A Thorn in my Cauldron

by DrPotterhead

No one ever said their final year at Hogwarts was going to be easy. Harry is fighting his conflicting feelings and the pressure of the public, Draco is fighting to redeem his name, Hermione's in the center of a love triangle between teacher and student. And who is the new DADA professor that seems to have such an effect on the dungeon bat himself? Seventh year here we come!

1. Prolouge

NOTE: make sure to read the 'authors' note at the end of the document. It's important!

Prologue:

Two beautiful cries filled the hospital room; two cries signifying the birth of two new lives.
"Look at them Alphonse, look at our babies. There has never been a more perfect set of twins in this world." Daisy Evans looked down at her two new daughters. Their eyes were a blazing green just like their fathers and they both had a full head of fiery red hair. A small, but loving chuckle escaped their father's lips. "Every mother says that about her children," his eyes, brimming with tears gazed lovingly at his daughters "but on this occasion I would have to agree with you. They are the two most beautiful girls this world has ever known."
The nurse watched silently in the corner at the picture painted before her. A mother; just given birth, her brow drenched with sweat and her loving husband by her side as she tenderly holds her young. The love held by this family could not be missed.
"What will be their names Mr and Mrs Evans?" The nurse asked with a smile on her lips.
"The first shall be Lily, the second shall be Rose. Flowers of great beauty," Alphonse smiled at his wife "Just like their mother."

….

"MUMMY!" a shrill screech came from the end of the house. Alphonse and Daisy Evans took one look at each other and bolted. They reached the end of the house and saw a horrified Petunia standing at the door of the twin's bedroom. "What is it Petunia what's wrong?" Petunia could only gape at her mother's question and raise a finger and point inside the room where the toddlers dwelled. The two adults slowly turned their gaze to inside the room and they felt their jaws drop at the sight of the chaos within. The girls were giggling like crazy as all of their toys flew across the room. Lily was clapping her hands and giggling as her teddy flew in circles around her head. Rose was sitting opposite of her sister laughing like mad as her stuffed rabbit danced about her. The twins noticed the intrusion on their fun and their laughing ceased and the stuffed animals dropped dead to the ground.
"Mummy!"
"Daddy!" Both cries rung out merrily as the twins held up their arms. Both parents however stood awestruck at the door, unable to answer their daughter's calls.
Daisy slowly walked into the room and gathered the twins into her arms. "Girls…" her voice was quavering "where you two doing that?"
There girls looked innocently up at their mother. "Doing what mummy?" they replied in unison.
"Were you two the ones making your toys fly and dance about" Daisy was finding it harder and harder to keep her cool. These were her babies!
Lily and Rose looked at each other and giggled.
"Like-"
"this?" The two girls raised their small hands and gestured to their toys. No sooner had they done that the stuffed animals began to dance and fly about once more in the air. The twins began to giggle once again, amused by the scene that was playing out before them.
Before either parent could react a loud CRACK echoed into the room. A mysterious and strange looking man now stood in the centre of the room. He looked as old as the age of time itself. He had silver, flowing beard that reached his knees. He wore a pointed hat of purple and silver and his twinkling eyes peered over his half-moon glasses. He walked calmly over to the shell-shocked family; his purple robes rustling as he walked. "I think I may be of assistance here." He said with a knowing smile.

….

