Ava P.O.V
Me and Harry make it to Dumbledore's office which was easy since the school was empty. Harry says the password and the gargoyle slide aside, revealing the spiral staircase behind it, we rush up the stairs and through the door. I look around and see that his office looks different. It's duller than before and there's no people in their pictures that hang on the wall.
We walk over to the pensive that is already out on Dumbledore's desk. Harry pours dad's memoires into the water and the starts twirling and turning black. We look at each other before sticking our heads in the pensive.
The black smoke disappears and the memory comes into view.
I see my mom, Jane, Harry's mom, Lily and their other sister, Petunia has little children, they are probably about 10 or 11. Mom and Lily are showing Petunia a floating flower in the middle of their hands, they are smiling, but Petunia looked angry. She smacked their hands away, making the flowers fall on the floor.
"I'm telling mommy" Petunia hissed. "You're a freak, Lily. You too, Jane. You're both freaks!"
I see a young boy coming out of a tree that wasn't that far away from the girls. I look at the boy again and realise that it's my dad has a little kid. He looked at mom and made a flower fly over to her, she caught it and smiled at him. Lily stood there smiling whilst Petunia stood there glaring at them.
The memory changed and I see mom and dad are lying on the grass.
"Petunia is just jealous because she's ordinary and you're special, Jane."
"That's mean Severus" mom said, before sitting up and looking at dad. "This is real, isn't it? Petunia says you're lying to me and that Hogwarts isn't real, but it is real, isn't it?"
"It's real for us. You will get our letter soon, Lily too. I promise you you will."
"Really?" mom whispered.
"Definitely" dad smiled.
"And will it really come by owl?"
"Normally, but since you're Muggle-Born someone from the school will come to you house and explain it to your parents."
"Does it make a difference to you that I'm Muggle-Born?" mom asked. Dad didn't answer her at first and mom looked at him worried.
"No" he finally said. "No, it's doesn't make any difference to me."
"Good" mom grinned.
The memory changed again and I see dad standing by a tree, he seems to be smiling at something. I look around and see mom running over to him with a letter in her hand.
"It came, Sev!" shouted, waving the letter at him. "It actually came. My Hogwarts letter. Lily got hers too. We're going to Hogwarts" she said.
I could watch this memory all day.
"I told you it would. I got mine too" dad said, showing her his letter.
"Yes! Hogwarts are we come!" mom said, jumping up and down. Dad stand there grinning at her.
Mom stopped jumping up and down and sighed sadly. "Petunia is still being horrible to me and Lily. She keeps calling us freaks."
"Don't listen to her, Jane, you're not freak, either is Lily."
The memory changes again and I'm standing in the Great Hall. It's seems to be mom's sorting.
"Evans, Jane" McGonagall called.
Mom walked forward and sat down on the stool. McGonagall puts the sorting hat on mom's head and it covers her eyes. She sat there for a few minutes before the hat shouted out Slytherin, which makes mom's mouth fall open. McGonagall took the hat off mom and saw walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to dad.
"I told you you would be in Slytherin" dad said, smirking a little.
"I'm glad with you, Sev."
The memory changes again and I'm standing on the landing in dad's house.
"Jane!" dad shouted, as he ran up the stairs. "Jane!"
"What's wrong?" mom asked, walking out of he room that is now my room. She's got baby me in her arms. I look about 11 or 12 months.
"Dada" I babbled, holding out my arms.
"Hey sweetheart" dad said, taking me out of mom's arm and into his. Baby me grabbed his thumb and fell asleep in his arms.
"Aww" I hear Harry say, which makes me jump a little. I forgot his was standing next to me.
Dad looked at mom. "Bellatrix knows. She knows about you and Sophie."
"W-what? How did she find out about us?"
"I'm not sure, but Jane, remember what we talked about, it's time."
"No, Sev! No, I don't want to leave you."
"We always knew this day might come, Jane."
"I know, but I've been hoping that it never would."
Dad sighed. "I know, me too, but Bellatrix might have told him by now which means it's not safe for you and Sophie to stay here."
"This isn't fair, Severus. You did something stupid when you were younger and not thinking straight, and now you're stuck with him."
"I know, it was my own stupid fault. I should never have gone there in the first place. I'm so sorry it's got to be like this."
Mom started crying. Dad pulls her into a hug and hugs her tight. "You and Sophie will be safe with Lily and Potter. He will never knew where you've gone. You will both be safe" dad said.
Poor dad. He really thought that we would be safe there.
"Look after our little girl and tell her about me."
"I will, Sev, everyday."
Dad pulled away from her. "I love you, my Jane."
"I love you too, Severus."
Dad looked at me. "I love you, my Sophie Jane Snape" he kissed the top of my head, then he kissed mom. "It's time, my love."
Mom nodded and takes me out of dad's arm and into her own. "Be careful Sev, and owl me whenever you can."
