The original Slytherin Princess is going to be arriving at Hogwarts. She didn't know who she was either. She was just Elizabeth Willows, but her mom tells her that her given last name is Elizabeth Willows Snape. Snape? Who was he to Elizabeth. She had no idea. Her mom - Kara Willows tells her that one summer she met Severus Snape and they had a relationship for the whole summer until he had to go back to teaching at Hogwarts and she had to go back to America. Kara left London without the knowledge that during the time- that she was pregnant. Kara was dying - no one knew the cause of how she was dying, but on her death bed she wanted Elizabeth to know the truth about who she is and where she comes from. She wasn't a pure witch like her mother. She was a half-blood. Like her father. As Kara was dying she was making sure that her sister, Blair Harper was transferring the money that was in America to the wizard bank in London. Blair also had to go to London and drop Elizabeth off at her fathers house. Elizabeth looked at her mother. Kara knew that Elizabeth didn't want to go, but she had to no one had the right to take over parental rights, only her father could take care off her. The night before Elizabeth had to leave her mom died. Elizabeth didn't talk to anyone and couldn't. Her mom - died. Kara knew that she was going to die, it was something that wizards or witches couldn't explain. It was something that no one knew about it. Elizabeth looked around her room. It was empty. Everything was in her bag- using a charm that her Aunt Blair casted.
Elizabeth got into the magical carriage that her Aunt had appear. It was night time when they were traveling, everyone knew that they wished that they could take care of Elizabeth but it was in her mother's will that she wanted Elizabeth to be with her father. Elizabeth fell asleep on the ride to her dad's place. Just then the carriage stopped and Blair shook Elizabeth awake. They arrived, and it was day time in London. They were outside a door and Elizabeth was scared to meet this guy that was her 'Father'. Blair knocked on the door and just then a guy answered the door. He had very long black hair and his eye color was the same as Elizabeth. She couldn't see anything else she had in common with him. She hid behind her Aunt.
"Yes?" The guy asked.
"Hello I'm Blair Harper. You knew my siser Kara." Aunt Blair said.
"Kara? I haven't seen her in 14 years." The guy was shocked to see Aunt Blair bring her up.
"Do you mind if we come in? We have a lot of to talk about." Aunt Blair stated.
"Sure." The guy opened the door and we walked in. "What is wrong with Kara?"
"Well, yesterday she passed away from something we couldn't explain, They think that she had a muggle thing called Cancer." Aunt Blair said sadly. "She did state you in her will though."
"What did she say?" The guy said sitting down on the couch.
I was looking around the room, there was a lot of books here. A lot were on dark magic and potions. Potions- I was really great at potions. I wondered what he did. Is he a professor at Hogwarts? I looked at Aunt Blair and sat next to her as she was pulling out Mommy's will. This guy...Could this man be my father? Maybe, he said he hasn't seen my mommy in 14 years. I'm 14- I'll be 15 March 15th. I looked at the will and started to feel the tears again. This was really something that I never thought could happen.
"She leaves you the daughter you never knew about. She didn't know how to tell you and didn't know until she gave birth. No one of us knew that she was pregnant." Aunt Blair said handing over the copy of the will. "She felt really bad about not reaching you, but she didn't know. She left you as the father on Elizabeth's birth certificate. You are the only person who can legally take care of Elizabeth"
The guy looked over at me and I looked away and hid my face in Aunt Blair's arm. I couldn't look at this guy. He was my father and I guess that this was something that I know I had to deal with. Mommy was gone and this man was the only thing that I had left in the world, well there was Aunt Blair but she was going back to America. I looked at him as he was talking with Aunt Blair.
"I have no idea how to take care of her" The guy said.
"Severus, you are the only one who can legally to do this. I will help you as much as I can before the school year starts back up in America." Aunt Blair said.
"Blair, look...I'm a-" The guy started to say.
"She told me everything, Elizabeth needs a father and you are the only one who can help her through this Severus. Her full name is Elizabeth Rose Willows Snape. Your name is on the paper works but at school she went by Willows. You need her as much as she needs you." Aunt Blair stated.
