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by Esara25

Cont. of "All I Want Is Nothing More." Little Clara turns 11 and goes to Hogwarts for the first time. While at school she deals with the challenges of trying to fit in, during this time she discovers the father she never knew she had. Clara spends time with her father and hopes to connect him back with the love of his life, Nymphadora Tonks, Clara's mum.

1. Chapter 1

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Hello everyone this is an additional story to the one I just wrote called, "All I Want Is Nothing More." This one is from Clara and Severus's POV. Enjoy and please review.

Chapter 1 Clara's POV..

I gripped my mother tightly as I gave her my last hug before going to Hogwarts. I found it very unfair the she still taught at Hogwarts when Teddy went for his first year, he got to see her whenever he wanted and didn't get home sick once. I felt my eyes start to water when my mother whispered 'I Love You,' in my ear. I didn't want to go to Hogwarts. What if I wasn't sorted into the same house as Teddy? What if the other kids knew more than I did? I felt my knee's becoming weak. Because our family already lived in Hogsmeade I didn't get the opportunity to meet the other kids on the train. I let go of my mom and searched for the few other first years that I did know, Rosie and James. My godmother Hermione had taught me my elementary education with her daughter Rose. Rosie was my best friend. She had long ginger hair that she usually wore in two braids. I thought she was so pretty with her green eyes and freckled smile. James was the son of Harry and Ginny Potter, He was tall and handsome with brown hair and green eyes like his father. I was a bit jealous of Rosie and James because they were cousins so they were likely to be sorted into the same house.

"You are going to love Hogwarts." My mother told me adjusting the collar of my blouse.
"Yeah. I hope so." I said feeling overwhelmed by all the children getting off the Hogwarts Express.
"Cheer up Clara, you'll finally get to use your wand." Teddy patted the top of my hair messing up my hair.
"Teddy!" I squealed running my hands through my raven hair.
"Look, there's Victoire! Bye mum." Teddy went running off.
"Teddy, give me a hug before leaving!" My mother, Nymphadora called frantically to my brother. Teddy quickly hugged my mother than ran to his friends side.
"Okay Clara, it's time to line up with the other first years." My mother placed her hand between my shoulder blades and started to lead me towards the group.
"Mama no!" I planted my feet.
"Clara Andromeda Tonks, be brave!" She said kneeling beside me. "I will write you every day until you get sick of me."
"I love you." I said walking forward slowly towards the other children.
"I love you too." My mother smiled at me when I looked over my shoulder.
I felt so vulnerable walking through the crowd holding on to my trunk. I didn't recognize anyone. A big, tall man with a graying fuzzy beard was calling for all the first years to line up by him. I took a deep breath and got in line behind all the other kids who just left the train. I felt the crowd closing in around me. I was so worried about the sorting tonight. What if nobody wanted to be my friend.

"Clara!" I turned and sighed a breath of relief when Rosie pushed through the crowd to meet me, James was behind her.
"Rosie! James!" I hugged the two other first years and immediately felt relieved.
"I'm so excited for the sorting, I know I'll be in Griffindor." James bragged. His dad was the famous Harry Potter.
"How was the train ride over?" I asked the pair.
"It was wonderful, we bought so many sweets." Rosie turned her pockets out to show the several cartons of chocolate frogs.
"Would you like a bean?" James held his bag of 'Bertie Blotts' open for me.
"Choose wisely Clara." Rosie's eyes grew wide. I pulled out a small blue bean and popped it into my mouth.
"Mmm. This one is blueberry." I was glad I got a good one. I remembered the one time I ate a vomit one and nearly did just that.

We moved forward and climbed into one of the boats that moved on its own towards the castle. When we arrived this old, bug eyed woman was waiting for us on the front steps of the castle.

"Good evening first year students. My name is Professor McGonagall, I am Hogwarts Headmistress. When we enter the castle you will start by lining up in the dining hall for your house sorting. Once you have been sorted you will sit with your house for supper. After, your Prefects will make you familiar with your house rules and show you to the common room and your dorm rooms. You will also meet your head of house. Now. Shall we get out of the cold and get sorted?" The older woman articulated ever word. She seemed very strict with her hair in a tight bun.
We followed the headmistress into the dining hall and all of us first years gasped with the beautiful tapestry and magical candles. The place looked heavenly with all the students sitting at the 4 long tables in there house colours. At the very end of the hall sat a large table with the professors, I felt a tingle of pride knowing that my mother used to sit at that table with all the other professors. The professors were just as curious of us students as we were of them, one of them was even a ghost. Teddy who was sitting at the hufflepuff table next to where I was standing waved me over. I pushed through the other students and leaned in to hear what he had to say.