He sat there every day; alone on the cold metal swings. He would always get up and leave if someone came, or at the very least ignore them completely until they stopped talking to him. Lily and Rose had tried multiple times to talk to the curious boy, but with no prevail. The girls look at each other and shared a secret message.
Today we shall succeed.
As Rose scampered away unseen, Lily approached the young boy. His hair – raven black – hung just past his ears. Greasy as ever Lily silently noted. He sat on the swing, his hooked nose buried into a book as always; his black eyes danced across the pages at an unimaginable speed. Lily didn't know why but this boy intrigued her.
Lily slowly wandered over to the boy and sat in the swing adjacent to his. If Lily wasn't so perceptive she wouldn't have noticed the slight flicker in his eyes, a sign that he had noticed her sit down. Good, Lily thought at least he didn't immediately run away this time.
"Hi there." She peered at the boy "My name is Lily. What's yours?"
The boy made no move to show that fact that he had even heard her, let alone answer. Lily sighed. "Ignore me all you wish, but it won't stop me." Lily had to supress a giggle as she saw the boy let out a small sigh "You know I already know who you are. I didn't need to ask."
That got his attention she thought. She had noticed the small flinch at her words; she was peaking the boy's curiosity.
"You live a street down from me; your Snape's boy." With those words the boy angrily swivelled his head around to face Lily.
"That man is no father of mine." The boy spat.
"Oooh, so you do speak." Lily let a small smile spread across her features. This did not impress the young boy in the least. He slammed his book shut and stood up.
"If you're done invading my privacy I think I'll leave." The boy spun on his heel and stalked off towards his house. Rose then jumped out of hiding and grabbed the boy's wrist. She let a sly smile crawl across her lips that sent a small shiver down the boy's spine.
"Oh we're not done with you. We still now one more thing about you that I think you will be interested in." The boy froze. He gazed into the cold emerald green eyes peering into his. He turned his head around to watch Lily walk over to him.
The boy regained composure and stared straight at the beautiful, young twin girls. Now standing side by side.
"Oh, and what exactly would that be?" He asked, his voice tight.
"You're not normal."
"You're like us."
"You-"
"have-"
"magic." The girls chorused the last word together. The young boy's eyes widened in disbelief, he could not grasp the concept that there would be more like him in this little dingy town.
"Rose." Lily looked to Rose and nodded. With her sisters approval Rose bent down to the ground and plucked a small weed. She placed the plant on her sister's wrist and with a flick of her hand the weed entwined itself around Lily's wrist to form a small bangle. Noticing the awe on his face Lily waved her hand and the weed untangled from her wrist and dropped once again to the ground.
The girl's watched in anticipation at the boy's reaction to their action. The boy looked from one girl to the other. He gave a small sigh and held out his hand with a tired smile.
"Severus Snape." the girls grinned liked wild cats and both grasped his hand firmly.

….

Petunia was in another one of her moods. This one was by far the most foul either of the twins had ever seen. The girls had not spoken to their sister all day because of their excitement over their first day at Hogwarts tomorrow. The twins had no idea what was wrong. But Lily feared it was just that reason. That herself and Rose were the only ones going to Hogwarts. If you were the only child of a family not to go to a new and exciting, magical school, of course you would be angry and jealous.
Realising this Lily decided to confront her sister.
She walked into the kitchen where she could hear her sister mumbling and practically fuming. She came across the sight of Petunia pacing madly about the kitchen. When her back was turned Lily carefully put a hand on her shoulder. "Petunia? Are you ok?" Petunia swirled around crossly and smacked her sisters palm from her shoulder.
"Don't touch me FREAK!" She spat venously.
Lily was taken aback "W-what?" she stammered "What did you say Petunia?"
"You heard me FREAK! Don't touch me with your….contaminated hands. You and her both. Your BOTH freaks. I don't want anything to do with people like you. You're a disgrace to the human race you freaks!"
Lily was biting her lip to keep herself from crying at her sisters cold words. She had never known her sister to be like this; a little snarky sure, but not this cold. "I'm not a freak. That's a horrible thing to say."
"That's where you're going. A special school for freaks. You and that Snape boy…weirdos, that's what you two are…." Petunia glared at Lily with a deadly venom in her eyes.
Rose, who was leaning against the doorway, broke into the conversation "You didn't think it was such a freaks school when you wrote to the Headmaster and begged him to take you."
Petunia gasped and narrowed her eyes at her sister. Without another word she left the room in a huff.
"AND ME AND LILLY AREN'T FREAKS!" Rose called out after her. Turning around she saw Lily leaning against the kitchen bench. Wrapping an arm around her beloved sister she whispered quietly in her ear. "Don't let the muggles get you down."
Lily looked at her sister with a shocked expression on her face to which Rose met with a grin. In manner of second the two burst out into a fit of laughs at echoed through the very walls of the house.

