Chapter 3

The days went by some fast and some slow but soon enough it was getting closer to the 19th and I was changing more and more.

Soon Tuesday September 19th came and I was in such pain when I woke up my roommates went to get Professor McGonagal and I was taken to the Hospital wing. By lunch time all the pain had ceased and my owl Midnight flew in and landed on my bed with a letter.

My Dear Klaire,

Today is your 17th birthday and you have now come of age it is now time for you to know who you truly are. You are my Daughter I have been watching you and keeping tabs on everything you do. I know that you have been wondering about some of the looks you have been given during the changes you have experienced since the spells I placed on you as a baby have worn off.

I had to keep you hidden for your safety and I also never told your father that you even existed. Times were hard when you were conceived and I knew that your father was doing what he thought would protect him not knowing that he put both of us in danger. I thought that by the time you came of age that there wouldn't be any danger left for you but I was mistaken but now I am here to protect you and I also know more of where your father's loyalties lie.

I am sorry that you have not had the greatest life but I hope that you are not mad at me for what I did. I didn't want you to be used against me or your father and I wanted you to be able to at least have the chance to live. By now all of the spells have worn off and you are now in your true form and I know you will be beautiful. I will be coming to the hospital wing soon after this letter with your father hopefully.

Love your mother,

Mysty Snape

Well now I know why she seemed familiar to me. I looked up as the door opened but instead of it being my mother it was Ali. He looked over tome and made his way over. "Mione?"

"Yea it's me Ali; I think this will explain my new look."

I handed him the letter and after he read it he said, "Well now I know why your Aura kept changing and it also explains your angel."

"My Angel?"

He took my hand and soon I saw what he was talking about there was a beautiful dark haired angel standing beside my bed smiling at me.

"But then you saw him this whole time?"

"Yes but he wouldn't allow me to tell you he was there and that is why Draco was giving you some weird looks too. He's seen the angel before but this year your Aura was changing and it was confusing him. We also saw what your Aura was changing into and it was the same we saw on both Professor Snape's. Plus the appearance of Mrs. Snape made him wonder about of you were who he thought you were which is why he hasn't said anything to you or your friends much this year. But I think there is more that he isn't telling Me." he stopped when we heard voices

"Why are you bringing me to the hospital wing Mysty?"

"You will see soon."

With that the doors opened Revealing both Snape's and Severus stopped when he caught site of me. He looked shocked. Mysty pulled him over to me and I decided he might want to read the letter I received. I handed it to him and when he finished reading he looked at Mysty.

"So this is why you left me?"

"Yes, I'm sorry but I had to I knew that Voldemort would use us against you and I didn't want any of us dyeing at his hands and I knew if you found out I was pregnant that you would tell him and he would use us. I didn't know that you were already a spy so I did it to protect all of us."

"I understand but who adopted her. Has she been here this whole time?"

Mysty nodded to me.

"I have been here this whole time. My name was Hermionie Granger."

"I should have known you did remind me of both myself and Mysty and that explains why your looks were changing and why Draco was being Civil to you. Is this why you came here this year Mysty?"

"Yes I knew she was going to come of age and I wanted both of her parents to be here with her."

"So I have a question why was it that the Transfer students were always giving me weird looks, Ali explained to me why he and Draco wondered about me but what about them?"

" The transfers came here with me they are all special in there own ways some see Auras and others can see angels and Demons like Ali and Draco but they weren't cursed exactly their traits were passed down to them by their parents. The twins are my nephews and they thought it was weird that you were starting to look like me and the fact that you had some of my same characteristics. They are all with the exception of Ali under my care because their parents were all lost to Voldemort."

"So now that the spells are off of me what do I say to my friends and everyone else?"

"What ever you want to the truth is fine and Dumbledore knows already so he can make the announcement for you if you want him to or you can just wait and tell people as they ask you and you can go by whichever name you would like and Hermionie is one of your real names so its just up to you."

"What is my real name?"

"Klaire Rose Hermionie Snape."

"I think ill go by Hermionie for right now but I will take my real last name. Do I have to be sorted again since I know who I really am now?"

"Not unless you want to I was in Gryffindor so that's probably where you got it from."

"Is that why you hate Gryffindors so much now, Father?"

"Somewhat, but also because of Potter and his friends the ones that I went to school with, and also because I am a spy. Mysty, you do know that the Dark lord is going to find out about her now?"

"Yes I know but we can protect her better now."

"Yes we can but still you might need to be willing to at least become spy for Dumbledore but we will face that when it comes."

"So you can go back to your room or wherever you want to will you come to supper or?"

"I think ill go to the advanced potions library room and ill go get food from the kitchens I don't think I can face anyone yet."

"Ok well Ali stay with her if you will when you get out of class and Klaire you might want to talk to Harry and your friends soon they were quite worried this morning."

