"OUT OF THE WAY, POTTER!!"
Severus Snape pushed the 11 year old Harry Potter out of the way.
"Is something wrong, professor?"
"YES! THERE IS!!"
Snape also pushed Hermoine and Ron out of the way, and started running. He was on his way to Dumbledore's office. And not without a reason.
Dumbledore told him he had relatives. It wasn't very odd. Except for the fact that all the relatives Snape knew, were dead. So it wasn't possible at all! How could he still have a living relative? It couldn't be true. He entered Dumbledore's office.
"Professor Snape, is there something I can do for you?"
"Professor Dumbledore, please inform me about that "relative" you told me about the other day."
"Ah yes, the relative. Professor, this doesn't have anything to do with your relative, but do you know the girl Hayley Faraday?"
Snape's face went from "angry" too "I know her all too well."
"Yes, too bad I do, professor."
"Fifth year, Ravenclaw, am I correct?"
"Yes, she's a disaster at Potions."
"The girl with the black hair, and the light-green eyes?"
"Yes."
"Would you mind getting her for me? I need to talk to her right away. If I'm not mistaken, she's having Defence Against The Dark Arts class now."
"Yes, professor."
Snape was even more annoyed. He wanted to find out more about that one relative. Besides, he couldn't stand Hayley Faraday. She always messed up, that resulted into several explosions. Her skin was about the same color as his, and it always turned red if she was the guilty party.
"Excuse me professor, but professor Dumbledore wants to see miss Hayley Faraday in his office."
A few students started whispering.
"Did she blow up a potion again?"
"Maybe she pissed off Snape..."
"Or maybe he wants to talk to her because she's SO good at Defence Against The Dark Arts."
"That heckler..."
"Or maybe she was listening to that Muggle thing, what was it called, "iPod" again."
"You DO know her mom is a Muggle, and that she doesn't have a dad?"
"I wonder why she has magical powers then. Maybe her dad was a wizard.."
Hayley got up, and walked out of the classroom. She ignored the other students.
"Is there something wrong, professor Snape?"
"I have no idea. that is for professor Dumbledore to decide."
"It wasn't me who blew up the toilet, I swear!!"
"Miss Faraday, please be quiet."
"Yes professor..."
Hayley looked sad, in Snape's opinion. She kind of reminded him of himself. He didn't have a lot of friends, just like Hayley. But Hayley wasn't accepted in this school because of her background. There were rumors that her father, who's identity was unknown, was a Death Eater. Or used to be a Death Eater...
"Professor?"
"I thought I told you to be quiet."
"There is something I have to tell a teacher."
"And why would you choose me?"
"Because you're the only one who could understand."
"I don't get paid to listen to problems of teenage girls."
"There are those things, called Dementors, right?"
"Yes?"
"And...you can fight them off using a spell called "Expecto Patronum?"
"Yes…"
"Well, I was teaching it to myself the other day, and they say the creature that you "channel" has a special meaning to you."
"Your point?"
"My creature is a doe. And I don't get what it has to do with me.."
Snape froze.
"Are you alright, professor?"
Her creature was a...female deer...but that was his...Lily...
"Professor!!"
"Be quiet, Faraday."
"I'm sorry I bothered you, sir."

"It's okay."

"What?"

"Wait, did I just tell you that it was okay?"
"You did, sir."
"I MEAN IT'S NOT OKAY! STOP BOTHERING ME!"
"You're not very happy today, are you, professor?"
Snape ignored her, and lead her into Dumbledore's office.
"Ah, miss Faraday, welcome."
"Hello professor, you wanted to talk to me?"
"Yes, miss Faraday. I had a question for you."
"Yes, sir?"
"Your level at the subject "Defence Against The Dark Arts" is above the normal level. Way above. First I would like you to ask how that is possible for someone your age."
"I have no idea, professor. I don't train or anything, I guess I'm a natural."
"We had another natural like this, maybe, 20 years ago. A hard worker, but no friends, unfortunately. That boy was a master in "Defence Against The Dark Arts."
"What was his name, sir?"
Dumbledore smiled.
"His name was Severus Snape."
Hayley turned towards Snape.
"You were good in that subject, professor?"
"But that's not the only thing you two have in common", Dumbledore said.
"What do you mean, professor?" , Hayley asked curiously.
Dumbledore's smile got even wider.
"Black hair, great at Defence Against The Dark Arts, that look in your ambitious eyes..."
"What are you driving at, Albus", Snape said.
"What are we driving at? And who's car are we driving?" Hayley asked.
Dumbledore started laughing, and Snape gave her a little smash on the head.
"Be quiet, Faraday!!"
"It's okay Severus."
"But..."
Dumbledore ignored Snape and said: "there is something very important that both of you need to know."
"What is it, sir?"
"I'll tell this story in a way everybody can understand. One day, about 15 years ago, a Death Eater went to a Muggle cafe, to hide himself. Though he didn't notice the drinks had alot of "alcohol" in them."
"So, he got wasted?" Hayley asked.
"Yes, he did. He got very "wasted", as you put it, and seduced a lovely lady."
"So he got laid?"
Dumbledore started laughing.
"He did. The next morning, he realised what he did, and left."
"He just left?"
"He didn't just leave. He also left something for the woman he slept with."
"What did he leave her?"
"A baby."
"A baby?"
"Yes, the woman became pregnant, and a little girl was born, a girl that never got to know her father."
"You mean..."
"Yes, Hayley, your father was a Death Eater."
"Is he...dead?"
"No, he is very much alive. He turned his back on the dark side."
"So, where is he, I want to meet him!!"
Dumbledore sighed.
"Hayley, your father is in this very room, at this very moment."

