Love From The Soul (Severus Snape x OC)

Chapter 1

I am Alzenia Frans Nomendia. I have come back to Britain for my teaching post that was so generously accepted by Albus Dumbledore. That is all you need to know about me at the moment, so let the story begin shall we?

I step down from the train, bathing in the nostalgia of my time as a Hogwarts student. A long amount of time has passed since I've been anywhere in Britain, so it feels nice to be back. I take a long breath of air and smell the air around me, buzzing with the energy and excitement of the new first years heading to the castle. I snap out of my thought and head inside, looking around at all the things that left me to wonder as a small girl.

When I arrive at the headmaster's office, I find him waiting for me at the entrance. ''Welcome to Hogwarts miss Nomendia, please, take a seat." He said with a calm smile and shining eyes.

I nod calmly and do as he instructed. He gives me a barely noticeable nod and says "I do believe you have told me in your application letter that you have attended Hogwarts in the past.''

''Yes that is correct, I have attended Hogwarts for 5 years before going back to my homeland due to uncontrollable circumstances. I then proceeded to finish my education at Ilvermorny.''

He nods in acknowledgment and takes a second to think before asking ''Very well. Before I show you to your quarters, know that I only have one condition to you teaching your Divine Magical History class. This class will only be taken by 3rd years and over, since there are more delicate subjects to be learned in this situation.''

''Yes, I accept the condition. I actually have to thank you, this was something I was gonna voice my concern about, but I'm glad to learn it has already been taken care of.'' I reply with a satisfied smile. Dumbledore then stood up and beckoned me to follow him to my new chambers.

When I arrived at my chambers I was delighted to notice that it was quite spacious and had a warm and comforting atmosphere. I then looked over to a tall mirror and went to take a look. When I saw my appearance, memories came flashing back to me, causing me to frown slightly. My eyes drifted over my features slowly. I was actually fairly small for a woman, only lining up to about 5'4'. My light brown hair went down below my shoulders and rested on my back. I was wearing black women's short robes and a black cloak that almost touched the ground. My eyes then drifted up to my eye patch that was on my left eye, all the way to my single dark brown eye on the right. Letting out a long almost silent sigh, I prepare myself for the sorting ceremony of first years.

When I arrive in the great hall, I go up and sit next to McGonagall, who seems pleased to see me. ''Why hello, I deem appropriate to assume you are the new teacher Albus told me about?'' I nod politely and reply with a small smile ''Indeed, and its also nice to see you again professor McGonagall."

She shakes her head ''Please, call me Minerva. We are going to be co-workers after all.''

''Of course Minerva, then please call me Alzenia.'' She smiles before turning back to conversing with Hagrid, or maybe it was Dumbledore. Either way I wasn't paying attention to it since I was looking around the great hall at the students. I then remembered wondering as a student what it was like to sit here at the teachers table, looking out on all the students chatting with each other.

My thoughts were interrupted by someone sitting in the chair besides me. He was a very intriguing man, who I was fairly sure attained 6 feet tall. He was wearing very dark blue robes and a long black cloak. His raven black hair caught my attention and i didn't notice that i might had been observing him for a little too long.

''I would appreciate if you would quit your needless staring.'' He said in a slightly annoyed tone.

I find myself being slightly startled by his words but I don't flinch. ''Of course...I apologize. I am Alzenia Nomendia, the new Divine Magical History teacher.'' I say politely to him.

He looks at my eye patch and then simply replies ''Severus Snape, Potions Master and teacher.''

I nod curtly at his presentation ''You are also Head of Slytherin house, correct?'' Without even looking back in my direction, he says ''Indeed". I don't try to converse with him any further since his tone of voice seemed final.

I then observe the first years get sorted, and clap along with the rest of the staff. Dumbledore then gives his usual pre-feast speech with the exception of announcing the new teacher, to which I stand and bow while giving off a smile.

After the feast, I return to my quarters and start doing some thinking about the schedule and what I will teach first. I then think back to when I met Snape. He is by far the most peculiar teacher I have met today. He is not the kind of teacher to be pestered, and neither was I for that matter, but he was on another level. As cold as he seemed to be, he was doing his job well enough from what I've heard, so I simply assumed he had his reasons.

After spending a few hours planning and thinking, I prepared myself for bed. I took off my cloak and my robes and slipped into an over sized t-shirt that was given to me by a close friend, and took off my eye patch to set it on the bedside table. Drifting to sleep went easily enough considering I was exhausted from all my travelling. The last thought I had was about all the new acquaintances I had made and I succumbed to slumber.

AN: I hope the first chapter has caught your interest, and I apologize if it is short. I will brainstorm more ideas for the next chapters and I hope you will like the ideas that I will be putting in this story. This chapter has been revised.