Chapter 1
This is a story about a girl destined for greatness.Serenity was born on October 31st, 1990 by the light of the full moon. Her parents were young and not ready for a baby, so they left the infant, Serenity, at Ollivander's Wand Shop, where she wouldn't be found until morning. When opening his shop, he found baby Serenity. He took her inside and attempted to feed her. Latter that day a mysterious figure entered the store.
"Good morning, Severus. How may I help you?" Ollivander asked.
"I need you to fix my wand again." said the man flatly. Ollivander looked at him for a moment.
"Hand it to me then. What did you do this time, Severus?" Ollivander questioned.
"Dueling with-----" Severus paused.
"Yes?!?!?" Ollivander insisted.
"Who's baby is this, Ollivander?" Severus asked.
"I don't know. I found her this morning." Ollivander stated. Severus pondered silently.
"Are you going to keep her?" he asked.
"What?Oh...no,I was going to put her in an orphanage." Ollivander said.
"Does she posses any magical skill?" Severus asked.
"Oh, yes. Quite a lot for a baby. I suspect that she's only a day or two old." Ollivander stated.
"Well then, I'll take her. Does she have a name, Ollivander?" Severus interrogated.
"Not to my awareness. Your wand is fixed." Ollivander replied.
"Thank you." He looked at the baby for a few minutes and then said, "I shall call you Serenity Macbeth Snape."
"Have a good day, Severus." Ollivander said.
" Thank you. Have a marvelous day yourself." Severus replied as he grabbed Serenity's basket and left.They traveled to New York, from London, to get baby clothes from Hot Topic, and then departed for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Severus was staying, for it was Christmas break there.He put his belongings in his office and preceded to the headmaster's office.
"Come in, Severus." A voice said. He entered as told with Serenity in his arms."Who do we have here?"
"This is Serenity. Headmaster, I was wondering if she can stay here at the castle with me?" Severus asked quietly, trying not to wake the baby.
"How did you acquire this baby, if I may ask." the headmaster inquired.
"Ollivander told me that he found her while he was opening up shop this morning and I could not leave her there to be put in a muggle orphanage. Those places are the worst."Severus replied.
"I believe she can stay here, but you must take care of her, Severus." said the headmaster.
"Thank you, sir." Severus said.
"I believe it is time for supper. Shall we go?" the headmaster asked rhetorically.Severus followed him out of his office with an infant in his arms asleep.
The beginning of the following school year, the headmaster had a new announcement in his before meal speech.
"Also, I must tell you, there is an infant on school grounds. Do not disturb this baby. If any of you does happen to disturb it, you shall answer to Professor Snape." the headmaster said. It was the same speech for the next ten years.
(10 YEAR TIMESKIP)
In the following September(2001), Serenity finally got to be of the children to be sorted into their houses.
"When I call your name, come up to the hat to be sorted into your house. Then you are to move quickly to the assigned table in which your house sits." Professor McGonagall said."Hermione Granger." A bushy haired girl walked up.
"Hmmm...Gryffindor!" the hat exclaimed. The girl got down a moved to the Gryffindor table.
"Susan Bones." A frightened young lady approached the hat.
"Let's see here. Where to Put you? Ah, yes, Hufflepuff." the hat said.
"Serenity Snape." Professor McGonagall said half surprised. Serenity, with her long black hair and bright green eyes, an old friend's eyes, proceeded to the hat.
"So you're Severus' child, are you? I know exactly where to put you...Slytherin!!!!" the hat said in excitement. She got up, smiling, and preceded to the Slytherin table. There were talk among the student whom were not in Slytherin.
"SILENCE!!!!!" the headmaster yelled. All went quiet.
"Draco Malfoy." A blond haired boy walked up...his greasy hair shined in the candle light.
"Slytherin." the hat said. With a sneer on his face, he glided over to the Slytherin table and sat across from Serenity.
"Ronald Weasley." the professor said. A ginger kid(red hair,freckles) walked up to the hat.
"Another Weasley? Gryffindor." the hat said unenthusiastically.
"Harry Potter." she said. A weird looking boy walked up there.
"Where to put you, Mr. Potter, where to put you?" the hat pondered.
"Not Slytherin...not Slytherin." He repeated.
"Not Slytherin ehhh... well then, if you insist...Gryfindor." the hat said regretfully. The sorting continued.
