Chapter 1 Bonds of Affection
James was three when his sister Morgana was born. They had a pleasant life. The summer of 1971 James received his letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Potter family was so excited. When there James meet, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. The four young men became know as a group of mischievous individuals. That same year a young muggleborn witch arrived by the name of Lily Evans. All 5 of the new friends were sorted in to Griffindor. One other individual Severus Snape was sorted into Slytherin where he was taken under the wing of a 7th year know as Lucius Malfoy.
The year went off well, until one night in February. This night was no different then most others except that in the dead of night James Potter was woken out a deep sleep and then rushed over to the Headmasters office.
"Ah Mr. Potter, so sorry to wake you at this time of night but there is something rather important that I must talk to you about." Dumbledore stated calmly
"Well, what is it Headmaster" James asked
"I was informed that a few hours ago there was an attack on the Potter estates and that your parents were both murdered"
"What my parents are… are dead" James sounded so surprised "Who would want to hurt them"
"I have no idea but whoever it was took a few things before they left"
"What about Morgana? Where is she? Is she alright?" James sounding worried
"Not to worry Mr. Potter, your sister is fine, a little beaten up but alive none the lest. She was lucky if she had been left there any longer who knows what could have happened" Dumbledore stated trying to calm down James
"So can I see her?"
"Yes yes in a few minutes she need to rest. She had just been through a great deal. There is one more thing I would like to talk to you about"
Yes what is its Professor"
"About your sister, I was going to have here stay with relatives until she was old enough but since she is already here, I was wondering if it would be alright with you if she begin school here next year instead of waiting. That way you can watch out for her more."
"I think that is the best idea. If someone is after my family I would rather have my sister here so I can take care of her" James replied
"Good, Good then lets go she if she is awake" Dumbledore stool up and ushered James to the door.
The two figures entered the Hospital wing. Madame Pomfrey came up to the and said
"She is doing better. She has quite a few broken bones and bruises but she will be alright in a few days. She is awake if you would like to go see her" Pomfrey gestured James to the bed.
"Morgana" James exclaimed giving her a light hug as to not injure her anymore. "What happened? Who attacked you"
"Huh, what are you talking about? Why am I here?" Morgana sounded confused
"Oh I forgot to tall you, Morgana doesn't remember anything she was completely out when they found her. At first they thought that she was dead until the saw her breathing and immediately rushed her here." Pomfrey explained "This is the first time she has been awake since who knows how long"
"Oh thanks for telling me" James muttered as he looked back to his little sister who was now sound asleep.
"Maybe you should come back tomorrow and visit her. She needs her rest and you have classes in a few hours. Go back and get as much sleep as you can" Dumbledore said as he walked out of the room " Don't worry Madame Pomfrey will take good care of her and inform us if anything else happens"
As James slowly walked out of the room he looked back at his sister and thought how is she going to take it when she finds out that Mom and Dad are dead.
A few days later James come up to visit Morgana and finds that she is now sitting up in bed. Over the past few days she has remember parts of the attack but not enough to say who did it. Everyday James and his friends have come up to visit Morgana and every day she is looking better and better. Once Morgana is able to walk again she is placed under the order of James to care for her when he was not in class. Of the times when he was in class she was able to room the castle as long as one of the teachers was near by.
One day well walking around Morgana ran in to someone
"Watch where your going" yelled a anger Lucius.
"Sorry, but you should pay attention too. You don't own the hallway." Morgana stated without fear.
"Oh so you think you can talk back to a 7th year like that. Well I'm just going to have to teach you a lesson then" Lucius grinned mischievously.
Severus states "Just live her along Malfoy. We don't want Dumbledore on our back because we messed with James' little sister."
"Potter has a little sister. I didn't know that. Anyway, Severus, I can handle Dumbledore and Potter so you should just stay out of it." Lucius grinned again "And what is your name"
"Morgana Potter"
"Well, Morgana I look forward to running into you in the future" Lucius said before rushing off to class.
"I'm sorry about him. He is a little arrogant" Severus said as he helped Morgana up from the floor.
"Its quite alright. I've gotten used to being pushed around"
"Well where are you off too" Severus asked nicely
"I was heading back to the library but I seem to have lost my way" Morgana now looked around very confused. "As a matter of fact I'm not sure how I got here in the first place"
"That's quite alright. First off, your in the dungeon. To get back to the Library go up the stairs and take a left and once there I'm sure you will be about to see the doors" Severus explained
"Thank you so much…Uh what was your name?"
