DISCLAIMER: i don't own any characters you recognize, im just borrowing them, and promise to play nicely with them, and not damage them in any way. )

A/N: this is dedicated to mummy, who suggested it, and dina, who bullied it out of me. Love you both!!

The next generation.

The diary of Severus Snape.

prologue

Even now, even after he has been dead for more than eleven years, he haunts me. Of course, it's not really him that I clapped eyes on only moments ago, but a living image of him. Hair all a mess, black, short, skinny, miserable excuse for a boy, glasses, but I'm getting ahead of myself.