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 SIX

Severus stroked his daughter's back soothingly. Her sobbing had stopped once again, and her breaths were even and deep.

He looked down at her. She had fallen asleep. Severus smiled and laid her down in his bed, covered her up, and sat in a chair next to the bed. That is where he fell asleep.

Severus's eyes snapped open. Where was he? He looked around. He was in his sleeping quarters.

He rubbed his forehead and looked to his bed. It was made neatly. Why was he in the chair?

Severus stood up and stretched. He cracked his knuckles and back. He had a kink in his neck he couldn't get out… he supposed it was probably from sleeping in a chair all night.

He picked up a comb and combed his hair. Once he determined the time, he'd debate whether it was proper to take a shower right now or not.

Walking to the door, his foot hit something soft. He looked down. Like that would help, on account that the room was dark. His hands slid on the wall, feeling for the light switch. He found it, flipped it on.

Now what was it that he hit? He looked down, and gasped. It was Kali! Her wrists were slit! Her eyes were wide open, staring blankly up at Severus.

And then…

…Severus woke up. He was soaked in a cold sweat. He shuffled around to find a light switch of some kind. His fingers touched his wand off his dresser.

He picked it up and muttered "Lumos" and then shone the light towards the bed. Kali lay there, sleeping peacefully. He sighed, relieved, and then went back to bed.

Morning soon showed its face on the Hogwarts grounds. Kali was wide-awake around seven AM, and shook her father awake.

"Father! Please get up! I can't find the light!" she looked around the windowless room and frowned. "FATHER!"

Severus opened his eyes groggily. "What…?"

"It's morning, father," she smiled. "Where's the light?"

Snape stood up and dragged himself over to the opposite wall and turned it on.

Kali looked horrible. "Can I… um… shower?"

"Sure, Kali…" he pointed to a door on the wall that Kali hadn't noticed.

"Okay, good," Kali sauntered over to the door and tugged it open.

It was a small bathroom, with a sink, a shower and a toilet. (Only a shower… no bathtub whatsoever…) But she closed the door and undressed anyhow.

Severus collapsed on his bed, exhausted. That nightmare he had last night had disturbed him, but he was grateful it was just a nightmare.

There was a knock on the door. Who was it? He never even knew anyone knew about his sleeping quarters.

"Who is it?" he asked.

"It is Minerva, Severus," she replied.

He raised an eyebrow. What was she doing here? "Come in."

"Severus… your daughter…" Minerva choked on her words as she shut the door behind her.

"Yes? What about her?" Severus asked, mimicking the look of concern that was on Minerva's face.

"Have you found any… any blood, anywhere on any of her clothes?" Minerva asked.

"Not that I can remember… I don't do her laundry often, and when I do, I never check it, usually the elves throw it in the automatic-cleanser."

"Where's your cleanser?" Minerva looked frantic. "And has your daughter any wounds on her body?"

Severus blinked. Had he even checked his daughter's body over? "I haven't thought of checking… Why, Minerva?"

"Because… after you had carried her away… I had found blood on the wall, and on the floor…" Minerva whispered.

The bathroom door opened, and steam rolled out in clouds. Kali poked her head around the corner, which had wet, black hair combed back from her face.

"Dad? - Oh, hello Professor McGonagall - I need a towel!" Kali blushed, holding her father's nightclothes over her.

"One minute, Kali," Severus hurried over to a cabinet and grabbed a towel and tossed it to her. "Here you go."

She caught it, pulled her arm and head back into the bathroom, and slammed the door.

"You don't think she was attacked, do you?" Severus whispered.

"I'm not sure. It might not have been hers! But it looked awfully fresh, I don't know…" Minerva replied.

Kali opened the door and walked out, the towel wrapped around her petite frame. She blushed as she walked by her father and her professor, walked over to a small dresser and pulled out a skirt.

Severus glanced over to her. There were multiple, thin scratches on her back going across, and two, gouges going vertical down her back.

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[A/N: So… how's that? I know it's sort of queer… but I couldn't think of anything else! And I needed to get this chapter up because so many people were asking for it!]