[Harry Potter] Miss Death Eater

New release: HP: Stealing Hearts. Teacher-student romance, power reversal. Click the author's page for details. Pairing: Original heroine * Professor Snape Happy ending The bride had tossed her high heels into the air ages ago. Steep hills, those bothersome heels, the incessantly chattering Dumbledore... and the groom drawing ever closer. With every long stride, scenes from a certain year came flooding back to her: When they first met, Severus was a quiet, insecure, frail boy. But mention his favorite subject, Potions, and he would immediately become a chatterbox. The orange sludge they made in their first year gave them a whole year of fun. It was as if he had suddenly caught hold of his own little tail, and couldn't bear to let it go. In their second year, they made a "breadcrumb trail" that made their trips into the Forbidden Forest a breeze. And so began the adventure of Hansel and Gretel. In their third year, they used a cauldron of Polyjuice Potion to get revenge on the "Marauders." That was the first time they realized they were "the perfect partners." In the throes of romantic adolescence, they went on their first date in Cokeworth. Just as their happiness reached its peak, disaster arrived without warning. Severus and Lily braved the snowstorm on foot to reach Shropshire, staying with her through the first winter after her father's death. After their friendship fell apart, she and Severus relied on each other. They defied the whole world and dueled Sirius... Love filled her with courage, but also with anger and hatred. At the end of 1981, they lost their friend Lily Evans forever. Taking it as the greatest lesson of their lives, they accepted the hand fate had dealt them, but for countless nights afterward, they could only soothe each other's lingering pain over losing their friend. Love burns so fiercely, and blinds just as easily. In the name of atonement, she tried to lock away all her happy memories in Azkaban. Through days and nights without end, she fought to catch her breath, finally holding on until the train to Hogwarts... Or perhaps it was those bygone years, dreamlike and unreal, that sustained the spell that was both joyful and heavy: "Expecto Patronum!" In the corridors of Hogwarts, beneath the glaring light of "Lumos," she was finally able to meet her beloved's eyes. A pair of black eyes filled with confusion and shock, and a face no longer young. Fine lines and pain had carved themselves into her beloved's features. Only then did she suddenly realize that years had passed... The face in her memory, youthful and eloquent, overlapped with the sorrowful, weathered figure before her. Only then did she realize she had made another mistake: leaving Severus alone in the winter of 1981. A few content warnings: 1. Severus is in love with Lily early on. That's just how it is; we respect canon. 2. Sirius is the second male lead. There's some romantic tension, but they never date. Their relationship later leans toward friendship and family. He isn't the second male lead to insult him. He gets plenty of big moments! All the characters will grow through love and hate. 3. In the Marauders-era chapters, the "Marauders" are portrayed exactly as the bullies they were at school. 4. Some original additions may not be entirely rigorous, but they're all based on the source material, so please go easy on me. Theme: Fate plays tricks on us, but we never give in