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Feeling his head beginning to pound angrily Severus climbed out off the train and started towards the carts. A sneer came to his lips as he was pushed around as everyone tried to move around.
Right now he wanted to get into the Great Hall and then down the Slytherin Common Room. If he thought he wanted to be alone before... He just wanted to go to sleep and forget today happened
It wasn't that it was a bad day. The fact was that he had had a very fun train ride with Spencer. That in and of itself was a huge problem. And wasn't it sad that being happy was actually a problem?
The Slytherin should be glad that he had made another friend. There was something in the pit of his stomach that told him this wasn't something he should be happy about. Something was coming.
It always turned out that way didn't it. Shaking his head of the thoughts he looked around trying to find a way to get away from the thrum of people only to freeze when he caught sight of Spencer.
She was holding on tightly to James Potter looking up at him with love and wonder in her eyes as Sirius Black talked to her. Suddenly Severus realized exactly why he thought she looked familiar. Spencer was James Potter's little sister.
Of course she was his little sister. Why would she be anything else? It's not as if the world didn't revolve around the man and his friends. It only made sense that they two of them were related.
How was it Severus continued to find himself in these situations? First the man decided that he wanted Lily Evans and nothing was going to stop him from getting what he wanted. Even if she wanted him to.
And she did want him to. Sometimes. Severus could tell that his friend was, at the very least, intrigued by the Gryffindor. She just disliked how he believed that he could get anything he wanted with a smile and a little charm.
That did only a little to stop her from falling for the boy like everyone else seemed to. It wasn't going to be long before she gave in though. He knew he was going to lose her no matter how much he hated it.
Now he had added Spencer to the list of things he was going to lose to James Potter. Not that he had been able to truly say that he and Spencer had been friends. She was just a person he met on the train.
He had talked to her for maybe four hours. That was barely long enough to call them acquaintances. There would have been no reason for him to ever talk to her if he had just kept his mouth shut.
Instead he said that he'd teach her potions. How did that seem like a good idea to him? He might enjoy potions, but he was in no way a Potions Master. Why did she have to come into his compartment?
With a sigh Severus climbed into a carriage. Right now there was nothing he could do to push the girl away from him, but he promised to himself that before the week was over he'd do just that.
As the Slytherin closed the door James and his friends walked past the carriage to find one for them silently. At least James was being silent. His mind was running to quickly to pay attention to much.
"James?" Remus questioned resting a hand on his friends shoulder, "What are you thinking?"
"She's a Hufflepuff," James shook his head, "You saw what she did with Malfoy. And that was with me next to her. What do you think she's going to do when I'm not there?"
"Being a Hufflepuff isn't a bad thing."
"It makes her vulnerable. I know what she's like, Remus. I know how something so simple and innocent to you and me can destroy her. She needs to be protected."
"You can only protect her so much. And from what I saw she doesn't need to be protected that much. She's a good kid."
"She's still just a kid."
"And what are you?"
Remus stopped in front of an empty carriage and stared at his friend. The two men stared at each other for a moment before he nodded his head. There was a reason he was known as the smart one in their group.
The carriage started towards the castle a moment later. It was almost time for Spencer to be sorted. James had nothing to worry about. He just ended up thinking too much when it came to people he cared about.
By the time the Sorting Ceremony came about James head was ready to pound out of his head. Once he started Hogwarts he knew that his sister was going to be in Hufflepuff and he had been okay with that.
Until he started to met people and saw how they treated Hufflepuff's. Maybe he was only seeing the bad things, but he did not want his little sister to end up being used and stepped on because her heart was too big.
That didn't seem like a bad thing in his eyes. There were a lot of people that would use her kindness just to get close to her so they could bring her down to their level and that was not okay with him.
"James," Sirius whispered jabbing him in the stomach with his elbow, "Spencer's up."
Shaking his head to rid himself of the thoughts the boy focused on the stage just in time to see his sister almost skip up to the chair. Seemed she wasn't the least bit nervous of what was going on.
