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Severus looked at the muggle taxi driver, he was a chubby man but quite pleasant. The man had looked at him oddly when he saw Hogwarts engraved on his trunk but hadn't said anything.
The ride to Cokeworth was abysmal and dull.
The entire ride Severus was worried. He didn't know why, but he was worried about his relationship with Lily. "Why should I be worried about what she thinks of me? I have Narcissa. I'M THE HEIR OF GODDAMN SLYTHERIN! Why should I care about her."
The next thing Severus knew, Salvia slithered into his mind. "Maybe because you really care about her."
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD! Let me sulk in peace."
"I'm sorry Severus. But I don't think that would help you with your predicament."
Severus snorted out loud, causing the driver to look back at him. "Are you ok boy?" he said, causing Severus to snap out of his inner dialogue, "Huh? Oh...Yeah, I'm fine."
"Why did you take this mode of transportation? It's much slower compared to apparating."
Hearing this caused Severus to jump, forgetting about his previous conversation.
"I...I'm not gonna apparate. I haven't learned how to. And I don't want to splinch myself."
"Of course Severus. Anyways, back to the conversation we were having…"
Severus groaned inwardly.
"Oh, hush you!"
"Aren't I supposed to be your 'master'?"
"Yes, but your a eleven year old with too much power on your shoulders, it's getting to your head, and in my opinion, this is an important decision for you."
"And what is this said 'decision'?"
"Who you care about."
"Easy, Narcissa."
"That's what your mind says, but your heart wants Lily."
"Oh really, then what about all of the dreams with Narcissa?"
This comment made Salvia shake her head, roll her eyes. And say "Hormones."
"O…Oh, when did you become my life advisor and how would you know how to deal with this?"
"Ok. First, since you decided to turn me into a tattoo. Second, I'M OVER 2000 YEARS OLD! I know things. Anyways…"
"Oh. We're home!"
"We'll talk about this later."
The taxi came to a halt, Severus saw the beginning of Spinners End, it was gloomy and dark as always "Home sweet home"
Severus payed the driver and performed a shrinking charm when he was sure no one was looking. He put his trunk in his pocket and started on his way to his home, Severus looked very out of place in the poor street with his new clothes. Most people stared at him but didn't remark, one man tried to steal from him but a wandlessly powered punch in the gut put him in his place.
Severus thought about knocking on the door of his house but decided otherwise a few moments later "Reducto." The door shattered into tiny pieces making a drunk Tobias Snape snap and come to front door to check who was causing the commotion. Tobias' eyes widened when he saw the door in tiny bits and slightly sobered up from shock.
"I think you need a cup of coffee, Mr. Snape." Severus sneered.
"Who the bloody hell you think you are lad, listen here. I won't be having none of yer bullshit here, let a hard working man enjoy his peace" Tobias didn't realize he was talking to his son and ranted some more.
Severus was seething, he had snapped when Tobias said he was hardworking but had held his tongue. "Petrificus Totalus."
Tobias fell onto the floor with a thud, Severus lifted his dad off the floor and placed him on the stained couch.
Tobias' face was turning an ugly shade of purple after Severus freed him of the body binding charm. "Who the fuck you think you are, you're a wizard like that no good son of mine aren't you, just you fuckin wait till I get my gun and shoot that smirk off your face."
"You'll be doing no such thing, father." Tobias' eyes widened.
"Severus? SEVERUS! I'm gonna beat your ass until I can't beat it no more. You think I'll let you talk to me like that after you went to that posh school." Severus listened to his dad's rant expressionless, truthfully Severus had expected no less of his father and wasn't surprised.
"Silencio. Alright dad, nice little rant you had there. I'm here to take mom and escort her to one of my many manors I own." Severus smirked at his dad's dumbfound face.
"Who do ye think yer fooling. You ain't got no manor." Severus saw there was tiny shimmer of hope in his father's eyes that Severus would take him to a manor as well, although he denied Severus owned any at all.
"Turns out I'm the heir to a rich, long last dynasty, I'd be happy if I were you. If you weren't my blood I'd kill you in the most painful way right now. Yelling at me might convince me otherwise though." Tobias winced as Severus lazily flicked his wand and the pack of beers he was drinking turned into ash. Tobias didn't know how to reply to that but it turned out he didn't need to, Eileen came down from the top floor at that moment.
