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Summary: A girl from Harry's past is now Snape's newfound daughter. Later on there'll be a Snape adopts Harry, story! Also, Harry will have a whole new family. Lots of mystery, angst, fun, romance…etc!
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Important:
The moment of the reunion everyone is waiting for: Since I am not sure how much I'll be able to write every week, I'll say that around chapter 10, everyone should already be acquainted with everyone else! So Harry meets April/Selena, introduces to Gin, Ron, and Herm. And she intro. her dad and bf.
This is the letter
Bold/Italics: This is the flashback
Plain: This is Severus thinking
Bold in parentheses: (This is Authors Note)
Italics plain: Memories from the pensieve.
Chapter 3: The Moment of Truth
Chapter 2: The letter is continued:
Savvy gasped, her hands flew to her mouth. Tears slowly gathered in her eyes.
"Oh Sev, you didn't. Please tell me you didn't." Savvy started sobbing as Severus gathered her in his arms.
"It's okay Savvy," Severus whispered softly in her ear. "I had to, I had no choice."
Savvy jumped up and backed away from Severus.
"What kind of a bloody answer is that?!" She says angrily, her eyes flashing. "I'm bloody sure that you had a choice. How can a person not have a bloody choice? What the hell is wrong with you? How long have you hid this from me? How could you do this to me, to us?"
"Stop Savvy," Severus said desperately coming closer to his hysterical wife. "I did not mean to hide this from anyone, least of all from you! I am telling you that I had no choice."
"What, did your daddy force you to?" Savvy answered mockingly, knowing that it was a painful subject for him.
Severus' face went white at the mention of his father. He slowly lowered his eyes and sat heavily on the couch, slumping as if all the energy had been drained from him.
"What do you think?" He whispered so quietly that Savvy barely heard it.
"Oh no!" Savvy moaned and covered her face with her hands. "How did this happen, Sev? Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Do you remember the first time we met, Savvy?" She nodded. Their first meeting had been before their third year. "It was just after the death of my mother." His voice cracked. Severus had never gotten over the murder of his mother, especially since he had seen it with his own eyes.
"After her death, my father became more sadistic. He told me to do everything and if it weren't good enough then he would become violent. I don't know what happened to him during the time I would spend at Hogwarts. However, in my fifth year, right before my sixteenth birthday before the Halloween's weekend, my father came to Hogwarts. He was with Abraxus, you know Lucius' father."
Savvy hadn't known about this before now. However, she knew that in their fifth year, Sev had disappeared for a whole weekend. But when he came back, he had refused to give any answers. Everyone had thought that he had taken the Death Mark. He had told her that they were all lies and because she loved him, she had believed in him.
"Dumbledore tried to convince them that they were not allowed to take me, but Abraxus fought all the way. Later, they took me to an old manor in a small village of Scelerosect. My father was not allowed in the manor; however Abraxus took me inside to meet Voldemort. They had planed my marking ever since my third year. I was to be the youngest Death Eater. My father planned my future without telling me. He tied me to the Dark Lord." Severus said bitterly.
"I refused the marking; I don't know why they were so desperate to have me. I didn't know then! Voldemort was far from the stubborn git he is now. He told me exactly what I wanted to hear. I was a bloody fool, Savvy! Had I known his horrid plans I wouldn't have dreamt of joining him! He told me that this was the perfect revenge against my father. He said that if I joined him I would never have to see or live under Tobias ever again. He said that he'd pay for my requests and needs. He provided me with every rare potion ingredient. In the beginning he let me do anything I wanted. In the following months, he let me use, waste and experiment with the most expensive potions. That was how I created the Wolfsbane Potion. Later, when I was much in his debt, he told me to supply him in return with potions. He told me to make potions using specific ingredients. For some purpose, he however never let me use them or see what it was that I made."
Severus stops now. His whole body was trembling. He sighs and Savvy puts her hands on his. Even though she doesn't say anything, her gaze pleads for him to continue. Severus takes a deep breath and starts again.
