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Severus Snape was not a happy man right now. It was the day after Halloween and he had just learned of the dark lord's down fall. This, however, was not the reason he was upset. Before the dark lord had disappeared he had killed one of Severus's good friends in school, Lilly Potter and her husband James. Voldemort then tried to kill Lilly's and James's twin boys. Instead, he had left a scar on both of their foreheads. On one, a thin jagged scar shaped like a lightning bolt and on the other, a round scar that looked like a constellation.
Severus was currently sitting in Albus Dumbledore's office at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and Wizardry. Staring at the floor, he heard Dumbledore say, "I'm Sorry Severus, but the boys will have to be separated until they start at Hogwarts."
Severus jumped up and all but shouted, "Headmaster, don't you know who I am?" There was no way he was letting them go to complete strangers, he made a promise to Lilly.
"Don't worry Severus; they won't be going to complete strangers. Harry will be going to Lilly's sister and another well-known wizard has offered to take his brother until he is ready to know who he really is."
After getting over the shock that the headmaster had known what he was thinking, he said angrily, "Vernon and Petunia Dursley! Are you kidding? They do not even like James or Lilly. What makes you think that those muggles will actually care for the boy?"
"It's my only option. They're the only family they have out side of the wizarding world." Dumbledore replied, the usual twinkle in his eyes temporarily gone.
"And who is this well-known wizard? I'd like to know where both of them are going. Why can't I take them in? I am, after all, J…."
"Because, my dear boy, it would be much safer for them to grow up away from Hogwarts. You do remember that I offered you a job just this last September." Dumbledore was obviously ignoring the first question concerning the well known wizard.
"Yes, sir." Severus mumbled. Sometimes that headmaster made him feel like a little kid again.
There was a knock at the door and a towering giant entered.
"I….I…." Hagrid began barely able to hide his emotions, "I got them headmaster." He finally finished indicating the two bundles of blankets. Severus and Dumbledore walked over to where Hagrid was. They peered into one blanket where slept a tiny baby boy with jet-black hair. Severus knew that, when open, his eyes were his mothers…Lilly's. The only thing different about his appearance was the scar on his forehead resembling a lightning bolt.
Severus's gaze switched to Harry's twin brother. Harry's twin would also, when open, have his mother's eyes but his hair was jet black with tints of red spread through out. He too had a scar on his forehead. Only his were little scars in the shape of what resembled a constellation.
Severus sighed as he came to terms with the fact that he was going to lose them for eleven years. He hated to think how they would be treated at the Dursley's and at this well known wizard's house. Severus hated to think that the kids might grow up not knowing a true thing about the first year of their life. They might not even know that they have a twin.
Severus thought about his promise to Lilly. He remembered the first day they met and how he had told her that all the strange things that she could do were magic. That had been him. Not James. The three of them had made the journey to Platform nine and three quarters. Severus spent half the trip looking forward to being sorted into the house his entire family had been sorted into for centuries. Unfortunately, on the way to Hogwarts, he started to notice that James was falling in love with Lilly. He got so mad that his motives changed and he had been sorted into the opposite house. He joined the Dark Lords band of death eaters shortly after Lilly had finally given into James and started dating him in seventh year.
He had been sent to find out about a prophecy that had been made. Severus was startled when he found out that it not only concerned the Dark Lord but the Potters and their newborn twin boys. When Lilly found out about this, she made him promise that if anything happened to James and her…he would take care of the twins.
Severus watched as Dumbledore took out his wand and performed a spell to change the features of Harry's twin to match that of the wizarding family he would be living with. The boy now had sleek blond hair that resembled the hair of... Severus gasped, "Professor Dumbledore he's not going to live with... Lucius Malfoy!" Dumbledore nodded as he said, "Yes, Severus, Draco is going to the Malfoy's"
Severus watched as Dumbledore took Draco from Hagrid and said something that he couldn't understand. Hagrid followed Dumbledore out of the office as they took the twins away from Severus.
"I tried Lilly." Severus said in barely more then a whisper as he too left the office.
A/N- This is my first fan fiction. Please review.