*13 years earlier*
They glanced up at each other every now and then through-out potions class neither of them not needing to pay attention. His black eyes seemed unable to concentrate on anything else but her green eyes. She pushed back a bit of her long dark red hair, catching his eye as she did. She gave a sigh and a small nod allowing him to know she would indeed talk to him after class. He took this as a relief compared to the weeks of being shut out. The boy who was more adult now than child like the others was sitting next to her was watching her moves carefully, his hazel eyes glaring up at the boy through round glasses. The hazel eyed young adult grabbed hand full of his black hair and simply squeezed it then returned to looking at the red-headed girl.
“Class is dismissed” said the sheepish fat wizard in the front.
The girl got up and whispered in the hazel eyed boy’s ear when he shook his head unarguably she simply kissed him making him full-heartedly trust her.
She stopped outside the dungeons door looking down at her feet and nervously rubbing her stomach.
“Lily” the boy with the black eyes said apprehensively.
“Sev I…” she said trailing off at the end not sure what to say.
“What’s wrong Lily, you kiss me and … never mind that and then you go around strutting with Potter what’s wrong with you.”
“I need someone who will take care of me Severus” she said angrily.
“And you think I won’t Lily” he said hurt and grabbing a hold of her left arm.
“No not with you running around with your death eaters” Lily said pulling her arm away.
Severus ran a large hand through his thin greasy black hair.
“Is there any other reason Lily” Severus asked.
She burst into tears at the question covering her face and falling into Severus’s arms.
“Sev we made a horrible mistake well I did.”
“What is it Lily” he said touching her chin.
“When we …” she stopped.
“Yes, I know what you mean what is it about that?”
“I never thought it’d happen I mean it was my first time and I … was so stupid” she said crying harder.
“Lily?”
“Sev, I’m pregnant” she cried loudly.
“You’re pregnant?”
“Yes, you fool” she said hitting him.
“Are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure you blithering idiot” Lily said glaring at him.
“How do you know?”
“I went to the doctor over the Christmas Holiday’s because I felt strange and he told me.”
Severus paced back and forth and said “so where do we go from here?”
“I think I’ve decided to put it up for adoption.”
“It?”
“What would you like me to call it” she yelled at him?
“Maybe the baby would be nice.”
“Like you bloody care you probably want it to be non existent.”
“No if I weren’t so poor I’d ask you to let me keep the kid.”
“Oh sure Sev you’d freak in a week.”
She strode off then out of sight leaving him there in her dust.
*11 years after*
She sat in her room kicking at her bed her greasy black hair blowing from the fan above. She sighed wishing to be outside doing something better then what she was doing now which was sitting in her room. “Demetria come down here please” her mother yelled from the kitchen.
“Coming” she said with complete and utter boredom filling her voice
. She looked in the mirror on the way out her black eyes seeming to match her black hair. She ran down the stair and walked into the kitchen sighing “yes mother?”
“A letter came for you.”
She starred down at the envelope her mother gave her and walked into the sitting room she tore the envelope open slowly and read the letter within “you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry … what … is this some kind of joke?” Then there was a big pounding at the door Demetria threw the letter aside and went to answer the door, when she did there was a large man with a black scraggly beard and hair to go with it. She backed up falling to the ground as most did in his presence. “Sorry bout that” he grunted “I have a nasty habit of making those smaller than me fall” then he out stretched a large hand. As she looked at the hand she thought “smaller than him isn’t everyone smaller than him?” Instead of taking his hand she pulled herself up and yelled “MOM!” Her mom then bustled out of the kitchen, when she saw the man she said “Oi, who are you?”
“Rubeus Hagrid mum’s” he said again out stretching his large hand.
“I’ve come to pick up Demetria Lillian Lauren.”
“That’s me but I don’t understand” Demetria stammered.
“You’re a wizard young child.”
“A what?”
“Wizard” he repeated.
“So this isn’t a joke.”
“Nope but I must say this is unusual it says here you’re a half-blood usually don’t pick up those.”
All this was confusing the girl “I shall take your daughter to Hogwarts Madame on August 29th next week. “Wait what” her mother said.
“You do understand that your daughter’s a wizard right?”
“Yes but how?”
“Aren’t you or your husband a wizard?”
“No my husband died before I even adopted Demetria.”
“Do you happen to know who here parents were?”
“Well I have her birth certificate I think it said Lily Evans and Severus Snape.”
“Ah well then I shall be back in an hour or more” the man or rather giant said nervously.
*2 hours later*
The giant stood along with a rather old looking man whose white beard reached more than half way down his body which was rather long and thin. He wore small spectacles as he too peered into the house. “Why yes I guess it could be true.”
“So you think she really is Lily and Severus’s daughter” Hagrid grunted.
“Yes it makes sense she was born in August when Lily was eighteen so yes it makes sense and she does look an awful lot like Severus.”
“I thought she looked like Lily” Hagrid said.
“Yes in the face but just look at her hair, eyes, and expression and you have Severus.”
“Reckon we should tell him.”
“Yes” the old man said.
Then they were gone.
*3 hours later*
Sure enough they came back this time with another man. He had greasy black hair and deep black eyes. He had sallow cheeks and wore a dull yet confused expression. He too looked through the window. Some part of his eye seemed to sink in and then the old man said “Severus when were you going to tell us you had a daughter.”
He glanced desperately at the old man and said “Dumbledore I tell you I did not have a daughter.”
Dumbledore smiled and then said “are you sure you didn’t have a daughter with Lily Evans in August 1978?”
“Yes I’m sure” Snape stuttered.
“Your tone does not reassure me Severus.”
“Yes” he said looking down at this feet all of the sudden admitting “I did have a daughter Lily got pregnant and gave her up I was too poor, too young to raise her and Lily wasn’t going to let me anyway so I signed her off.”
“She looks an awful lot like you Severus there’s no denying it but God has given you the gift of Lily’s face.”
He peered at the girl she was beautiful Severus thought looked just like Lily in the face except for the rather solemn expression she wore.
“Is she happy here” he asked worried.
“Well she doesn’t seem to be though we’ve watched her grow fabulous witch she will be and he mother seems fine.”
Snape gave Dumbledore a hard stare that made the old wise wizard correct himself “her adoptive mother seems fine.”
“Well then how could she be unhappy” Snape replied not taking his eyes off Demetria?
“Well I say she’s an awful lot like you in a way stubborn, disobedient, brave, yet she refuses to see the good in others.”
Snape shook his head and murmured softly “do you think I can meet her?”
“Well you will at Hogwarts but I see no reason for you not to meet her now and for her to know she’s smart she’ll be able to figure it out soon enough.”
“Shall we” Dumbledore added gesturing to the door.
Snape gave a curt nod then walked towards the door and gave a hesitant knock, sure enough in a matter of second the girl opened the door and looked up and Snape their eyes just the same meeting.
“I ah hi are you guys you know uh…” Demetria stuttered.
“Yes young one” Dumbledore laughed.
She gave a small smile that took Snape aback having his feet falter, Lily’s smile he thought.
She stared at Snape observing his every move as though she felt some sort of connection between them.
Demetria her mother yelled coming into the living room. “Oh” she said stumbling “are these the other … Wizards the giant sent?”
“Yes” Demetria said her pale skin receiving some color that was blush.
Snape looked at her adoptive mother taking her in he wanted his daughter to himself he thought.
But he was distracted by Demetria’s constant starring.
Dumbledore smiled and said “Demetria I would like you to meet someone” he said gesturing to Snape.
She needn’t look somewhere else she was already transfixed on him anyway.
“This is your father” Dumbledore said as if it weren’t a difficult subject.
Demetria gave a soft smile “it was obvious.”
Snape stared at her wow she was like him he thought uncaring of the situation at hand.
Snape extended his hand to her.
Demetria smiled at it and shook it.
“I’ve never had a dad before, this should be interesting.”
Snape managed to smile and said “well I suppose it will be.”
“So will I be seeing you often” Demetria asked hoping so.
“Yes I am going to be teaching potions at your school.”
She smiled and said “great.”
He watched her as she thought over things absent mindedly twirling a strand of her greasy black hair so similar to his.
Her mother shifted and said “so what must I do here?”
“Nothing we shall take her shopping for all the things she will need and take her to the platform tomorrow.”
Her mother glanced at Demetria hoping her daughter would look frightened but no there was only a look of pure wonderment on her face as she starred at her newly discovered father.
“Well uh that’s great, shall I come Demetria” her mother asked stuttering?
“No I’ll be fine with …” Demetria stopped confused whether to call him dad or not and what to call the old man.
