A Snape/OFC fic—please oh please let me know if she starts turning into a Mary Sue (ick!), for it is not my intention to write a Mary Sue (I will save that for a parody I have in mind). I hope that you will like Mia Antonia Marvolo and the American branch of that family. I also hope that you think that I have personified our beloved Potions master well. I have been re-reading the canon and trying to analyze the man behind the cauldron and I think that I understand him a little better. I hope you agree (if not let me know-but no flames!)
The characters that you recognize from the canon are the property of JK Rowling, as is the Harry Potter series of novels, merchandise etc. The character of Mia Marvolo and her family are my creative propertyinspired by the character of Tom Marvolo Riddle. I am making no money from this story.
Of Squibs and Wizards
Summer 1970
1970 Thursday
Well Antony has brought home a friend from Hogwarts. Without getting daddy's permission of course! I swear if I could get away with half of what Antony manages to get away with! Antony says that he is a fellow house mate and that his parents are nasty creatures so anyway his name is Severus Snape and he is to spend the summer with us.
He seems nice enough, well polite anyway. He doesn't talk much, he just stares-watches us all. His eyes are constantly moving-it's spooky really. I don't think he likes me at all, of course most of the people I know don't like me but they are frightened enough of daddy to not show it in his presence. Daddy is very sensitive of my defect-so is the rest of the family in fact. They all treat me like I'm some fragile thing.
Back to the topic! Severus Snape-what an odd name. He's not a really handsome boy. His nose is too big for his face for one thing and he is tall! Tall and skinny momma started fretting about that almost at once then dragged him to the kitchen and had the cook serve him a bowl of pasta. I don't think he appreciated that very much, but he ate it anyway. At least he has good manners!
He has nice eyes though-they are so dark and they glitter when the light hits them just so and he has this marvelous pale skin! But the hair! And the clothes! I can see why Antony brought him home. Daddy says he looks like a stray.
Some stray! A Snape! Antony is taking Severus out on the boat tomorrow, they are to fish Lake Ponchartrain and he is hoping to bring home dinner! Antony is such a boy! Severus looks like the last thing he'd rather do is fish, but he is too polite to say so. It seems that British manners are similar to Southern manners.
Sunday
Well our guest certainly didn't know what to make of the Mass. Daddy had me sit next to him as Antony was serving as alter boy this week, and I have to say that I know he doesn't like me. Then again Antony, although he says I am his favorite sister, says I am a corvée. Well I am only nine!
Still he was polite enough through it all, and he seemed to enjoy lunch afterwards. Now he and Antony are off exploring the French Quarter. Antony said something about going to see Mister Blackwell and this potion that he has recently invented.
I am to stay home today and study my French. Daddy told me yesterday that I had been accepted at St. Anne's up in South Carolina! I can't believe that he is letting me go away to school!
Daddy says that it's a Muggle school and that it's really the best place for me. The nuns will look after me and I should get a good education there. I still can't believe it! I am so excited! No one there will know I am defective, that my family is magical, only that I am an ordinary girl. Maybe I will make a few friends!
Sunday
I can't believe that the summer is almost over! Only two more weeks until I go off to school and Antony and Severus return to Hogwarts! I have my things ready and packed and now all I have to do is wait. I know that the time is going to crawl by!
I have taken to hiding in the library recently as Antony's friends have become a regular part of the household these days-as usual. My sister Gina just celebrated her sweet sixteen and so there was a party last night. I hate parties! I had to go too, daddy made me.
He doesn't understand me. No one does. How can they? I am the only one in my entire family like this. I can't wait for school to start.
Severus has warmed up to us all a bit. I think he actually smiled at me last night when I made my appearance downstairs. I'm not sure though, maybe it was a frown. It was too fast across his face for me to make out.
We both eventually ended up in a corner-he on one side of the room, I on the other, watching the party from the shadows. I prefer this, no one pays attention to me. I think that he prefers it as well. He certainly isn't as outgoing as Antony, but then I am more quite than my sisters are. It's not hard since I am the youngest in the family and four older sisters together can be awfully loud. I just wish they'd stop treating me like a baby!