"Is he invisible?"
Dumbledore's stare got stricter.
"Don't you get it yet, Hayley?"
Hayley turned her head towards Snape. Former Death Eater, black hair, same look in the eyes, Defence Against The Dark Arts...
"You can't mean..."
"Yes, Hayley. That's exactly what I mean."
Snape's face turned even paler.
"Severus, meet your daughter, Hayley Faraday. Hayley, meet your father, Severus Snape."
"NO WAY!!"
Hayley almost fell to the ground and stared at Snape.
"The Patronus", Snape said to Dumbledore. "Her Patronus is a doe."
"Another thing you two have in common!"
"I can't believe you hid this from me all those years, Albus."
"I wanted to tell you when she came to Hogwarts. But since you hated this girl with all your life, it wasn't a very good idea to tell you. Especially, because during her first Potions lesson, she already blew something up, in your own words."
Hayley snickered.
"Albus, you must be joking..."
"I'm not, Severus. This girl is the daughter of the woman you slept with 15 years ago."
"How did I get drunk in the first place!! I can't remember!"
"It looks like you got SO wasted you can't even remember, professor", Hayley said.
Dumbledore got out of his chair.
"Hayley, don't tell this to anybody. The only people who know this, is professor Snape, you, and myself."
"So the stupid rumors about my dad being a Death Eater were right after all?"
"It seems", Snape said.
"That was all, you can go back to your class now, Hayley. I'm sure professor Snape will escort you back."
"I..."
"Thank you, Severus. Goodbye for now, Hayley."
Snape and Hayley left the office. Snape closed the door.
"I can't believe that you're my.."
"Silence, Faraday."
"You won't accept it?"
"How could I get drunk in the first place?"
"I don't know, sir."
Silence.
"So, I guess I got some things from you, right?"
"As my daughter? I suppose..."
"Well, I've got the same hair color, and the talent for Defence Against The Dark Arts."
"One thing you didn't get from me, is being able to make a potion without blowing up the whole classroom."
Hayley giggled.
"Sounds like something I would say..." Hayley used all the courage she had. "Dad."
And for the first time in her time at Hogwarts, she saw Snape smile. It was a little smirk, but at least it was something.
"Yes, but now I have to take you to class."
He knocked on the door.
"C-c-come i-in?"
"Professor, here's miss Faraday back."
"T-t-hank you p-p-professor Snap-pe."
Hayley got back in her seat. Hayley's two friends, who were next to her, asked what Dumbledore had to tell.
"Nothing special."
"Come on, tell us!!"
"It's nothing."
"Now you made us curious Hayley."
"I'll only tell one of you. And if you tell it to anyone, I WILL kill you."
But class was over. And that meant it was time for Potions. Hayley sat down next to one of her friends. The one she was going to tell the secret. Snape entered the classroom.
"Everybody, take your books on page 34, and this time we're going to make a potion, and if miss Faraday manages to let this easy one explode, I'm sure she will set a record for the most potions failed. The class started laughing. Even Hayley.
"Why are you laughing? You always hate it when he annoys you about that."
"It's okay...for now."
"Start now, and don't mess it up."
"Hayley, Snape is looking at you."
Hayley looked Snape in the eyes. He grinned.
"HAYLEY WHAT THE HELL!!"
"What?"
"Snape grinned. AT YOU."
Hayley bent to her friend's ear.
"Dumbledore just told me."
"What?"
"Snape is my dad."
And after telling that, Hayley threw too much frog organs in her potion, that made it explode. And this time, Snape didn't punish her, as usual, but totally ignored her, and took his want, in order to clean it, with a smile on his face...