Mary and her sister, Carolyn, were waiting by the train. Mary had finished her fifth year while Carolyn finished her fourth year. They waited for their father, Professor Snape. It was a long time until they could be Snapes instead of Louges again.

They were tired of pretending. "Where is Mother when you need her?" Carolyn asked.

"Her soul is with us," Mary said. "You know that."

"But what if she isn't? What if she is still a dead soul? What if she's the still same Mother who died of a heart attack?" She looked at her sister and started sobbing. Mary hugged Carolyn. Suddenly, their father jumped off the train.

Carolyn let go of her sister and looked at her father. Snape wrapped his arms around his daughters. They were surprised. Their father wasn't the hugger. He let go of Mary and Carolyn and looked at them. Mary noticed he had a look of fear on his face. "Come on," he said. "It's been a long year."

As the family sat down at the dinner table, their father looked at them. "So, I haven't spent much time with you two over the year," he said. "How was your year?"

"It was okay," Mary said. "Nothing much happened."

"This, coming from one of my lively daughters? Are you sick or something?"

"I wasn't in the Hospital Wing at all. What do you think?" Her father laughed at her joke. "What about your year, Daddy?"

"Oh, as usual," he said. "What's worse, that Potter and his gang were messing with my mind again this year."

"Daddy, why do you have to be so negative about Harry and his friends?" Carolyn asked.

"That's just the way they are."

"No, the aren't Daddy," Mary said. "Their good people."

"Maybe in your point of view." Mary started poking at her chicken while Carolyn ate it slowly. "Daddy, why do we have to pretend?" Mary asked.

"Pretend what?" Snape asked.

"Who we are. Why do Carolyn and I have to change our identities and
you don't?"
"I guess that's just how life is."

"But, why do WE have to change our identities? Why does everyone have to not know that their potions master is also a father? Why does everyone not have to know that there was a Rebecca Snape? Why does everyone have to think that Carolyn and I are a Louge?

"Well, Daddy, I don't know if you're blind or something, but we're tired of pretending!" Mary got up from the table and ran to her room. Carolyn got up, but her father pulled her back down to the table. "I'll go talk to her," he said.

He went over to Mary's door and knocked on it. "Mary," he said calmly. "Please open up!" Mary opened up the door so her father could see only a little bit of her face. "I don't want to talk to you right now," she said.

"I'll talk to Dumbledore," her father said. "I'll try to make you and your sister's identity to be revealed."

"You would?" Mary opened up the door all the way and wrapped her arms around her father.

"Thank you, Daddy!" Her father smiled at her. "Get some rest," he said. "You need it."Mary smiled and walked over to her bed.

She got out her journal from on top of her dresser. She looked at the orange flame on the black journal. She grabbed a pen and flipped to a clean page.

Just finished another year at the school. Daddy was still mean to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. I don't know why he never calls on Hermione. She is just such a smart girl. Whenever Daddy does call on her, he calls her a know it all or something. Ugh, I hate it whenever my hair gets in my face. It's always annoying. Anyways, I wish Daddy didn't insult the children. I know, I'm such a softie.

You know, I don't know HOW I got in Slytherin. Probably because Daddy is the head of the house. Anyways, you know who annoys me the most? Malfloy. Ooh, look at me, I'm Malfloy, and I'm sooo special. Get real. I sometimes have this feeling that Carolyn has a crush on Harry. If not, Ron.

Harry, I don't blame. I'd just be surprised if Carolyn had a crush on RON! He's a nice guy and all, but sometimes he's just, oh, how do I put this... WHACKO!!!!! He might be taken by Hermione. But Harry is a great boy.

I want to be friends with him. But I bet that Daddy wouldn't allow it. He says that Harry is such a pain in the neck. But he only thinks that because Harry's dad and him were enemies. But, from time to time Daddy saved Harry's life .

Sometimes Daddy is right actually. But I don't know when he's right or when he's wrong. Sometimes I don't think he even knows what's up and what's down sometimes! I don't know when it's going to stop. This pain. Daddy was a Death Eater a little while ago. But he quit. He's know a spy for the O.O.T.P. now. But sometimes I have a feeling he wants to kill himself. But I can't handle another loved one of mine dying. Well, Daddy said I should get some sleep. Which I should. Write tomorrow.

-Mary