Authors Note: Well today my friends we lost two great stars Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. Now I didn't particularly like either one of them but it is a sad day in history to see two people who contributed so much to Pop Music and Movies to go. R.I.P. for the "King of Pop". Okay people today's chapter goes out to invisible girl who made my day by reviewing! Ya'll should too love ya By the way I think this chapter of the story is gonna be the hardest to write so forgive me if it's hard to follow or in general sucks.

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

-Hurt by Nine Inch Nails

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Emily's Pov December 23, 1977

White White White, Looking out the window at Spinner's End that was all I could see. It had been snowing for 24 hours straight, the whole town was white, a true look of Christmas, however with the snow came the cold. Even with the heater on it was quite chilly in the Snape family house. Well at least were not at home we would have frozen in the night if so.

Severus was currently in his bed scribbling in a book, and their parents were out that night at the pub. It was really quiet stupendous how they got drunk, and then came home yelling and screaming, then the next night going out to do it all again.

It was growing dark out, when we heard stomps below us and a door slamming. They were home early, extremely early. I looked over to Severus, who was looking just as concerned as me. His dark eyes betrayed his alarm. After a while we could hear them below us talking loudly and watching some muggle sport on the telly. I glanced over at Severus "Why do you think their home so early?"

He just closed his eyes, a faint grimace crossed his sallow features, before he finally turned to me and grumbled "I don't know, and to be honest I have a feeling it's not good for us."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, "I doubt it Sevy they probably just got kicked out of the bar." Severus just turned to me with a disbelieving meant to confer the message 'whatever' to me.

In the pit of my stomach I knew what he had said was true. Tonight was going to end badly for one or the both of us, and there was nothing we could do to stop it. That frightening realization did not bring on a bout of tears as it would most girls if anything to me it just brought on a stoical manner. Severus finally put down his book and did as I. We both had put on our detached demeanors, we were not going to give these bastards what they wanted, a weak bumbling fool.

Finally after nearly forty minutes of awaiting our fates, it finally came. Heavy foot falls were coming up the staircase, and finally stopped at Severus's room. I looked over at Severus his face showing no emotion, I tried to do the same but I couldn't help but notice that I had paled considerably. The knob jiggled. It wouldn't open. I smirked inwardly haha you fat bastard. A gruff voice came from outside the door "Severus open this damn door right now or I'll break your bloody stick."

With a flick of his wand Severus opened the door, and in walked Tobias Snape his eyes bloodshot, and his body wavering." He was already drunk.

Tobias looked at his son "Severus go show Tommy and Ella where the liquor store is." And then he stumbled back down stairs, with Severus trailing behind, him glaring daggers at his dad's back.

Wow I guess then tonight is my lucky night, no alteration at all. I smiled to myself and walked over to the window, it was bloody freezing out there. I hope Severus got his coat. Leaving the window I ambled back to my make shift bed, and laid down intent on waiting up for Severus to make sure he made it back without catching frostbite or the end of one of our parent's fist. I heard the door slam downstairs and then all was silent but the telly below.

After a few minutes I heard someone moving below on the steps, and then they came to a standstill at Severus's door. For several minutes I heard the labored breathing of a man outside my door. I grew scared, I looked all around the room for a place to hide, there wasn't much choice. I inaudibly dove up under the bed, and then waited. Seemingly hours passed by, I grew hopeful maybe he was passed out?

The door abruptly banged open, there stood Tobias Snape grinning cruelly "Little Emily I know you are in here, don't you want to come out and play?" he mocked in a sing song voice. He swayed over to the bad and with one big hand lifted the mattress up. There he saw me cowering in the back corner, he grinned again. "Though you could hide didn't you? You little bitch I will teach you to hide from me!" he yelled.

