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The morning was cool and inviting as she walked to her
next class of Defense Against the Dark arts. She still could
not believe that the position was cursed here at Hogwarts,
but sadly each of the three years that she had been at the
school she has had a different teacher each year, and none
were 100 percent qualified to teach if she were to be honest.
Saphera sighed to herself, she had been having a issue
trying to have a conversation with Lily recently. Mainly
because she had been studying for her O.W.L.S and then
you count the Marauders stopping her when she tried to
reach out the Gryffindor 5
th
year. Before recently, all
Saphera had to do was walk up to her older friend and ask to
speak to her.
With all the other girls Lily rooms with, Saphera gets glairs of
discontent from Lily's roommates. The group of Gryffindor
boys that dislike her because she is the younger sister of
their hated enemy Severus Snape.
She had done nothing to them except being a Snape. Sure
her brother was blunt and brash with people that showed off
to everyone. He was also someone who would protect those
he though as his, like Lily and her. Sev had a way with words
that could cut someone with out meaning to, thats just what
happeneds when you grew up the way they have. Abusive
father, submissive mother, and having adults turn a blind
eye because you were poor.
Saphera recently at the age of 13 started to notice that Lily
was pulling away from Sev and her. She hopped to speak to
her friend in regards to that, and hopped to clear up any
issues that Lily and Severus having so that peace could
return to their friendship.
Saphera knew that Lily went on a date with the Digory boy
from Hufflepuff and Severus wasn't to pleased with that. She
asked about what his issue was and he stated that the
Hufflepuff was not in her league and was unintelligent. She
even asked her brother how he felt about Lily, he said he
loved her but not as a romantic love as many thought. She
learned that he wasn't attracted to women, which she sort
knew as he turned down multiple invites to Hogsmeade with
Ladies from their house and a few Ravenclaws. Even with
the crook in his nose that their father broke two years ago,
her brother was;as many of the girls in her dorm told her was
attractive. She made a face when Mia said that.
"Phera you heading to the library?" Mia asked as they left
Defence.
"No, I'm going to see if I can find my brother. He should be
done with his Potions OWL." She explained.
"Ok, I'll see you at lunch."
Potions and Transfiguration was canceled that day as they
were the two subjects that were being tested for both OWL
and NEWTS. Saphera made her way out to the courtyard by
the black lake. She knew that her brother loved sitting
outside under one of the trees when it was nice out.
Walking towards the lake, she noticed that there was a
group of classmates there huddled under a tree. As she got
closer, she saw that her brother was being held upside down
by James Potter and they were taunting him. She saw that
Black had a hold of Severus's wand and was asking the
crowed if they should take off her brothers trousers right
then and there.
Pushing her way up to the front of the older students that
gathered to try and help her brother. Some of the students
laughed and she was elbowed in the side. As soon as she
was at the front, Lily had also made her way to Potter and
Black.
"Let him down right now you toewrag Potter." Lily
seethed.
"Aww Lily-flower, agree to a date with me and I'll let
Snivilless go." Poter smirked at Lily.
"I would rather eat slugs then go on a date with you Potter."
"Then I cant let him down for you."
"Is this your way of getting a date? Blackmailing me with
taunting my friend?"
"Snivelless deserves this Evans, he is a Slytherin honestly."
Black chimed in.
While the two were distracted by Lily, she ran and dover for
her brothers wand. Just before she could grab it, Black
caught her. He grabbed her out stretched arm and twisted it.
It hurt a little, but nothing that she wasnt used to when it
came to pain. Her drunk father was worse.
"Black Let go of my sister!" Severus seethed.
"Aww, still holding out that little Snape will join you in bed?
Maybe I'll temped her first." Black laughed.
As soon as Lily saw that Black was leering at Saphera and
twisting her arm. She socked Potter in the nose and Finite
the spell holding her brother upside down.
As Black, Lupin and Pettigrew lost focuse on her brother
who fell to the ground to help Potter. Lily when to help
Severus up.
"Severus, Let me help you up, are you ok?" Lily asked in
concern.
"I do not need the help of a MudBlood like you!" Saphera
heard her brother spat both in embarrassment and
humiliation.
Saphera flinched at her brother using that word against their
friend. She watched as Lily grew rigged and paled at this.
She turned and walked away from him and right pass
Saphera. She heard the boys demand that her brother
apologize to Lily. Saphera knew that they drove her brother
to humiliation and the thought enraged Severus.
She watched as her brother left, his robes billowing behind
him and she could only stand there. After a few minutes she
turned to the people responsible for this. She wasn't as
brave as her brother. But that day she saw her father in him,
which scared her still.
"I hope you are pleased with yourselves." She spoke.
"What did you say?" Black sneered at her.
"You are such ugly little boys that you have to pick on
someone because they do not agree with you and by
association their kin. All to what? Feel Better about
yourself?" She spoke growing angry.
"Aww are you upset that we showed Evens, Snivelles's true
side?"
"You humiliated him in front of other people."
"He needed it, he is evil. I'm sure you are just as rotten as he
is."
"I think you needed to feel better about yourself Black, your
upset that your parents dont love you, that Regules doesn't
even speak to you. You take it out on the person that
reminds you of who your parents wanted you to be. That
makes you an ugly person on the inside regardless how
much you try to hide it. And Potter, you will not leave Lily
alone to save your life. She has turned down your invitation
multiple times over the years. She is not interested in you,
maybe if you stopped harassing others and show some
maturity she may consider agreeing. But you have not given
her any other perspective when it comes to you." She spoke
and turned to leave.
Soon she was under water, trying to break the surface. She
wasn't sure what Black had done. One moment she was
walking away to go find both Severus and Lily to talk to them
and calm the situation down. Next she was in the Black lake
trying to swim. Sure making Black angry ways her objective,
she just expressed herself and how she thought of him.
Saphera was struggling as she couldn't reach her wand and
she also didn't know how to swim.
She felt that her vision was darkening and her throat was
closing as she was unable to draw breath. Just as she was
succumbing to the blackness, she felt someone grab her
hand and pull her against them.
As they broke the surface, she was unconcise, Regulus was
breathing heavy as he hurried to get them to the shore so
that he can exspell the water from her lungs. He was walking
into the courtyard with Rabastan looking for Saphera. He
heard his brother yell angerly and watched as Saphera
ended up in the Black lake. Both boys dropping thir bags,
Rabastan running to get a Professor and Regulus to get
Saphera out of the lake. He couldn't believe what he saw,
but whatever she said to him and his group did not warrant
him to kill the girl. As soon as he got close enough to shore
Potter and his brother were in the water trying to help the
unconcise girl out of the water.
"What happened here?" Professor Sprout yelled as she and
Rabastan ran back over.
"I haven't a clue but you may want to ask them." Regulus
sneered as he pointed his wand at Saphera, summoning the
water in her lungs to help her breath.
Watching her start to cough up the rest, the boys started to
try and explaine away the blame.
"I watched her get thrown into the lake by them!" Rabastan
spoke over the group of 5
th
years.