"Severus Snape"
"Thank you, Severus." Morgana said sweetly as she walked up the stairs
For the rest of the year Morgana kept running into Malfoy or should we say Malfoy kept running into her. Severus could see that Lucius had plans for her and so he stayed close to Morgana so to be her "Knight in Shinning Armor" when things would get out of head. Lucius didn't appreciate this and would try everything in his power to get Morgana alone in the Room of Requirement. But every time he tried Severus was there to save the day.
One day James and the gang were walking back from class, when they heard a girl screaming. The rushed over only to find that Lucius Malfoy was holding Morgana against the wall. James was about to step in when out of now where Severus comes in and takes care of Lucius. Within Seconds Lucius is cursing to Severus and then rushes off to plan his next attack. Severus goes over to Morgana who has fallen to the ground and is bleeding for her arm where Lucius had cut her. Severus picks her up to take her to the Hospital wing when James stops his.
"I can take care of her. SO, hand her over, she is my sister" James demands
"Well then why did you not step in earlier and protect her" Severus snaps out
"That is none of your business. Now hand her over."
"She is fine right now but if I don't get her to Madame Pomfrey soon that may not be the case" Severus stated as he moved around James
James reaches into his pocket and remover his wand when Sirius steps in the way
"Wait James, you don't want to do that because if you get expelled from School the who is going to watch over Morgana. Unless you really want Snape to I would reconsider this"
" Fine then, I'll see you later. I have to go have a little talk with Severus."
After than the school year ended and Sirius took both James and Morgana home with him for the summer, seeing as they had nowhere else to go.
Over the summer Morgana became good friends with Sirius's mother and her likewise. The two boys had difficulties staying out of trouble but somehow they all made it through the summer in one piece.
At the first of the year feast Morgana was about to be sorted when James clearly says it his friends " She is going to be in Griffindor, because that's where Potter's belong"
They all watched as the Sorting Hat was places on her heads and without a second thought shouted out
"Slytherin"
"What? That's not right. She can't be." James shouted as he stood up to protest.
"Sit down, Mr. Potter before you lose house points. What the sorting hats says goes" McGonagall states as she tell Morgana to go sit at the Slytherin table.
James watches as Morgana heads the to Slytherin table and sits right next to Severus. Severus smiles at her as she sits with him and then looks up to see the James and gang are not to happy about this.
From that point on Morgana and Severus were the best of friends and James hated it. He hated Severus. So for the rest of the time they spend at Hogwarts, James and his friends teases Severus maliciously.
When James finally graduated Hogwarts he noticed that Severus kept looking at his sister when they were talking. James watched as Severus glided over to them and whisper something in her ear. This infuriated James, if it wasn't for his girlfriend Lily, James would have killed Severus on the spot.
The next year James and Lily came to see Morgana graduate Hogwarts. With only a few more weeks before their wedding James was the happiest man in the world.
That was until he say Severus enter. The second Morgana realized that Severus had just walked in she excused herself and when do go see him.
James wanted to protest but Lily told him to stay calm.
Right before Morgana was to great Severus, Lucius Malfoy walked in front of her and whispering something to her she walk out side with him. Both James and Severus rushed after her knowing that Lucius was up to no good. But both arrived outside too late. Morgana was gone , they didn't know if she would ever come back.
Lily and James went on with their wedding and had their some Harry. Later they were killed but Lord Voldemort but insuring that Harry lived but scarifying herself Lily gave the ultimate protection to Harry.
Severus on the other hand became darker and went further away from the light but when he knew that Voldemort would fall He went to Dumbledore so that he could be saved. Dumbledore knew that Severus was hurting because of Morgana's disappearance and offer to help as much as he could.
Now years later the hurt and longing that he still has in his hear have been pushed away and then when he found out about Harry Potter it only brought forth Memories of his long lost love. Severus vowed to himself that he would not feel sorry for he could never know if Morgana was still alive and he never talked to Lucius about it for fear of his life. But having a new Potter in his life was going to be a challenge.
Severus learned fast that Harry was mush more like his father then his Aunt and with that Severus was able to keep the secrets locked up about Morgana and was able to teach harsher then before Potter had come but not many student noticed a difference.