I got up from the couch and went to look at the cabinets with the potion ingredients in them. There was so many potion ingredients in this house. He had to be a potions teacher at Hogwarts. I looked at the vials that were filled and labeled. There were so many. I didn't know how someone like him could make so many potions while working at Hogwarts too. Aunt Blair was a potions teacher at Ilvermory School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I was in the Horned Serpent house. I looked around the books some more so I didn't have to listen to Aunt Blair and my da-...that guy...Mr. Snape talk. I looked around and saw a copy of Advanced Potions. That was something that I thought no one was going to have. It was a first edition too and I always tried to get my hands on one before, but of course they were only available in London and they didn't really like to ship books over seas.
"Elizabeth, darling, come over here so you can meet your father properly." Aunt Blair called.
I walked over and looked at him, what I suppose to do? On the outside he looked mean. Was he actually really nice like mommy talked about? I really wondered if he would even want me if I was alone and he knew about me? Would he be mad at mommy for keeping me away from him? I looked down at the ground. So many questions running around in my head and I had no idea if any of them there were correct in a way. Some how, some where I know that mommy is looking down at me and smiling because I'm finally meeting my father. This is what she should want.
"H-hello." I whispered.
"Hello Elizabeth." He said.
"Now, Severus she did take after you in potions." Aunt Blair said.
"How do you know?" Dad asked.
Aunt Blair handed him my school records from Ilvermory. "She passed everything that potions related. She passed everything, but all the better grades were in potions. Kara told me that you told her that you teacher Potions at Hogwarts. So I'm pretty sure that she will be in great hands when it comes to potions, during her years at Hogwarts."
"What year is she going into?" Dad asked.
"I'll be going into my 5th year" I answered.
"I'll have to send a letter to Dumbledore and ask him for the list of books and that there will be a new student at Hogwarts this year." Dad said.
It's weird, calling him Dad. He is my dad but I never knew him. Mom told me stories about him, she never told me that he was alive, or told me that he was dead. She just said that he lived far away and that they can't be together. I looked at him as he went to a desk and started writing a note to whoever Dumbledore was. Maybe he was the headmaster at Hogwarts. I looked at Aunt Blair as she looked around the house. It was much bigger on the outside than it was on the inside. This was something that I couldn't believe was happening. I was going to start living here. In London! I always wanted to live in London. This my chance to bring some American culture to my dad, and Hogwarts. I don't even know what was going to be going on at Hogwarts. I watched as he walked over to his desk and he was wrote the letter and called an owl. He gave the letter to the owl and then the owl left. I wondered how long it was going to take for the letter to arrive to the headmaster.
"Elizabeth, how about I show you to your bedroom and your Aunt and yourself can go unpack while I clean up down here." Dad suggested.
"Sure...daddy." I said nodding my head.
We went upstairs and he showed me to the bedroom. It was huge! It was bigger than my bedroom back home. I set my bag down, the room had a balcony and I smiled as I opened the door to set outside. This room painted sliver and I really liked the color. My dad walked out of the room and Aunt Blair went into my bag. She pulled out my bed, I looked over at her and nodded as I started going into my bag and pulling out my furniture. I brought some from my rooms too. I wanted stuff to remember her by. I pulled out the photo that mom had of her and a man. As looked closer at the male, I saw that it was my dad. She hid the picture from me, and I saw it only once. I walked out of the room to fine my dad. This was something that I wanted him to have the photo, it is rightfully his. I walked down the stairs and saw him cleaning up the book with magic. I looked over at him and smiled.
"Dad..." I whispered a little loud.
"Elizabeth is everything okay?" He asked looking at me.
"I...I wanted to give you this." I answered handing him over the photo of Mom and him. I looked over at him as he started to smile.
"Thank you Elizabeth." Dad said hugging me. I hugged him back as he whispered in my ear. "It's okay to cry Elizabeth, I know you miss her very much."