“Oh dear I’m sorry” said the old man “my name is Professor Dumbledore I shall be your headmaster at Hogwarts.”
“Dumbledore” Demetria muttered she liked the name it was different she liked different.
She then looked up at Snape expectantly and he said “my names Severus … Snape.”
She smiled Severus she liked the name even more but she decided she’d call him Sev.
She nodded at Snape and said “I’m just going to get my coat.”
Snape for once smiled at her and she smiled back gently she already loved her father he looked like her she thought he had to deal with the same greasy hair that she did, the hair her mom despised or well her adoptive mom despised.
She pulled a blue jean jacket out of her closet pulled it on then ran down the stairs glad she’d taken all those years of dance that made her coordinated so she wouldn’t trip.
Snape stared at her again, her black eyes met his and he had the sudden urge to look away.
Demetria jumped off the 5th stair and landed in front of her dad and Professor Dumbledore.
“Ready” she said.
Dumbledore smiled at her and touched her shoulder and ushered her out the door.
“Okay” said Dumbledore “Demetria I’m going to need you to hold onto mine and Severus’s arms.”
She held the old mans frail arm and then grabbed a hold of her dads.
Her dad seemed to shiver at her touch but then looked down at her and smiled lightly.
Then all of the sudden a pulling sensation happened to her as if she was being turned inside out followed by a hard falling to the ground.
“Ouch” she said she wasn’t used to falling.
Her dad lifted her up and she said “thanks Sev.”
He stopped and said “what?”
“I just said thanks Sev” Demetria replied.
“Oh” he said staring off into the distance; it was the same name Lily called him sometimes.
She steadied herself then looked around surprised by her new surroundings.
It was an alleyway filled with people in different colored cloak bustling around to the many different shops.
She saw a large building that was slightly tilted she read the sign on it that read Gringotts the Wizard Bank.
She slinked down she didn’t have any money at least probably not their kind of money.
Snape saw her movement and remembered the day he came into what was a small fortune how he’d called Lily simply once.
“Lily” Snape asked?
“No this is James” James said on the other end.
“May I please speak to Lily” Snape asked trying to hold back his anger.
“Yes one moment” he said.
He waited then he heard the other end “yes” said the joyful voice laughing.
“Lily its Severus.”
There was a silence then the other end said “what do you want?”
“I know you said never to ask you about this but I have to because we both know it’s going to happen in nine years, what are we supposed to do when she goes to Hogwarts?”
“No one will know Severus and it won’t matter it’s not like well run into her” Lily said.
“I will though I’m teaching there” Severus shouted.
“Well I…you’ll just have do your best to not tell her.”
“And the money for her supplies I can pay for half of it but the other half and she can’t know it’s from me.”
“I’ll put some into another a new account and you can too.”
“Thanks Lily” Severus said.
“You're welcome.”
“How are things” he asked.
“Fine” she said.
“Must be hard being cooped up there huh?”
“How did you…” she asked.
“Who do you think asked Dumbledore to protect you guys?”
“You?”
“Uh huh” he muttered.
“But how did you know he’d come for us?”
“Remember I used to be a death eater?”
“Used to be?”
“Yep used to be.”
“Sev?”
“Yes?”
“I have to go” then there was a cry in the background.
“Yea I know new son” he sniffed.
“Sev I’m sorry.”
“It’s not that.”
“Then what is it” she shouted?
“It’s the fact that you care about that one more than the first.”
“Severus” she said.
But he hung up that was the last time he talked to her.
Severus came out of his trance and pushed Demetria towards the slanted building.
“But I don’t have any money” she said looking around.
“You do don’t worry” Severus replied.
“How” she asked.
He didn’t reply and she said “you and …”
He kept quite still walking toward the building.
“She cared?”
He stopped for he didn’t know if she had either.
Then he moved again pushing her up the stair to the building.
She looked at all the peculiar creatures with pointed ears.
“Goblins” she asked.
Dumbledore smiled she was smart “how did you know” he asked.
“I read a lot” she smiled.
“Obviously… just like…” Dumbledore stopped at Snape’s look but ignored it and finished “Lily.”
Snape held back tears and held his face so that Demetria couldn’t see it.
Dumbledore walked up to a counter and the Goblin said “oh Albus here to make withdrawal?”
“Personally, no” he said “but this young lady here Demetria will need to.”
“Last name or vault number?”
“Vault number 313” Snape said.
“My birthday numbers” Demetria asked?
“Mhmm…” Snape said lightly.
She smiled and the Goblin hopped down he was only the size of her leg about.
He walked forward to some carts that traveled on rails and tunnels like mines.
He stopped the cart at a vault that read 313 oh this was just the beginning.
*Present time*
Many years had past and Demetria was no longer eleven, she was thirteen. She knew this year would be a very important one, her half-brother Harry was coming and she was bound to protect him but not let him know exactly who she was till the right moment.
She stood on the platform alone her dad no longer accompanied her to the platform she knew the way and he always met her before she went into the great hall to make sure she was alright. She stood on the platform when she saw her two friends Fred and George helping a small meekly boy with untidy black hair with his trunk. The boy wore glasses and was shy looking. Then she saw Fred and George point something out on his forehead and then she heard them say “Harry Potter.”
The boy replied “oh him, I mean yes I’m him.”
Demetria watched as Fred and George gawked at the boy but then she heard Fred and George’s mother call “Fred? George? Are you here?”
“Coming mum” they yelled back.
But when they saw me they stopped and said “Demetria do you know who that is?”
“Presumably since you practically shouted his name over there I’m going to have to guess Harry Potter.”
The two laughed and Fred said “come on Demetria follow us were going to go say bye to mum then go.”
“I’ll catch up with you” she said.
She climbed onto the train and knocked lightly on the compartment door “may I come in?”
“Sure” the boy said quietly.
“I’m Demetria” she said smiling.
“I’m Harry” he said looking down.
“Nice to meet you Harry, are you happy to be going to Hogwarts?”
“Yea it should be fun” he said smiling slightly.
“You’ll love quidditch” she said.
“I’ve heard about it I don’t really understand it though” he said quietly.
“Well, you will soon enough, I didn’t either but I’m a keeper now in quidditch.”
“Oh so are you a … ah… a muggle-born or whatever?”
“I guess in a way I am I’m the same as you a half blood but I was adopted by a muggle but my real mum and dad were a witch and wizard my mom was a muggle-born and my dad was a half-blood.”
“What now” he asked?
“You’re pretty much a half-blood if you’re anything below two pure-bloods but if your parents are both muggle’s then you’re a muggle born.”
He nodded and said “so are the classes hard?”
“Somewhat you get used to it though.”
“Which teacher should I steer clear of” he asked innocently?
She remembered what dad told me “keep him away from Quirell besides classes.”
“Professor Quirell.”
“Really? I met him he seemed harmless.”
“Well you have to watch out sometimes.”
He was about to say something but it was interrupted by Fred and George who came in with a boy she presumed was in Harrys year. The boy sat down and Fred sat next to me and George sat next to him. “So you’ve met young Harry here have you Demetria?”
“Yep” she said smiling.
Fred gently put his arm around Demetria and told Harry “she may look sweet but she can be a mountain lion if you get her angry.”
She elbowed him in the ribs and he said “yea like that.”
Then their friend Lee Jordan came in and said “oh there you guys are May I join” he said eyeing Harry's forehead.
“Yes” George said.
“So has your dad still been ranting on how you guys shouldn’t be friends with a Slytherin?”
“Yea but you know he’ll cool down.”
She nodded and thought yea sure we’ve been friends for two years now and he still doesn’t like it.
“He’s never even met you but if he did, he’d love you” George said.
“You know unless he peeved you off and you turned into a mountain lion” Fred joked poking her in the stomach.
“So what are all these house’s at school” Harry asked?
“Oh there’s Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff and I’m in Slytherin and their in Gryffindor so I’m the odd woman out of these guys and it’s unusual for Slytherin’s to be friends with Gryffindor’s were usually rivals.”
Harry nodded and looked at Ron.
Then Demetria asked “ so Harry what are the muggles you lived with like?”
“Stupid” he muttered.
Demetria felt sorry for him “well you don’t have to worry about them for more than half the year now” I said smiling.
He smiled back and said “what’s your family like?”
Fred laughed and said “well her dad’s the strictest person in the world and her mom’s dead she doesn’t even tell me her name and her adoptive mom smothers her because she thinks she likes her real family more than her which is true.”
“Fred” Demetria said.
“What? It’s the truth.”
Demetria wrapped her arm around his neck and whispered “if you don’t shut up you’ll see a mountain lion.”
