Disclaimer: Sadly, I am not (or ever will be) the genius that is J.K. Rowling, therefore, I do not own Harry Potter. I do however, own Katerina and my other OCs. This is my first fanfiction so please be nice.

3 Happy Reading, Aleeanna!

He wished it hadn't happened, but it did. Severus Snape had a daughter and there was nothing he could do about it. He didn't know why he had an affair with Narcissa, or, he should say, she had one with him. She was happily married to Lucius Malfoy and they were planning on having a child soon. It had just, happened. Of course, after the baby was born, Narcissa didn't want her and so Severus was forced to be her one and only parent. Narcissa denied that the child was hers, and nobody ever spoke about it.

Severus named the baby girl Katerina Lilly Laurelle, after Lilly, his best friend when he was growing up. She had his dark grey eyes, Narcissa's platinum blonde hair (thickness from him) and, thankfully, she didn't have his beak-like nose, but Narcissa's small, round one. The overall effect was charming, one might even say cute. She grew up for 11 years thinking that her mother had died giving birth to her, at least that was the lie she had been told.

Soon enough, it was time for her to go to school. He had a tough decision to make, whether or not she was to attend Hogwarts or a different school of magic. The only person there who knew of the girl's very existence was Dumbledore, and he did not want the other professors learning about her. Yet again, he was very protective of her and wanted to keep an eye on her. So, he decided she would go to Hogwarts, but under a different name, to protect her. To everyone she would be Katerina Dubois.