He slung the frame of the bed across the room with a surprising show of force, I closed my eyes, as I felt his fat grubby hand wrap around my ankle as he dragged me from my hiding place. He picked me up with one hand and threw me on the bed. I opened up my eyes to look at him taking off his belt, out of fear I didn't understand what he was saying. I felt the belt hit my bare leg once, twice, three times, and then I lost count as the harsh thin leather continued biting into my skin. Then I noticed him fumbling with the buttons on his trousers, and then everything came back to me in a frightened tumble. I have to run have to escape. I ran towards the door but with a mad cackle he grabbed me by my long blonde hair making me hit my head hard on the floor, blackness seeped into my vision, the last thing I saw before I lost unconsciousness was the pants around his ankles.

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Severus Snape walked into his living room leading his slightly intoxicated giggling Aunt and Uncle, he crossed the living room to see his father sprawled out on the couch watching muggle hockey. His face immediately distorted into a scowl upon seeing the father he so clearly loathed. He stoically walked up the stairs and entered his room. A gasp erupted from him, the site that he saw still haunts him till this day.

There on his mattress was a nonmoving, eyes closed, pale as snow Emily, with blood everywhere. With an angry hiss it dawned on him what happened, he got out his wand and healed all the minor injuries, before trying to revive Emily it didn't work. His eyes closed as fear coursed through him, she can't be dead right?

He put his hand to the girl's neck, a faint beating pulsed against his fingertips. She was alive he gave a small smile happy that his young comrade was okay. He realized though this was not the time to be dawdling around. He picked the young girl up, and apparated to Hogsmeade. Being as it was the middle of the night not to mention bloody freezing nobody was outside to see them. He walked to the side of Madame Puddifoot's and tapped three times with his wand on a barrel sitting beside the wall.

On the third time the barrel moved to show a secret passage that led straight to the Slytherin common room, he murmured a spell to close up the shaft as he carried the nearly weightless girl through the tunnel. He whispered "lumos" to the dark passage, and his wand lit up showing rats scurrying into holes along the barren walls of the tunnel.

After nearly thirty minutes of trekking down the shaft, he came to a door, gently sat the girl down on the hard stone floor and put his wand in a hole in the door whispering "Annaheim" the door opened to reveal a barely lit cavernous room, with green and silver furnishings. The Slytherin Common Room. Snape looked around, nobody was there, not that he expected anyone to be since nearly every Slytherin always went home for the Christmas holidays. He went back to the passage and picked up the blonde headed girl and was about to walk out before turning around and tapping the wall with his wand in a pattern on the stones similar to that of Diagon Alley's The Leaky Cauldron. The door turned into a conspicuous bookcase, satisfied Snape turned and went out the common room intent on finding the Headmaster, but first to take Emily to Madame Pomfrey.

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Emily Pov

Hushed voices are talking urgently around me. I comprehend a little of what they are saying, but I keep my eyes closed for fear they would stop talking once they seen I was awake.

"Albus she should be kept here! Snape made it perfectly clear what home like is for her!" a woman's voice whispered loudly.

A softer male voice answered her "Minerva we just can't just kidnap this girl, maybe if her parents consented, but not till then."

The woman sighed "Albus look at her! We can't allow her to go back home in this condition!"

Then I realized who they were talking about me. Suddenly the events of the previous night dawned on me. I felt a sudden rush of tears, that man had … I whispered "Oh My God" then the other voices stopped. I felt a gentle hand upon my shoulder. Opening my eyes I saw an older man with deep wrinkles, a snowy white beard, and sad blue eyes staring back at me. Behind him stood a middle aged strict looking woman with her hair tight in a bun, with a sympathetic look in her eyes. I looked down fully intent on ignoring the pair.

"Miss Tallis, I am Professor Dumbledore of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy, Mr. Snape informed me of your situation, and I am completely sorry for what has happened, however we need to discuss what you are going to do." The older man chuckled as my eyes widened at realizing who he was. Remus's highly spoken of Headmaster. The woman walked out leaving me and the Headmaster alone.