He laughed and said “sure I will” and then licked the side of her face.
“Gross Fred” Demetria said.
But everyone else just laughed.
“You know you like it” Fred joked.
She rolled her eyes then licked the side of his face.
“Hey I don’t care I like it.”
She shook her head and said “you just gross.”
She caught her brother’s eye and smiled at him and said “Fred and George can’t go without doing something funny or that causes trouble for five minutes.”
Fred put his head on my shoulder and gave me puppy eyes and said “but I’m still cute right?”
Demetria laughed and said “yea sure.”
He chuckled but kept his head on my shoulder till she pushed it off.
Then the cart came by and she was too busy watching Harry talking to Ron that she didn’t notice Fred hitting her with a licorice wand.
“You want anything Harry” Fred asked?
“Ah yea” he said hopping up and looking confused at what was on the cart.
Then he gave her some coins and got some of everything.
He handed her some and said “here.”
She smiled and said “thanks.”
“So Demetria you ready for me and George to whip your buts at the first quidditch game?”
“As if” she said “remember what happened last year? We crushed you.”
He shrugged and said “we’ll beat you eventually.
Then a boy with pale blonde hair came in and said “they say Potter’s in this compartment is that true are you him.”
“Yes” her brother said.
“I’m Draco Malfoy” he said.
Ron snorted and Draco turned on him and said “think my names funny do you? I bet I already know yours. Weasley.”
Fred hopped to his feet and Demetria grabbed his arm and he looked down at me angrily “Demetria let go.”
“Oh is this your little Gryffindor girlfriend? Rather ugly isn’t she? Gryffindor’s are such dopes it’s the Slytherin’s who are great.”
Demetria got up and said “oh you better pray you’re not in Slytherin.”
“And why is that ugly?”
Fred jerked away from me and said “what did you call her.”
“U-G-L-Y!”
Demetria stopped Fred just in time to keep him from punching Malfoy in the face.
“And if you’re in Slytherin, like I am, I’ll make sure to give you a beating everyday and I’ll make sure my dad does too.”
“Oh who’s your daddy” he asked.
“The head of Slytherin, Professor Snape.”
Fred smirked and said “he doesn’t take anyone messing around with his daughter.”
Malfoy fled then and Fred turned to her and said “if that boy gives you any trouble tell me.”
“Okay” she lied
He smiled and ran his finger through her hair making her blush and say “Fred stop it.”
He smiled again and sat down pulling her down with him.
They were almost there she knew it.
The train was probably 5 minutes away when a girl with bushy brown hair came in and said “your still not in your robes and were five minutes away from Hogwarts?”
The time had gotten away from them and Demetria got up and said “could you guys leave while I change then you guys can.”
The boys filed out but Fred said “aw do we have to” in a jokingly tone.
“Yes, now out” she said pushing him.
She changed quickly into her Slytherin robes then came out and said “okay you guys can change now.”
George laughed and said “we don’t care if you see us.”
“Well I do” she said.
Fred laughed and filed into the compartment with the boys. She put her back to the compartment door but then it flew open and she fell in stumbling but was caught.
She looked up and Fred had his arm around her waist and said “clumsy this year are we?”
“Oh shut up” she said glaring at him.
“The word I’m looking for are, thank, you.”
“Fine thank you” she said.
“Your welcome” he said pushing her up.
I held onto his shoulder to balance myself.
Then I noticed his arm was still around my waist. Should I push it away or leave it there?
I decided to leave it he looked happy enough.
He ruffled his red hair and his deep brown eyes met hers. They were sweet, gentle, and childish. He looked young and much to her dismay, he was handsome.
“Come on” he said pushing her along.
She put her head on his shoulder and he guided her out the train.
Harry stayed close in-between her and Ron. Demetria clamped Harry on the shoulder and reassured him “everything will be okay, I swear.”
He nodded but she could tell he was still nervous. So she kneeled down and said “when I came here I was as frightened as you but I had my dad and now you have me and Fred and George and Ron we’ll all help you along the way, then she whispered in his ear “I bet you’ll be in Gryffindor because you’re a lot brave then I was, I felt sick to my stomach, then these two dorks came into my compartment” she said elbowing Fred and George in the stomach.
“Thanks” he said smiling at her as he’d never smiled before, he had a huge desire to hug her.
Fred helped her off her knee then she turned around and Hagrid winked at her as she walked up to him and he said “he’s a lot like ya, kind-hearted boy he is.”
“Yea he’s sweet; I already love the boy, I kind of wish I could tell him now.”
“Ya me too, you two look so sweet together.”
Demetria chuckled and said “thanks Hagrid.”
“Be careful with the Weasley twins” he yelled back.
“Always am” she said laughing.
“Come on now we’ll miss the carriages if we don’t hurry” George said.
She quickly waved goodbye to Harry and followed Fred well was dragged by Fred to the carriages.
She yawned tiredly and he a laughed “stayed up till three am again the day before school did we.”
“Yea” she yawned placing her head on Fred’s shoulder.
He let his fingers gently touch her cheek and then looked back at George who was trying to withhold a laugh.
“Shut it George” she heard Fred say.
“What how am I supposed to sit back when your making a move on Demetria” George laughed.
She sat straight and Fred automatically retorted “I was not making a move on her.”
“Oh whatever Fred you caressed her cheek.”
He turned bright red sitting back in the cushion on the carriage as if he were trying to sink into it.
Demetria looked at Fred and retorted for him and said “like you don’t want to be over here doing the same thing George because we all know that you like to believe that you’re better looking than Fred, but your not.”
Fred glanced up at her and George seemed to be trying to sink into his seat.
Fred sat up straight and put his arm around Demetria and said “well there you have it George.”
“Hey I’m not done with you” she said pushing his arm away “never do that again.”
“Fine, fine” he said looking genuinely disappointed.
“Can I still sleep on your shoulder though” she asked?
“No” he said, she looked down and he shook his head laughing and said “of course you can.”
She smiled again and set her head on his shoulder again and he rubbed her leg and she growled “seriously Fred?”
“Sorry.”
The pulled up to the castle and Demetria said “Fred, carry me.”
“Ah… no” he laughed.
“Ugh do I really have to walk?”
“Yes, yes you do.”
“Fine” said hopping out of the carriage with the help of Fred.
“Here I’ll at least keep you from falling down. Okay?”
“Mhmm… I’ll probably fall asleep during the sorting.”
“No you won’t too many people screaming for the first years.”
She shrugged and he asked “what were you talking to Harry about?”
“I was telling him not to be nervous and that I’d bet my money that he’s in Gryffindor.”
“Sometimes I wish you were in Gryffindor” Fred muttered.
“Sometimes I wish that too” she replied.
“Why?”
“Don’t have much time to spend with you and George do I?”
“No” he muttered.
“Well at least we have Hogsmade this weekend.”
“Yea Zonko’s should be fun.”
“Ah Fred no, no, Filch is going to kill you if you do more damage to the castle then you already have.”
He chuckled and said “fine but were still going we’ll take you to Honeydukes or the Three Broomsticks.”
“Ah okay, but I want both.”
“Fine, fine as long as you buy us all the pranks we want.”
“Fine but you’re paying for the Pumpkin Juice and all at the three broomsticks.”
“Fair deal” he said shaking her hand.
She had to laugh Fred was charming and funny, perfect, she thought.
He held onto her hand and she starred down at it and then glanced up at him. He didn’t seem to notice and continued to walk with her hand in his.
She pulled her hand away and he glanced at her as she looked around as if some one had seen.
“What, are you embarrassed to be seen holding my hand” Fred asked?
“No, why should I be?”
“Well I am poor.”
“So?”
He smiled lightly but then asked “then what is it?”
“I don’t know it just feels weird.”
He eyed her but then ignored it and continued on.
Outside the great hall her dad waited pacing back and forth as usual.
Fred and George smiled at each other and clamped Snape on the shoulder and said “hey Severus” and left to the hall laughing.
“Those friends of yours are going to get you into so sticky messes.”
“But you’ll get us out right” she asked smiling?
“Sure” he said shaking his head.
“So I met Harry” she said nervously.
“And?”
“He’s very nice, sweet, brave boy, he’s a little nervous kind of like I was but he wasn’t feeling sick at all well at least he didn’t tell me he did.”
“Why would he?”
“Well we sat in the same compartment and we talked a bit.”
Snape raised his eyebrows and she said “I didn’t tell him dad.”
Snape relaxed and said “any predictions?”
“Gryffindor defiantly.”
“Of course, same house as his snarky, cocky father.”
