In honor of Mookie, I have made his picture the cover for this story and will leave it as this. R.I.P MOOKIE!
Chapter 28: Mookie's gone
"Sade?" Draco questioned cautiously. "Can I come in?"
Sade was on the couch in her fathers' quarters, laying on her side in a fetal position. She had been there for the past half hour, since she had gotten Sirius' letter. Her hair was colorless; it wasn't blue or white or black, there was no name for the color.
Sade, I'm sorry but Mookie was killed.
Sade gave another sob and Severus patted her head from his position on the couch. She didn't answer Draco but he came in anyways and sat on the opposite side of her.
"Hey, Sade." He said, his voice quiet and calm. "I know you're upset right now, but it'll be okay."
Sade flung herself on to Draco's lap and cried into his shoulder.
"He's dead!" She sobbed. "Gone, forever. He's always been with me and now, now he's gone. Murdered!"
Draco just hugged her and murmured soothing things in her ear. Severus took this time to slip into his bedroom and Floo over to Sirius. He snatched the shaggy haired man up by the front of his shirt.
"What the bloody hell were you thinking Black?" He shouted. "You told my eleven year old daughter her beloved familiar was murdered in a letter! I should kill you right now."
Sirius cringed and opened his mouth to answer but Severus cut him off.
"Take me to his body. Now!" Severus demanded. Sirius led him to a back room where he showed the older man the fox.
"I didn't touch it." Sirius said pointing to the little animal.
"Him. Not it, him." Severus responded, flashing back to when Sade found Mookie.
*Flashback*
"Daa-ee!" Two year Sade gargled as she ran her chubby little legs around their yard. "I got doggie!"
Severus looked up from his book and jumped up to run after his daughter. "Sadeth! Stop! What is that?"
Sade was dragging some poor creature around the yard by its tail.
"Doggie!" She shouted, running faster. Severus tried to snatch the creature from her but her hair turned red and she shouted again. "MY DOGGIE!"
"Sade, that is not a doggie, it's a fox. And you can't drag it by its tail!" Severus yelled back, chasing the girl.
Sade stopped in her tracks and turned to her father.
"NOT IT!" She shouted, tears going down her face. "HIM! MY DOGGIE! MOOKIE!"
"No, don't cry!" Severus said, very confused. He had only had the little girl for about 7 months and he had no idea how to react to the ever changing moods of a two year old. "I meant him!"
"I keep?" Sade asked sniffing.
"I'm not sure that's a good idea." Severus replied, not sure if it was even alive.
Sade pouted her lips and scrunched up her face. She opened her mouth and began to wail.
"No! No! You can keep him!" Severus cried over the wailing, waving his arms frantically.
Sade stopped crying and picked the animal up. She hugged it and it licked her face.
'So it is alive.' Severus thought.
The two ran around the yard together and played happily. Severus began thinking of ways he could sneak the fox away but one look at the two and he knew they could never be separated.
*End of Flashback*
"Until now." Severus said to himself, looking at the cursed body of his daughters pet. Someone had cursed the poor animal and taken its life force. Being a magical familiar, whoever sucked the power from Mookie had gotten a lot. Severus had discovered Mookie was a very powerful being long ago. Severus sighed and turned to Sirius.
"Take him down. I'll be back with a coffin and Sade tomorrow morning. We'll have a funeral over the break, here, so you'll have to hide until everyone leaves."
Sirius nodded and started to take the fox down. Severus Flooed back to his quarters. Sade was passed out on Draco shoulder.
"She was all cried out, I think." Draco said when he saw his godfather. He laid Sade's head on the couch as he got up. "I'll come back after dinner. Everyone's outside waiting to see how she is, so I'll go tell them."
Severus nodded as he picked Sade up and moved her to the bedroom. He sat at his desk and rubbed his temples. His daughter was already going to have tough life and now this? And with Christmas only a week away? Severus was about to write the Headmaster a note, when the old man walked through the door.
"How is she, Severus?" He asked, his normal twinkle gone from his blue eyes.
"She's devastated Albus. She passed out from crying so much. She's been asleep for a couple hours." Severus replied. "What am I supposed to do? I don't- I don't know how to handle this."
Albus stood next to him and squeezed the younger man's shoulder. "It'll be okay, Sade's a strong girl."
Severus blinked back the tears in his eyes. "But this is Mookie we're talking about. She- I, this is just so difficult on her. Mookie was everything to her. I know I need to be strong for her, but I don't know if I can. I almost killed Black for telling her."
Albus squeezed his shoulder again and sighed. "Things will work out, I promise Severus."
Nether of the men saw the dull haired girl peeking in through the bedroom door.
Sade flung herself back on the bed and covered her eyes with her arm. Her head was pounding and she had never felt so sick in her life. Mookie was gone. Mookie was gone. She felt the tears coming on but held them back. Her father was going to be strong for her and she was going to bed strong for him. She tried to think positive.
'I guess he's up there in animal heaven or whatever.' She thought.
'But how is that a "better place" than here?' An evil voice echoed in her head.
Sade shook her head and ignored it. Sade focused on her hair for a moment and made it blonde before she climbed off the bed and out into the living room. Both men stopped talking and turned to her. Severus jumped up.
"Sade, honey." He started.
"I'm, I'm…" Sade replied. She made her voice stop wavering. "Going to be okay. Eventually."
Severus hugged his daughter tightly and wiped away her tears. "You're friends visited; they skipped out on Defense Against the Dark Arts to stand outside the door and wait for Draco."
