He slammed down his wand "Professor I... it... it wasn't me!"
"SHUT UP SEVERUS! SHUT UP!" He looked away, disappointed. "YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER! Getting stuck on Hogwarts express then starting a FIRE? You could have burnt the whole train to ash!" he sat down and calmly lifted his wand I thought he was going to attack me. I jumped up and drew my own wand "What are you doing Severus?" he spluttered, turns out he was moving it away from the desk. "Sit down you foolish boy." I did as he said.
"I can expel you. You know that?" I nodded and looked down at my feet. "Look at me" I raised my head and looked at him. Right in the eye. "Give me a reason to keep you here at Hogwarts." I opened my mouth but nothing came out. I wanted to explain about the bullying, about the train and how it wasn't my fault but I couldn't. I never could.
"I... " I cleared my throat and looked at him. His expression was as unforgivable as ever. "You should keep me here because..." I paused.
"You should keep me here because I AM worth it. I CAN do things that others can't. I'm in the slug club. I BELONG to Hogwarts sir, I belong HERE, with the best... Please sir... keep me here, I have nowhere else to go." He looked at me. Stunned. He picked up my trunk and handed it to me.
"Very well Severus, just this once. Never again. If you hurry you may just get pudding or not" He looked at the clock and gestured towards the door just as I was leaving he stopped me, his hand on my shoulder, a tight grip, it almost hurt. "You better work one hundred times as hard this year Snape. Or else" he whispered in my ear, sending shivers down my spine. I turned, nodded and left.
I pulled open the great doors. I was trying to be subtle but it dramatically failed. Even the first years stared at me like I was a piece of rubbish. "Well isn't it for the pyromaniac!" It came from the crowd of wizards and witches on the Gryffindor table. I clenched my fists and walked away but my eye caught Lily's. I was happy. Glad to be staying even though I knew the tormenting wouldn't stop. It never would.
I sat down and grabbed a piece of treacle pudding; my favourite pudding they served in this dump. I didn't really hate Hogwarts, just sometimes, being ignored one minute and then having people chuck things at me; insults, names and sometimes food another minute wasn't the best fun.
As I took the first spoonful of the treacle my mouth started to water, I was looking forward to the hot sticky food hitting the back of my throat but instead I felt the treacle sauce hit the back of my head. Someone had dumped their pudding right down my cloak. "Great. It's started already" I muttered, I wish I didn't. I turned around to see James potter and his mates staring right back at me "Going to tell Snape? Tell who? You're precious Mommy? I tried to stand up, Peter pushed me back down. "Excuse me, I'm going to bed" They let me go that time. That time.