"I will, but it might not be for a while."
Mom stared at him then just kissed him. She pulled away "Forever and always" she whispered.
"Forever and always" dad whispered back. Mom smiled at him, then me and mom disappeared.
I wish I got to see together.
The memory changed again and I'm standing in Dumbledore's office.
"You said - you said you would keep her safe, keep them safe. I left my wife and daughter there thinking they would be safe" dad said, crying.
This is heart breaking. I've never seen my dad cry before.
"Jane, Lily and James put their trust in the wrong person, Severus, rather like you, but Sophie and Harry survived."
"The Dark Lord has gone they don't need protection."
"The Dark Lord will return, Severus, and when he does, Harry will be in terrible danger, so will Sophie if he ever finds out that she survived" dad didn't say anything. "Help me protect Harry, Severus. You own Lily that much, she died protecting your daughter. Don't let her death be in vain. Help me protect Harry. Help me protect both of them" Dumbledore said.
Dad looked at him. "I will help you."
"Thank you, Severus."
The memory changed again and I'm back in Dumbledore's office. Dad is looking at Dumbledore's cursed hand.
"The potion will contain the curse in your hand for the time being, but it will spread" dad said, handing Dumbledore a cup. He takes it and drinks all of it.
"How long?" he asked.
"Maybe a year."
Dad takes up to leave but Dumbledore stopped him. "Don't ignore me, Severus. We both know that Lord Voldemort has ordered the Malfoy boy to murder me, but should he fail, the Dark Lord will turn to you. You must be the one to kill me, Severus, only then will the Dark Lord trust you completely."
"Are you crazy?" dad hissed. "Ava will hate me forever!"
"Ava is a smart girl, Severus. She will come round in the end."
Dumbledore stood up and walked around to the front of his desk. "There must come a time when Harry and Ava must be told something, but you must wait until Voldemort is at his most vulnerable."
"Must be told what?" dad frowned.
"One the night Lord Voldemort went to Godric's Hollow to Harry, and Lily and Jane casted themselves between Harry and Ava, the curse rebounded, when that happened a part of Voldemort's soul latched itself onto the only living thing it could fine, Harry and Ava themselves. There's a reason Harry can talk to snakes, Ava can too. There's a reason why they can look into Lord Voldemort mind. A part of Voldemort lived inside Harry and Ava."
WHAT?! We've got part of Voldemort's soul inside of us. I mean, I knew there had to be a reason on why Harry had that connection with Voldemort, but I would never have guessed it was because he had apart of his soul inside of him, and inside of me too.
And I can talk to snakes too. Actually, that makes a lot of sense now. It explains why I could understand Bathilda Bagshot, why I could understand Voldemort talking to his snake, and why I could hear the locket hissing. Oh wait, if me and Harry have part of his soul in us, then doesn't that mean we have to die? We have to die so his soul with die with us, then he will be able to be killed.
"So when the time comes, Potter and Ava must die?" dad asked, sounding like he wants to cry.
"Yes" Dumbledore nodded. "They must die. Voldemort himself must be the one to do it. It is essential."
I grab Harry's hand and he holds it tight. I'm not ready to die.
The memory changed again and I'm watching dad walk into the Potter's house. He walked straight over James's body and walked upstairs. I can hear the sound of two babies crying. Dad walked into the room and fell against the wall when he saw mom lying on the floor.
He pushed himself off the wall and bend down next to mom. He picked her up in his arm and hugged her tight. He looked and saw Lily not the far away from mom. He grabbed her hand and broke down crying.
I'm crying too.
Harry is still crying in the cot but I'm just staring at dad with a little frown on my face.
"Dadda" I say, crawling to the front of the cot and pulling myself up so that I'm standing up. "Dadda."
"Always been a daddy's girl, I see" Harry whispered, which made me half laugh, half cry.
Dad looked at me, then glared at Harry. He gentle put mom down on the floor and walked over to the cot. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at Harry.
"You!" he growled. "You're the reason why my wife and best friend are dead! I should finishes you off."
Baby me reached up and grabbed his wand and giggled. "Bub, bub, bub" I mumbled, which I'm guessing means bubbles.
Dad glanced at me and I smile happily at him. "Please don't smile at me, Sophie" I hold my hands up and wobble on my legs then just fall over.
Harry snored next to me.
Dad chucked and picked me up. "Almost there sweetheart. Just a little bit more practice and you will be standing up in no time."
He frowned when he saw that my top was burned a little. He moved it and I saw my scar. Dad pointed his wand at my shoulder and my scar disappeared.
Dad looked at me and sighed. "I'm sorry, Sophie, but I've got to leave you here. I'm no good for you. I will ruin your life and you're better off without me."
Dad could never ruin my life. He has given me the best life I could ask for.