….

The hall was magnificent, but the twins had no time to take in their surroundings as they were dragged into the hall by a rather tall woman of mid-thirties with soft brown hair in robes of dark green. Hand in hand and at the front of the line Severus, Lily and Rose walked into the Great Hall. They were too astounded by the hall itself to notice the hundreds of eyes that followed them as they made it to the front of the hall to stand in front of the teachers table. Rose overheard two boys standing behind them talking. "Omg is that it?" one said.
"It must be. It's the only brown tattered hat in sight. Ugh, I don't want to put that manky thing on my head!"
"Why would we put it on our head?" Rose asked innocently. The two boys looked at her as if she had grown two heads.
"You don't know? That is the Sorting Hat. First years put it on their head at the start of the year to sort them into their respective houses."
The other boy nodded vigorously "Yeah. Apparently it was enchanted when Hogwarts was first founded, its hundreds of years old. You put in on your head and it reads your mind and it puts you in the house that best represents your personality."
Before Rose could respond the young witch up the front started to call names and one by one the first years walked up to the stool and placed the enchanted hat upon their heads. Each student was different. Sometimes it took only seconds for the hat to call out a house name and for other it took the hat up to five minutes to shout out a house.
"Lily Evans." A sharp voice pulled Rose out of her mind. She watched the small frame of her sister walk up to the stall and place the hat on her head. The hat seemed to mull over its options for a minute for two before it loudly pronounced GRYFFINDOR!
Cheers and hollers roared from her respective table. As Lily walked away she looked at Severus and Rose and mouthed 'I'll see you soon'.
Rose nodded towards her sister right as the tall witch shouted out "Rose Evans."
A harsh fear shocked through Rose's body. She found herself rooted to the spot. She couldn't move.
"Rose Evans?" Severus looked to his friend and saw the raw fear in her eyes. Giving her hand a tight squeeze he made Rose look at her. He sent her one of his once-in-a-lifetime gleaming smiles before roughly pushing her towards the professor. Rose turned and glared at her smirking friend before walking up to the stool and hat. She slowly sat down on the stool and waited as the hat was placed on her head.
Silence. Oh no Rose thought Is it not working? Am I not meant to be here after all?
A sharp cackling laughter suddenly wracked its way through the halls of the school. The student and teachers froze for they had never heard this sound before. The sorting had had laughed, as in outright laughed. Out loud.
Rose froze.
'My child you are most definitely meant to be here. You are very smart and you crave power. You are brave and courageous and hold your family ties above all else. Am I correct?' Rose nodded silently 'Well then. You could go to Gryffindor with your sister, but you are too smart for a Gryffindor and you possess a ferocity they do not. So there is only one place for you.'
"SLYTHERIN!" The Sorting Hat shouted. Whispers chorused through the hall. The sorting hat had separated two sisters. That was a rare thing.
Rose jumped up and roughly took of the hat and pushed it at Professor McGonagall. "This can't be right!" Rose shouted "I'm supposed to be with my sister! I have to be with Lily!"
The Professor stared down at Rose "The Sorting Hat is never wrong. I'm sorry but you still are able to see your sister during classes and such. Now go join the Slytherin table."
With a final pleading look to her sister then Severus, Rose went and solemnly walked towards her table to sit at the very end with the rest of the first years. After her outburst the other Slytherins did not really seem to want to talk to her. Some nodded in her acknowledgement and some even muttered a 'congratulations' but other than that she was ignored.
As the group of unsorted first years grew smaller McGonagall finally said the name both Lily and Rose had been waiting for.
"Severus Snape."
Severus calmly and proudly walked up to the stool. Rose thought he even seemed to walk with an air of elegance…or maybe that was arrogance, she couldn't really tell. As he sat down McGonagall placed the hat on his head and not a second after she did so the hat loudly announced "SLYTHERIN!"
As Rose knew, Severus was a half blood and his name held some small significance in the wizarding world and his announcement was met with a small round of applause compared to the cheers and hollers of the Gryffindor table. Severus took his place next to Rose and gave her a reassuring smile. They both turned to glace at Lily at the other side of the Great Hall to see her smiling broadly at the fact that Severus at Rose were at least in the same house. Lily sent them a small wave and they sent a small wave back, unaware of the glares shooting their way from the older students.

