Chapter 6
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in "Harry Potter world", as my one friend puts it. Though I do spend a lot of my free time there. Contest is still open. Please review, flame me if you want to I'll just give them to the god of death (brownie points to whoever knows how to say that in Japanese.).
WARNING: This chapter has to do a lot with my version of Snape's past and so on. Please do not skip this chapter, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT! Ok you ready? You sure? This is going to be very sad. You've been warned; please don't blame me for the bad things, this chapter was dreamed up when I was trying to decide were to go after the first chapter. Ok and sorry ahead of time for the bad that's about to ensue.
Severus Snape sat at his desk. Christmas vacation was starting in two days and everyone in the castle was happy, well almost everyone. It had been a long time since Snape had been happy at Christmas, not since the Christmas when he was nine.
"Mum, tomorrow's Christmas!" Lucy cried, her long pigtails bouncing as she and her twin brother Severus climbed on the bed. Their mother smiled. She had been sickly ever since they were born. She was a tall graceful woman, with large eyes and long silvery hair, which she kept in a braid. She always spoke softly and never condescendingly. She knew that her children were intelligent. They booth had straight black hair and fair skin. There eyes were different; Severus were dark while Lucy's were like her mothers.
"So it is, do you think that you two are going to get lots of presents?" The two nodded vigorously.
"I don't know, children don't get presents if they don't go to bed on time." Steven Snape said from the doorway. He was a tall, thin man with dark hair and eyes. To most of the world he was a cruel, self-serving man but that was not the case with his family. He loved his wife dearly. His children, well he would love them more if they hadn't been the case of his wife's condition. The only time that he had ever hurt ether of them had been one night when he had come home drunk. Lucy had running and accidentally collided into him. She'd been on the floor and he'd grabbed her to pull her up and had pulled to hard. He'd broken her shoulder and didn't know it until he saw the tears in her eyes. She hadn't even screamed. Only seven and she hadn't screamed. He quickly mended her shoulder and had sat there comforting her for hours. No one knew till Severus came looking for his sister. She was younger by fifteen minets and he always was protective of her. He'd asked what was wrong and Steven had told him, not knowing that his wife was in hearing range. She'd been furious. It was the only fight they'd had and it ended with him promising that he would never touch anther drop while she was alive. He hadn't since than. He was forced to the present by the goodnights of his children. He kissed Lucy and messed Severus' hair. He got into bed soon after and didn't wake up until the next morning. His wife was not in the bed. He went downstairs to find her in an armchair. He shook her thinking that she should be in bed. No response. He touched her check and drew back slowly, eyes wide with fear. She was cold. His wife was dead.
Severus took his sisters hand as they walked up the drive. They had stayed with their father for more than a year now. Now an aunt, who they had never met, was having them until they went to Hogwarts in the fall. They had never met Aunt Margaret because she could not do magic and had been disowned. She lived in, of all places, America. They had been told that she was odd but when they got their first look at her they realized what an understatement that had been. She came running out of the house, her bight dress an extreme contrast to their somber black robes. Her long raven hair was loose and flowed behind her. She was still young and unmarried and very pretty, in an unusual way.
"My dears, my dears. Tsk, look at you. Well don't worry, Aunt Maggie will take care of you." Booth children were paler and thinner than before. They spook in whispers; you would hardly recognize them if you had seen them two years before. They feared angering anyone, because their father had taken up drinking again. She was short; in fact Severus almost reached her chin. She hugged them booth and started up the walk with them. "Now I want you two to understand the rules here. There is one option for breakfast, chocolate. What are looking at me like that for? I honestly don't know how people expect you children to function without a good breakfast. Eggs, bagh. You two do like chocolate right?" She smiled when they nodded. "Good now I want you two to spend plenty of time outside. There are the gardens and I have large yard. You can do what you like so long as you don't try to kill the mailman. You can play with anything inside the house. You will look at your schoolbooks a little bit, I do believe in getting good grades. Well I think that's all, you two ok?" They nodded. That was the best summer that Severus ever had. The summer went too fast, as all good things do, and they were very sad to say goodbye to their "dear Aunt Maggie".
"Oh no!" Lucy turned to see a trunk fall and all the clothes that were in it go flying. She ran over to help a redhead pick it all up.
