So, I redid a lot of my previous writing. I hope that this explains a little more the kind of character Serena is and how she got where she is. I am completely open to new ideas, so review and tell me what things I could change or what you want to see happen later in the story. I also want to thank those of you who have already reviewed. You gave me amazing ideas. Thanks sooooo much!
"Lily," He ran after her out into the cold night,"Come back. I love you. Lily"
He looked frantically around the snowy sidewalk, but she was no where in sight. All his pain quickly turned to anger as he remembered what she had told him before walking out.
She was pregnant. Pregnant, with his baby, not the arrogant, prideful, swine of a man, James Potter, but him, Severus Snape, and she didn't want the baby to know that. How could she come in tell him she was pregnant then run away? She didn't want him to look for her or the baby. Why? Didn't she know how much he loves her? She couldn't just take away his baby, could she?
Not wanting to think anymore, He sat down on the nearest bench and put his head in his hands. The truth was she was scared of him. She knew he was a Death Eater and she didn't know what he would tell the Dark Lord about her or the baby.
Becoming a Death Eater, he knew now, was the biggest mistake he had ever made. He wasn't one anymore though, he was a spy, but Lily didn't know that. She had been mad at James one day and gotten drunk. He had found her and taken her to his home at Spinner's End. There, things had gone from bad to worse and now she was pregnant.
He stood up and looked once more up and down the street and then apparated home.
Severus Snape woke up suddenly and gazed at the ceiling. He missed her so much. He could always see her bright green eyes and vibrant red hair in the back of his mind. He had not seen her alive since that day. He didn't even know if she went through with the birth of that baby. He didn't even know how far along she was when she told him. Their little affair wasn't good for her and she knew it, so he concluded that she had gotten an abortion. Even if, by some miniscule chance that she went through with the birth, James would have noticed it wasn't his. James was always devotedly loyal to her and she wouldn't have been able to see the hurt in his eyes with out breaking herself up.
Somewhere in his heart he did wonder what his life would've been like if she did have the baby. Would they be like a family? Or would she forbid him from seeing his child? He didn't want to think about it.
Slowly, he turned his head and saw that the clock read 8:45. Crap, he was late for the beginning of the school year staff meeting. He had never liked those meetings, but if he didn't show up Minerva would probably hunt him down and then kill him for not performing his teaching duties. That woman was to hardworking and responsible for her own good.
Grumbling, he got out of bed, quickly got dressed and started walking toward Dumbledore's office. He was in no way looking forward to another year of teaching dunderheads, such as Weasley and Longbottom. Not to mention Potter, whose very appearance had him mentally trying to keep himself from committing suicide. At first he thought that perhaps Harry was his, but with one look at him he realized Harry was James', no questions asked.
When he reached the gargoyle, he muttered the password and walked in. To nobody's surprise, he was the last one there.
"Now that everybody has arrived let us begin," Dumbledore said. He sat down and started listing the names of new first years. Severus wasn't paying attention at all. His dream was haunting him. He hadn't had it in over 2 years and it's sudden return unnerved him. Lily's eyes were driving him crazy. Everywhere he looked he would see bright flashes of green. He missed her so much. The pain was slowly eating away at him until there would be nothing left. Suddenly, he was woken up from his day dream.
"Severus, what do you think?" asked a very concerned Dumbledore.
"Sorry, Albus. What was the question?" Severus replied looking up at him for the first time since the meeting started.
"Regarding our new 3rd year, Serena. Would you be willing to give her extra potions lessons to catch her up with the rest of the 3rd years?"
"No. Why would I teach a girl who doesn't care enough about her studies to come to the first two years of school?" he sneered
"Severus, have you not been listening?" remarked an impatient and upset Minerva.
"Serena has just been located. She has been on the list for this school since birth, but was adopted by a muggle family in America. Because of this, her magic was harder to pinpoint. Her parents are being notified of the amount of years she has been behind, but I am sure they will not hold her back." Dumbledore stated quite calmly and stared at Severus.
"Fine," huffed Snape, although he felt that it was anything, but fine.
"Now that that is agreed, we have one more matter to discuss," he began staring at each of them in turn, " you are all aware of the Azkaban escapee Sirius Black and the measures that the Ministry is willing to go to to find him."
"Yes, Albus, of course we all know, but what has this got to do with the students?" Minerva was looking at him curiously.
"I have reluctantly agreed that this school will play host to the Dementors," Dumbledore started to say, but was cut off by a gasp from many of the staff.
"Albus, certainly there is no need for that," said Remus Lupin standing up and away from the comfort of his corner.
"I'm afraid that the Ministry is absolutely set on it because of the fragile relationship Black has to Harry."
"Harry will not be hurt. No one can break into Hogwarts," said an overconfident Minerva.
"I believe that you are right, Minerva. The Ministry, however does not see eye to eye with me on the subject. I would like all of you to watch the students and make sure they are safe," Said Albus again looking at all their eyes for a hint of disloyalty.
"Now that that is taken care of, you are all dismissed," said Dumbledore, " Severus would you mind staying just a while longer?"
