another flower for severus

It was unheard of at hogwarts for someone to tranfser in at the near end of the year but a strange girl did transfer, and was sorted into strange girl stood about five feet tall, she had pale brown eyes, followed by a cascade of long strawberry blonde curls, she was of pureblood skin pale .her robes were a tad larger than the girls slightly chubby frame . The chubbyiness made her cute though mind you. It was near the end of sixth year this girl showed up,which soon came to pass and she was already in the great hall before others for their last name Rose Ivy .

Severus Snape was up and about as always... he had already took his morning stroll about the lake, and entered the great hall almost assured he would be the first to enter.

He walked to the far side, where Slytherin table was and spotted her, he paused a moment, his expression giving no surprise as his dark eyes took her in, he simply rose an eyebrow in her direction, before shouldering his tattered rucksack and heading for the far end of the table, he plopped down on the bench facing away from the wall, making sure he could see down not only his table... but he could see the other three as well.

It was too early for the trays to be filled yet, so he dug around in his bag and pulled out a book, burying his nose in it. His lank black locks fell forward as he read, keeping his face from view... which was probably a good thing for the young Slytherin, seeing as he was finding it increasingly hard to remain concentrated, and his dark eyes kept flicking to the new comer curiously...

He had grown quite a bit over the summer, his robes fitting him much differently than before. His hair had lengthened to just at his shoulders, which had broadened, though he was still quite slim. He had also grown a couple inches, and was now taller than even the staff members, save Hagrid... but no one could compete with someone who had giant blood, as Severus suspected he did.

The most important change in Severus Snape, was his demeanor. Even though he had always been one to remain somber and quiet... now his dominating presence seemed filled with a bit more confidence, power... and even danger, his long steady strides making people stop and take notice. And this all happened without his realizing it... though he fully intended on using his new traits to his advantage

The female sighed,as she noticed the great hall doors open and let in a certain greasey haired boy,but to her the grease she didn't notice or even take a care in the world of,She knew not every onewas perfect nor was everyone beautiful,but she knew ...that everyone male or female was beautiful in their own eyed him through strands of Strawberry blonde curls,her eyes almost specks through her hair so he wouldn't be able to tell she kept glancing at him ,analyzing him.

She could tell he grew over the summer,among many other things,As for herself over the summer she had lost a bit of weight althought not much,but that could be result as to living in a new place or stress maybe,Some owls began to fly in early one ,in particular a dusty rose red color landing in front of Rose with a daily prohet and letter strapped to his legs she payed the owl before opening the paper with a knowing sad smile..

There on the front of the news paper was a picture of her waving family,Her dad,Her mum,and her older brother,with a younger Rose,the title of the paper read Londons most Richest and Royal family murdered it going on to describe that Deamon Ivy, died protecting his wife,Fernalda Ivy,then that the male heir,Dan Ivy ,in a fit of rage had went into the death eats attack and gotten himself killed...

Rose merely placed the paper down letting her locks hideher faceas she looked down emotions in her eyes,but the few minutes later she sat tall,and regal her eyes viod of any sadness Serverus would of seen. Just as the doors opened more letting in a few other students from other houses. Severus watched as the red-colored owl landed in front of Rose and watched her with a bit of interest, noticing it was nothing more than the paper. He caught her expression immediately, and his mind roamed through the possibilities of what she might have seen on the front page of the prophet...

He didn't receive the paper, being at school he always heard at least some glimpse of what was going on, especially if it were anything important... it paid to be observant, besides he didn't have the money to pay for it... and even if he did, he was far to frugal with his money to waste it on a paper... he was already thinking of life after Hogwarts.

His dark eyes took her in somberly, only turning away when the Great Hall doors opened once more. Platters appeared on the long tables and immediately filled with food... he pulled a couple pieces of toast and an apple near him, turning back to his book.

Soon the great hall was full, but instead of leaving as usual, he remained in his spot. He glanced at the boy beside him and gave a tight nod... they weren't friends by any means, but he and Even Rosier had an understanding... and Rosier's family was quite wealthy.

