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It's been so long since I last saw Uncle Severus as he actually was, and, even then I only saw him when I was a lot younger. I had almost forgotten what he really looked like. Severus under the charms wasn't actually repulsive, or hideous, or whatever else the student body seemed to regard him as. Sure he had crooked yellow teeth, a large (and again crooked) nose and black eyes but I had learnt to look past that. His eyes, however black, still held the warmth they always had, even if that warmth was only reserved for me. Overall he wasn't the most handsome of men when under the charm, but that was the point. My uncle had willingly changed his appearance to help keep his family safe.

Even though he is only my half uncle, Severus was the one family member that I was close to. He and my mother shared the same father but he lived with Severus and his mother. Janine's mother was just someone he had a fling with, someone he messed around with behind Severus' and his mother's backs. In case you haven't realised, my grandfather isn't exactly the nicest of men. I never met him, he died long before I was born - and I wouldn't want to have met him.

Focusing in on Severus' face, I realised we had a shocking resemblance to each other, even though we weren't related that closely. Severus' hair had lightened by the tiniest of amounts, changing it from the raven black it once was to the dark brown - almost black that graced my hair. His eyes had also lightened, taking on almost exactly the same shade as my eyes, the only difference being that his were slightly darker than mine. His nose lost all of its faults; it became smaller and no longer looked as though it had been broken a few times. His lips became more full, but not excessively so - just enough to lose that thin, tight lipped look he had going before. His complexion also changed, he no longer looked deathly pale and he had only a slightly lighter complexion than me - tanned but natural. His height, thankfully, stayed the same but you could tell he held more muscle than his once overly thin frame used to hold.

Without making this sound wrong in any way, my uncle was now rather attractive. He still had the aristocratic air about him, but he no longer looked unhealthy, or evil for that matter... Although the latter may have been helped by the fact that he was still smiling.

Breaking out of my little though process, I took the time to look around the Great Hall, hundreds of faces looked up at us, emotions ranging from shock, to amazement, to outright confusion. Yeah, if I'd of been one of them, I would have been confused too. Looking at my friends it was obvious that they also were expecting an explanation and, judging by the emotions rolling off Lissa, I could tell she was upset that I hadn't indulged her about this world before. I guess it's time to introduce my friends to my family.

"Uncle, these are my friends, Lissa, Christian, Adrian and Eddie." I pointed to each of them as I said their names and then stepped back to take Dimitri's hand. "And this, as you seem to already have guessed, is my boyfriend Dimitri." Dimitri stepped forward to shake Severus' hand and they instantly started to make conversation, there was no awkward meeting the family silence so many people dread. Severus smiled at the light small talk they were making, I was glad they were getting along so well already, especially considering both men are quite reserved when they first meet people, maybe that was what allowed them to connect straight away.

I turned to my friends; "Guys, this is my uncle, Professor Severus Snape." they all stepped forward to talk to my uncle, all wanting to introduce themselves properly, except Lissa who hung back.

"Rose, why didn't I know about any of this, why didn't you tell me? I didn't know you even had any family besides Janine." She looked genuinely hurt that I had never told her, so I told her the only thing I could, the truth.

"I was never allowed to tell anyone Liss, I was never allowed to tell anyone anything about this part of my life, but I'm sure you'll find out everything you want to know soon enough." Liss seemed to grudgingly accept this and then moved forward so she could also introduce herself to Severus.

Albus walked up to our little group and that's when I realised that the entire student body and quite a lot of the staff were still expecting an explanation, or at least to know who we were.

"I think it's time I introduce the school to the Real Severus Snape and his family and friends, don't you?" Everyone just smiled at each other; it was amazing that even though they had only met ten short minutes ago, none of them rejected the title of friend. Our motley crew made our way up to the podium where Albus normally stood at the beginning of feast and other important events, we waited for him to start addressing the school.

"Students, teachers, I am sure that this all comes as a shock to you and you are all probably wondering what has just happened. So I would like to introduce you to the Real Severus Snape." Uncle stepped forward while his Slytherins cheered and the rest of the school clapped enthusiastically. "Now I would like to introduce you to people that you have not met before. This young women," he said, gesturing for me to come forward, " is indeed Professor Snape's niece, her name is Rose Hathaway, and she lives in America. I would now also like to introduce to you, Guardian Dimitri Belikov, Rose's Boyfriend; Princess Vasilisa Dragomir, Rose's Best friend; Lord Christian Ozera, Vasilisa's Boyfriend and Rose's two other friends Edison Castile and Lord Adrian Ivashkov."The five of them stepped forward at the mention of their names. Dimitri took my hand in his and smiled down at me.

It was then that I heard a voice call out from one of the tables, the Gryffindor table. It was a boy, probably a seventh year with dark hair who was looking in completely the opposite direction to the rest of the students,. He was looking down to the other end of the hall at the three men still waiting for us. I realised then that it was the famous Harry Potter, the boy who lived and the wizard that must have finally defeated Voldemort.

"Oi Sirius, what happened to your nose? Who did that to you?" I had forgotten that those three would still be here, still be waiting for us to stop messing around so they could show us to our rooms. It was Remus that spoke up to explain what had happened to Sirius' nose. Apparently Black was too embarrassed to admit it.

"Rose here broke it, with one punch might I add." Remus was smirking, obviously he found it hilarious that Sirius had finally got his comeuppance in the form of an 18 year old girl with a strong arm.

Beside me, Severus began to laugh a deep silky laugh that I hadn't heard in a long time.

"You did that to him?" He questioned through his laughter, seeing my confirming nod he continued. "Oh I'm so proud of you sometimes." Uncle was now full on laughing from deep inside his chest and his statement sent our entire group into peals of laughter.

After our laughter died down I realised that I still had a question that I wanted to ask Albus. I tapped him on the shoulder and he leaned towards me so our conversation could keep as much privacy as possible when standing in front of hundreds of people.

"Albus, who was it who informed you of the plan of attack, I would like to thank them, if that's possible, maybe I could send them an owl or something." Albus smiled at me and looked around to make sure that no one was listening in.

"It is very possible for you to thank them for this person who informed me is sat in this very hall, at the Slytherin table in fact, look down there, the one with the blond hair, his name is Draco Malfoy." He didn't point but I followed his eye line until I saw the boy he was talking about, I leant over to Severus and told him about my wanting to thank him, he nodded in agreement and followed when I made to walk towards the boy. He stood as we approached and when we reached him I pulled him into a hug, for a minute he seemed shocked like he didn't know what to do but eventually he reached around and hugged me back.

"Thank you, thank you so much, not only have you probably saved me from being killed or kidnapped by the rogue death eaters but you've also given me a chance to see my uncle again" I whispered in his ear and gave him one last squeeze before pulling away. Severus shook his hand and squeezed his shoulder also passing along his thanks and then we made our way back up to the podium where our group still stood, engaged in conversation with Albus.

A ginger haired boy probably the same age as Harry, considering he sat next to him and a bushy haired girl also probably of the same age, stood up.

"I'm sorry headmaster, I don't mean to be rude, but could you please tell us what the hell is going on here?"

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