Hey

I needed to write this story, since I wanted so much scenes between Hermione and Leyviena that were AU. So I just created an AU story. This is alternative universe to a life-long secret. What if Leyviena was warned of the attack that made her give up Hermione? What if she raised her own daughter?

Disclaimer: only Leyviena belongs to me. Everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling and other people.

Enjoy and review,

TempeGeller.

A change of a lifetime

Chapter 1: A stranger at the door

She sat in the library, she had covered every inch of room with books. The only room that wasn't covered with books was a small fireplace and small window that allowed light in the room. Severus had always compared her to that window, he told her he was the dark room and she was the only thing that allowed light inside his life. She had painted all the walls in bright colours, changed the colour of the door and filled the home with bright stories. She stepped in front of the window. She had never liked the house, the air was always polluted. She preferred the mountains, but she didn't want to pull her husband away from here. He had always loved his mother and this was the only reminder he had of her. She would never expect him to give it up. Yet she doubted the polluted air would be good for the baby. She rubbed her pregnant stomach as she turned around.
"It's late." Severus put his arms around her body. "I'm sure it's not good for the baby."
"I shall decide myself what's good for the baby." She immediately regretted. "Severus, this is my first baby too. We're both going to make it. I promise you that. She's going to be a lucky girl."
"She?" He stared at her.
"Hermione Eileen Snape." She smiled.
She moved to the kitchen and took a bottle of water. The water in the neighbourhood was nowhere near good for consumption. It had something to do with the neighbourhood. She took a sip and stared at Severus.
"I'm worried Severus." She looked to her feet. "This whole situation with your master. He will think it is his baby. Yet I swear to you Severus, Hermione is yours. He'll come after her, I don't know what to do. I'm scared for us. I'm really scared."
"He won't touch our baby."
"You've sworn him alliance in exchange for my safety." She bit her lip. "As long as Hermione isn't born she's save. When she's born, he'll take her from me and there will be nothing you can do about it. He's your master and in his eyes this baby belongs to him. He'll turn her in a weapon. I don't want to know what he will do with our sweet girl and I'm sure he won't succeed. She has a goodness inside her that can't be destroyed, like you. She's like you."
"I won't let him take her." He took her hand and pulled her in his arms. "I would rather die, than let him take the baby. It's all my fault, if only I had been as strong as you were, I wouldn't be placed before …"
"You did what you thought was right." She place her hand on his. "I don't blame you, I don't understand your choice. I love you and you did it out of love."

She turned a bit as she walked on the stairs to their shared bedroom. She took a peak through the door that lead to Hermione's bedroom. It was connected to their room by a door. She moved her arms around her own body, she knew Severus was standing behind her. He looked at her full of worry. She felt it too, suddenly she felt a sharp pain.
"The baby, I think she's coming." Her breathing went faster. "Hermione is coming."
"We have to get you St. Mungo's?"

"He'll know." She screamed as the pain got worst. "He'll know that baby's here, we have to stay here. The baby will be born here."
"It's too dangerous." He took her face in his hands. "You could die."
"Woman have given birth longer than that."
"And childbirth was the top cause of death for women between 20 and 40." He replied. "We're going."

"If we go to the hospital, we could just as well hand Hermione to him." She walked in the direction of their bathroom. "Prepare me a bath!"
"Leyviena!"
"Do it! Or I swear to god, I will make you do it! You know I can, right now I give you a choice of your own. I will do anything for the safety of our child and you know staying here is the best."
"What about a muggle hospital?" He replied. "We could travel to …"
"He'd know if used magical transportation." She stared at him. Her blue eyes looked in his eyes, she was scared he could see it. Yet he knew there was nothing they could do. If they went somewhere, Voldemort would take their child. That was the last thing he wanted, so he simple listened to her and prepared a bath. He heard her screams of pain, there was nothing he could do. There was no time to make a potion and he couldn't think of any recipe's right now. He couldn't watch it, he only held her hand. He didn't know how much time passed when a baby's cry was heard. He only knew the love for the small child in his wife's arms. They stared at her. The girl had come a whole month early, the 17th September had become the best day in their life. Leyviena smiled. He gave her a soft kiss on the forehead as he took the baby in his arms. She had dark brown eyes and light blond hair.
"Time is by our side." Severus stared at her.
"He won't come for her in a month."
"I could say the baby was still born." He replied." But he'll want and I don't know…"
"I can make him believe it again, but it is just as bad as living it Severus." She replied. "How long can we keep up the charade?"
"It will buy us another ten months, maybe even more." He place his hands on the side of her face. "Even more if it doesn't work right away. What do you say? I know it's hell for you, but we could remove…"
"That doesn't work on me Severus." She replied. "Whatever he has in store for me, it will be burned in my memory. I will do it to protect my baby. If only he doesn't find out."