"All these years I haven't said anything to you because I didn't think that it was of this much importance. Everyone has set all these rumors of the Dark Lord being evil, when I met him I thought so too but not since then. I came to believe that all things concerning him were just rumors, until tonight. As you know that I had gone to that convention of 'Potions Weekly'. However, I was about to return when I felt my mark burn and I apparated to him. Savvy, it was horrible. There were others there too; of course, no surprises there. He pulled me toward the front and praised me. You see, no one knew that I was a Death Eater, not for sure anyway! This was my 'initiation.' This time the Dark Lord had something special in mind. He planned to invade a muggle village. He was looking for something or someone and had gotten the information that this village was where he might find the object. This was also my first raid. I was not really excited, as others may have been. I was nervous; I hadn't done anything like this before."
He stopped again.
"What happened?" Savvy urged him. He gave her a painful look and said,
"They slaughtered so many people, Savvy. They killed and murdered the whole village. They rummaged like bloody, filthy bootleggers, they raped…" Severus stopped. A tear trailed down hi cheek. "They wanted me to do the same. I refused so the Dark Lord decided to punish me. That is how I was so injured. I apparated just in time. I am really sorry, Savvy."
Severus' voice filled with anguish and cracked. Savvy pulled his head on her lap and gently stroked his hair.
"I still can't believe that you didn't tell me this before." She said softly. "I will need some time to think this through. I will need time to think about you and me. We will never be same! So, I want you to go. Just for a couple weeks, Sev. I need time. Go to the Prince Manor, if you have to. I hope you understand." (A/N: Severus is rich and in the flashback, he is living at the Snape Manor. I'll explain why in the later chapters.)
Severus, even though very distressed, could see that Savvy was serious and he understood her decision and pleading. He nodded and stood up.
"Then I guess that I should be going." He said sounding a little too stiff.
Savvy sniffed and pulled him towards her, in a hug. However, she did not say the words he had been hoping she would. She didn't tell him that she loved him.
"Where are you going to go?"
"I am hoping to go to the Malfoy Manor. I don't want to return to the Prince Manor. If things didn't work out there, I may book a room at Tom's. But you know how to find me."
Savvy nodded and Severus watched his old self abruptly drop her hand and open the door. As he turned to look at his beloved wife once more, he realized that things between them would never be same. After giving her a final look, he stepped out, closed the door and with a crack he disapparated.
Severus watched as Savvy leaned against the door and slide to the floor. There she started to sob, covering her face with one hand; the other was put over her stomach.
END MEMORY
Severus was quickly pulled out of the memory. He rubbed his face with his palms. This version had been horrible than the real memory itself. In his anger then, he hadn't realized what Savvy might have been going through. Especially since she had been pregnant. With a groan he dumped the other contents of the second vial in the pensieve. However, before going in, he quickly conjured a glass of firewhiskey and finished it in a gulp. While Severus was not a drinker, he was a firm believer of the line 'desperate times called for desperate measures.'
He prepared himself quickly and once more was sucked in the pensieve.
SECOND PENSIEVE MEMORY
Night after the First Pensieve's memory.
Severus saw Savvy pacing the floors. She stopped suddenly when a knock sounded at the door; she quickly wrenched it open.
As soon as she opened the door, the person on the other side launched themselves at her in a bear hug. After a moment Savvy pulled back to reveal a face so similar, it was as if she was staring at a mirror. It was her sister, twin-sister, Valerie. Severus had met Valerie before loads of times. Nevertheless, her similarity to his wife was as startling as the first time he had met her. Valerie had been a Gryffindor and very different from her sister Victoria (Savvy), who herself had been a Slytherin.
Savvy quickly closed the door.
"I came as soon as I could." Valerie said.
"I was afraid that you might not be able to come, Val. You know with Demarco and all." Savvy said.
"Nonsense, Demy was the one who made me rush so much. And you know I am always here for you, Savvy." Her sister replied. "Now tell me what happened, you weren't really specific in the letter. And tell me, how is my little niece."
Severus remembered. Demarco or Demy (he thought that was an atrocious name) had recently married Valerie.
"Hey, it could be a boy, you know!" Savvy replied.
"Just call it a hunch." Her sister spoke back.
"Well, anyway, Val the reason I called you here was because Severus told me last night that he is a…a Death…Eater." Savvy gave her sister a moment to digest what she had just said.