"I love you, my Sophie Jane Snape."
"Wove, dadda"
He kissed the top of my head, then puts me back in the cot and walked over to mom. He picked her up and held her in his arms. "I love you, my beautiful Jane" he kissed her lips and lied her back down on the floor. He looked at mom, then at me, then back at mom, then just disappeared into thin air.
That was horrible to watch. Dad was so broken, I could see it in his eyes. It must have break his heart to see mom lying there like that.
The memory changed again and I see dad sitting in the living of his house. Someone is knocking on the door but he's not opening it.
"Severus" Narcissa called. "Severus, I know you're in there, so you either open this door or I'm breaking it down."
I snort a little. She actually would as well.
Dad sighed and went to answer. He opened the front off and I see Narcissa stood there with her wand out. "You're lucky. I was about two seconds from blowing the door off."
Dad doesn't say anything and moved out of the way so she could walk into the house. Dad closed the door behind her and they walked into the living.
"Sit" Narcissa ordered. Dad raised his eyebrow at her, but sat down anyway. "Right" she said, sitting down herself. "It's pretty obvious why I'm here."
"I can't. I can't look after her, not without Jane."
"Yes you can. You can, Severus. Sophie needs her father."
"I can't be her father. Every time I look at her, all I can see is Jane."
"I know, Severus, and I know how painful that must be for you, but you have to look past that and see you daughter."
Dad looked at her but didn't say anything. "She needs you, Severus. She's got no one else."
"She's got her auntie and uncle and two cousin."
"Yes, but they're not you. And, Severus, those Muggles are horrible. I've ben watching them, and Sophie might only be a baby, but the way they talk to her is unbelievable."
"You have been watching them?" dad asked, a little surprised.
"Yes, I wanted to know what they were like and they are horrible, Severus. Do you really want your daughter growing up with them?"
"She's better off without me. I'm no good for her."
"Right, that's it" Narcissa snapped. "You listen to me Severus Snape, I know you're still hurting, and you have every right to be, but Sophie is alive and you're denying her a father because you think that you're not good enough for her, but you're exactly what she needs, so stop sitting in self pity and believe in yourself, because sitting around all day is doing you no good and it's stopping you from being the amazing father I know you can be to Sophie, and with Jane gone, your little girl needs her father, now more than ever."
Dad stared at her in shock.
Woo! Go Narcissa!
Narcissa stood up and looked at dad. "Come on, we are going to get your daughter. She's been away from her father for far too long."
"I can't" dad mumbled.
"You can, and me and Lucius will be here to help you, and I'm sure Sophie and Draco will be the best of friends."
Dad looked at her. "What if the Dark Lord returns? I will be putting her in danger."
"We will keep her safe, Severus. You, me and Lucius. I give you my word that no one will know that she's Jane's daughter or Harry Potter's little cousin."
"You really think I can do this?"
"Yes, I wouldn't be here if I didn't. Believe in yourself, Severus."
Dad nodded and stood up. Narcissa hold out her hand and dad took it, then they disappeared into thin air and the memory went black.
I lift my head out of the pensive and stand there feeling shocked, happy, angry, sad. I'm shocked because me and Harry have to die in order for him to be gone for good. I'm happy because I got to see memories of mom and dad together. I'm also happy because Narcissa was amazing with convincing my dad to get me from the Dursleys. I'm angry because Dumbledore knew all this time and he never said anything to us. And I'm sad because we have to leave so many people behind.
"Ava" I jump at the voice of Harry's voice. I look at him and he pulls me into a hug. The second I felt his arms around me, I just break down crying.
"Shh, it's ok" Harry whispered. "Everything will be ok."
I nod and hug him tighter when I hear him crying. This isn't fair. We should have been told sooner. We could have had time for it to sink in, said our goodbyes, made plans, but no, we get told on the night we are meant to fucking die.
Harry pulls away from me and wipes away my tears. "I know this is scary, but we have to do this, Ava. It's the only way to get rid of him, and it's not so bad, because in the end, we will be with our family in the sky."
I nod, before suddenly remembering about my dad. "No! No, I can't do this, Harry. I've just got my dad back, this will break him."
"Ava, listen to me, your father already knew that we were meant to die, even though this is going to break his heart, I think your father came to terms with your death a long time ago."
"You really think so?"
"I do" he nodded. "He wouldn't have let you come here if he didn't. He would have taken you with him."
"I will - I will still be with him, won't I?"
"Of course you will."
I see a tear run down his cheek, but he quickly pulls me into another hug so I don't see anymore. I can feel him wiping them away.
"I-I don't think we should tell anyone where we are going, they will only try to stop us and with the way I'm feeling right now, I'll listen to them" I say.
"I've got the Invisibility Cloak with me, we can use that" I nod and Harry pulls away from me. "We can do this, Ava."