I looked up to the genial old man and whispered quietly "I don't want to go home."

He looked at me with a small sad smile "I didn't think you would, therefore since you would be in first year if not for your parents, I will be placing you in first year, first however I need to write your parents a letter, and you need to heal up, before Christmas, are you aware you had two broken bones? Madame Pomfrey should have you up and going by dinner at least where you can join us all in the Great hall."

I grinned and nodded my head happily, letting last night sink to the back of my mind. This was the start of another grand adventure.

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Professor Dumbledore had been right by dinner, I was up and ready to go. Of course being alone up till then had had a few downfalls, my mind had kept reverting back to the night before I shuddered at the thought of it when I heard someone come in. I looked up to see it was Snape, wearing a small smile of his own. I happily ran over to him and hugged him looking into his dark eyes I mumbled "Thanks for bringing me here Severus, you saved my life."

He looked down at me slightly perplexed but then wrapped his arms around me as well "its okay Emily, I hope that bastard gets what he deserves, now let's go before all the bloody Gryffindors eat all the food."

At the word Gryffindors my heart lurched Remus? Was he here or did he and those other fellows go to James's for Christmas this year. How could I explain my being here to Remus of all people? With a tug on my arm Snape led me through the castle, having to tug on me again every once in a while when I would stop moving, because I was staring at the beauties of the castle such as the moving staircases, and the moving pictures. Magic is a truly amazing thing I thought to myself, becoming enthralled with the wonders of the castle.

Snape sighed I turned to mock glare at him "Hey remember you were once a first year too!"

Snape cast a startled glance my way "Dumbledore is letting you join the school?"

A worried look darted over my face Snape doesn't want me here? "Yeah Dumbledore said I will be a first year when school starts back this January."

Snape frowned deep in thought, why wouldn't Snape want me here? Was it because of that war thing Remus and me had talked about ages ago? Wait Snape was a Slytherin, did that mean he was a deatheater too? I looked up to my older companion and studied him he didn't look particularly evil like Remus said they would, I looked over at him again "Hey Severus are you a deatheater?"

Snape cast a surprised look at me, then the surprise turned to anger "Do not speak of such thing here" he hissed "How would you even know of them? I thought you hadn't met that many wizards?"

I was shocked by his outraged, but I heeded his warning I whispered nonchalantly "An old friend told me about it."

Snape just turned away and resumed his brisk pace down the halls dragging me along behind him. When at long last we finally came to a humongous door, there Severus turned to me and peered down at me with an urgent look in his eyes "Whatever you do during your time here Emily do not ever let out that you are a muggleborn or a half-blood if anyone asks you are a Irish transfer, a full blooded one at that." He whispered hoarsely

I nodded my head in consent understanding the seriousness of the situation. From what Remus had told me that the deatheaters only wanted muggleborns and such so saying I was pureblooded was an exceptionally strategic thing to do. I glanced back up at my friend "Aw Sevy you care"

He snorted playfully, and then opened the door to the Great Hall. Inside were nearly a dozen or so students already at a big table in the middle of the hall with a couple of teachers, Dumbledore was the first to notice them however, he glanced over at them "Ah Severus and Miss Tallis nice to see you joining us"

Everybody else had stopped eating and sat up and were looking at the pair curiously. I scanned over the faces looking for one in particular; I found it the same time he found me.

"Emily!" Remus shouted startling half the table, as he ran over to me.

I grinned back at him "Remus" he enveloped me in a huge bear hug, then he sat me back on the ground and stared between me and Snape curiously.

"Emmy what are you doing here?"

Ah folks it's late, but sorry I'm tired so for tonight the story will end right here. Sorry it's a little short, however let me know what you think by reviewing! Even if you hate this stories guts and hope I die a horrible death! About the …yeah that happened to Emily I'm sorry I didn't go into further detail, however, I don't want her to be too Mary sue, or well the topic is sensitive, sorry send me love!

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