Well I have been thinking…and I am going to keep writing this even though the HBP messing up my story greatly. I will have some things in there in my story but not much cuz I'm going to make it my own story. /
Those Long Nights- Sand and Love Potions
It was a sunny Saturday morning. 'Six o'clock…perfect flying time.' Stacey thought. She lasted her first week at Hogwarts so far and she loved it. Severus and Lily were the most amazing people she ever met. The Marauders were hilarious when they weren't doing or saying anything to Severus.
'Severus.' Stacey thought fondly. There was something mysteriously sexy about him. She soon found that she had developed a crush for her friend. It was small but it was still a crush. Stacey loved being around Severus. He was just amazing.
Stacey walked out to the grounds with her broom tucked under her arm. She stopped and took a deep breath of fresh morning air. Cold met her nose. She loved the smell of fall. As she walked to the Quidditch pitch she looked over at the lake. It looked beautiful.
When she arrived at the pitch she took off on her broom. She practiced dives and different techniques that would be useful in a match. Their first match was against Hufflepuff. Amos Diggory was the captain of the team. He was a bit full of himself but Stacey liked him anyways. He had a good personality and he was generally fun to talk to.
Stacey had met a lot of people. Most of the boys talked to her and flirted with her. And most of the girls just glared at her when she walked by. But she didn't mind much because the company of boys was just fine with her.
She made a particular dive which involved spinning rapidly while pulling up fast from the ground. While Stacey dove with unique style, clapping came out from one of the stands. Suddenly, Stacey turned around quickly and saw Severus sitting in the stands with a book. She smiled and flew over to him.
"Whatcha doing here at this time in the morning?" She said and landed right next to him in the stands.
"I was taking a morning stroll and I saw you walk out of the castle with your broom so I decided to watch for a bit. You have superb skills. That dive was amazing." Severus said with enthusiasm even though he didn't like Quidditch at all.
"Why thank you very much." Stacey said smiling. "Wanna grab some food and go sit by the lake for a bit?"
"Sounds good to me." Severus said getting up.
"Get on." Stacey said moving up on her broom.
"I don't fly." Severus said shortly looking nervous.
"Phh I won't drop you!" Stacey said rolling her eyes.
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"I'll give you a cookie"
"Hmm…a cookie…NO!"
"Aww please Sev, it'll be fun."
"Stacey, I don't want to fly. I'm not going to no matter how many cookies you offer me." Severus said shaking his head.
"Okay…you will fly with me one day, right?" Hope filled up in Stacey's eyes.
"Sure." Severus said.
Stacey smiled happily and flew back down to the ground and got her stuff. The pair walked back up to the castle to get some food.
There was no one up, seeing as how it was only 7:00 in the morning. So Stacey and Severus ate breakfast together at the Slytherin table.
After breakfast they decided to go sit out by the lake because it was a nice day outside. Severus sat at the base of a rock on the shore of the lake. He pulled out his copy of Defense Against The Dark Arts Year 5. Stacey ran over to the water and threw off her socks and shoes. She sat down and started to cover her feet with wet sand. She wiggled her toes and the sand crumbled down. She laughed and did this four more times.
Severus raised an eyebrow at her peculiarly childish behavior. He stood up and sat down next her. He closed his book and discarded it along with his robes. He rolled up his pant legs and stuck his feet in the sand too. He copied Stacey's actions. He didn't really see what was so amusing. Stacey stretched her legs out all the way and covered them with sand up to her knees making sure not to get any sand on the top of her shorts. Then she lay down on her back and stared at the clouds.
"Clouds look cooler when you fly really high and go through them." Stacey said with a far away look in her eyes.
Severus nodded and lay down with Stacey.
"This has been the one of the best weeks of my life." Stacey said closing her eyes.
"Same here." Severus said looking over at Stacey.
They sat there for 20 minutes in comfortable silence.
Stacey got up and looked at Severus. "You know what I wanna do?" She said with a grin forming on her mouth.
"What?" Severus said.
"Let's go make a really difficult potion and then test it on one of us!" She replied jumping up and grabbing her socks and shoes.
Severus' face lit up as he started grinning. "Great idea!" He said enthusiastically.
They both ran up to the school with their shoes in their hands and smiles on their faces. When they reached the empty classroom that Severus had found in his second year they got all their ingredients and started looking in the book Severus found in the library.
"How bout a Vicaris Numala?" Stacey asked looking at the book while Severus set up everything.
"Nah that ones easy." Severus said thinking about how he could make it in his third year.
"Tomali Grehamicas?" Stacey asked pulling a face.
