She Always Gets What She Wants.
#1: How It All Started
"Expelled again? On the first day of school?" Severus asked his adoptive sister, pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration. Severus knew she was just getting expelled repetitively until she could finally go to Hogwarts. He didn't think it was safe for her there. She may get made fun of, she may not make any friends, and she may have a miserable life at this school just as he has. He didn't want his sister to go through what he did. But he had warned her plenty of times, and this was the fifth school she had been expelled from. She had always been mischievous, that much was obvious. In a way, Severus' sister, Rain reminded him of the marauders. The marauders were a group of boys who pulled several pranks for sheer amusement. Severus had a strange feeling that if Rain attended Hogwarts she would befriend these marauders, his enemies. When Rain had received a letter from Hogwarts, she wanted to go so bad. But her dad wouldn't let her. He didn't care for magic, and Rain was his most prized possession. But Severus was allowed to go, his dad would do anything to get rid of Severus. However her mum did take her to Diagon Ally to get a wand, a cat, and several other magical things every week. Her mum and Severus even gave her private magical lessons as she continued to go to muggle schools. But the longer she didn't attend Hogwarts, the worst her behavior became.
They both heard a car engine roar, plowing through rain and wind, and angry footsteps stomping on the stairs. Severus glanced at Rain sitting at the kitchen table next to him and smiled as soon as he saw her facial expression. He wished he were as tough and brave as his sister. Tobias Snape slammed the door open and then shut again, to see his little angel, his prized possession, not looking like an angel or a prized possession. He stood there horrified. Tobias had tried not to look at his daughter's outward appearance and focus more on her personality. However it was getting harder and harder every day. He thought sending her to boarding school last year had taught her more discipline and respect, but now, he looked at her and saw it did the exact opposite. She sat there giving him a crooked smile; her once neatly combed, short, straight blonde hair was now long, layered and choppy, and brown. Her hazel eyes had a rebellious tone to them and were outlined with brown eyeliner, making her eyes more intense. Instead of wearing the pink and purple Sunday school dresses she always used to wear, she wore fitted band t-shirts and tight acid washed jeans with several holes, showing off the outline of her body. And instead of wearing her perfectly clean and shiny white Mary Jane's, she wore black combat boots that went up to her mid calf, stained with a few mud spots. But what disturbed Tobias the most were the piercings and the tattoo. Rain wore a sparkly stud on the right side of her nose, three ear piercings on her left ear and four on her right, and a small bump on her shirt indicated that she had a belly button ring. In the webbed area between her thumb and index finger was the number, thirteen, inked upon her skin forever. Tobias sighed, he could not try and ignore her looks and personality anymore. They were too rude.
"First you start a food fight, almost cut off a poor boys finger, cut every girls hair in your grade into a short bob, started your own tattoo and piercing business in a cafeteria, and now, you're latest attempt to get kicked out of a school is having sex with some disgusting boy in a janitor's closet! You dirty slut! I should have known better, being raised by your mother and all. Disgusting, well you get what you want; I'm sending you to that school for freaks, Hogwarts! With your horrid brother. You can be a disgusting piece of shit there!" Rain's father screamed at her.
"You know, that's all you had to do. All you had to do was send me off to Hogwarts and none of this would have ever happened. I would have still been your perfect angel. I'd look the same as I did when I was eight. I would be a virgin still. But thank you dad, this is all I wanted." Rain smiled.
"You're a freak, you're a freak witch. Anyone with the power of magic is a freak. I have no idea why I thought you were any different. Severus, take her to Hogwarts, I wish to not see any of you for a long time. Disastrous, disgraceful, horrid children." Mr. Snape mumbled the last part as he walked to his bedroom, probably to go take his anger out on his wife. Rain flashed a victorious smile and looked at Severus before crushing him in a hug.
Severus laughed and hugged her back, Rain was always good to Severus, she treated him like a normal person, and he loved that. He couldn't wait to go to school with her, she would give him comfort, and he would feel more at home.
They stayed in the Leaky Cauldron until the first day of school. The two had spent most of their free time without their parents bonding and buying school supplies at Diagon Alley. Thank Merlin Rain's mum and brother taught her everything they knew, otherwise she'd be completely lost at Hogwarts.
At platform 9 and ¾ Severus knew that Rain would have other problems than just getting made fun of. Problems Severus wouldn't be too happy about. As they waited for the train Rain was ecstatic as ever, many boys looked at her and smiled, admiring her beauty, but as soon as they saw whom she was standing next to they looked away, confused and slightly amused. Severus and Rain soon hopped aboard the Hogwarts train. They looked for seats until Severus spotted a tall redheaded girl with her nose in a book.
"Hey Lily." He greeted her as he stepped into the compartment with Rain, his face becoming brighter. She looked up from her fairly thick book and smiled, then looked curiously at Rain.
"Lily, this is my sister, Rain. Rain, this is my friend, Lily." He introduced while Lily and Rain shook hands. Rain smiled,
"So you're Lily, my brother talks about you all the time." Snape blushed and gave Rain a warning glare before they sat across from Lily.
"I've seen you a few times at Severus', well your house. We live fairly close to one another. Severus worries about you a lot." Lily smiled.
"Well, she used to go to boarding schools all the time. So she's not home very often." He concluded, cracking his knuckles nervously. Before their conversation could get too far, two obnoxious boys barged in the compartment and sat next to Lily. The one with round glasses sat next to Lily and put his arm around her.
"Lilykins why are you always with Snivellus? Hang out with us!" The boy with glasses stated.
"Snivellus? Is that what you call my brother? If you don't like him then at least think of a funny and insulting nickname. Snivellus? What's that supposed to mean?" Rain gaffed. The two boys looked incredulously at Rain. The one with shoulder length black, wavy hair smiled.
"That's a good suggestion. But tell me Beautiful, how can you possibly be related to Snivellus? Oh, my name's Sirius by the way, and yours?" Sirius said, holding a hand out. Severus snorted.
"Don't you dare call my sister beautiful, don't even try your charm on her!" Severus glared at Sirius.
"It's alright Sev. My name is Rain. I'm adopted, so Severus and I don't look alike. It was nice meeting you, but Severus has to introduce me to other people. Thank you." Rain pulled on Severus' hand and pulled him out of the compartment. Lily pushed James to the opposite side of her.
"Nice going Sirius. James why didn't you introduce yourself?" Lily asked, but decided not to wait for an answer and chastised them both for being rude to Severus instead.
Rain had met Severus' friends from his house, Slytherin, Avery, Mulciber, Wilkes, and Bellatrix Black, Sirius' cousin. She found it amusing that a lot of the Slytherin kids went by their last name, maybe they were just proud of their family and heritage.
Rain impatiently stood behind all the first years as they were sorted with her arms crossed. She waited patiently until the last student was sorted. Rain already knew about the houses and their traits, she had learned a lot about Hogwarts on her own and from Severus and her mum.
"Now, I know you all are anxious to eat, but we have one more person to sort. She's going into her fourth year and I hope you all welcome her to our home. Snape, Rain!" Dumbledore announced. Several whispers went around, along with stares. Rain sat down and put the hat on her head. It smelled really weird. The hat stood idle for a few minutes, going through her mind, her memories, her decisions, and much more, while thinking aloud. Then she was finally sorted,
"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat boomed. Several cheers came from the Gryffindor table, but some people from the other houses looked very confused and Severus looked a bit disappointed. Rain gave her brother an apologetic smile and sat with her house to eat.