Celosia Memosa Evans was the middle child of the three Evans children, having been a year younger than Petunia and older than Lily. Just like Petunia she had gotten their father's brown hair, but like Lily they both received their mother's green eyes.
They lived down the street from this boy named Severus Snape. Right away he had gotten on Petunia and Celosia's bad sides, even Lily's before she insisted on seeing more of him. The boy was a creeper and always watching her. It pissed Petunia and Celosia to no end, seeing this mysterious boy in old and large clothes trying to stuff lies into their little sister's head.
"She's not a witch!" Petunia had constantly complained, pointing accusingly at Severus and calling him names, sending threats his way.
"Tuney, stop it!" Lily would often exclaim but the elder didn't listen. Celosia stayed beside Lily, allowing her older sister to scold the boy. It was wrong but Severus wasn't exactly on good terms with her either.
"You won't be a witch either, Petunia!" Severus spat, shoving Petunia's finger out of his face. "Lily's actually special, and gifted!"
"No need to insult my older sister, Severus." Celosia had sneered.
"You won't be a witch either!" Severus turned on her, glaring at her as Celosia kept an arm on Lily's shoulder, making sure her little sister didn't go anywhere. "You aren't better than Petunia is! Lily is the only one with sense in your entire family!"
"Crushing on my baby sister already?" Petunia put her hands on her hips. "How dare you make fun of my sister Celosia either! You make have met her a few days after you met me and Lily but that's just rude!"
Severus crossed his arms as well, Lily hating the fighting and wanting to make it stop. Severus didn't even know Celosia's name until Petunia had spat it at him in that sentence. Celosia's grip on Lily's shoulder was tightening in anger and soon the red head let out a pain sound. "Celly, it hurts."
Celosia snapped her hand back, embracing her sister. "I'm so sorry Lily." She whispered and Severus scoffed, seeing how defensive Celosia immediately went. She looked at him and sneered, taking Lily's hand. "Come on Lils, mum is almost finished dinner."
"Can Severus come with us?" She asked and Petunia seemed to be fuming.
"Of course not!" She snapped and Celosia looked at Snape in a more calm way.
"Mum only made enough for the five of us, I don't think there'd be enough if Severus came. And his parents are probably worried about him already." Celosia said softly and she saw the frown on Lily's face. "You'll see him tomorrow."
Why Celosia was kinder to Snape than Petunia ever was, Severus would never understand. After a while they had been on decent terms, Celosia going as far as already meeting Eileen Snape and catching a glimpse of Tobias.
When Celosia sat in the park in August when she was eleven, she was grinning madly, still holding the Hogwarts acceptance letter in her fingers and reading it over and over again, pinching herself and checking the name at the bottom over and over to make sure it was really for her. Lily had called Severus over that day and the boy was very surprised. He was also confused, as Petunia was in Muggle school having been twelve already, and without a letter. He hoped that Lily would definitely get hers, in fact he was sure about it.
Once Celosia was a fourth year Ravenclaw and Lily was a third year Gryffindor, Severus was a third year Slytherin and they were all still close. Celosia went out of her way to be friends with the Marauders and to spend time with her sister, even spending some time with Severus as well. Celosia had started to develop feelings for the boy, despite that she was a year older.
At the end of Severus and Lily's third year however, Celosia had started to reject Snape. He started asking her to spend time with her other Ravenclaw friends, or the Marauders themselves. He wanted Lily to himself and Celosia was a pain to him.
It still hurt Celosia to this day with the knowledge that Severus Snape had chose her sister Lily over her.
After that year, Celosia spent more time with the Marauders, even going as far as dating Remus Lupin when she was in her fifth year. It was a very interesting relationship and it soon ended at the end of the year, the two still remaining friends.
In Celosia's last year, she was studying hard like she always had, Lily and her preparing to attend Petunia's graduation the day after school had ended.
Standing up from the Ravenclaw table, Celosia tucked her finished Charms homework into her textbook, walking over to the Gryffindor table and sitting down beside Remus. "Well, look who's finally finished her homework." Sirius joked and she rolled her eyes, Lily looking up from Celosia's right.