It was no surprise when an a large Eagle Owl flew through the arched window, landing between the two. He watched Even pick up a couple letters as well as the prophet, tossing the news paper aside and feeding his owl a bit of bacon.

Severus rose then, setting his rucksack on the table as he stuffed his book back in, discreetly letting his fingers wrap around the newspaper before he turned and walked away, paper and rucksack both firmly in hand, casting a quick glance at Rose as he passed... he waited until he made it to his potions class before he opened it however, not wanting to be found out.

And his eyebrows rose into his dark hairline... well, this seemed to make sense... but, why had no one known?, he managed to read through the article three or four times before he heard the door open and shoved it into his bag, pulling out his potions book and opening it as if he had just arrived.

Rose stepped into the class as silent as normal,sitting in her normal seat at the back of the class getting out her things with a soft sigh she realized her ink bottle was empty,she sees severus pullign out his things she walked over her feet oddly silent on the floor of teh class as she tapped his shoulder sayign softly"excuse me...Do you perhaps have an extra Inkbottle?"

Severus jumped slightly at the unexpected contact, and scowled on instinct, shooting a slightly scathing glance her way, "Yes" he answered shortly, though he made not attempt to reach for it.

He drummed his fingers on the desk a couple moments, waiting on her to sigh and leave... like any sane person in the castle would. He glanced down at his hand, before lifting it and examining his cuticles, as he thought to himself.

He wasn't exactly sure why he wasn't just handing over his ink... but then again, he really didn't have a reason to be nice to her either... except for the fact that she was alone, he knew what that was like.

With a small resigned sigh, he pushed the bottle on his desk in her direction, "Just make sure you return it to it's proper owner, ink isn't cheap, and I am rather... protective of my personal possessions" he muttered, not making eye contact.

Rose nods" sorry to bother you Severus." she walls back to her desk with the ink bottle ,using her wand to transfer some ink into her bottle before taking it back to him in silence,seeing the prophet sticking out of his bag she laughed" ah so you read the paper of my familys demise.."

She walks back to her seat as the door open again letting in Sirius and James who start teasing severus, but rose never a fan of their pranks pointed her wand at them" you two I think...should go stick ..to a ceiling." with a few movements of her wand two silenco'd mauraders were stuck to the ceiling with a temporary charm

Severus had been about to reply when the door opened once more... he didn't have to look to know who it was, and he was immediately placed on edge. Straightening in his chair even further, his jaw tensing as they started in on him.

"If I were y-" he began saying, his dark hate-filled eyes focused on James, but then he heard Rose, and before he even realized what she said he was looking up at the two marauders, who were quite obviously livid but unable to speak a word.

He smirked slightly, "Well... as much as I would like to... hang around with the two of you, I really should focus on my work" he said softly, a little unneeded venom dripping from his words.

He glanced over at Rose appraisingly, but only nodded his thanks, at a complete loss of what to say to the witch... a part of him was curious about his apparent new-found ally... while another part of him registered that she was placed in Slytherin for a reason, it wasn't exactly something to ignore.

Not that he was a self-hating Slytherin, but it would be foolish not to realize she might have some ulterior motive or interest in him. In the end, he merely decided to pay more attention to her in the near future... maybe even strike up a conversation if she didn't seem as big an imbecile as the rest of his school mates.

She simply grins her eyes flashing dangerously as she says oh so sweetly to the two" well are ya two just going to hang?" she grins more going back to her seat with a flip of strawberry blonde curls( on my full profile page is a picture of her) her brown eyes seemed to glitter red for a minute, she sat in her seat idlely twirling her wand which in turn seemed to do something to the boys,Sirius was in a frilly pink tux and James in a bright yellow wedding grinned whispering" or perhaps in Slytherin..you'll make you real friends..." those were the sorting hat words.

Though he had returned to his book, Severus' eyes kept shifting toward the witch, watching her hand as she seemingly absently twirled her wand. He heard her whisper something, but was too far away to make out the exact words.