"Thanks." She said, her green eyes grateful.
"No problem." Lucy said. "My name is Lucy Snape." She put out her hand.
"Lily Evens." Lily said as she took it. "Nice to meet you."
"You tw..." she was stopped by a boy falling into her from behind. He looked concernedly at her. He had brown hair and gray eyes. He was also pale and shy looking.
"Smooth move, Remus." A tall, black haired boy said. He put an arm around the boy who stood next to him, this one had short messy black hair, and said, "I had no idea that our dear friend was so forward, did you James?" The other smiled good-naturedly at Remus and helped him up.
"Shut up, Sirus. Are you alright?" he took Lucy by the hand and picked her up with startling ease for someone as thin as he was.
"Yes I'm fine, thank you." She said and gave him and the one who had run into her a reassuring smile. "How about you?"
"I'm fine, thanks." His voice was soft and he frowned at the longhaired boy who was grinning widely at everyone. "I'm Remus Lupin, that's James Potter and the idiot who pushed me is Sirus Black." Lily and Lucy smiled
"I'm Lucy and this is Lily."
"Lucy and Lily." Sirus said with a laugh.
"Did someone give him a cheering charm or something?" Lucy asked.
"No, Si just has a high metabolism and it tends to make him hyperactive. Don't worry, he's basically harmless." James said.
"Unless you want a joke killed that is." Remus said with a smile.
"Hay I resemble that remark." He made like he was going to hit Remus who flinched. "Ha, two for flinching." Sirus said as he hit Remus in the arm playfully.
"Lu, come here." Lucy smiled.
"That's my brother, but I'll see you later." She called as she ran into the train, pigtails flying. She heard Sirus chanting
"Remus has a girlfriend, Remus has a girlfriend..."
"You only have one life to live Sirus, don't push it." Severus frowned at the thought of someone liking his sister but smiled when she came on. When they got off the train they were booth ill at ease though. In the Snape family you were in Slytherin. If you were sorted somewhere else than you were disowned. That was that. They stood in the Great Hall and weighted their turn to be sorted. Lucy was called first. Severus gave her hand a squeeze and she walked over and put on the hat. He held his breath than let it out when the hat screamed
"GRYFINDOR!" The siblings looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes. Lucy smiled weakly and Severus got the message. She was going to write their father that night.
"Snape Severus." He walked to the hat and she walked the opposite direction to her table. He put on the hat.
"Ah, anther Snape. Well let's see. Brave yes. Lots of ambition. A lovely temper; let me guess you got that from your father. Blinded when it comes to anger. Hmm, better be SLYTHERIN!" Severus took off the hat and walked to the Slytherin table. Lucy sat with her hands folded on her lap. Lily and the others came over and sat down next to her.
"Lucy, what's the matter?" Remus asked gently.
"My father isn't going to be happy about this." She said. Sirus looked somberly at her. Lucy saw and giggled.
"What?" He asked, looking around.
"That look didn't suit you at all." Lucy said. Sirus smiled widely and leaned across the table.
"So Lucy, did ya ever hear the one about the house-elf and the giant who got so drunk at the ..."
"Ok Si, I have to draw the line there. Common there are ladies present." James said.
"Ladies where? I don't see any ladies." He said as he looked around the room. Lily punched him in the arm. "Oh, my arm! Oh the pain! Here James you might have to amputate it." He said as he handed James a butter knife. Lucy smiled. Sirus saw and beamed. "Look! I made her smile. I did it and the rest of you pathetic losers didn't. Oh ya, I am the master of the universe..."
"Si, are you going somewhere with this because you're here," Remus said and pointed on the table "where you want to be is here," he pointed in front of where he'd originally pointed "but your circling around in here." He drew a circle to his far left. Lucy lost it than. Remus smiled at Sirus.
"Don't look so smug, you had to use me to make a joke." Sirus said.