"Everyone, Professor Dumbledor has a few words to say." Professor McGonagall said. The headmaster stood up.
"The Forrest is off limits to all students and unless you want to die a painful death, the third floor is also off limits to all students. This is the first year I don't have to say there is an infant or young child in the building, but still don't bother the staff. Now, with that out of the way, Let the feast begin!!!" Dumbledor said. Serenity laughed.
"Welcome, finally, to the Slytherin house, Serenity." Marcus Flint said.
"Why, thank you." she replied with a smile.
"What do you mean by 'finally'?" Draco asked.
"Serenity has grown up here. This is her home. Professor Snape is her father." Marcus said.
"I'd say she's bloody wicked at potions." a fellow Slytherin said.
"I'd say." Draco replied.
After supper, Severus personally escorted the first years to the dungeons.
"I'm proud of you, serenity." he said.
"Thank you , Daddy." Serenity replied. Draco began to talk to her over the next few weeks. Some of the other students, such as the Gryffindors, started to believe that Severus was showing Favoritism toward the Slytherins because of Serenity.
"Class, I would like to make it clear that nobody is getting, or will ever get favored in my class. Just because my daughter is in this class, doesn't mean she or the other Slytherins are favored. They are treated the same as everybody else. Do you understand?" He asked. The class nodded. "Now, you are to brew an antidote to snakes venom. Turn to page 217 in your books. Begin!!" he said.
"This is going to be easy." Serenity said. Draco began by talking to Markus.
"What do you think my chances are?" Draco asked. Markus paused for a second.
"Well if you've got a snowball's chance in H€!!, you have to speak to Professor Snape." Markus said. As class continued, many conversations were started. Many of them had to do with a snowball's chance in H€!!.
"Alright, everybody stop. I am coming around to inspect the final product in each cauldron." Severus said. He walked around the room inspecting each potion. "Longbottom, why is your potion hot pink?"
"I...I don't...know sir..." Neville stuttered. Serenity giggled, barely audible, just loud enough for her father to hear. He turned and looked at her.
"Miss Snape, if you please, tell the class what color their final potion should be." he said.
"It should be navy blue, sir...not hot pink." Serenity said.
"How many of you achieved even a powder blue?" He asked. Hermione raised her hand. "Well, let's see here, Miss Snape("obviously" Ron whispered)and Miss Granger...? Is that all? only two girls...That is a terrible shame. Only two girls can manage a simple little antidote? That's pathetic. Just because of that, you have homework. Your homework assignment is a Two scroll length paper on how to make a pure snake venom antidote due by the beginning of next class. You are dismissed." He said. Marcus walked up to Severus.
"Hey, Markus, are you coming?" Serenity asked. He turned around and smiled.
"Yeah. I'll be there in a minute." He said. Serenity walked out of the room. "Sir, I have a question."
"Yes, Markus?" Severus replied. Markus was hesitant.
"Well, sir, I was wondering..."
"If I would mind if you asked out my daughter?"
"Yeah. I mean, Yes sir"
"Well, why are you interested in my daughter, whom is three years younger than yourself?" Severus interrogated.
"Sir, your daughter and I have been friends since the day I stepped foot in Hogwarts. Your daughter is an amazing girl, who just happened to steal my heart." Markus said.
"I'll give you my approval on one condition. you must never hurt her. Never on your life are you to hurt her. Got it?" Severus replied threateningly.
"I would never dream of hurting her, sir."
"Okay, now go before you are late." Severus commanded.
"Thank you sir." Markus said as he proceeded to the door. Serenity smiled at him.
"What was that about?" She asked.
'How should I go about telling her?' He thought to himself. 'I know, I'll ask her now.'
"Well," ' now or never' he thought. "Will you be my girlfriend?" he asked. Serenity looked at him funny.
"Are you asking me that or is that what you asked Daddy?" she asked.
"You.""oh. OK."
"Is that a 'yes'?" he asked.
"NO!!!!! Of course it's a yes...retard." she said as she pulled him into a hug. Holding hands, the preceded to transfiguration where Paige and Tommy also had class. Paige is a Ravenclaw, but Tommy was a fellow Slytherin. That never stopped them from dating.
"Big Brother!!!" serenity said as she walked into the door. Tommy turned around and smiled. "Ello Paige."
