Disclaimer: I love Harry Potter but nothing is mine all belongs to J.K. Rowling

Warnings: AU, no HBP or DH,indirect mention of slash

Recovering Family

Chapter One

It was a day like every other day in the summer vacation. Harry was lying on his bed. The Dursleys had ignored him since his return to Privet drive. He had nothing to do the last year in Hogwarts had pass without anything special or exciting to happen. It was just a school year with Quidditch, homework and free time. Nothing had changed Hermione was preoccupied to bring Ron and him to work while they tried their best to talk themselves out of whatever they had to do.

And now he was alone like every other summer. He had nowhere else to go as Dumbledore had forbidden to stay at the Burrow this summer as it would pose a safety thread. This just made Harry angry as he was reminded of his lost. He still missed Sirius terribly. He couldn't stop to think what would be if he hadn't gone to the ministry, if Sirius hadn't died, if he still had a home and someone who cared for him.

Harry sighed standing up it didn't help to think about it. He couldn't become depressed and wallow in self-pity. He would go for a walk in the park to get some air and to drive away these thoughts.

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It was midday, a hot day and the park was deserted when Harry entered through the gate. He walked up to his favourite spot to sit down on one of the swings. They were on a little hil and you could overview the hole park from this spot. That´s why Harry always came here it was his sanctuary while living at the Dursleys. Nobody would disturb him here.

He looked up in the sky the sun was shining brightly and you could see the birds flying high up in the blue sky. 'They are flying...free ... probably on their way home' Harry thought looking as they reach the horizont and disappeared one after the other.

Laughter brought Harry out of his musing but it wasn't nice innocent child laughter. It was mean and spiteful with malicious joy. Harry could see them it was Dudley with his group of bullys.

They were heading in his direction. Harry groaned inaudibly he didn't want to spoil his moud further by dealing with these idiots.

" If it isn't our dear Harry. How is it to be back of an Asylum. Still to crazy to be cured?" a big brunette asked. Harry thought his name was Smutter he was pale and his hair clashed horribly.

Harry ignored him and looked warningly at Dudley. His cousin knew he should be provokated as it would end bad but not for him.

Harry saw how his glare borrowed from Severus Snape made Dudley nervous and he began to fidget. He didn't notice the person advancing on them until she shrieked.

"Dudley Dursley how often do I have to repeat myself if I find you again bullying another kid I will have you head because I go and shout what you do in your mothers face at your doorstep for all the neighbours to listen!"

When the shouting began Harry could see how Dudleys nervousness changed to a face of blank horror and he became deadly pale. The other boy weren't coping much better they seemed to shrink with each uttered word and tried not to attract the attention of the girl.

Harry still couldn't see her as his view was blocked by the boys surrounding him. The girl seemed to have stoped behind Dudley who turned slowly around facing her.

"We didn't do anything .... we were just.... talking" he spluttered the last word hesitantly and then with more force after the mumbled agreement of the other boy. "Yeah, just talking no bullying."

The girl seemed to glare deadly at them as they gulped and averted their gaze looking at the ground studying their shoes. She 'hmpft' and said "Get lost before I change my mind." And so they did. You wouldn't belief that this kind of large teenagers could run so fast to get out of sight. Five boys put to flight by a 5'6 girl in a sun dress with white daisies.

Harry was dumbfounded he couldn't belief what just had happened and then he laughed and laughed. He wasn't able to stop the whole incident seem to hilarious. He hadn't laughed in ages this much. It feelt good to laugh so hard that his eyes began to water.

The girl eyed Harry curiously and sat down on the swing next to his. When his laughter slowly subsided she asked. " You didn't have a nervous breakdown just now did you?"

"No" Harry said still breathless "I´m fine it´s just... it was hilarious how they took of as if the devil was after them."

Harry looked at the girl. She had shoulder length wavy black hair and eyes with the darkest shade of brown he had ever sawn. But still in their depth one could see warmness and a great mixture of feelings even though they looked practical black. Then she began to smile no kind girly smile like you would expect but a mischievous smile and her eyes began to twinkle much like Dumbledore ever twinkling blue one´s.

"Well, I´m sure the devil would have more mercy with them than I" she drawled looking Harry intently in the eyes. As their eyes met they both tried to remain serious but burst out laughing.

When they had calmed down they introduced themselves. Harry began as with saying. "Nice, to meet you I am Harry. Harry Potter"

"I thought so" the girl replied gazing dreamily into the sky.

"What?How?" Harry asked confused by the girl's statement.

"I moved here because I was curious who would need this kind of strong ward around his house." she answered still gazing into the sky watching a crow fly.

"Your a witch!" Harry states agitated.

The girl smiles looking at Harry "You just sounded like a muggel."

"But you are a witch and I didn't sound like a muggel. I was only surprised as here doesn't live any magical folk."

"My father is right you really love to state the obvious."

Now Harry frowned her father knows him 'How? Who?' he thought not sure if it would be a good answer as it would either be one of the order of the Phoenix or perhaps a death eater and this would mean trouble. As well as make him kind of sad as he had begun to like the girl.

"Who are you?" he finally asked voicing his thoughts scrutinising her with a sharp look.

"I´m Amethyst Eurydice Snape. Nice to meet you Harry James Potter"

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It was night. Harry lay in his bed and was thinking of his meeting with Amy SNAPE. He still couldn't comprehend what had happened to evolve his regular summer vacation day with him mopping over his life to a confusing day talking and becoming friends with the daughter of Severus Snape his most hated teacher.

He was still in shock over how well Amy and him did understand each other. They talked about everything about trival things, importend thing and everything in between. It was as if they knew each other for ages.

Amy was great she teased him for being sometimes to engrossed in a topic and he told her to back off pinching her lightly while she tickled him from time to time as he was becoming too serious and looking depressed.

When this happened she said grinning "It his prohibited to be depressed in my company after all I am shining enough to banish bad thoughts." That made Harry always smile despite himself.

It was a weak before Harry´s seventeenth birthday when the topic of Amy´s mother came up. They were at their favorite place sitting on the swings in the park looking in the sky and talking like every other day since they met.

"I wondered" Harry said looking pensive. "Who is your mother? Why are you living alone after all it´s summer vacation Snape has free, shouldn't you spend your holidays together?."

"My mother?" Amy looked questionably at Harry."Harry I´m a wizards' child and you know dad and I can't spend the holidays together since he is back spying. He always says ' I´m not handing them you on a silver platter'."she sighed "I miss him I haven't seen him for nearly four years. It´s just to dangerous."

"Er ... I understand that if you were known as his daughter you would probably have to become a death eater and this would be....." Harry trailed off unsure how to finish this thought. After all no parent in his right mind would want his child to become a follower of Voldemort.

They remained silent both lost in their thoughts contemplating on the topic and what would happen if´s until Harry remember his earlier question and frowned at her given answer. "What is a wizards' child?"

Amy who had been absorbed in her thoughts asked "What?"

"What is a wizards' child? You said you were one but this isn't really an answer to who is or what happened with your mother" Harry elaborated voicing his confusion at what Amy had said.

Amy smiled seemingly recalling a memory and replied " A wizards' child is like the name says a child born to two wizards. My father´s name was Regulus Black he was married to my dad. My father gave birth to me.... Unfortunately he was killed when I was only a month old. " she finished sadness creeping into her voice.

Harry took her silently in his arms puzzled by this information. The magical world never stopped to amaze him with the wonders it made posible.

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