Remus was angry, so angry he could snap James's neck if he ever saw him. What was he thinking? He told him Lily was not there! How he got it into his head that he should marry Lily Evans? Just for the silly thing his da siad?
"the first witch you, the first day, the first compartment, that will be your future love and joy"
Just because his da had, didn't mean he could too! And he told him that when he was what, 7? They were now 12 for Godsack!
And he had lost Charity's trust, again. he had not even told his room mates he was … he was a wolf, but charity had figured it out, then reached out to appologize for the Holloween prank. Was Charity bright, or his two rommmates dumb? He bet on the latter. He also could guess that maybe Snape know and told her to mke her avoide him. It was possible he knew, with perception thing and all. the guy was a genious, was not that hard if he only had a moon mapping.
And Charity, the kind nice perfect girl she was, had come and made friend with him. Him with his shabby clothes and all those aweful criss cross scars on his face, and even when he bet his Gryffindore tie Snape was so against it.
Snape.. now the guy was an enigma. He told anyone he loved Lily like a brother, they were friends since they were 7?8? a genious Hufflepuff who collected allies and even was friends with a Slytherin.. he was friends with everyone, come to think of it. Sirius never shut up about Reg going on and on about him in his letters, he even asked his brother if he had a crush on him..
Resulting on their house elf pouring a bucket of cold water some Sunday morning per his master request.
If the guy was so much pro muggleborn-pureblood marraiges, like with Tonks Black , why was he friends with Pettigrew who was in favor of against notion?
Pettigrew… he winced. What they pulled on Snape was nothing compared to him. Sure they had shoved him off a step or two, stolen his books but that was it. They never followed him with invisibilty clock and made him afraid of his shadow, or throw his notes in the lake, or hexed his showlaces.
James claimed it was Pettigrew inflence on Snape and Evans, and that Snape wanted to marry evans someday and the best friend act was a decoy. That he thought pettigrew was working on them to get them to the knights of walburgis and voldemort opposition, and they would kill Evans cause she was a muggleborn and courupt Snape. And they couldn't allow him to courupt Snape, first because as loath as James was to confess, the guy was powerful, and knowledgable, not to say likable. He had a group of followers now, and he had immortal friendship of two good families who had to support him come heaven or hell fire.
Sometimes remus thought it was a exageration, sometimes he thought maybe..
Sod it. Charity said it was not and Snape was not snobbish with his friends and he taught Pettigrew and their teasing would make it hard for him to stay friends with peter.
Who knew?
And that Sev did not have a SISTER, that was Lily's sister…he should tell James to appologise when he was not grounded by his dad. One could not date a witch and anger their siblings.
Petunia at first, was skeptical of Sna..Severus. not that long ago, he was rude, hostile and didn't shut up about her being muggle, and called her tuny.
She hated it, luny tuny.
It didn't just add up.
Maybe he grew up? Found out the dress code and you have to wash your hair from time to time?
Maybe he found better friends than her sister who only wanted attention and as long as she got it, didn't care if her companion got negetives ones?
Who knew?
She was shocked when he asked her to call him Severus, and made that Jerk, Potter appologize. She later got a letter from him too, appologizing for calling her Snape sister.
She tore that up.
Liked it or not, it didn't seem he was going anywhere, Lily liked him enough, and her parents too. So she thought why the hell not? She could try being civil, and go from there. If she hated it, they couldn't be more hostil towards each other than they were now.
So she started talking, more questioning, or interogating in his words. Magic was so not the way she had imagined and Lily wrote in her several pages length letters.
It had an ugly, dangerous side too, and he would later explain .
He also reminded her that magical community was small, and that she knew about it made it special, made her special. She could enjoy flying on a broom, putting on magical make up that wouldn't come off with rain or crying, and wear enchnted dresses that made her look like a princess.
"you can also own an elf, the one you saw that day. They are like magical helpers. Their magic is dependent on the humans somehow. You can also install a floo in your home and go to diagon that way, or hogsmeed, or whereever you like"
He said that she could consider the possiblity of later having a magical son or daughter, and what would she do then? Call them a freak? Say she didn't love them anymore?
