The Child Once Denied

by Laila Neville

This is a reposting of my story, since there was a glitch and said that the story wasn't on the site when it was on the site. Severus had to leave his child behind, but his past has finally caught up with him

1. Prologue

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters you recognize from the Harry Potter series, they are owned by JK Rowling. I do how ever own the characters: Christina Hathaway, William Hathaway, Tena and Bill Neville and Notus the house elf.

A/N: This fanfic is based on a dream I had after reading Harry Potter fanfic for 11 hours straight. The car crash that will be mentioned in future chapters really happened to me, but my mother didn't really die, that's just for the story. The surgery and scars are real, the events the character Christina will talk about later, events from her past really did happen. I write this fanfic as a way to get the story out of my head so hopefully I'll stop dreaming about it. Please enjoy, reviews welcome, flames as well, as long as they contain some sort of constructive critisism.

And now on with the show.

Prologue

Tena looked at the man standing near her hospital bed again. She was still angry, but she was too tired to argue with him again. She looked at her tiny daughter, the one that almost didn't live. Her heart was filled with an overwhelming joy at the tiny child.

"Tena, you know this is for the best. This way she'll be protected, and you will be protected, and your other children as well." The man said, sounding drained and sad.

" Why though, why did you have to come into my life, why did you have to be the one that was there that night?" She fairly shouted at him. She knew her words hurt him, but she didn't care. He wanted to abandon his daughter.

"I don't know, but this way she can grow up happy, thinking some other man sired her. She'll grow up normal." He said, his hands wanting to stroke the baby's cheek.

" Everyone will know, she doesn't look like him, she looks like you." The man knew she was right.

"Fine, I'll take care of that." He drew his wand, and tapped the infant child, saying words in a language that Tena didn't understand. The child's appearance changed. She no longer looked like her father, she looked like Tena. The man smiled sadly at the child, and then he turned and left with a flourish.

Tena looked down at her daughter, the one the doctors told her wouldn't live. She started to cry as she said

"My beautiful Christina, someday you will know the truth, so help me if it kills me I'll find a way to tell you.