He glanced up at his nemesis one last time, a rare smile coming to his face as he snorted. Not a smirk, but a genuine smile... no matter how small of one it was. He shook his head, and glanced over at Rose, "Perhaps we should leave them... maybe they won't be discovered for a few days... if we've any luck at all" he muttered, his expression sober once more, but his dark eyes showing a hint of amusement behind them.

'' perhaps..that sounds like a good idea.." she nods writing the essay question down from the clackboard as the professer entered she quickly walked up to him 'crying'" professor slughorn I...I can't work...in.. the class today..." she sniffles slughorn wodeeyed and alarmed a bit " can...my partner.." sniffles again"..and I..leave?" slughorn swallows nodding saying" mister snape you may go with miss Ivy." Rose walked to her desk gathering her thing with'shaking limbs' as she walked put of the dugeon with a wail. Slughorn clears his throat" poor girl something in this room must remind her of family." sees shape still sitting" well go on mister snape!"

Severus watched the entire display in shock, she had been perfectly fine moments ago... but as she turned back toward him, he could see in her eyes she wasn't as emotionally distraught as she appeared.

His head jerked back toward the front of the room when Slughorn spoke, and he nodded, "Yes sir... I will follow the syllabus as usual" he muttered softly, before gathering his things and quickly leaving the room, in an attempt to catch up with Rose... his brow creased as he wondered exactly what she was on about.

Though... a part of him was thankful, at least now he wouldn't be tempted to look up at Potter and Black throughout the entire lesson... he didn't want to give their location away.

She was waiting next to the door leaning against the walls examining her cuticles just like he had earlier , before turning to look at him with a smile" acting..ain't it a great thing?" she blinks" to common room?outdoors?or library?"

His dark eyes took her in, his head cocked to the side a bit curiously as he eyed her. He snorted softly, shaking his head, "And you assume I shall be accompanying you... why?" he asked with an arched eyebrow.

He hesitated a brief moment, his response had been more reactionary than thought out, "Perhaps... outside" he muttered, "A bit of fresh air sounds pleasant..."

She nods grabbing his hand to literally drag him outside as she smiles the sun light shining upon her as she turns about giggling at the gentle breeze which blows. Her locks slowly settling back down on her shoulders and back as her brown eyes were just her bag down under a willow tree she sat pulling out a book from her bag on Parselmouths.

Snape allowed her to drag him forth from the castle, feeling for all the world like a pup on a lead... but his eyes never fell from her, watching her every move and reaction until they reached the willow tree.

He gracefully let himself drop down beside her, his back propped against the tree, one leg in an angled position, the other straight out in front of him... his rather long lithe body finally untensing and seeming to relax for the first time that day.

He rested his chin in his hand as he glanced over at his companion, his eyes darting to the book she had pulled out, "An interest in Parselmouths?" he questioned.

" The Ivys are also a branch of desendants of Salazar Slytherin,much more so than the Gaunts " she smiles reaching into her bag to pull out her familiar which wasnow wrapped around her wrist, a coral snake." my familiar of sort..Viperis" she smiles kissing the snakes head before feeding it a mouse it fanged jaw snapping inches from her finger but rose doesn't seem worried , not even as the snake winds upwards to rest around her neck as if a necklace .

Snape watched all of this with his eyebrows rose, shifting the slightest bit, feeling a tad uncomfortable. His eyes fell on the snake draped about her neck... he knew she didn't need him to tell her it was poisonous... and she seemed to be alluding to her being a parselmouth, so he was hardly worried for her safety.

"Ah..." he said softly, as if what she had said was only mildly interesting, "Well, I no longer need wonder why you are in Slytherin then" he added in a low mutter, though why you are dragging a poor half-blood out of class to do no more than sit on under a tree with you is another question entirely, he thought to himself.

She grins now" ya now..your thoughts aren't safe..telepath comes from my mothers side." she smiled " I care naught of blood status,pureblood is the same as every other witch or are all connected to each a circle or a hoop that never ends." she plays with a strand of her hair" sides..I let go of you hand when we set foot outside..so you could of turned away and left me."

Severus scowled slightly, ignoring her last statement entirely, "I would appreciate it if you refrained from intruding on my privacy in such a manner" he muttered, feeling suddenly defensive, wondering exactly what else she might have learned of him in the short amount of time they had been around each other.