"I don't think so. Kind of messy if you think about it." Severus did not want to mess that potion up or make one of them take it. If brewed correctly, the person taking it would grow an extra arm or leg depending on the base of the potion. He had read that on many occasions the drinker would have mutated limbs or one of their original limbs would simply fall off. Not a fun thing to have to explain to a teacher because most of the potions in the book were illegal.
"What about a…LOVE POTION!" Stacey said as a huge grin spread across her face.
"Do you really have anyone you want to fall in love with you?" Severus said smirking.
"Maybe." Stacey said not wanting to lie to Severus. She didn't mind if he fell in love with her for a bit.
"I could always slip a little to Hawkins." Severus said with an even bigger smirk.
Stacey turned and glared at him. Greg Hawkins 'Icky' Stacey thought. He annoying, stupid, and snotty. And he looked like he was only 12 years old. 'It's not like it's his fault he looks like that but come on. Now Severus…woo he is H-O-T-T.' Stacey thought with a dazed look on her face.
Severus was hot in a mysterious way. He had dark obsidian eyes and the way his hair covered his face like a mask was just plain sexy. He was skinny but not in a oh-my-god-he's-starving-himself way. He wore black all the time too. And somehow he pulled it all together very well in Stacey's opinion.
"Hello? Anybody home in Stacey-land?" Severus said waving his hand in front of Stacey's face.
She shook her head and looked at him and blushed. "Sorry…Stacey-land is really great this time of the year."
Severus chuckled and shook his head. "We could do a love potion if you really want to. I just don't know who we could test it on."
"There's always Lily." An evil smirk came upon Stacey's face. "And Black." She added.
Severus smirked too. He knew exactly what she was thinking. "Make Black fall for Evans and piss of Potter. I like it."
"Yeah, that way Lily doesn't have to be involved." Stacey said looking over the ingredients. "Oh pants. I doubt you have any of this crap." She said with a frown.
"No worries. There's a Hogsmeade trip next weekend. We can go get it then." Severus said.
"Okey dokey. What do we do now?" Stacey said as Severus came and sat next to her on the bench she was sitting on.
"We can make a Draught of Peace. I have all the ingredients for that one." Severus said looking over the book.
"Okay." Stacey said as they started to cut up everything. They had to wait 30 minutes for the lynx stomach acid to simmer. So they talked about their home life.
"It sucks because I can't do any magic or anything when I'm at home for the summer." Stacey said.
"My father says that it's a waste of time to make potions. He wants me to focus my time on the Dark Arts and dueling. I love the Dark Arts but I like potions too." Severus said with a dark look in his eye.
(A/n: Yes I know what it says in HBP, but he is a pureblood in my story so deal with it! Lol.)
"Parents…ugh." Stacey said. "Ken and Natalie hate magic. They say it's all just a bunch of bullshit. I mean when I'm at school sometime I miss muggle life but I wouldn't give magic up for the world." Stacey said.
"I agree." Severus said. "My parents fight a lot. I wish they could just listen to each other and stop bickering."
Stacey gave him a sad smile. "Ken and Natalie don't fight but they yell at me all the time. It's like everything is my fault. I don't see why the even adopted me. They could take me back to the orphanage any time they want. I don't want them too. I like having a family…even if they do hate me." Stacey said staring at the ground.
"I doubt they hate you. I don't know how anyone could hate you. You're smart, nice, and you have a lovely personality. Their probably just jealous because you are so great." Severus said.
Stacey rolled her eyes and said "Sure Sev, sure."
"Seriously. You're the greatest person I've ever met." Severus said looking at her intently.
Stacey turned away and looked at the ground. She was blushing madly and didn't want Sev to see her.
"Don't be so hard on yourself Stacey." He said.
She looked back up at him and smiled but a horrorstruck look came across her face. Severus was confused but turned around to see the potion cracking dangerously. A huge bubble rose to the top and he was instantly pushed to the ground with something or someone on top of him. There was a resounding boom! And the whole room was covered with the totally screwed over Draught of Peace.
Stacey wasn't moving.
Severus stayed exactly where he was. Stacey was on his back and his stomach was against the ground. He waited for Stacey to get off him.
She still didn't move.
Severus went into panic. 'What if she's hurt! What if she can't breathe! What if she's DEAD!' He rolled over so he was on top of Stacey. None of the potion hit her but a part of the cauldron hit her in the forehead. The spot where she was hit was bleeding but not too badly. She had a slight concussion. He put a weightless charm on her and picked her up. After wrapping a piece of cloth around her wound and scougifying the room, he made his way down to the Hospital Wing.
His heart was beating madly and he had no idea what he was going to tell the nurse.
I hope you liked it. The names of those few potions are made up words. PLEASE REVIEW! I will take criticism!
-Gangsta C