A/N: Hey! Up with a new story! I know, I know. I had to write the stories that were in The Poll… but I tried and well… they sucked so screw the stories that were voted on! LMAO! Well… I hope this one will be good… maybe even better than Wind!
And yes, just like Wind From Tomorrow there will be a song at the beginning of each chapter! Songs give me inspiration! So ha!
Summary: Sixth year. Severus Snape's sister dies and he inherits something he never wanted, but slowly and surly will grow on him. With the war starting, is it possible for him to keep the things he cares for safe?
Disclaimer: I'm not married, I have no kids, I'm not British, and I am so not a genius. So in conclusion, I do not own Harry Potter. And if anything seems familiar to you, then I don't own it! I do own the plot and any OC characters!
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A heart that's full up like a landfill,
A job that slowly kills you,
Bruises that won't heal,
You look so tired – unhappy,
Bring down the government,
They don't , they don't speak for us.
I'll take a quiet life,
A handshake of carbon monoxide.
-No Surprises, Radiohead
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Thicker Than Water
By LalathePanda
Prologue: Rewrite
1960
On a warm fall night, in a quiet English countryside town, a healthy baby boy took his first breath of air. Maria looked down at the baby in her arms. "You will be a fine man." She whispered and looked up to meet the cold dark eyes of her husband, Alfred.
"Yes, a wonderful heir to the Snape name." He replied. Just then there was a soft knock on the door.
"Father!" A child-like voice that belonged to a young six-year-old girl called outfrom behind the door. "Mother!"
"Come in." And at the sound of Alfred's voice the door opened.
"Is that him?" The girl asked, as she stepped into the room. Maria nodded. The young girl eagerly went up to the bed. "Hello!" she greeted the baby, "my name is Belinda Rose Snape. I'm your older sister," she whispered the last part out. She looked up to her parents. "What's his name?"
"Severus. Severus Asklepios Snape." Alfred replied.
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1965
"What's that?" Severus looked at the envelope that was addressed to his sister. Belinda looked up from her porridge. She eyed the envelope her brother pointed out.
"Oh my…!" she gasped, grabbing the envelope from its spot on the table. She broke the seal and her eyes began to rapidlyscan the letter. As she read her face broke into a smile.
"What is it? What is it?"
"I'm in!" she yelled joyfully. Sadly, that didn't explain anything to her little brother. "Hogwarts!" she added.
"Really?" Severus' eyes widened. "You get to go?"
She nodded. "Mum! Mum! Look!" She shovedthe letter into Maria's hands as she entered the kitchen.
"Ah, Hogwarts." their mother said. "Very good, Belinda." She placed the letter back on the table but Belinda picked it up again. "Don't scream to much, your father is still sleeping."
Belinda only nodded eyes still transfixed on the letter. "When can I go shopping?"
"Oh, I don't know dear. I'll have to check with your father," her mother replied. "Ah, Severus," she smiled at her son and asked, "happy for your sister?"
"I'm happy!" Severus replied. "I want to go with her too!"
Maria laughed, "Oh, You have to wait until then! Until you are a big boy."
"Stop babying him, Maria," came the low and authoritative voice of Alfred Snape as he walked into the breakfast nook. "Don't gush over him like that. He will turn out soft." Alfred then turned to Belinda. "Hogwarts, huh? You better get into Slytherin."
"I will," Belinda replied softly.
After that, Belinda took Severus upstairs to get him ready for school. He attended a local magic school for children; the same one Belinda attended until last year when she graduated from primary school. Now she was heading for Hogwarts. As Belinda helped Severus into his uniform, they could hear the verbal fight going on in the kitchen. Their parents were at it again. Well, it was mostly their father thatdid the yelling.
"Belle?"
"Yes?" she replied while pulling out a black vest and sliding it on him.
"When you go to Hogwarts… does that mean you're leaving me and mummy?" Belinda stopped buttoning the vest, and looked at Severus. His voice sounded so small and hurt that she had trouble getting her words out.
