Loving You Through Time

Title: Loving You Through Time.
Author: Sylvanus

Rating: PG-13
Warnings: extremely OOC
Pairing: HPSS
Summary: Post-war, a classical potion accident with unlikely result...
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise belongs to J.K. Rowling, etc… I own nothing, make no money from anything, and am writing this purely for personal enjoyment…


The one with the ‘thinking cap’

Siofra was sitting in the Headmaster quarters flipping through books.

She had left the Coill’s manor this morning, leaving a crying grandmamma and her newly found overprotective uncle. Uncle Albus had left her in his private library while he oversaw the last preparation with his staff. Siofra had only met her former head of house so far. And meeting Gryffindors’ lioness had been awkward. The lioness looked as strict as she remembered but younger and more serene. Hearing that the young girl was related to Dumbledore she indulged her with a small smile. It wasn’t difficult to read the woman: she was expecting Siofra to be sorted in the lion’s den like the headmaster.

Her Uncle Dermot had offered her a beautiful dark chestnut mare as a belated birthday present and had convinced Albus with the help of Lady Catrin to keep the horse in the school stables.

‘You’ll be able to stroll with her during Hogsmeade weekends.’ Dermot had said.

‘And it’s safer than those invisible furies you use Albie!’ Lady Catrin added.

Remembering the scene and Albus’s pouting face, Si started laughing causing some of the former headmasters’ portrait to stare at her.

“Well, it’s good to see you with such high spirit little one.”

Surprised Siofra dropped the book on the couch. Turning around she saw no one.

“Over here!”

She raised her face and recognized the sorting hat standing on the headmaster’s desk.

“There! I don’t remember ever sorting you dear, you must be Albus’s ‘niece’ then… hum… put me on child, what is said, stays between us!”

Siofra took the thinking cap and put it on.

“Ah… Just like Albus told me… tonight you are to be sorted after the first years… you’ll be a tricky one… would you mind if I start thinking about it… I praise myself for my righteous choices, but it happens that I sometimes don’t have the choice or let the child choice take over…”

“What do you mean? Don’t have a choice?”

“Hum… well I can tell you… some students come from families that expect a lot for them if I don’t put them in the house their parents expect, those one will face more hardships if they aren’t strong enough to face their relatives… I always thought that the Goyles were better suited for Huffelpuff but for the last 200 years not one was really made for Slytherin. The first Goyle I ever sorted, Frederic Goyle, was a real Slytherin, unfortunately those of today aren’t. They are now shadows for other families…”

“Like the Malfoys?”

“Yes… it’s one of my many regrets… but they wouldn’t have survived being rejected by the others… and sometimes something good comes out of it…”

Just when Si was going to ask more information, a house-elf popped in.

“I is said to escort misses to the Great Hall!”

“Go I’ll inform you of my decision tonight, don’t worry little one, come and talk to me sometimes!”

“Alright! Thanks…”

After putting the cap back on the desk, she followed the elf to their destination. She was more and more nervous. ‘What will happen?’

As always the ceiling brought back happy memories and relaxed her. Albus Dumbledore was sited in the middle of the head table. Seeing her coming in, he mentioned her to approach.

“Glad you made it dear! Everyone this is the granddaughter of my Irish cousin. Siofra is transferring here after being home-schooled. My cousin thinks she needs more interaction with witches and wizards of her age. So please take care of her! Come sit next to me until you’re sorted.”

Soon the other students arrived, Soon some of them noticed the new addition at the head table. Siofra was talking joyously to the headmaster and exchanging words with Professor McGonagall.

One student in particular was staring more intensely than the others. He couldn’t believe it, the face that haunted him since Diagon alley was there next to the old fool. He couldn’t take his eyes away from her, scared that she’ll disappear again.

Finally, the last first year was sorted into Huffelpuff.

“Welcome to you all. Before the feast starts we have one last student to sort. She was home-schooled in Ireland and transferred here on her relatives’ demand. She’ll attend 7th year classes. So please help her adjust.”

He mentioned to the head of Gryffindor to pursue.

“O’Reilley Siofra”

Siofra rised from her seat and took place on the stool, the hat was back on her head.

“Finally! I’ve done some thinking… I saw that in your time I let you choose, so please indulge me this one moment… You’ll have lots of opportunities to meet ‘them’, but to make sure you don’t give yourself away, I chose: SLYTHERIN!”