Val's eyes bulged out, "WHAT!!! HOW IN THE BLOODY HELL! WHAT IN THE FRIGGIN' WIZARDRY WAS HE THINKING?"
Savvy waited and listened to her sister blather on. After Val had calmed down, she started explaining everything that had occurred last night.
There was nothing the two sisters hid from each other. Even after being in rival Houses for seven years, they still had a strong bond that made everyone jealous of their relationship.
"What am I going to do now, Val. On one hand I want him back. You know that I…we can't live without him. But on the other, I don't think that I can handle or understand him. He hurt me last night and I fought back. I threw him out. As much as I want him, he is starting to disgust me. How can you love someone and be disgusted by them?"
"Where is he now?" Valerie asked, worried for her sister state.
"He left for the Malfoy Manor, yesterday." Val made a long face when she heard the Malfoy name.
"Don't worry, Sav. You know how Severus is. I'm really sure that he'll be back. You mean the world to him."
"But what if he changes, Val. You know how people have gone crazy under him. How do I know that he wouldn't change?" Savvy asked.
"Because you love him Savvy. I know that deep under there somewhere you still love and trust him. You know you will get through this. You just need to believe it!" Val replied to her uncertain sister.
"You're right. Like always."
Suddenly, Severus heard an animal cry out. So did the two sisters.
"I'll go and check the owlery." Savvy stood up. "These owls have been very restless lately. I wonder why!" She said sarcastically.
Valerie nodded. "I'll go make us some tea. We could really use some."
After leaving her sister in the kitchen, Savvy picked up a torch and headed upstairs to the highest tower. Severus slowly trailing behind her. After fifteen or so minutes later they reached the small owlery.
As soon as she stepped in the room, there was a loud 'boom' and both Severus and Savvy felt the wards around Snape Manor collapse.
They heard a loud scream and the hair on the back of Severus' neck stood up. He was sure, that so did Savvy's.
"Oh no! Valerie." Savvy gasped.
Without another look she turned back, the torch falling from her numb hands to the stone floor. As swiftly and soundlessly as she could, Savvy ran down the mountains of stairs. After a couple seconds later, in her hurry, Savvy reached the lounge. She took out her wand and muttered a Disillusionment Charm on herself. Savvy might be freaked out, but she was still very cautious. She, along with the present Severus, stepped into the room. She gasped loudly. There on the floor was Valerie and around were almost a dozen Death Eaters. Valerie was whimpering softly, obviously in pain.
"Sorry, we have to kill you this way, Mrs. Snape." A familiar voice drawled from the Death Eater closest to Valerie. "But don't worry; it's for your own good. Plus, with you out of the way, Severus will finally be our little puppet. Just think of yourself as a sacrifice to the greater good of our world.
Then Savvy realized. Everyone there thought Valerie to be Savvy. The thought sickened her and twisted her stomach.
"Don't worry, dear Savvy. I am sure that Severus still loves you. Even after the heart break. Nevertheless, your death is regrettable. I didn't want to kill you. I am quite the fan, you know. But master's orders." With that he stroked her cheek with his thumb.
Valerie lifted her face and spat towards him.
"Come on now, don't be like that. I am sure that Severus is quite heartbroken. Your death will make him a perfect person for his job. Finally, our master will fully control his soul and he'll be a loyal Death Eater forever. Of course, he will be rewarded. Now, don't you want that for your husband?"
Valerie glared at her attacker. She suddenly looked past Lucius and her eyes fell on Savvy in the doorway.
"Why are you doing this, Lucius?" Valerie asked in a voice similar to Savvy's.
"Don't call me that, you traitor to our Lord. I am Malfoy to you."
"I thought you hated that name." Valerie said softly. Valerie, Savvy, Severus and Lucius had been quite close together when they were young.
Lucius' eyes narrowed and he stuck her across the face.
"It's time to put you out of your misery." Lucius pointed his wand at her. "Any last words."
"I have one favor to ask of you. Please tell my family that i don't blame them." As she said this, she looked straight at Savvy.