"Thank you Dad. I'll go see if Aunt Blair is done in my room" I said pulling away from the hug. I walked back up the stairs and knew that this was the moment in my life. I had my dad in my life, the man I never knew. So I guess this summer, I will be able to get to know my dad. This summer was going to be a good summer, I was hanging out with my dad and of course my Aunt Blair. As I went back to my room I saw that Aunt Blair decorated everything so amazing. She knew that I liked because she was more like an older sister than an Aunt to me. "Wow! Aunt Blair...This is room is amazing!" I smiled at her.
"Well, we did put the furniture in the spots you wanted, all I had to do was cast a spell on your furniture to make them their normal size." Aunt Blair admitted.
"Oh...true, but you unpacked my whole bag..." I said looking around the room. "I can't believe you did this..." I said walking over to my books. This was the more amazing then ever. Just then I heard the clap of thunder and I knew that it was going to start raining soon. I went over to the balcony and shut the doors. I didn't want rain to get into my room, not after my aunt used magic to get it all fixed for me. Just the way that it was at home-well somewhat, I did have a few different ideas as we were on our way to be here.
"I wanted to do something for you. Elizabeth you have been through a whole lot. This is the least I can do, make your room and be with you until I have to go back and get ready for the school year back in America." Aunt Blair said to me hugging me. Aunt Blair went into her purse and pulled out a necklace. It was the one that my mom had when she was younger. I always loved that necklace. "She would want you to have this." Aunt Blair placed the necklace around my neck.
The necklace was a heart shape based and it was pink with a golden outline. on the side of the necklace was a white crescent moon. The white moon had pink golden sparkles on it. It was the best necklace that mom owned and I always wanted the necklace because it really spoke to me. I looked in the mirror and smiled. I was really shocked to see how beautiful it really was. Looking the mirror, I still can feel her with me, I was always told that I look like my mom. She was the strongest witch I knew. She took care of me for 14 years by herself, with help of course. I looked around and saw that Aunt Blair was gone, I wondered where she went. I shrugged my shoulders and went to go read a potions book. I had tons of them. I didn't know what I should do, I was thinking that I should leave Dad and Aunt Blair to talk about what they need to do before Aunt Blair had to go back to America. The rain was pelting against the windows and the balcony door. I closed my eyes listening to the rain fall. I didn't know why, but the rain always made me fall asleep and I could sleep through the rain. I could never sleep though the rain if it was a thunderstorm outside.
The next morning came, as I opened my eyes I forgot where I was at the moment. As my eyesight started to adjust, I saw that I wasn't in America anymore and that the sun was up in the sky. It wasn't morning, but my body was telling me that it was morning and I couldn't understand what was going on. I got out of the bed and walked down the stairs to see Aunt Blair and Dad talking about something. As I got closer to them, I was still in the clothes that I wore yesterday. They looked up when they heard me walk into the room. I started to feel the heat rise to my cheeks. I walked over and looked at them, I couldn't help but walk towards the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat for breakfast-well it was more like lunch. As I walked into the kitchen I saw a house elf, it reminded me of the one that my Uncle Carl had back home. He was a weird fellow-the house elf not Uncle Carl. The house elf seemed to be making lunch so I walked back into the living room, so I looked through the books that Dad had in the bookcases.
"Elizabeth, it's good to see that you are finally awake." Aunt Blair laughed.
"Y-Yeah..Sorry that I slept in." I mumbled.
"You know, you have the whole summer to get adjusted, so you will be able to go to Hogwarts come September 1st." Dad said to me.
"The headmaster said I can go to Hogwarts?" I asked a bit shocked.
"Yeah, but I won't be able to take you to the train station, so I will have to drop you off at the Malfoy Manor." Dad nodded his head. "They will have to take you to get your school supplies, their son Draco is my best student and going into the same year as you."
I nodded my head, this was something that I kind of thought was going to happen. He was a professor and they always had to go to the school early. Aunt Blair does that at Ilvermorny. "I understand, Aunt Blair does the same thing, she usually spends the summer with us and then she has to leave the house a week before the school year starts to get everything ready." I sat next to Aunt Blair. The thing that I was wondering was-who was Draco? Well, dad said that he was a student and his best student. I know that I wanted to be my dad's best student.
"Master Snape, lunch is ready for you and your guest." The house elf said bowing.
