Stasha Hermione Snape
Chapter 10
"Stop" Severus whispered. He sighed and stood up and began pacing. All eyes were on him. He took a deep breath and began.
"When Stasha was five, I decided that I wanted to donate to this clinic. However, first I wanted to make sure that if a child were ever produced, that child would have red hair and green eyes. Yes like Lilly Evans. We were good friends. Anyways it took me about a year to make a potion that I drank twenty-four hours before hand. It would alter certain aspects and when a child was born they would have the red hair and green eyes. I think it is safe to assume that Lori is a result." At that revelation, Lori started crying, Harry tried to comfort her, Stasha sat there shocked, and Rose and Frank were laughing
It took about fifteen minutes for everyone to calm down enough to think straight. Severus was still pacing. He looked up when the room quieted down and the only noise was Lori's sniffles.
"Rose does the letter say anything else?" Severus asked. Rose nodded and began reading again.
"Now, I know that donor is supposed to be anonymous, but I was able to find out who our donor was. If by some chance little Lori ends up with Leo's sister, please try to find this man. Ask him if he would consider taking little Lori in. I tried to do a background check, but I couldn't find anything on him. However, I remember Hermione talking about a teacher of hers, who had the same name. If you could try to see if he is the same I would appreciate it. His name is Severus Snape.
If he is not the one who made the donation, or he is unwilling to take custody of little Lori, I have left full custody of Lori to you and Frank. The second page of this letter is our will. It is completely legal and binding. I know that Leo's sister is most likely going to get custody of Lori and I also know that she won't be nice to her. Call it mother's intuition, if you will.
Rose stopped reading and looked up to everyone in the room.
"Well, Severus? What do you want to do?" Rose asked. Severus looked up from where he had sat. He looked over to Lori who was still sitting in Harry's lap, looking confused.
"Let's see what Lori wants." He stood up and walked over to the couch and knelt in front of Lori and Harry. Lori looked up at him with wide eyes.
"Lori, do you understand what your mother's letter meant?" Lori nodded, but then shook her head.
"Well, I caught that you were my dad, but my mum's still my mum. But what did you donate?" Harry chocked and Severus paled. Stasha stepped in.
"Lori, he donated a part of him that helped make you. You daddy, Leo, he didn't have that part, so Professor Snape helped your mum, by giving her a part of him. Does that help?" Lori nodded slowly and looked back to Severus.
"So, are you my daddy now?" she asked quietly. Severus nodded.
"If you want me to be. Or Rose and Frank can adopt you and they can be your mum and dad. We want you to make this decision Lori. We can help you if you want, but we want for you to be happy." Lori nodded, but started shaking in Harry's arms. Harry wrapped his arms around her tightly and gave her a hug.
"Lori, why don't you and I go take a walk around the lake? That way you can think about what you want to do. I can try to answer any questions you might have before we come back." Lori nodded and got off of Harry's lap. When she turned around to take his hand she had a small smile on her face.
"You might want to change though, Harry. You're still in your 'jamas." She said giggling. Harry looked down and sure enough, he was still in his nightclothes. He looked up at Lori and gave her a smile.
"I have an idea. Why don't you go in my room and pick out clothes for me to wear today. Anything you want and I will wear it. Okay." Lori looked thoughtful.
"Anything?" She asked innocently. Harry groaned inwardly, but smiled and nodded his head.
"Anything." Lori gave a little jump and ran into Harry's room. Harry turned back to everyone else. He put up a quick secrecy bubble.
"Okay, real quick. I am going to let Lori make this decision herself. Personally, however, I think that she should stay here at Hogwarts and with Professor Snape. She knows Stasha and she is comfortable here. I could probably pull some strings using my status if I have to, to get her out of her aunt's custody. You guys go over the will while we are gone. I don't think that she needs to hear it right now. We will be back after lunchtime. If you keep our link open Professor, I will let you know when we are heading back." Everyone just sat there looking at Harry as if he had lost his mind, but they nodded consent.
"Look, I am just looking out for her, and will give her guidance if she seems to need it. Nobody was really there for me, so I am going to make sure that I'm there for her." He stopped talking and removed the secrecy bubble. He stood up and went into his room. The other four occupants of the room watched him go, glad that he had found something to be passionate about (other than Stasha of course).
Ten minutes later found Harry walking out of his room with a giggling, jumping, excited Lori holding his hand.
"Come on Harry, you did say that I could pick out anything." Harry groaned but walked further into the room. Stasha and Rose started laughing, while Frank and Severus just raised an eyebrow each.
"And where, pray tell, Mr. Potter did you get that outfit from?" Professor Snape asked Harry. Harry looked at the laughing ladies in the room and simply pointed at them. Frank and Severus shared a look and started laughing as well. Harry was wearing a muggle clown costume, that Stasha and Rose thought would be a good Halloween costume for him. He hadn't decided if he was actually going to wear it now, but with all the laughter in the room, he thought that it might be a good thing to wear this year. Especially, with all the dark years that had past and with Voldermort finally gone. Harry looked over to Lori and grinned, he then led her out of the room and down towards the lake. He quickly cast a charm on himself that made others just see him wearing some slacks and a t-shirt, rather than the clown costume. He was going to save that for the Halloween Ball.
A/N Okay sorry this chapter is so short. I am working on it, but I wanted to break it up some. Plus I wanted to give you all an update since it has been so long. Thanks to those who are sticking with it.