"You're done already?" She exclaimed and Celosia nodded. "Wow you really are ready to graduate."
"It's like this is natural already." Celosia nodded and then saw James' arm around Lily's waist. "Ah, I see someone has finally come to her senses."
"Sure has." Sirius grinned and James smirked, Lily seeming to blush. "Feels like it was just yesterday when Lily was constantly yelling at James to bugger off."
"Everything got just that bit more peaceful." Celosia smirked and reached over to take a bite of Remus' dessert. Remus allowed it, Sirius, James, Peter and Lily looking over at them.
"Old habits die hard, Cel?" Sirius asked and Celosia bit down on the chocolate cake, immediately noticing her mistake.
"I guess so." She blushed and Remus chuckled beside her.
"No matter." He insisted. "No reason why she should stop stealing my dessert."
"In all honesty I'd steal all of your desserts right now." Celosia admitted and James rolled his eyes.
"Someone's still in love with the werewolf." Lily muttered under her breath and Celosia hit her on the thigh, James' hand around her waist holding her closer to him. "Ow!"
"Just because I stole Remus' dessert like I did when we were dating does not mean that we're still obsessed over each other." Celosia sneered and Remus nodded in agreement. This was only slightly awkward. Sirius gave them a look before shaking it off. It was no use arguing with Celosia. It was just like arguing with Lily but worse, if that was possible at all.
Severus Snape watched them from the Slytherin table, Celosia going from scowling at the boys to starting to laugh with them, often leaning over and taking small bites of the chocolate cake on Remus Lupin's plate. His eyes looked over at Lily, James holding her closer to him as he whispered in her ear, the two having a side conversation while the others laughed around them. Even Peter was having a good time.
Severus sneered, staring down at his finished dinner. He had said more words to the Marauders than Peter Pettigrew ever has and there was the rat laughing along with them. Severus looked over to his left, Mulciber and Avery going on about how they could apply dark spells to Muggles.
He looked away, pretending to eat a fruit tart as he snuck another glance at the group. Celosia was in deep conversation with Remus, Sirius and Peter, completely ignoring James sucking Lily's earlobe in between his teeth. It sickened Severus to see the girl he loved being taken away. It was his fault for calling her a Mudblood last year, and he wouldn't be surprised if seventh years from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor went after him. If he called Lily a Mudblood, it was basically calling Celosia a Mudblood as well, and of course being a seventh year she had power.
He was just lucky he was close to the Dark Arts.
"You should just enjoy this year if it's going to be your last." Sirius insisted once dinner was over. They were all making their way up to the common rooms, the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw common room towers right across from each other.
"I want to have good grades and no record." Celosia smiled, holding her book to her chest as they all walked. "And I expect my sister to be the same way."
She looked over at Lily, who was holding hands with James. "Of course I will, have you seen my grades already?"
"I have and I'm sure mum and dad will be proud as well." Celosia nodded. "Just don't take my baby sister away from that, Potter."
"I wouldn't dream of it." James smirked and Celosia did as well. She had a strong relationship with James ever since him and Lily started hooking up at the end of last year. He was over quite often, Petunia at an all year round school so she hardly saw him. Of course she knew who he was but the addition of another wizard in the house drove her insane.
"Have any plans after you graduate, Cel?" Remus asked.
"I actually don't know." Celosia muttered, walking up the steps thoughtfully. "I know I'm going to have to find a place to live, so I'm going to have to work in the Muggle world for a little. Probably work the year until Lily graduates too. Beyond that I'm not sure."
"Make sure you stay in the wizarding world." Sirius said, slinging an arm around her shoulders. "Pretty face like yours does better here than in the Muggle world."
"Shut up Sirius." Celosia rolled her eyes and pushed his arm off her.
"H-he's right, you'd do well in the wizarding world!" Peter piped up and Celosia smiled at him.
"Thank you Peter, it means a lot." She nodded and the boy blushed. She was always overly nice to him seeing as he was the outcast of the Marauders. Why he was in the group was quite surprising to her.
Splitting ways Celosia hugged her sister goodnight, making her way to her dorm. Once she got there she immediately changed, setting her books on her nightstand as she immediately fell asleep.