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Severus Snape

Please Slytherin. Please Slytherin. Please Slytherin.

The hat falls on Lily's head and the hat yells, "Gryffindor!"

I sigh as she looks at me sadly, reaching for my hand in her mind.

"Snape, Severus!"

I change my chant.

Please Gryffindor. Please Gryffindor. Or Slytherin, but Gryffindor more.

"Gryffindor, you say? Oh, no, you'd never fit in there! It had better be. . . SLYTHERIN!"

And Lily's face watches me as I sit beside the Slytherins. Throughout the whole feast, our eyes are latched onto each other.