"How are you doing Clara?" He said placing a hand on my shoulder.
"I'm okay, a little overwhelmed..i guess." I said looking up at him.
"That's completely normal. Wherever you get placed just listen to your prefects, do all of your homework on time and if you know whats good for you avoid Professor Snape." Teddy gave me some helpful tips.
"Why should I avoid Professor Snape?" I asked, terrified of the answer.
"He's just a greasy bloke. He is really mean and gives detentions for the stupidest reasons." Teddy growled.
"Teddy!" I gasped at his filthy mouth.
"It's true! He gave me detention for knocking over my cauldron, it's not my fault I inherited mums clumsy tendency's." Teddy laughed his hair going bubblegum pink like mummy's often was.
"Which one is he?" I gulped hard scanning the teachers table.
"The one with black hair. The man who sits left of the headmistress." Teddy looked over at Professor Snape who was staring with black eyes towards us.
"Oh Teddy, you're scaring me." I frowned.
"You'll be fine Clara, good luck!" Teddy gave me a small hug and I went back into the crowd to find James and Rosie.
The sorting was taking forever and I was growing more and more nervous. It seemed like the dark haired professor was watching me closely. Did I already have a target on my back? I took a deep breath and held on to Rosie's hand she was just as nervous as I was.

"Lupin, Katarina." Minerva called and a little girl with a short blonde bob bounced up to the stool. I had completely forgotten that Kat was coming to Hogwarts.
"Hmmm, You are a feisty child. Yes, now I see...The daughter of a werewolf. You're a Slytherin!" The sorting hat sorted the girl.
Minerva went through a few more student. 2 of them were Ravenclaw and this shaggy haired boy was a Griffindor.
"Potter, James." Minerva looked at the boy and her expression softened. Professor snapes scowl deepened. He didn't seem to like the boy.
"Griffindor!" The hat yelled as soon as it touched the boys head.
"Tonks, Clara." Minerva said searching through the first years. I felt so scared. I wanted to crawl in a hole and cry. I turned and Rosie had been trying to push my onwards. I took a deep breath and walked forward. My blue eyes took in everything around me before I sat on the stool.
"You have inherited your mothers crafty behavior, although you are much more ambitious and sly. You are a Slytherin!" The hat announced. I took it off immediatly and jogged past the griffindor table to the Slytherins. While passing James gave me a worried frown. I looked across the hall at my brother who was smiling and giving me an encouraging thumbs up. I took a seat next to Kat and looked at the Professors. Professor snape was looking at me with a cunning smile. I immediatly looked away from his dark eyes.
"Weasley, Rose" The headmaster called. Rosie bounded to the stool with a huge smile on her face.
"Ms. Weasley, you are one smart girl, much like your mother, you are a very independent and skilled girl. You are a Ravenclaw!" The hat placed Rosie. She moved to her table.
I was surprised my friends and I were all placed in different houses. I thought for sure James and ROsie would be sorted together. I guess blood isn't everything. I waved at Rosie and she gave me a bright smile and an enthusiastic wave. I turned back around and in front of me was dishes and dished of food.
"Wow! I love magic." Kat gasped next to me.
"Look at all this food!" I couldn't believe how well fed we would be. I grabbed some chicken, potatoes and carrots and began eating.
"I'm so glad I got in the same house as you Clara." Kat sighed next to me.
"Me too, I was worried i'd be alone." I said between chews.
Dinner seemed to go on forever. I ate all I could until I felt like I could pop. Everything tasted so good and the pumpkin juice was unlike anything I had ever tasted before, I thought I could be in heaven. The prefects at our table got up and were starting to give us all directions. The first years followed this one curly haired prefect that took us into the dungeons. She stopped at this one stone in the wall and pressed it. Suddenly a door opened revealing a huge room with couches, tables, bookshelves and lamps all in classy greens and silvers. Huge glass windows revealed the depths of the black lake. Swimming by we could see mer-people and a bunch of stunning magical fish. Everything was so beautiful and nicely decorated. The prefect showed us through the common room and to our individual dorms.

