Before they go through 7 years of being stereotyped for their House while attending Hogwarts, witches/wizards are a lot more balanced. Snape was no exception (as a character who approximates a normal human, you can see elements of all four houses in him even in canon). He wanted to be in Slytherin like his mom, and didn't want to be anywhere near Potter & Black after meeting them before getting to Hogwarts, but the Hat disregarded that and stuck him in Gryffindor anyway, where he was even less able to escape from his tormentors than in canon--thus, he still gets pushed towards joining the DEs, because the smarter, more Slytherin ones realize that they can use him--he's already inventing spells and potions while he's still in school, after all.
But how does being a Gryffindor change him? On the one hand, changing Houses is a pretty big thing; on the other, he's pretty much dead set against having anything in common with the Marauders.
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