It's because I'm a Snape, isn't it?
Sebastian woke up the next morning feeling very tired. He didn't want to
get up when he remembered about his current situation. But, yes, he had to.
Just as he was getting out of bed, he noticed something. Green. And Silver.
Green and Silver?!! He looked down at his bed sheet and noticed that his so-
called 'friends' had charmed it into the Slytherin colours.
"Arrgh..." He groaned as he switched them back with a flick of his wand. He proceeded to get dressed as he was the only one left in the dorm. He ran down to the great hall as not to be late for breakfast.
Once in the great hall, he looked around the Gryffindor table for a seat. He saw one near Ginny, but as soon as he got near it Ron sat there. "Don't go near any of my family, Snape, or you won't live to regret it!" Sebastian gave him one of the famous Snape glares, before replying "Oh, now who's threatening to use the unforgivables?" He sneered and walked away. He found a seat near to Ron, Ginny and Hermione, and sat there, reluctantly.
"I found out. Snuffles didn't even know that Harry was going to the ADTS. He didn't tell any of us." He heard Hermione say to Ron in a hushed whisper. Sirius! He couldn't tell Sirius about this! Sirius would never be his friend if Ron and Hermione didn't introduce them! Sebastian decided to make more of an effort. He couldn't forget about his godfather, after all.
Just as he was about to get up and apolgize to Ron, Professor Mcgonagall came round and handed him his timetable. Double poions with the Slytherins first, then Defence against the Dark arts. He groaned inwardly. He wan't dreading his father's lessons so much any more, but the Gryffindors would be worse because of it. Also, he wondered how incompetent the new DADA professor would be.
Noticing he only had five minutes to get down to the dungeons, he decided to go now, not wanting to get on his fathers nerves the first day of term. When he descended the stairs to the dungeons, he noticed Ron, Hermione and Draco Malfoy were already there, Malfoy flanked by his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle, throwing the usual mudblood insults at them.
Malfoy, seeing Sebastian enter, stopped abruptly, turning towards him. "I'm Malfoy" He said, extending his hand toward Sebastian, giving him a feeling of Deja Vu. "Draco Malfoy. I wouldn't normally extend my hand toward a Gryffindor, because most of them are muggle loving fools like Dumbledore, but I can see that your loyalties, lie with us." There was not a doubt in Sebastian's mind who Malfoy was referring to by 'us'. Voldemort and his death eaters.
"I don't know what your'e talking about, Malfoy. I don't have anything against muggles, the only thing I want to rid this world of is Voldemort." He said, not talking the proffered hand. Malfoy looked genuinely shocked, albeit a little angry for being made a fool of.
Severus chose this moment to walk in on the scene, so Malfoy just scowled, and stepped out of the way. Severus entered the room in his usual fashion, robes billowing behind him.
"It is a new year but I don't expect you to do any better than you did last year, because that, would be a miracle." He stopped to glare at the Gryffindors, but his face softened when he saw Sebastian sat by himself, with a bruise on his cheek. This did not go unnoticed by anyone else in the room.
"Open your text books to page 149, and start brewing the potion. We will test them at the end of the lesson. Mr. Weasley, work with Mr. Long bottom, Miss. Granger with Mr. Snape, Mr. Malfoy and Miss. Parkinson, Mr. Crabbe and Mr. Goyle."
Sebastian set to work with Hermione, neither talking, until he decided he couldn't take the silence any longer. "Hi. I'm Sebastian Snape, what's your name?" Hermione looked shocked at the introduction. "Hermione Granger, can we just get this potion done, please?" Sebastian was slightly annoyed at the coldness in her voice, but decided against saying any more.
Sebastian was just about to add the last ingredient of the potion, which was a veritaserum, when Malfoy walked past their cauldron, dropping something in as he went. "That's for showing me up earlier" He hissed as he went back to his own cauldron. Sebastian's potion turned an angry red and began to bubble and hiss. Severus saw this, and pushed his son out of the way, before the cauldron exploded with a bang. Hermione, unfortunately, did not manage to move out of the way in time, and was hit with the potion in the face. She didn't look any different outwardly, but something must have happened. She did, on the other hand, look extremely angry.
"Mr. Malfoy!" Severus boomed, turning towards his Slytherin "Why do you feel it neccessary to sabotage others potions?" "I didn't, sir" Malfoy said, trying his best to look innocent, and faling miserably. "Five points from Slytherin for lying, Malfoy, and five points for becoming so jealous that someone other than you got a potion right that you feel the need to destroy it." He sneered. Then, satisfied with the red tinge creeping onto Malfoy's face, he turned to Hermione and Sebastian. "Sebastian, take Miss. Granger to the hospital wing, I daresay she'll need to go there once she finds out the effects of the potion."