"Listen up first years. Girls dorms are through the right hall, boys through the left. Boys do not enter girls dorms and vice-versa. Got it?" The prefect explained. We all nodded.
"Professor Snape, our head of house, wishes to go over rules with everyone. Get youself situated in your dorms and meet back in the common room in 10 minutes time." The prefect turned and walked towards a couch where she sat. I turned to Rosie who looked like she had been hypnotized. Everything was truly remarkable. Together we entered our dorm. It was Huge and had 3 beds with lovely green canopys over top and downy dark grey quilts. In the middle of each quilt was a big Slytherin Crest. I found my bed that had my trunk tucked neatly underneath. Beside me was Katarina's bed and next to her was another girl with curly dark brown hair and specticals. Her name was Osha Snow. Osha was was taller girl with dark skin and hazel eyes. She had a really pretty fluffy white cat she named Snickers. "Did your family go to Hogwarts?" Osha asked Kat and I.
"My father did, he was in Griffindor." Kat smiled her perfect smile. "He is a werewolf, a good one though!"
"Woah! Really? That's pretty cool what about your mom?" Osha sat next to Kat on her bed.
"She's a muggle, a horse trainer in France." Kat ran her fingers through her blonde bob.
"What about you Clara?" Osha turned to face me.
"My mother used to work here. She was the DADA professor, she went back to the aurors though. She was in Hufflepuff." I smiled thinking about my mom.
"Oh! Are you related to Teddy?" The girl asked. Both me and Kat responded "Yes" at the same time.
"You both are? Are you sisters?" Osha smiled.
"No, Teddy is my half brother, his dad married my mom." Kat was proud of Teddy. So was I.
"He's my half brother too, from my mom." I smiled.
"SO your mother must be an Metamorphmagus the?" Osha looked intrigued.
"She is, Teddy is too!" I sat across from the girls.
"SO what about your papa?" Osha questioned.
"I..uhh. I actually don't have a dad." I felt a little awkward.
"Oh. I'm sorry." Osha said sheepishly standing up.
"Should we go into the common room now?" Kat lead us out of our dorm and through to the common room where Professor Snape waited.
The man was waiting for his students to join around the room. Once everyone was in there places he began speaking in a terrifying slither like tone. All though his voice wasn't loud it made your blood run cold. I gulped hard when he made eye contact with me and felt a shiver run down the back of my neck.

"Good Evening Students. I hope you all enjoy the slytherin quarters. I am your head or house, my name is Professor Snape and I teach Potions here at Hogwarts. I would like to go over a few House Rule that are of great importance if you wish to succeed at Hogwarts. First rule, if you make a mess, clean it. Curfew is 10pm, everyone must be in the Slytherin quarters by then. No snogging in the common room. Tutoring hours are Mondays and Thursdays from 4-7, in my office. No Bullying and absolutely no magic unless it is in a study group and for school purposes. If I think of something else, it shall be posted on the bulletin. That will be all for now. Goodnight!" The man flicked his cloak around his body and left out of the common room entrance.
"Wow, he's scary!" Kat said hiding behind me.
"Yeah..I don't know if i'm going to like having him as a head of house." I sighed and walked back towards our dorms.
"I'm sure its just a mask, he can't be all that awful." Osha tried to lighten the mood.
"I hope you're right." Kat looked worried.
Once in our dorm I removed my cloak and uniform and pulled on my pajama's. I didn't feel very good. I really missed my mom but nobody else seemed to be feeling home sick. Kat slid into her bed and so did Osha. I laid in bed and everything felt wrong. My bed wasn't as soft as the one at home and the feathers in the pillow was poking the back of my neck. I rolled on to my side so the other girls wouldn't wake up and see me crying. I wasn't brave like my mom told me I should be. I waited until Osha and Katarina's breathing smoothed out so I knew they were asleep and I pulled out parchment and my quill. I was going to write to mum and tell her to come get me. I sat on my bed and started to scribble my note. I wiped the tears from my chin and quietly climbed out of bed. I realized that Marnie would be asleep in the owlery, I would have to walk up there and go wake her up. I dug in my trunk for my cloak and pulled it over my shoulders. It was back so it should keep me well hidden. I opened the dorm door and tip toes my way through the dark, empty common room. I got to the door and lightly pushed it open. I gripped my letter tight in my hand as I pulled my cloak tight with my other hand. I just wanted to go home. I quietly snuck my way through the dungeons until I found a staircase. I started climbing the stairs when i heard someone behind me.