“And of course our sweet darling mother Lily right” she said laughing.
“Yes, yes of course.”
I came into the hall and sat down with the rest of the Slytherin’s I looked across the way and saw Fred waving furiously at me. She shook her head and looked down at the table. The first years filed in and they began to call names for the sorting.
Then she heard “Malfoy, Draco.”
Then she heard the sorting hat yell “Slytherin!”
“Ugh” she said.
The boy sat next to her and she glared at him but yet he still wore a smirk on his face.
She fazed out again till she heard “Potter, Harry.”
Malfoy snickered and she held tight to his collar and said “if you don’t shut it I’ll kill you.” That sure shut him up.
Harry nervously walked up and many whispered and then a few seconds later the hat shouts “GRYFFINDOR!”
She heard the Gryffindor’s erupting with pride yelling all around “we got Potter, we got Potter.”
Many others went by and she heard Ron get sorted into Gryffindor as well.
Then Dumbledore said some words that she wasn’t paying attention to but as soon as the food came out she woke up right away. The bloody baron sat in between her and Malfoy and said “hello Demetria how are ya?”
“Pretty good Baron.”
He nodded silently and Demetria took a plate and loaded up on shepherd’s pie, sausages, bacon, roasted chicken, and mashed potatoes.
She dug in and thought some of the pure delights in life eating and sleeping.
But as soon as she finished she felt drowsy but watched Dumbledore “as always I ask that you keep away from the forbidden forest this includes our older students too, he said looked directly at Fred and George then Demetria.
When it was time to file out the were a ton of whispers “Harry Potter, yes Harry Potter, at our school.”
She ran over to Gryffindor line quickly and said “told you now didn’t I Harry.”
He smiled up and said “how’d you know?”
“Just a guess, you know both your dad and o…your mom were in Gryffindor?”
“Really” he asked curiously.
“Yea, I’ll tell you a bit more about them some…” but she was dragged away by Fred and George.
“Guys let me go.”
“No, no, we didn’t see you all summer and you said you come over but you didn’t.”
“I’m sorry I was busy.”
“Well you’re not busy so you’re coming with us.”
“Where?”
“Dungeons.”
“What why I have to go down there any way, wait your not… no Fred, George no he already thinks you’re a bad influence on me, come on stop.”
“That or you help us destroy the Slytherin common room.”
“Okay fine, fine.”
He smiled and said “okay if were caught” Fred said.
“Which we will be” she added.
“Maybe not” Fred said.
“Yes we will be caught.”
“IF we get caught the cover story is that you were trying to help us with potions and George accidently dropped in the wrong ingredient.”
“Wait why me” George retorted.
Fred shrugged.
They got a caldron and started pouring things in and she was just being a look out not watching them and then an acid liquid exploded every where.
“Oh damn it it’s in my hair” she yelled.
Fred and George snickered then yelled “Ouch as it burned the cheeks.
They all ran into the showering area for when stuff like this happened.
“What the… who’s in here, who did this?”
“Hurry into the cupboard.”
Fred and George followed her into the cupboard.
They all waited till they were she he was gone and ran out towards their common rooms.
“See you” Fred said moving quickly but kissing her on the cheek much to her dismay.
“God Fred.”
But he was gone though she could hear snickering down the hall.
She went into the common room and then went to bed.
She sat at her table in the great hall, classes started today, and so did detentions.
Fred and George were bound to pull their beginning of the year, which was the only prank bigger than the end of the year one. They were even whispering and smirking at their table, yep detentions were to be given.
She got up grabbing her bag and slinging it over her shoulder.
“Hey” said a voice.
She turned and smiled and said “oh hi Cedric I haven’t seen you in a while.”
“Yea sorry I ment to send you mail over the summer but things were a bit hectic.”
“Really, why?”
“Oh just all of dad’s business he’s convinced I’m going to be the first minister of magic to be an all star seeker.”
I laughed and said “who knows anything’s possible at least that’s what you told me all last year when I said “I’d never pass my History of Magic exam.”
He laughed and said “well that was a simple task what’d you get anyway?”
“Just Acceptable but I would never have passed without your help” she said smiling.
“Well I’m glad I could help” he said smiling back.
“Excited for classes” she asked?
“Yea they should be great, you excited for all the new classes you get?”
“A bit I mean I really don’t need to take muggle studies but I think my mom would like to see more O’s on my report.”
“Ah right you live in the muggle world.”
“Yea, I do it’s quite a bore usually.”
“You could maybe come over to my house for part of the summer if it’s bore.”
“That’d be great.”
“By the way you think you could help me with my potions work?”
“Yea sure.”
“It’s just you must have potions all figured out because of your dad.”
“Yes I do, but don’t go thinking that I can outwit you.”
“Wouldn’t dream of it, we could always just have a competition on History of Magic and I could easily outwit you” he said laughing.
His smile was beautiful she thought his hair was brown hair that was slightly bronze and his eyes were a soft sort of cloudy gray.
“Yes you could” she replied.
“What’s your first class?”
“Transfiguration.”
“Oh that’s near charms I’ll walk with you.”
“That’d be nice.”
He smiled and said “your good at charms aren’t you?”
“Yes I got an Outstanding.”
He nodded and she said “I’m okay at Transfiguration too I guess, I got an Exceeds Expectations in it.”
He smiled and said “I’m great at both, got Outstanding in both.”
“Why the hell are you not in Ravenclaw?”
He laughed and said “I’m not that smart.”
“You seem to be, though you are sweet like the typical Hufflepuff.”
“Well you’re not a normal Slytherin how’d you get in there?”
“I guess I wanted to be and the Sorting hat allowed me to be.”
“Why’d you want to be in there?”
“My dad was” she said simply.
“I guess.”
A bunch of girls were laughing and whispering as they passed but Cedric didn’t seem to notice.
“You know every girl at school thinks your handsome, right?”
“Really are you one of them” he laughed?
“No” she lied, blushing.
He grinned making her heart flutter beneath her chest.
“Well here’s transfiguration” Cedric said.
“Yea thanks” she said standing on the tips of her toes to hug him.
She walked in waving back at him.
She entered the classroom and sat down next to Fred grabbing her textbook from her bag.
She sat up and stared at the front.
“What were you doing with pretty boy” Fred demanded more than asked?
“What, oh we were just talking were friends you know.”
“I think he wants to be a little more than your friend.”
“Yea right have you seen him? Have you seen me?”
“Yes and your both good looking.”
“Me? Good looking? Those shouldn’t even be in the same sentence.”
“OH lay off it Demetria your beautiful and everyone here knows it unless their a freaking tosh pop.”
She couldn’t help but blush and noticed Fred was turning the same shade of red that she was.”
“Well thanks but I hardly think that’s true.”
“Well it is” Fred shot back furiously.
She was confused why Fred cared, “Fred you’re my best friend besides I’m not that interested in him.”
“So you admit you are a bit interested in him!”
“Isn’t everybody, it’ll be bloody hard to find some girl who isn’t.”
“Whatever, go ahead he seems to like you just fine.”
“He’s a year older!”
“SO!”
She stared back at Fred and said “it’s not like I’m in love with him.”
“Are you sure because you two seemed to be getting rather friendly with his hand on your arse.”
“It was not” she shot back.
“It was too.”
“You know what why do you even care?”
He got red and said “you’re my friend I like to know who she’s going to be snogging and he’s a player he’ll have girls all over him trying to kiss him and he’ll probably kiss them back I don’t want you to get hurt!”
“I’m not going to snog no one anytime soon.”
He glared back at me and turned to his book.
She sighed slightly feeling bad now.
As class went on Fred ignored her and George gave her sad looks what the hell had she done wrong she thought.
She grabbed her things and Fred rushed off glaring to right as he went out.
She came out and on her right stood Cedric “hey” he said.
“Oh, uh hi Cedric, I actually have to go talk to a friend real quick I’ll meet up with you later.”
“Oh, okay” he said sadly.
She gave him a small smile and ran down the hall to catch up with Fred.
“Fred, Fred” she called after him.
“What, why aren’t you with lover boy, saw him waiting for you after class!”
“I’d much rather be with my best friend.”
“Sure you would” he said glaring at her.
She grabbed his hand and said “I would.”
He looked down at her and pulled her close for a hug.
“Sorry I’m being an arse.”
“Yes, yes you are.”
He laughed and said “I guess I was jealous.”
“Of what” she wondered?
“Well your beautiful how can I not be, you may be my friend but sometimes I can’t help but feel differently for you George is the same way.”
“Oh well, then didn’t know I was that appealing” she said blushing slightly.
“Well you are now let’s get to potions.”