"Don't worry, I'll be gone most of the year, but I'll be here for theholidays," she replied softly. She then buttoned the last button. "Let's go."
She took his hand and led him out of his room and down the hall. By the time they reached the stairs the front door slammed shut. Their father hadleft for work. The two stood there for a moment before making their way down the stairs. As Severus clutched his older sister's hand, they passed the kitchen. He shifted his eyes tosee his mother sitting at the table with her head in her hands.
Belinda took her coat off the hook on the wall. "Mum, I'm taking Sev to school now."
"Okay, bye," came a weak voice from the kitchen.
"Bye, Mum," Severus called as they walked out of the house.
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A few months later...
Severus rubbed his arm as he stood with his parents and said goodbye to Belinda. Today she was heading off to her first year at Hogwarts. It was a warm September day and to everyone else in the station, Severus, Belinda, and their mother looked odd wearing long sleeves. Last night their father became mad. One thing led to another, and Severus and Belinda hadgotten hurt. They looked uncomfortable in the warm clothes, but not Maria. She was used to it by now. Severus looked around awkwardly, he wasn't used to big crowds.
"I'll write to you as soon as I can," Belinda promised. Alfred only nodded as Maria gave her daughter a smile. Belinda then turned to her little brother. She bent down and ordered, "Stay out of father's way and you'll be fine."
Severus nodded. "You'll write, right?"
"Every weekend, like I said," Belinda replied. The train whistles blew. "I have to go." She stood up straight. "Good bye," she called as she turned and went on the train. A few moments later Severus saw Belinda sitting by a window. Severus waved at her and she waved back just as the train began to pull out of the station. Smoke enveloped the train taking Severus's sister away.
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1968
'Don't go downstairs. Don't go downstairs,' Severus repeated to himself as he sat behind his bed. He shut his eyes every time he heard something crash or his father's voice grow louder. Tonight was one of those violent ones, the nights he hated the most. Soon all noises stopped and the house was dead quiet. Severus slowly rose from his spot and made his way to the door. He crept out of his room and made his way down the hall once he reached the stairs and quietly went down and into the parlor.
The sight that greeted Severus would haunt his dreams forever.
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"Miss Snape." Belinda looked up from her notes and saw Professor McGonagall looking at her, as was everyone in the Transfiguration classroom. "Dumbledore would like to see you. You should take your things"
She nodded and packed her stuff into her school bag. She walked up front, took the hall pass and left the classroom. The fifteen-year-old prefect finally reached the headmaster's office. She looked down at the hall pass and saw the password.
"Treacle Fudge." She stated and the statue then moved up to reveal a staircase. She walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. She heard a muffled "come in", and pushed open the door. "You wanted to see me, Headmaster?"
Dumbledore looked up from his desk. "Ah, Miss Snape. Yes, I need to tell you something, please sit down."
"Is something wrong? Have I done something wrong?" Belinda worried that this meeting had to do with a certain incident that happened two days ago. A group of Slytherins had performed a prank on a couple of HufflePuffs, Belinda had helped them, exploiting her powers as Prefect.
Dumbledore shook his head. "No, this has nothing todo with school. It has to do with home. I'm sending you home for the next two weeks. Um…something has happened."
His voice made her blood go cold with dread.
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When Belinda arrived home the house was filled with relatives, all in black. She straightened her school uniformed as the older sister of her mum, and her mum's only living relative, walked up to her. "Hello, Auntie," she greeted. Her Aunt looked surprised, Belinda looked almost like Maria, except her eyes were black, just like Severus and her father.
"Hello dear," she squeezed out. "Severus is up in his room, you should see him first." Bella's grandmother walked into the hall.
"Please, go check on the boy, he hasn't taken a single bite of food since your grandfather and I got here." Said her grandmother, her father's mother. Bella's grandparents were very caring, unlike her father, and always worried about her and Severus.
