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Chapter 15
Sarah didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"When will I be due?" Sarah asked, her hands shaky.
"Uh, let's see, you're two months, right now it's September, April is what I say."
"Thanks, Poppy," Sarah said, hugging the Medi-Witch.
"Not a problem. You're like family," Poppy said.
Sarah nodded. "Of course," she said, then hurried to Severus's potions class. When she walked in, the students were writing information from the board. She quickly waved to Hermione-who had already written down everything off the board-and walked up to Severus.
"Hello." He said when he saw her. "You don't normally dress that way."
"I guess," Sarah said, shrugging.
"How are you? What's wrong?"
"The nausea? It won't last much longer." Severus raised an eyebrow and Sarah laughed. "I'm fine! Glowing actually."
"That's good," he said. "Would you like to go out for dinner tonight? Sushi, maybe. It's your favorite."
"I think I'll pass. Sushi has lost it's appeal to me for a while."
"What do you suggest?" By then, every student had started the potion.
Sarah shrugged. "Baby back ribs?"
"I don't eat ribs well."
"Anything with baby corn?"
"I don't feel like corn."
"Fine, I'll just say it. I-"
Neville Longbottom's potion blew up, igniting his eyebrows.
"Aguamenti!" Severus, his wand pointing at Neville's face. "Ten point from Gryffindor."
"I'll come back later. We are going to talk Severus, it's really important."
"Can't you tell me now?"
Sarah shook her head, and walked out.
"That damn woman," Severus whispered.
Once in her chamber, Sarah started to feel lightheaded.
"Ow!" She shrieked, gripping her head as she went from feeling lightheaded to having her head throb with pain. She sat on the black couch in the living room. Her head was screaming at her and she eventually passed out from pain.
"Sarah Snape," a cold voice whispered behind her.
Sarah turned, scared. She saw a tall, bald man with snake slits for a nose.
"You aren't supposed to be pregnant. John failed me."
"How do you know? Where's John?" Sarah asked, her voice shaking.
"He's dead, and I am Lord Voldemort. I know everything."
Sarah shuddered at his voice. "What are you going to do with me and the baby?"
"I'm not going to do anything. Don't tell Severus and get an abortion-"
"That is murder! It shouldn't be allowed anywhere!"
"What is banning abortion going to do? I murder."
"I know all about you. You killed Harry Potter's parents!"
Voldemort shrugged.. "His mother needn't have died. All I wanted was to kill the boy. It was prophesied he would defeat me. Another said your's and Severus's first born son would help him cause my demise."
Sarah had paled. Albus had told her the real prophecy- Oh! Don't think about it! She yelled at herself in her mind. He can read your mind!
"Do you want to hear your other option? You carry it for nine months. You grow attached to it.. You have the child. You raise it for a little while. You love it. Doesn't seem so bad, does it? Wrong! Then, I kill it! Either gender, boy or girl, I'll kill it! It's your choice. This wasn't a dream or nightmare. I'm just communicating with you-through you're mind. It is your choice, Sarah Snape. I will know your answer…."
That's when Sarah opened her eyes. It had felt like a dream. It couldn't have been though-she hadn't known what Voldemort looked or sounded like., even though Severus explained. Also, it had seemed too real to have been a dream or nightmare. She shivered.
She stood up-her head clear-and checked the clock: 3:28. Severus would be finishing his last class. She hurried to his classroom.
The bell rang as she walked in. The class-which was first years-stood.
"Sit!" Severus barked. "The bell does not release you, I do. Detention, all of you, this Sunday, this classroom. 10 A.M. sharp! No sooner, no later. If you are, ten points from your house for each minute. Class dismissed."
The class walked out, murmuring to each other. Sarah tuned them out when she heard words that shouldn't come out of the mouth of any eleven year old. "That was kind of-harsh," Sarah told Severus.
"Sorry, but they know the bell doesn't dismiss them."
"I didn't say it wasn't necessary," Sarah told him.
"Is something wrong?"
Sarah choked on tears and nodded.
"What is it?"
"I had a nightmare, but it was too real to be a nightmare."
"Was it about the Dark Lord?"
"Vol-I mean You-Know-Who?"
"Yes."
"Then, yes."
"Tell me about it."
"I have to tell you something else first. Close your eyes and think to earlier when I came in during your fifth-year class. Do you remember what I said?"
"Yes," Severus nodded. "You said your nausea will only last a little longer… You won't eat sushi for a while… You want baby back-baby?" He opened his eyes."Are you… pregnant?"
Sarah nodded. "There's going to be a little Snape child running around here. That's what Poppy said."
Severus's eyes widened. "I'm going to be a father." He said quietly. Then, he said it louder. "I'm going to be a father!" He smiled, then frowned when he remembered Sarah had been upset. "Your nightmare?"
"Well," Sarah said, and she told him about her nightmare.
A/N: What did ya think? Review please! This is totally a 'Laugh Until We Cried' chapter! (Laugh Until We Cried is a song by Jason Aldean for those of you who don't know.)