"Severus, where did you get those clothes from, I hope you haven't resorted to stealing." Severus looked into his mother's eyes and tried using legilimency. It turned out Eileen had shields of her own that knocked Severus out of her head. Eileen merely cocked an eyebrow, she was used to Severus' displays of power now and it didn't surprise her he had figured out the mind arts at such a young age, she herself was a good hand at occlumency.
"Mom, I have recently found out that I am the heir of Salazar Slytherin and as such I have numerous manors, I want you to come with me mom. Get away from this bastard that you call a husband. He beats both of us and can't provide food for us. If you don't come willingly I will take you forcefully, I will obliviate you and make fake memories so you will never remember this place. And I assure you that I can do all of this, I am legally emancipated in the wizarding world as a heir to a ancient and noble house.
"I will…" Eileen looked towards the husband she had married out of necessity, if she wasn't wallowing in self pity that night and needed another person for comfort she might have never had that night with Tobias. Tobias had tried his best in the start then he started to get annoyed with all the extra work. He forced Eileen to work when she was pregnant and got angry when there wasn't food on the table at dinner. Eileen had suffered it all because she knew she had to give her child a father. But she couldn't just leave her husband behind, that went against all her pure blood values or could she? "I...I will come with you Severus."
Severus grinned. He petrified his dad in a hideous pose and then spent the next few hours relaying the tale of his first year at Hogwarts. Severus tacitly left out Salvia although, not quite trusting his mother that much yet. He loved her but she hadn't been there when he needed her most. "That's about it."
"The Black's are very dangerous" Severus looked ready to protest "However this one seems to have the best of intentions at heart. I advise you however Severus to never sign anything without reading the document. Many marriage contracts have been forced by an outsider polyjuicing themselves as a family member of the one they want to victimize, they tell the person to sign the contract then and trusting their family member they don't look through the papers."
Severus looked thoughtful "I never thought of that, I'll make sure to do as you advised, wow look at the time" Severus cast a quick tempus " We better get to the manor. It's getting quite late."
"How will we get there? I am rusty at apparition and I'm sure you don't know how to. " Severus grinned, he took hold of his mom's arm and held it tightly.
"Bye father, the curse will wear off in a day or so. Get ready mom." Eileen was confused but braced herself for whatever was to come. Eileen gasped as she flew off the ground. Severus was holding her hand and there seems to be something beneath her feet pushing her up, Severus' eyes danced with mischief.
"Enjoying the view? Don't worry about getting noticed by the way, I cast a disillusionment charm on the both of us. Finally mastered that spell, it was a hard one." Eileen at that moment realized she was probably the mother of the strongest wizard living or since Merlin himself. Eileen glanced at Severus' smiling face, Severus seemed so different from when he left for Hogwarts, he was much happier and didn't sulk now. His tone wasn't full of malice and he had even developed a sense of humour, the physical aspects of his body had changed tremendously. Severus didn't look like a walking skeleton anymore and his face didn't have a hint of a pimple on it, furthermore his hair was done up and looked like one of the hairstyles in a muggle magazine. Eileen had almost not recognized her son at first but the eyes were unmistakable, nobody had such black eyes as Severus.
Eileen and Severus landed ten minutes later. "We're not here yet but I wanted to show you I can fly so I thought we'd fly first then use real transportation to get to the manor." Severus spoke fast as if worried that his mother would be angry.
"I loved the flying Severus, we must do it again some time. How are we really getting home then?" Severus smirked then snapped his fingers. A house elf that had robes on appeared.
"Meet Sarah, mom, she's the head house elf for the Slytherin manors and stuff. Slytherin's elves were like all elves before but Slytherin got mad at them and then he made them where robes, he said if they didn't wear robes then he'd disown them or something so they listened to him and now they wear robes." Eileen smiled at Severus' enthusiasm of history, Sarah the house elf smiled slightly as well and gracefully bowed.
"Shall we be going Severus?" Severus nodded excitedly and held Sarah's arm, Eileen realized what was happening and did the same. The trio arrived right outside of Slytherin Manor.
