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Sirius didn't want to admit that he was hiding, but it was the truth. He still felt extremely guilty about what happened with the Snape boy. He wondered what was happening with him now. If his mother had been upset that he was sent home. What was he saying? Of course, she was upset. He knew Severus must have his magic back, he couldn't still be wearing his robes. James had been very suspicious since it happened. He didn't come out and blame Sirius, but he had asked him what he did a few times.


"Hey Lily, you want to sit here?" James yelled across the Gryffindor table to the redheaded girl, pointing to the space next to him. She looked up and blushed, but didn't get up from her spot with her friends.

"That was uncomfortable to watch," Remus said, smirking.

They had all become instant friends since the first day on the train. Remus was glad that he finally had friends. He wondered if they would still want to be his friends if they knew his secret. Werewolves weren't very welcome in the wizarding world.

"Shut up!" James said, his cheeks reddening.

"Did you finish the essay for McGonagall?" Peter asked as he shoved scrambled eggs into his mouth.

"Of course," Remus answered. He had worked on it just after classes on Friday. The other boys didn't understand his need to excel. He wanted to prove to Dumbledore that he was worth this shot at Hogwarts.

"Yeah, I finished last night," James added.

"I finished before breakfast," Sirius murmured.

Remus rolled his eyes. He didn't know Sirius very well but it seemed since they met he had gotten more sullen. James said he thought Sirius felt bad for picking on the Snape boy because of what happened at the sorting.

The noise in the Great Hall seemed to raise several levels. Remus noticed several people at his table looking over at the Ravenclaw table. He couldn't see what they were looking at.

"What's going on?" James asked, looking around like Remus.

Remus finally gave up and stood, looking over the heads of those still seated. It was then he saw what everyone was looking at.

"What is it, Remus?" Peter asked.

"The Snape kid, he's back."

James, Sirius and Peter all stood then. They all stared at the Ravenclaw table. Severus Snape was there sitting next to a girl with chestnut hair pulled back into a plait. They were whispering back and forth, looking like they didn't care if anyone else talked to them. Suddenly, Remus felt someone walk past him. He looked over to see it was Lily. Her eyes rounded once she saw the pair. She ran over to the Ravenclaw table.


Severus did his best not to pay attention to the murmurs from the rest of the students. He and Petunia were going over their schedules. It looked like their first class was Transfiguration.

"What does that mean?" she asked.

"Turning things from one thing to another. My mother didn't care much for transfiguration but I've been reading the A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration. I think I have a few down, I hope I don't embarrass myself." His grandfather even purchased the advanced textbooks for each class he was taking. The man had caught him looking longingly at them. He wanted to learn as much as possible. That was good because he and Petunia were already at a disadvantage.

"Don't worry, you'll do fine. It's me that's going to make a complete fool of myself."

He was about to tell her that she would be fine when a familiar voice shouted.

"Severus! You're back, I'm so glad." Lily paused. "Tunie?"

Severus stood up and hugged his friend. He was so glad that she was happy to see him. It worried him when she didn't stand up for him, like she wanted him to be gone.

"Isn't it great, it was just a misunderstanding. Petunia has magic too, so it'll be all of us."

"But she's never had magic before, and she's too old," Lily said with a scowl on her face. It surprised him because he had never seen her like that.

Dumbledore had told him to keep it a secret about everything that had happened. He didn't want to cause problems on his first day. "She just got her magic late, is all." Petunia was being usually quiet, he looked over at her and saw she was looking around them nervously. It was then he noticed most of the students were watching them.

"She's in Ravenclaw? Schoolwork has never been something she was particularly good at."

Severus watched Petunia's cheeks redden. "I've always been top of my class," she whispered barely loud enough for him to hear her.

"Really?" Lily asked like it was the first time she had heard such a thing.

"Yes, mother and father were always too busy fawning over you. It really doesn't matter, I just want to learn and make friends."

"What about your friends at home?" Lily asked bitterly.

"What friends? I'm just so tired of not belonging."

Severus looked down at his hands. How many times had he felt the same way? Lily made friends so easy, he was never going to be like that. He was too protective of himself, keeping his emotions hidden. It was the safest way to be at home. He looked back up at Petunia and a realization hit him. The last few days she had been open and friendly, and it was because Lily had abandoned him too.

Not only did her parents favor Lily, but so did the kids at school. Petunia didn't hide her feelings like he did, she had them turn her in a mean little girl. But at the first chance to have a real friend she jumped at it. She was just as sad and lonely as he was. He shuttered at the thought of someone cruel and evil making friends with her, she would probably turn herself inside out to make the person like her. At least he would be there to make sure nothing like that ever happened.

