The Half Blood Princess | D.M

1 · prologue

September first
7:15 AM, Hogwarts Express Day

505 - arctic monkeys

it's the morning of the Hogwarts Express ride, and i'm rushing around my house, gathering my things and getting ready to leave...all at the same time.

Snape rushes down the stairs from his bedroom, where he was finishing up. "you're not ready yet?" he asks calmly, but annoyed.

i'm the daughter of Severus Snape, Veronica Snape. yes, i miraculously i deal with this motherfucker everyday.

long story short, Lily Potter had an affair with Snape while she was married to James Potter, and they conceived me very soon after Harry Potter, my half-brother, was born.

But as you may know, James and Lily both tragically died almost immediately after i was born.

So i've lived with my father all my life. it's not that i miss my mother, i never met her. it's that i just..wish i would've had a mother figure, and for her to be around.

sometimes i do have to understand that even if she didn't die, she would've left my father for James immediately after anyway.

that's what my father told me, at least.

i'd have to be stupid not to understand that he's always bitching simply because she didn't love him. anyway, i don't even know why i'm talking about this.

"i'm almost ready to go" i exclaim back, feeling rushed. "i'm waiting, Veronica" he nagged, impatiently. i ignore him, finish packing my suitcase.

My father and i arrive at platform 9 3/4, and we both run through the wall and make our ways back to where we sit

. he sits way up front, with the professors; and i head to the back, where i spot my best friends, Hermione, Luna, Harry, and Ron. I run and hug Luna, then turn and hug Hermione.

we all chat and catch up before sitting in a compartment together. we shove our suitcases into the luggage area overhead and sit back, waiting for the Train to begin moving. we all chatted and Harry explained to me and Luna what happened with his cousin and the Order of the Pheonix when he almost got expelled this summer.

"you're always getting into random shit during summer" i remark, laughing. "this is not a laughing matter, Roni. we don't know why these dementors attacked him."

i went silent. we chatted for the rest of the trip to Hogwarts, and when we got off, we began walking towards the wagon, i heard a mocking voice. "im surprised the ministry is still letting you walk around free, Potter. you better enjoy it while you can. i expect there's a cell in Azkaban with your name on it."

And then i saw him, Draco Malfoy walked up beside all off us, before Harry lunged at him. Ron grabbed him by the arms.

"Just stay away from me!" Harry yelled.

"are you mad you would've pissed your pants if you saw a dementor?" i teased, laughing at
Draco.

"well, if it isn't Snape. i know one thing you've got in common with that bloke, Severus. you've got matching veins popping from your foreheads!" he laughed, as Crabbe and Goyle tagged along.

"you talk a lot for a ferret, Draco!" i glared. Ron laughed.

"shut up, Weasley." he looked at Ron, then at me, and stormed off with Crabbe and Goyle.

Harry smiled at me and we all continued walking to the carriage trail. Neville tagged along as we watched Cho Chang's carriage pull off.

the next carriage approached us, and we hopped on. "i've missed the Thestrals" Luna mentioned, stroking the one attatched to our carriage.

i smiled and pet it, before we all sat down in the carriage. it pulled off, and we all rode off to the castle. when we arrived, we settled into our dormitories and made our way down to the dining hall.

as we ate dinner, Dumbledore had his usual speech, before being interrupted by mrs. Umbridge. i have that bitch for Defense Against the Dark Arts, and i'm not excited about it.

i can see right through her ego. we all headed off to our dorms for the night, and i got put in a dorm with 3 other girls i don't even know. i choose to be grateful though, it could've been Pansy i shared a room with. god, i hate her. i shower, change to my pajamas, and drift to sleep.