Disclaimer: ok none of this is mine.. the only thing that belongs to me is Kali, Maia, and the plot but the rest belongs to the amazing JK Rowling!

AN: ok here it is… ok this story takes place after OotP but before HBP… I loved HBP but there is so much that I would have to include in here to live up to it and I'm just not up for it… it would be way to much to have to go through the whole "Snape killed Dumbledore thing", so… in here Dumbledore doesn't have a big role but he is in here… no horcruxes and a lot of other things that I don't think u will expect but hopefully u will enjoy… PLEASE REVIEW!

Chapter 1

The Dark Mark

June 1984

"Mummy, Mummy!" a small girl ran through a large house, in a small suburban area in London, into the kitchen where her mother stood making lunch. She had dark brown hair, which was so dark, it could easily be mistaken for black. Her beautiful piercing hazel eyes were the main thing that stood out from her face.

"Yes, Kali?" her mother turned around smiling. She had a light brown hair and blue eyes. She towered over the 4 year old.

Kali ran to her mother laughing happily. "Guess what today is?"

Her mother smiled down upon her. "Hmm, I don't know, what day is today?" she said amusing her daughter.

"Today daddy comes home from work," she almost shrieked in excitement.

Maia giggled at her daughter's excitement. "Oh yes, that's right."

"When is he gonna be here?"

There was a faint pop in the living room and in came a tall man with dark greasy looking hair and a large hooked nose and sallow face. He smiled at the small girl, "Right now."

She turned around with a smile on her face from ear to ear. "Daddy!" Kali ran into her father's arms and he pulled her into his arms and hugged her. Maia smiled in her daughter and husbands happiness. She walked over to them and gave her husband a small kiss. "I think someone has been missing her dad."

Severus smiled. "And I've missed her," he squatted down to his daughter's height and said, "How about you help me unpack my suitcase, and I'll change, and we can go down to the park?"

Kali's smile widened even more and she ran over to her father's suitcase and attempted to pick it up and take it up the stairs. Her parents laughed as she struggled.

"Honey, why don't you just go upstairs and wait for your dad," Maia said as Severus shook his head in agreement. Kali nodded and ran up the stairs to wait for her father, she was so looking forward to spending the whole summer with him and her mother.

Maia sighed, and sat on the large dark green leather sofa, in the living room. Severus followed her and he wrapped his arms around her and they just sat there for a minute in each others arms.

"I'm guessing she's been a handful," Severus said without looking at his wife.

She gave him a stern look, "What do you think?"

Severus simply smiled. "Honestly, I think we should move."

"Move?" Maia said in shock. "Why do you want to move? We've lived here since we were married."

"Yes but it is much farther away from Hogwarts. Snape Manor is so much…" he didn't get another word out before his wife immediately jumped up out of his arms and just starred at him.

"I don't care if we move so we can be closer to you during the school year… but I absolutely refuse to move there," Maia said almost in tears.

Severus stood and took hold of her arms. "It is rightfully mine. My father hasn't lived in that house in…"

"… 3 years, I know Severus," Maia said. "But the memory of him is still there, it will always be there. I don't understand how you could even consider moving back there. After what he did to us and to Kali? And you are willing to just forget all that and move back there?"

"Yes," he said sternly. "If it means being closer to my family. Maia, he's dead, he's not coming back."

"Severus, if your father would have gotten his way then the Dark Lord would have found out that you betrayed him to Dumbledore. The Dark Lord would have killed us and taken Kali," she shuddered at the thought. "Who knows what he would have done to her."

"But the fact remains that he didn't get the chance to tell the Dark Lord anything. And he is dead. He's gone and Snape Manor sits there empty."

"I will not move back into that house," Maia said sternly.

"Daddy, are you coming?" Kali yelled from the top staircase.

"Yes honey, I'll be right back up." He returned his gaze to his wife. "We'll talk more about this later. Are you going to come to the park with us?"

"No," she said, trying to distance herself from him.

Severus sighed. "Alright, no matter what we decide on it'll be the right choice," she wouldn't look at him. "I love you."

A tear formed and rolled down her cheek. "I love you too."

Severus smiled and kissed her before going upstairs to his daughter. They hurriedly unpacked his truck, and Kali ran to her room to change into some summer clothes, as Severus did the same. They left the house to go to the park, just father and daughter, to spend time together after being apart for several months.

Around 7pm Severus decided it was getting late, and they better get back home to Maia, before they were late for dinner. As they were walking back to the house Severus was racing ideas through his head on how he could convince his wife to move into Snape Manor. Maybe if I pointed out how…

"Daddy… what's that?"

Severus immediately turned his gaze down at his daughter. She had a face full of fear and she was pointing into the air. He looked up and realized they were home. He looked above the house and almost screamed out in shock. The Dark Mark screamed out over the house.

Kali looked up at her father in fear. "Daddy?"

He looked down at his fearful daughter and picked her up. "Come on, honey. We're moving to Snape Manor."

"But what about Mummy?" she said her eyes full of tears; she knew what that skull meant, and it wasn't good. She remembered her father telling her year after year since she was just a baby, if you ever see this skull run in the opposite direction and don't look back, no matter what.

"Mummy is gone now," Severus said fighting back tears. "But don't worry she's in a much better place now. And from there she can always watch over you."

Kali watched as they walked away from the house that she had lived in since she was first born. "Bye mummy," she said tears rolling from her eyes.

AN: ok I hope you guys liked the first chapter… Another will be up soon. Oh yeah and just so you know, this is all after Voldemort's first downfall… he did not do this… a death eater did, just letting you know. I don't wanna confuse anyone too much. PLEASE REVIEW, it gives me strength to keep going.