"Hey." Paige said. "Are you dating Markus?" she asked.
"Yes I am. as of twenty minutes ago." Serenity said. Tommy overheard them (he was standing next to Paige) and had to "speak" with Markus.
"Hey, I hear you're dating Serenity." Tommy said.
"Yeah, why?" Markus asked.
"I'll be nice and give you a fair warning, okay? If you make even one tear roll down my baby sister's face, I'll black your eye. If you make her lip quiver, I'll bust yours. If you even dare to break her heart, I swear to God I will kill you...now we both know that you don't want that to happen." Tommy said with a grin on his face.
"I won't. trust me."
Trust has nothing to do with hurting her. I gave you my warning. Don't give me a motive." Tommy said as they walked back over toward us.
"Serenity, what are you doing in my class?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"this is where daddy put me. don't worry about me. I'll be fine...wait"
"Yes?"
"I've been in here for five weeks and you've just now thought about it?"
"Never mind that now. OK, class, today we will be transfiguring animals into Gauntlets..."
(Timeskip)
Two months passed and Christmas was coming up in a week and a half. Paige, Tommy, Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and Markus were staying at the school along with a select few others.
Hermione glanced over. "Oh, my gosh. Professor Snape's daughter is dating Markus Flint?"
"They've been together for almost two months. God, keep up, Hermione." Ron said.
"Oh' yes, while you two are here, look up information about Nicholas Flamel" Hermione said as she left.
Late that day, Serenity and Markus went on a walk by the lake. A blanket of icy beauty was spread across the frozen ground. They started talking about random subjects. watching the sunset, Markus kissed Serenity. As the sun departed from the sky as the sweet winter night's air gently blew through her hair, Markus carried Serenity back to the Great Hall for supper.
The next day, Serenity told Paige everything that happened the previous evening. Paige was happy for Serenity, but wasn't sure Tommy would be as open minded about it as she was. After that, Christmas came fast. Serenity was bought a fifteen carat gold bracelet with a purple heart-shaped diamond in the center. Serenity spent the night talking with her father. she loved nights like these where they could just sit and talk for hours on end about anything and everything.
"Daddy,"
"Yes,"
"Why are my eyes bright green?" Serenity asked. Severus was at a loss for word.
"I wish I could tell you, baby, but I do not know the answer to that question. Why do you ask?" Severus replied.
"Nobody else has eyes as green as mine are. I was just wondering." She said.
"How are you and Markus doing?" Severus asked. Serenity looked at him for a moment.
"We are doing fine, actually. Why do you ask, if I may?" She asked.
"Just wondering."
"He's a dorkfish. we went out to take a walk around the lake, like we usually do on Saturdays, and as the sun set, he kissed me. He's just a dorkfish." She said. Severus just sat there, listening to every word his daughter said, until a knock came upon the door of his office.
"Enter." Severus said. A strange man entered the room. Severus sneered. Serenity dropped her cup of tea.
"What do you want, Karkaroff?" Severus asked in an agitated tone.
"Have you felt it, Severus? Can you feel it now?" the strange man asked eagerly. Severus just looked at him.
"For God's sake, he's dead. Stop this lunacy. You're scaring my daughter." Severus said. Karkaroff looked at Serenity and grinned.
"Who'd you have to kill to get this beauty, Severus? Wait...don't tell me this is Evans' child?" Karkaroff said.
"Evans? Who...?...Lily? How is that possible? You of all people know that she stopped taking to me our 6th year here." Severus said.
"Anyway, back to the matter at hand. Do you not feel it?" Karkaroff said.
"He is DEAD!!!! D-E-A-D!!!! As in not coming back to life." Severus said.
"What!?!?!?!? He's not F--"
"KARKAROFF!!!!! WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!!!!!!!!!!!" Severus yelled. Another knock came on the door. "Who is it?" Markus entered.
"Is it a bad time for me to steal Serenity from you?" he asked. Severus looked at him.
"Oh, not at all. Go on and have fun. Be careful." Severus said as Serenity got up and walked over to her father, gave him a kiss on the cheek and preceded to the door.
"I Will. I love you Daddy." she said.
"I love you too, baby." Severus said. Serenity left. The yelling was heard all the way down in the fourth level of the dungeons. Tommy took the secret passage ways and got Paige. Every night, they would get together and talk about times past and the future. The Christmas break was over fast.