A/N Based before the HP series… And yes, I am raping the story…just a little bit. And I do NOT own these characters except for Lilith. J.K. Rowling owns all.
Chapter 1- Lilith
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Yet another student in a Muggle society. I'm starting to get tired of explaining Magic to Muggles. At least this is the last student I have been sent to collect… Severus thought as he marched down Appletree Court. He skimmed down the list Dumbledore had handed him. There had been 87 new Muggle-born students, 8 adopted Half-Bloods, and 4 adopted Pure-Bloods. Severus had gone to 3 of the adopted students and 23 Muggle-Borns. Severus was now going to talk to one of the Pure-Blood adoptees, Lilith Rogers. But for some reason, the parents of this girl had not been released to him. Odd, he thought. Eileen had been adopted by Muggles Sarah and John Rogers.
Severus stormed up to the door, missing his teacher's robes swishing around his ankles instead of these stupid Muggle jeans and plain black T-shirt. He knocked, hard, on the door.
A small, skinny ten year old opened the door. Severus took one look at her and had to hold himself back from Avada Kedavra-ing the guardians. The girl's left eye was black and bruises in the shape of hands marked along her small arms. Malnutrition was obvious. Her skin was unhealthily pale and her eyes were sunken. She looked twice her age.
"Hello, sir, are you here to see my par-" Lilith was interrupted by a severe, racking cough. Severus knew he was not a kind man, but these people were making even him angry after only a few words from the little girl in front of him. She managed to recompose herself.
"Are you here to see my parents?"
"I require a word with them… and with you, Miss Rogers." Severus said, allowing his usual sneer to crawl across his face. He may feel bad for the girl, but special treatment was not something he did. Lilith led him to the living room where two people sat. A big man with a prominent beer gut along with a woman who had just as much of a beer gut. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers both had blonde hair, with blue eyes. Lilith's long black hair and black eyes stood out.
"Who the hell are you?" Mr. Rogers said, angrily. "And Lilith, go get me another damn beer."
Lilith ran off to a different room to do as her father ordered while Severus sat down in a wooden chair.
"Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, I am here in regards to your adopted daughter, Lilith Eileen Rogers."
"What did the dumb bitch do this time?" demanded Mr. Rogers.
"Actually, Mr. Rogers, I would like to begin with asking if Lilith has ever done anything weird or out-of-the-ordinary. Such as levitating books or surviving big falls with the slightest of injures. It may make what I am about to say much more easy to swallow."
"How did you find out about our daughter's freakiness? That's supposed to be a family secret!" Mrs. Rogers exclaimed, jumping up off the seat.
At that moment, Lilith walked in, handing her father the beer. She then went to stand in the corner of the room, quietly. Severus looked over at her before speaking.
"Miss Lilith, would you please come here?" He said, motioning the young girl over. She shyly walked over to Severus, glancing at her parents. They were angry, it showed on their faces. Mr. Rogers jumped up, outraged. He grabbed Lilith's arms, yelling at Lilith for being stupid and a freak. The assault didn't last long, due to the fact Severus pulled out his wand and blasted the older man to the wall behind him. All three of the people in the room looked at Severus in fear. Except Lilith. Fear was in her eyes, yes, but so was relief. Severus was shocked with himself. A surge of memories from his past pushed their way towards the front of his mind. Severus pushed them away, not wanting to remember.
"Lilith," he said calmly, pulling out a letter and handing it to her, "I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Confusion showed on her face as she took the letter.
"Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, I have the…pleasure of informing you that your daughter is a witch." The married couple looked at each other before looking at him.
"Very funny. A witch, that little idiot? The girl can barely cook." Severus sighed at Mr. Rogers's statement.
"I am being serious, sir." Severus made eye-contact with Mr. Rogers and muttered a quiet "Legilimens."He saw many images fluttering through the man's mind. All of strange things the young girl had done. He saw Lilith levitating small objects. Severus smirked. The young girl was indeed an excellent witch. Light bulbs and windows seemed to implode when the child was in distress.
It took several minutes and Transfiguring various things into small creatures and then back again before the family finally took him seriously.
That was when the man angrily slammed his foot down.
"I will not allow my daughter to attend a school for freaks. She will be kept here!" Mr. Rogers roared. Severus nodded.
"Alright." He said walking towards the door. He could not force her to attend Hogwarts. He stood and started to turn. Before he could turn, he saw the little girl mouth two words.
"Save me." Was all she said. Severus paused. A memory surfaced of his childhood, of him being hit. He looked again at the girl. While Severus had been hit, Lilith had obviously been hit harder.
Kindness wasn't a thing Severus often showed.
"Actually, I believe I will be taking her with me. A new rule requires that students attend the school at least one year." Severus was bluffing, no such rule existed. Severus Transfigured an old shoe box near the door into a trunk.
The parents both shouted at him, stating he had no right to force their daughter out of their home. He ignored them, sending a wordless Silencing Spell their way. Lilith just stood there, shocked. Kindness was not something she had come to expect from others, just as kindness was not something he gave to others.
"Lilith, let's go get your things packed." Severus said shortly, levitating the small trunk. Lilith led Severus to her small bedroom. Lilith threw her clothes haphazardly into the trunk. By the time she was finished packing all her clothes and her two books, the trunk was barely half-full. Severus led the girl down the stairs, still levitating her trunk.
Mr. Rogers met them at the bottom of the steps.
"If you go now, Lilith, you will not be welcome back." Mr. Rogers growled.
Lilith took a second to look at her father before grabbing Severus's hand.
"Good-bye." She said. Severus walked out the door and Apparated away from the house.
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