"This is the main manor Mistress Slytherin. Severus has chose a room for you and has it arranged to your preference. If you wish to move anything please call for an elf. We have also assembled a new wardrobe for you, forgive me but the clothes you wear now are not worthy of yourself. As a Slytherin you should only wear the finest of robes." Eileen followed Sarah into the huge manor and smiled at the room Severus had picked out for her. It was perfect, everything was placed exactly where she would have placed it and there was a magnificent view just as she liked. Severus seemed to remember his bedtime stories of her as a kid.
Narcissa was dying with worry. She knew Severus was more than capable of taking care of himself but she just couldn't stop worrying about him, she decided to compose a letter and send it to him.
Dear Severus,
It's Narcissa, I saw you go home the muggle way and I couldn't help but worry. Are you ok? Also is there any time you can meet me this summer?
The best girlfriend in the world,
Narcissa Black.
Albus Dumbledore was having an end of the year staff meeting, usually the staff celebrated the end of another successful school year but the mood this year was significantly different. "I am sure you would all like to discuss what Mr. Slytherin has ordered a few months ago."
"He has no right even if he is the heir of Slytherin, someone opened the chamber 30 years ago and there wasn't any of this, Albus." McGonagall was seething and was a deep weasley shade of red. Pomona nodded.
"We can't let him do this, I'm surprised that no parent has complained yet or the wizengamot hasn't run a trial or such."
"They can't run a trial, Mr. Slytherin has been confirmed by a Gringotts approved inheritance test and there can't be any slander against him,The Goblin Nation has declared Mr. Slytherin as an ally, something that hasn't happened since the nation itself was Black's own 17% of the Prophet and are having articles painted in light of Mr. Slytherin, I believe Mr. Slytherin is courting Narcissa Black and I think the Black's are hoping for the relationship evolve into marriage . I believe there is nothing we can do at the moment, the ministry fears war with the Goblins and have laid low, they seek to ally themselves with Mr. Slytherin. We ourselves must become his allies, if we don't, I'm afraid we will be in for a very unfortunate future." Albus noticed Horace hadn't said anything the whole meeting. Well he was a Slytherin for a reason. "You all must favour Mr. Slytherin in class, you must make his life as comfortable as possible. Do not take any points from him or reprimand him in any way. If you must punish your own house wrongly you must." The staff all left muttering angry.
Severus walked into Gringotts, it had lost its intimidating feeling after his first visit and he found goblins to be much like him; sarcastic, crude and yet formal and cold when it was required. "Hey Griphook, do I need to say that gold flow and blood stuff? I mean aren't we like best buddies now?"
Griphook gave a toothy grin "No Severus, I see you have lost your formalness. Anyhow I have called for you because I would like to inform you that the item you gave us to sell has been successfully sold. A substantial amount of gold has been added to your account. Also your armour that you requested has been built. We also have built a wand holster for you. If you would please try the armour on." Severus followed Griphook into a room with a small sub room to change in.
"Wicked, Goblins should make clothes forget banking."
Griphook snorted "It would cost a thousand galleons per 'casual' robe if we made clothes." Severus admired his new armour and wand holster some more and then changed out of it into his robes, he bid Griphook farewell and met up with his mom who was shopping in Diagon Alley, the two apparated together in front of the manor.
Severus read Narcissa's letter once he got home "Hey mom, uh you mind if Narcissa comes over." Eileen looked delighted at the suggestion.
"Of course, I can't just let any girl have my Severus." Severus groaned.
"Isn't the girl's dad supposed to do that?"
Eileen smirked "Invite her when it's convenient for her, let me know when she's coming as soon as you know, invite her parents over as well. It'll be nice to get to know them."
Severus cursed himself for asking his mother about Narcissa "Of course mom."
Narcissa and her parents stood outside of Slytherin Manor a week later "It's a big one isn't it honey." Druella nodded.
"Yes, it seems Mr. Slytherin is the perfect groom in all aspects, his looks were pitiful before, according to most, but it seems Narcissa has fixed that although. Narcissa must marry him, it will provide huge political gains and the Black line will be mixed with Slytherin blood once they have kids." Narcissa was too busy observing the manor to see her parents talking in hushed tones.
"Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Black, I am Eileen Prince, Severus' mother."
