him, Severus would have strangled Sirius until he was a dark shade of purple. Lily looked to James and Remus, who were also holding on to Sirius.
"I think it would be best if you take him out of our compartment."
James nodded and with help from Remus, dragged Sirius out of the compartment.
Peter was the last to leave and spoke to the girls, "um it was nice meting you."
After he left, both girls let go of a still fuming Severus, his hair was a mess, his face slightly flushed, and his robes were wrinkled. He dusted himself off trying to fix his robes, and ran a hand through his black hair. He touched his nose and flinched, there was a bruise on it and right under his eye. He sat down on his seat and the girls sat on either side of him.
"Stupid prat has no right talking about my family like that." Severus said as he ran his hand through his hair again.
"I know Severus, I would have done the same if he said that my father worked for Lord Voldemort."
Lily was confused, "Who's Lord Voldemort?"
Both Cassandra and Severus looked at Lily with surprise, especially Severus, whom also had a slightly thoughtful look on his face.
"Lord Voldemort is an evil wizard that is trying to take over the Wizarding world," explained Cassandra. "He has these followers that are called Death Eaters, who go around torturing muggles. The problem is nobody knows who he really is. They don't even know who the followers are, they where hoods and leave a mark over their victims homes."
"What does the mark look like?" asked an intrigued Lily.
"Its a skull with a snake coming out of its mouth. They usually leave it hovering in the air."
A thought was forming in Lily's mind, but she was unable to grasp it, but she knew it was about what Cassandra had just said. 'I know I'm supposed to know something but what?' she asked herself. She shrugged it off, and started trying to cheer up Severus.
A girl a few years older with a badge on her robes came in to the compartment, a few hours later, saying that they would be arriving soon. So the girls kicked Severus out so that they could change, then waited outside as he changed also.
Soon they felt the train slow down and stop. They left their belongings, except for their pets, and went outside. Severus helped Lily by carrying her owl cage while she held the basket.
"I've been meaning to ask you, what type of pet do you have in there?" asked Severus as he eyed the basket.
Lily grinned, "Oh, just Nagini."
"What's a Nagini?" asked Cassandra as they made their way outside.
"Nothing much," said Lily with a sly look on her face. "Just my pet snake."
Cassandra and Severus' eyes almost shot out of their sockets at what Lily had just said.
"Isn't that dangerous?"
"Can I see it?"
Lily giggled at them, "She's harmless and I'll let u see it later."
They saw a towering man above the other students heads, "First years over here, first years over here."
"I guess that's us."
They walked over to the man where most of the first years were already there. Including Sirius, "Look at Snape he looks like a bell boy holding the girls pets. Mind carrying mine too?"
The other boys laughed at what Sirius had said, while the other students merely giggled.
"Why don't you sod off Black, I was merely being a gentlemen, something you know nothing about."
Before another fight broke off, the towering man interrupted. He had bushy black hair and beard, but a friendly smile was visibly underneath all that hair.
"Come on lads we need te go, no need to start fightin' on ye first day."
They stopped yelling at each other and looked at the man as he introduce himself.
"I am Hagrid, The Gamekeeper, and Keeper of the keys. Fallow me."
They all followed him a path way in silence until a soft rattling noise was heard. Some of the other students grew scarred, but Lily knew what it was.
"I think Nagini wants to come out and play."
"Do you want me to hold the basket for you while you hold her?"
"If you don't mind, I don't wanna make her cranky."
She handed Cassandra the basket and she opened the lid taking Nagini into her arms. Since they were at the very front everyone noticed and gasped.
"Hi sweetie, how was your nap?" she cooed the snake like a baby and the snake responded by hissing softly. Nagini wrapped her body around Lily's hand while Lily petted her, she didn't notice the weird stares she was getting. Hagrid looked at her with a smile, "Tha's a mighty fine pet ye got there lass, I'm fond of animals me self."
Lily beamed, "Do you have any?"
"Aye I just got a small pup, I named it Fang."
Only Severus noticed the whispers that were going around the other students. For some reason it made him angry, but he kept his mouth shut.
They caught their first glimpse of Hogwarts and everyone was in awe.
