Kali Snape
By: Kylie Malfoy
Rating: PG-13 – For later events.
Disclaimer: I own Sylvester Snape, Serenity Snape and Kali Snape. And I'll mention anyone else I own later, otherwise, anyone else belongs to J.K. Rowling!
CHAPTER FOUR
Severus sighed. "Why did I let her… I shouldn't have even read it…"
He slowly walked to his office door and closed it quietly. Resting his hand on the doorknob, he slowly rapped his head against the door, asking himself over and over 'Why?'.
Finally, when he made sense of himself, he slowly, as if in a trance like Kali, made his way over to his desk and sat down in his chair. He folded his arms onto the desk, rested his face in the black sleeves of his cloak, and then started to cry.
Why he was crying, he did not know. He had never cried before… never, ever… unless the time when he found Kali to be his daughter when she was just a year… but those were tears of joy, these were tears of sadness.
Tears soaked his sleeves quickly. His greasy black hair was covering what was showing of his forehead.
He had been crying loudly, so loud he didn't hear the Headmaster walk in.
"Severus, why are you crying?" Albus asked, his eyes twinkling behind his half-moon spectacles.
Severus wiped his eyes clear of tears before he looked up. "I was not crying, Headmaster."
"From the way your eyes are all red, Severus, you were crying. Open emotions is not something to be ashamed of, Severus. As of a few moments ago, I believe your very own daughter, Kali, was spilling out her feelings, as a teenager would put it," he smiled.
"Kali was crying?" Severus was surprised. Kali never cried. Never, ever had she cried. Not even as an infant or a toddler.
"She was indeed, Severus. And she felt the same way you do. 'Crying is not something a Snape does,' she had said to me, 'Tears that are shed are like losing all your pride'. Your daughter has a very good philosophy, Severus. Now only if she had a positive one," Albus said, "But I suppose, since you have never been a very optimistic person, Severus, all she knows is pessimism."
Severus looked to his desk. "I never wanted her to be hurt like I was… when I loved... Serenity…"
"That's very conscientious of you Severus, but if she doesn't know how to love, she can't be hurt by it. And yet, she'll never know what it feels like to be loved by someone other than her own blood," Albus stated. "You know, I think every human is born to love, because she was crying, no, sobbing, about how much she loved you, and how she could tell Serenity hurt you."
Severus looked up at Albus. "Where is she, Headmaster?"
Dumbledore smiled kindly. "Follow me, Severus."
Severus stood up, tugged on his cloak sleeves and wiped his eyes. He didn't want to make it evident that he was crying.
"Alright," he straightened up and started walking towards Dumbledore.
"After you, my dear man," Albus held the door for Severus, who continued his intimidating stalk down the hall.
Albus caught up quickly. "You seem to know where you are going, Severus."
"Only on instinct, sir," Severus replied, glaring menacingly at a student, who ended up tripping on his robe and falling flat on his face.
"Oh! Professor Snape!" It was Draco Malfoy. "I saw Kali! She was-"
"I haven't any time, Malfoy. I know what happened!" and he shoved Draco out of the way.
Dumbledore grinned. "Seems you have set your standards, Severus."
"Yes, sir," Severus answered.
"This way, Severus," Albus turned a corner, and at the end of the hall, Kali was sitting on the floor.
Her knees were pulled up to her body, her face was hidden in her knees, and faint whimpers could be heard.
Severus started to sprint down the hall towards Kali. She looked up, let out a sob and hid her face again.
"Kali!" Severus called.
He wrapped his cloaked arms around her frail body. She collapsed into him, sobbing into his chest. This caught a few stares from students, sniggers also, but it was touching to see Severus rocking his daughter in his arms.
"Daddy…" Kali sobbed.
Severus's heart felt as if it stopped. Kali never called Severus 'Daddy' before. It was always 'Father'. She spoke to him like he was the Pope or something.
"Kali… Kali, calm down," Severus enveloped her into an embrace even tighter than before.
Kali sobbed even harder. Professor McGonagall had come down to observe, her eyebrows arched in obvious curiosity as to why the daughter of the emotionless Potions master was crying so exceedingly.
"Severus…" she whispered faintly.
"Shh… Minerva, should we really stand here?" Albus asked quietly, looking to the rest of the students who had came to watch.
Severus stood up, carrying his daughter in his arms. She was still sobbing immensely
"Alright! The show is over, all of you!" he hissed to the students. "Now go!"
The students hadn't needed to hear it again, because within a matter of seconds, they had left.
"Severus…" Minerva whispered again. "What is… what's wrong with Kali?"
Severus mumbled something and brushed past Minerva, heading straight for his sleeping quarters. Kali and Severus could talk there, without being disturbed.