Authors Note: I do not own the Hary Potter Series. Also, in this chapter, you will find out who has entered Grimmauld Place. A few people thought that it was Harry, Ron and Hermione. Others thought it was just Hermione. No-one got it right though. And by the way- don't let the title of this Chapter decieve you!!! So, here is Chapter 14 of Memories!
Chapter 14- Snape
"Mad-Eye!" I exclaimed.
Mad-Eye Moody had just entered the kitchen, limping on his wooden leg. He examined me with both his normal and electric blue eyes, confusion painted on his face. He suddenly drew his wand, which was an action that shocked me, and pointed it at me.
"Who are you?" he demanded.
"I-It's me, Rose! You know me! Rose Potter!" I said, panicked.
"You are not Rose Potter!" he roared at me. "Rose Potter looks like Lily Potter, and you don't look anything like Lily!"
This confused me. I grabbed a piece of my hair and looked at it. The lock of hair was jet black, not my usual red. So that was why Mad-Eye didn't recognise me, I was in disguise- How many times was this going to happen?
"Mad-Eye, I am Rose- I'm in disguise! You know, to hide from Harry!"
His eyes narrowed and he said, "That could be true, you are clumsy enough to be Rose," he looked towards the broken cup in the sink to my cut hand. "But there is one way to prove whether you are Rose or not."
I would do anything to prove who I was, so I nodded at him.
"Reveal Your Secrets," he said, waving his wand at me.
I felt a heat rise from my feet, slowly up to my head. I didn't change until the heat reached my back when a blast of Red hair appeared, flowing down my back to under my shoulders. The heat carried on up my head until it reached the top of my head and disappeared. My disguise had been broken through.
Mad-Eye was smiling welcomingly at me.
"So sorry Rose, but it's always best to be safe, isn't it? I need to have Constant Vigilance!" He laughed and I joined in.
"I know," I said. "But I honestly thought that I wasn't in disguise, I forget so easily- you know that!"
He nodded and laughed.
"So," I said. "What brings you back to Grimmauld Place?"
"Well, I have to put some safety measures on the house to stop the murdering traitor Severus Snape and his other Death Eater acquaintances from ever setting foot in this place."
"Oh."
He looked at me, concerned.
"Are you okay Rose?"
"Yeah…. Listen, you carry on with whatever you have to do, don't let me stop you Mad-Eye. Erm… did you want a cup of tea?"
He didn't believe that I was ok but he dropped it.
"No, I'm alright. I'll just get on with it, yeah?"
I nodded and Mad-Eye left the room.
I sank down in a seat at the table again and rested my head in my hands. I wondered whether what they had all said about Severus Snape was true. I knew about his history, about how he was in love with my mum. Dumbledore had told me. But could he have fooled Dumbledore? Really? Did he really kill him? I couldn't believe it.
Hadn't Dumbledore reassured everyone that he was to be trusted? I had trusted Severus Snape. He knew my secret. I wasn't doing a very good job of keeping myself secret, was I? The whole world will know soon, the way I'm going. I remembered the time when Snape had found out about me. I remembered the look on his face when he saw me…
…"Danny, just go back to Grimmauld Place, I'll be perfectly fine to visit Snape on my own, you know!"
We were walking quickly towards the Hogwarts gates, Danny almost running to keep up with me.
"No." He said shortly.
"Why?"
"Because.." he hesitated. "Because my dad told me what Snape was like- he said he couldn't be trusted!"
"But Dumbledore believes differently, as you well know Danny!"
"What if- if Dumbledores wrong?"
I turned round to face him, looking over his messy black hair and determined grey eyes.
"Dumbledore is never wrong Danny, and he's told me to introduce myself to Severus Snape. I have to follow his orders."
"Okay," his face showed his defeat. "But I'm still not going to leave you Rose- I want you to be safe and I'm not taking any chances!"
I rolled my eyes and carried on walking, knowing he was going to follow. I smiled to myself, liking the fact that he didn't want to leave me, much more than I should have.
We carried on through the grand Hogwarts doors and through the Entrance Hall.
"Where would he be?" Danny asked, his voice echoing through the now deserted hall. It was around about the first week of term, but we had arrived quite late at night so the students weren't around.
"His office is in the Dungeons, through there." I pointed at a door and lead the way through it. I carried in down the dimly lit corridor until I reached another door which had: Professor Severus Snape: Head Of Slytherin and Potions Teacher.
I glanced at Danny before I hesitantly knocked on the door. He was looking at me concernedly with his misty grey eyes. I had to look away to regain my concentration.
"Come in," replied a quiet but authoritative voice.
I fluidly pushed the door open and walked into the gloomy office. I looked around me searching for Snape. He was standing with his back to me and was holding onto a glass jar, examining the contents. I cleared my throat loudly and he slowly turned towards Danny and I, not looking away from the glass jar he was holding.
"You know, students are not allowed out of bed at-"
SMASH
Snape had dropped the glass jar when his eyes had flickered from the jar to me. He stood with wide eyes staring at me, then he gripped onto his desk for support. I didn't say anything, mostly because I wasn't sure how to start explaining.
"L-L-Lily? No...you aren't Lily, you're younger. What on earth..?"
Danny then stepped into the office, standing behind me and placing a hand on my shoulder. Snape looked towards him and another expression of disbelief passed over his face.
"Black?! Are you two from the past or something? What are you doing here?"
Danny decided to speak.
"I'm not Sirius Black, and this girl here isn't Lily Evans."
Snape then swiftly drew his wand and pointed it at the two of us.