"Thank you Rosie" Dad said getting up from the couch.
Aunt Blair and I followed my dad into the dinning room where lunch was on the table. I sat next to my dad and across from Aunt Blair. I looked at the food on the table was smelling so good. I wondered what was going to be going on when I got to Hogwarts. I wasn't in a house, and I knew that I had to be sorted into a house. There was something that really scared me about Hogwarts.I was only going to know two people there. One was my dad and the other would be Draco. I started eating the fruit that was available. I just love fruit, everything from strawberries to pineapples to apples to bananas. Everything was so good but oranges. I just couldn't eat anything that had oranges in it. I was severely allergic to oranges. It wasn't really that upsetting because the smell of the oranges just made me sneeze and get this feeling of an itch. I looked around the table to make sure that there weren't any oranges around the table.
"Elizabeth, is everything okay?" Aunt Blair was asking me.
"Yeah, I was making sure that weren't any oranges." I answered her, still looking around the table and not looking at her.
"Don't worry, Rosie got rid of all the oranges." Aunt Blair calmed my nerves.
"Oh good." I sighed.
We went back to eating the lunch and after we were done I got up from the table, walking into the living room to find a potions book that I never saw or read before. This would be amazing summer. My dad would probably let me read any of these books because potions is my thong and there was just so many books he had on potions. There were some other titles around the book cases. Dark Magic? Was my dad into dark magic? Maybe he wasnt and maybe he was trying to get another subject at Hogwarts and he couldn't get it because he was so good at potions and it was just his thing. That was the way with Professor Laneheart. She wanted the History of Salem, but the subject was taught by a ghost who was a witch during the time of the Salem Witch Trials and it was better to teach first hand experiences than not.
~A week before Hogwarts~
Today was the day that I was going to be arriving at the Malfoy Manor. Dad really didn't talk much about how well he knew them. He just kept on saying that Draco was his best student and his parents are very proud that he's good at all his subjects. I feel like my dad is hiding something from me. I haven't really been allowed out of the house with him. Apparently he had a lot of stuff to do before he had go to Hogwarts. I didn't even know that the school was like, was it big? Was it huge? What was it? I looked over at my dad and saw that he was packing up his belongings. Aunt Blair was already gone-She had to get back to America so she can pack as well. I wondered what was going to be happening with all my friends back home? They didn't know that I had to move, they probably thought that I was going to be staying with Aunt Blair because she's my mom's sister. I had packed up my bags and walked downstairs.
"Elizabeth are you ready?" Dad asked me.
"Yes Dad." I said.
"Do you know how to travel by Floo?"
"Yeah."
"You want to say Malfoy Manor. I'll go first." He got into the fireplace and grabbed some of that nasty smelling green powder. "Malfoy Manor." He said as he threw powder on the ground and green flames wrapped around his body and he disappeared.
I took a deep breathe and brought my bag into the fireplace with me. I grabbed some of that green powder and closed my eyes. "Malfoy Manor!" I shouted and I was traveling through the fireplace and in the next second I was in another house. I looked around and saw that it was a wonderful manor. I stepped out of the fireplace and I was greeted by a tall blonde boy. He looked about my age-or a bit older. "Hello, I'm Elizabeth Snape." I said smiling at him.
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." He said.
"Are all British boys like this? Saying their last name first and then their first name? Or was it just this boy?" I thought.
"Um..." I wanted to say something and just then my dad walked over to me and Draco.
"Elizabeth, this is Lucius and Narcissa." My dad said pointing to them. "I will see you in a week, behave yourself" He said as he walked through the fireplace and went back home.
"Well, come on dear I'll show you to your bedroom." Narcissa said taking my arm and bringing me up the stairs before I could hear anything that Lucius was going to say.
"Oh, sure I would like that" I said allowing her to drag me away.
We walked up the flight of stairs and she started telling me everything about the manor and how old it is. Something that I could care less about it. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy history. I just knew that this wasn't what I wanted to learn about. I didn't even want to be here-stupid dad. Why couldn't I just go shopping by myself? I guess it would be a little hard on how to get to where all the shops were. I looked as Narcissa was opening a door.
