Chapter 5
June Confrontations
A/N: Hello everyone, I am happy to announce that I finally found a summer job, so now I can actually start making some money. I also hope you like the next installment of Finding Snape, I enjoy it anyways,
I love reviewers so thanks to:
Lyansidde
Amber
Enfleurage
SilentG
Tracy
Silene Acaulis
Sasleggolas
Quidditch and
MysticDragonstar
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Severus Snape had arrived at his destination early the next morning. He walked up the snow-covered path towards a dark house. He laughed, it was the middle of June and yet there was snow, hard to believe that he actually sort of missed the cold weather.
The house stood over him like an evil shadow, a shadow that haunted daydreams and nightmares. Many bad memories had occurred here, and he had tried for years now to forget them, but the harder he tried, the more they braded him. The door was open when he had arrived, it was a heavy wooden door that rivaled even Hogwarts. The house itself was beaten down, old, and decrepit. A wave of memories flashed over him,
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"Sev, where should we put this? How about here?" A woman questioned as she placed a photograph on the mantel.
"That is fine." He replied as he looked around at his newly purchased house.
"What is wrong Severus? You should be pleased we finally have our own place, a place our children can grow up in." She said as her molasses colored hair spun around flying in her face. She looked up at him with her black eyes, and batted her eyelashes at him. That got him every time. He walked over to his bride and kissed her.
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That was the last time he was ever truly happy again. They never had any children, never had any more pictures. His thoughts were interrupted by a voice.
"Hello, can I help you?" A boy around 13 years old and molasses colored hair asked him.
"Demitri?" He croaked.
"Do I know you?" He asked again.
"I haven't seen you in quite sometime, my name is Severus Snape, I use to live here… with your aunt." He said gruffly.
"Oh, mama isn't going to be pleased you're here." He said running off yelling at his mother.
'Just great just what I need to see Sida's live ghost.' He thought as he waited on in the foyer.
"Severus, how nice to see you." Seri said with a ting of sarcasm.
"Pleasure Seri, glad to see your well." He said with his words dripping with distain.
"Run along Demitri, Go finish sorting out the photographs downstairs." She said, as she clearly wanted him to leave before raising her voice.
She took Severus's arm and drug him out into the cold and ice that was once his front yard.
"Let go of me Seri, before I am forced to do something drastic." He said shooting her a look of death.
"What the hell do you think you are doing here Snape? Do you think that you can just parade in here and take what was yours after, what 12 years?" She screamed.
"She was my wife Seri! For Merlin's sake she isn't even been cold in her grave, and you are ransacking our house!"
"Correction ex-wife, and this isn't your house it was hers. We are not taking anything we were just trying to sort things out, and in case you don't know, it is how people move on with their lives, Severus, oh wait a minute you don't know anything about that do you. Cause you have never moved on with any of your life have you? Ever since that goddamm book, and your bloody mark on your arm that was more trouble than it was worth. You have been stuck between a rock and a hard place, and you know it!"
"You have no right talking about things you don't even know." He hissed. "Damm it Seri I have tried to move on, but you have no right stabbing me in the back like that. All that you should know is that I loved your sister, and had no intention in hurting her!" He yelled.
"Whatever, Severus." She said blowing off the argument for a while; she knew it wouldn't go anywhere, as stubborn Severus Snape is.
"I suppose you are going to want to stay for a while, the service is in two days. Grab your bags; you know where the rooms are. Demitri and I are in the master bedroom." She said as she walked back into the house.
Severus shook his head and muttered some words and his bags appeared beside the broomstick. He thought back to the night he last saw Seri. It was no wonder that she hated even the sight of him.
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It was cold, but what else was new, it was Siberia for Merlin's sake. He knew it was late, but just not how late. Seri and Demitri were living with them in the house, because Seri had Demitri out of wedlock, and needed a cheap place to stay, 'more like free,' Severus thought.
He had just come back from a 'meeting' and was still shaking; He must have had the crutatius cures on him at least five times; ever since the unsuccessful capture of Maori, a small wizarding town in Italy, Voldermort took his anger out on his faithful, some not so faithful, servants. Before coming home he stopped in and had a drink to try and dull the pain. Not only was his head pounding, but also he feared that he might no longer be safe in Voldermort's service. He walked in the door around 2 o'clock in the morning, to see Seri sitting in their living room, just waiting to lecture him.