Sade gave him a small smile. "I know, Draco told me. He said they were all ready to go gallivanting through the Forbidden Forest and find me a new fox. But I told them there will never be another Mookie." Her small smile fell for a second but you put it back. "He was a great pet and a better friend Daddy."
"I know Sade." Severus murmured. "Why don't you go back to bed?"
"No, I'm done sleeping and I'm done crying, don't worry Daddy." Sade answered, knowing her father hated when she cried. "I'm going to go to class. Mind as well get it over with."
"Get what over with?" Albus questioned.
"The sad, pity looks. I hope the boys don't do it." Sade said boredly. She was going to keep her mind off of Mookie.
Albus just chuckled softly. "You a wondrous girl Sade and I know you'll be okay."
Sade smiled again for a moment. "Well I'll just be going to…dinner?"
"Oh, no." Severus answered. "You've got just enough time for Charms."
"Okay Daddy!" Sade answered, picking up her bag and heading out the door. She turned around right before she left. "And Daddy? Don't worry. I'm gonna be fine."
As Sade made her way to the Charms classroom, she started crying suddenly. She stopped and leaned against the wall. She sniffled a few times and wiped her nose on her sleeve.
"You know, that's what tissues are for." George said, walking down the hallway and handing her one. "You holding up okay?"
"As well as I can right now." Sade responded, accepting the tissue. After she blew her nose, she and George walked to her classroom. Along the way, George told her about his and Fred's new experiments and some jokes. "Thanks George."
"What for?" George questioned. "I haven't done anything."
Sade gave him a smile. "You have. I needed a distraction and you're jokes made me feel loads better."
George smiled back. "I'm all for distracting you." He leaned down and gave Sade a kiss on the cheek. Sade blushed and George threw her a wink before disappearing down the corridor. She decided George was very good a distracting.
"Ah, thank you for joining us Miss Snape; I just received a note from the Headmaster so please take your seat." Prof. Flitwick greeted. Sade took her seat in between Seamus and Harry. Simultaneously, they grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze. Sade gave them both a small smile before copying down the notes on the board. Soon class was over. Sade grabbed her bad and was about to walk out with Harry, Ron, and Seamus when her mitto flew out and smacked her in the head.
"I'll catch up." She told the boys. She grabbed her mitto and read the note from Blaise.
To: Sade
From: Blaise
Are you coming to dinner? You should sit with Draco and I.
To: Blaise (wit-lacking snake)
From: Sade (wit-having lion)
Yes, I will be at dinner, no I will not sit with you guys. I can hang with you all in the library after Quidditch Practice though.
He didn't respond to this so Sade ran to catch up with the others.
"Hey Sade." Harry greeted cautiously. Seamus and Ron followed suit.
"Guys I'm alright." Sade sighed. "I'm upset but I'm not going to burst into hysterics or anything. Just calm down."
Harry laughed. "Alright, sorry Sade. We just don't exactly know how to handle girls."
Sade joined in the laughter as they entered the Great Hall. Abraxas flew to Sade soon after they sat down with several packages attached.
"Oooo!" Ron called with his mouth full of some type of pie. "Whas' tha' 'or?"
"These are hopefully everyone's Christmas presents." Sade replied. She had sent out the list from her father's office earlier. She removed the packages from Abraxas' leg and was happy to see the shops put the weightless charms on them. She didn't need Abraxas dying from strain. She sucked in a breath and calmed herself.
'Stupid.' She thought to herself. 'Going to make yourself cry.'
"What'd you get us?" Draco asked, walking up the aisle with Blaise.
Sade snorted. "As if I'd tell you. It's going to be a surprise dummy."
"Alright, well what are you doing for Christmas?" He asked standing behind her.
Sade flipped around in her spot. "I'm going to spend part of it here and part of it with you. And I want to have Mookie's fu-funeral in between." Sade felt the tears and wiped at them hurriedly. "You'll all come, won't you?"
Everyone agreed to come and returned to eating. Draco patted Sade's back and told her he would meet her in the library when she was done practice.
"Practice is cancelled today." Oliver added when he heard their plans.
"So we'll just go after dinner then?" Draco questioned. Sade nodded and finished eating. She had Fred shrink her packages so she could put them in her bag. Dinner was over 5 minutes later so Sade walked slowly to the library to wait for Draco. 5 more minutes later and Draco joined her. Her immediately scooped her up into a big bear hug.
"It's okay Sade; you don't have to act tough around me." He told her. Sade just cried into his should like she had this morning but Draco noticed her hair stayed blonde so he figured so was feeling a bit better. They walked back to a section where they would be left alone and sat down. Sade leaned her head on his shoulder and held his hand.
"I know you, so I know you don't want to talk about him. What do you want to talk about?" Draco asked.
"It doesn't matter." Sade mumbled. "I don't really care."
Draco thought for a moment. He knew she really didn't want to talk at all so he just hummed some of her favorite songs. Soon after he heard Sade's soft snores and realized she had fallen asleep. They still had an hour until curfew so Draco just kept humming. Before he knew it, Draco had hummed himself to sleep as well.
Next chapter: Christmas with Draco, then the funeral, then Christmas back at Hogwarts. What gifts do you think Sade should get and from who? Review and let me know! I promise to update again before Saturday if you do! Thanks to xXMizz Alec VolturiXx, Puckabrina dreamer, ForeverTeamEdward13, Bloody Lily of a new world, Sunshine, and Princess Of The Sea555 for reviewing!
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