The corner of his mouth twitched a moment, as he watched her, but he said nothing... and made a vain attempt at keeping his mind blank as well, but he didn't leave... as he would do were it anyone else in the castle.

The next thing he would feel would be a light weight on his shoulder as roses head laid there, the poor girl had not slept the night before after receiving a certain owl .telling her of the news which were put in today thick eyelashes lay against pale cheeks her mouth slightly parted but not much were still a tad bit red from her red juice this morning.

Snape could only look down at her in shock, his eyes had been focused on the lake, and he had been completely unprepared for the sudden weight.

His brow creased as he thought to himself... he wasn't used to being in such situations, especially now that Lily no longer talked to him. His dark eyes darted from her closed eyes, to her barely parted lips, down to her chest which was rising with each drawn breath.

The girl was a wonder... he had no idea what to expect from her.

He shifted, feeling slightly uncomfortable, but wound up leaning his head back against the tree, his own eyes falling closed as he released a heavy sigh and let his arm wrap around her where she was resting more in the crook of it... thinking it had to be more comfortable.

Her hair fluttered lightly in the breeze as she slept a few tears sliding out, the sheer fabric of her robe was pressed against against herarms which were palm up her left forearm was not blank...

Severus' dark eyes flicked downward absently. He couldn't help but look at the witch, she was... interesting. His dark eyes seemed to soften the slightest bit as he saw the tears, she truly had been through quite a lot the past day, it was no wonder she was exhausted enough to pass out on a complete stranger.

His eyes followed the tear trail on her cheek, then fell upon the soft curve if her neck which led into her collar bone... but then he noticed something different, they flickered between her arm and her closed eyes consideringly before he reached over and pulled the sleeve of her robe up, baring her marked arm...

she woke at that tugging her sleeve from him with big eyes "you..weren't supposed to see that!"she inhales quickly sayign sharply"youi better not tell anyone now..or ill come after you as well even if you are cute Severus Snape!"she narrows her gaze,he can see true panic in her eyes,of someone discovering her secret,

She blinked back more tears as she thought if what she did days before,the dark mark above her parents knowing glance...their lovign words...she collasped curling up ion her self letting her hair fan out about her."danm it all..." Severus didn't even register the remark about him being cute... he was in shock. Though... he wasn't sure why he should be. She was a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin... but, she had also told him blood didn't matter, they were all connected.

He shifted uncomfortably, trying to find the right words to say, "I... wasn't aware of your affiliations" he murmured softly to the distraught witch, "I... I've never seen many of his followers though I suppose, mask and all... even in the meetings"

No, Severus Snape was not yet a death eater... but he had participated in his share of mayhem during the summer, if only to escape the dark confines of his house... the only thing left was for him to take the mark.

im one of the newer lot.i dont wear that ugly mask.."she sits up more rubbing her forehead muttering"i killed them...and they knew!"she looks at him as he would realize she was the one to be her parents killer"they knew i did it...and they let me do it.." she sighs looking at her hands"i've been tainted by the dark.."

He nodded, completely understanding what she was speaking of... but he placed no blame and made no comment. Everyone had their reasons for joining the dark lord... hers would not be much different than the others.

Unlike her however, she seemed to feel grief at the loss of her parents. Whereas Severus could kill his father in cold blood without batting an eye before he had every stepped foot in Voldemorts domain.

"I'm sorry" he said quietly, the words he usually considered meaningless platitudes falling from his tongue as if he was a common Gryffindor, all self-righteous and heart-broke at the sorrow of others... but the thing was, it wasn't a meaningless platitude, not from Severus Snape... he would never allow such a lie to escape his lips...

she looks at him smilign a bit "sorry i must seem like a blunderhead griffie or a idiotic hufflepuff"she wipes her eyes her hair up from her face. as she used a few spells to clean up her appearance pulling a sucker from her robes holding one out to him"want one?"

Severus looked down at the sucker as if she had offered him a jar of bobutuber puss. He never took anything offered him by anyone... especially a fellow Slytherin, it just wasn't in him to be that trusting.