"And this is your room." She said showing me a bedroom that was a bit smaller than the one I had back home. "Today we will be getting yours and Draco's school supplies for your 5th year." She added as she sat on the bed.
"Thank you for allowing me to stay. I hope it wasn't any bother." I said looking out the window.
"Oh no, it wasn't. It's good to have another girl here." Narcissa stated. "Severus told us about your mother and I'm sorry to hear that she didn't tell you about your dad."
"It's okay. She said whenever she looked in my eyes, she could see him." I smiled turning around and facing Narcissa.
"You do have his eyes color, and apparently your mothers hair color?" She asked me.
"Oh...well not exactly." I stated biting my lip and looking away.
"What do you mean Elizabeth?"
"I'm a Metamorphmagus."
"Oh. Well you must get it from your mother."
"Yeah, she taught me how to control everything."
"I can tell you miss her."
I started playing the necklace. The necklace my mom had-the one that I now have. According to the legend of the necklace-and my mom-the necklace holds a lot of powerful magic and no one was able to unlock it or know how to use it. I couldn't believe that my mom was holding on to something this important. I knew that somewhere in America my friends were also getting ready to go back to school. I would never forget them-but I wouldn't want to see them as if I do-I might just start crying because of the pain that was there. I lost everything there. Mom-Why did you have to go? Why did you have to leave me with this man that I really still don't know.
"I do miss her. She was my best friend like my Aunt Blair."
Just then there was a knock at the door, instead of allowing Narcissa to get up to get the door-I got up and opened it. On the other side was Draco. I looked at him as he walked into the room and went over to his mother.
"Mother it's time to head into Diagon Alley." He said and then walked out of the room.
Narcissa walked out of the room and I followed her. I was wondering what Diagon Alley was? Was it the marketplace? It had to be as it was something that I never thought it would be called. Once we got downstairs, we went outside to the car and got in. A car? How is a car going to get us to a Wizard Market place? Next thing I knew Lucius pressed some buttons and the car started to drive-lifting off the ground and into the air. I looked out the window and saw that everything was getting smaller. There was no way that this was happening. I looked over at Draco and he was looking at me.
"Can you tell me the houses at Hogwarts?" I asked him.
"There's Slytherin-the best house in the whole school, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and the worst house for mudbloods is Gryffindor." He stated.
"You must be Slytherin then. My dad mentioned that he was the head of the house for Slytherin." I nodded my head.
"Yeah, I am a Slytheirn and it is true. You should be in Slytherin too because it's the best house to be in."
"I'll try, I mean I don't get to pick what house I want to be in."
"Wish you could then I could help you in all your classes."
"No thanks. I think I can manage on my own."
~Diagon Alley~
Once the car was parked we got out of the car and walked towards towards a wall. It was just a wall! What is so special about a wall! I do not understand these British Witches and Wizards. Now I really wish I could go home. Not home where my dad was. Home where Aunt Blair was- where my friends are. This wasn't what I thought it would be like. Lucius started a pattern on the wall and then it opened up. I was pretty sure that if anyone came over and did that they would figure it out...Unless you had to use your wand. I followed the Malfoy family into the market place. I looked around and it was pretty huge.
"Let's see what do we have to get?" Lucius asked.
"Magical Drafts and potions, One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, A History of Magic, Intermediate Transfigurations, Monster book of Monsters, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Unfogging the future, Ancient Runes Made east, Rune Dictionary, Home life and Social Habits of British Muggles, The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 5) by Miranda Goshawk, Defensive Magical Theory by Wilbert Slinkhard, Quills, Inks, Parchment, Blank Journal" I listed off my paper. "Oh I also need robes."
"Alright, let's hit the book shop and then we'll get you some robes." Narcissa said looking at me smiling a bit.
"Okay." I nodded.
We started walking towards the book store- which was called Flourish and Blotts. There were a whole bunch of other shops as well. This was something that I never thought could happen. I wanted to show in every single shop there was. I'm not really much a big shopper- but London Wizarding Market! I would shop until I drop here. Draco and I went into the bookstore while his parents went to do something alone. I shrugged and started looking at all the bookcases to look for a book. Just then someone and I grabbed from the same book. I looked up and saw that it was guy with red hair and he was pretty tall. I started to blush a bit and pulled my hand away from the book. I could sense my hair changing red to match my cheeks.