He still wanted to be friends with Lily, but he didn't think that was possible now. There was something different about Lily. Before they were in their own little bubble. Now she looked angry that he had invited Petunia into that bubble, so she just burst it.

"Looks like Ravenclaw has a new loser," a new voice sneered.

It was a tall boy with white/blonde hair, and a Slytherin prefect badge. He had a smirk on his face, like he was watching something entertaining. He slapped a third year on the back. "Lucky you, Quirrell."

"You should g-go back to your own t-table, Malfoy," Quirinus Quirrell, the third year said. Severus had met him that morning, he was smaller than most other third years, delicate even.

The Slytherin, Malfoy, raised his wand in the direction of Quirinus. Looking around Severus tried to see a professor, but it looked like they were all finished and gone on their way. He knew if he didn't do something Malfoy would hurt a weaker student. Severus didn't hesitate, he raised his wand and yelled, "Alarte Ascendare!"

It was a spell that he had read about in one of his mother's old advanced defense of the dark arts books. He knew what it was supposed to do but it still shocked him to see the tall Slytherin being thrown up in the air and back.

He knew now he was in trouble, the Slytherins at their table started to stand. He grabbed Petunia's hand and the third year's, then he started running. Just outside the Great Hall the other two realized they needed to get to Ravenclaw Tower before the Sytherins regrouped.

"Faster!" Petunia yelled over her shoulder as they ran up the steps. He was a few steps behind her and Quirinus was a few behind him. They were all breathing hard when they got to the door. Thankfully, Lovegood was just stepping out of the passageway when they barreled though.

Once they got into the common room they could finally breath. Quirinus was bent over, clutching his side. Petunia flung herself on an overstuffed chair. Severus just laid down on the rug.

"That was insane," Quirinus said.

"Tell me about it. I thought he was going to kill you, Severus," Petunia added.

"What am I going to do?" he asked grimly.

"Well…he is a seventh year. So maybe just hide for a year," Quirinus said with a half-smile.

"Sure, I'll just do classes by owl," Severus said with a laugh.

"I'm Petunia," Petunia introduced herself to Quirinus.

"Quirinus Quirrell."

Severus noticed Petunia blush ever so slightly, although it could be from the running.

"It's nice to meet you, Quirinus. Thank you for speaking up for us, it was really brave."

"You can call me Rin," the third year said, blushing a little too.

Severus rolled his eyes. "I'll call both of you dead, because that's what the Slytherins will do to all of us."

Both of their faces paled like they had no idea they were in trouble too.

"We have Transfiguration in a little while," Petunia said nervously.

"Do you know who with?" he asked.

"Gryffindor," she said pulling her schedule out of her robes pocket.

For once, Gryffindor was the better option. At least for the time being he would put his plan for Black away. Just until Malfoy and his cronies had better things to do. Survival outweighed revenge, just this once.

"Well, we better go get our things, good thing we didn't bring them to breakfast with us," Petunia said.

"Right. What class do you have?" Severus asked Rin.

"Double Potions."

"I can't wait until I have my first potions class."

No matter what his mother did to him, he still wanted to be a Potions Master. He had been dreaming of it since he was old enough to talk. His mother had always wanted to be the best potions master that ever lived. Just because she turned out to care about potions more than him didn't mean potions weren't important. Maybe one day he could create a potion to cure whatever had made his mom sick in the first place. Because he didn't think she was evil, just sick.


"Can you believe what happened to that giant git?" Peter blustered.

"I can't believe a first year was able to disarm a seventh year. Not just any seventh year but Lucius Malfoy. I've heard about him, he likes the dark arts," James said.

He was so shocked when he saw the small boy from the train take down a newly grown wizard. He just hoped the boy lived to tell the tale. James didn't want to admit it but he was very impressed with the boy. It was good he wasn't a Slytherin, with skills like that at eleven. It was even more troubling that the Sorting Hat couldn't find his magic. Of course, James suspected Sirius, he had been an ornery little cuss since that day. He just couldn't think of what he could have done, he'd never heard of such a spell that took someone's magic away.

After they sat down in Transfiguration, he watched Peter scribble quickly on his parchment. All of them had told the boy to finish his essay the day before.

Two Ravenclaws ran into the room just before time to start class. It was the Snape boy and another girl, he had seen her at breakfast.

"All right class, please pass your essays to the front," Professor McGonagall said. "Mr. Snape and Miss Evans, you'll have until the end of the week to turn in the essay, see me after class," Professor McGonagall said before starting class.