Severus, seeing no way out of his predicament, mumbled a "yes" and sat back down as all of his colleagues left the room.
"Severus, my boy, I was wondering if you would take on the responsibility of escorting Serena from her house in America to Diagon Alley, by portkey, of course," said Dumbledore with a mysterious twinkling in his eyes.
"What?" he about screamed,"Couldn't you get Minerva or even Hagrid, but not me." Dumbledore chuckled.
"Severus, everyone else is busy and you have always said you wanted to see America," he said , and then continued," Hagrid will be meeting her at the entrance. You must only get her there." Dumbledore stated again with the weird twinkling in his eyes. It was always there, the twinkling, but Severus saw more of it this time.
"What are you up to, Albus?" Severus started, "No child wants to be escorted anywhere by me."
"Severus, why do I always have to be up to something to ask a favor of you?"
"Because whenever you ask a favor you usually have ulterior motives, especially with this," Severus stated matter-of-factly.
"Just do it, Severus. For me, please," Dumbledore looked expectantly at him for several moments before he finally cracked.
"Fine, Albus, but no one else knows," Severus warned halfheartedly. He knew Albus wouldn't tell. He was an extraordinary secret-keeper.
"Thank you, Severus You will pick her up in front of this address on August 30 at noon," said Dumbledore scribbling the address on a piece of parchment and handing it to Severus.
Great, was Severus' sarcastic comment to himself when he sat back down on his bed intending fully to take a well needed nap, but dreamless sleep never came.
He had just apparated to the dingy little bar off of Spinner's End. He was meeting Lily again. He loved her so much. Tonight was going to be perfect. He was ready finally to ask her to leave James. They would be together and happy.
Slowly, but deliberately, he walked in and, not seeing Lily anywhere sat down to wait for her. The minutes felt like hours. He would check his watch every now and then, while staring at the door.
Finally an hour had past since the time she was going to get there. He was angry. Why had she stood him up? He was just about to stand when she walked in the door. She wasn't wearing any make-up and her hair was put up in a messy pony tail, but to him she looked absolutely breathtaking.
She sat down and he noticed tear stains on her face.
" Lily, what's wrong?" he asked. She didn't look at him, but just shook her head. He moved to get closer to her, but she moved away. He didn't know what was happening.
After, many minutes of her just staring at the ground she finally looked up at him. Her brilliant green eyes looked red and puffy.
"Severus," she choked through her tears," I'm pregnant. It's yours." She ran before he could process what had just happened.
" Lily, come back. I love you." he said, as he ran out the door into the snowy street, but she was gone.
He woke up suddenly and fell off his bed. Why? Why did she leave? Oh, he missed her.
Serena P.O.V. (two days later)
Serena woke up to the light pounding of rain on her window. It called to her to run outside, so she did just that. Running outside in nothing but her light pajama pants and a light t-shirt, the rain instantly cooled her warm skin. She thought her arms looked paler than before, but she hypothesized that it was just the lack of proper sunlight. When the air became unbearably cold and the rain to wet to stand, she ran back inside.
It was now around eight o'clock and her mom was sleepily walking down the stairs to make her birthday breakfast.
"Hey mom!" she said, jumping out at her mother from behind the wall.
Her mother screamed at the sight of her and froze with a look of terror on her face.
"Mom, it was just a joke. Don't wet yourself," she said laughing and turning to walk up the stairs. She turned her head back just in time to see her mother wipe away a tear and speedily walk to the kitchen.
She briskly ran upstairs and quickly and silently changed. When she was all dressed, she stopped to check herself in the mirror. She gasped at what she saw. Instead of a blond haired, blue eyed girl staring back at her there were vibrant green eyes staring at her. She also now had black hair and pale skin. Her figure had slimed out a little and she was taller. This troubled her to no end. She new her parents knew because her mother had known when she walked in in the morning. She wasted no time in opening the door and racing down the stairs.
Running down two at a time, she halted as the sound of her mother crying and her fathers fearful voice reached her ears.
"Caradoc, we can't tell her do you know how much it will scare her," said her mother in a whisper ending in a tearful whimper. Serena had never heard her mother use this name for her father. In fact, she never had heard that name ever before. What or who was her mother talking to?
"We have to. Pretty soon Professor Dumbledore will be coming to take her to Hogwarts." replied her father pulling out a sort of stick. It was her dad that her mother had called Caradoc. She eagerly waited for more.
"Caradoc, put that away and focus. She deserves a normal childhood not one learning magic at a school in Scotland in the middle of a war where Dumbledore knows for sure He is coming back and going to chase after her and Harry."
"Lizzy, you need to listen to me. We swore to protect her when we took her in. Keeping her from Hogwarts is not protecting her, especially without a glamour."
"But we can't just let her go back to England by herself." said her mother turning to face her father, "Maybe it would be a good idea to go with her. To move back and rejoin the Order."
"You know we can't do that. Dumbledore pronounced us dead for everyone's safety. If we showed up out of the blue we and Serena would be in danger," he said looking in to his mother's eyes.
Serena chose this moment to walk in the door.