Chapter 1 - The Story So Far
A raven haired three year old sat alone as normal, on the old tattered rug, in the living room of his fathers home. His young hands busy, playing with the colourful building blocks. However not as a normal child his age would, the building blocks where balancing on their corners, the little boy clapped his hands when he was finished the pile. He stood and ran out of the living room and into the kitchen where his father stood, "Daddy…Daddy," he shouted tugging at his trousers, "Come see, Pweez!" he said looking up at the man before him his green eyes bright.
Severus Snape who had been busy preparing dinner for his young son, turned and looked down at him, "Ok Lucifer I'll be there now," he said smiling fondly at him, it was a strange sight to see the normally grumpy potions master smiling at a young child, but he always seemed to around his young son. The little boy already looked like him, his skin pale and black hair, and soft to the touch. Though in many ways Snape believed Lucifer to be lucky having not inherited the prominent hooked nose, it would appear Lucifer's mother's genes had softened the features on the young boys face and given him the most beautiful eyes you could ever see.
Snape was dragged over to the living room to see the magically balanced blocks, he smiled at the sight, and leant down to pick his little boy up, "Come Lucifer time for dinner yes?" he asked him kissing him softly on the cheek, "You are a clever little boy aren't you?" he said smiling enjoying the time he had with his son. Lucifer was special it could be noticed even when Lucifer was a baby. When he sneezed sometimes the lights would flicker, and when he cried things would smash. The magic around the little boy was powerful, anyone could feel it if they were close by.
Severus brought his son to the kitchen and sat him on his little chair at the table before bringing over two plates, one slightly smaller than the other. He placed the smaller one in front of Lucifer and smiled, at the boy's reaction. This consisted of him squealing loudly and smiling from ear to ear showing of his small baby teeth a few gaps where they had begun falling out. "My favourite" he said leaning down to eat the chicken pie. Snape smiled again at Lucifer and began to eat his, listening to Lucifer as he rambled on about toys and small things that seem so big to a three year old.
Lucifer Snape was the son of Severus Snape and Lily Potter, he and Lily had had one drunken night of passion that lead to Lucifer's conception. She had run to Severus' arms after a fight with James. Lily being the kind of woman she was refused to terminate the life inside of her so hid it from her husband James. Ten months after she had given birth to Harry Potter she gave birth to a beautiful little boy, Lucifer. She gave him to Severus, promising that one day she would be there to tell Lucifer who his mother was, that never came to pass, that same night she returned to her happy family and was murdered by Lord Voldermort. Severus grieved more than others, and Lucifer's birth was kept a secret under Albus Dumbledore's advice, the prophecy of Harry's life could be a duplicate of Lucifer's. So Severus looked after his son in the holidays and during term time he was kept at a secret location, in truth Harry's strange next door neighbour looked after Lucifer. Albus thought it was safest as both boys could be kept safe by the same charms. Lucifer however was getting older now and soon would be a little too much for Mrs Potts to handle. Severus had to make a decision, send Lucifer away to a private muggle school or bring him with him to Hogwarts. This Severus thought about as he looked at his son, who was now pouting at his father realising that he was thinking about something else rather than listen to his latest story. Severus noticed suddenly coming out of his day dream and touched Lucifer's hair gently, "Sorry Luc, Daddy was just thinking about something." He said seeing Lucifer had finished his meal, while his own was relatively untouched. "Time for bed I think son," he said standing and picking the little boy up and heading upstairs with him.
He helped Lucifer get changed and tucked him into bed, kissing him on the cheek and turning out the light but left a small night light glowing in the corner. Lucifer had always been afraid of the dark and had to sleep with the light on but Severus had transfigured a light into the shape of the Hogwarts crest a let it glow a yellow light. He smiled at his son who closed his eyes and yawned cutely. He then left and went downstairs to wash up, "Such a good father you are Severus," Snape spun around clutching his wand and starred into the pale blue eyes of Albus Dumbledore, "Headmaster you startled me," he said lowering his wand and putting it away. "What may I do for you sir?" he asked looking at the old man who moved to sit down at the kitchen table. Dumbledore took his time clasping his hands together and laying them on the table surface. "You have been thinking about Lucifer's future I came in response to your owl," he said simply. Severus suddenly remembered he had sent an owl to Dumbledore requesting guidance in what to do now with Lucifer. "Oh…Um yes," he said sitting down at the table facing the headmaster. Dumbledore cleared his thought, "Severus my lad, I believe it would be unwise if Lucifer were to attend a muggle school, you have told me of his many talents and that I am afraid would not go unnoticed. Bringing him to Hogwarts is another idea but then again Lucifer's very existence is supposed to be a secret." Dumbledore paused watching Severus' reactions, he had seen the way he looked down when he said that Lucifer coming to Hogwarts was a bad idea, it was so clear how much Severus loved his son, he hated being apart from him and was known to take this out on the students at Hogwarts, hence why Dumbledore turned a blind eye to it. He smiled a little, "Why not have Lucifer adopted by a wizard family at least until he is old enough to come to Hogwarts then…" "No!" shouted Severus, he stood up but lowered his voice not wanting to wake his son, "I will not be separated from him like that, he would hate me, I won't have him growing up hating me, not like I hated my father," he said, "I will not let him go through what I did," said Snape. Dumbledore stood up slowly and put his hand on Snape's arm, "Severus relax, your not your father Lucifer could never hate you, we shall carry on the arrangement with Mrs Potts then," he said "have her pretend to be the boys great grandmother," he said trying to calm Snape.
Severus nodded his head and sat back down. "But I am not sure this can work with him being so close to Potter," said Snape. "Harry, Severus his name is Harry," said Dumbledore. "I believe it will work out Severus my boy, when Lucifer is old enough to fully understand that his powers cannot be used in front of muggles then maybe he can go to a muggle boarding school?" Dumbledore suggested. Severus snorted "Perhaps, but if I could just bring him to Hogwarts with me Headmaster then things would be simpler." He said. Dumbledore shook his head, "No Severus you know as well as I do the consequences of people prying into yours and Lucifer's business. Things are safer now yes, but some of the Dark Lords followers may still be out there." Severus sighed in defeat, "Tomorrow I will have to say goodbye to him again then for another year," he said putting his head in his hands. "Now Severus you will be able to see him at Christmas and Easter," he said. Taking a pocket watch out of his robes he looked at the time, "I must be off now Severus I will see you tomorrow evening in the staff meeting." He said smiling at Severus, "Everything will be ok my boy you will see." He affectionately whispered as he patted Severus on the shoulder then apparated out of the kitchen.
Severus sighed and stood up slowly, waving his wand to clear away the dirty plates and turn the light out, he headed up stairs. First checking all the wards were in place for the night. He stopped out side Lucifer's door. Slowly he opened the door and looked over at the tiny lump in the covers where Lucifer lay. He sighed, and went over to the bed to make sure he was covered up nice and warm. Lucifer lay with his black hair tussled around his face and one thumb in his mouth. Severus smiled; he still could not believe he had a son so perfect like Lucifer it was too perfect to be true. Finding out Lily was pregnant was enough to cause Severus to switch sides three years ago and he hadn't looked back since. "I love you Lucifer," he whispered before bending down to kiss his son's forehead then left. He knew he wouldn't sleep tonight, anxiously waiting for the dawn when he would have to hand his son, once again into the care of Mrs Potts.