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I'm not the kind to dance on a grave,
But you're the one who bought me these dancing shoes

Severus Snape was well aware that he'd been played by Narcissa and Lucius. He watched as the girl he had loved became closer and closer to James Potter. He watched as she fell in love, and learned to ignore him. And as he realized the ( Read more... )

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You can't ever erase that you were not popular in school
You can't erase you were poor and knew no one
You can't ever erase who you were, no matter what you've become
I know where you're from
And that you spoke in tongues

A few moments later, finally free of James Potter, Lily was wandering around the school, pondering the ( Read more... )

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I know you're really just hurt and afraid,
But you pretend that nothing gets to you...

Lily rode the waves of her newfound celebrity status with ease. There were none in the castle who didn't know of her stunning and vicious attack on the betrothed of Lucius Malfoy. Even some of the Slytherins had cornered her to say how ( Read more... )

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You became such an opportunist
Somewhat dim, it's a bad combination

It was breakfast, and the Great Hall was buzzing with the chatter of students, punctuated by snores, such as the ones coming from Peter Pettigrew, who'd been half-dragged by his friends to the table, only to promptly fall asleep.

"I think Peter has a ( Read more... )

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Lily sighed and rolled over in her bed. Unfortunately, as she had already tossed in her sleep, this resulted in her meeting the floor rather rudely. With a shout she was awake and looking around. It was still dark, but she knew that there was little hope that she would return to sleep. Silently, she tossed on a robe, and slipped ( Read more... )

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You pretend that nothing gets to you

Severus Snape shivered. It was cold in the dungeons, perhaps more so than usual. The fire in the grate flickered with an ominous air, and Snape practiced his sneer on it.

"You're worthless," he said scathingly.

"Talking to yourself," a sinister drawl sent a new wave of chills ( Read more... )

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Song lyrics belong to Chantal Kreviazuk

I know you're really just hurt and afraid

"Lils!"

Lily was swept from her reverie into the present. She sighed; things had changed so much from that first day on the train. She turned to see Remus Lupin running to catch up to her.

"What Lupin?" her voice betrayed her weariness. She'd ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I don't own the universe, that's JKR.  I don't own the song, that's Chantal Kreviazuk (yay! Canada) 
Spoilers: I quote some of DH in the last chapter.  This is a Marauder's Era story (my one and only) and was started before DH came out.

TI can still remember the day when we first met
And I saw myself in you

Lily Evans clutched her ( Read more... )