He reached out and took it, stuffing it in his pocket, "Maybe for after lunch" he muttered.

she rolls her yes"i didnt poision it Serevus "she tosses her hair sticking her own sucker in her mouth "yummy...blue rasberry" she smiles watchign a few birds land on the whomping willow"poor tree" she sees a group heading for them"oh my its the griffies!" she shrieks in pretend fear trying not to laugh.

Severus snorted at her and glanced up at the nearing-Grffindors, "Should be interesting" he muttered under his breath, while he dug in his pocket and pulled the sucker out once more, unwrapping it and putting it in his mouth.

"Green apple" he muttered to no one in particular, his dark eyes still focused on the group that was over half-way to them.

she skips up to them"do ya have a p-problem Potty ,ratty,bookworm and black?" her hair bounced with every step severus would see her wand on the ground by him as she glances at pettigrew narrowed eyes he backed up as did remus.

Severus did see her wand, his eyes widening a bit, but he picked it up and pocketed it as he made his way to them, his hands clasped behind his back, his own wand in the left.

He watched Peter and Remus back up with a small smirk, but said nothing... Gryffindors... bravery... right...

"I see you two have finished hanging around the potions classroom" he said in a soft voice as he fell into place by Rose.

she giggles"oh and i thought you two were gettign married,what happened Potty Black not like your looks "she catches blacks fist as he goes to punch her her hair surging with electricy it seems as she flings Sirius aside with a flick of her wrist"ohh ops sorry a little bit to much effort put into teh wandless...'

Severus watched this with raised eyebrows, but other than that displayed no surprise at how easily she had man-handled Sirius Black.

"So... your parents killed themselves in an attempt to get away from you, huh Ivy?" Potter said with a grin as he flicked his wand, not planning on coming in skin to skin contact with the witch, "You're a right nasty piece o' work, you fil-"

But he was interrupted by Severus, who in the heat of the moment, had used his wand at all, but had thrown a punch of his own, connecting with the side of James' jaw with a satisfying crunch, he smirked slightly, "Really Potter... I realized you were raised in a zoo, but surely even you can treat a witch with more respect than that... I'd expect as much from Black... but you, your little girlfriend wouldn't be too happy if she heard about this little incident"

"Shut up Snivellus... at least I have, you're only jealous because she could never like some slimy toad-stool covered piece a vermin like you... tell me, how long have you wanted her? You were pathetic carrying her books all over the castle while she was making eyes at me... the better man won Sevvie... get over it"

she walks up to Potter grabbign a very sentive area with a twist"what your mouth potter or maybe you end up on the roof again or perhaps ill feed ya to the spiders in teh woods."she squeezes hard for extra measure shoving him to the ground"beware potter Redhead may not fall for you but if dshe does...you and her die probably"she grins before looking at severus"nice punch Sevvie" she takes her wand from his pocket hanging the boys upside down in the air so their boxers show,just like what happened to snape a few week agos she whispers to the hannging duo"payback sucks dont it"

Rose walked off ignoring the scared pettigrew and bookworm remus whose trying to help his friends down.

Snape had given her a small scowl when she called him Sevvie, but couldn't resist the smirk that formed when she flipped the dunder-headed duo upside down. He flicked his wand a couple times before he followed too... leaving both Gryffindors nude... and all four of their wands in the middle of the lake.

He caught up to Rose with a smug look of satisfaction, but remained silent.

she finished her sucker tossing teh stick at peeves before telling him that two griffies were outside waitig for him to prank wincing grabbing her left arm she turned dashign past severus towards the forbiddenforest her robes getting thrown off as she begins to put on her death eater robes before panting as she gets to the spot knowing severus would need to come she nods her head at Rosier and otehrs who are waiting .

Severus had been watching her when she suddenly gripped her arm, he felt his own pulse speed up and quickly ran behind her as soon as he made up his mind... he saw Rosier and Mulciber there and he hesitated a moment, before nodding... the last to arrive was Avery.

Within no time... eight of Hogwarts students were standing before the dark lord, eyes lowered accordingly as they tried to calm themselves...