Severus Snape (A Different World)


 * "For the next five years, I shall teach you the subtle art of Potion-making. Your foolish little wands will be of no use to me or you for a long time. I expect you, all, to take notes as I speak. Understand?"
 * - Severus teaching Potions at Hogwarts.

Professor Severus Tobias Snape O.M (Third Class) (b. 9th Jan, 1960) was a Half-Blood Wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Slytherin House. After his graduation, Severus apprenticed under Aristotle Fawley to become a Potions Master before becoming the Professor of Potions at Hogwarts a few years later. When Minerva McGonagall relinquished her role as Headmistress, Severus was chosen by the Board of Governors to become the Headmaster of Hogwarts.

As a skilled Potions Master, Severus made several breakthroughs in the Potions field and often won awards for his work. Upon his maternal grandfathers death, Severus inherited the fortune and estate of the House of Prince, becoming very wealthy. In 1984, Severus married Josie Rawlinson and together they have three children together; Sebastian, Amaryllis and Wisteria Snape.

Early Life and Schooling (1960 - 1978)

 * "I was born to an abusive father and a neglectful mother. My life was shit until I met Lily and went to Hogwarts, Josie. Utter shit"
 * - Severus on his childhood.

Severus Snape was born in 1960 at the North Manchester General Hospital in, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Severus was raised in the town of Cokeworth, specifically on the council estate, Spinner's End. Severus' father, Tobias, a former army Captain who served during World War 2 worked a working class job at the local steel mill and was a abusive drunk whilst his mother, Eileen was a Witch and disowned member of the Pure-Blood House of Prince.

From an early age Severus showed signs of Magic and whilst his mother couldn't be happier, his father hated it, as he had a great loathing of Magic as he saw it as being the reason his life had turned out like garbage, so Eileen went to great lengths to hide Severus' Magic from her husband. Severus' Godfather and paternal uncle Jasper was in his life when he was young but after Jasper and his father argued over Tobias' treatment of his family, his uncle moved away.

When Severus was old enough, he was sent to the local primary school, St Bernard's and although a very good student, he was bullied for his poor background, oversized clothing and long greasy hair.

When Severus was nine, he noticed one of his classmates, Lily Evans exhibited signs of Magic and came to the conclusion she was a Muggle-Born. One day, whilst Severus was watching Lily and her older sister, Petunia play from afar, he saw Lily land safely after jumping off a swing and creating a flower from her palm, which greatly freaked out Petunia. Severus made himself known and explained to Lily she was a Witch but the young girl thought he was insulting her and left with her sister, who had been laughing at Severus.

Two days later, Severus was spending time in the forests near his house, sitting under a large, old oak tree that oversaw a small pond. Lily came across him and asked him if what he said about Magic was true. Severus spent the rest of the day explaining the Magical world to Lily and several days later, the redhead brought Severus home with her to meet her parents, Heath and Iris, introducing him as her best friend. At this point in time, Severus had already fallen in love with Lily and saw her as the only good thing in his life.

When Severus turned eleven, he got his Hogwarts letter and since Lily was only a few days younger then them, the Evan's took Severus to London so the two children could shop for school supplies at Diagon Alley. Shortly after this trip, whilst around the Evans' house, Severus and Lily came across a letter Petunia had written to Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, begging him to let her go to Hogwarts and learn Magic. Unfortunately, Petunia caught the two in her room, reading the letter and this event caused the already strain relationship between the Evans' sisters to become even worse.

When September 1st rolled around, Severus' mother took him to Platform nine and three quarters at King's Cross Station and it would be the first and last time Eileen Snape would bring her son to the station. Severus met up with Lily, who was upset as Petunia was still angry at her for the letter incident and tried to cheer her up but was interrupted by two boys who were in the same carriage as them, James Potter and Sirius Black, who made fun of Severus' appearance, clothes and wish to be Slytherin House. The boys left after Lily snapped at them and Severus' snide comment about the Minister for Magic, Tom Riddle had been a Slytherin. When they arrived at Hogwarts, Severus and Lily shared a boat with Marlene McKinnon and Remus Lupin before arriving in the Great Hall, where Severus was sorted into Slytherin and, to his dismay, Lily into Gryffindor.