So anyway, Severus spent almost the entire party against a wall. Except for the few dances he was obliged to take-all of them with my pest sisters too. He didn't look happy, his eyes weren't flashing. I have watched him enough to tell that he expresses himself with his eyes, they flash when he is happy and are dull when he isn't. The look on his face was polite, but his eyes were dull. Poor Severus! I don't think that the British start the whole courtship thing at the age of twelve. I wonder if Antony explained this to him.
I suppose that next summer, when I return home, mom will sit me down and begin to teach me how to be a lady. It always starts at the age of ten. Lessons on etiquette, behavior and posture. I've heard enough of it from my sisters over the years, Gina most recently and now that she is sixteen and has had her party the boy can start courting her. Yuk. Boys! I guess that means that the Pierre the Pest will come and visit more often. I am so happy that I am going away. I hate Pierre!
Saturday
Tomorrow I leave for St. Anne's. Severus and Antony left today. I am sorry he is gone. Antony is so nice to me when he isn't ignoring me. Severus looked sorry to go too, he's put on a bit of weight and mom seemed satisfied with his appearance.
They went shopping a few days ago, for their school things and Severus came back with a couple of nice looking robes. I over heard daddy telling mom that he thought Severus was abused at home. How awful. And that he was going to see to it that Severus started the year off with some proper robes and not those hand me downs that he wore. Mom said that Severus would be too proud to accept the gesture seeing as an act of charity so maybe daddy could let her handle the situation.
Mom is so clever! Severus has his new robes, he couldn't refuse after mom told him it was a tradition for a hosting family to give a farewell gift to departing company. I would have never thought of putting it like that. I know that mom will probably send Severus some things in Antony's care packages too, I think that's nice. He seems to have grown on us this summer and daddy has formally invited him back for the next.
As for me. Well I have a new haircut, not much of one, but a haircut. Mom and I have been practicing braiding my hair and I have gotten good at it. I hate my hair, I wish I were a blonde instead of having this black stuff!
When I was brushing me teeth a few minutes ago, I really looked at myself in the mirror. I don't look any different, but I feel different. I still have my green eyes (from grandmother) and my skin is tanned (thanks to my reading in the back yard all summer). I look like my mom, and she is pretty. I overheard Gina telling mom that it was too bad I was defective, I could have gotten myself a handsome man like Pierre otherwise. The only thing that kept me from crying was the fact that mom scolded Gina for her saying I was defective.
Just because it's true doesn't mean that I doesn't hurt to hear it from your own sister. Besides I hate Pierre the Pest!
The characters that you recognize from the canon are the property of JK Rowling, as is the Harry Potter series of novels, merchandise etc. The character of Mia Marvolo and her family are my creative propertyinspired by the character of Tom Marvolo Riddle. I am making no money from this story.
Of Squibs and Wizards
Summer 1970
1970 Thursday
Well Antony has brought home a friend from Hogwarts. Without getting daddy's permission of course! I swear if I could get away with half of what Antony manages to get away with! Antony says that he is a fellow house mate and that his parents are nasty creatures so anyway his name is Severus Snape and he is to spend the summer with us.
He seems nice enough, well polite anyway. He doesn't talk much, he just stares-watches us all. His eyes are constantly moving-it's spooky really. I don't think he likes me at all, of course most of the people I know don't like me but they are frightened enough of daddy to not show it in his presence. Daddy is very sensitive of my defect-so is the rest of the family in fact. They all treat me like I'm some fragile thing.
Back to the topic! Severus Snape-what an odd name. He's not a really handsome boy. His nose is too big for his face for one thing and he is tall! Tall and skinny momma started fretting about that almost at once then dragged him to the kitchen and had the cook serve him a bowl of pasta. I don't think he appreciated that very much, but he ate it anyway. At least he has good manners!
He has nice eyes though-they are so dark and they glitter when the light hits them just so and he has this marvelous pale skin! But the hair! And the clothes! I can see why Antony brought him home. Daddy says he looks like a stray.
Some stray! A Snape! Antony is taking Severus out on the boat tomorrow, they are to fish Lake Ponchartrain and he is hoping to bring home dinner! Antony is such a boy! Severus looks like the last thing he'd rather do is fish, but he is too polite to say so. It seems that British manners are similar to Southern manners.
Sunday
Well our guest certainly didn't know what to make of the Mass. Daddy had me sit next to him as Antony was serving as alter boy this week, and I have to say that I know he doesn't like me. Then again Antony, although he says I am his favorite sister, says I am a corvée. Well I am only nine!