"I will"

Ali took me to the Potions library and then went to his class, also promising to bring me the work that I missed. When I was alone I conjured up a full length mirror so that I could see my new appearance. My hair was now Black with red streaks and my eyes were green with some black specks in them. My face changed some, my nose was smaller and my cheekbones were more defined.

After that I just sat there and read for a longtime soon I was so absorbed in my book that I didn't hear the door open or realize that I was being watched. Until a hand pulled my book away from me, I looked up into blue-grey eyes.

"Ali told me to come here he is going to the kitchens to get food. Now I understand about you. Did you know you were adopted?"

"Since I got my letter to Hogwarts but they couldn't tell me anything else I knew I would find out today. Why were you so mean to me?"

"I only said things to you when you stepped in I'm watched by my friends I couldn't be nice to you I just hoped that you would never but in so that I wouldn't have to hurt you. I knew you weren't who you thought you were by the angel but I knew I wouldn't be able to tell you until you found out by yourself. You would change when you were upset or really mad your aura would change or your eyes would change"

" This summer I heard my mother talking to Mysty about you she said that you would be changing already and when I saw you on the train I knew that that was who you were. And it kind of scared me more than anything which is why I left you alone more. There are still some things that you don't know and that I don't think your parents know either. Has your left shoulder ever felt like it was asleep?"

"Yes"

"That was Ali we had been talking about you and about your angel and also your aura and we were thinking that you were who we thought you might be the lost daughter of the Snape's so we linked you with us because we knew that if you were Klaire that you would be in danger soon."

" You are special because of your type of Empathy once you learn how to control your powers you could if you wanted to look into peoples past see what it is that they fear and use it against them you are more powerful than you think you are which is part of why you have an angel looking after you and also why some people are drawn to you."

"Mostly its people who aren't bad people like me, who have been influenced and controlled by our parents and are seeking protection. No matter what you need to remain on the good side or all will be lost. Harry relies on you, which means you need to learn all you can about your power and be able to control it because you will need it soon which is also the main reason of this class Dumbledore needed people who had motivation to help in this was even though most help will be unseen by most because some of us like myself are not fully out from under our parents, in my case my dad."

"Food is here"

Ali walked in and set food in front of me.

"Have you leaned anything yet Rose?"

"Yea so when my shoulder goes numb what does that mean?"

"It means that one of us is feeling basically any sort of emotion strongly."

"Like at the welcome feast when you kept seeing people watching you, you were worried so that made our shoulders go numb."

"But why did my shoulder go numb at the feast then?"

"I don't know do you Draco?"

Draco shook his head no but I had the feeling that he wasn't saying something. I decided to try out something that I had read so I took his hand and saw the feast in his head and the fact that when he felt his shoulder and looked at me he wanted to be able to go over to me and hug me.

I smiled at him after I opened my eyes.

"Thank you for wanting to comfort me."

"You learn to fast, Klaire."

"I know"

We stayed in the room and talked and they let me practice some more things that I had learned and in the process I learned more about Draco and Ali soon it was just about time for the class to start and Severus came in and asked if I was ready for class I nodded and when the people started coming in thy exchanged looks and when everyone was in Severus looked at me and I nodded. I stood up and said,

"Since we are supposed to get to know each other in this class to be able to work with each other I have something to tell you all. You knew me as Hermionie Granger but my real name is Klaire Rose Hermionie Snape. Which I just found out today, which is my birthday."

Everyone looked at Snape and he said,

"I just found out today also that she is my daughter. By now you should all know why there is such secrecy to others not in this class. All of you in this class have expressed wishes to not join the Dark Lord or you have followed Dumbledore and Harry since you have known them. This class teaches you how to protect yourselves from the dark lord since you are the most at risk."

"But sir if that is so then why isn't Harry in these classes with us?"

"He is getting lessons elsewhere. But you all are the invisible help mostly since some of you are not able to completely break away from your families you will be one the sidelines healing making potions and even taking out people from a hidden spot. Some of you might even be called to spy if you cannot find a reason to not join the dark lord."

"Now if there are no more questions we will start with the lesson for the day. Occlumency and Legilimency, you will need to know how to protect your minds against people and at some points you might even need to know how to read someone's mind. Now some of you already know this so I will have help in teaching you. First I would like for you to read in your book on these so as to explain some thins to you on how to clear your minds and such."

We sat and read the pages and soon we were grouped together learning how to throw the curse caster out of our minds and then trying to make them see what we want them to see.

I was paired with Draco and I successfully made him see when I punched him and then went into his mind, he was caught of guard so I saw an unguarded thought of him watching me crying in the library one night and I felt what he felt towards me I let go and said I needed a break.

Ali came and sat down by me and asked,

"Are you really tired or did you see something you didn't want to see."

I took his hand and showed him what I saw and what I felt. He nodded to me and said,

"I think he might have let you see that. I think that you have a certain affect on him just like at the welcome feast when you saw that he wanted to comfort you. Something you don't know about Draco is that he doesn't let people in easily and for him to have already let you see stuff about him it means something. Don't push him away just wait and see what he will tell you."