The Lily and the Serpent
Epilogue
Asphodel Vita Snape went on to become the greatest Potions Master that Hogwarts had seen in an age, taking the job after her mother's retirement. She was, in so many ways, the image of her father, and her style of teaching was very much like his had been. It was not long before she took over as head of Slytherin House, and over the years of her leadership, the rather dark reputation that had overshadowed Slytherin for so long began to fade.
Asphodel married a muggle-born named Zachary Evangel when she was 27. The two lived very happily together, but never had children.
Many years later, she was offered the chance of becoming Headmaster at Hogwarts. She respectfully declined. Her heart was with her potions, and with her students. She did not desire to be taken away from either of them by the more administrative duties of Headmaster. Her father had not been fond of the job, she said, and she knew she wouldn't be either.
Felix Renatus Snape was the only one of the Snape children not to finish his seven years at Hogwarts. After his trip to Japan with his half-brother's family after his fourth year, he developed an insatiable affinity for travel and adventure, and he left to go on a broomstick tour of Scotland before his sixth year was finished. He ended up living rather like a vagabond for a huge portion of his young adulthood, sending his parents and sisters pictures, postcards, and souvenirs via owl.
Felix met and eloped with a pure-blood witch from South Africa when he was 20. Her name was Mosa Tau, and together they had four beautiful, mocha-skinned children: Tumelo and Janet (girls), and Baruti and Severus (boys). The group finally settled down in London after their youngest was born and started a family magic show. They were the unparalleled delight of the muggles who watched them, youth and adult alike. It was a romantic and roguish lifestyle, and what's more, it made a lot of people smile.
Cameo Elysia Snape became a private detective. She started small, finding missing valuables, settling domestic disputes, and the like. But by the time she finished school, she was sending anonymous tips to law enforcement on almost a monthly basis, and, as the years passed, her skills gained significant prominence in both the private and public sectors. The Daily Prophet came to refer to her as the Sherlockian Witch, a title she embraced with a certain amount of fondness.
Cameo married a half-blood bartender when she was 22. His name was Barney Smithers. He had a sort of charisma that she found very exciting. It ended, however, with his death just over a year later. He was hit by a train. Apparently, he had gotten drunk and passed out on the tracks. There was a huge inquiry about it when it was found out that he had been rather abusive as a husband. In fact, for a while, Cameo was suspect number one, but her name was cleared relatively quickly.
When she was 25, she married the up-and-coming young man who had been her lawyer. He was a half-blood named Bernard Sheffield. He was remarkably good to her, and together they had three children: Lamont, and the twins, Julius and Gemma.
As a team, Cameo and Bernard did a lot of good within the realm of law and order.
[Nobody except Snape, Lily, and Asphodel ever knew—not even Bernard—that Cameo actually was responsible for the death of her first husband. Barney had gotten too aggressive and had hardly been clever enough to hide his string of mistresses, especially from someone as keen as the woman he'd married. Cameo was a gentle soul, but she snapped in a big way over the infidelity. She covered her tracks perfectly, though. If she hadn't confided in her parents and sister, not a soul in the world would have ever known. It was the beginning and the end of her criminal career.]
Fred Weasley, with his wife, Hama, resided outside of London for most of each year, and spent a month or two each summer with Hama's family in Japan. Over the years, the pair had six children: Oliver, Aiko, Julie, Jiro, Arthur, and Taro.
George Weasley, with his wife, Ishi, lived across the street from their twins, and they all did basically everything together. When it came to having children, however, George and Ishi were less ambitious than their siblings and only had two: Roxanne and Angelica.
The Weasley twins never grew out of their fun-loving reputation. They both lived and loved in such a way that anyone who knew them, or knew of them, would smile—or at least smirk—if they were mentioned. Fred and George had a great deal of love and happiness to share, and they both lived life to the fullest.
Index
Meaningful Names:
Asphodel Vita Snape- "Lily is alive with Snape"
Felix Renatus Snape- "The lucky rebirth of Snape"
Cameo Elysia Snape- "A reflection of Snape's happiness"
Wands of the Snape Children:
Asphodel- black walnut, core of unicorn tail hair, unyielding
Felix- rowan, core of dragon heartstring
Cameo- willow, core of unicorn tail hair
School Pets:
Asphodel- a black cat, male
Name: Cosmic Creepers
Felix- a Long-Eared Owl, male
Name: Noctowl
Cameo- a ferret, female
Name: Minksey