"We can do this, Harry" I say back. He smiles at me then pulls out the Cloak from his pocket and throw it over us. We leave Dumbledore's office and walk off down the corridor. I can't seem to get my breathing under control. One minute I'm breathing too fast, then the next, I can't breath at all.
Harry grabs my hand and pulls me around the corner and looks at me. "Ava, breath with me, in and out, there you go. Keep doing that" he tucks my hair behind my ear. "I know this is easier said than done, but try to relax, ok?"
"I'll t-try" I say, slowing breathing in and out, which seems to be helping. Harry holds out his hand and I take it. We were about to start walking again when we hear our friends talking in the next corridor.
"Do you think they are still in Dumbledore's office?" Ron asks.
"I'm not sure" Hermione answered, "but the hour is almost up."
"You don't think they would have done to the forest, do you?" Draco asks. My heart ached at the sound of his voice. I just want to turn the corner and hug him tight.
"No" Sirius snaps. "They are not that stupid! They know they will die if they do that" me and Harry glance at each other. Both of us have tears in our eyes. "Come on, let's wait in the Great Hall for them. Snape probably had a lot of memories to show them."
Draco, Hermione and Ron must have nodded because we don't hear them say anything, then we hear them walk off. We pop our heads around the wall and see them walking off down the corridor. It took all the strength I had not to run after them.
"They are going to be so heart broken" I whisper.
"I know …" Harry trails off, staring at them until they turned the corner and we couldn't see them anymore. "Come on, we have to keep moving."
We reach the hedge of the Forbidden Forest and Harry takes the Cloaks off us. He goes to walk off but I stop him, which makes him look at me confused.
"I just wanted to say, and I know we've never said it before, but I love you, Harry, and it's been amazing getting to know you over the years, and I couldn't have asked for a better cousin."
Harry smiles at me and pulls me into hug. "I love you too, Ava, and you're a pretty cool cousin too, who's made me laugh so much over the years."
We pull apart and carry on walking into the forest. Harry suddenly stops walking and pulls something out of his pocket. I look and see that it's the golden Snitch. He looks at it and the words I open at the close appear. Harry moves it to his lips and whispered. "We are about to die."
Me, not thinking that anything would happen was surprised when the metal shall broke open and something slowly floats out of the top of it. "The Resurrection Stone" I whisper once I realise what it was. Harry takes it in his hand, closes his eyes, and turns it 3 times. There was a suddenly blast of wind that came from nowhere.
When I looked around, I get the surprise of my life. Standing around me and Harry was Lily, James and Remus. I nudge Harry and he opens his eyes. Lily holds out her hand and Harry goes to take it but his hand just goes straight through hers.
"You both have been so brave" Lily says.
"We are so proud of both of you" James says smiling.
"Where's my mom?" I ask
Lily looks at me and smiles. "She's waiting for you, sweetheart."
"Really?" I ask, feeling excited about seeing my mom. Lily nods.
"Does it hurt? Dying I mean" Harry blurts out.
"Quicker than falling asleep."
"So we won't feel a thing?" I ask.
"No" Remus said, shaking his head. "It will be painless."
Harry looks at them one by one. "I'm sorry. I never wanted any of you to die for me" they just smile at him.
I look around at them. "Will you stay with us?"
"Until the very end" James says smiling.
"They won't be able to see you, will they?"
"No" Remus says. "We are in here, you see" he says, pointing to our hearts. "We are invisible to everyone else."
"Stay close to us" Harry says.
"Always" Lily smiles. Harry grabs my hand and we carry on walking. I look over my shoulder and see them following us. We walk deeper into the forest and I'm starting to get scared now. I glance at Harry and see that he's trying to put my a brave face, but I can see in his eyes that he's just as scared as I am.
We stop walking then we hear a Death Eater talking to Voldemort. "There's no sign of them, my Lord."
"I thought they would have come."
Harry drops the Resurrection Stone and we see Lily, James and Remus smile at us before they disappear. Harry grips my hand so tight that it hurt, but I don't say anything. We walk into view and all the Death Eaters look at us.
"My Lord" Bellatrix gasped. Voldemort turned around to look at us.
"NO!" someone yelled. I look around and see Hagrid. He seems to be tied up. "What are you doing here?" Turn around and run!"
"Shut it!" a Death Eater hissed, waving his wand that makes Hagrid close his mouth. He tried to open it but he can't. I look around again and see Narcissa, Lucius and Blaise stood there staring at me. "I'm sorry" I mouth, before looking away from them.
"Sophie Snape" Voldemort says. I look at him and see that he's already got his wand pointed at me. Oh fuck, this is really going to happen. I'm about to die.
I love you, dad and Draco, I thought before I heard Voldemort shouting "Avada Kedavra!" a green light shot out the end of his wand. It hits me in the chest but I feel nothing, then everything goes black.
