Severus had only a small group of friends, Lucius, Narcissa, Lily and later Regulus. He sure as hell was friends with Mulciber and McNair, because those two were mad as rabid dogs, when it was about the dark arts. Only his cousin spent his time with them. Then, there was Lily. He was her first friend, but this friendship was difficult from the beginning since it was a forced friendship with the girl, when they were children, but during the Hogwarts years he became very distant towards her until their fourth year since he didn't like her bossy behaviour and her know-it-all attitude. In his fourth year, Severus received the news that his mother was diagnosed with cancer and his father was sent to a rehabilitation clinic. From there on, he made his first contact with his maternal grandparents. Severus gave it a shot and he was happy that they welcomed him with warm hands. They were furious, how he was treated at home, but Severus was able to avoid his father and his mother as much as possible during the time, when he was seven. They also told him that in their opinion none of their children made them proud. Their son became a death eater and was a loyal follower of Voldemort. Both of his grandparents tried everything to discourage his uncle from joining the madman. Their daughter was a follower of Dumbledore and she disgraced herself by marrying a muggle. They had arranged a marriage for her, but their daughter ran to Dumbledore and like a sheep she married a muggle under Dumbledore's order. They disowned her for her betrayal, but they kept an eye, when she got pregnant and when her husband became a drunk and started to beat her and sometimes her son. During his fourth year, Severus learned everything, what his mother neglected to teach him and when his mother's health started to deterioriate, Severus started to learn everything, what he needed to learn as the Prince heir much to his mother's dismay and weak protests, but he ignored her. During his fourth year, he heard that his cousin boasted about his uncle, how he had joined the death eaters and how he was going to take the dark mark after graduation. Like a spy, he reported it to his grandparents, who were absolutely furious about this declaration and their son's betrayal. They betrayed their eldest son by calling the aurors on him. After his uncle's arrest and conviction, his grandparents disowned his traitorous uncle for the betrayal against the Prince family and disinherited his cousin from his heirship much to Ryan's shock and fury. Severus smiled, when he heard his cousin rant and rave, how his grandparents had no right to remove him from his birth right, but there was nothing to be done since his grandfather was Lord Prince. Later, Severus was secretly announced to be the heir and the next Lord Prince, in order to make sure to hide the title from Voldemort and Dumbledore. In his fifth year, he found out, how Lily was turning into a bully and saw that she had a unbearable superiority complex, he ended their friendship and refused to forgive her until she had changed herself and started mind healer sessions, which Lily never did in his disappointment. Severus only ended his friendship with her at the same time when his mother had died and he was free from her since she was the one, who forced him to be friends with the red-haired girl, who he had detested since he was eight. He also saw that she was the worst representation of all muggleborns and made sure to tell her that he would never be friends with a bully like her and someone, who had a superiority complex. After this, he gave her a disappointed look and left her there with professor Sprout, who had listened to their conversation.