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Author's Note: My favorite review is from the awesome Amarenima Redwood. "Great chapter! Tatiana is rather viciously crafty. She's a bit creepy too." My dear, that chapter is just the tip of the iceberg to her creepiness.

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"Severus, dear, you've a guest." Tatiana called over the muggle styled intercom. Within a couple seconds, Severus came crashing down the stairs.

"Draco! Finally! Did you invite Astoria with you?" Severus grinned. Draco ran a hand through his hair.

"Yea, she'll be here later on. Who is this… delectable young lady?" Draco purred. Severus couldn't hold a snort in.

"My great grandmother. Tatiana, this is Draco, Draco, this is Tatiana." Severus briefly introduced them before steering Draco up the steps. This was Lucius' Great-great Nephew, as well as her own distant cousin. She had seen the Malfoy stagger in the way he stood, as well as all the Malfoy traits. She thought back of her own mother, Lucretia Malfoy. The woman had the blonde Malfoy hair, the hair Tatiana so wished she had inherited. Sadly, Lucretia was a Bulgarian Malfoy, and her father, Phineas Black, had such dark hair, there were no possibilities of having blonde hair. Tatiana visibly sighed, her normally proud shoulders dropping.

"I thought I had told you not to bother my family." A sleek oily voice came from behind her. Slowly she turned, her eyes full of rage.

"Severus Snape Sr. Get over it, I started your family, without me you would be nothing. Bellatrix has accepted that, why can't you?" Tatiana challenged him. Severus sat in his seat by the fire.

"Come, sit, let's talk." He sneered. He was deciding on where to start. Silently, she sat in Bellatrix's chair. "First, I'd love to point out that you helped create the vampire now known as Lily Potter. You molded her into the perfect fighter, the perfect mother, and the perfect protector. For the wrong family. She was mine, Tatiana, not Perfect Potter's."

"Bellatrix was, no, Bellatrix is yours. If not for Bellatrix, you would have been a double agent like Lily now is. Is that what you wanted? A lonely life, spent with no one but yourself?" She demanded. Severus looked at her.

"Why don't you love me?" He blurted out. Tatiana was taken back. Her beautifully perfect grandson, the son of her beautifully perfect daughter, and the father of her beautifully perfect grandchildren thought she didn't love him.

"I loved you always. I saw the man you would become had I not intervened. You would hate your own self. And Lily still would have left for Potter. I wanted to spare you that hate, that resentment that would have boiled in your heart until the Dark Lord killed you." She vehemently whispered. Severus was quiet for a few minutes, just staring at his grandmother. "Severus Lucius Snape Senior, I have always loved you. Do you think I will let you perish like your mother? I am offering you my gift. It is yours when you are ready."

"How can a curse be a gift?" He thought aloud. She patted his hand.

"You'll be able to see your family forever. None of you will die. You will never suffer the way I suffered with Eileen." Tatiana stood slowly. She bent forward, and softly kissed his cheek. "Remember, you loved me at one point." She left him in silence.

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Severus, Hermione, and Draco sat in the upper library. Each had their own book in hand. Hermione gruffly pushed the book on the table.

"Look here. Astoria is 15, and can be legally betrothed to you. Like muggle tradition, you must ask her father, who will in-turn, speak with your father." Hermione pointed to the page. Draco stared up at the witch.

"If Severus hadn't already claimed you, I would. You're brilliant!" Draco kissed her cheek. He turned to Severus. "I shall go get her. Stay here."

"Hurry up." Severus grinned. Hermione sat back down, closing the book, as Draco rushed from the room.

"So how long have you two planned this?" Hermione flashed a brilliant smile. Severus grabbed her hand, eyeing the diamond.

"Since the day after Hogsmeade." Severus replied. The girl looked slightly startled, but smiled none the less.

"But what about your plans? To travel with Draco?" Hermione questioned. Severus pulled her into his lap.

"Easy, mon Cherie. You plan on applying at the Ministry. I shall make it so I can be home every night for you." Severus smiled brightly. Hermione bit her lip, thinking about what she wanted.

"Perhaps we can marry, and then you can do your travelling while I get whatever education I need for the Ministry application." Hermione replied. Severus thought deeply about her proposal. Was this what she wanted? Was this what they needed in their relationship?

"If that's what you'd wish. There are many ways we can communicate. Draco and I are coming up with a way to communicate telepathically." He whispered as he kissed her neck. She let out a soft purr.

"Sounds perfect. Should we plan the marriage? Or is your mother and mine going to converse on it?" She asked quietly. He hugged her tighter around the waist.

"It's whatever you wish. I know several Magical wedding planners." Severus chuckled. He was already lost in thought.

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Tatiana pulled Severus to the hidden library chamber around midnight. It was time they talked face to face, like adults. She pulled a book off one of the higher shelves, and Severus could see the title.

"The Royal House of Prince?" He asked skeptically. She placed it before him, opening it to a lovely picture of one of the original Prince's. Turning her back to him, she grabbed another book.

"And 'The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.'" Tatiana said as she opened this book too. Another picture of an identical person smiled from the page. "Our great ancestor, Cepheus, the original Prince, he was a King, and father of the great Andromeda. And this is his brother, Phineus, the original Black, who was killed by Andromeda's husband, Perseus. Phineus' grandson married Andromeda's granddaughter, and that's how both lines started, and how we eventually intermarried along hundreds of years."

"We're the descendants of Ancient Gods?" Severus stared at the Matriarch of the family. Tatiana placed her hand on his.

"My love. We're the descendant of THE Ancient God, Zeus. You have a great destiny you will fulfill someday. Yet, I must ask you, sometime in the next 10 years, will you take my blood and become a Vampire?" Tatiana asked quietly. Severus looked up at her, his eyes wide.