"That there is the castle, it only gets bigger as ye get closer."
They reached a small fleet of boats and Hagrid yelled, "Four to a boat, only four to a boat."
Lily, Cassandra, and Severus got onto the second boat, the one right after Hagrids. Everyone else boarded the remaining boats except for one boy. He had finely groomed black hair, skin the color of coffee when you added cream, and clear gray eyes. He was very handsome.
"I'm sorry, but do you mind if I sit here." He had a strong Spanish accent, but his English was perfect.
"Come on in we have room for one more," said Lily smiling at him.
He smiled back, "Thank you,"
He sat down next to Severus and offered him his hand.
"I am Dominic Le Fay, thank you for letting me sit with you."
"No problem, I am Severus Snape. These are my new friends Lily Evans and Cassandra McGonagall."
He shook each of their hands and Cassandra blushed.
"You have a very nice accent Dominic, where are you from?" asked Lily
"I was born in El Salvador, but my grandfather was British."
"I have heard of the Le Fay's, you took your Manor from Britain and took it across the ocean to Central America, correct?"
"I am impressed, it is not everyday that I meet someone who knows that."
"My father told me about it, he is friends with your father."
"I think your father knows everyone Severus," said Cassandra with a small smirk.
He returned the smirk, "Of course, he is after all my father."
They all started laughing when they stopped Dominic asked something.
"Do any of you speak Spanish?" he asked this hoping that at least one of them did. Both Lily and Cassandra shook their heads, but Severus nodded.
"You speak Spanish?" asked Lily.
"When I was little my Nanny was from Spain, she taught me how to speak the language."
"I'm glad, that means that I have someone to talk to, I miss My country and everyone here speaks English so it makes it feel worse."
They felt the boat stop and they looked confused.
"I don't even remember when they started moving," commented Lily.
They climbed out of the boat and followed Hagrid up a flight of stairs. He knocked on a large door. As he did this Lily hid her snake under her robes and let Ciaron loose so he flew to the top of a tower, she then shrunk the cage and basket and placed it in her pocket.
The door opened and there stood a woman in her early 50s with black hair in a tight bun and beady eyes behind square glasses.
"The first years, Professor McGonagall."
She nodded at him, "Thank you Hagrid, I'll take them now."
She opened the door wider and everyone looked in wonder, the entrance hall was grand and beautiful. It had marble stair cases that led to the upper levels and a ceiling that was too high to make out.
Cassandra gave her aunt a small wave, which she returned with a smile and a nod. Professor McGonagall then led down the hall and passed in front of another door where they could hear the drone of hundreds of voices. Lily assumed that the rest of the school was already here. But Professor McGonagall led them to a small empty chamber of the hall. They squeezed in together and Lily was smushed in between Severus and Dominic and she held her arm out so that Nagini would be comfortable.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," started Professor McGonagall. She explained the different houses and the importance of house points. They all listened, their full attention was on the woman in front of them.
"You will enter the Great Hall in a few minutes and will be sorted so I suggest you make yourself smart before you enter." She stopped to look at Cassandra with a small smile. "Good luck Cassie."
Cassandra gave her a wide smile before she left the room. Scattered whispers broke out the small room while they waited with anticipation. Lily was going over the pros and cons for Slytherin and Griffindor in her mind, but was interupted by Dominic who started speaking to Severus.
"What house are do you want to be in. I don't want to be in a house full of strangers." Dominic spoke in a nervous voice which made his accent thicker.
"Slytherin but Cassandra and Lily might be in Griffindor."
Dominic looked slightly disappointed, "Does this mean we won't be friends?"
Cassandra giggled, "Of course we'll be friends silly, who cares what bloody house we are in."
They all smiled at each other, but the smiles were wiped from their faces when the door was opened again and Professor McGonagall appeared again.
"Please form a straight line and follow me."
They did as she instructed and followed her back across the hall and through a pair of double doors. There were four tables where the other students sat and one high table where the teachers sat. They were led there, and Lily could feel that all eyes were on them as she passed the tables.
She looked up and saw the night sky where the stars shined brightly at her. She noticed that Professor McGonagall had placed a stool in front of them. Then Professor McGonagall placed a patched and frayed wizards hat on top of it.
