Soon term started. Severus was dreading this. He already knew the Potter boy was going to be trouble. He proved so in the Apothecary.
Even so, he was intrigued by the boy. What could have gone so wrong? How could the boy who lived be worse than Voldemort?
And so young. Someone had done something to him. He was not the boy that Everyone hoped for.
Even so, the Death Eaters would be pleased. A new Dark Lord to follow after.
The sorting was dull, until Potter was called. Everyone else had been predictable. Snape was sure this boy would be gryffindor. His whole family had been, so why shouldn't he be?
Slytherin.
The potter boy was his problem. Just what Severus wanted. He'd have to talk to him, and figure out what to do about this. Surely there'd been a mistake.
He looked complacent as he joined the rest of his fellow slytherins, and he sat with Draco Malfoy. This didn't make any sense. He was supposed to be the Savior.
The feast came and went with no further incident, as Severus thought of it. Then time to go to the dorms....