Wish I Knew Sooner

Chapter 1: The start of everything

Prologue:

Eileen sat in her bedroom, the little boy in her arms. Tobias is not back from work yet. A candle illuminated the book infront of her. The little boy woke up, he made a small noise, Eileen glanced over at him and gasped in astonishment. His eyes were open for the first time. He glared up at his mother, looking at her with hatred in his bottomless black eyes, it seemed like a match had struck and for a moment fire was suddenly lit in them, and for a second there, they flashed red. Eileen let out a shaky breath that she didn't even realize she was holding, she hoped he would never find out who his real father is. 

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"Bye!" Severus waved outside the train window.

Eileen smiled and waved back. The wind blew Severus' hair into his face and stinging his eyes forcing them close, when he opened them again, she was gone. Severus felt this sinking feeling in him. His mother was by his side all his life and now, he is going to this place where he knows no one. He slumped back into the plush seat and pulled out the old and tattered potion book that his mother managed to save when Tobias was trying to burn them. He flipped through without really looking at the content.

The strong wind blew the pages and some fell off. Severus stood up angrily and shut the window with a small thud. He returned his attention to the book, one loose page caught his eyes, he gingerly picked up the brittle paper. Amortentia, the strongest love potion ever.

Suddenly, the compartment door opened with a bang and several students came in laughing loudly. Severus dropped the paper in alarm.

One of them, the leader, maybe? Froze as he saw Severus standing there.

"Oh! Pardon me! I thought this compartment was empty!" The boy was in third year maybe? His voice was cold, his long, silvery hair tied back into a low ponytail. Everything about him screamed perfection. Severus froze.

So this is the 'purebloods' his mother had warned him about.

"I am talking to you" cold gray eyes pierced into his own.

"Oh! I-I-m sorry!" Severus quickly said, he had a feeling that he wouldn't want to mess with this person.

The boy sneered at him, obvious distaste in his expression. Severus suddenly felt self conscious, standing there with his too long, tattered, second hand robes and holding a book that's fallen apart.

The boy took out his wand and waved it, the book was suddenly repaired.

"Lucius! Come on!" One of his friends called.

The boy- Lucius, looked at him one last time, right in the eye, before walking away, shutting the door with a small snap.

Severus felt like his brain was malfunctioning.

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"Candy from the Trolley?" A voice interrupted his thoughts and pulled Severus back from his daze. Seriously! What's gotten into him?!

He pulled the silver coin out of his pocket. Severus gulped. His mother had saved this just for him. "The candy from the trolley is always worth it" She had said. Plus the food looked absolutely delicious.

"A box of Every Flavored Beans please" Severus gave her the money and received his food and change. At least this would probably keep him busy for a period of time.

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The bang of the compartment door bangs open once again and jerks Severus out of his sleep. This time, it was four boys, about his age, that walked in, laughing about something.

"What do you want?" Severus said warily. Either they thought it was an empty compartment (Again) or...

"Wrong compartment!" Said the black haired boy with glasses.

Severus glared at them as he crossed his arms.

The boy narrowed his eyes at him, "what's your deal? We disturbed your sleep?"

"As a matter of fact, yes. You did."

"Oh I'm sorry, your highness" the boy said, tone dripping in sarcasm. His brown eyes scanned Severus up and down and his eyes landed on his shoes, which look like they're going to fall apart anytime. He smirked.

Severus stood up abruptly and angrily, whipping his wand out from his pocket.

Then suddenly one of the boys tapped him on the shoulder, "come on," he muttered, "first year at Hogwarts and you want to get expelled before you even step foot in the castle?"

"Not fair!" the first boy argued, "you can use magic on the train, Moony! Besides, it's him who started it." He jerked his head over to Severus' direction.

The boy, however, gasped as he turned back to Severus, staring into his eyes.

"Come on!" He said hurriedly, sounding actually scared, "let's go!"

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Severus sat back onto the plush seat and curled himself up into a small ball. What was that about? What is wrong? His eyes? Luicus also looked at him funny.

He sighed.

First year at Hogwarts, he hasn't even stepped foot into the castle and he's already making enemies. 

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A/N: Hiii! Thank you for reading this fic! Warnings: This would update slowly. I'm also posting it on A03 under the same title. Hope you like it!