They glanced up at each other every now and then through-out potions class neither of them not needing to pay attention. His black eyes seemed unable to concentrate on anything else but her green eyes. She pushed back a bit of her long dark red hair, catching his eye as she did. She gave a sigh and a small nod allowing him to know she would indeed talk to him after class. He took this as a relief compared to the weeks of being shut out. The boy who was more adult now than child like the others was sitting next to her was watching her moves carefully, his hazel eyes glaring up at the boy through round glasses. The hazel eyed young adult grabbed hand full of his black hair and simply squeezed it then returned to looking at the red-headed girl.
“Class is dismissed” said the sheepish fat wizard in the front.
The girl got up and whispered in the hazel eyed boy’s ear when he shook his head unarguably she simply kissed him making him full-heartedly trust her.
She stopped outside the dungeons door looking down at her feet and nervously rubbing her stomach.
“Lily” the boy with the black eyes said apprehensively.
“Sev I…” she said trailing off at the end not sure what to say.
“What’s wrong Lily, you kiss me and … never mind that and then you go around strutting with Potter what’s wrong with you.”
“I need someone who will take care of me Severus” she said angrily.
“And you think I won’t Lily” he said hurt and grabbing a hold of her left arm.
“No not with you running around with your death eaters” Lily said pulling her arm away.
Severus ran a large hand through his thin greasy black hair.
“Is there any other reason Lily” Severus asked.
She burst into tears at the question covering her face and falling into Severus’s arms.
“Sev we made a horrible mistake well I did.”
“What is it Lily” he said touching her chin.
“When we …” she stopped.
“Yes, I know what you mean what is it about that?”
“I never thought it’d happen I mean it was my first time and I … was so stupid” she said crying harder.
“Lily?”
“Sev, I’m pregnant” she cried loudly.
“You’re pregnant?”
“Yes, you fool” she said hitting him.
“Are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure you blithering idiot” Lily said glaring at him.
“How do you know?”
“I went to the doctor over the Christmas Holiday’s because I felt strange and he told me.”
Severus paced back and forth and said “so where do we go from here?”
“I think I’ve decided to put it up for adoption.”
“It?”
“What would you like me to call it” she yelled at him?
“Maybe the baby would be nice.”
“Like you bloody care you probably want it to be non existent.”
“No if I weren’t so poor I’d ask you to let me keep the kid.”
“Oh sure Sev you’d freak in a week.”
She strode off then out of sight leaving him there in her dust.
*11 years after*
She sat in her room kicking at her bed her greasy black hair blowing from the fan above. She sighed wishing to be outside doing something better then what she was doing now which was sitting in her room. “Demetria come down here please” her mother yelled from the kitchen.
“Coming” she said with complete and utter boredom filling her voice
. She looked in the mirror on the way out her black eyes seeming to match her black hair. She ran down the stair and walked into the kitchen sighing “yes mother?”
“A letter came for you.”
She starred down at the envelope her mother gave her and walked into the sitting room she tore the envelope open slowly and read the letter within “you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry … what … is this some kind of joke?” Then there was a big pounding at the door Demetria threw the letter aside and went to answer the door, when she did there was a large man with a black scraggly beard and hair to go with it. She backed up falling to the ground as most did in his presence. “Sorry bout that” he grunted “I have a nasty habit of making those smaller than me fall” then he out stretched a large hand. As she looked at the hand she thought “smaller than him isn’t everyone smaller than him?” Instead of taking his hand she pulled herself up and yelled “MOM!” Her mom then bustled out of the kitchen, when she saw the man she said “Oi, who are you?”
“Rubeus Hagrid mum’s” he said again out stretching his large hand.
“I’ve come to pick up Demetria Lillian Lauren.”
“That’s me but I don’t understand” Demetria stammered.
“You’re a wizard young child.”
“A what?”
“Wizard” he repeated.
“So this isn’t a joke.”
“Nope but I must say this is unusual it says here you’re a half-blood usually don’t pick up those.”
All this was confusing the girl “I shall take your daughter to Hogwarts Madame on August 29th next week. “Wait what” her mother said.
“You do understand that your daughter’s a wizard right?”
“Yes but how?”
“Aren’t you or your husband a wizard?”
“No my husband died before I even adopted Demetria.”
“Do you happen to know who here parents were?”
“Well I have her birth certificate I think it said Lily Evans and Severus Snape.”
“Ah well then I shall be back in an hour or more” the man or rather giant said nervously.
*2 hours later*
The giant stood along with a rather old looking man whose white beard reached more than half way down his body which was rather long and thin. He wore small spectacles as he too peered into the house. “Why yes I guess it could be true.”
“So you think she really is Lily and Severus’s daughter” Hagrid grunted.
“Yes it makes sense she was born in August when Lily was eighteen so yes it makes sense and she does look an awful lot like Severus.”
“I thought she looked like Lily” Hagrid said.
“Yes in the face but just look at her hair, eyes, and expression and you have Severus.”
“Reckon we should tell him.”
“Yes” the old man said.
Then they were gone.
*3 hours later*
Sure enough they came back this time with another man. He had greasy black hair and deep black eyes. He had sallow cheeks and wore a dull yet confused expression. He too looked through the window. Some part of his eye seemed to sink in and then the old man said “Severus when were you going to tell us you had a daughter.”
He glanced desperately at the old man and said “Dumbledore I tell you I did not have a daughter.”
Dumbledore smiled and then said “are you sure you didn’t have a daughter with Lily Evans in August 1978?”
“Yes I’m sure” Snape stuttered.
“Your tone does not reassure me Severus.”
“Yes” he said looking down at this feet all of the sudden admitting “I did have a daughter Lily got pregnant and gave her up I was too poor, too young to raise her and Lily wasn’t going to let me anyway so I signed her off.”
“She looks an awful lot like you Severus there’s no denying it but God has given you the gift of Lily’s face.”
He peered at the girl she was beautiful Severus thought looked just like Lily in the face except for the rather solemn expression she wore.
“Is she happy here” he asked worried.
“Well she doesn’t seem to be though we’ve watched her grow fabulous witch she will be and he mother seems fine.”
Snape gave Dumbledore a hard stare that made the old wise wizard correct himself “her adoptive mother seems fine.”
“Well then how could she be unhappy” Snape replied not taking his eyes off Demetria?
“Well I say she’s an awful lot like you in a way stubborn, disobedient, brave, yet she refuses to see the good in others.”
Snape shook his head and murmured softly “do you think I can meet her?”
“Well you will at Hogwarts but I see no reason for you not to meet her now and for her to know she’s smart she’ll be able to figure it out soon enough.”
“Shall we” Dumbledore added gesturing to the door.
Snape gave a curt nod then walked towards the door and gave a hesitant knock, sure enough in a matter of second the girl opened the door and looked up and Snape their eyes just the same meeting.
“I ah hi are you guys you know uh…” Demetria stuttered.
“Yes young one” Dumbledore laughed.
She gave a small smile that took Snape aback having his feet falter, Lily’s smile he thought.
She stared at Snape observing his every move as though she felt some sort of connection between them.
Demetria her mother yelled coming into the living room. “Oh” she said stumbling “are these the other … Wizards the giant sent?”
“Yes” Demetria said her pale skin receiving some color that was blush.
Snape looked at her adoptive mother taking her in he wanted his daughter to himself he thought.
But he was distracted by Demetria’s constant starring.
Dumbledore smiled and said “Demetria I would like you to meet someone” he said gesturing to Snape.
She needn’t look somewhere else she was already transfixed on him anyway.
“This is your father” Dumbledore said as if it weren’t a difficult subject.
Demetria gave a soft smile “it was obvious.”
Snape stared at her wow she was like him he thought uncaring of the situation at hand.
Snape extended his hand to her.
Demetria smiled at it and shook it.
“I’ve never had a dad before, this should be interesting.”
Snape managed to smile and said “well I suppose it will be.”
“So will I be seeing you often” Demetria asked hoping so.
“Yes I am going to be teaching potions at your school.”
She smiled and said “great.”
He watched her as she thought over things absent mindedly twirling a strand of her greasy black hair so similar to his.
Her mother shifted and said “so what must I do here?”
“Nothing we shall take her shopping for all the things she will need and take her to the platform tomorrow.”
Her mother glanced at Demetria hoping her daughter would look frightened but no there was only a look of pure wonderment on her face as she starred at her newly discovered father.
“Well uh that’s great, shall I come Demetria” her mother asked stuttering?
“No I’ll be fine with …” Demetria stopped confused whether to call him dad or not and what to call the old man.
