Chapter 1 ~ A Brief History

Two half-bloods were attending Diagon Alley, One a Hogwarts Professor, One a Hogwarts student soon to be starting fifth year. Both Slytherin's buying school supplies and stocking up on Potions ingredients. One Professor, Severus Snape is the Potions Master at Hogwarts And Kayley Marie James-Snape, me, his 15 year old daughter registered as just Kayley James with the school, keeping secret that I am a Snape. Kayley Marie James-Snape was born on January 31st. Now with a gracious appearance, dark brown and emerald green eyes with sleek waist length, tight curled black hair and a pale complexion, a moving emerald green snake tattoo running along my spine with the height of 5ft 2. I never knew my mother, Suzanna Lucy James, born July 2nd Died October 27th, of different years who I understood from stories told by my father and his friends that she was a former Death Eater told further by my father that she was infact a spy for the Order Of The Phoenix like himself, they attended Hogwarts together, got married their graduating year and moved on further to have me, Kayley Marie James-Snape a couple of years later, when tragically Suzanna Lucy James-Snape died in childbirth.

I had engrossed myself in my thoughts so much I hadn't taken in anything around me, 1st and foremost that of my Dad talking to me. I quickly looked up and voiced

"Sorry Dad, what did you say?"

He gave me a weary look and replied

"Kayley are you alright? I asked if that was everything on the list?"

I slowly looked down still in a little haze of thoughts and said

"I don't know, here, here's the list I just need a private minuet"

He got a short nod as I headed outside towards The Three Broomsticks thinking . . .

The history of Severus Snape was a little vague but I understood enough, Lilly Evans, his first love, what he thought would be his only love, they had known each other since before Hogwarts, since they were children, playing in the park together just being children, having fun, and then the Hogwarts letters came. Lilly and Severus remained friends for a long time but he was still sad that she never gave the love that he knew he felt for her. In their second year they got closer and did date for a while until James Potter decided he wanted her so then on top of all the abuse from his father, my grandfather at home he had to put up with being bullied in school as well. A Slytherin dating a Gryffindor, the Marauders wouldn't have that. However third year became a happier time. After Lilly Evans he never thought he could love anyone again, then he met Suzanna Lucy James. They became great friends as fellow Slytherin's and when the year was nearly over they decided to take it a step further, holding hands, Hogsmede trips together, little kisses and cuddles on the sofa, I would do anything to have that. Anyway at the end of the very last year at Hogwarts Severus proposed and Suzanna accepted with open arms. They had spent nearly just a year married before she became ill, without knowing what was wrong she went to a healer and was told she was with child. This made both Severus and Suzanna very happy despite their occupations. They had both talked about having children, although it soon became apparent that I was making her very ill, making her request to Voldemort that she stop attending the Death Eater meetings until further notice, the request was denied, he wanted all hands on deck. Suzanna struggled through until one meeting she had to take her white mask off to be violently sick in front of everyone, this did not only cause Severus concern but everyone who was there including Voldemort himself, they were like family to one another, after all she was only with child and she was not the only Death Eater so at that time, Narcissa Malfoy previously Black was also carrying Draco and she was fine. After this any pregnant Death Eater who was taken extra care of. The final decision to give leave to them was after my birth when it was thought all the Death Eater responsibilities had caused Suzanna to die during childbirth. That was when my father changed yet again. He did anything to protect me as I was also the last bit of her he had. He also taught me everything I know, I was learning since the age he deemed safe, around 3 years old.

There was a knock on the Ladies in The Three Broomsticks and my Dad's voice

"Kayley are you almost done yet? You have been a long time and we still have one more place to go before we leave"

I glanced at my watch and realised I had been just stood in the Ladies deep in thought not really caring about the time for about 30 minuets and as I didn't even need to go in the first place, I just wanted some time to think, to get away, I call back

"Yes Dad, I'll be there now"

I hover just a few minuets more and run the taps just for the sake of things before joining my Dad to go to the last place of the day