"Lumos." Snape lit the tip of his wand. "And what are you doing out of bed young lady?" Professor Snape looked terrifying.
"I..I'm..really sorry sir." I stuttered as I shook with fright.
"Which house are you from?" He said growling.
"I..I'm from Slytherin sir." I began to cry hanging my head with shame.
"From my own house? hmm. You never answered my question. What are you doing?" He leaned in closer to me pointing his wand in my face to get a better look.
"I want to send a letter." my voice was small.
"A letter? Can it not wait until morning?" He frightened me to the core.
"No, sir." My eyes twinkled with tears.
"Hand me the letter ." The man had discovered who I was. I was doomed.
"It's okay sir..I'll wait until morning." I said backing up. He closed in on me and the stairs caught me behind my knee sending me falling to the floor. He leaned down and snatched the letter from my hand and read it out loud.
"Mommy come get me, I'm scared. I don't want to be at Hogwarts. I want to go home." Snape read.
"Please sir." I cried from a heap on the floor. He reached down and picked me up and placed me on my feet.
"Come with me." He hissed between his teeth. I gulped and blinked back more tears before following him. Was he going to hurt me?
"Sir, please! You're scaring me." I whispered as we walked in the darkness of the dungeons. He opened a door and lead me inside it was his office.
"Take a seat Ms. Tonks." He pointed towards a chair on the other side of his desk. I sat in the chair bracing on to the arm rests.
"You are much like your mother in terms of having no respect for school rules." He began while sitting on the other side of the desk.
"I..yeah." I answered in a defeated voice. Severus rose from his chair and left me sitting alone in his office for a few minutes. He came back with two mugs and placed one in front of me.
"Go ahead, drink up." He said staring at me.
"What is it sir?" I asked not daring to touch the cup. I knew too well that he could have poisoned me.
"Hot Chocolate, cocoa helps calm the nerves." I didn't move.
"Ah, you don't trust me." He said with a scary smirk on his face.
"No sir." I answered honestly and he looked at me with surprise.
"You are honest, how bold." He said drinking his own hot chocolate.
"Are you going to hurt me Professor?" I asked looking into the mans black eyes.
"No Clara, I would never intentionally hurt a child. My job is to watch over you and keep you safe, when you break rules you put me on thin ice." He explained softening his voice.
"I really am sorry sir, I just want to go home." I looked down at my mug and decided to pick it up, yet i still didn't drink.
"Why do you wish to leave the opportunity Hogwarts has set out for you?" He asked.
"I miss my mother very much." I spoke in a steady voice.
"I understand the feeling." He said. I waited for an explanation. "Believe it or not, I have people I miss very much too."
"May I ask who, Professor?" I sat back feeling a little more comfortable talking to the man knowing he wasn't going to hurt me.
"I miss my mother, she passed away. I also miss my friend. She was very dear to me but we grew apart." He looked aloof.
"I'm worried that will happen with my friend and I too." I took a big gulp of my hot chocolate, it did help.
"Would you like to talk about it ?" Professor Snape asked.
"My best friend Rosie had been sorted into Ravenclaw, I'm worried she will meet friends in her house that she likes more than me." I frowned into my cup.
"Ravenclaws are very logical people. I have a hard time seeing , as a Ravenclaw finding someone she'd rather spend time with than her best friend." Severus explained.
"What do you mean?" i was confused.
"You are a loyal friend Clara, the smart thing to do would be to hold you near and dear." He almost smiled.
"Rosie is very smart." I smiled.
"There you have it then, you mustn't worry." Professor Snape leaned across the desk and wiped a stray tear from my cheek.
"Can I make you a deal ?" The dark haired man narrowed his eyes.
"Uhh..Yeah i suppose." I sniffed.
"I will keep your letter safe in my office, spend one entire week at Hogwarts and if you still feel like you want to go home, I will give you your letter back and i'll even help you send it." Professor Snape gently folded my letter and tucked it in his drawer.
"Okay sir." I took a deep breath and exhaled.
"I'll walk you back to your dorm now." He said sliding out of his chair and leading me out of his office. We walked through the dungeons to the Slytherin common room. Once inside I turned to look at the professor who was waiting by the door.
"Thank-you sir." I said giving him a small smile.
"You're welcome . I expect to see you at breakfast bright and early." The man turned and left the common room. I found my dorm, slipped into my bed and fell asleep.