Little White Lies›› Severus Snape

Chapter One

Ellie's Pov
"Hello all! So I bet you all have wonderful questions and answers so I shall start." I felt a little nervous tumble float through my stomach. I felt like I could vomit on the spot, gagging quietly of being in front of all these four-year students.

I turned around walking from my desk, grabbing a piece of chalk starting to write quickly across the board hearing hushed whispers behind my back. "I am your new professor Landwood, now the first few things you should know about me. I'm from America. I'm 27 and no I am not married and don't have kids." I took a breather fluttering my eyes a couple of times my short curly hair bouncing.

"Among you all though I am no witch or wizard. I am what you call a squib." Once I had it written down across the board there was loud gasps and exclaims. The hush whispers around the classroom had me nervous at first. I spun around as everyone was chatting loudly with one another fast like.

"What's a squib?"

"She sure is pretty and young!"

"American!" I cleared my throat loudly gesturing fast like that I wanted to keep talking.

"Now if some of you don't know what that term is it's simple. Both my parents are witches and a wizard. I come from a magical family but I was born without magical powers. I have no wand, no magical talents now that doesn't mean I am not fit to be your teacher. I attended Hogwarts when I was young. I was a Hufflepuff." I paused a little more.

"So in a sense, I was raised as a muggle and in the wizarding world. I won't teach you spells and charms, or potions we will be studying muggle products how they live this is a hands-on learning class. I'll bring products in so we can learn. I may not have a wand, but I can still punish take points away and reward them any questions?" It was silent before I saw so many hands shooting up fast like up into the air.

I turned back around folding my hands across my robe to fix it noticing that the door to my classroom had slide open a bit. It was another teacher, must be watching me.

"Wicked! So you can still see magical things?" I smiled faintly nodding my head and messing with my fingers over my palms a couple of times to keep me calm.

"I can yes I can see Hogwarts as well everything I just was born without magical abilities in a way I feel like a muggle even though magic has been around me growing up." I found myself chuckling quietly a little more.

"I've come back to here to London because Dumbledore asked me to, it would help me to learn all your names as well. So I must ask are you ready?" I lifted an eyebrow everyone was looking between everyone before they were all mumbling and nodding looking at me with smiles on their face.

"We are ready professor!" I found myself beaming happily a sigh of relief washing over me walking across the front of the classroom.

"Excellent! Our first lesson with our textbooks turn to page 30 we will start with Muggle studies, schools, and jobs." I announced glancing back towards the figure in my classroom. I held my breath for a moment looking into the sharpness of his eyes.

He tilted his head his long hair getting into his eyesight. I felt like once I looked into his eyes I was being sucked into a large memory.

I was in his place, he was leaning behind a wall in distress tears were leaving him. Like he couldn't breathe speaking frantically like to whom I could see was Dumbledore.

"You said you would protect her." My heart swelled With sadness it was gut-wrenching hitting me in my stomach and heart. He was in so much pain sobbing out that by the time I was pulled away from the sight, my eyes were wide.

My breathing was rigged and hard like tears brimming at the edge of my eyes clearing my throat roughly and looking away from him.

"Page uhm 30 yes." I stammered out my throat feeling hard and lumped into my throat base.