Sebastian took Hermione's arm and gently pulled her out of the room. As soon as they were out, Hermione pulled away from him and resumed her very angry look. "Get off me!" She hissed. "I can take care of myself! Here I am covered in potion, and you, saved by daddy, pretending to care!" So that's what she's pissed about. Dad saved me and sneered at her. "Hey! I'm just trying to help! Why don't you even give me a chance?" He replied angrily. Suddenly, Hermione swivelled around, facing him with a stony glare. "Because your'e a liar! Your father's a death eater, and I know that from one of my old friends, who had seen him with you-know-who himself! Ron's right, your'e no different from your father, just a coward who begs at the feet of his master!" She turned to leave, then added as an afterthought "Oh, and Ron and I saw through that fake little scene you pulled with Malfoy, we Gryffindors aren't that stupid, you know!" With that, she turned around and left.
Sebastian did not return to the potions lesson, instead he just walked around by the lake, thinking about what his old friend had said to him. Soon it was time for the next lesson, DADA. He walked up to the classroom, and seated himself at the very back of the room. He received glares from evryone, the Slytherins and Gryffindors. The Slytherins obviously didn't like the fact that his father had just deducted points from their house, he had never done that before.
The door opened and Sebatsian looked to see who their new professor was. Whoever they were, they hadn't been at the feast the night before. Professor Lupin walked through the door to a mixture of cheers from the Gryffindors and groans from the Slytherins. Sebastian looked surprised and happy when Remus Lupin walked throught the doors, but was careful to cover it up before anyone noticed. Lupin smiled happily as the cheers ran throughout the room, but frowned as he was reminded that Harry wouldn't be there by an empty seat near Ron and Hermione.
"Hello class, to any of you who don't remember, I'm professor Lupin." He began to call out the register, but paused slightly when he reached Sebastian's name. "Oh, hello Mr. Snape, are you new here?" he asked. "Umm...yes, professor Lupin" Sebastian replied, nervous under the professor's scrutiny. "Oh, well then, welcome to Hogwarts!" He said cheerily. Sebastian was still aware though of the professor watching him throughout the class. He thought maybe Remus was surprised that a Snape was in Gryffindor, or that he was also a bit wary of him, just because of his name.
That DADA lesson, they discussed sheilds and how to enforce them. Professor Lupin explained that different shields had different strengths and that they were a different colour depending on how strong the shield was. The closer to the red end of the rainbow it was, the stronger it was. Each person in the class was to come up and try it. Apparently, Merlin was the only wizard to ever of had his shield red, Dumbledore's was orange, and voldemort's was a dark yellow. Professor Lupin performed his, it was a dark green, nearly a blue. Now it was the students' turn.
Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy Parkinson and Neville all only managed a purple mist. Ron tried and got a purple shield too, although his looked slightly darker. Hermione tried and was happy to get a sky blue shield, that looked strong enough to take at least one disarming spell. Now it was Sebastian's turn. He could feel all eyes in the room on him, as he stepped in front of every one. He cast the spell with a muttered "Durus" and a bright light burst out of his wand. Everyone in the room gasped-Sebastian included. His shield was orange!
"Thank you for that...Mr. Snape, very...er...impressive." Professor Lupin looked taken aback. Sebastian sat down in his seat, getting slightly irritated when he realised everyone was watching him. "Well, for your homework, produce two feet on the different strengths of shields. Class dismissed. Oh, and Mr. Snape? Could I see you for a moment? Good."
Sebastian was wondering what Lupin would say, and whether he was going to accuse him of cheating on his shield. "Well, it's nice to meet you, are you settling in okay?" Sebastian nodded, wondering where this was going. His professor looked very uncomfortable. Well, you see, Mr. Snape, I had a question I wanted to ask you..." "Yes, professor, you can ask me a personal question, and please, call me Sebastian." Remus looked quite shocked, but a little more comfortable. "Yes, well, thank you...Sebastian, I wanted to ask what your mother's name is?" Sebastian was very surprised at this. He also didn't know whether he should tell the truth or not, it would be great to have someone he could talk to. Just as he was about to answer, his father strode into the room.
"Lupin! What are you talking to my son for? I heard Weasley and Granger saying you'd kept him behind, why is this?" He glared at Lupin. "Oh, hello Severus! I was just asking your son if he was fitting in alright!" Lupin replied, not looking unnerved by the potion master's glare. Severus lead Sebastian out of the room, and as soon as they were out, Sebastian asked "Please, can I tell him dad? Ron and Hermione don't want anything to do with me, and I just need someone to talk to about it all!" He put on his most whiny voice. "Sebastian" He sighed "You can talk to me about anything, you know." "I know, but it would just be good to talk to someone else too. Besides, I need someone I can complain to about you, don't I? And maybe...he can put in a good word to Ron and Hermione about me. Pleeeaaase?" "Fine. But does it have to be the werewolf?" "Yes, unless you'd rather I tell Sirius?" "Go, but I want you to come to my quarters after dinner tonight and tell me how it went. You remember the password?" "Yeah, thanks dad!" And then, he turned to knock on his Professor's door.