….

"YOU LIKE LILY!" Shouted Rose, jumping out of her seat, knocking it onto the floor.
"Shhhhh!" Severus looked around to see if anyone had heard Rose. Luckily everyone was at Hogsmeed that day and no one besides Severus and Rose were occupying the library "I don't want everyone knowing. You know what the rest of the house would do if they found out!"
Blushing, Rose quickly pulled her chair back into position and sat down with a new evil gleam about her.
"Ok Sev. SPILL." Severus inclined his head, ushering her onwards "When did you first realise? What are you going to do? Are you going to tell her? You know James is head over heels for her? Do you think he will beat you up when he finds-"
"He won't ever find out," Severus shot her a look. "and neither will Lily, I don't plan on telling her." Noticing the total look of shocked outrage on his friends face he quickly started to cover up "Well, that's not what I mean. Well, I do mean that. I won't tell her. It would ruin our friendship and just make things complicated. I've liked her for years. Since first year. Rose we are in our fifth year! Don't you think I would've told her by now if I could've without endangering anything? I know James likes her and whether she admits it or not, she is in….she likes him. If she knew how I felt she would be so guilty. You know Lily, it's in her personality. So I won't tell her. I just didn't want to bottle it up anymore. I had to tell someone. You're the only one aside from Lil I trust Rose. I didn't know who to tell. I certainly couldn't tell Goyle or Malfoy. They'd kill me on the spot! I just wanted to let someone know. You can't tell her Rose. Promise me you won't!"
Rose looked at her companion panting after his little rave and effectively broke out into a fit of giggles. Severus looked at Rose who was lying on the desk and silently banging her fist onto the top of the desk. "What?"
As her fit subsided she looked at Severus – knowing they were alone – she stared into his eyes and spoke confidently "Sorry, I just find this really funny," she raised a hand to stop Severus as she saw he was about to explode "you're in love with Lily, and I'm in love with James."
She laughed again as she saw Severus' jaw practically drop. It didn't of course. His infamous Slytherin mask was in place as always, but Rose was the only person who could always see through it. Rose would never admit it, but she secretly loved being the only person in the whole of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that could invoke any type of visible emotion on the stoic Slytherins face.
"Yes, yes, yes. I know exactly what you think of James. But next to Black he is the most eligible bloke in the school," at this Severus made a chocking sound at which she smiled "and what can I say, even us Slytherin girls can be impressionable at times. I realise he is a total ass, but he is also a total bad-ass. That's hot." She said with a wink. Severus was staring in disbelief at his Slytherin friend.
"And you know what I think Sev? I think we can be of use to each other here. Us being Slytherin and all." Severus saw that all too familiar gleam in Rose's eye, a gleam even he had come to fear, for in the Slytherin house the best schemer of them all was Rose. "I like James, you like Lily. So let's help each other out. You help me get James and I'll help you get Lil. Wadda' ya' say?"
Severus looked at his friend and the smallest of tight lipped smirks crossed his face for a fraction of a second. "Why Rose, I do believe you are the most conniving, cunning, manipulative, despicable woman I have the pleasure of knowing."
"Why Severus, I do believe that is the nicest thing you've ever said to me."

