Ch. 1

The longest night

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the other characters in this story. I do however own the name Rose, but not the name Snape.

A/N: I started this story because I got to thinking one day about what it would be like for Snape to have a daughter. This story will show Snape like you have never seen him before. I hope you enjoy it. -SLG

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The day was cold and dreary. There was no sun and it was raining. A young girl sat in her room staring out the window. Her hair was blonde and her eyes were green. Her father came home from his job every night and told her about his teachings. She had never been to school before. Everything that she knew was something that she had read in books. She was a witch and it was a very good thing that her father helped her every once in a while. He was a really good dad, though she wished that he was there more often. Her 17 birthday was approaching fast and it was killing her just to be without a school to go to and take her N.E.W.T's. She knew that it was crucial that she take them, if she didn't she wouldn't be able to get a job anywhere. Her father came in one night as the end of the school year was approaching; she was asleep on the couch.

"Rose! Get up now, we have to get out of here!" he yelled. Rose sat straight up and looked at him. "Why Dad? I am sleepy." "Rose get up I had to do something tonight and the aurors will be coming to search this house." Rose stood up quickly and said, "Why didn't you say that first." She got a few things and he grabbed her and they both disapperated.

They appeared in a field and began to walk into some woods. Rose recognized them immediately; they were the woods that were near where the Quidditch World Cup had taken place. Her father continued forward and led her into a camp. She then knew that he had to have killed somebody because they were in a Death Eater camp and she hated it when he would take her to the camps, the Death Eaters tended to like her and use her for sex. They knew that she wasn't big enough to defend herself. She had been raped before though her father wasn't aware of it. The Dark Lord himself had a great interest in her himself.

Rose looked up and there he was staring at her as usual. "Well, well, well, Severus you have finally proved yourself to me. Dumbledore is dead because of you." Rose looked at her father and thought, "After all Dumbledore did for him, he killed him?" Severus then spoke, "My Lord, will my daughter be kept safe from harm from the others?" Voldemort looked at him and answered, "I will keep an eye on her personally." Severus looked at him and studied his face, "On second thought, My Lord, I will find a safe place for her." Voldemort looked at him and said, "You do not trust me to watch her Severus?" Severus just spoke, "I just do not want her to be taken away from me and harmed and even if you keep and eye on her she could still be harmed." He turned to Rose, "Come now Rose." Rose grabbed his hand and he disapperated them both.

They appeared outside of a very dilapidated building and Rose looked at him, Severus then spoke to his daughter very soothingly, "Rose you have to be strong now. I have to leave you here and go back." Rose then spoke with tears rolling down her face, "But Daddy, you can't leave me! I need you." Severus pulled her into a hug and patted her back, "Rose you know that I have never been a nice man, and I had to do what Dumbledore asked even if I disagreed with him. If I hadn't killed him I would have blown cover." Rose hugged him back tightly, "Who are you leaving me with?" Severus pulled out of the hug and looked at the building before him, "This is the Burrow, I am leaving you with the Weasleys. You will be safe here and I will be talking to a certain somebody and they will be managing your money and such." Rose hugged him again, "Will I ever see you again?" Severus let a couple of tears roll and spoke, "I am not sure Rose, just say that no matter what you will listen to who I send to take care of you, he will be coming for you tomorrow. He will speak the words, 'Don't worry about a thing.' That will be your sign that he is the one that I am sending to take care of you. I love you Rose, never forget that. You are and always will be, my daughter." He leaned in and kissed her on each cheek and then on the forehead. He stepped back and saw his daughter, who was no longer a little girl he realized and se stood there now as calm and cool as he could be." She spoke into the darkness, "I love you daddy." Just before Severus disapperated he spoke this, "I love you too Rosie, never forget that. She then heard a faint pop and knew he was gone.

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Severus left the burrow having tears in his eyes. He had never been away from Rose a day in his life. His quarters had been connected to Spinner's End and he was able to go back and forth. The hardest part about this entire situation was going to be leaving Rose behind and possibly never seeing her again.

Severus walked down the lane leading to Remus Lupin's house. Soon the house came into focus and Severus couldn't help but think that for a werewolf that Remus had quite a nice place. He walked up to the door and knocked. A few seconds passed and Remus opened the door. "Severus, you shouldn't be here it's dangerous." "Remus I have a proposition for you. Please stand aside and let me in." Remus stepped aside and let him in.

"Severus it was hard not blowing cover tonight, but I believe that I made them all think that I had no clue what was going on." Remus spoke pulling a bottle on brandy from his cabinet. "How is Potter? Is he okay?" Severus asked indifferently. "He is quite pissed at you Severus." Remus replied with a smile. Severus grinned broadly. "Then I accomplished what Dumbledore wanted me to, he hates me as he's supposed to, though that is not the matter I cam to talk to you about."

Remus studied Severus's expression and just merely nodded. Severus cleared his throat, "There's the matter of Rose and I can't have anything happen to her. I was rather wondering if perhaps you could keep her for me, I trust you more that anybody else to watch over her." Remus swallowed and looked at Severus, "You would trust me with your daughter's life? Even knowing what I am?" Severus merely chuckled, "Rose is far too much like her mother to even care about you being a werewolf." "Severus, who is her mother?" Severus took in a deep breath and spoke, "You are gonna find this a bit odd considering how much I loathed her brother. Jamie Potter was her mother, and from time to time I tend to see quite a lot of James in her too. Remus she is a wonderful person and the Death Eaters have already raped her once and I can't have that happen again and it will certainly happen if she stays at the Death Eater camp with me." Severus looked at Remus hoping that he would not have to face rejection of having to send her to another person after leaving her at the Burrow. Remus took in a long steady breath and spoke, "Okay Severus, I will take care of her, I have no money though." Severus just stood up quickly, "Remus I would not have you pay for a dime, she has her own money, and she is very mature so you have no worries about her behaving. She is very polite and she will follow any rule that you lay down for her. She is at the Burrow. There is a phrase you must say to her for her to trust you however. Tell her, 'Don't worry about a thing.' She will trust you like she does me then."

Remus smiled and said, "I will be sure to do that and that way I will have more success with her than anyone will." Severus extended his hand and spoke, "Thank you, Remus. Good luck with her and please take care of her." Remus shook Severus's hand and said, "Dumbledore would be proud of us working together like this." "I think that he meant it to happen this way, because by having us be the only two people to know about his request, he knew that we would have to work together and try and be friends. That is what we are doing, isn't it Remus?" "I believe so Severus, please take care and report in to me every once in a while and keep me updated on what's going on so that I can tell Rose." "Will do, Remus. Good-Bye." Severus disapperated.

Remus walked back to bed and thought about what he had to do in the upcoming day.