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I stood in front of the mirror in my office looking at my reflection. My skin seemed more pale then usual. I took the silver box out of the top drawer of my desk and opened it. The necklace that Lucius had bought for me was beautiful, I had to admit it. I picked it up and put it around my neck. It sat so perfectly, it was kind of sickening. I couldn't believe I was wearing it. And the coat from Lucius that I was wearing...it was too perfect. Everything he bought for me was perfect. My dark eyes stared at my reflection in the mirror, and the truth appeared. I was scared. I never wanted to admit it. I thought that I was stronger, but I'm not. I'm scared.

I walked into Father's office to see him reading the Daily Prophet.

"Hello" I said quietly.

"Isabel...you look very."

"I know. I got another letter from Lucius. I have to go over there."

"Please take care of yourself. Have you got your wand?" I nodded with a noticeable lack of enthusiasm. Father saw the expression on my face, and he stood up and walked over to me.

"I'm scared..." I whispered. Father put an arm around me and sighed.

"You will get through this."

"Why am I scared now?" I asked.

"I cannot answer that, I'm afraid" Father replied. I glanced at the time on the clock on Father's wall.

"I have to go."

"Good luck" Father said, hugging me tighter before letting go and returning to his chair. I put my black robes over my coat and lifted the hood over my face. I took the floo powder in my hands and inhaled deeply. I was going from being the safest I could be to being the most vulnerable I could be. 'Be brave, Isabel.'

"Malfoy Manor" I said clearly.

I arrived in a different room this time, yet it was familiar. It was Lucius' study. I looked around to see Lucius sitting in the seat behind his desk.

"Isabel, how lovely to see you!" Lucius said, standing up and holding his hand out to me. As I took his hand he helped me out of the fireplace. I removed my robes to reveal the coat that Lucius had bought me for Christmas.

"Narcissa was right, it does look amazing on you" Lucius said, looking at my coat.

"Thank you. It's a wonderful gift. I feel guilty for not getting you anything..."

"Don't worry about it. Your presence here is a gift in itself, Isabel. Now, Dinner has been served, so I think we'd best going to the dining room." Lucius held out his arm and I took it reluctantly. He led me out of his study and we began walking down the halls of the Malfoy Manor. It was so big, it almost felt empty and cold.

"I see you are wearing your necklace that I bought for you" Lucius said, looking down at me while we were walking through the hall.

"It's very nice" I replied. Lucius looked away from me. He seemed a little shocked. I didn't know why though. We made our way into the dining room and took our seats. There was a lavish feast on the table. I hated the way he made such a fuss over me. The way he actually seemed to care just that little bit.

"Enjoy" Lucius said, smiling.

"Thank you" I said softly, in almost a whisper. I started to take food off the plates, bowls and pots that were on the table. There wasn't a lot of food on my plate. I wasn't hungry. I think I was staring at my plate. I couldn't tell. I was in a sort of trance. I was trying to figure out what I would do for the rest of the night. I needed a plan. Lucius cleared his throat and I looked up quickly.

"Excuse me, Isabel. Are...are you alright?" Lucius asked.

"What?" I blurted out.

"Are you alright? You don't seem yourself."

"It's nothing, Lucius" I replied. The whole reason I was being like this was because I was scared of Lucius. I couldn't tell him I was scared. He'd start questioning me like crazy. I was stuck in a hole here. A very, very deep hole.

"It doesn't seem like nothing," Lucius said, leaning forward, "I'm...worried."

"Lucius, please. It's nothing." Lucius nodded and his attention turned to the food on his plate. He didn't have much on his plate either. I guess that's how he kept his body shape. I mean, he seemed quite fit. 'What the hell, Isabel? No...you did not just comment on how good his body looked.' Oh my god. My head was right. I had to snap out of it. And quick.

"So..." I began, trying to get Lucius off of my case.

"How is teaching? I hear that you have taught some classes on your own..."

"Yes, it's true. I have" I said, "how did you know?"