"Arrgh..." He groaned as he switched them back with a flick of his wand. He proceeded to get dressed as he was the only one left in the dorm. He ran down to the great hall as not to be late for breakfast.
Once in the great hall, he looked around the Gryffindor table for a seat. He saw one near Ginny, but as soon as he got near it Ron sat there. "Don't go near any of my family, Snape, or you won't live to regret it!" Sebastian gave him one of the famous Snape glares, before replying "Oh, now who's threatening to use the unforgivables?" He sneered and walked away. He found a seat near to Ron, Ginny and Hermione, and sat there, reluctantly.
"I found out. Snuffles didn't even know that Harry was going to the ADTS. He didn't tell any of us." He heard Hermione say to Ron in a hushed whisper. Sirius! He couldn't tell Sirius about this! Sirius would never be his friend if Ron and Hermione didn't introduce them! Sebastian decided to make more of an effort. He couldn't forget about his godfather, after all.
Just as he was about to get up and apolgize to Ron, Professor Mcgonagall came round and handed him his timetable. Double poions with the Slytherins first, then Defence against the Dark arts. He groaned inwardly. He wan't dreading his father's lessons so much any more, but the Gryffindors would be worse because of it. Also, he wondered how incompetent the new DADA professor would be.
Noticing he only had five minutes to get down to the dungeons, he decided to go now, not wanting to get on his fathers nerves the first day of term. When he descended the stairs to the dungeons, he noticed Ron, Hermione and Draco Malfoy were already there, Malfoy flanked by his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle, throwing the usual mudblood insults at them.
Malfoy, seeing Sebastian enter, stopped abruptly, turning towards him. "I'm Malfoy" He said, extending his hand toward Sebastian, giving him a feeling of Deja Vu. "Draco Malfoy. I wouldn't normally extend my hand toward a Gryffindor, because most of them are muggle loving fools like Dumbledore, but I can see that your loyalties, lie with us." There was not a doubt in Sebastian's mind who Malfoy was referring to by 'us'. Voldemort and his death eaters.
"I don't know what your'e talking about, Malfoy. I don't have anything against muggles, the only thing I want to rid this world of is Voldemort." He said, not talking the proffered hand. Malfoy looked genuinely shocked, albeit a little angry for being made a fool of.
Severus chose this moment to walk in on the scene, so Malfoy just scowled, and stepped out of the way. Severus entered the room in his usual fashion, robes billowing behind him.
"It is a new year but I don't expect you to do any better than you did last year, because that, would be a miracle." He stopped to glare at the Gryffindors, but his face softened when he saw Sebastian sat by himself, with a bruise on his cheek. This did not go unnoticed by anyone else in the room.
"Open your text books to page 149, and start brewing the potion. We will test them at the end of the lesson. Mr. Weasley, work with Mr. Long bottom, Miss. Granger with Mr. Snape, Mr. Malfoy and Miss. Parkinson, Mr. Crabbe and Mr. Goyle."
Sebastian set to work with Hermione, neither talking, until he decided he couldn't take the silence any longer. "Hi. I'm Sebastian Snape, what's your name?" Hermione looked shocked at the introduction. "Hermione Granger, can we just get this potion done, please?" Sebastian was slightly annoyed at the coldness in her voice, but decided against saying any more.
Sebastian was just about to add the last ingredient of the potion, which was a veritaserum, when Malfoy walked past their cauldron, dropping something in as he went. "That's for showing me up earlier" He hissed as he went back to his own cauldron. Sebastian's potion turned an angry red and began to bubble and hiss. Severus saw this, and pushed his son out of the way, before the cauldron exploded with a bang. Hermione, unfortunately, did not manage to move out of the way in time, and was hit with the potion in the face. She didn't look any different outwardly, but something must have happened. She did, on the other hand, look extremely angry.
"Mr. Malfoy!" Severus boomed, turning towards his Slytherin "Why do you feel it neccessary to sabotage others potions?" "I didn't, sir" Malfoy said, trying his best to look innocent, and faling miserably. "Five points from Slytherin for lying, Malfoy, and five points for becoming so jealous that someone other than you got a potion right that you feel the need to destroy it." He sneered. Then, satisfied with the red tinge creeping onto Malfoy's face, he turned to Hermione and Sebastian. "Sebastian, take Miss. Granger to the hospital wing, I daresay she'll need to go there once she finds out the effects of the potion."