….

"Well lookie here, if it isn't Snivellus and the thorn in everyone's cauldron, Rosie." The pair looked up from under their tree where they had been studying, into the eyes of the Marauders. Namely James and Sirius; as always Peter stood near the back watching in awe next to an always disapproving Remus. Remus was head boy, but he never did anything to stop the duo and their antics. Severus and Rose glared at the two offending boys. "Potter, Black. Don't you have anything better to do? Shouldn't you be attempting to fuck the rest of the female student body? Or was it the male student body, I heard you had already moved through the girls. Moving onto the boys now? What next? Teachers?" Severus let a trade mark Slytherin smirk slide across his angled features, pleased at the volatile reactions he always drew from the pair, namely James.
"What, is the little Slytherin virgin asking for shag?" James sneered
"No way in hell Potter. Who knows what kinds of diseases you've contracted from sleeping around like some common muggle whore."
"Better a whore than an eternal virgin." James said. Rose snarled at James and he turned to her "She your dog Severus? Snarling like that anyone would think she's your bitch!"
Rose had to grab Severus around the waist to stop him from throwing himself at James. Severus was a strong boy, but he would not win a two on one fight against James and Sirius, whose bodies were both toned from Quidditch.
"Oh look Snivellus! A girl is actually touching you, careful you don't cum in your pants!" The two boys hollered "I have to admit Snivellus you have got yourself a nice dog, I wouldn't mind a piece of her myself." James leered towards Rose. "Wadda' ya' say Rosie? I bet I could take on your thorns any day….or night."
Severus scoffed "What? Can't get Lily to even look at you so you go for her sister. Man, anything goes for you doesn't it Potter? Though I must admit it's not surprising no girl wants to go near you considering all those diseases you undoubtedly carry. Lily obviously knows better than to pair up with a loose slut such like yourself."
James roared at the boy and screamed "Levicorpus!"
Severus felt himself scream as he was hoisted into the air by his ankles, he also could hear Rose calling his name and shouting at the laughing duo to put him down. Severus –even though he was upside down – could see a jeering crowd (mainly of Gryffindor's and Ravenclaw's) start to form around him. It was only a harsh cry that broke the jeering and finally caught everyone attention.
"JAMES! PUT SEVERUS DOWN!" The laughing James swivelled around to see a horrified Lily and he instantly dropped Severus to the ground.
With a thud Severus landed. His clothes dishevelled and his hair in his eyes, he was fuming, his perfect Slytherin mask completely out of place. It was obvious he was enraged.
"Getting help from Gryffindor's now I see, and a girl at that. Snivellus you really can't sink any lower can you?" said James, obviously trying to keep up the bravado in front of Lily.
"I don't need help from anyone you pathetic excuse for a wizard! I certainly don't need any help from a little Gryffindor mudblood."
As soon as the words as left his pale lips he instantly regretted them. He saw the blood drain from Lily's face, he heard from horrified gasp from his sister and he saw the amused shock of the Marauders. "Lil, I-I didn't…Lily-" Severus stumbled over his words. He didn't care if anyone saw. He was too out of mind right now to even care or realise that everyone was watching this little altercation.
"ENOUGH!" Every student turned as they saw the fearsome face of Professor McGonagall "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?" McGonagall swept an accessing glance over the scene before her "Potter, Black, Lupin and Pettigrew. My Office. NOW!" She glared at the boys until they begun to move back towards the castle "I will meet up with you shortly and I warn you, If I arrive before you your punishment will increase tenfold!"
The boys bolted into the castle in fear of their head of house. "The rest of you LEAVE. There is nothing to see here!" As the students shuffled off the young Professor finally turned to Severus and Rose. Lily had already scampered back inside with the crowed, not wanting anyone to notice the tears that had started to crawl down her porcelain cheeks. But Severus had noticed, Severus had seen those drop of liquid diamond slowly crawling down her face.
"SNAPE! 50 points for foul language, you are not in my house but I will not tolerate such language in this school! EVANS! 10 points for not even trying to stop this from getting out of hand. You should know better." And with that the enraged young witch stalked off.
Severus sunk down to the ground with his back against the tree, just waiting for the inevitable.
"Mudblood…" came the quiet voice of Rose. Severus pulled his face out of his hands to look at the hurt face of his best friend. "Is that really how you think of me Severus?" Severus knew he could not say anything to change what he had done. No apology could fix that, even so he tried.
"I was angry Rose. You heard what he said about me, about you, and Lily. I was hurt. I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry. You know I didn't mean it Rose." Severus looked pleadingly at Rose. Though he could not tell, Rose was shocked by the absolute raw emotion of her friends face. She had never seen Severus display this kind of pure emotion before. Even so…she did not show it. She was hurt and that was the overwhelming feeling that drove her.
"No Severus, I don't know you didn't mean it." So Rose turned and walked away, not even turning back to look at the man she left crumpled on the ground.
One phrase was running through Severus' mind as he watched the receding back of his former(?) best friend.
What have I done?