Still he was polite enough through it all, and he seemed to enjoy lunch afterwards. Now he and Antony are off exploring the French Quarter. Antony said something about going to see Mister Blackwell and this potion that he has recently invented.
I am to stay home today and study my French. Daddy told me yesterday that I had been accepted at St. Anne's up in South Carolina! I can't believe that he is letting me go away to school!
Daddy says that it's a Muggle school and that it's really the best place for me. The nuns will look after me and I should get a good education there. I still can't believe it! I am so excited! No one there will know I am defective, that my family is magical, only that I am an ordinary girl. Maybe I will make a few friends!
Sunday
I can't believe that the summer is almost over! Only two more weeks until I go off to school and Antony and Severus return to Hogwarts! I have my things ready and packed and now all I have to do is wait. I know that the time is going to crawl by!
I have taken to hiding in the library recently as Antony's friends have become a regular part of the household these days-as usual. My sister Gina just celebrated her sweet sixteen and so there was a party last night. I hate parties! I had to go too, daddy made me.
He doesn't understand me. No one does. How can they? I am the only one in my entire family like this. I can't wait for school to start.
Severus has warmed up to us all a bit. I think he actually smiled at me last night when I made my appearance downstairs. I'm not sure though, maybe it was a frown. It was too fast across his face for me to make out.
We both eventually ended up in a corner-he on one side of the room, I on the other, watching the party from the shadows. I prefer this, no one pays attention to me. I think that he prefers it as well. He certainly isn't as outgoing as Antony, but then I am more quite than my sisters are. It's not hard since I am the youngest in the family and four older sisters together can be awfully loud. I just wish they'd stop treating me like a baby!
So anyway, Severus spent almost the entire party against a wall. Except for the few dances he was obliged to take-all of them with my pest sisters too. He didn't look happy, his eyes weren't flashing. I have watched him enough to tell that he expresses himself with his eyes, they flash when he is happy and are dull when he isn't. The look on his face was polite, but his eyes were dull. Poor Severus! I don't think that the British start the whole courtship thing at the age of twelve. I wonder if Antony explained this to him.
I suppose that next summer, when I return home, mom will sit me down and begin to teach me how to be a lady. It always starts at the age of ten. Lessons on etiquette, behavior and posture. I've heard enough of it from my sisters over the years, Gina most recently and now that she is sixteen and has had her party the boy can start courting her. Yuk. Boys! I guess that means that the Pierre the Pest will come and visit more often. I am so happy that I am going away. I hate Pierre!
Saturday
Tomorrow I leave for St. Anne's. Severus and Antony left today. I am sorry he is gone. Antony is so nice to me when he isn't ignoring me. Severus looked sorry to go too, he's put on a bit of weight and mom seemed satisfied with his appearance.
They went shopping a few days ago, for their school things and Severus came back with a couple of nice looking robes. I over heard daddy telling mom that he thought Severus was abused at home. How awful. And that he was going to see to it that Severus started the year off with some proper robes and not those hand me downs that he wore. Mom said that Severus would be too proud to accept the gesture seeing as an act of charity so maybe daddy could let her handle the situation.
Mom is so clever! Severus has his new robes, he couldn't refuse after mom told him it was a tradition for a hosting family to give a farewell gift to departing company. I would have never thought of putting it like that. I know that mom will probably send Severus some things in Antony's care packages too, I think that's nice. He seems to have grown on us this summer and daddy has formally invited him back for the next.
As for me. Well I have a new haircut, not much of one, but a haircut. Mom and I have been practicing braiding my hair and I have gotten good at it. I hate my hair, I wish I were a blonde instead of having this black stuff!
When I was brushing me teeth a few minutes ago, I really looked at myself in the mirror. I don't look any different, but I feel different. I still have my green eyes (from grandmother) and my skin is tanned (thanks to my reading in the back yard all summer). I look like my mom, and she is pretty. I overheard Gina telling mom that it was too bad I was defective, I could have gotten myself a handsome man like Pierre otherwise. The only thing that kept me from crying was the fact that mom scolded Gina for her saying I was defective.
Just because it's true doesn't mean that I doesn't hurt to hear it from your own sister. Besides I hate Pierre the Pest!