"Do you know what time it is?" She yelled.
"I am well aware of the time, are you?" He said trying to shove her off. It was hard to believe that there was once a time when they got along well.
"Sida is very upset, I could hear her crying before I came down here. Where in bloody hell have you been? She is very fragile." She stood up grabbing his left arm.
"Let go of me! I love Sida, I will never stop loving Sida, but there are things that I had to do before she came into my life, and …" He trailed off, as he tried pulling his arm away from her grasp. He was unsuccessful and his sleeve dropped down to reveal the black glowing hideous mark.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?!" She screamed.
"That's. That's that mark that causing all this destruction! TELL ME NOW THAT YOU ARE NOT A PART OF THE MASSACARE, OR I WILL KILL YOU NOW! YOU BASTARD!" She said as she grabbed her wand and pressed it against his torso.
"Go ahead, it isn't really like I don't get this every night any way, besides I am sure your sister would be thrilled that her twin sister killed her husband!" He said facetiously. He pauses for a few moments, while Seri didn't move an inch.
"Look, not that it is any of your business, but it isn't what you think." He said.
"I don't care if your bloody, Merlin himself, you lied not only to me, but to your wife, my sister! Get out of this house. NOW!" She said with her wand pointed at him.
He turned his back on her and walked out the door, his heart was breaking, and he couldn't help but wish he could change his past, even if he had not particularly done anything wrong to begin with.
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From then on he never trusted a single human being, not even Albus Dumbledore, who in later years took it upon himself to write a detailed letter to Seri and Sida explaining what Severus was doing for him, and the personal risk that he took every night in order to help stop Voldermort. They never wrote back, except for the letter that he had received from Seri last week, informing the great wizard about her sister's death.
Severus set the bags down in a guest bedroom upstairs, and looked out onto the white abyss.
'Why did I even bother to come back? Can't she see that I loved her sister! I am so brilliantly lost; I don't even know where to begin! Maybe I should just stay here for a while by myself, get things sorted out.' He thought to himself as he sighed, and started to unpack. It was going to be a long hard summer.
June Confrontations
A/N: Hello everyone, I am happy to announce that I finally found a summer job, so now I can actually start making some money. I also hope you like the next installment of Finding Snape, I enjoy it anyways,
I love reviewers so thanks to:
Lyansidde
Amber
Enfleurage
SilentG
Tracy
Silene Acaulis
Sasleggolas
Quidditch and
MysticDragonstar
************************************************************************
Severus Snape had arrived at his destination early the next morning. He walked up the snow-covered path towards a dark house. He laughed, it was the middle of June and yet there was snow, hard to believe that he actually sort of missed the cold weather.
The house stood over him like an evil shadow, a shadow that haunted daydreams and nightmares. Many bad memories had occurred here, and he had tried for years now to forget them, but the harder he tried, the more they braded him. The door was open when he had arrived, it was a heavy wooden door that rivaled even Hogwarts. The house itself was beaten down, old, and decrepit. A wave of memories flashed over him,
************************************************
"Sev, where should we put this? How about here?" A woman questioned as she placed a photograph on the mantel.
"That is fine." He replied as he looked around at his newly purchased house.
"What is wrong Severus? You should be pleased we finally have our own place, a place our children can grow up in." She said as her molasses colored hair spun around flying in her face. She looked up at him with her black eyes, and batted her eyelashes at him. That got him every time. He walked over to his bride and kissed her.
***************************************************
That was the last time he was ever truly happy again. They never had any children, never had any more pictures. His thoughts were interrupted by a voice.
"Hello, can I help you?" A boy around 13 years old and molasses colored hair asked him.
"Demitri?" He croaked.
"Do I know you?" He asked again.
"I haven't seen you in quite sometime, my name is Severus Snape, I use to live here… with your aunt." He said gruffly.
"Oh, mama isn't going to be pleased you're here." He said running off yelling at his mother.
'Just great just what I need to see Sida's live ghost.' He thought as he waited on in the foyer.
"Severus, how nice to see you." Seri said with a ting of sarcasm.
"Pleasure Seri, glad to see your well." He said with his words dripping with distain.
"Run along Demitri, Go finish sorting out the photographs downstairs." She said, as she clearly wanted him to leave before raising her voice.
