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Chapter 5- Professor Snape
Lily thought that if she kept a low profile that she could follow Harry, Ron, and Hermione throughout the day. So she followed them to breakfast where everyone was getting their schedules for the year. "And once again we have potions first thing with the Slytherins." Ron said outraged. "They could have put us with the Raveclaws or even with the Hufflepuffs but it's always the Slytherins." "Calm down, Ron, it's not that bad." Hermione said. "We had better get down to the dungeons before we're late. You know how he gets." Harry said getting up from Gryffindor table. "Maybe they fired him." Ron said hopefully. "It wouldn't be a surprise. Everyone hates him."
Lily figured that they must have the worst teacher imaginable at the rate they were running to get to class. When they got to the potions classroom, Lily saw all the Slytherins and Gryffindors pilling in. The teacher was in the front of the room with his back turned.
"No the didn't fire the stupid git." Lily heard Ron whisper to Harry disappointedly. Lily could tell even from behind that he was a nasty man with his long, black, rather torn cloak and his greasy dark hair. She watched as the students talked quietly amongst themselves. And then she heard the droning voice that had haunted her all throughout her time at Hogwarts. "Sit down and stay silent for the remainder of this class."
And then he turned around. Severus Snape. He hadn't changed much since she had last seen him many years ago. Same gross hair, dark, menacing eyes, sneer and even the same abnormally hooked nose.
Lily observed from the corner how nasty Snape could be, how he favored the Slytherins, and particularly how he picked on Harry. And she knew why. Severus and Harry's dad, James had never gotten along throughout all their seven years at Hogwarts right from the moment they met. If they ever got in a fight, James would always win with only words as he was very charming. James had everything Snape wanted and with his arrogance would rub it in his face. So finally Snape had the chance to get back at him by taking out his anger towards him on Harry.
Lily didn't like this at all. No matter what Harry did ,such as sneezing or making a sudden movement, Snape would always take points from Gryffindor for 'disrupting the class.'
"I will be collecting summer homework." Snape said getting up abruptly and walked around the class shoving his hand in students faces until they handed him the three page essay on the rather complicated Glow Potion.
When Harry handed his over, Snape surveyed it very carefully. "Mr. Potter, I told you to write three pages." Snape said. "I did" Harry replied coldly. "Do you call this three pages?" Snape asked shoving the last page in Harry's face making him lean back in his chair. "I call that two and a half." Snape said. "Just barely." Harry said. "Well it doesn't matter as I'm not giving you credit for it." Snape sneered.
To Lily that was going too far. As Snape walked away, she bounded after him and quickly swiped his leg with her claws. He quickly turned around. For a moment Lily thought he recognized her as their eyes locked for a few seconds. Then he said, "What is this cat doing in here? Get out!"
Lily stayed put only for a little while and then bolted out the door. How could Dumbledore trust someone like Severus Snape to be a Hogwarts teacher? Lily thought as she made her way into the Entrance Hall. I'll just wait here for Harry, Ron and Hermione so I can follow them to their next class.
Lily was so deep in thought that she almost didn't hear the voice behind her. "You do know that student's pets aren't allowed to wander around Hogwarts don't you?" Lily turned around and saw an old scraggly tabby cat with deep burgundy eyes. She recognized her as the caretakers cat.
"Mrs. Norris! I remember you when you were a kitten. It's been such a long time!" Lily stopped when she realized she was talking to a cat quickly remembering that she was a cat. Just then, the bell rang and momentarily students were bustling around the Entrance Hall.
"I'll be seeing you around Lily." Mrs. Norris said and scurried off into the crowd. Lily had so much on her mind that she almost forgot to look for Harry. She was confused about a lot of things. What happened to Sirius? How did Harry end up with the Dursley's? How did Severus Snape become a professor and how did Mrs. Norris know her name?
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