“Oh dear I’m sorry” said the old man “my name is Professor Dumbledore I shall be your headmaster at Hogwarts.”
“Dumbledore” Demetria muttered she liked the name it was different she liked different.
She then looked up at Snape expectantly and he said “my names Severus … Snape.”
She smiled Severus she liked the name even more but she decided she’d call him Sev.
She nodded at Snape and said “I’m just going to get my coat.”
Snape for once smiled at her and she smiled back gently she already loved her father he looked like her she thought he had to deal with the same greasy hair that she did, the hair her mom despised or well her adoptive mom despised.
She pulled a blue jean jacket out of her closet pulled it on then ran down the stairs glad she’d taken all those years of dance that made her coordinated so she wouldn’t trip.
Snape stared at her again, her black eyes met his and he had the sudden urge to look away.
Demetria jumped off the 5th stair and landed in front of her dad and Professor Dumbledore.
“Ready” she said.
Dumbledore smiled at her and touched her shoulder and ushered her out the door.
“Okay” said Dumbledore “Demetria I’m going to need you to hold onto mine and Severus’s arms.”
She held the old mans frail arm and then grabbed a hold of her dads.
Her dad seemed to shiver at her touch but then looked down at her and smiled lightly.
Then all of the sudden a pulling sensation happened to her as if she was being turned inside out followed by a hard falling to the ground.
“Ouch” she said she wasn’t used to falling.
Her dad lifted her up and she said “thanks Sev.”
He stopped and said “what?”
“I just said thanks Sev” Demetria replied.
“Oh” he said staring off into the distance; it was the same name Lily called him sometimes.
She steadied herself then looked around surprised by her new surroundings.
It was an alleyway filled with people in different colored cloak bustling around to the many different shops.
She saw a large building that was slightly tilted she read the sign on it that read Gringotts the Wizard Bank.
She slinked down she didn’t have any money at least probably not their kind of money.
Snape saw her movement and remembered the day he came into what was a small fortune how he’d called Lily simply once.
“Lily” Snape asked?
“No this is James” James said on the other end.
“May I please speak to Lily” Snape asked trying to hold back his anger.
“Yes one moment” he said.
He waited then he heard the other end “yes” said the joyful voice laughing.
“Lily its Severus.”
There was a silence then the other end said “what do you want?”
“I know you said never to ask you about this but I have to because we both know it’s going to happen in nine years, what are we supposed to do when she goes to Hogwarts?”
“No one will know Severus and it won’t matter it’s not like well run into her” Lily said.
“I will though I’m teaching there” Severus shouted.
“Well I…you’ll just have do your best to not tell her.”
“And the money for her supplies I can pay for half of it but the other half and she can’t know it’s from me.”
“I’ll put some into another a new account and you can too.”
“Thanks Lily” Severus said.
“You're welcome.”
“How are things” he asked.
“Fine” she said.
“Must be hard being cooped up there huh?”
“How did you…” she asked.
“Who do you think asked Dumbledore to protect you guys?”
“You?”
“Uh huh” he muttered.
“But how did you know he’d come for us?”
“Remember I used to be a death eater?”
“Used to be?”
“Yep used to be.”
“Sev?”
“Yes?”
“I have to go” then there was a cry in the background.
“Yea I know new son” he sniffed.
“Sev I’m sorry.”
“It’s not that.”
“Then what is it” she shouted?
“It’s the fact that you care about that one more than the first.”
“Severus” she said.
But he hung up that was the last time he talked to her.
Severus came out of his trance and pushed Demetria towards the slanted building.
“But I don’t have any money” she said looking around.
“You do don’t worry” Severus replied.
“How” she asked.
He didn’t reply and she said “you and …”
He kept quite still walking toward the building.
“She cared?”
He stopped for he didn’t know if she had either.
Then he moved again pushing her up the stair to the building.
She looked at all the peculiar creatures with pointed ears.
“Goblins” she asked.
Dumbledore smiled she was smart “how did you know” he asked.
“I read a lot” she smiled.
“Obviously… just like…” Dumbledore stopped at Snape’s look but ignored it and finished “Lily.”
Snape held back tears and held his face so that Demetria couldn’t see it.
Dumbledore walked up to a counter and the Goblin said “oh Albus here to make withdrawal?”
“Personally, no” he said “but this young lady here Demetria will need to.”
“Last name or vault number?”
“Vault number 313” Snape said.
“My birthday numbers” Demetria asked?
“Mhmm…” Snape said lightly.
She smiled and the Goblin hopped down he was only the size of her leg about.
He walked forward to some carts that traveled on rails and tunnels like mines.
He stopped the cart at a vault that read 313 oh this was just the beginning.
*Present time*
Many years had past and Demetria was no longer eleven, she was thirteen. She knew this year would be a very important one, her half-brother Harry was coming and she was bound to protect him but not let him know exactly who she was till the right moment.
She stood on the platform alone her dad no longer accompanied her to the platform she knew the way and he always met her before she went into the great hall to make sure she was alright. She stood on the platform when she saw her two friends Fred and George helping a small meekly boy with untidy black hair with his trunk. The boy wore glasses and was shy looking. Then she saw Fred and George point something out on his forehead and then she heard them say “Harry Potter.”
The boy replied “oh him, I mean yes I’m him.”
Demetria watched as Fred and George gawked at the boy but then she heard Fred and George’s mother call “Fred? George? Are you here?”
“Coming mum” they yelled back.
But when they saw me they stopped and said “Demetria do you know who that is?”
“Presumably since you practically shouted his name over there I’m going to have to guess Harry Potter.”
The two laughed and Fred said “come on Demetria follow us were going to go say bye to mum then go.”
“I’ll catch up with you” she said.
She climbed onto the train and knocked lightly on the compartment door “may I come in?”
“Sure” the boy said quietly.
“I’m Demetria” she said smiling.
“I’m Harry” he said looking down.
“Nice to meet you Harry, are you happy to be going to Hogwarts?”
“Yea it should be fun” he said smiling slightly.
“You’ll love quidditch” she said.
“I’ve heard about it I don’t really understand it though” he said quietly.
“Well, you will soon enough, I didn’t either but I’m a keeper now in quidditch.”
“Oh so are you a … ah… a muggle-born or whatever?”
“I guess in a way I am I’m the same as you a half blood but I was adopted by a muggle but my real mum and dad were a witch and wizard my mom was a muggle-born and my dad was a half-blood.”
“What now” he asked?
“You’re pretty much a half-blood if you’re anything below two pure-bloods but if your parents are both muggle’s then you’re a muggle born.”
He nodded and said “so are the classes hard?”
“Somewhat you get used to it though.”
“Which teacher should I steer clear of” he asked innocently?
She remembered what dad told me “keep him away from Quirell besides classes.”
“Professor Quirell.”
“Really? I met him he seemed harmless.”
“Well you have to watch out sometimes.”
He was about to say something but it was interrupted by Fred and George who came in with a boy she presumed was in Harrys year. The boy sat down and Fred sat next to me and George sat next to him. “So you’ve met young Harry here have you Demetria?”
“Yep” she said smiling.
Fred gently put his arm around Demetria and told Harry “she may look sweet but she can be a mountain lion if you get her angry.”
She elbowed him in the ribs and he said “yea like that.”
Then their friend Lee Jordan came in and said “oh there you guys are May I join” he said eyeing Harry's forehead.
“Yes” George said.
“So has your dad still been ranting on how you guys shouldn’t be friends with a Slytherin?”
“Yea but you know he’ll cool down.”
She nodded and thought yea sure we’ve been friends for two years now and he still doesn’t like it.
“He’s never even met you but if he did, he’d love you” George said.
“You know unless he peeved you off and you turned into a mountain lion” Fred joked poking her in the stomach.
“So what are all these house’s at school” Harry asked?
“Oh there’s Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff and I’m in Slytherin and their in Gryffindor so I’m the odd woman out of these guys and it’s unusual for Slytherin’s to be friends with Gryffindor’s were usually rivals.”
Harry nodded and looked at Ron.
Then Demetria asked “ so Harry what are the muggles you lived with like?”
“Stupid” he muttered.
Demetria felt sorry for him “well you don’t have to worry about them for more than half the year now” I said smiling.
He smiled back and said “what’s your family like?”
Fred laughed and said “well her dad’s the strictest person in the world and her mom’s dead she doesn’t even tell me her name and her adoptive mom smothers her because she thinks she likes her real family more than her which is true.”
“Fred” Demetria said.
“What? It’s the truth.”
Demetria wrapped her arm around his neck and whispered “if you don’t shut up you’ll see a mountain lion.”