"Draco wrote me a letter. He tells me that you are a great teacher."

"Did he?"

"Do you doubt yourself?" Lucius asked. That put me on the spot. I thought that I was confident, but Lucius had a point. I seemed to be second guessing myself too much. Maybe I did doubt myself. Maybe I should be more confident then I actually am.

"I can't answer that, Lucius. Not at the moment."

"Why would you doubt yourself? You seem to have the students won over. I hear that the other teachers already respect you and your teaching methods. I do not understand..."

"Maybe it's just me, Lucius. Maybe it's not the other people around me. Maybe I have a problem with myself." Lucius stood up from the table and began walking out of the room swiftly.

"Come with me!" He called out. I rose from my seat and followed Lucius, who was heading to his study. We arrived in his study and he passed me a photo in a frame. It was Lucius. He was in his Slytherin robes, smiling.

"This was in my sixth year" Lucius told me.

"Not to be rude, Lucius. The picture is lovely. I just don't get why you are showing me this."

"I didn't know who I was when this photo was being taken. I was all confident on the outside, but on the inside I was confused. I didn't know which way to go in my life. But you know what...I think that it was a good thing. You cannot go on doubting yourself. I was happy at this point, even if I was confused. You have to live for the moment, Isabel. Don't go living for yesterday, and don't go living for tomorrow." My lips curled up into a little smile. He made so much sense. But he wasn't right. Something wasn't right about Lucius. He never came across as completely real. I didn't know when I could trust him, and when I couldn't. It troubled me so much.

"Do you get where I am coming from?" Lucius asked.

"Yes" I whispered, turning to Lucius and handing him the picture, "I understand."

"Good" he said, putting the the frame back in its original spot. I felt quite uncomfortable. I went back to the first night I had come to the Malfoy Manor, when Lucius asked me what he did to show he couldn't trust me. After the awkward moments during the first evening I was here, Lucius hadn't really shown me anything to tell me not to trust him. That was the problem. I couldn't believe a word he said, yet he wasn't doing much wrong. I sat back in the seat next to the fireplace that wasn't lit.

"You seem unhappy" Lucius said.

"Do I?"

"Yes, you do."

"I didn't know..."

"You're avoiding my question."

"I cannot answer your question, Lucius. There is something missing in my life and I don't know what it is yet. Until that is found, I'm afraid I won't be so...joyful."

"Incredibly like your father, you are" Lucius muttered.

"Excuse me?" I had heard what Lucius said. I only decided to say that because I thought that he'd repeat it louder, and show that he wasn't scared to speak out in front of me. However, I was wrong. Lucius turned away and took out his wand. I panicked for a small moment. I thought he was going to shoot a spell at me. I closed my eyes and gathered myself for impact. I heard a noise and opened my eyes slowly. My eyes turned towards the fireplace which had just been lit.

"What are you doing?" Lucius asked, looking at me like I was some idiot. Oh god, this was embarrassing. This was more embarrassing then the time I nearly transfigured one of my classmates into a pigeon in my first transfiguration lesson.

"I...I thought..."

"You thought I was going to attack you?" Lucius laughed, shaking his head and sitting down in the seat next to the fire place.

"You worry me sometimes, Isabel" he said.

"I worry myself" I mumbled under my breath. I couldn't believe I was that stupid. Bloody hell.

"You look a little pale this evening" Lucius told me.

"I thought I was pale all the time" I replied, a tone of irony in my voice. Lucius laughed again.

"Hilarious" he said, sarcasm filling his voice.

"Why is everyone worried about me, Lucius?" I blurted out. I had been wondering this for a while now. It seemed that everyone was worried about me. Father, Andromeda, Dumbledore, Tonks, Minerva, Remus and now Lucius...though, I wasn't sure if Lucius' worry was genuine.

"Is everyone worried about you?" He asked, and seconds later regretting that he did.

