His Half-Blood Princess {Severus Snape}

Scarlet Carter

"I should've known..." A deep threatening voice said behind me. I drew my wand quickly, expecting an attack, and there stood Lyanna.

"Hey! Don't sneak up on me like that!" I exclaimed, as the girl with blonde hair laughed. "Sorry, I couldn't help it." She laughed more while I slapped her shoulder. "Consider your apology accepted. To Diagon Alley?"

"To Diagon Alley!"

We both watched as the fast Knight Bus suddenly drove in front of us. After hopping in, I haven't reached my bed yet when the bus began to drive again.

I didn't really expect the speed to be like this. I held on for dear life as the conductor of the bus was reading a newspaper. Last time I rode the Knight Bus, it wasn't really this bumpy. The bus went crazy, going around the muggle neighbourhoods as though the vechile was stolen. As we got there, Lyanna happily jumped out, as for me... It wasn't really the most pleasant exit.

I dropped down my trunk, and Lyanna did the same. The wheels clattered, making a sound across the stone floor. "Come on!" said Lyanna, going through all of the drunk wizards, and stopped in front of the wall. "Can I do it?" I asked, this time with puppy eyes. She hesitantly nodded and beckoned for me to get my wand. I tapped the bricks with the pattern, and the wall burst open in front of us. "Ready?"

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After we gave our trunks to the staff of the inn, Lyanna and I decided to buy several school supplies today that aren't too hard to buy.

We were in the bookstore, buying our new textbooks. Lyanna was most likely to be called as a Hermione Granger replica. She was merely smart and book-ish like her, and did love to be organised, but she wasn't as great as her as she has come to admit.

Later, we found ourselves tiredly sitting at a nearby bench. Lyanna opened her wallet, then threw her hands in the air. "Great. Because Professor Snape had to choose the one that's expensive, I only have air in my wallet!" Lyanna exclaimed.

But I stiffened. I sensed someone was behind us. I tried to signal Lyanna that someone was hearing her, but she kept on rummaging through her purse. "Well, I can change your textbook into a cheaper one if you wish, Miss Roberts, so then maybe you can now buy yourself a chocolate frog without complaining." A velvet voice said behind us.

Lyanna completely froze.

That voice meant one thing.

Trouble.

We both slowly turned around our heads, to see Professor Snape, looking at us with an amused expression. "Detention on your 2nd day of school, Miss Roberts. I shall expect you to be in my dungeons at 8." After giving me one last... Smile?

-WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SEVERUS SNAPE, THE WELL KNOWN "DUNGEON BAT", SMILED AT ME.-

Another sign of trouble, I tell you, fellow humans. Run while you still can. And praying I won't get a detention too, I smiled back. Then he strode away, leaving our mouths open. "Dammit!" whisper-shouted Lyanna, as I grabbed her by the shoulder, furiously. "If you will complain, one more goddamn time, Lyanna. I will murder you." I threatened as she rolled her eyes.

We both walked around to pass the time before we arrive at our inn to stay in. "Stop!" Lyanna shouted at me, I almost fell by the force of her hand to my wrist, when she looked down to the ground. "A Sickle!" she said, grabbing the silver coin laying on the ground, and hugged it to her chest. "I can live!" she said in victory, then slipped the coin into her pocket.