He laughed and said “sure I will” and then licked the side of her face.
“Gross Fred” Demetria said.
But everyone else just laughed.
“You know you like it” Fred joked.
She rolled her eyes then licked the side of his face.
“Hey I don’t care I like it.”
She shook her head and said “you just gross.”
She caught her brother’s eye and smiled at him and said “Fred and George can’t go without doing something funny or that causes trouble for five minutes.”
Fred put his head on my shoulder and gave me puppy eyes and said “but I’m still cute right?”
Demetria laughed and said “yea sure.”
He chuckled but kept his head on my shoulder till she pushed it off.
Then the cart came by and she was too busy watching Harry talking to Ron that she didn’t notice Fred hitting her with a licorice wand.
“You want anything Harry” Fred asked?
“Ah yea” he said hopping up and looking confused at what was on the cart.
Then he gave her some coins and got some of everything.
He handed her some and said “here.”
She smiled and said “thanks.”
“So Demetria you ready for me and George to whip your buts at the first quidditch game?”
“As if” she said “remember what happened last year? We crushed you.”
He shrugged and said “we’ll beat you eventually.
Then a boy with pale blonde hair came in and said “they say Potter’s in this compartment is that true are you him.”
“Yes” her brother said.
“I’m Draco Malfoy” he said.
Ron snorted and Draco turned on him and said “think my names funny do you? I bet I already know yours. Weasley.”
Fred hopped to his feet and Demetria grabbed his arm and he looked down at me angrily “Demetria let go.”
“Oh is this your little Gryffindor girlfriend? Rather ugly isn’t she? Gryffindor’s are such dopes it’s the Slytherin’s who are great.”
Demetria got up and said “oh you better pray you’re not in Slytherin.”
“And why is that ugly?”
Fred jerked away from me and said “what did you call her.”
“U-G-L-Y!”
Demetria stopped Fred just in time to keep him from punching Malfoy in the face.
“And if you’re in Slytherin, like I am, I’ll make sure to give you a beating everyday and I’ll make sure my dad does too.”
“Oh who’s your daddy” he asked.
“The head of Slytherin, Professor Snape.”
Fred smirked and said “he doesn’t take anyone messing around with his daughter.”
Malfoy fled then and Fred turned to her and said “if that boy gives you any trouble tell me.”
“Okay” she lied
He smiled and ran his finger through her hair making her blush and say “Fred stop it.”
He smiled again and sat down pulling her down with him.
They were almost there she knew it.
The train was probably 5 minutes away when a girl with bushy brown hair came in and said “your still not in your robes and were five minutes away from Hogwarts?”
The time had gotten away from them and Demetria got up and said “could you guys leave while I change then you guys can.”
The boys filed out but Fred said “aw do we have to” in a jokingly tone.
“Yes, now out” she said pushing him.
She changed quickly into her Slytherin robes then came out and said “okay you guys can change now.”
George laughed and said “we don’t care if you see us.”
“Well I do” she said.
Fred laughed and filed into the compartment with the boys. She put her back to the compartment door but then it flew open and she fell in stumbling but was caught.
She looked up and Fred had his arm around her waist and said “clumsy this year are we?”
“Oh shut up” she said glaring at him.
“The word I’m looking for are, thank, you.”
“Fine thank you” she said.
“Your welcome” he said pushing her up.
I held onto his shoulder to balance myself.
Then I noticed his arm was still around my waist. Should I push it away or leave it there?
I decided to leave it he looked happy enough.
He ruffled his red hair and his deep brown eyes met hers. They were sweet, gentle, and childish. He looked young and much to her dismay, he was handsome.
“Come on” he said pushing her along.
She put her head on his shoulder and he guided her out the train.
Harry stayed close in-between her and Ron. Demetria clamped Harry on the shoulder and reassured him “everything will be okay, I swear.”
He nodded but she could tell he was still nervous. So she kneeled down and said “when I came here I was as frightened as you but I had my dad and now you have me and Fred and George and Ron we’ll all help you along the way, then she whispered in his ear “I bet you’ll be in Gryffindor because you’re a lot brave then I was, I felt sick to my stomach, then these two dorks came into my compartment” she said elbowing Fred and George in the stomach.
“Thanks” he said smiling at her as he’d never smiled before, he had a huge desire to hug her.
Fred helped her off her knee then she turned around and Hagrid winked at her as she walked up to him and he said “he’s a lot like ya, kind-hearted boy he is.”
“Yea he’s sweet; I already love the boy, I kind of wish I could tell him now.”
“Ya me too, you two look so sweet together.”
Demetria chuckled and said “thanks Hagrid.”
“Be careful with the Weasley twins” he yelled back.
“Always am” she said laughing.
“Come on now we’ll miss the carriages if we don’t hurry” George said.
She quickly waved goodbye to Harry and followed Fred well was dragged by Fred to the carriages.
She yawned tiredly and he a laughed “stayed up till three am again the day before school did we.”
“Yea” she yawned placing her head on Fred’s shoulder.
He let his fingers gently touch her cheek and then looked back at George who was trying to withhold a laugh.
“Shut it George” she heard Fred say.
“What how am I supposed to sit back when your making a move on Demetria” George laughed.
She sat straight and Fred automatically retorted “I was not making a move on her.”
“Oh whatever Fred you caressed her cheek.”
He turned bright red sitting back in the cushion on the carriage as if he were trying to sink into it.
Demetria looked at Fred and retorted for him and said “like you don’t want to be over here doing the same thing George because we all know that you like to believe that you’re better looking than Fred, but your not.”
Fred glanced up at her and George seemed to be trying to sink into his seat.
Fred sat up straight and put his arm around Demetria and said “well there you have it George.”
“Hey I’m not done with you” she said pushing his arm away “never do that again.”
“Fine, fine” he said looking genuinely disappointed.
“Can I still sleep on your shoulder though” she asked?
“No” he said, she looked down and he shook his head laughing and said “of course you can.”
She smiled again and set her head on his shoulder again and he rubbed her leg and she growled “seriously Fred?”
“Sorry.”
The pulled up to the castle and Demetria said “Fred, carry me.”
“Ah… no” he laughed.
“Ugh do I really have to walk?”
“Yes, yes you do.”
“Fine” said hopping out of the carriage with the help of Fred.
“Here I’ll at least keep you from falling down. Okay?”
“Mhmm… I’ll probably fall asleep during the sorting.”
“No you won’t too many people screaming for the first years.”
She shrugged and he asked “what were you talking to Harry about?”
“I was telling him not to be nervous and that I’d bet my money that he’s in Gryffindor.”
“Sometimes I wish you were in Gryffindor” Fred muttered.
“Sometimes I wish that too” she replied.
“Why?”
“Don’t have much time to spend with you and George do I?”
“No” he muttered.
“Well at least we have Hogsmade this weekend.”
“Yea Zonko’s should be fun.”
“Ah Fred no, no, Filch is going to kill you if you do more damage to the castle then you already have.”
He chuckled and said “fine but were still going we’ll take you to Honeydukes or the Three Broomsticks.”
“Ah okay, but I want both.”
“Fine, fine as long as you buy us all the pranks we want.”
“Fine but you’re paying for the Pumpkin Juice and all at the three broomsticks.”
“Fair deal” he said shaking her hand.
She had to laugh Fred was charming and funny, perfect, she thought.
He held onto her hand and she starred down at it and then glanced up at him. He didn’t seem to notice and continued to walk with her hand in his.
She pulled her hand away and he glanced at her as she looked around as if some one had seen.
“What, are you embarrassed to be seen holding my hand” Fred asked?
“No, why should I be?”
“Well I am poor.”
“So?”
He smiled lightly but then asked “then what is it?”
“I don’t know it just feels weird.”
He eyed her but then ignored it and continued on.
Outside the great hall her dad waited pacing back and forth as usual.
Fred and George smiled at each other and clamped Snape on the shoulder and said “hey Severus” and left to the hall laughing.
“Those friends of yours are going to get you into so sticky messes.”
“But you’ll get us out right” she asked smiling?
“Sure” he said shaking his head.
“So I met Harry” she said nervously.
“And?”
“He’s very nice, sweet, brave boy, he’s a little nervous kind of like I was but he wasn’t feeling sick at all well at least he didn’t tell me he did.”
“Why would he?”
“Well we sat in the same compartment and we talked a bit.”
Snape raised his eyebrows and she said “I didn’t tell him dad.”
Snape relaxed and said “any predictions?”
“Gryffindor defiantly.”
“Of course, same house as his snarky, cocky father.”
“And of course our sweet darling mother Lily right” she said laughing.