"Right. Well. You haven't been acting yourself. The whole time you've been here you've been sort of...reserved. Usually, you're confident and happy and excited and all those positive qualities that I am yet to list. You seem to be lacking all of that this evening. And as I understand, you've been lacking that for a while."

"When will I have all of those...positive qualities back?"

"As you said, you are missing something in your life. I suspect that does play a part in the way you are acting. I think you'll be better once you realise that you should be living your life to please yourself."

"You think I'm living my life to please others?" I hissed, standing up. Lucius quickly stood up, put his hands on my shoulders and sat me back down.

"That's not what I said at all, but now you imply that you...'

"I didn't say anything, nor did I imply anything" I said, a tone of rudeness filling my voice. I crossed my arms. I felt so freaking immature when I did that.

"You're a lot kinder, too, normally" Lucius whispered.

"You know what, Lucius?" I stood up again and took out my wand. I pointed it at my black robes. They were sitting on the back of a chair, still covered in ash from my trip here.

"Accio robes." The robes flew towards me, and I put them on. I put my wand away and placed the hood of my robes over my head.

"Stick your stupid crap about me being unhappy. Screw this shit. I don't have to listen to motivational fucking talks, especially from you. Goodnight, Lucius."

"Isabel, wait. I was only trying to help..." Lucius grabbed my arm and turned me around.

"Yeah, you and the rest of the world. You can all go and fuck yourselves because this is something that I don't freaking need." I seized my arm and stepped into the other fireplace in Lucius' study. I took floo powder and inhaled deeply. 'Let's just get out of here.'

"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Severus Snape's Office."

I arrived back in my father's office. To my surprise, Remus and Minerva were both standing with my father.

"That was quicker than usual" Father said. Remus extended his hand. I took it and he helped me out of the fireplace.

"He makes me so angry" I said, leaning my head on my father's chest.

"What happened?" Minerva asked, placing one hand on my back. I didn't move from where I was standing.

"He was trying to get all deep with me. All that meaningful conversation crap. He was pretending to care."

"Well, that's the worst thing that could have happened. Lucius was pretending to care" Remus said, mocking me.

"Shut it, Lupin" I snapped.

"But..."

"You heard her, Lupin. Zip it" Father spat.

"Alright, well then Snivellus..." That pushed me over the edge. I walked over to Remus and pushed him backwards.

"What did you just call him?"

"Uh, I didn't call him anything" Remus started to mumble.

"I know what you did to him in his school years. How could you! I thought all this time that you were the kindest person I've ever met and then I find out by using Legilimency on my own father that you and your fucking little Marauder friends practically tortured him in his school years."

"Isabel..." Remus began to say.

"There is nothing you can say to me, Remus. The person you have hurt is not me! The person you hurt is my father. I bet you haven't even apologised for it."

"I..."

"You have not" Father said plainly.

"Severus, I apologise."

"No!" I shouted. Minerva was standing in the corner of the room, observing what was going on. She seemed a little frightened by the confrontation that was happening right in front of her.

"You don't mean it. You're just saying it because I'm here" I said coldly. Remus reached out for my arm and I stood back so he couldn't touch me.

"I've had enough. I can tell that you don't give a shit about apologising to my father. Fuck off." Remus coughed. He looked incredibly uncomfortable. He gave one small nod and walked out of my office. Minerva's face was full of shock. She'd probably never heard anyone swear like that before...let alone me.

"Language, Isabel" Father said.

"I was standing up for you. And I'm not in a good mood."

"Well that is not going to make what I have to say to you any easier." Minerva walked out from the corner and began to leave.

"That's my cue. Goodnight, Severus. Goodnight, Isabel." Minerva disappeared, leaving just Father and I.

"What's going on?" I asked. I braced myself for more bad news.

"I got a letter while you were at the Malfoy Manor."

"Really? Who from?"

"My mother."

"You got a letter from your mother? My grandmother?" Father nodded his head and surprise filled me. Father had only told me two things about my grandparents. One, they weren't worth the time. Two, he never spoke to them.