….

Severus sat atop of the Astronomy tower, looking up at the stars many weeks later. Asking them questions they could never answer. He heard the door creak open and he jumped down from the ledge, drew his wand and pointed it at the intruder hidden in the darkness.
"It's just me Sev." Came a quiet voice. Severus lowered his wand as Rose stepped through the doorway. He turned his back to the girl and went back to sit on the ledge of the window and continued to look out at the stars. "I'm sorry."
"I know." He did not look at her, but Rose could tell he was shocked. "I know you were frustrated and angry. I know at that time you were testosterone fuelled. I know what he said about me and you hurt. I know, I was there, it hurt me too. I know you Severus, I know you have self-restraint. Why did you say those things? You were only making the situation worse. I know your smarter than that Severus. Why did you say those things?" Rose sat down on the chair next to the window. It was on an angle so she could only see the left side of his face, but that was enough. His features were taught and tired and his body was tense and his eyes were full of pain. He really is broken thought Rose.
"I couldn't help it Rose. He just…I hate what he his. He is Gryffindor. He has the looks and status and because of that he can do whatever the hell he wants and get away with it. It just rubs me the wrong way, and I know that's an understatement. I wasn't in the right frame of mind Rose. I didn't mean to say those things. I don't think I'll ever forgive myself for saying that about you and Lil. I could care less about what I said to Potter. If I could take back anything in the entire world it would be that one word." The broken boy poured his heart out to Rose. He was broken beyond belief. He was the Slytherin Prince, the Half-Blood Prince (though Rose was the only one who ever called him that) he was the poster boy of Slytherin, always elegant and stoic and always smart and clever and cunning. This was not a boy of emotions and feelings, this boy was not some Hufflepuff. This was Severus Snape. A true Slytherin. Right now though, he was a broken Slytherin.
"I know Sev, and I forgive you." Severus turned to Rose with all the pain evident on his face "But I don't think Lily ever will. You hurt her Sev, you really did." Severus slumped down and rested his head on Rose's shoulder. "I know Rose, I know."
Rose pretended not to see the single tear that ran down the boy's face.
"You were right you know Sev." Severus looked at her "James is an ass." She said with that wild cat grin on her face. With that Severus Snape burst out laughing. A real laugh. That was the first time Rose had ever heard Severus laugh.
As the moon reached its peak in the sky, the laughter of two Slytherin students could be heard across the wind.

….