Lily looked at it skeptically but stopped when it moved, then a rip by the brim opened wide like a mouth and it began to sing.
Everyone listened as it song about the founders and their characteristics. When it was done everyone clapped and cheered while it bowed to each table and then was still again. Then Professor McGonagall took out a long roll of parchment and stepped forward.
"When I call your name you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted,"
"Zain, Raven," a girl with light brown hair and eyes sat down on the stool and put the hat on. A few seconds later the hat cried. "Slytherin."
The Slytherins cheered loudly as she sat down with them.
"Vindictus, Jeffrey,"a boy with black hair and dark skin stepped up, he held his chin out in a very arrogant way. When the Hat was placed on his head it took a few moments before saying, "Slytherin."
They cheered even louder as the boy sat down and was patted on the back.
"Turpin, Charles," a short boy with red hair and thick glasses slowly walked up to the stool. His face lit up when the hat cried out, "Ravenclaw."
The Ravenclaws cheered loudly but no where near as loud as the Slytherins.
"Timms, Agatha," a very skinny long nose girl walked up and as placed the hat on her head. "Slytherin."
The Slytherins were going wild as she sat down next to Raven.
Lily grew nervous as she tried to decide what house she was going to be in, she felt slightly lightheaded but quickly shook it off as a girl named Spore, Phyllida was sorted into Hufflepuff.
"Snape, Severus." Lily looked at Severus and gave him a small smile, he returned it with a nervous one and he walked up. As Severus sat there he started shaking his head slightly until the hat yelled out, "Slytherin."
He looked relieved and sat down as the Slytherins cheered. He was greeted by the older Slytherin boys who seemed to know him.
"Smethley, Veronica,"a small girl with big round eyes walked up to the hat and had trouble sitting on the stool."Hufflepuff."
The Hufflepuff greeted their newest member with broad smiles.
"Potter, James," Lily looked at James as he sat down on the stool, before the hat was placed on his head he looked at her briefly."Griffindor."
It was the Griffindors turn to cheer and they did it even louder than the Slytherins.
"Pettigrew, Peter," he walked up to the stool and looked back at Sirius and Remus who gave him a thumbs up, he then looked at James and he smiled at him. "Griffindor."
The Griffindors became even louder and Lily felt her ears throb.
"Parkinson, Lionel,"as he was sorted into Slytherin the students on the table grew even louder trying to beat the Grifindors, and Moran, Jasmine was sorted there afterwards.
"McGonagall, Cassandra," Lily gave her a smile and Cassandra smiled back walking confidently to the stool. Her aunt gave her a small wink as the hat covered her head. "Griffindor."
Lily looked from Severus to Cassandra who each looked at her trying to get her attention. Dominic went up to her.
"Are you all right Lily, you look pale. You will be sorted into the house you belong in, there is no point in worrying about it." He gave her a bright smile until his name was called.
"LeFay, Dominic," He walked up to the stool and as soon as he placed the hat on his head he was sorted into, "Slytherin."
Lily could feel her head pounding by all of the noise that the tables were making. She took deep breaths and petted Nagini under the sleeve of her robe. She walked up to the stool after her name was called. Lily felt as if every eye was on her. She especially felt one pair eye from where the staff sat she looked towards them and saw a wizard with a snowy white beard, purple robes and hat, and blue eyes hidden behind half moon spectacles. He gave her a penetrating look that she returned with full force, green met with blue. Lily guessed that he was the Headmaster since he was sitting at the very middle. She sat on the stool and the hat was placed on her head.
'Well, what do we have here?'
Lily almost fell down as she heard the hat speak into her head.
'You are very talented, and very loyal. But you are also cunning and think on your feet. I'm having a problem deciding where to put you, Slytherin or Griffindor.'
'I just want to be where I belong,' thought Lily.
'Well, you could be great in either house for you have the traits of a Griffindor and the blood of a Slytherin, but you would be greater in...'
Lily held her breath she felt her heart pounding in her chest, and her head throbbing as the hat yelled.
"GRIFFINDOR!"
To be continued.......
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