Snape's Loves
Severus Snape had spent hours staring in the mirror to perfect his appearance. His dark hair hung perfectly in his face. The part in his hair was ruler straight and centered; showing a very small patch of his pale scalp. His well-shined nose glistened in the candle light of his bathroom. He was a vision of dark, masculine power. His only wish was that Lily Evans would find his brand of manliness to be attractive. There was only one thing he could do.
The potion would be ready that day. Severus Snape had successfully brewed the strongest love potion in the world. He just had to find a way to slip it to his first love. They would then be able to bask in the glow of the dark arts. Together, they would serve the one person who could understand him: the Dark Lord.
Severus carefully siphoned the steaming potion into a cute crystal vial. He carefully put a cork, with a skull bobble on the top, in the vial. Just to be safe, he repeated the process a few times, ladling the mother-of-pearl coloured potion into similar vials. Severus put each vial into the large pockets of his charcoal robes.
As he strode confidently through the Slytherin common room, Evan Rosier approached him.
"Where are you going, Severus?" Rosier asked him, "something smells nice on you. What is it?"
Severus looked down his deviously handsome nose at Rosier, "I'm going to win my girl. Out of the way."
With a flick of his wand, Rosier was swept out of Severus' way. The dark haired teenager continued on his way. Wind, coming from who knows where, ripped through his hair, and he let it play with the ends of his cooly long hair. Severus strutted all the way to the Great Hall. When he got there, he grabbed the first mug of pumpkin juice he saw. Discretely, he poured the first vial into the mug.
Severus turned his head for a moment, searching for his beloved red haired vixen. He realized his mistake a moment later. He was standing out in the open.
"Look who we have here," Severus was greeted by James in a regular fashion, "aw, has little Snivellus forgotten how to drink out of a big-boy cup? Let me show you how."
James snatched the mug away from Severus before he could even think about tightening his pale fingers around the handles. James drank half the cup before handing it to Sirius Black, who grinned wickedly and finished the rest.
"Blimey, I feel strange..." James held his head for a moment, giving Severus time to sneak away. He would deal with them later.
He spotted the group of girls he had been trying to find. His Lily-petals was sitting in the middle, chatting with the rest of the girls. Hastily, Severus grabbed another mug of the pumpkin juice and poured his second vial of the potion into it.
Strolling over to the girls, Severus flashed a debonaire smile before holding out the mug to the redhead, "for you..."
"Thanks, Snape," Gail Forester grabbed the mug of pumpkin juice and took a swig, "I was pretty thirsty."
"Hey, it's a huge mug, lemme have some..." One of the blondes said. She had a stupid look on her face. It was below Severus to understand why his Lily would spend time with these barbarians. Gail handed the stupid looking blonde the mug after drinking a good portion. The blonde took a few sips before deciding she didn't like it very much. She handed it to the brunette next to her.
Jo took a swig of the juice, as well, "mmm... Pumpkin juice. Thanks Mel... Hey Amber, want some?"
"Sure," The blonde reached over the table and took the mug. Severus was becoming quite impatient. His Lily was too busy talking with another of her blonde friends to notice that he was there. He had been hoping one of the girls would have handed the mug to Lily... But he was out of luck. Amber forced the mug on the blonde that was talking to Lily. She finished off the remnants of the juice before setting the mug down.
"Blimey, I feel strange," Gail said suddenly, "oh, hey Severus. Come sit by me."
"Nooo!" Melanie whined, "come sit by me, Sevvy!"
"What's going on?" Lily stared incredulously at her friends, "when did you guys start liking Sev?"
"Like? LIKE?" Jo shouted, "I think I'm in LOVE with him."
Amber jumped to her feet, "you can't love him! I LOVE HIM!"
Soon, there was a fight between the five girls over him. While it was flattering, Severus only wanted to give the potion to Lily. She wasn't stupid enough to think that everything was fine when her best friends started wrestling over him.
That was, until the unbelievable happened. Lily, who had been completely speechless, jumped into the fight as well, "I've loved him since we were kids! He's MINE!"
Severus' jaw just about fell off. He was rendered completely speechless, as Lily had been. He hadn't know that he didn't have to use a potion to sway Lily's feelings. She had liked him all along. There was a flicker in his chest, but he felt like he was forgetting something.
"There you are!" James purred into Severus' ear, "I was lonely without you!"
"NO FAIR PRONGS!" Sirius yelled across the Great Hall, "I saw him first! You back off!"
Severus did his best to take a step back, but he tripped over one of the girl's legs. In an instant, he was sprawled on his back, staring at the enchanted ceiling. Before he could pull himself up, James flung himself on top.
"Potter!" Severus snapped, "get off of me, you louse!"
"No!" James clung to the front of Severus' robes, "I wuve you, Sev. You've got to understand! I just can't stop thinking about you!!"
James leaned forward, puckering his mouth as if he meant to...
"ARGH!" Severus thrashed wildly, eventually landing a good kick on James so that he could scuttle away, right into Dumbledore's legs.
"I see you have found the wrong way to administer a love potion, Severus..." Dumbledore smiled knowingly down at him, "but I'm afraid we'll have to take twenty points off from Slytherin. I must insist that you serve a detention with Slughorn. He will instruct you on the proper uses of a potion."
"Whatever you say, Professor," Severus gasped, "just keep that bloody Potter away from me."
A/N: Fun with Amortentia... If you're wondering who the OC characters are, go read Time you go on.