One last look crossed between the two sister before Savvy turned around and fled, noiselessly, in the other direction. Lucius' 'Avada Kedavra' and the green light that followed could be heard and seen throughout the hallway.
As Savvy ran up the many flights, tears cascaded down her cheek. Regardless of the Death Eater in the Manor, Savvy picked up a dish bowl from a corner and hurled it to the opposite wall. She was sure that the Death Eaters heard her.
She opened the window and shooed all her owls out of it. She quickly transformed into a silver owl and flew out. The other owls forming as if a circle around her and as she flew, she could have sworn that the Death Eater were watching behind her.
END SECOND MEMORY
Severus was shocked, to say the least. He had know that his wife was killed by Death Eaters, but he had never suspected Lucius himself had killed her. After Savvy's 'so called death' the Dark Lord had feigned anger and had promised Severus to 'deal' with all his wife's murderers.
Severus had never suspected that the Dark Lord had personally set him up. He couldn't believe it. Especially after all the consoling and comforting Lucius' had done for him, after Savvy's murder.
Now he had found the truth out. Lucius was a two-faced jackass.
"Damn you, Lucius." Severus hurled the bottle of firewhiskey at the burning fire. Glass and alcohol sprayed everywhere.
Severus had lost his wife, his life and everything in between just for a stupid vengeance on his father. Was Tobias worth all this pain. Now Severus had lost his wife twice.
He was about to put the vials away when he noticed the third and last one. It was smaller than the other two and had a crystal clear liquid. Almost like water.
'What the heck,' he thought. 'He might as well get this over with.'
He tossed the clear liquid in the pensieve after taking the last one out.
He slowly stepped forward.
THE LAST MEMORY
Severus looked around and saw himself in a muggle hospital. He turned around and saw Savvy lying in the nearest hospital bed. Over the door on the side was an American flag. Savvy was in US. He saw Savvy holding a small bundle in her arms. She had changed dramatically. She no longer looked like the radiant woman he knew. Her skin was pale and her tone had a pallor look. Her hair was stringy and she looked immensely thin. She looked as if she was sick.
As he stepped closer, he saw that she was holding a small baby in her hands, in the bundle. It was a girl. It was his daughter, April Selena Snape. April was a healthy baby with round cheeks. She had her mother's blue eyes and wavy brown hair. However, if one looked closely they could see some black highlights in her brown hair.
The baby gurgled happily and pulled at her mother's hair. Tears ran down Savvy's face despite her smile. She gently stroked her daughter and rocked her silently.
Severus saw another woman enter the hospital room. This woman had blond hair and green eyes. She was tall and skinny. After seeing her Severus couldn't shake the feeling that he knew her.
The lady smiled and moved forward to sit next to Savvy.
"Isn't she beautiful." Savvy said and the lady nodded. "I want to thank you again, Eveline for agreeing to take care of April."
"Please, I will raise her as my own daughter." Eveline said.
Now Severus realized who she was. Eveline had been a good friend of Savvy's from Hogwarts. However, Severus didn't know much about her as she was from Ravenclaw. He was not surprised to see her agree to help Savvy even though she had been from Slytherin. Savvy had been very popular, almost as much as Lily, another girl from his year.
"I have one request though, Savvy." When Savvy nodded, she continued. "Will it be ok if I call the girl Selena April Snape instead of April Selena Snape. I have a liking for that name."
"That's fine, Eve." Savvy said. "Anything you want to name her. It will do her good to be raised as a muggle. I don't want her to ever hear the name of Voldemort. But please if Severus ever comes for her, I want you to promise me that you will let him see April."
Eve nodded solemnly. She slowly stood up and took the baby from Savvy's arms. Even though Savvy handed April without any protests, Severus could see that Savvy didn't want to give her baby away.
"Now, why don't you get some sleep, all right. We'll come tomorrow to see you." With that Eveline switched the light off and the room was bathed in darkness.
END MEMORY
Severus pulled and stumbled back. He hit the couch, instead of sitting on it and fell on the floor. He quickly got up and ran to his private bathrooms.
'I had too much to drink,' Severus thought, as he threw up in the bowl of the toilet.
