Harry Potter and the Disasters Of Love

Severus' POV:

I am walking to my afternoon lessons... All I see are children, boys and girls all holding hands, seeing each other for the first time for who they really are... I wish I could go back to the moment when I first saw Lily....

* Flashback *

I was minding my own business, reading a book underneath a willow tree, when I heard two voices - girl's voices - getting louder and louder. I started to get irritated so I stepped out from behind the tree, slamming my book shut, and was about to confront them, when I stopped. 

Both girls were slight and tall but they were different too. One had jet black hair that made rivers down past her shoulders, and had a stern, sour expression on her face, that made her ugly, as she could have been reasonably pretty if not for it. But I didn't stop for her.... I stopped for the other girl.... She was beautiful, her ginger hair not just making rivers, down her back, but waterfalls, that laced together like a tapestry, nearly to her waist. Her soft eyes were ones that you could just fall into if you weren't careful, and freckles made a pattern over her white, smooth face.

"You're a freak, Lily! Do you hear me? A freak!" shouted the one with the black hair.

"No, Petunia, wait!" said the beautiful Lily, as Petunia started to stalk away, and Lily gave chase.

As she ran the colour of the grass changed from, green to purple and back to green, and little daisies grew all over.

"Stop it, Lily, just stop it" shouted Petunia, and she ran away.

Lily sighed, sat down and started to cry. I went to comfort her... and that was when the story of our love blossomed, just like those daisies....

*Flashback Ends*

But I also see the torments of love, wanting someone you can never have, who will never fall for you, who is in enemy territory....

*Flashback*

I walked into the Great Hall for the first time, with Lily by my side. We had made it, together! This was it, Hogwarts. I was going to teach Lily all about it, she was muggle-born un-like me... But that didn't put me off.

We arrived at the end of the Great Hall where the sorting hat sat on a stool and then the names started to be called.

"Snape, Severus" said the Professor.

I slowly made my way to the steps knowing my fate already.

"Slytherin" the sorting hat said before it sat on my head. I went to the Slytherin table, giving Lily a shy smile on the way. More names were called. I got more and more apprehensive.

"Evans, Lily" said the professor.

Lily timidly made her way up the steps to the hat, and tentavily sat on the stool. 

This was the moment when we had been torn apart, put on opposite sides of the enemy line. If you were in Slytherin.... you had friends in Slytherin, and that was that... and never a Gryfindor... but fate has cruel humour.

"Gryfindor!" shouted the hat, and the table on the far side of the Hall cheered...

*Flashback Ends*

 I arrived at my classroom, sending my pupils in straight away. I got them to prepare their cauldrons and then to gather around the front. I was just about to tell the class what we would be hoping to accomplish today, putting all the fearful tone I could muster into my voice, when that girl, that girl that daydreams asked,

"Sir, are we going to make Love Potion today, considering we don't have you until after Valentine's Day?" Luna's voice chimed.

I couldn't face it anymore. I remembered how I used to sneak about with Lily, without others knowing and showing her potions and spells she never would have dreamed of...

I stalked out of the room, before my emotions would show, after telling them they could have a free period. I had to see Dumbledore, I had too.

Draco's POV:

Lessons, lessons, lessons. Homework, homework, homework. Do these old professors have nothing better to do with their time!?

Well, of course, they aren't as young as they used to be, are they? They now don't understand the hardships of being a teenager, lusting for love they will never have in return... And making certain people back off!

Pansy, had yet again just sent me a paper aeroplane, yet again! This had to be the millionth time today! I don't think she understands. In two days time, on Valentine's Day, I will make her understand... I'll find a way to tell the girl I love my feelings for her, in public - no matter the consequences, and no matter the embarrassment - to get to her emotions and to show Pansy my feelings are for another....