"She...and unfortunately, my so called father, want to meet you."

"You told them about me?"

"Actually, no, I didn't. I never wanted you to know them. But she demanded to meet you."

"When will we be going, then? To see them, I mean."

"Tomorrow evening."

"Lovely. Cannot wait" I said, my tone full of sarcasm. I didn't want to meet them. If they were worth my time and worth my father's time, I might want to meet them. But they've never been present for anything. No Birthday's, no Christmas'...nothing. They didn't give a damn.

"You should get some sleep. It'll be a long night tomorrow. Trust me."

"Alright. Night, Dad." Father nodded and left the room, leaving me on my own. I reflected on the night that I had. I was very rude to Lucius. A lot more rude then normal. I guess he was getting under my skin...it pissed me off. He was so right about so many things. Best to ignore it.

It was 5PM and I was getting ready to meet my grandparents for the first time. I was trying my best to look presentable. I didn't know why I was trying, though. They didn't seem very pleasant. I had gone back to wearing my normal dress and blazer. I put the coat from Lucius away. I didn't want to look at it, and that was that. The necklace he had bought for me was also packed away, out of sight. Sitting around my neck was the Thestral necklace. Most people ask me how I can see Thestral's, and the answer is that I saw my grandfather die. On my mother's side, I mean. He died from an illness. Dragon Pox, I believe. There was a knock at the door and Father walked in.

"Come on. Let's get this out of the way" he said.

"Just a moment" I replied, tying my hair back into a pony tail, leaving my fringe out.

"Ready" I told him, "how are we getting there?"

"We're taking a carriage to Hogsmeade, and from Hogsmeade we will be apparating." I felt the side of my dress to check if my wand was secure. It was, and we set off on our journey.

Rain pelted down onto the roof on the carriage. It was miserable outside. I didn't want to apparate in this weather. Luckily, Father knew this spell that would keep us dry. Always reliable, my father was. I was fortunate to have him in my life. We sat in silence the whole ride down to Hogsmeade, but it wasn't an awkward silence. It was more like 'I appreciate your presence' type of silence. Father didn't need words to express himself a lot of the time. You'd only need to look at him to know if he wanted you there or not. The carriage arrived in Hogsmeade. I stepped out into the pouring rain, but thanks to my father, I wasn't getting wet. He held out his arm and I took it. Father looked down at me and sighed. It was obvious that he didn't want to see his parents. As soon as I knew it, we were outside a little house, seemingly in the middle of nowhere.

The house wasn't exactly a mansion. It wasn't the Malfoy Manor. Our house was nicer then this place. I didn't even need to step inside to know that. Father appeared to be getting more impatient and pissed off by the second.

"If they start getting too much to handle..." Father began to say. I touched him lightly on the arm and half smiled.

"We'll leave, I get it. I respect it. Let's just get this over and done with." Father inhaled deeply and knocked on the door. I could hear a few noises coming from inside, like pots were dropping and all. Finally a woman opened the door. Her face was sallow. Her hair was jet black and even more scraggly looking than Father's. God, I didn't want to know her. This was my grandmother, Eileen. I just knew it.

"My Son! Welcome..."

"Is he here?" Father asked.

"Is who here? Tobias? Of course he is!" She looked over Father's shoulder and made direct eye contact with me. No, I didn't want this. This was a bad idea to come here. A very bad idea. She put her hand to her chest and gasped.

"My lord. Severus, she's beautiful. Is this really my granddaughter?" She asked with amazement filling her voice.

"Yes, she's my daughter" he replied, avoiding the words 'your granddaughter'.

"Come in, both of you." She moved to the side as Father and I reluctantly walked into the house. This really was a terrible idea. Eileen (I didn't want to call her grandmother or any of that crap) led us to the sitting room, where a man was sitting. As soon as I walked into the room I could smell the alcohol coming off him. The man looked up and gave a grunt.

