Precious Moments.
By: Erin Finnlaith

Disclaimer:

N – stands for Nothing, which I have in abundance

O – stands for Other people, who own the original HP characters

T – stands for Trial, which I hope to avoid

M – stands for Money, which I have none of

I – stands for I'm a bum without money

N – stands for Nada, which is what I am getting for writing this story

E – stands for Empty handed, which is what you'll be if you sue me

All character depicted here belong to J.K Rowling and a lot of other people who aren't me. ^_~ Except of course for Minerva Snape, she belongs to DrusillaDax (love ya hon!) and is being used with her permission. This is just a small glimpse into the childhood of Minerva Snape…*evil grin*

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Child Development or The Joys of Parenting!

Hermione and Severus made there way down the hall toward the child development center. Earlier that day they had received a rather urgent owl from their daughter Minerva's teacher. Upon reaching the class the aforementioned teacher came up to the couple.

"What did she do this time?" sighed Hermione.

"She kicked one of the other children because he was teasing Terrence," said the teacher (Professor Sprout).

Severus looked up surprised. "Wait a moment. You mean she actually stood up for him?"

Professor Sprout rubbed her forehead in thought and sighed. "To my understanding, it went something like this. Terrence was being chased around by a couple of older boys. Minerva jumped in front of them and said, "You can't mess with my brother! I'm the one to decide who can and can not punch him!"

"So, they got into a fight?" said Severus flatly.

"Well, one of the boys actually threw the first punch. Minerva dodged and then kicked the boy between his legs."

Hermione put her hand over her mouth and tried hard not to laugh.

"But unfortunately," continued Professor Sprout. "She kicked him so hard that a certain part of his anatomy went back into his body and had we had to call in a Medi-wizard to take it back out."

Severus reflexively crossed his legs, and turned to his daughter, who in turn smiled sweetly up at him.

"Young lady, what do you have to say for yourself?" said Hermione sternly.

"I didn't know boys could scream that high."

Severus's cry could be heard echoing throughout Hogsmeade.

"MINERVA!"

AN: I'm at it again! ^_^ I know I said 15 – 20 reviews but I just couldn't wait! And don't worry! I'm still working on "Serenity", but I wanted to continue exploring other areas of Minerva's childhood. And for those of you confused about the whole Terrence issue, just accept it for now. It will make more sense when I finish "Serenity" and when Dru finishes "Camel". Anyway What'cha think? Good, Bad, I should quit while I'm ahead? What?

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