Severus heard the floo crackle to life in his apartment. Rose stepped through in her ever fashionable muggle clothes. Tight fitting red tank top with a black bomber jacket accompanied by black skinny jeans and knee high army boots. Her red hair was pulled into a messy, but elegant none-the-less bun. "Have you heard?" were the first words to leave the girls lips. Severus looked up from his university potions text book and nodded.
Rose sat down next to her best friend. "I am so sorry Severus. I only just found out. Apparently the wedding is only a few months from now. People are saying it's because she's pregnant." Severus silenced her with a hand.
"I have heard all the rumours and I have no wish to hear more of them." He sent a trade mark Slytherin smirk her way "You think an editor of the daily prophet would know these things before someone like me." Rose laughed and punched him in the arm.
"Oh stop it Sev. Now I hear you are one more exam away from being a bonafied Potions Master. You big brainiac you." Rose ruffled his greasy hair affectionately. It was true; Severus was one exam away from receiving his full qualifications. He was hoping to open up his own apothecary in Diagon Alley. After they had graduated Rose had gone to work for the Daily Prophet and Severus worked to achieve his Potions Master title in any of the spare time he was given by the Dark Lord. Rose new of his close connection to the Dark Lord, though she did not approve she could not do much about it. Realising this she did not question his actions, she knew he was the only connection the Order had to the Dark Lord. No one else dared to even think of deceiving Voldemort in such a way. Rose was also an important member of the Order and she as one of the few that fully trusted Severus.
A loud and painful hiss brought Rose back to her senses. Severus was clutching his arm and he looked at her knowingly. Rose nodded and placed a hand on the jar of floo powder as she moved to step into the fireplace. "Stay safe Sev."
And with a CRACK Severus was gone.

…..

Rose was sitting in her bedroom going over some of her work when a loud CRACK came from her living room. She rushed downstairs to find a distressed and dishevelled Severus frantically calling her name. When she came into his line of sight, he rushed over to her and grabbed her by the shoulders tightly. "You need to get out Rose, you need to go!" The absolute fear in his eyes scared Rose.
"What is it Sev? What's the matter? What has Voldemort done now?" Rose could link up the dots and realise only Voldemort could invoke this much fear into a man.
"It's them. James and Lily. They are the ones talked about in the prophecy." Rose gasped and clapped a hand to her mouth in shock. "Albus has done what he can to protect them but he can't protect you as well. You need to hide. You need to run Rose. I can't protect you here. Neither can Albus. Please." Severus was begging now "Please Rose. You need to go. Just throw a few things into a bag and go somewhere. Anywhere. Anywhere off the map. Just go. There is no time. RUN!" Rose opened her mouth to speak but Severus hissed and grabbed at his arm, letting go of Rose.
"I'm sorry, I don't have much time. If I don't go soon he will start to suspect me." He grabbed Rose's shoulders one last time and looked into her eyes. "Please Rose. Run…"
"Ok Sev. I understand. Just protect James and Lily and Harry for me ok."
Severus looked at her one last time before he apparated away. "Don't Die."
"I won't." With a loud CRACK Severus Snape was gone.

That was the last time Severus Snape ever saw Rose Evans.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Okay, I know the whole time I am really only showing you Sev's very emotional moments, but im constantly saying that he is stoic and unreadable etc. etc. etc. what you need to understand for this prologue it is just a recount of the important moments of this trios life with my altercations in it of course. For this is really important for the story I am to write and the relationship between these three is really important. I would also like feedback on Mr and Mrs Evans names and Rose's I kinda wanted feedback on them because im not sure whether or not I like them.
I also just need everyone to understand that. I know you are all waiting for some drarry and ramione and other 'titillating' action but im getting to that. Remember this is just a prologue. The first chapter will be out in a while as I have to work around school and assignments and things. If this didn't grasp your interest im asking you to hold out until the next chapter is realised pleeeaasssseeee.
but yeah R&R, this is my first fan fic and im really anxious to know what people think and if you find any problems with the text – grammar, spelling, punctuation. You'll have to excuse me on that, my spelling and grammar isn't exactly my forte. But yeah, R&R please and thank you and ill have the next chapter up as soon as it ready!
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