"Hey guys, this is my friend Julie, Julie this is Olivya my best friend and these people are James, Remus, Peter and Sirius."
"Hey Julie!" Olivya said nicely. Juliana smiled shyly.
"Hey Julie. You know I have a bone to pick with you, Kiara." James told Kiara.
"And that would be?"
"We're not your friends?" James asked looking slightly hurt.
"Huh?" Kiara asked with a questioning face.
"What he meant was you introduced Olivya as your best friend, and us as 'these people'." Remus told him. James, Sirius and Peter nodded.
"Oh I'm sorry, I'm just not used to having so many people I have to introduce as friends! It's mind-numbing." Kiara explained. "I do think of you as my friends!"
"Good." Peter concluded.
Sirius sat, unusually silent. James looked at Kiara whom shrugged.
"You ok man?" James asked. Sirius nodded weakly. Kiara shot Olivya a look of daggers. Olivya shook her head while Kiara nodded vigorously. This went on for a couple minutes before the both got dizzy and stopped. Kiara hit Olivya in the shoulder and pointed toward Olivya. Olivya glared at Kiara and turned to Sirius.
"Sirius, I'm sorry I slapped you earlier. I was just angry that I can't even compliment someone without the other person freaking out and begin to stalk me." Olivya told him breathlessly. "We can go back to being friendly enemies or whatever we were before if you just forget that I can actually be nice to you."
Sirius looked up and smiled. "Deal!" He stuck out a hand. Olivya looked at it and shrugged, she took it. Kiara and James smiled at each other. Juliana looked confused so Kiara kindly - but quietly filled her in. She understood completely and went back to eating.
"You're cool, for a first year anyway." Kiara told her. She smiled and nodded.
"I know." She laughed along with Kiara. The rest of dinner went very smoothly. They all headed back to their common room when Lily walked by. James said nothing to her and continued to talk about a prank they had pulled on Severus. Kiara frowned.
"Why do you dislike him so much?" Kiara asked. She was ticked off at them, her and Severus grew up together.
"We don't dislike him." Sirius told her. Kiara gave a questioning look. "We hate him."
"Why though?" She said, her frown going further down. "Me and Olivya know what it's like to be the outcast of the school. It's not fun, but at least we weren't the mockery of the entire school. You should be ashamed of yourself! Causing someone so much pain! Do you even know what he goes through at home? Did you know that when he got his letter to Hogwarts, he was excited that he'd finally go to a better place, only to be tortured by you two?" She yelled at James and Sirius. "And you two aren't any better! Peter, you just sit there and laugh, enjoying the show while you, Remus, sit there and act like it isn't happening! You're a prefect for Gods sake! And you James, you're Head Boy! Head Boy! You would think that that means you've grown up but no! You're still the same old James you were when you were a first year! No wonder Lily won't go out with you. She probably thinks you'll hex/jinx her or play a prank on her!" She turned around and stormed into the Gryffindor common room up into her dorm. They turned to Olivya, suspecting her to be just as confused as they were but she shook her head.
"Severus and Kiara grew up together. He doesn't talk to her at school because of the whole Slytherin and Gryffindor thing but we spend the summers together. I agree with her, I just haven't known him for as long as they've known each other so I didn't explode." She then followed Kiara's steps. When Olivya got up there Kiara was sitting in her bed with the curtains closed, the rest of the girls looking at the bed strangely. Olivya slyly opened the curtain and slid in. "Very comfy this is…"
Kiara looked up, her face was red, eyes spilling out glittery diamonds and sniffling. Olivya looked at her sadly. She hugged her. "It's ok."
"No it's not. I don't get why he won't talk to me. I mean, so what if we're in different houses! It's not like we're not already outcast!"
"He doesn't wanna make it harder on himself. He told you that. Remember over the summer? You asked him the very thing."
Kiara nodded. "That doesn't make it any better."
"Yeah, well I don't wanna trash our new friendship but us being friends with them isn't going to help."
"I know." Kiara muttered. Just then the curtains flew open. A Lily, Shauna, Jade and Jessica were standing on the other side, Shauna looking bored while the others looking concerned.
"I'm sorry if we're bugging you, but we're kinda busy"
"Well, then we'll leave." Shauna said and left. Kiara and Olivya looked at the others expectantly. They didn't budge.
"Hello…?" Olivya said.
"We're not leaving. Just because we're not the best of friends -" Kiara snorted. "That doesn't mean that we don't care. So what happened."
"Nothing." Kiara told them.
"Long story." Olivya responded at the same time. Jade gave them a look.
"Right, nothing. And that's why you're crying." Jade said as she stuck out a hand with a tissue in it. Kiara took it gratefully.
"Might as well pull up some covers." Kiara muttered.
They did as they were told and Kiara started her story.
"Well, I had just moved into a part of town that wasn't very - safe. And one night I had snuck out and I heard some yelling. Mind you I was like 9 when this happened so I had no way of defending myself. Suddenly, the house next to mine's door flew open and a kid my age walked out. He looked as though he had just been crying and a mean looking man was yelling 'I HATE YOU! STAY OUT!'. The boy my age looked at me and I gave him a look of sympathy. I walked over to him and he ignored me." Kiara started flashing back to the memory as she told it.
"Hi, I'm Kiara Bliss. I just moved in next to you." Kiara said, introducing herself. She stuck out her hand. He ignored it.
"What's a little girl like you doing out at 1 in the morning in a neighbourhood like this?" He asked meanly.
"Well, I wanted to explore and this was the only time I could." Kiara answered in a smart-arse way. He gave her a look. "What's your name?"
"Severus…." He answered darkly.
"Last name?"
"Nope."
Kiara frowned. "Why not?"
"Because I'm ashamed that I am one."
"You are a what?" She asked, unable to stop herself. She smiled.
"A Snape." He realized that he she just tricked her. "Smart." He said as he glared and continued to walk. She walked quickly after him.
"I know." Kiara said proudly. He glared at her. "So, wanna be my friend? I don't think I'll like to hang out with everyone else here."
"Whatever."
"Great. Now my mom can stop bugging me about 'make some friends' and blah, blah, blah. I'd just prefer to be alone."
"I know what you're talking about."
"So…do you believe in magic?" Kiara asked nonchalantly. He gave her a look. "So you're a witch eh? Suspect you'll be going to Hogwarts?"
She smiled. "Good, not only did I find a friend, but he's also magical. Tonight is the best night of my life." Despite what Snape will tell you now, he also smiled a bit. I Kiara came back from her little blast from the past to look at them. Their mouths were hanging open. "And so I exploded at the Marauders because they were making fun of my friend. One of my only friends. Even if he doesn't talk to me at school. That's why I was crying. I feel like I lost one of my best friends." She finished, still crying. They gave her sympathetic looks. Olivya gave her another hug.
"There, you know. Now unless you have any advice that might help, I suggest that you leave." Olivya told them. Kiara nodded but just as Lily was about to talk Shauna burst in.
"The Marauders are downstairs. They wanna talk to Kiara and Olivya." She announced annoyed. She walked over to her bed. Olivya gave a look to Kiara that said "do you really want to go talk to them?" Kiara nodded, cast a charm on herself to cover the fact she had be crying and they walked downstairs together.
"Oh, good! You came down. We were wondering if we were going to have to come up there by force." Sirius revealed smugly.
"Is it suppose to be a surprised that you found a loop hole in the system?" Olivya asked lazily as they sat down.
"No." James answered.