HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Thank you Mira, Emily, and Roni for reviewing on the last chapter. I have had writer's block for the first them ever. It was bound to happen sooner or later…

Chapter 7

Severus dropped Hermione's hand, but he kept hold of Sarah's for a little longer.

"Where are we?" Sarah asked, not letting go. "It all seems so familiar!"

"Well, that's because you used to live here, Sarah." Severus said. He let the two in, wondering where Albus was. When he opened the door, however, Albus was sitting at the table.

"I thought I instructed you not to use magic, Severus." Albus said to him.

"First off, John is a wizard. He fired the first spell!"

"Is it true?" Albus asked Hermione and Sarah, who both nodded.

"My, my. I can't believe Voldemort has gone that far to have a Death Eater dress as a Muggle." Albus said.

"So, why are you here, Albus?"

"I am here to ensure this is a proper living facility for Miss Granger."

"Is there any way to get Sarah's memory back?"

"Severus, there may be one or two ways."

"Yes?"

"Let it recover on it's own or, the more deadly way, induce her memory with a really complicated spell that even myself would not dare to use."

"How is it complicated?"

"Severus, there are many steps to this spell than saying something and waving a wand. No one knows the whole version of the spell, which is even more deadly, only using part of it that is. Finding all of it would take as much time."

"Thank, you Albus."

"You're very welcome Severus. This place is good. You kept the nursery the way it was."

"I know, I had been excited at the time and I never knew my daughter as she was growing up-"

"You're Hermione's father?" Sarah asked. Severus looked to her and nodded.

"This was our house. The last day I saw you was July nineteenth, twelve years ago. I was devastated."

"Why'd I leave?"

"Mrs. Snape, we have reason to believe you were kidnapped by a feared wizard, Lord Voldemort." Albus told her. "But, he erased your memory and sent you to live with a Death Eater, one of his minions. I will go there now to check on the house and arrest the man." Dumbledore Apparated.

"Can I have a tour of the house?" Sarah asked him.

"Of course." Severus said. He showed her his potions room.

"Potions was your favorite subject at Hogwarts," he told her truthfully.

"Hogwarts? The school 'Mione's going to?"

"Yes, you were in Gryffindor, like her." Severus looked into her eyes.

"This nursery Albus was talking about, where is it?"

A smile stretched across his face. He led her upstairs and to the first room on the right, across the hall from his own.

"Right over here." He opened the door to a room he had kept neat for years.

"Oh my goodness! Did you paint these?" She asked, gesturing to the beautifully detailed white flowers upon the pink wall.

"No, you did." Severus said. Sarah was looking at a nicely drawn rose, Severus's second favorite flower on the wall. "You painted this lily just for me." He said, gesturing towards his favorite flower on the wall.

"I did?"

"Yes."

"I've never drawn before in my life."

"This proves you have."

"I don't remember."

"What do you remember?"

"Not much. A nightmare, mainly. Also, a man."

"What did this man look like?"

"He had white blond hair and gray eyes. He said 'I'm sorry' and then I fainted."

"Lucius."

"What?"

"That man was Lucius."

Sarah walked around the room. She touched the pink blankets in the crib. They were soft. There were shleves with many stuffed animals on them. Sarah let tears escape from her eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"You must have really been looking forward to having the baby and then-"

"Sarah, it's okay! Lucius was our friend, you couldn't have known what would happen."

"I want to remember again! I want to remember everything between us!"

Severus got up. "I have some love notes we wrote to each other in this box in our old room."

"Oooo, can I see them?"

"Of course, they're ours to share."

Severus led her into their less decorated bedroom. He reached into the dresser and took out an old wooden box. He opened it and letters poured from the top.

"Oh, my!" Sarah said, picking up a letter she had wrote to him.

May, 1977

Dear Severus,

I love you so much! I don't care if you're a Death Eater! I would run away with you if it would make you happy. I would not be a Death Eater, but I would stick by your side, no matter what. I'll love you to the end of my life!

Sarah

Sarah grabbed the letter on the top that looked like it was about to fall out.

"I remember that one." Severus said, recognizing it with a slight smirk.

"What is it about?"

"Read it. I wrote it right when summer began in our sixth year."

Sarah gently unfolded the letter. The parchment was thin and she was afraid of ripping it.

June, 1976

My Dearest Sarah,

I cannot wait until we see each other again at Hogwarts. Every summer day, you will be in my thoughts and every summer night, I will wish you were here. Sarah, before we started Hogwarts, why did you move? Even so, I will be as faithful and loyal to you as a dog is to their owner. Now, my dear, I would love to tell you several more things, but I have not much parchment left. So I am sending you a single rose with my owl.

Severus

Sarah's eyes filled with tears as she grabbed another letter.

May, 1977

Dear Sarah,

I love you too. Your words are beautiful to me, and I cannot help but devour them over and over again until they are burned into my mind. I will always cherish them.

If I could, I would erase my Mark, and not be a Death Eater. I will quit FireWhiskey all together, but only on one condition. Meet me by the lake Friday night at eleven.

Severus

Sarah looked at Severus. "What was the condition?"

"Look at your left hand."

Sarah saw her wedding ring. It was engraved: To Sarah, from S.S.

"I never took it off. I knew it wasn't from John, the initials aren't his. They aren't even close! John Dolohov."

"Dolohov? That was Dolohov's brother I just dueled?" Severus had long since forgotten a first name.

"I guess-I didn't know anything about him, I swear!"

"It's okay, Sarah! I promise." Severus said, grabbing her hands. She was gazing into his loving eyes. He pushed some hair behind her ear. They leaned in.

"Mum!" Hermione called. The two moved apart.

"Coming, Dear!" Sarah called, glancing back at Severus before she left to see what Hermione needed.

Severus sighed.

A/N: Awww! They almost kissed! Too bad they didn't though…. Thank you a million times Emily for helping me with the love letters!