"Are you okay?" He asked me.
"Yeah-I'm fine. You can have the book, I'll just get the one next to it." I answer grabbing the next book. "I'm Elizabeth" I said making sure I didn't say my last name.
"Fred Weasley." He smiled. "I never saw you around Hogwarts your accent tells me you aren't British either."
"I'm from America, I came to live with my father" I said.
"Who's your father."
"He's-"
"Professor Snape." Draco's voice said.
"Malfoy" Fred sneered.
"Weasley, I see that your still attending your 5th year." Draco sneered.
"I'm grabbing books for everyone." Fred glared at Draco.
"Draco, you finished already?" I asked changing the subject.
"Yes, And I got you the other books too." He stated pushing some books into my hands. "Let's go pay and get out of here."
"..." I looked over at Fred and my hair color started going a shade darker then his own hair. I was being dragged away from him by Draco and it was just making me mad. "Draco stop it!" I said pulling myself free from him.
"You are never to speak to blood traitors." He sneered.
"You don't get to tell me who I can and can't talk to! As a matter of fact, you are the biggest jerk I ever met! and I rather not be around you!" I yelled at him and paid for my books as I walked away from him. As I walked outside I bumped into Fred again. I looked up. "Fred...how can you be outside? I just-"
"I'm not Fred. I'm George." Fred...George said looking at me.
"Oh...Your twins.." I mumbled.
"Yeah. I couldn't find Fred-but it seems you talked to him."
"I did."
"Well...What's your name?"
"Elizabeth Snape."
"Snape? Your related to Professor Snape!?"
"Yeah...his long lost daughter."
"Well, you look nothing like him...except for those eyes."
"I get that all the time. It could also help that I'm a metamorphmagus."
"Well, I'm sure that you could be very cute, but knowing my brother- and I do. He probably in his head called dibbs."
"Dibbs?"
"Yeah-it's like-"
"I know what dibbs is, I'm just wondering why he called it on me."
"Well, you are cute."
Just then someone else came over and I looked behind me and saw Fred. I smiled at him and knew that he was going to be okay. He walked over and handed a bag to his brother and then he looked at me.
"I thought Malfoy dragged you away." Fred questioned.
"He did. Then I stormed away from him. He doesn't get to tell me who I get to hang out with. I'm not his-I'm no ones and I don't understand the whole thing between you guys and Draco. He did started saying how Slytherin was the best and Gryffindor was the worst on the way here." I answered.
"Well, don't listen to him. Gryffindor is the best." George stated.
"I bet. I don't even belong to a house. So I wouldn't know." I sighed.
"Well, hopefully you are in Gryffindor," Fred smiled.
"You guys are in Gryffindor?" I asked the most stupidest question.
"Our whole family is in and was in Gryffindor." George answered.
"Wow..That's pretty cool" I smiled.
"Who are you two talking to?" Another voice said and just then there were other people looking at us three.
"I'm Elizabeth" I said smiling.
"I'm Molly, and this is Ginny, Ron, and Ron's two friends Harry and Hermione." The woman said smiling.
"It's nice to meet all of you." I smiled.
"You aren't from here. You must be from America! What are you doing here?" Hermione asked.
"Oh...well...my mom died and well I had to come here and live with my dad." I answered.
"Who is your dad?" Harry asked.
"Well you guys know him, due to him working at Hogwarts." I whispered.
"They won't ever guess it" Fred laughed.
"What does he do?" Ron asked.
"Potions." I answered.
"SNAPE!" Ron, Harry and Hermione shouted.
"Yeah." I said looking at the ground.
"Come on you three - she's nice and probably takes after her mother with the personality." Ginny said walking towards me, "What year are you going into?"
"5th" I nodded my head.
"That's the same year as Ron, Harry and Hermione." Molly said.
"Elizabeth, there you are." Narcissa said walking over. "We better get you the rest you need."