For a moment the Great Hall was quiet while the Sorting Hat thought. At least that's what James thought until he noticed Spencer's lips moving. She was actually having a conversation with the Hat.
With a sigh the Gryffindor ran a hand through his hair. How had he not seen that one coming? Talking to the Sorting Hat as if there was nothing wrong. Yeah, his sister was a special kind of person.
"Hufflepuff!" the Sorting Hat suddenly yelled causing James and everyone else to jump.
A round of applause along with cheers of happiness erupted from the Hufflepuff table. They always were happy when people were sorted in their house. The table was usually the loudest when that happened.
Professor McGonagall removed the Hat from Spencer's head allowing her to stand up. With a small curtsy to the Professor's table Spencer turned to James and grinned causing him to smile back.
The smile soon faded though when he noticed her look over at the Slytherin table and smile at someone else. Clenching his teeth James looked over in time to see Severus Snape nod his head to acknowledge Spencer.
Anger coursed through the boy at the movement. When the hell had Snape and Spencer spent... During the train ride. Damn it. He knew he should have followed his sister and kept her safe.
Teeth grinding together as the dinner slowly progressed James barely ate let alone spoke to his friends. His eyes were glued on Snape ready to pounce the second they were able to leave the Great Hall.
When he finally saw people starting to stand up the Gryffindor moved quickly ignoring his friends calls. Sirius might not try to talk him out of doing what he had planned, but Remus would in a heartbeat.
Seeing the black haired Slytherin walk into the hallway James moved quickly grabbing his by the arms and pulling him into an empty hall. Slamming the boy into the wall he pressed his arm to his throat stepping closer to him.
"What are you trying to do?" James glared pressing his arm tighter.
"What are you talking about, Potter?" Severus ground out glaring back.
"Why did my sister smile at you when she was sorted?"
"We sat together on the train."
"That doesn't mean that you two are suddenly best friends. You need to stay the hell away from..."
Before James could finish his sentence a gasp came from behind them. Spinning around he felt himself move away from the Slytherin quickly as his sister came into sight. He hadn't wanted her to see this.
Taking a step towards her he opened his mouth to explain only to be pushed aside as she rushed to Severus's side. He watched as she looked over Snape trying to see if he was hurt in some way.
"Spencer," James moved forward wrapping an arm around her wrist.
"What did you do?" Spencer brushed him off, "You're bleeding, Severus. We should go to the Hospital Wing."
Snape opened his mouth to argue with her, but fell silent when he saw the look in her eyes. She looked so concerned about him. The look made it feel like he couldn't breathe. He couldn't argue when she looked like that.
Was she actually worried about him with what her brother had been planning on doing to him? With a slight nod he let her lead him out of the hall and towards the Hospital Wing leaving James standing there.
"Spencer," James called moving to follow them.
"You've done enough," Spencer shook her head, "Just go to bed."
Watching his sister walk away he felt his shoulders sag. He had just wanted to protect Spencer from the Slytherin, but now it felt as if he was pushing her closer to the other boy without realizing it.
Shaking his head he slowly started to make his way to the Gryffindor tower. How had everything turned into his? He just wanted to protect his sister. It shouldn't be this hard to protect her.
"James," Sirius practically jumped up when he walked into the Common Room, "What's wrong? Where did you go?"
"Spencer is friends with Snape," James replied knowing that explained everything.
"What? What is he planning?"
"I don't know. I was trying to find out. Trying to get him away from her, but she saw me. She took him to the Hospital Wing."
"You hurt him?" Remus jumped in his eyebrows coming together.
"Not on purpose. He must have gotten hurt when I rammed him into the wall. I don't know. You're not getting the point. Snape is friends with Spencer."
"Snape is friends with Lily too."
"Why are you defending him, Remus?" Sirius questioned with a glare.
"I'm not defending him. I'm saying he hasn't done anything wrong."
"Yet."
Shaking his head Remus stood up and started towards the stairs to the boys dorms. Before he got to the stairs he stopped and turned towards his friends his expression hard to read.
"Are you really going to prosecute him for something you don't even know he's going to do?" Remus questioned before walking away.
