Severus McGonagall

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Severus stood next to Lily in the Great Hall, waiting for Professor McGonagall to call his name. He followed Lily with his obsidian eyes as she sat down at the Gryffindor table, pleading, ‘I hope we’ll be able to remain friends, even if we’re in different Houses.’

Twenty minutes later, he was sorted into Slytherin. He walked over to the Slytherin table, hesitantly greeting his House mates, feeling very alone in the huge hall full of students, who all seemed to know each other. Severus didn’t feel hungry at all. The meal looked extremely appetizing, but ever since his father had caught him brewing a potion the day before and had angrily punished him, his ribs were sore and he didn’t feel well at all.

After a short House meeting with Professor Slughorn, their Head of House, who was the Potions Professor as Severus noticed excitedly, the first-years were sent to their dormitories. Severus was extremely grateful for the green curtains that surrounded the beds, so he could change behind the curtain and didn’t have to fear that his roommates might discover the vast amount of bruises and welts covering most parts of his body.

‘I hope I’ll have a chance to speak with Lily today. Maybe we can meet in the library to study together,’ he mused as he hesitantly entered the Transfiguration classroom on his first morning at Hogwarts. The seat next to Lily was vacant, and Severus happily slipped into the seat, glad when the sight of him caused a huge smile to appear on his friend’s face. The teacher was still nowhere to be seen, but suddenly the cat that had been sitting on the teacher’s desk transformed back into the stern professor, who had greeted them the evening before.

The professor held a small speech about the content of her classes, before she made them try to transfigure a match into a needle. One of the Gryffindors, James Potter, and Severus were the only students able to do the Transfiguration, and the Professor awarded Slytherin and Gryffindor five House points each, before she dismissed them.

Just when Lily and Severus stood up from their seats, one of the Gryffindors, whose name Lily remembered was Sirius, came over to Severus, shoving him against the table, and hissed, “What are you doing here with a Gryffindor, little snake? You’re supposed to sit with the slimy Slytherins.”

Severus was overwhelmed by the pain shooting through his body, and Lily observed terrified how her friend doubled over in pain. She hurriedly called the professor, who gently led Severus into her office, motioning Lily to follow them.