“Yes, yes of course.”
I came into the hall and sat down with the rest of the Slytherin’s I looked across the way and saw Fred waving furiously at me. She shook her head and looked down at the table. The first years filed in and they began to call names for the sorting.
Then she heard “Malfoy, Draco.”
Then she heard the sorting hat yell “Slytherin!”
“Ugh” she said.
The boy sat next to her and she glared at him but yet he still wore a smirk on his face.
She fazed out again till she heard “Potter, Harry.”
Malfoy snickered and she held tight to his collar and said “if you don’t shut it I’ll kill you.” That sure shut him up.
Harry nervously walked up and many whispered and then a few seconds later the hat shouts “GRYFFINDOR!”
She heard the Gryffindor’s erupting with pride yelling all around “we got Potter, we got Potter.”
Many others went by and she heard Ron get sorted into Gryffindor as well.
Then Dumbledore said some words that she wasn’t paying attention to but as soon as the food came out she woke up right away. The bloody baron sat in between her and Malfoy and said “hello Demetria how are ya?”
“Pretty good Baron.”
He nodded silently and Demetria took a plate and loaded up on shepherd’s pie, sausages, bacon, roasted chicken, and mashed potatoes.
She dug in and thought some of the pure delights in life eating and sleeping.
But as soon as she finished she felt drowsy but watched Dumbledore “as always I ask that you keep away from the forbidden forest this includes our older students too, he said looked directly at Fred and George then Demetria.
When it was time to file out the were a ton of whispers “Harry Potter, yes Harry Potter, at our school.”
She ran over to Gryffindor line quickly and said “told you now didn’t I Harry.”
He smiled up and said “how’d you know?”
“Just a guess, you know both your dad and o…your mom were in Gryffindor?”
“Really” he asked curiously.
“Yea, I’ll tell you a bit more about them some…” but she was dragged away by Fred and George.
“Guys let me go.”
“No, no, we didn’t see you all summer and you said you come over but you didn’t.”
“I’m sorry I was busy.”
“Well you’re not busy so you’re coming with us.”
“Where?”
“Dungeons.”
“What why I have to go down there any way, wait your not… no Fred, George no he already thinks you’re a bad influence on me, come on stop.”
“That or you help us destroy the Slytherin common room.”
“Okay fine, fine.”
He smiled and said “okay if were caught” Fred said.
“Which we will be” she added.
“Maybe not” Fred said.
“Yes we will be caught.”
“IF we get caught the cover story is that you were trying to help us with potions and George accidently dropped in the wrong ingredient.”
“Wait why me” George retorted.
Fred shrugged.
They got a caldron and started pouring things in and she was just being a look out not watching them and then an acid liquid exploded every where.
“Oh damn it it’s in my hair” she yelled.
Fred and George snickered then yelled “Ouch as it burned the cheeks.
They all ran into the showering area for when stuff like this happened.
“What the… who’s in here, who did this?”
“Hurry into the cupboard.”
Fred and George followed her into the cupboard.
They all waited till they were she he was gone and ran out towards their common rooms.
“See you” Fred said moving quickly but kissing her on the cheek much to her dismay.
“God Fred.”
But he was gone though she could hear snickering down the hall.
She went into the common room and then went to bed.
She sat at her table in the great hall, classes started today, and so did detentions.
Fred and George were bound to pull their beginning of the year, which was the only prank bigger than the end of the year one. They were even whispering and smirking at their table, yep detentions were to be given.
She got up grabbing her bag and slinging it over her shoulder.
“Hey” said a voice.
She turned and smiled and said “oh hi Cedric I haven’t seen you in a while.”
“Yea sorry I ment to send you mail over the summer but things were a bit hectic.”
“Really, why?”
“Oh just all of dad’s business he’s convinced I’m going to be the first minister of magic to be an all star seeker.”
I laughed and said “who knows anything’s possible at least that’s what you told me all last year when I said “I’d never pass my History of Magic exam.”
He laughed and said “well that was a simple task what’d you get anyway?”
“Just Acceptable but I would never have passed without your help” she said smiling.
“Well I’m glad I could help” he said smiling back.
“Excited for classes” she asked?
“Yea they should be great, you excited for all the new classes you get?”
“A bit I mean I really don’t need to take muggle studies but I think my mom would like to see more O’s on my report.”
“Ah right you live in the muggle world.”
“Yea, I do it’s quite a bore usually.”
“You could maybe come over to my house for part of the summer if it’s bore.”
“That’d be great.”
“By the way you think you could help me with my potions work?”
“Yea sure.”
“It’s just you must have potions all figured out because of your dad.”
“Yes I do, but don’t go thinking that I can outwit you.”
“Wouldn’t dream of it, we could always just have a competition on History of Magic and I could easily outwit you” he said laughing.
His smile was beautiful she thought his hair was brown hair that was slightly bronze and his eyes were a soft sort of cloudy gray.
“Yes you could” she replied.
“What’s your first class?”
“Transfiguration.”
“Oh that’s near charms I’ll walk with you.”
“That’d be nice.”
He smiled and said “your good at charms aren’t you?”
“Yes I got an Outstanding.”
He nodded and she said “I’m okay at Transfiguration too I guess, I got an Exceeds Expectations in it.”
He smiled and said “I’m great at both, got Outstanding in both.”
“Why the hell are you not in Ravenclaw?”
He laughed and said “I’m not that smart.”
“You seem to be, though you are sweet like the typical Hufflepuff.”
“Well you’re not a normal Slytherin how’d you get in there?”
“I guess I wanted to be and the Sorting hat allowed me to be.”
“Why’d you want to be in there?”
“My dad was” she said simply.
“I guess.”
A bunch of girls were laughing and whispering as they passed but Cedric didn’t seem to notice.
“You know every girl at school thinks your handsome, right?”
“Really are you one of them” he laughed?
“No” she lied, blushing.
He grinned making her heart flutter beneath her chest.
“Well here’s transfiguration” Cedric said.
“Yea thanks” she said standing on the tips of her toes to hug him.
She walked in waving back at him.
She entered the classroom and sat down next to Fred grabbing her textbook from her bag.
She sat up and stared at the front.
“What were you doing with pretty boy” Fred demanded more than asked?
“What, oh we were just talking were friends you know.”
“I think he wants to be a little more than your friend.”
“Yea right have you seen him? Have you seen me?”
“Yes and your both good looking.”
“Me? Good looking? Those shouldn’t even be in the same sentence.”
“OH lay off it Demetria your beautiful and everyone here knows it unless their a freaking tosh pop.”
She couldn’t help but blush and noticed Fred was turning the same shade of red that she was.”
“Well thanks but I hardly think that’s true.”
“Well it is” Fred shot back furiously.
She was confused why Fred cared, “Fred you’re my best friend besides I’m not that interested in him.”
“So you admit you are a bit interested in him!”
“Isn’t everybody, it’ll be bloody hard to find some girl who isn’t.”
“Whatever, go ahead he seems to like you just fine.”
“He’s a year older!”
“SO!”
She stared back at Fred and said “it’s not like I’m in love with him.”
“Are you sure because you two seemed to be getting rather friendly with his hand on your arse.”
“It was not” she shot back.
“It was too.”
“You know what why do you even care?”
He got red and said “you’re my friend I like to know who she’s going to be snogging and he’s a player he’ll have girls all over him trying to kiss him and he’ll probably kiss them back I don’t want you to get hurt!”
“I’m not going to snog no one anytime soon.”
He glared back at me and turned to his book.
She sighed slightly feeling bad now.
As class went on Fred ignored her and George gave her sad looks what the hell had she done wrong she thought.
She grabbed her things and Fred rushed off glaring to right as he went out.
She came out and on her right stood Cedric “hey” he said.
“Oh, uh hi Cedric, I actually have to go talk to a friend real quick I’ll meet up with you later.”
“Oh, okay” he said sadly.
She gave him a small smile and ran down the hall to catch up with Fred.
“Fred, Fred” she called after him.
“What, why aren’t you with lover boy, saw him waiting for you after class!”
“I’d much rather be with my best friend.”
“Sure you would” he said glaring at her.
She grabbed his hand and said “I would.”
He looked down at her and pulled her close for a hug.
“Sorry I’m being an arse.”
“Yes, yes you are.”
He laughed and said “I guess I was jealous.”
“Of what” she wondered?
“Well your beautiful how can I not be, you may be my friend but sometimes I can’t help but feel differently for you George is the same way.”
“Oh well, then didn’t know I was that appealing” she said blushing slightly.
“Well you are now let’s get to potions.”