Chapter 13: Trouble with Snivellus

"I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!"

The words echoed in Severus's head over and over as he sat in the grass, writing his Transfiguration essay in his own miniscule handwriting.

Just then, he caught sight of that horribly familiar messy black hair and quickly drew his wand out.

"Sectum-"

"Levicorpus!" James yelled as Severus was hoisted in the air upside-down.

Severus felt a thrill of dread as James continued taunting him with various hexes.

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"Prongs, watch out," Sirius muttered. "McGonagall and Evans are by the Entrance."

James looked sideways. Sure enough, Professor McGonagall was walking briskly towards the Entrance, and Lily was chatting with Alice as they walked out of the Entrance toward the lake. Very fortunately for James, none of them noticed Snape dangling upside-down in midair.

There was crash as Snape tumbled downwards. He struggled to his feet, picked up his book bag and dashed away, while James and Sirius were also hurrying out of the crowd as if they had nothing to do with it.

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"Padfoot?" said James in a troubled voice after a long time of sitting at dinnertime in silence.

"Yes, Prongs?" said Sirius.

"What will happen when Lily finds out I was hexing Snivellus? She'll kill me!"

"Chill, mate," said Sirius easily. "What Evans doesn't know won't hurt. And besides, who's going to tell her?"

James still looked unconvinced.

"Look, IF she did find out, it's not your fault, I mean, who was aiming a curse at you first? Snivellus never misses the opportunity to curse us in the first place, so why shouldn't you prevent that? You're actually doing a good thing."

James looked skeptically at Sirius.

"That's all just a backup, if the unlikely event occurs that she finds out," Sirius added hastily.

Remus, who had just walked into the Hall, sat across from them.

"Hey Moony, how's your furry little problem?" James asked.

" 'Till next month," Remus replied, stuffing his mouth.

"Prong's been having some trouble with Snivelly," Sirius said.

Remus looked alarmed.

"You haven't been hexing him again!"

"Yes, and please don't tell Lily!" James pleaded.

Remus glared at him reproachfully.

"No, of course I won't, but you really shouldn't have done it. Not just because of Lily, but also, you are Head Boy…"

"Shut it, Moony," said Sirius. "Prongs was just having a laugh, weren't you, Pr-"

James was looking down at his dinner plate.

"Since when have you been so goody-goody?" Sirius demanded.

James didn't answer.

"Well, in my opinion, you two have lost your mind. Doesn't anyone care about all the curses Snivellus tries on us? If James hadn't defended himself, he would have ended up like those first years went a few months ago. Do you honestly want that to happen to the rest of the school?"

"Prongs, we won't tell Lily," Remus said, "don't worry. Just try to control yourself next time and make sure it doesn't happen again."

James nodded curtly and finished his dinner.

Okay, I wrote this chapter based on what Sirius said in OOTP about how James still hexed Snape after he started dating Lily, but she didn't know too much about it. It was a short chappie...I better get back to my long chapter habbit.