He stared at the baby and noticed how everything was tainted. He feared what he would do to his wife, only to protect their child. He had always promised he would protect her. Yet he would bring pain on her. Something she had already gone through. It was all his fault. The baby wasn't supposed to happen, when they found out, Leyviena had been very scared. She grew more scared when Voldemort found out and drew plans to steal the baby from her. He had never wanted to harm her, yet it was the only way to keep their child save. Everything went by so fast, he had watched as Leyviena washed the baby and dressed her. After an hour they watched the baby in her crib. She didn't sleep that night, she listened to the baby and her husband. For a moment she enjoyed the sleeping baby, the sound of safety. In the middle of the night she heard a knock on the door, luckily the baby and her husband slept through it. She had no idea this very knock would change her life. She walked down the stairs and opened the door.
"He's coming. The dark lord is coming." She knew the woman, many said the woman was crazy. The woman herself believed she was clairvoyant. "Take your baby child, he wants her. Hermione."
"How do you know her name?" Leyviena knew enough of prophecies to see the truth in the woman's words. She ran upstairs, she knew if she waked her husband they would be in a world of danger. Voldemort could trace him, she was sure of it. The dark mark that scarred his arm would be the very thing that gave them away. She searched the room for some stuff, enchanted a bag and took everything she needed. She pulled Hermione from the crib and stared at her husband.
"I'm sorry." She whispered before she left. She had no idea where she would go, the only certainty was that Severus would be woken up by an empty crib. She had no idea his house would be filled with death eaters. She had no idea Voldemort himself would be there. She only knew she had to get away. She walked beside the road, the baby clenched in her arms. She walked fast, knowing she would get tired very soon. She only had 100 pounds in her purse, she also had a 50 galleons. Yet she knew she shouldn't search safety in the wizard world.
She stared to the cars passing by. She knew a near bus station, there was a bus that could bring her to the next town. She would find her way to Lily's. She didn't know if that was her best option. No, that would be the first place they searched for her. She changed her mind, she needed to get out of the country. She needed to get as far as possible. A car stop beside her. The woman stared at her.
"Are you okay miss? Would you like a ride?"
"I'm taking a bus to London." She replied. "From there on I'm traveling to Paris."
"I'm going to London, I could drop you off."
"You have no safe car seat for my daughter." She replied. "I will take my chances with the bus. The bus isn't that far anymore, I'll be okay. Thank you anyway."

She watched the woman drive away. Slowly Hermione opened her eyes and a smile appeared on her little face. It warmed Leyviena's heart, she felt the guilt in her. She deprived Severus of Hermione's first smile. What kind of woman was she? Wouldn't she be able to use her powers on Voldemort. She had been so scared that she would lose her daughter. She turned around for a moment, thinking about returning. She shook her head. She couldn't return. Her powers were affected by her pregnancy and sometimes she wasn't able to rely on them.

When she arrived at the bus stop, she knew she needed to find a place to live. Yet she needed to get far enough so Voldemort wouldn't find her. She had a credit card, but she was afraid that Severus would be able to find her. 100 dollars was enough to get to London, there she could get some money from her savings account. After that she would disappear. She would find herself a job and see how she would survive with Hermione. When she got on the bus, she looked back once more. Pain came in her heart, as she looked back. Her eyes filled with tears, her heart filled with regret. She shouldn't have gotten pregnant, yet not one part of her could regret Hermione. She would do anything to protect her, even leave love behind.