Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
A/N: Hey there, this will pretty much be a bad story, only because everyone is their own critic. Please no bashing, constructive criticism is always appreciated. I remember I had a story a while back on here and someone wrote a long formal essay on the proper uses of the 'comma' (,). I, unfortunately, still suck at the whole 'comma' thing. It may be a bit fluffy at first... heh. Enjoy.
Emily sat on the edge of the bench, swinging her feet back and forth, looking around as if she was waiting for something, as if she knew something was coming.
It had been a normal day so far, there was no denying that, if anything she didn't know why her mother decided to drop her off at her friend's house today.
'I don't want to watch that thing, take it somewhere else.'
She remembered her father said this, she may have been little but she knew that those words in that order were meant to be mean. Her father never wanted her and that was fine, she didn't want him either.
There was another child in this house, her mom told her so on the walk over here, so far she saw none.
"Hello?" she said opening the nearest door.
"Who is that?" she heard a voice say, it sounded close to her as she took another step into the room, seeing a small figure with a book in his hands.
She wondered why she had never seen this kid before, seeing as how he was only a few houses down from where they lived.
He had short jet black hair that matched hers, the only difference was that her hair was below her shoulders and wavy.
She smiled taking a seat beside him, interested in what he was reading. That was something she had gotten from her mother, the love for reading.
"I'm Emily… I live up the street" she said in a small whisper as if they were hiding. "What's your name?" She asked him, tilting her head to the side a bit.
"I'm Severus Snape…" he said narrowing his eyes a bit. "What's your last name?"
She looked up, as if thinking of an answer. "Oh, it's just Emily." She said nodding. She was glad he didn't ask her why she had no last name; she didn't feel like explaining the whole story.
"It's a girl?" Cent asked his wife, looking almost disappointed.
All she could do was nod, fear of saying anything that might make him any more upset that he already was.
"We're getting rid of it the moment it comes into this world!" he barked at her, "I need an heir, Patricia!" The woman began to cry, shaking her head at him.
"No, please don't. I will give you an heir; we just need to keep trying. Please don't get rid of my baby." She cried clutching her stomach. She couldn't deal with the idea of her own flesh and blood leaving this world; it was the mother in her that hated the idea.
Who knew what good might come out of having this child, even if he didn't see it that way, it would grow up in a world of magic which was a fairy tale only written in books, she couldn't let that go to waste.
He looked at her with piercing eyes, thinking of what might come out of him not killing the baby now. "Alright, I won't kill it, but I don't want that thing to have my name while it's lives under this roof!" He spat walking away, leaving her to cry alone.
"Don't you want a last name?" He asked her silently after a few moments, looking at the book lay out in front of them as they read together.
She let a sigh escape her lips as she looked from the book to him. "I suppose. My mommy says that when I grow up, I'll fall in love with someone who will love me back and we'll get married, he will give me his last name." She said nodding; she told herself that story enough to believe it.
All Severus did was nod back. "It makes sense." He said, turning back to the book and they continued to read.
An hour had passed when the two mothers walked into the room where the now two sleeping children were found sleeping on the book they were only moments ago reading.
"They look so cute; I'm going to get my camera. It will be funny for them when they get older." Eileen, Severus' mom said, leaving the room to get her wizard camera. Patricia nodded as she took another step into the room, a small smile on her lips.
It wasn't long before Eileen entered the room again with her camera and took a picture. "You should have Emily come by more, Severus could use a friend. All he does is sit here and read his potions books." She said as Patricia came to the two, lightly shaking Emily to wake her up.
"Emily wake up, it's time to go." Emily stirred and finally sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Can't I stay, we were reading…" she said groggily. Severus was starting to wake as well.
"You can come back tomorrow." Eileen said this time, looking to the other mother who gave her a small nod.
It was on that day that Emily and Severus met each other, and it was on this day that they would find their only friend in each other.
