A Fathers Love

After the first war Severus Snape is ordered to adopt a child to prove his days of a death eater are behind him. Will he go through with the adoption and raise a young girl that happens to be the daughter of his enemy Sirius Black?

Chapter One: I will not!

"Severus! You need to calm down and listen to what I have to say about this situation, I am only trying to help my boy."

"I will not calm down Albus. You are really an old fool if you think that by following this order my problems are going to be magically solved."

"I've already discussed this matter with the Minister and he would have to agree that this is an excellent idea. Not only would it prove that your death eater days are behind you but it would also enforce just how much you have really changed."

Albus I struggle to see how adopting a child is the best way to convince the Ministry that I have changed. The Minister has had me on probation for almost four years now and has stated that nothing I could do would convince him to drop the charges that I committed while under the Dark Lords services. Have you thought about what would happen if the Dark Lord was to return, how would I be able to continue my role as a spy while raising a child. Not to mention I know nothing about children, I am not fit to become some child's adoptive father."

"Nonsense Severus you must give yourself some credit after all you work in a school with children, it is my honest opinion that you are just simply making excuses. Now if you do not wish to adopt a younger child then why not adopt an older one, one who is of Hogwarts age then they would only require looking after in the holidays. You know that you have no choice in the matter so it's better to face the situation sooner rather than later. I would hate to see you placed in prison after all the effort we have put into over the years to keep you out of that terrible place."

And that is how Severus Snape found himself at The Witches and Wizards Magical Adoption Centre. He was never interested in having a child so he had already decided that he would adopt the oldest boy that the centre had. Severus figured a boy would be much less work than a girl and the older the child the better, therefore he would not have to provide much care for the child and it would be out of his way before he knew it.

However for Severus Snape fate had a cruel way of working out.