Siofra wasn’t surprised. She learned that houses didn’t make wizards a long time ago. She walked to the Slytherin table where she had felt those eyes on her. Eyes that send a familiar feeling in her stomach. She found the person she was looking for and sat next to him.

The headmaster said his last words before the food appeared. Siofra saw that three professors were a little disappointed. The head of Slytherin was still shocked; after all for him, she had Dumbledore’s blood so Gryffindor should have been the hat’s choice.

Smirking she turned to girl that was trying to gain her attention:

“I’m Narcissa Phyllis Black.”

“Nice to meet you, I’m Siofra Gail O’Reilley”

“O’Reilley? The famous O’Reilleys of Ireland?”

That caught the ears of the others Slytherins.

“Any relation to Rufus O’Reilley?”

“Yes! He was my grandfather.” Siofra said rolling her eyes.

And she turned to the onyx eyes’ owner.

“Hello, I didn’t introduce myself last time we met: I’m Siofra O’Reilley.”

The boy seemed surprised,

“Snape, Severus Snape.”

Snape? For some reason, Siofra smiled. For the first time tonight.

“May I call you Severus? You can call me Siofra.”

She was so happy to talk to someone she knew from the future, that she didn’t noticed the shocked faces from the others. She talked to Severus during the entire feast and exchanged words with Narcissa.

She then decided to look for ‘them’. Her parents, her family: James, Lily, Remus and Sirius were at the Gryffindor table animatedly talking and laughing. Just as she was looking at them her ‘mother’, Lily’s eyes met hers. Siofra smiled. ‘I think this is going to be fun, I’ll do as grandmamma said, and I’ll just enjoy myself and wait!’

Once at the dormitories, she said goodnight to Severus and joined her new roommate, Narcissa, to their room.

“You shouldn’t talk to him!” Narcissa told her once in their room.

“With whom? Why?”

“With Snape! He’s practically a beggar. Those people aren’t worth talking to. Associating with him will destroy your social life here!”

Siofra laughed.

“I talk to whom ever I want to! I don’t need someone to tell me what I should do or not, I can tell the wrong sort of people by myself.”

She went to bed thinking: ‘there aren’t many differences between here and there…’

Siofra woke up early as she got used to in Coill. At 6.30am, she left her room. Downstairs, she saw a familiar figure next to the small library. She immediately recognised young Snape.

“Morning Severus!”

Surprised the young man dropped his book and turned to face the girl.

“You shouldn’t do that!”

“Sorry!” Said Siofra still laughing. “Well, as you are here would you mind coming with me? I have to go to the stables…”

“What for?”

“To meet someone. Come on Severus.” She said taking his hand into hers.

They made it to stables, they passed several thestrals boxes. Then Siofra ran to one box in particular.

“Aine!” she shouted.

And the dark chestnut mare let her head out of her box. She acknowledged her mistress with a small neigh. The young girl petted her, before opening the box.

“Aine, this is Severus my new friend…”

“Friend? Since when? Didn’t Black tell you about me?”

“Yes, so? I don’t care about that, but if you don’t want to be friends you just have to say it. I just thought…”

“That you’ll keep talking to me out of pity?”

Siofra glared at him.

“Listen here Severus Snape, I don’t need people to tell me who I should befriend, I can decide for myself! I just want to be friends even if you don’t!”

Shocked the teenage boy said nothing. A tensed silence surrendered them, until the sound of Hagrid the gamekeeper’s voice was heard.

“Ah, t’is ya miss Siofra. Here for your Aine? She’s a good girl.”

“Yes, thank you Hagrid. This is Severus.”

Severus nodded to the half-giant.

“Ya best be going, breakfast is ‘bout to start.”

“Yes thank you. I’ll see you later Aine.”

They were silent until the nearly reached the Great Hall. The boy stopped and caught the girl’s arm.

“I’m… sorry, I shouldn’t have said what I did. And I’ll really like to be your friend, if you still want to of course…”

“Silly you! I already forgot that. I still want to be your friend. So please stop worrying about the others!”

He smirked before they both joined the Slytherin table, happily chatting.

They were so engrossed in their discussion, that they didn’t notice the funny looks that the Gryffindors were sending them.

“I can’t believe it! A girl is talking to Snivellus!” said a long haired boy.

“Well, that’s nice…” said his pale looking brown-haired neighbour.

“Nice? Moony come on it’s Snape we’re talking about!” The boy in front of him responds, while a chubby student at his right approved.

“Oh come on! I can believe you, this is our last year and James you’re now headboy you can’t get into trouble. Anyway you shouldn’t annoy Severus at all.” Said the red-haired girl at his left.