"Severus. Decided to come home to your old man? Took you long enough...go fetch me a beer" he said.

"I'm not back for good, I'm here for a visit."

"Huh." This was obviously Tobias, my grandfather. He was exactly how I expected him to be - a person who didn't give a damn. Eileen waddled into the room and sat next to her husband.

"Tobias, Severus has brought someone with him. Someone special" she said, patting him on the arm.

"No doubt its an ugly tramp that he met a week ago" he said, his voice more grizzly than before. Father looked down at me and gave me an apologetic look. I stepped forward to face my grandfather. He glanced at me once, and then he turned fully to me.

"Shit. You're not an ugly tramp. Severus, this surely cannot be your girlfriend. She's young enough to be your daughter."

"Funny that," I said, finally speaking up, "because I am his daughter." Tobias turned to Eileen, his eyes wide.

"I told you it was true, Tobias" Eileen said.

"Why the hell are you...nice looking? Severus isn't nice looking." Tobias turned to Father and raised his eyebrows. Father rolled his eyes.

"Her mother is half veela, meaning Isabel is half veela" Father told him, his voice cold. Tobias' expression was one of confusion and Father went on to explain it even more. I knew Tobias was a muggle, I just thought he'd know something.

"Veela's are more attractive then the average person. They are supposed to be blond hair and bright. However, the only traits Isabel has inherited is obviously the...striking looks and the pale skin." Tobias seemed completely taken aback with what Father had to say. He kept looking at me, and then back to my father. He couldn't believe it.

"Isabel, my dear, I would like to show you something. We'll leave the men in here, I believe they need some time to catch up" Eileen said, standing up and leading me out of the room. I didn't want to go, but I had my wand. I'd be safe. Plus, I don't think she'd try anything out on me. Eileen led me down a hallway, chatting away, seemingly to herself. She led me into a room. The room was quite well decorated. The rooms walls were a dark, dark blue colour.

"I saved this, just incase Severus did have any children. I thought it was highly unlikely, but then I saw the picture of you with the Hogwarts staff in the Daily Prophet" Eileen said, walking over to a chest of draws. She slowly opened the top draw and passed me out a piece of parchment. I opened the parchment to see a note written on it.

My dearest grandchild,

Tonight will be the first night that we meet, and I could not be more pleased that you are on this earth with us. I hope you bring Severus as much joy as you bring me.

I give this to you hoping one day that you will appreciate my company, and I want you to know that even though we might not have known each other for long, I love and care for you deeply.

All my love,

Your Grandmother

Eileen.

I looked up from the parchment and smiled at my grandmother. She cared. I could tell she cared. I couldn't say the same for Tobias, but I knew that she gave a shit about me and Father.

"Thank you" I said softly. Eileen smiled and passed me something wrapped in brown paper. I unwrapped the small package and to my amazement, there sat a bracelet. It was a gold bracelet, with diamonds all over it. They were real diamonds.

"How did you - ?" I chocked out in my amazement. Eileen took my hand and pat it gently.

"My mother passed this down to me. It was passed down from her mother. She gave this to me a few months before she kicked me out for...well, eloping with a muggle."

"It's beautiful. Thank you." I gave her a small hug. Our moment was interrupted by shouting coming from the sitting room. I rushed back to see Tobias pushing my father around.

"You good for nothing bastard. I told you to get me a beer, and you'll do what you're old man says."

"You have had enough for tonight" Father replied calmly. Eileen rushed up behind me and shook her head.

"Please, stop. Tobias!" She exclaimed when Tobias pushed my father again.

"Shut up, bitch. I'll deal with you and our little granddaughter later" He spat at us, "I bet that's why you had a kid, to steal money off me. Is that it?"

"No...Isabel, we're leaving" Father said.

"No you're bloody well not. You and your kid can stay here until I get the truth" Tobias snapped. He was obviously drunk. He punched Father in the face and Eileen screamed.

