Chapter Twenty nine

Apparently New Years Eve was the day everyone in the wizarding world decided to be in the emergency room of St. Mungo's. Severus had been waiting for twenty minutes to be seen and getting more upset with each passing moment, especially because he say people being helped that he knew for a fact had come in after he did.

"Excuse me, I know this probably isn't important to you but my daughter was tortured by Voldemort for the past two weeks. She has been unconscious for who knows how long and I appears that she is DYING AND NO ONE IN THIS BLOODY HOPITAL IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT!" Severus said shouting the last bit hoping that someone will help soon.

"I'm sorry Mr. Snape-"

"Professor Snape."

"Professor Snape, but we are busy right now take a seat and someone will be with you in a moment." The receptionist replied.

"Someone could see her now, why aren't we helping the girl?" another receptionist asked once Severus was sitting down.

"That man used to be a death eater his kid probably just did something you-know-who didn't like and that is the consequence for her actions." The first replied.

What these two women didn't realize was that Severus could hear every word they said. He looked at his daughter with sadness in his eyes, knowing it was his fault she was being denied the treatment that anyone could see she needed.

At that moment Tobias, Eileen, Vittoria, and Harry arrived in the waiting room.

"Why hasn't she been see yet?" Tobias asked.

"The receptionist are not telling the healers about her because they know that I am a former death eater."

"They can't do that, can they?" Vittoria asked out raged that someone would actually do this to her niece.

"Wait here, I'll be right back." Harry said before leaving the Snape family and went to the desk.

"Ma'am I was just wondering why my girlfriend hasn't been seen yet?" Harry asked politely.

"We are short on healers tonight." She replied not bothering to look up.

"I don't think you understand though, she may be dying or even have brain damage. I had to rescue her from Voldemort himself."

"Sure you did next you'll be telling me you're Harry potter himself."

"Well now that you mention it I am." This caught the woman's interest and she finally looked up only to see the Boy-who-lived before her very eyes. "Now I want to know why Anastasia Snape has not seen someone yet."

"We-well Mr. Potter we don't regularly treat children of known death eaters surely you understand why."

"Actually I don't. I thought that anyone in the medical field had to take an oath swearing to help those who needed it regardless of who they are. Anastasia is merely the daughter of a great potions master who needs to be treated or I will tell everyone I know not to come here because you discriminate against patients. Are we understood?"

This got the woman and she found an available healer. "I am so sorry Mr. Potter if we had known you were close with this girl we would have gotten her in much sooner."

"It shouldn't matter if I know someone or not you shouldn't judge someone by their father." Harry said before following the Snapes out who were being led by a healer.

"Thank you Harry. I appreciate it." Severus said swallowing his pride and knowing that however much he hated the fact that this child got almost anything that he wanted just because he was famous, he had used that fame to help Anastasia. For that Severus would always be grateful to Harry Potter.

The healer did a full exam as Severus requested. When he was done Severus knew exactly what happened to his daughter and could not believe what she had gone through.

"Professor, we did the rape test as you asked and examined the DNA of the seaman we found. It was Lucius Malfoy as you guessed, but there is one other thing we should tell you. Anastasia is pregnant if you want to terminate it now we can do so or if you want to wait and let Anastasia decide is fine too."

Severus was in shock he had expected the rape test to be positive but to find that his daughter, his baby girl, was going to be a mother at age seventeen was too much for him. He walked back out to the hall to give his family and Harry the news.

"What is it Severus? Is everything okay?" Eileen asked worried about bother he son and granddaughter.

Severus took a deep breath and said, "They have done all they could to help the after effects of the cruciatus, but she has a lot of nerve damage from the curse and is still unconscious. Her body is trying to heal itself but it's not strong enough on it's own so they are giving her potions every hour to help, they are hopeful that she will wake up in a few days a week at the most. Unfortunately I was right about my suspicions about Lucius, he raped her, one thing I did not expect to happen though did. Anastasia is pregnant from him. Once she does wake up she will decide what to do with the baby. I don't want any of you to bring it up around her until the healers and myself have had a chance to talk to her about it. they will also like to keep her here for at least a week after she wakes up to see if there has been any permanent brain damage.

Tobias, Eileen, Vittoria, and Harry sat there all unable to believe what Severus and just told them.

"Professor, are you sure?" Harry asked wondering if this was supposed to be some big joke and that there really was nothing wrong with Anastasia.

"Yes, that is what Healer Mosser told me. He also said that if would be up to me if I want to abort the baby or wait for Anastasia to wake up."

"What are you going to do then?" Tobias asked his son.

"Wait for her. This is her child and it should be up to her what happens to it."

The other four nodded knowing this wasn't something Severus could decide for Anastasia, even if she asked for him to do it when she woke up, he just couldn't do it.


A/N: Okay I officially wrote the last chapter yesterday. I meant to post this yesterday also in honor of my birthday but I didn't have time. So here it is a day late and hopefully I will get the motivation to type the rest and update, but I do move back in at school on the 6th (saturday) and have to work at the Library and find time to go to Sundance and work there. But I am hopeful.