Despite this, Severus and Lily would stay the best of friends, although Potter and his group of friends called The Marauders (Consisting of Potter, Black, Lupin and Peter Pettigrew) would start to prank Severus and eventually outright pick on him, mainly because Potter fancied Lily and was jealous of Severus' friendship with her. Severus was brought under the wing of Lucius Malfoy, a Prefect but his views on Blood Purity made hard for Severus to accept the older boys advice. He did however become friends with Lucius' betrothed, Narcissa Black.

It was during the summer before his Second Year that saw the Evans' take Severus in as their second son and, despite Petunia's vocal hatred of him, he spent most of his holiday at Lily's house, feeling loved for the first time in his life. When shopping in Diagon Alley, Severus and Lily came across Herbert's Apothecary, run by the friendly Lionel Herbert and so the two would buy the bulk of their Potions supplies from the shop.

Whilst at school, Severus became top of his class in Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts and after winning a Potions trophy in his Fourth Year would gain the attention of his Professor of Potions, Horace Slughorn, who invited Severus to join his elite Slug Club. Although Severus found the Slug Club parties insufferable, he did enjoy meeting the plethora of celebrity guests who attended, A year later, Lily joined him after winning a very prestigious Charms award from a Charms magazine. Around this time, Severus started to suspect Remus was a Werewolf and in his Third Year, he was tricked by Black to go into the secret passage under the Womping Willow and to the Shrieking Shack were he narrowly avoided getting killed by Remus' Werewolf form by Potter, who had caught wind of Black's scheme and had raced to stop it. Although pleased to still be alive, Severus loathed the fact he was in debt to his rival.

The rivalry between Potter and Snape culminated after their DADA O.W.L's, when, for fun, James hung Severus upside down using one of his own spells before Lily, finally sick of Potter, shouted at him to let Severus down and berated him for being a bully in front of the entire school. Lily and Severus then went off and spent the remainder of the day under an old Birch tree next to the Black Lake. It was at this point that Severus started fall out of love with Lily and this new freedom finally made cave to Lily's demands that he make more friends within his own House. Before they broke off for holidays, Severus tried to make friends with his dormmates but found Flynn Avery and Marco Mulciber too posh for his liking, although he did forge a casual friendship with Hyperion Greengrass and his girlfriend, Cynthia Slughorn. Whilst reading in the Library, Severus stuck up an unlikely friendship with Regulus 'Reg' Black, Sirius Black's younger, estranged brother. Over the coming years, Severus and Reg would get closer and see one another as their best mate. On the way home that year, Severus sat with Lily and her friends, Marlene, Mary McDonald, Alice Prewett-Tate and her boyfriend, Frank Longbottom. Even Remus Lupin popped in and had a quick chat.

Severus' Sixth Year was both the best and worst of his life. First of all, Potter and his goons left him entirely alone and didn't even speak to him. Since he had actual friends other then Lily, Severus spent more time hanging out within his group of friends and eventually started dating his Housemate, Francine Avery, after spending a good amount of time talking with her at a Slug Club party. Francine was a lovely girlfriend to Severus and got along with Lily splendidly to his delight. During the Christmas holidays, Severus visited Francine at Avery Manor for a dinner party and met Minister Tom Riddle, who shared a passion for Potion-making with Severus.

Tragedy struck during the middle of the year when Severus was told his mother had committed suicide with his father service revolver. Although grief-stricken, Severus took comfort in the fact his mother was no longer with his father anymore and left Hogwarts to attend the funeral. At the funeral, Tobias was saddened over his wife's death and was very apologetic towards Severus but he rebuffed his father before speaking with his uncle Jasper for the rest of the wake. It would be the last time Severus saw his father as two days later, Tobias Snape was found dead in a ditch of alcohol poisoning.

During his Seventh Year, Lily confided in him that she had fallen for James Potter and was feeling extremely guilty about it due to Potter and Severus' history. Wanting her to be happy, Severus forgave Lily and said he didn't mind if she dated Potter or not. When Lily and James started dating, Severus spent a lot of time with the Marauders and noticed a difference with them. Sirius practically ignored him, as did Pettigrew whilst Remus was his usually amicable self and James was overly friendly towards Severus, no doubt on Lily's behalf. It was during one of James more over-friendly conversations with Severus, joking now that he was a Marauder and should have a nickname, that he revealed his own nickname; The Half-Blood Prince.