A blond and chubby looking girl sat next to her and said:

“I heard that the new girl is related to the Headmaster!”

That caught the attention of the entire table.

“Where did you hear that, Alice?” Asked the red-haired.

“I caught Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick talking about it. Apparently our professor thought she’ll make it into our house. She’s the granddaughter of Professor Dumbledore’s Irish cousin. The most powerful family in Ireland!”

“Now that you mention it, I read about an O’Reilley somewhere…” Moony said.

“Yes, the O’Reilleys are head of the Irish family council.” Said one of the Gryffindors. “My Irish cousin told me one day.”

“They’re leaving!” said the long haired one.

He rose to follow them; his three friends did the same. When their curiosity was picked nothing could stop them and if annoying a Slytherin was possible it was just a bonus. They didn’t have to search for the two Slytherins. The girl suddenly took Severus Snape’s hand. They only caught on what she said before running:

“I forgot my books come with me!”

They were about to follow the couple, when a voice stopped them.

“I hope you aren’t planning anything foolish James!”

“No, of course not Lily.” Said the bespectacled boy.

“We thought we’ll be going early to Defence class, after all it’s the beginning of our last year!” said long dark-haired teenager.

“Like I’ll believe that Sirius Black!”

Siofra and Severus made it to the Defence class. She and her classmate sat in one of the front row.

A man in his fifties came in. His scars gave away his experience on the field. ‘Probably a retired auror.’

“Well, this year Defence master is late so I will be filling in until then.”

Siofra immediately recognised her new head of Slytherin and Runes master: Professor Pierius Lawrence. Apparently his encounter with a banshee hadn’t gone well and had ended his career in the force. It was said that the day of the event he lost his hearing on his right ear. Now he used a magical devise on that ear, which partially returned his hearing. Former Slytherin from a modest pureblood family, he obtained his mastery in runes right after Hogwarts and three years in his auror training got mastery in Defence. But after is accident he returned to Hogwarts as a runes master too traumatized to teach. Even when he recovered, he continued teaching runes.

“Today, I’ll review what you learned last year. So you can have a perfect beginning with this year passer-by. Can someone please remind me what you last saw with Professor Bates?”

A red-haired girl from the Gryffindor group raised her hand.

“Yes Miss?”

“Evans, sir. We talked about the patronus charm.”

“Hum, well. Who can remind his classmates what the patronus is and what it does?”

Again Evans raised her hand but so did a brown-haired boy.

“The boy behind the girl with the red hair.”

“Lupin sir. A patronus is a silvery shield, which drives Dementors and Lethifolds away. Conjuring a patronus is a rather difficult form of magic, since the memory you have to use must be very powerful. The form of the patronus will depend on what kind of memory you use, or on what has a personal meaning to you.”

“Good. 5 points to Gryffindor… yes, Miss?”

“Siofra O’Reilley, sir. I would like to add that a Patronus can also appear as a shapeless silvery mist, but when cast correctly, it forms a \"corporeal Patronus”, i.e. a physical form, which means it takes the form of an actual creature.”

“Very good, Miss O’Reilley! 10 points to Slytherin.”

Suddenly, there was silence rained in the room, even the Marauders were quiet.

“What are you waiting for? Write this down!” Said Professor Lawrence.

Siofra leaned near Severus’s ear.

“Why was the class so silent?”

“Lawrence never could remember names. He taught most of us for 3 years, though. And even us his Slytherins are not excluded. But thank Merlin he knows our faces, I know that because there’s always a light or something in his eyes that tell it all.”

Siofra understood that their Head had Severus respect and by the looks of it most of the house had high regards for him.

The lesson continued with more lectures on the Patronus Charm.

“Next class will be practical. I want you to train casting the charm. It will be like a test, if the new professor arrives, then it will be a way for him to evaluate you. That will be all!”

The other classes went smoothly. Siofra found them boring as she remembered most of the lessons from her 6th year. She was glad that she knew more than the other, so she will have as much fun doing other things. It looked like her companion too was ahead in his classes. After lunch, she convinced Severus to rest near the lake.


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Note: Thanks for waiting! Here\'s the new chapter, hope you liked it. Read HBP last weekend, and I\'ve decided not to change my story line. I\'ll just pick a few ideas along the way. The book was a great read though;) Also thanks to Lucy my new beta :D! (I think I\'m going to learn a lot from U Lucy ;) )