That made her pause. Maybe she was being a bit of bitch?
She was also shocked more, to hear his father didn't like magic.
What was there not to like? It was wonderful! All unicorns and long gowns and big castles! Or she thought it was.
He corrected that view for her. She never knew people like him and her sister faced predejuis like Black people, called the M word like their N. she never knew, Lils never said anything of Crucio and that they made people marry , no mate like cattle. That he had worked all year so two people who liked eachother marry, and that other fiance was a murderor and torturer.
She never knew that they had a house, Slytherin, their underdog and said anything evil came out of it. That they said hufflepuffs like him were stupid.
Anyone who met Severus for a few seeconds knew he was brilliant.
Stupid racist predejuists arses. He had nearly dies once in that qiddich thing! Were they nuts?
And he laughed. The sound surprised her, she never heard him laugh, was that not a pitty? He had a great one.
She wondered if he was simply replacing her with Lily, but the amounts of letters he got, Frank and Charity and Fabian and Andromeda and Regulus and Marlene and…the list was tall. Plus he never mentioned, or pressured her to talk about Lily. She talked about her jerk of a boyfriend, and he even hugged her!
Sloppily, shyly but he hugged her and told her she was an intelligent young Woman and she didn't need silly boys like Potter and the jerk telling her she was not beautiful or smart.
Such sweet words. It made her feel better about herself, and stop wearing that itchy tight bra that made her breath caught so her boobs look bigger, just because her ex mocked her and told her she was flat.
She kept meeting him at the park.
Her parents went on a trip and she was to stay with a friend, said friend was also friends with her ex, so that was it. Plus summer days were long and boring and there was a maximum of watching Tv.
Talking with severus was fun, when he bothered to be.they had lots of fun talking about silly things like if wizards went to the moon, or how a Tv with wizrds programs would be. They had giggled like a pair of stupid 10 years old.
Not that their exchange was not mutual.
He later asked her all about babies. She of course didn't know much, excuse her, she was only 2 when Lils were born, but got him a book from library and asked him the reason
"I think its safe to say I m gonna be a big brother in monthes"
Before she could congradulate him,he went and then confessed to her, that he was afraid, to leave his parents with a new baby. He went far and said he would even drop out of Hogwarts and enroll in a non-magical school. That his Mom could probably yeach him till OWLs and that was it. Because OWLs were compulsory,not NEWTs.
When she told him why he was not reporting it to athorities he scoffed.
"muggle ones wont care, Tobias has many drink police buddies, and magic one only cares about those who have money and power, my complain only makes it harder if I want to get a job in ministry, or an internship. Magical community is small, everyone knows each other and word travels fast"
He then changed the subject compeletly and quite obviously,showing his reluctance in saying another word on the matter.
He said he had something called perception, could see people aura, and that she had one! Maybe she could do magic after all!in exchange she could teach him some math and biology and chemistry, and he would try and teach her magic.
It was in the middle of the week, 5 days past their first visit.
"where are you Severus damn it" she said impatiently, hardly tried not to stump his foot.
"Now Petunia, that's not a good look on a young maiden's face m'lady"
She laughed. For a 12 years old, his behavior was plenty old. Like those characters out of a 15 century romance novels, shakespear?
"come on severus, what you have for me?"
He scratched the back of his head, his head low" an elementary Runes book. I figured we can figure it out if you can use it, that you have enough magic for it"
"and then?"
"we can start on herbology, some basic potions and magic history. Basic artimancy is ok too. "
And when after two hours of hard work,failing so many times she could care to count, using mud and soil and some kind of potion lab grade water ( what the hell?) she created her first runic symbol that made a withered daisy come to life again, she kissed him.
Err, not his mouth! Obviously, she wasn't a pedophile and he was just a kid. His forehead. She kissed his forhead.
He blushed, then stated chewing his lips and shifted on his feet.
"come on Severus! Wont you congrat me on my good work! I am magical after all!"
He smiled again.
"we have work to do, maybe potions next?"
That week was the best week she had.