Lorna

Chapter 2 –

"How could you not tell us that Lorna is alive?!" Remus nearly charged at Snape.

"Why don't you ask Dumbledore?" Snape said snidely. He was a more than a little curious when he received the wolfs letter asking them to talk, had he known that there was to be this kind of onslaught then perhaps he would never have turned up.

"I'm asking you Snape." Remus said through gritted teeth, "What about Harry? You have kept his only family away from him!"

"Dumbledore told me not to!" Snape scowled, "He wanted Lorna believed dead, I don't know why. He didn't even want me to go and see her but I couldn't let my goddaughter grow up in a muggle orphanage not knowing who she was."

"Since when were you made her godfather?" Remus still could not comprehend what would convince James Potter to allow Severus Snape, his childhood enemy, to be godfather to his daughter.

"Lily and I were best friends, although in secret, she had always cared for me and I her. The agreement between her and Potter was that he chose the godparents for the boy and Lily chose for Lorna." Snape explained although irate at having to justify the actions of his deceased best friend to the wolf. "But I am not here to explain myself to you or the actions of Lily for that matter; you knew that Lily could get whatever she wanted from Potter."

"Yes, I can see that." Remus said as he fondly remembered many moments when Lily and James would argue about things but eventually James would realise he was not going to win. "So what do we do?"

"WE?"

"We need to tell Harry, it's only right. What about getting her to come to Hogwarts, so she can no longer live in secret?" Remus explained.

"Why should I put my goddaughter through that?" Snape barked, "She's perfectly fine where she is."

"And what about my cub? Does Lorna even know she has a brother?" Remus said bitterly.

"She does."

"Now, don't even begin to try and tell me that she doesn't want to get to know her older brother?" Remus smirked.

"Fine." Snape snapped, "I'm going to pick her up this afternoon. I suppose I had better bring her here so she can meet the Potter heir?"

"Ok. I shall go to Hogwarts and bring Harry here." Remus said.

"Perhaps you should leave it a bit, at least let Lorna get used to the situation? I'll move her out of the muggle orphanage, sign her into my care and then bring her here with all her stuff. Let her get used to the idea that she'll be joining the wizarding community."

"Ok, I suppose you've got a point." Remus agreed.

"Then it is settled, I shall go and fetch Lorna." Snape muttered and with that he apparated from the room.

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Snape looked up at the familiar gates of North Brook Orphanage and smiled, today was the day that he was going to finally allow Lorna the one thing she had been wishing for since she was able to talk; the chance to come and live in the wizarding world.

He walked boldly up the gravel drive and could see a curtain twitch and knew instantly that Lorna was on her way down and sure enough just seconds later she came bouncing into his arms. "Uncle Sev!" She cried as she hugged her beloved godfather.

"Hello to you too Lorna." He said as he tried to catch his breath. Boy she was getting taller and with her new found height came an increase in weight, not that she was large or anything but she was certainly growing!

"I'm all packed and ready so that we can leave straight away, I know how much you hate this place Uncle Sev." Lorna smiled at Snape, truly happy to see him.

"How long have you packed for?" He asked her smirking slightly

"Just for the summer sir, as normal. Why?" Lorna looked up at Snape just the same as her mother used to when they were back at Hogwarts, full of curiosity and adventure.

"You really are your mothers daughter, have I ever told you how much you look like her?" Snape smiled a rare smile at his goddaughter and savoured the moment.

"Yeah, yeah... about a thousand times. Can you please tell me what you're planning now?!" Lorna folded her arms across her chest in mock strop and tapped her foot on the ground expectantly.

"What would you say if I told you that you were going to a different school in September?" Snape smirked as he watched Lorna's face over run by emotion.

"You have to be kidding me! Es ist nicht möglich! Was ist er planend? Warum jetzt? Wer sich interessiert, gehst du zu Hogwarts!" Lorna looked up shortly and then continued her ranting "Kein kann dieses nicht sein, er muss scherzen!"

"If you have quite finished, there is someone who is dying to meet you so would you please show me inside so i can help you pack." Snape snapped but not harshly only enough to bring Lorna out of her rant. It was something he loved about her, she was so gifted and excelled at her muggle school and her private study with him during the summers since she had been old enough to hold a wand.

Naturally, students were not permitted to conduct magic outside of school and accidental magic was excusable up until the age of six but when in the presence of a teacher then magic was legal. Yet Snape had been thankful of that else he would have had a hard time keeping Lorna from experimenting with his own wand or when she was to rejoin the wizarding world like he had always promised her.

"Yes, of course!" Lorna beamed as she led the way bouncing into North Brook.

For orphanages, it was quite a pleasant atmosphere with it's brightly coloured walls and it's vast amount of windows; certainly better than the stereo typical ones. Lorna happily showed her godfather to her room up two flights of stairs and along a bright corridor, she hopped from side to side as she wandered down the corridor and Snape thought this odd until he stepped on a floorboard that she had avoided and it squeaked loudly.

"And you thought I was just hyperactive!" Lorna giggled as she pushed the door to her room open.

"You still are." Snape grumbled, the girl was far too hyperactive for his liking and no doubt she was going to cause problems for him at Hogwarts but right now he wasn't thinking about that.

Snape had never actually been inside of Lorna's room before and found it to be decorated in both cream and a dark green representing both light and dark; he wondered if she realised that? There was a small window above her bed and a large one to the left which was just above her desk, these allowed a vast amount of light to envelop the room creating a warm feeling.

As Lorna pulled out a second suitcase from underneath her bed and began collecting her belongings, Snape noticed a cork board adjourned with photographs. As he stepped closer he saw a wizarding photo of the two of them smiling and waving as they sat out in the grounds of Prince Manor basking in the sun. Just above it was a second wizarding photo, it was the one that he had given her the year before, it was of the Potter family with Lily holding baby Lorna and James trying to keep a wriggling Harry still this caused Snape to smirked at how Potter was still very much like that; always fidgeting.

Snape could also see photos of Lorna and her muggle friends all smiling happily and Snape felt saddened that Lorna was perhaps going to lose these friends just because the wolf wanted to see her. Feeling helpful, Snape began to unpin the photos from the cork board and placed them carefully in a zipped pocket of Lorna's suitcase.

"I'm ready uncle Sev!" Lorna smiled as she grabbed her stuffed wolf that Lupin had given her at birth.

"Then let's go."