Sebastian took Hermione's arm and gently pulled her out of the room. As soon as they were out, Hermione pulled away from him and resumed her very angry look. "Get off me!" She hissed. "I can take care of myself! Here I am covered in potion, and you, saved by daddy, pretending to care!" So that's what she's pissed about. Dad saved me and sneered at her. "Hey! I'm just trying to help! Why don't you even give me a chance?" He replied angrily. Suddenly, Hermione swivelled around, facing him with a stony glare. "Because your'e a liar! Your father's a death eater, and I know that from one of my old friends, who had seen him with you-know-who himself! Ron's right, your'e no different from your father, just a coward who begs at the feet of his master!" She turned to leave, then added as an afterthought "Oh, and Ron and I saw through that fake little scene you pulled with Malfoy, we Gryffindors aren't that stupid, you know!" With that, she turned around and left.
Sebastian did not return to the potions lesson, instead he just walked around by the lake, thinking about what his old friend had said to him. Soon it was time for the next lesson, DADA. He walked up to the classroom, and seated himself at the very back of the room. He received glares from evryone, the Slytherins and Gryffindors. The Slytherins obviously didn't like the fact that his father had just deducted points from their house, he had never done that before.
The door opened and Sebatsian looked to see who their new professor was. Whoever they were, they hadn't been at the feast the night before. Professor Lupin walked through the door to a mixture of cheers from the Gryffindors and groans from the Slytherins. Sebastian looked surprised and happy when Remus Lupin walked throught the doors, but was careful to cover it up before anyone noticed. Lupin smiled happily as the cheers ran throughout the room, but frowned as he was reminded that Harry wouldn't be there by an empty seat near Ron and Hermione.
"Hello class, to any of you who don't remember, I'm professor Lupin." He began to call out the register, but paused slightly when he reached Sebastian's name. "Oh, hello Mr. Snape, are you new here?" he asked. "Umm...yes, professor Lupin" Sebastian replied, nervous under the professor's scrutiny. "Oh, well then, welcome to Hogwarts!" He said cheerily. Sebastian was still aware though of the professor watching him throughout the class. He thought maybe Remus was surprised that a Snape was in Gryffindor, or that he was also a bit wary of him, just because of his name.
That DADA lesson, they discussed sheilds and how to enforce them. Professor Lupin explained that different shields had different strengths and that they were a different colour depending on how strong the shield was. The closer to the red end of the rainbow it was, the stronger it was. Each person in the class was to come up and try it. Apparently, Merlin was the only wizard to ever of had his shield red, Dumbledore's was orange, and voldemort's was a dark yellow. Professor Lupin performed his, it was a dark green, nearly a blue. Now it was the students' turn.
Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy Parkinson and Neville all only managed a purple mist. Ron tried and got a purple shield too, although his looked slightly darker. Hermione tried and was happy to get a sky blue shield, that looked strong enough to take at least one disarming spell. Now it was Sebastian's turn. He could feel all eyes in the room on him, as he stepped in front of every one. He cast the spell with a muttered "Durus" and a bright light burst out of his wand. Everyone in the room gasped-Sebastian included. His shield was orange!
"Thank you for that...Mr. Snape, very...er...impressive." Professor Lupin looked taken aback. Sebastian sat down in his seat, getting slightly irritated when he realised everyone was watching him. "Well, for your homework, produce two feet on the different strengths of shields. Class dismissed. Oh, and Mr. Snape? Could I see you for a moment? Good."
Sebastian was wondering what Lupin would say, and whether he was going to accuse him of cheating on his shield. "Well, it's nice to meet you, are you settling in okay?" Sebastian nodded, wondering where this was going. His professor looked very uncomfortable. Well, you see, Mr. Snape, I had a question I wanted to ask you..." "Yes, professor, you can ask me a personal question, and please, call me Sebastian." Remus looked quite shocked, but a little more comfortable. "Yes, well, thank you...Sebastian, I wanted to ask what your mother's name is?" Sebastian was very surprised at this. He also didn't know whether he should tell the truth or not, it would be great to have someone he could talk to. Just as he was about to answer, his father strode into the room.
"Lupin! What are you talking to my son for? I heard Weasley and Granger saying you'd kept him behind, why is this?" He glared at Lupin. "Oh, hello Severus! I was just asking your son if he was fitting in alright!" Lupin replied, not looking unnerved by the potion master's glare. Severus lead Sebastian out of the room, and as soon as they were out, Sebastian asked "Please, can I tell him dad? Ron and Hermione don't want anything to do with me, and I just need someone to talk to about it all!" He put on his most whiny voice. "Sebastian" He sighed "You can talk to me about anything, you know." "I know, but it would just be good to talk to someone else too. Besides, I need someone I can complain to about you, don't I? And maybe...he can put in a good word to Ron and Hermione about me. Pleeeaaase?" "Fine. But does it have to be the werewolf?" "Yes, unless you'd rather I tell Sirius?" "Go, but I want you to come to my quarters after dinner tonight and tell me how it went. You remember the password?" "Yeah, thanks dad!" And then, he turned to knock on his Professor's door.