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.
Chapter 2:
The great hall was silent, as if everyone was waiting for the punchline of a joke, but when Harry stood and nodded at those who were in the house he represented, the table erupted in cheers, and the previous three slytherins just stared in disbelief. After that the whole hall started to eat, everyone making friends with their new house mates, a few from different houses started to mingle as well. School unity actually started, and all it took was the dismemberment of the original four houses.
Harry stood and started walking towards the tower which would house the Slytherdores, when someone bumped into him. Looking down he started to apologize, "I'm so sorry are you okay…." Only to see bright purple eyes and dark shimmering hair. The girl's face was young, her nose slightly upturned, like a button. Her lips where pale pink and her angular face reminded him of only one other person, "You must be Harry Potter, I've heard about you you know." Her voice was sweet, and her purple tie make her pale complexion stand out. "I'm Sarah, Sarah Snape, can we be friends?" Now poor Harry didn't know what to do, a tiny little eleven year old girl had just came up to him and asked to be friends, but there was no awe in her eyes, just curiosity and hope. "Yes, but my friends call me Harry, it's nice to meet you Sarah. " Sarah's grin was infectious, "Okay yeah nice to meet you to, but I have to go before Draco gets very angry with me." Harry watched the girl skip away and smiled, not believing that the cute polite little girl was a Snape.
Leading the group of kids towards the seventh floor was odd. Each of them where quiet, as if awaiting instruction. It was a lot different than what Harry remembered his first walk to the common room was. He remembered Ron and Seamus arguing over little things and Hermione taking notes. He never realized just how different each child was, but these smaller houses seemed to bring those who were of similar personalities together. Reaching the portrait of a king with a lion rug Harry turned around and faced the children with green and gold ties. "Okay, those of you in the older years will help me introduce the new years to the rules. Curfew is at 10'oclock, and don't let any teachers, or heads of house, catch you breaking it. Next, your house is your family, but other houses are your extended family. Treat everyone equal and try your hardest not to let biases get the better of you. Last rule, and the most important." Harry smiled a little, "Have fun, your young and this is school, not a prison. Make memories with your friends." And with a nod and a whisper of "Brave Heart" the portrait opened.
The room was lit with gentle candle light, the fire only embers in the marble fireplace. The windows where large and overlooked the cliffs of the castle, the full moon shining in on the emerald couches and chairs that littered the room evenly. The shelves where full of books and games, and even little gadgets that seemed to shine with magic. There were two doors, one on the left, and one on the right, girls and boys dorms. The children piled in and started to explore. "First years, first door on the left, second are first on the right, and so on and so forth." The students all nodded and made their way to the doors to explore their new quarters, as Harry made his departure, heading to the seventh year dorms.
He stopped in front of a portrait of a jungle scene on bottom floor, and when he stroked a vine the door opened, revealing a staircase that lead down, and another that lead up. Up was the girls dorms, and down where the boys. Right in front of him was a small archway, when he entered he saw something he never thought to see. There sitting on the floor reading was Malfoy. His hair was loose and longer than he ever remembered. Harry swallowed hard when he saw a pink tongue come out to lick dry lips.
Shaking his head he headed into the room and over to where Hermione sat reading a very large boo, not at all surprising. "Hello Herm." Hermione looked up with a single arched brow, "Harry what have I said about shortening my name?" Harry just laughed and hugged her, "I've missed you you know." Hermione just smiled, "I know you have. How was your summer?" Hermione knew just what Harry went through every summer, after all she had been the one who noticed the malnutrition and made him eat healthier, but this summer Harry had moved to the Leaky Caldron, and he spent his summer reading and working for Fred and George. "It was the best one yet." Hermione smiled knowingly and her gaze flickered to the blond sitting ng in front of the fire, 'go talk to him' it seemed to say. Harry sighed and nodded, following her advice, it hasn't gone wrong yet.
"Hey Malfoy, or Draco, if I can call you that?" Draco looked up surprised and nodded. "I know how confusing it must be, to be back here, but if you need anything, or someone to talk to, I mean," Harry cut off when Draco smiled, "Okay Potter, its fine I know." Harry shifted a little, "Harry, we will be sharing a dorm, you can call me Harry." Draco nodded, "Harry then." Harry walked back over to Hermione who just smirked a little, knowing just what her ebony haired friend was thinking.
Harry walked down to the boy's dorm after a few hours with Hermione, contemplating Draco Malfoy. He knew he was gay, heck everyone knew that after he outed himself to the daily prophet two months ago, after Ron's fifth attempt to set him up with Ginny, who also was not into the opposite sex. After that Hermione started laughing whenever Ron would complain that Harry had turned his sister gay. But Draco, he had smiled, and wasn't it just life's cruel joke that it was the most beautiful thing that Harry had ever seen.
"Big brother Harry!" Harry had just enough time to turn and catch the small ball of energy that had run into him, "Hello princess," Sarah pouted, and ever since she had told Harry why her father had named her Sarah Harry had taken to calling her by her name sake. It had been three months since Harry had met Sarah, and he couldn't have been more surprised to find that he quite liked the little girl. She was smart, and cunning in getting what she wanted, and when her ad asked if he could be her big brother, in all purposes besides blood Harry had agreed. There were a lot of kids that didn't seem to like Sarah, and even more that Sarah didn't like. It seemed her father was right when he had stated that Sarah had the ability to see into people's hearts and souls. The only people she could stand to be around where Harry, Hermione, Draco, Luna and two other students who were around her age. She never really liked Ron, said he had too big of a temper, and Pansy made her head hurt. Harry had just laughed when she had said that. She was a Brainiac when it came to potions and charms, but her transfiguration was a little lacking.
They walked to the great hall together and sat at the seventh year table. Draco sitting on her other side. "Morning Drake," Draco scowled down at the small Snape, "Moring princess Snake." Sarah pouted at him before laughing, which had become her automatic response to that particular insult. Pulling on Harry's arm Sarah lent up to whisper in his ear, "When are you going to ask Draco to Hogsmead?" Harry chocked on the pumpkin juice he had just sipped and Draco froze, as if time had stopped. Sarah just smirked knowingly. Harry flicked her nose and just shook his head. "Now Sarah don't scare Draco, he wants a nice lady to take to Hogsmead, not a big bully like me." Draco blushed and Sarah huffed, Harry was oblivious.