Severus Snape. He was a good friend and admirer of Lily Potter. He was a master of the dark arts. He was always drawn to to the dark arts. He taught defense against the dark arts. He was the potions professor at Hogwarts. That man was a lot of things. But most importantly, he was my father.

Snape did not love my mother, but she did love him. She had a deep respect for him and admired him when they were in school together. She even grew to love him as the dark lord rose to power and she was obsessed with getting close to him. Her infatuation had no boundaries. But that story is for another time.

I didn't not know who my father was until my fifth year at Hogwarts. My mother was a tough love kind of person. She never showed much emotion towards me when others were around. I know the she loves me and that she wishes the best for her only daughter. She began teaching me spells and potions before I was 5 years old. I had a rare talent you see, I can do magic without a wand and without verbally saying a spell. It actually runs in my family. A lot of rare qualities run through my family. Magic was one of my many talents and she saw to it that I got the best educational advance I could before even going to Hogwarts. I had met Severus Snape before I was able to talk, but my mother called me her niece whenever he or anyone else came to visit her. She was strict about me calling her my aunt when we were in public and around him. It seemed that I was her precious little secret. Snape would observe me whenever I was near. I think he was not very fond of a toddler staring at him and rummaging through his bags when he had business to conduct with my mother. I learned obedience and manners. I never set a bad example of my mother's parenting.

The day I got my letter, my mother sat me down and explained to me who I would be going to school with. Harry Potter, the boy who lived. She worried that I would get too close to the boy since she had heard all that happened in his first year. She worried that I would be put in Gryffindor with Harry Potter. But I knew and told her that it was more than likely that I would be in Slytherin. My mother was a Ravenclaw. She then told me that my father was a pure Slytherin and that was something rare. Learning this I wanted to ask her who specifically my father is. The only thing she told me was that he was alive and he did not know about me, and I couldn't tell him that I am his daughter should I figure out who he is.

On the day it came for me to ride the train to Hogwarts, I already had my pet owl and a black cat to keep me company when my owl would stay in the owl keep. There was no emotional goodbye between my mother and I at the station. We said our goodbyes before we even came to the station. I wore our family locket and my lace knee high black dress. I noticed that in the car my mother directed me to go on, there were many kids who wore dark clothes like mine. So, I knew I wouldn't have to look for the right people to sit with. I chose to sit in a random booth with a pale kid with platinum blonde hair on one side and two chubby boys on the other. After an older kid helped me place my smooth black suitcases in the upper compartments that I was without a doubt. Too short to reach, I sat beside the pale blonde kid. He immediately looked at me with confidence and surprise. He eyed me up and down, but I saw approval in his eyes.

"A first year dares to sit with 2nd year Slytherin's?"

I nodded and proceeded to take off my lace black gloves. My medium length black nails tapped on my lap as I crossed one leg over the other. The boys looked at me as though I came out of Beauxbatons Academy. Smiling gently and polite as ever, I introduced myself.

"Hello, my name is Selene Melinda-Belynda Serpentine."

All three of the boy's eyes widened and looked at me closely. The two boys across from me stared in awe. The one beside me looked intrigued and understood why I was so alluring. Did I not mention that the Serpentine family is part Veela?

"You are a Serpentine?"

My mother's last name is Serpentine. Our family is a known Slytherin pureblooded family. Legend has it that my family is related to the wizard Merlin and maybe Salazar Slytherin himself. Thus, there has been many talented witches and wizards in my bloodline. It could be why I have abilities in magic that are not common. Doing magic without a wand is almost unheard of for such a young witch and performing spells without saying them is something 5th years learn to do.

"Yes, I live with my aunt who is also a pureblood. My mother and father are dead. They died the night I was born. I'm sure your families have told you the story. It was rather tragic. From your finely measured clothes…. I'm willing to bet that you three are purebloods as well. Now, enough with the depressing story, do tell me what you are called so that I do not call you platinum blonde boy with bright blue eyes the rest of the year."

The boy beside me smiled with perfectly white teeth,

"I am Draco Malfoy. Pureblood. These two are Crabbe and Goyle. We are 2nd years in the Slytherin house. It's a shame, you'd make a great Slytherin but your family is known to be Ravenclaws for the past few generations."

Shrugging, I observed Draco and his friends,

"My aunt believes that I will be a Slytherin. She had me assigned to classes that 2nd years usually take. She would've had me take more advanced classes, but there is a limit to how far ahead you can proceed without taking OWLS. I began my studies far sooner than expected. I spent more time doing magic than playing with other children. I've even met the Potions teacher here on occasion."

Draco looked impressed,

"If you are a Slytherin, maybe we'll get the most points for our house this year. Those bloody Gryffindor's stole it from us last year. I'm sure that you will be a great addition to our house."

The rest of the train ride, Draco and his friends told me about the school. They told me which professors were boring and that a famous author would be our new defense against the dark arts teacher. I also learned of Draco's serious dislike of The Boy Who Lived. When the time came for us to change in our robes, I knew that I had 3 new friends…. well I had Draco, and I hadn't even set foot in Hogwarts yet.

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