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My father?

Jadis sat on a bench in the middle of a spacious courtyard and looked at her surroundings. She was a young girl of about fourteen, with long black hair that had blue and white streaks going through it. A very ordinary looking girl, if you didn't look at her ears. Jadis Ellen Snape was half elf. And I'm not talking about house-elves: I'm talking about grey elves. Grey elves almost look like humans but they have pointed ears, thin faces and special abilities that humans don't have. For example, they are able to change their appearance and the room around them without the use of a wand, heal fast and telekinesis, the ability to move things with your mind. In some of the elves opinions they are better than humans, but a fact is that they are a more evolved race. Her mother had been the queen of Caso, the only Elvish land left. But her mother had died when she was three, leaving her in the care of her grandfather. Jadis's real father had never contacted her, until today.

As Jadis looked up, she saw a man with shoulder-length, greasy black hair, and cold black eyes walking toward her. His nose was slightly hooked, like hers. This man was Severus Snape, Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and her father.

When he was within three feet of her he stopped. Jadis stood up. The Potions Master was the first to speak. "Hello," he said, his voice strained. He tried to smile but it came out like a lopsided smirk. Jadis remained silent. "The weather here is…" He started to say more, but she cut him off.

"Just say what you're here to say so it can be done with. I have to pack for Durmstrang." Jadis folded her arms and started to tap her foot.

He flexed his hands, clearly trying to maintain his calm. "Daughter or not I will not tolerate that kind of insolence. Okay, then," he said. "I want you to come to Hogwarts to finish your schooling, and come live with me so that we can be a…family."

Jadis looked like she was about to burst out laughing, and when she couldn't hold it in she just laughed in his face. Which was quite an accomplishment, considering she barely came up to his shoulder. When she had quit laughing her face quickly turned to anger.

"You ignore me for fifteen years and now you want us to be a family? You didn't come to Mum's funeral, not so much as a card on my birthday or Christmas, and you have the audacity to come to my home and tell me to come live with you?!" Jadis was fuming. Severus half expected to see smoke come out of her ears.

"I am your father and you will do as I say," he said to her, trying to stay calm.

"My FATHER, HUH ? Now you're my father. Right. I lived with my grandfather for eleven years and HE is more of a father than you. You must be senile or crazy. What did my mother see in you?" Jadis finished. She didn't wait for an answer from her father, but instead walked away. He stood there, then walked toward the closest house.

When Jadis had finally calmed down she went back home. As she walked through the door she seriously considered turning around and walking back out, but then she heard someone call out, "Jadis, would you please come in here?" It was Jack, her grandfather, and when she enter she saw that he was sitting in the living room having tea with none other than Severus Snape.

Jadis was seated with her own cup of tea when Jack said, "You must go with your father. It would be best for you to go to Hogwarts and get to know your father. If it doesn't work out you can always come back here. You're always welcome here."

Jack always had a way of persuading people, and before she knew it all of her stuff was packed and she was ready to go live with her father. She took one last look at the little cottage that she grew up in and one last look at the man who raised her. Then she turned her gaze to the man walking next to her. A complete stranger who had spent his life pretending she didn't exist. She didn't think she could ever forgive him for that.

They were standing in front of a dark house. Jadis had to hold her father's hand when they Apparated, but she quickly let go as soon as they arrived. He walked toward the house carrying her trunk and she followed. She felt around for her wand that was in her pocket. Even if she couldn't use it she felt safe when she could feel it. She also reached up to her neck to feel for her necklace. Her mother had given her the simple chain with the moon on it the night she died. She had told her that whenever she was lonely she should look to the moon and know that her mother was sitting there watching over her. They were inside the house now and Snape had noticed her fiddling with the chain. He looked away quickly when she noticed him watching her, and as he looked away she could have sworn that she saw a hint of a tear in the corner of his eye.