"Stop it!" She shouted at Tobias. Tobias waked over to Eileen and hit her in the face. I had enough of this shit. I whipped out my wand and pointed it at Tobias.

"Expelliarmus!" I called out. Moments later, Tobias was shot down by my spell and was leaning against the leg of a chair. He went to get up, but I rushed over to him and stuck my wand into his cheek.

"Don't make me do anything worse" I said, threatening him. He glared at me and I raised my eyebrows.

"You're a bitch" he snarled. I pushed down on my wand so it would go harder on his cheek.

"Are you asking for it?" I asked. He just sat as he was, and I removed my wand from the side of his cheek. I rushed over to Eileen, who was tending to my father. I knelt down and put my hand to my father's forehead.

"Are you alright?" I asked.

"I'm fine" he said, getting up from the ground, "let's just go."

"What about your mother, we can't just leave her here."

"It's okay, dearie. I'll go stay at a friend's house." Eileen picked up the bag that was next to the shelves.

"I always keep a bag packed for emergencies" she told me.

"Don't leave, Eileen" Tobias pleaded, standing up to walk over to his wife. I stepped in front of my grandmother and raised my wand.

"Back off" I said harshly.

"You won't do anything with that" he spat, taking a few steps back. If Father wanted us to leave, he would of taken me by now, but I knew he wanted to see what I would do with Tobias.

"You wanna bet?"

"Go on, do your worst" Tobias growled. I smiled, walked to the kitchen and opened the cupboard that the alcohol was in. Tobias, Eileen and Father rushed into the kitchen to see what was happening. When Tobias saw which cupboard I had unlocked, he shook his head with disbelief.

"No, don't!" He begged. I shrugged my shoulders and pouted, mocking him. I flicked my wand and all the alcohol bottles shattered. Father and Eileen stood there watching as the liquor spilled onto the floor. Tobias knelt down and began to try and save his whisky, gin, beer, vodka and all the other countless amounts of alcohol he had stored. I smiled and put my wand away. That was the last time he was to hurt my family.

"Let's go" I said to Father and Eileen. Eileen picked her bag up and I put the bracelet on my wrist as we left the house.

"Do you not want to come with us?" I asked Eileen as we stood outside the house. We could still hear the shouts of 'you bitch' and 'oh my god, all my booze!' coming from inside the house. Eileen shook her head and smiled.

"I'll go stay with a friend for a while, I think" she said. She walked over to the both of us and smiled.

"Thank you, Severus. For letting me see her. I know that it wasn't easy for you to be here."

"Do not return to this house, Mother. He will only take his anger out on you" Father said. Eileen nodded and walked over to me.

"You have exceeded every expectation I had of you," she said softly, brushing her hand against my cheek, "you are a gorgeous girl. I am so blessed and proud to have you as my granddaughter. And you saved me from him. I know that you'll be just fine. You have the brightest future ahead of you." Eileen stepped away from Father and I, and in the blink of an eye, she disapparated.

"Shall we return to Hogwarts?" I asked Father. He looked at me and gave me a hug.

"I am so proud of you for not standing there and letting that happen. Thank you. I know that wasn't easy at all" he said.

"Tobias is a bastard" I told Father.

"That we can both agree on." He let go of me and held out his arm. I took it and we apparated back to Hogsmeade. The carriage was waiting for us, and as soon as we knew it, we were back in our offices in the dungeons of Hogwarts, where we both belonged.

A/N: That was the longest chapter so far! I hope you enjoyed it. I had a tough time trying to work out what Eileen and Tobias would be like. I hoped you liked the portrayal of both of them. And darling Lucius has gotten on Isabel's bad side. She's not happy with him.

Next chapter is a big one. A big one. I'll give you some teaser words and names: Sirius Black. Peter Pettigrew. Remus Lupin. Werewolf. Shrieking Shack. Harry, Hermione & Ron. Severus. Hurt. Betrayal. Tears. Epic. Moments.

I hope that's enough to get you jumping out of your seats!

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