A few days before he left school, Severus and Francine broke up, having lost interest in each other but decided to stay friends. Severus graduated top of his year and he celebrated at the Evans house with Lily and her family. spare Petunia who had disowned her family to marry Vernon Dursley, a fat, bigoted Drills salesman.

Apprenticeship and Inheritance (1978 - 1982)

 * "Us Prince's don't care about Blood Status or were your born or whether your Magic or Muggle. We care about Knowledge, Skill and Power. We're an ambitious and intelligent lot, that's probably why most us are in Slytherin"
 * -Roderick Prince telling Severus about the Prince Family values.

Although he had top grades that could open any door in the Ministry of Magic, Severus wanted to be a Potions Master and using his Slughorn connections, managed to gain an apprenticeship with famous Potions Master, Aristotle Fawley. Severus learnt much from Fawley and became close with him and his family, although he did think Fawley's son, Quintus was a bit of a brat.

During this time, Severus was contacted by his maternal grandfather, Roderick Prince who invited him to the House of Prince's ancestral home, Cartref House in Wales. After being convinced to go by Lily, Severus had dinner with his grandfather and discovered Roderick regretted disowning Severus' mother as the reason he did was he had hated Tobias Snape and didn't want his daughter and grandson to be around such an abusive man but Eileen was old fashioned and refused to leave Tobias.

Roderick wanted to leave the Prince estate and fortune to Severus when he died as there was no proper Prince heir and the closest relatives to inherit were the Malfoy's and Roderick refused to leave his family's wealth to them. After a tour of Cartref and learning more about the history of the House of Prince, Severus agreed to be the heir and signed all the documents required.

Five weeks later, Roderick Prince passed away and as intended, Severus inherited all his grandfathers belongings, becoming a rather wealthy man and moving into Cartref.

Marriage and Teaching Career (1983 - 2003)
Shortly after gaining his inheritance, Severus finished his apprenticeship with Fawley and gained his Potions Mastery, achieving his life long dream. He celebrated with the Potter's before visiting his mother's grave.

In 1983, Severus went to buy Potions supplies from Herbert's, only to find Lionel had died and the shop was now run by his niece, Josie Rawlinson. Severus instantly became quite smitten with Josie and the two began dating. Also around this time, Severus attended a party at Slughorn Castle, where he discovered that Professor Slughorn was planning on retiring and Dumbledore and the Board of Governors wanted Severus as the new Professor of Potions at Hogwarts. Severus was shocked but started to consider the idea.

Josie became pregnant, so she and Severus hastily got married with James and Lily as witnesses. Six months later, Sebastian Snape was born. Josie and Severus would go on to have two more children; Amaryllis and Wisteria. To support his family, Severus took the Professor job at Hogwarts and was made Head of Slytherin House as well. A year later Severus named Godfather of Lily's youngest son, Daniel and a few years later he was made the Godfather of Noah Lupin and Reggie Black.

In 1990, Severus was devastated by the news that his best mate, Reg Black had died working for the International Confederation of Wizards for their Espionage Division. Severus would go on to teach many of his friends children but did get the reputation as a grumpy Professor due to his impatient and snippy attitude in class.

Becoming Headmaster (2003 - Present)
In 1996, Albus Dumbledore died in his sleep and Severus was one of many who attended the funeral. Minerva McGonagall succeeded Dumbledore as Headmistress but relinquished the position a few years later as she wanted to get back to teaching. After heavy debate, the Board of Governors decided Severus was the best candidate for the role and so, in 2003 Severus became the first Slytherin Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since Phineas Nigellus Black. In 2009, Severus was awarded a Order of Merlin (Third Class) for his work in Education and Potions.

Physical Appearance
Severus was always tall for his age and he ended up six ft two in height. Due to being underfed as a child, Severus was extremely skinny and continued to look like a frail twig into adulthood. Severus had sharp, angular features and hooked nose that he got when his father punched him when he was 8. As Severus lived in the North of England, he was very pale.

Severus inherited the look of his maternal family, the Prince's with long, naturally greasy black hair, pale skin and dark eyes.