Email: KSparks321@aol.com
Rating: Probably R, but might get up to NC-17
Disclaimer: I only wish I were making money off of this, I have law school debts to pay off someday. JKR and her publishers own this, I'm just using the characters for my own fun. There will be violence and may be sex in this fic, so if you do not like that sort of thing, stop reading now please.
Author's Notes: Please feel free to review this and email me. I love feedback. A tentative schedule for future chapters is I will write on Friday and Saturday, get them edited after that and post them on Mondays or Tuesdays. I'll try to stick to it, but no guarantees. I just hope my inspiration continues. My thanks to Jen (VenusDeMilo) for beta-ing this story, if you haven't read her fics, shame on you! After you read this, you better go read hers!
The New Addition
Prologue
Saturday afternoons during the summer at Hogwarts have always been quiet, and that was just the way Severus Snape liked them. He sat in his private study pondering the past four years as he slowly sipped on a cup of tea. The only light in the room was coming from the lit fire in the fireplace, not that it was needed, June was always hot, but Snape was in the habit of always having a lit fire close in case of emergencies; especially with the events of the past several years.
'Never did I think our world would be this conflicted. At least the first time Voldemort rose the world was against him for the most part. Of course, most would not come right out and say so, but the sentiment was there. Now nearly half of the graduating students are poised to take the Dark Mark. Granted they are mostly Slytherins and Ravenclaws, but there have been Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors also. The worst is still coming, I know it. Based on the past, there is more to come and I do not know how much more our world and Hogwarts specifically can take. Everything is crumbling around us and I am at a loss as to what else can be done. When Voldemort was reborn I went back and pledged my alliance, as I had years before, so that I could again spy and gather information for Dumbledore, but Voldemort is smarter this time. He has us separated into groups and no one knows what any of the other groups are doing. So all I can report is what my 10 partners are doing. There is a feeling of utter uselessness that I associate with that.'
'Things were fairly quiet for three years after Voldemort was reborn. Of course we knew he was gathering strength, although the Ministry of Magic and that idiot Fudge would not acknowledge it. I suppose that is what happens when you give a Hufflepuff power, they work so hard to keep it that they forget to do the job they are supposed to be doing. Attacks escalated right after the "Terrific Trio" graduated. Once Potter, Weasley, and Granger were in the open, it was hunting season for the Death Eaters. By August of that year Granger had disappeared. To this day, no one knows for sure what happened to her. No body was found, no one saw her disappear, and no one took credit for it. There was not even bragging at our general meetings, which was a rarity. So Potter and Weasley searched, along with half the wizarding world, and came back with nothing.'
Severus yawned suddenly, surprising himself. He hadn't realized he had been sitting and staring at the fire for so long. A walk around the dungeons was overdue, so he got up and left in rooms in search of anything amiss in his territory. Halfway down the second hallway he was lost in his thoughts yet again.
'With the brains behind the operation gone, it was made very clear that Potter and Weasley were to be assassinated. Before any of this could happen the Fidelus Charm was used on both of them and they went into hiding together and have not been heard from since, although we know they are alive and well. After they were out of the picture, morale hit rock bottom. It seemed that no one was willing to take on Voldemort and he kept gaining more and more power, and the number of his followers increased.'
'The Malfoys are the most loyal and influential family in the Dark Circle, as they always have been. That damned son of theirs was the biggest prat I had even seen while he was at Hogwarts; of course he became a Death Eater right after graduation, doing everything his daddy wanted him to do. I wonder if that child ever had an original thought in his head. For the past several months the attacks have tapered off. I know something big is being planned, that is the only explanation. How I can find out what is going to happen is another story. I cannot ask questions, it will only raise suspicions. The only information I have is what my group has been assigned to do. Currently that is nothing. I have not been contacted in about three months.' Severus thought as he sat back in his chair and massaged the bridge of his nose in an effort to relax himself.
Just as he started to nod off into sleep, the fire before him turned green and a letter flew out and hit him in the forehead. His face contorted and his whole body shuddered as he thought of the unclassy way the letter had been sent. He reached down and picked the envelope up off the floor where it had landed and noticed the handwriting.
'Lucius, it figures. Does he not remember what an owl is and what its job is?' He thought as he opened the letter and starred at the writing. It read:
Professor Severus Snape,You are cordially invited to Malfoy Manor on June 21st of this year for a summer solstice celebration to be remembered forever. We will be celebrating a new addition to our family. We do hope you will attend.
Yours,
The Malfoys