A young Severus Snape, after years of abuse and neglect, holds out hope for a better tomorrow after the fateful night where his mother told him about soulmates. She told him the spark he would feel, the colors he could see, the flavors that he could taste, would all be because of his soulmate. It made him yearn to feel that love, that fulfillment. But now, in Hogwarts, going to 5th year, what awaits him that year wasn't going to be so beautiful.