"Then who are you?! Explain yourselves! If you aren't ghosts from my past, then who are you?"
I still couldn't speak. Snape seemed tortured, this wasn't a good thing for him, like it was for Sirius. Danny spoke again.
"I am Sirius Blacks son, Danny. I have been kept a secret from the wizarding world, so that I was prevented from turning to Voldemort at a young age."
Snape just stared at him, then directed his wand to me.
"Who is she then?"
I looked nervously at Danny and he looked determinedly back. It was clear in his expression that he wasn't going to explain my presence. I had to do it. I stared into his glittering eyes, which somehow encouraged me to speak.
"I-I am Lily and James Potters daughter. I am Harry Potters twin sister. My- my name is Rose Potter."
A silence followed my voice. I looked to Snape, reading his reaction. He was frozen, his black eyes fixed on me.
"But- but, you look nothing like James Potter. You show no trace that you are his daughter. You- you only look like- like Lily."
He seemed calm now, so I guessed that it was safe for me to speak.
"That doesn't mean that I'm not his daughter, does it?"
He only looked at me, then decided to ask Danny a question.
"And who is your mother, one of those stupid fans of your father when he was at Hogwarts? What did he do, get her pregnant then leave her?"
"You-" Danny had started forwards towards Snape and I had to hold him back. He looked at me angrily, clearly wondering why I had restrained him. I looked at him sternly. Something in my eyes made him calm and he pushed his black hair out of his eyes, settling for glaring at Snape.
"Don't you ever say anything about Dannys mother," I said. "She died 3 years ago. Danny doesn't even remember her as he was taken away from her because Sirius Black was his father. But she brought me up. When my parents were killed, I was taken to her. She was a brilliant woman, alright?"
Snape didn't change his facial expression, I couldn't tell what he was thinking.
"Well," he started. "I'm sorry then. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
"That's perfectly alright," said Danny stiffly.
"Did- did I know your mother?" He asked.
"I think you did. Her name was Isabelle Wood."
Snapes eyes widened.
"You knew her then," said Danny.
"She- she hated Black at Hogwarts! I'm sorry, but she did!"
Danny looked angry again, but I had an idea.
"Well," I said. "My mother hated my father when they were at Hogwarts, but then they ended up married- weird how people end up together, isn't it?"
Snape reluctantly nodded.
"Anyway," I said. "Dumbledore just told us to introduce ourselves, and we have done so. Now, we have to get going. I daresay we will see each other again Severus. Come on, Danny."
I led the way to the door but I hesitated at the doorframe.
"Oh and, I forgot to mention, we're a secret- so don't go telling anyone, yeah?"
Snape slowly nodded. I hesitated again but Danny placed a hand on my shoulder. The tingling feeling I got on my shoulder then was enough to make me leave. I turned to Danny as we were walking down the Hogwarts drive.
"Thanks."
"What for?" He asked. His eyes were confused.
"I couldn't have introduced myself on my own- I would have fallen apart."
"What did you think I came with you for- to watch as you broke down? I knew you wouldn't be able to do it by yourself."
I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Nice to know you think so much of me Danny."
"Aw.. Come on Rose, I didn't want to leave you did I? And you're grateful that I didn't, aren't you?"
I rolled my eyes at him.
"I suppose…"
He laughed and grabbed my arm.
"Come on, if we want to get to Grimmauld place before next week, we can't miss the train to Kings Cross."
We then walked out of the Hogwarts gates, completely unaware that someone was watching our every move….
…"Rose?"
I raised my head from the table where I had just dropped off to sleep. I was still thinking about the consequences of mine and Dannys trips to Hogwarts.
"Hmmm?"
Mad-Eye looked at me with his unusual eyes, his head tilted to one side. This made him look even wierder, his usual lopsided smile wasn't lopsided anymore.
"Are you sure you're okay, Rose?"
"Yeah, I was just thinking about Sev- Snape, I mean. I trusted him, you know? And he just betrayed Dumbledore. I just can't believe it- Dumbledore said that Snape could be trusted. How could he have fooled Dumbledore?"
Mad-Eye looked at me.
"Dumbledore was always willing to see the best in everyone. That is both a good and bad quality. If anyone was convincing enough- it would be easy to fool anyone. Don't forget- Barty Crouches son made everyone believe that he was me for almost a year. But he messed up in the end- he went against Dumbledores orders whilst disguised as me. Something which I would have never done. Snape messed up in the end too. All people that disguise themselves mess up and get found out- otherwise, how would you know the stories?"
I smiled at him weakly.
"Well," he said. "My work here is done. If you go out and come back in again, wait for a dusty figure to appear and ask if you are Severus Snape then say 'I didn't kill you'- easy, huh?"
I nodded.
"Well, I hope to see you soon, Rose. Bye, and don't forget to disguise yourself again!"
"I won't."
He laughed and walked out of the kitchen door.
"CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" He roared in the hall way, making me jump.
I laughed to myself, then groaned. Mad-Eye had woken up the portrait of Sirius' mother, who was now screaming about the noise. I rose from my seat to shut her up, forgetting all about disguising myself again.
What did you think about that then? The visitor was Mad-eye Moody!! When a friend read this, she said to me- but doesnt he die around this time? Yes, but this is when I've put the time of him setting up the anti-Snape things. Remember, it's only about 1-2 weeks after Dumbledores funeral. But that was just in case you were wondering! Hopefully Chapter 15 will be up soon.
Also- what did you think about Rose and Danny telling Snape who they were? I think I could have written it better but oh well... its updated now. Bye :)