Belinda nodded as she let a house elf take her trunk to her room. She climbed the stairs, and went straight to her little brother's room. "Sev?" she said softly as she entered the room.
He slowly turned around from his spot by the window. "Oh Sev." She went up to him and engulfed him in a hug. "Oh God…" She pulled away. "Are you alright?" It was a stupid question to ask, but she asked it anyway. "Grandmother said that you haven't been eating since she and grandfather came." Still the eight-year-old said nothing. "Sev?"
"He killed her," he whispered.
A tear escaped from Belinda's eye. "I know, I know." She tucked some hair behind her ear. "Don't worry, Daddy is gone, he'll never come back, we're going to live with grandmother and grandfather."
"But… but I want to live with mum!" he cried. "I want my mum!" The desperation and sadness in his voice was like a stab in her heart.
"I know, Sev. I want to see her too. But we can't." She stood up and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Be strong. Don't cry." But the tears just spilled out of the younger boy's eyes.
Belinda smooth out her younger brother's hair. "Fine, cry. It's good to cry."
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The funeral passed and the two siblings moved into the Snape Estate. The estate was cold and medieval and notvery good for a grieving boy. After two weeks, Belinda went back to school. Their father was doing life in Azkaban. Years passed, Belinda graduated and Severus began schooling at Hogwarts. The two became close; after all they only had each other. But every time he came back from Hogwarts, Belinda noticed that he became colder and a bit more distant. Belinda never knew why, and never had the chance to find out.
He was sixteen and home for the summer holidays when tragedy struck again. His grandparents passed away, and Snape inherited the Estate along with everything else. Belinda was given a fairly large sum of money.
"Sev!" Belinda waltzed right through the doors of the parlor. She came home from the Ministry, where she worked.
"Why are you so happy?" he asked as he placed his book down.
"I think I'm in love," she sighed.
He arched his eyebrow. "With who?"
"We met at the office, he is one year younger then me and his name is Brian Dougherty!" she sighed again.
"I've never heard of that name," Severus replied. His eyes widened when it hit him. "A MUDBLOOD?" he yelled, recognizing the last name, it belonged to HufflePuff that was Head Boy in his first year.
"What? What's wrong with that?" Belinda looked up sharply.
"He is a MUDBLOOD! That's what's wrong!" The fight began there. The heat increased and their voices grew louder and louder, soon even the House Elves in the kitchen could hear the intense dispute. The two screamed at each other for what seemed like forever, but it all came to a halt when Belinda said something that she would regret for the rest of her life.
"You've become a bastard! YOU'RE JUST LIKE FATHER!" she yelled. She then covered her mouth, surprised at what she said.
"I've become like who?" His voice was quiet but dripping with hate.
"I-I mean…" she began.
"Get out! GET OUT! Go! Go be with that thing! You WHORE!" His words cut through her like the knife.
"Severus… look… I'm…"
"STOP! Shut up! Go! I can't believe you're my sister!" He then glared at her. "You make me sick."
Belinda looked at her brother. "You mean this, don't you?" Underneath all of their words, pain and regret simmered, but neither was willing to admit it. In the endhe justnodded. She took out her wand and with one last look, apparated out of the estate.
The very next year during his final year at Hogwarts, he received a letter from Belinda who had moved to Italy, it was a wedding invitation; she was going to marry the muggleborn. He threw it into the fire. A few months later, he joined the Death Eaters. Years passed, and Severus Asklepios Snape became the Death Eater spy for the Order of The Phoenix and the mean, and (what some would call) heartless potion master of Hogwarts we know today.
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A/N: YAY! Prologue is finished! Review! Review! Review! Those keep my stories alive! No flames! I'm sort of in a phase in life that is fun, happy and depressing! AKA! I am a moody teenage girl! Okay… it's Sunday… off to church!
-LalathePanda