The would go on to become best friends, both getting accepted to Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, both to be placed in Slytherin, both to be picked on by the Marauders, and both to advance in potions, starting with that book they both first read together. All seemed well for them two until the middle of their fifth year.
"You're what?" Severus asked, pacing the Slytherin common room in front of his sitting best friend. Severus was now sporting the extremely long hair that went to his shoulders in an almost layered sort of way with his sort of oversized school robes. There was no time to eat, he would say as an excuse for all the extra homework he requested.
"I'm…leaving…" She said her voice faltering. She couldn't cry, not in front of him. Her father had decided that he was to send her away to another school for the remainder of her Educational Career. All this meant was she was leaving her haven away from home, and leaving her best friend.
"But, you can't leave. You didn't do anything." He said, stopping to look at her. He saw the tears that threatened to fall from those two blue eyes and the sight was a tug at his heart. "Let me talk to your dad." He offered, kneeling in front of her in the chair.
She shook her head. "It's not that easy, besides, once he has an idea in his head, there's no changing it. Professor Dumbledore has already tried to convince him to let me stay the rest of this year but to no avail."
It was then that the tear that had threatened her finally fell, and with that a wave of emotion washed over her, leaning her head on Severus' shoulder, staining his robes with her tears.
She felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her, it was a moment like this when she was glad no one else was in the common room.
Severus lowered his head and kissed her cheek, "Everything will be fine…" He whispered to her but she knew it wouldn't be fine.
She wouldn't get these moments with him like she did now. She wouldn't get to see the side of him that no one else saw. She wouldn't get to wake up every morning to the castle which was now like a first home to her, a place she could see herself teaching, anywhere to be away from the places she lived before.
She slowly pulled away to look into those onyx eyes she got used to seeing everyday.
"We'll write to each other everyday, and we'll see each other in the summers right?" he asked, but she only shook her head. "You know my father thought he was getting rid of me when I started coming here. The school I'm transferring to is year round." She let a sigh escape her lips.
During the summer, Severus would always sneak in through her bedroom window and they would sleep beside each other.
"Graduation isn't that far off…" he said as he soon realized their options were getting smaller, he brushed a tear away from her face. She could only nod, averting her eyes and looking out the window. Severus brought himself up to sit beside her and she rested her head on his chest, his arms once again wrapped around her.
She looked up at him, taking in his face because she wanted to remember it to compare to his face in a few years. A small smile graced her features.
Without warning Severus leaned forward and placed his lips against hers, capturing her in a kiss. Emily blushed immediately but she didn't pull away, wrapping her arms around his neck.
Just as it started it ended and they sat there for the rest of the day in silence on that chair. Times like these she kept in her heart.
The next day he escorted her to the station where they shared their hugs and kisses, and announced their promises of writing everyday. The thing they didn't do was say goodbye because it wasn't. If anything it was just a prolonged vacation away from each other that was only supposed to last about two and a half years.
The train slowly lost visibility as it pulled away from the station, and Severus turned on his heal back to face Hogwarts alone.
During these last two years, they would write each other but not as frequently as they promised. Severus would go on to become a death eater, only to repent to Dumbledore and become a spy.
Emily finished school with new friends, high marks on her tests before she would have to leave.
Graduation would come and go, neither meeting up after as was promised. They had both seemed to move on… All it was was fear of going back to the way it was before, both waiting for the next letter via owl. Both waiting to congratulate each other on graduating. Years would pass and by now Severus was a Potions Master, teaching back at Hogwarts.
Emily herself went into teaching after University, teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Teaching it at the school she graduated from until one morning in her quarters, reading her daily prophet an owl flew into her window with a letter addressed to her. "Hmm… it's from Albus." She silently said to herself.
A/N: Alright,
a bit of a cliffhanger for the next chapter. I hope you all like it. It may not be much but the idea popped into my head and I'm afraid of where it might go. The title is All Of Me, named after the song by Evanescence. Review por favor. Author Out.