She took Severus's arm and drug him out into the cold and ice that was once his front yard.
"Let go of me Seri, before I am forced to do something drastic." He said shooting her a look of death.
"What the hell do you think you are doing here Snape? Do you think that you can just parade in here and take what was yours after, what 12 years?" She screamed.
"She was my wife Seri! For Merlin's sake she isn't even been cold in her grave, and you are ransacking our house!"
"Correction ex-wife, and this isn't your house it was hers. We are not taking anything we were just trying to sort things out, and in case you don't know, it is how people move on with their lives, Severus, oh wait a minute you don't know anything about that do you. Cause you have never moved on with any of your life have you? Ever since that goddamm book, and your bloody mark on your arm that was more trouble than it was worth. You have been stuck between a rock and a hard place, and you know it!"
"You have no right talking about things you don't even know." He hissed. "Damm it Seri I have tried to move on, but you have no right stabbing me in the back like that. All that you should know is that I loved your sister, and had no intention in hurting her!" He yelled.
"Whatever, Severus." She said blowing off the argument for a while; she knew it wouldn't go anywhere, as stubborn Severus Snape is.
"I suppose you are going to want to stay for a while, the service is in two days. Grab your bags; you know where the rooms are. Demitri and I are in the master bedroom." She said as she walked back into the house.
Severus shook his head and muttered some words and his bags appeared beside the broomstick. He thought back to the night he last saw Seri. It was no wonder that she hated even the sight of him.
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It was cold, but what else was new, it was Siberia for Merlin's sake. He knew it was late, but just not how late. Seri and Demitri were living with them in the house, because Seri had Demitri out of wedlock, and needed a cheap place to stay, 'more like free,' Severus thought.
He had just come back from a 'meeting' and was still shaking; He must have had the crutatius cures on him at least five times; ever since the unsuccessful capture of Maori, a small wizarding town in Italy, Voldermort took his anger out on his faithful, some not so faithful, servants. Before coming home he stopped in and had a drink to try and dull the pain. Not only was his head pounding, but also he feared that he might no longer be safe in Voldermort's service. He walked in the door around 2 o'clock in the morning, to see Seri sitting in their living room, just waiting to lecture him.
"Do you know what time it is?" She yelled.
"I am well aware of the time, are you?" He said trying to shove her off. It was hard to believe that there was once a time when they got along well.
"Sida is very upset, I could hear her crying before I came down here. Where in bloody hell have you been? She is very fragile." She stood up grabbing his left arm.
"Let go of me! I love Sida, I will never stop loving Sida, but there are things that I had to do before she came into my life, and …" He trailed off, as he tried pulling his arm away from her grasp. He was unsuccessful and his sleeve dropped down to reveal the black glowing hideous mark.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?!" She screamed.
"That's. That's that mark that causing all this destruction! TELL ME NOW THAT YOU ARE NOT A PART OF THE MASSACARE, OR I WILL KILL YOU NOW! YOU BASTARD!" She said as she grabbed her wand and pressed it against his torso.
"Go ahead, it isn't really like I don't get this every night any way, besides I am sure your sister would be thrilled that her twin sister killed her husband!" He said facetiously. He pauses for a few moments, while Seri didn't move an inch.
"Look, not that it is any of your business, but it isn't what you think." He said.
"I don't care if your bloody, Merlin himself, you lied not only to me, but to your wife, my sister! Get out of this house. NOW!" She said with her wand pointed at him.
He turned his back on her and walked out the door, his heart was breaking, and he couldn't help but wish he could change his past, even if he had not particularly done anything wrong to begin with.
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From then on he never trusted a single human being, not even Albus Dumbledore, who in later years took it upon himself to write a detailed letter to Seri and Sida explaining what Severus was doing for him, and the personal risk that he took every night in order to help stop Voldermort. They never wrote back, except for the letter that he had received from Seri last week, informing the great wizard about her sister's death.
Severus set the bags down in a guest bedroom upstairs, and looked out onto the white abyss.
'Why did I even bother to come back? Can't she see that I loved her sister! I am so brilliantly lost; I don't even know where to begin! Maybe I should just stay here for a while by myself, get things sorted out.' He thought to himself as he sighed, and started to unpack. It was going to be a long hard summer.