Disclaimer:

I do not own harry potter or any of its original characters. I am just creatively reusing what characters and story line was already there.

What if when Voldemort went after baby Harry Potter he had to torture Snape in order to receive the prophecy? What if Snape only betrayed his best friend Lilly Potter because he himself had something to hide? What if Severus Snape didn't go to Dumbledore because of Lilly, but because Voldemort had killed the only thing in life he was living for, his daughter. What if when Harry threw away the resurrection stone it landed in a grave of a small girl who was buried there for seventeen years. What if when Voldemort died his magic backlash made the stone super sensitive, and brought back the life that he stole. What if Severus's daughter was brought back, to live her life the way it should have been lived? Deathly Hallows compliant.

It had been four months since Harry had killed Voldemort, and he was going back to Hogwarts. Severus and Minerva had decided to invite all remaining students back for the previous year, the newer children coming in would be the new first years, but the only difference was everyone, besides the returning sixth years, would be resorted into different houses. Severus, the headmaster now, had decided to change the houses so that there was no longer house rivalries, and everyone had a joint membership. Slytherclaw, Griffenpuff, Griffinclaw, Slytherpuff, Ravenpuff, and Slytherdore where the new houses, all of which was explained in the letter Harry had received one month before entering the school he had come to call home. And so Harry packed his truck and started for the return of his last year in Hogwarts.

Meanwhile in the forbidden forest, the resurrection stone was sitting atop a grave, a shallow grave with a small amethyst headstone. The power glowed from the stone and suddenly, after four months of sitting atop the soil, it sunk down into the ground, coming to rest atop a small chest, the stone started to reform the body beneath it, slowly sinking into the skin. Up in the headmaster's office Severus Snape felt a jolt of power come from the Forbidden forest. He lept up, terrified of what was coming. His robes billowed around him as he made his way to the forest, Minerva following closely behind him. When they walked into the forest towards the power that they felt in their bones, they noticed a glowing light. Following it they found the graveyard, and when Severus saw which grave was illuminated he fell to his knees, "Sarah,"

Minerva quickly went to the grave, blowing the soil away with a flick, there to their shock was a girl, her long black hair shiny and new, her skin unblemished, except for a tiny circular scar on her chest. She wore a dress of black and her small fingers twitched as she breathed for the first time in seventeen years. Minerva gently levitated the young girl out, and into Severus's arms. She opened her eyes and Severus smiled down with tears running down his face, "Da?"

Harry walked quickly up the steps, looking around at the other students rejoining for their last year. Hermione was standing at the top of the steps straitening Ron's tie. Draco, Pansy, and Blaise, those Slytherins without the mark, where proved to be under the imperious curse, mostly by their own fathers. They stood and looked around warily, as if terrified of what the others in their year would do to them, Harry understood. There were a few Ravenclaws and one single Hufflepuff. Most students their age had either decided not to return, or had died in the great battle.

Upon entering the great hall Harry saw many circular tables, each had a different color center piece with many different flags. The Sixth years sat all together at the long table near the front of the room as all the other students filed in, roughly three hundred students of varying ages all stood around and stared at the sorting hat as it began to sing:

Oh the founding four would be so pleased

As to know their homes would mix

Griffinpuff, the home of those kind and brave, but loyal to the core

Ravenpuff be the land of those smart and sweet, never to be

Slytherpuff to den those witty enough to hide their soft core

Griffenclaw those you can trust to study yet stand up for morals

Slytherclaw the brightest bunch to go after what they know

Slytherdore the most surprising of those cunning and brave

And now I know what you are to say

But here it goes

I cannot change the past

But listen and you'll know

Of those before who should have been placed here

Your heads of house are your peers

Harry watched as all the students one by one got placed into different houses. Ginny was placed in Huffledore, according to the hat those who are extremely caring and brave, a rightful place for her. The table she went to was decorated lavishly in gold and yellow. The Ravenpuff table was blue and gold, the Griffenclaw was red and silver, Slytherclaw held silver and purple, the Slytherdore was green and gold, while the Slitherpuff table was yellow and silver. The colors of the houses where mixed equally, and it seemed like all the students where happy with their houses, no longer having stigmatizing labels being placed with hem. All the other students one by one got called, starting with the elder years and going down. Then there was only the first years left. "Sarah Snape"

The name caught Harry's attention, apparently she caught everyone's attention, Draco Malfoy stared slack jawed a the little eleven year old. Hermione gasped and all the other students looked up to the Headmaster to see what he would do. He stood gracefully and addressed the students, after her tie bore purple and silver stripes instead of the plain black, Slytherclaw then.

"Dear returning students. Yes Sarah is a surprise to all of us, and I shall not share her story, those of you are wish to befriend her are in for a challenge, after all she bares a gift to tell the soul of a person through their eyes. I hope you all welcome the new houses in which you where sorted. I now introduce your heads of house, who have graciously accepted their positions."

" Griffinpuff: you shall have Ronald Weasley as your head of house."

Harry saw Ginny cover her face with her hands.

"Griffinclaw, Hermione Granger"

A few cheers went up, everyone knew Hermione was the best person to represent the studious brave house.

"Slytherclaw, Draco Malfoy"

The hall was quiet, but Sarah just waved at the boy.

"Slytherpuff, Pansy Parkinson"

There was polite clapping, it seemed the students were afraid of the Slytherin heads of house.

"Ravenpuff, Luna Lovegood."

There where whispers as the smiling blonde stood.

"Last, but not least, Slytherdore."

There was silence, and Harry steadied himself for the outrage that was about to happen.

"Harry, Potter"