Chapter 9
Halloween
A/N: Sorry for the really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really super long delay, but I was punished. Now, I'm allowed on again, and the story is done…in my head, that is. Now I know exactly what happens, chapter by chapter. I've even done illustrations for it. Oh, and beware some curse words as we continue through Sev's years at Hogwarts…and when he decides to become a Death Eater. So, here it is! Chapter 9! Yay!
Severus woke up Halloween morning, groggy and tired. His left eye felt like it had some crust on it, and he wiped it off. He slowly moved his head up and saw Julio reading the Transfiguration textbook.
Severus groaned, and unhurriedly climbed out of bed. "Hey, Julio," he said sleepily, grabbing his robes.
"Hi, Severus," said Julio, not looking up from the textbook.
Severus stopped moving. "Why are you reading that?" he asked curiously.
"The reason," Julio said simply, and turned the page. Snape shrugged, and closed the curtains so he could change.
After getting dressed, Severus ran downstairs and found Esquire wearing…a bunny outfit?!?!
"Esquire…?" said Severus, slowly walking over to Esquire.
"Hiya, Severus!" said Esquire in an annoying singsong voice (A/N: Is it just me, or are you strongly reminded of Professor Smith?). Snape looked at Dan (who was sitting nearby) with a confused look on his face.
Dan whispered "Esquire lived with American Muggles for a year and a half when he was ten, and they celebrated Halloween by dressing up in costumes." Severus was still puzzled, but nodded like he understood.
Severus sat down and took out the magazine he had been ordering for a couple of weeks now, Potion Brewer's Weekly. It was a new magazine, and it had articles on famous potion makers, how to make difficult potions, and witches and wizards who had invented new potions. It was rather fascinating, and Severus had become an avid reader of it ever since it had come out in late September.
"La," said Esquire randomly. Severus groaned and rolled his eyes, and continued reading the article on Yolanda Clemens, who had invented the Itching Solution. Yolanda was rather pretty, and Severus had gotten caught up in the picture of her in the article when Bob whacked him on the head with yesterday's Daily Prophet.
"Dude," said Bob. "We need to eat. We're not going to wait for you forever." Severus blushed slightly and put down the magazine.
"Sorry," Severus muttered and walked out of the common room with them, Esquire trailing behind in his bunny costume.
* * * *
When Snape sat down at the Slytherin table, he noticed something was different. It was nothing big, or anything. It was just a small little change…that Snape was not particularly happy with.
Lily was sitting next to Potter, and Potter was going on flirt overdrive. Lily was smiling and nodding, and looking like she was enjoying all the attention she was getting. Severus gripped his fork tightly, and felt his face go red with rage.
"Hey, I think Severus is going to explode," joked Dave, pointing at Sevrus' red face.
"Shut up, Trite," said Severus icily. Dave looked kind of surprised.
"Sorry, dude," said Dave, looking a little scared. "Just a joke…peace…" Snape glared at him, and Dave cringed a little in his seat.
Severus turned his attention back to the Gryffindor table, when Bill moved in the empty seat across from him, blocking his view.
"Dude, where've you been all this time? We were waiting for you in the common room for 20 minutes!" exclaimed Dan.
"Sorry. I overslept," said Bill. "Oh, pumpkin pie!" Bill rubbed his hands together eagerly and dug into the pie fervently.
Severus sighed and put his forks down. Nothing was going right. Heck, nothing ever went right. His life sucked. It sucked goats. He lazily poked at his cereal with his spoon. He swirled the spoon in the milk listlessly and sighed again. He put down his fork and stood up.
"Hey, where are you going Severus?" asked Dave as Sev stood up.
"Um, I'm going back to the common room. You guys eat without me. There's something I have to do." Severus ran out of the Great Hall, his friends staring at him confusedly behind him.
"La," said Esquire again. Bill glared at him.
* * * *
Severus collapsed into his bed in the boy's dormitory. He felt a wave of nausea, and was angry and jealous that Potter had gotten the girl he had secretly lusted over for the past two months.
Severus grabbed several sheets of parchment and started to write his first story ever.
The Abandoned Banshee
By Severus Snape
There was once a time in the land of the wizards and witches when banshees ruled the earth.
Severus knew this was not historically correct, but continued writing anyway.
The banshees were evil creatures, who would scream
Severus was starting to become frustrated. He wasn't exactly sure what banshees did. So, he discarded that piece of parchment and began to write something new.
The Slytherin Boy
By Severus Snape
Once upon a year, there was a boy that got sorted into Slytherin. His father had pressured him to be in Slytherin, and…
Severus continued to write about a boy that was being pressured by his dad to be evil, and the boy didn't want to be evil. The boy had obnoxious and dumb cronies and insulted people to hide his own insecurities. He secretly liked a Gryffindor girl, but family ties kept in the way of their relationship. Besides, the girl hated him, and there was no way the relationship would've worked anyway.
Now, don't get the wrong idea here, people. This was not a story about Severus Snape (except for the part about liking a Gryffindor girl). Severus was proud to be a Slytherin. The person he was actually writing about (but didn't realize until many, many years later) was a kid in the future. He didn't even know this kid but was writing about him. I'm not telling you who it is. You have to figure it out for yourself.
Anyways. After Severus had finished it, instead of it being a two-page short story like he had intended, it had become a twenty-page biography of someone he had never met before. The story was rather good. Severus felt refreshed now, and packed his bag for the first lesson of the day.
A/N: Like it? Are you wondering who the boy is? It should be very obvious…but if you don't know, I'll mention it in the next chapter.
Oo! I just had an idea. Whoever reviews next and guessed who the boy in Snape's story was, get mentioned in the next chapter, and one of their stories will make it onto my fav stories list! And I'll review their story! Bye! Beware the tenth chapter!