After he was done heaving, he rinsed his mouth and cleaned the place up. He didn't bother returning to the Sitting Room and instead went to his room. Without bothering with anything, he plopped on the bed. All dressed and with shoes on.
Without a second thought Severus' eyes closed and he fell asleep.
All night, nightmares about deserting his wife and killing her plagued him. Severus finally woke up when he dreamt about his daughter living in a small alleyway.
With a groan, Severus got up and went over to the Sitting Room and cleaned up his mess. As he stored all the memories in their rightful places, he noticed a small scrawl in the right hand corner. When he looked closer he saw that there were couple of addresses written there. The first was in United States: #25, 4 complex apt., Houston, Texas.
The second was of England: No. 10 Privet Dr., Surrey.
The third was of Wales: 10045, 54th st., Cardiff.
The first two addresses were crossed off. Severus was smart enough to figure out that these were the addresses, his daughter must have lived in. and she was now currently living in the uncrossed one. Wide awake, and seeing as there was nothing more to do and not particularly feeling the need to make potions, Severus grabbed his cloak and went out the door.
Without anything to do, he might as well see his daughter and solve his case of nervousness and curiosity.
After Severus was far away from Hogwarts and into Hogsmeade, he apparated to Wales. While Severus didn't travel much, he had a couple of classmates, even friends, who weren't Death Eaters that lived or had lived in Wales. However, he had not visited many of his friends in a long time. Yet he was familiar with this place, after all Wales had the best variety of rare potion ingredients found than any other place due to it's hilly areas.
Even though it was summer, this night was particularly foggy, damp and cold. He quickly put a notice-me-not charm on himself and muttered softly:
'Point me April Selena Snape'
His wand rotated around for a minute then stopped pointed North. After about five minutes Severus reached a small Victorian bungalow.
A light shone through the first window of the house. Severus murmured a quick Disillusionment charm and jumped over the front gate. He quickly came near the window and shamelessly peeked inside.
The room he looked in was big and in the right corner was a girl continuously tapping at the desk in front of a big box. Severus had lived a lot in the muggle world to realize that the box was a computer and she was typing away at the keyboard so fast as if there was no tomorrow. He had no trouble recognizing the girl. She was a mini picture of Savvy. She was tall with light brown hair that reached her back, gracefully. And there was couple of black strands mixed with her original hair color. She worked and walked with grace. She had slender hands like Severus and she had blue eyes that were now dancing with mirth; with a light squeal she got off the computer and jumped on the bed. She grabbed a novel from the bedside table and settled comfortably under her blanket.
Severus was fascinated with the girls behaviors. While he himself was not very pleasant it was funny to see the girl so aroused in the middle of the night. Watching the girl left a warm feeling in his stomach. This was his daughter. He saw the girl slip some earphones over her head and she started reading.
April's room was colored in a light bluish-green color and her bed held dark red covers. Her room was covered in wall paper and pictures of some popular actors and actresses. Though overall the room was pretty neat and organized. At another far end of the room was a whole section covered with books. They were in many languages and with different shapes and sizes. There were three doors, which he figured lead to a closet, a bathroom and the lobby. After half an hour, Severus got up to leave. However, he heard some sniffling. He slowly sat back down again. He watched his daughter wipe a tear from her eyes. Whatever she was reading, was sad. She sniffled some more and her hand shot out to the table.
Suddenly a box of tissues appeared on the bedside table and her hand grabbed a couple of tissues. Severus' eyes grew large. His daughter had just done accidental magic and hadn't even realized it! He watched to see if she would do more of magic. However, in about another half an hour, April was asleep, her book on her chest and her lights still on. Severus muttered a quiet charm and the book placed itself magically on the table, the lights switched themselves off and the blanket again reseted on her. After again slipping out the main gate, Severus gave the house one last look and with a pop, he dissapparated.
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A/N: I hope that you all enjoyed this long chapter. It is 11 pages. I know that I didn't update as I promised so to make up I wrote this really long chapter.
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In the next chapter: Severus and Eveline will meet and April will find the truth about herself. Hopefully Harry will be in the next chapter! So, see you soon!
Question: Can anyone tell me the real meaning of Scelerosect??? (It's Latin)
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