"Ah, your just an easy target." James said. Watching this Severus knew that Lucy would be ok. The next day their father came and told Lucy that she was to take Aunt Maggie's name and go live with her. He made it clear that she and Severus were no longer brother and sister and to act as such. Lucy's friends didn't understand this and they hated Severus because he didn't fight it. He hated them because they got to be around his sister. He stayed with his father till he graduated. He than became a teacher at Hogwarts. Lucy became an auror and a few years later she was killed. Snape had been devastated to lose his sister again. His father died soon after. He became a spy in honor of his sister. She'd worked so hard to put Voldamorts people away so Snape could think of no better way to honor her memory. Snape looked at the snow that was falling on the ground. No. He would not celebrate Christmas this year.
Sorry that it was sad. I couldn't help it. This is only my version of Snape's life, so don't think that it's gospel. Thanks and please review.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in "Harry Potter world", as my one friend puts it. Though I do spend a lot of my free time there. Contest is still open. Please review, flame me if you want to I'll just give them to the god of death (brownie points to whoever knows how to say that in Japanese.).
WARNING: This chapter has to do a lot with my version of Snape's past and so on. Please do not skip this chapter, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT! Ok you ready? You sure? This is going to be very sad. You've been warned; please don't blame me for the bad things, this chapter was dreamed up when I was trying to decide were to go after the first chapter. Ok and sorry ahead of time for the bad that's about to ensue.
Severus Snape sat at his desk. Christmas vacation was starting in two days and everyone in the castle was happy, well almost everyone. It had been a long time since Snape had been happy at Christmas, not since the Christmas when he was nine.
"Mum, tomorrow's Christmas!" Lucy cried, her long pigtails bouncing as she and her twin brother Severus climbed on the bed. Their mother smiled. She had been sickly ever since they were born. She was a tall graceful woman, with large eyes and long silvery hair, which she kept in a braid. She always spoke softly and never condescendingly. She knew that her children were intelligent. They booth had straight black hair and fair skin. There eyes were different; Severus were dark while Lucy's were like her mothers.
"So it is, do you think that you two are going to get lots of presents?" The two nodded vigorously.
"I don't know, children don't get presents if they don't go to bed on time." Steven Snape said from the doorway. He was a tall, thin man with dark hair and eyes. To most of the world he was a cruel, self-serving man but that was not the case with his family. He loved his wife dearly. His children, well he would love them more if they hadn't been the case of his wife's condition. The only time that he had ever hurt ether of them had been one night when he had come home drunk. Lucy had running and accidentally collided into him. She'd been on the floor and he'd grabbed her to pull her up and had pulled to hard. He'd broken her shoulder and didn't know it until he saw the tears in her eyes. She hadn't even screamed. Only seven and she hadn't screamed. He quickly mended her shoulder and had sat there comforting her for hours. No one knew till Severus came looking for his sister. She was younger by fifteen minets and he always was protective of her. He'd asked what was wrong and Steven had told him, not knowing that his wife was in hearing range. She'd been furious. It was the only fight they'd had and it ended with him promising that he would never touch anther drop while she was alive. He hadn't since than. He was forced to the present by the goodnights of his children. He kissed Lucy and messed Severus' hair. He got into bed soon after and didn't wake up until the next morning. His wife was not in the bed. He went downstairs to find her in an armchair. He shook her thinking that she should be in bed. No response. He touched her check and drew back slowly, eyes wide with fear. She was cold. His wife was dead.
Severus took his sisters hand as they walked up the drive. They had stayed with their father for more than a year now. Now an aunt, who they had never met, was having them until they went to Hogwarts in the fall. They had never met Aunt Margaret because she could not do magic and had been disowned. She lived in, of all places, America. They had been told that she was odd but when they got their first look at her they realized what an understatement that had been. She came running out of the house, her bight dress an extreme contrast to their somber black robes. Her long raven hair was loose and flowed behind her. She was still young and unmarried and very pretty, in an unusual way.
"My dears, my dears. Tsk, look at you. Well don't worry, Aunt Maggie will take care of you." Booth children were paler and thinner than before. They spook in whispers; you would hardly recognize them if you had seen them two years before. They feared angering anyone, because their father had taken up drinking again. She was short; in fact Severus almost reached her chin. She hugged them booth and started up the walk with them. "Now I want you two to understand the rules here. There is one option for breakfast, chocolate. What are looking at me like that for? I honestly don't know how people expect you children to function without a good breakfast. Eggs, bagh. You two do like chocolate right?" She smiled when they nodded. "Good now I want you two to spend plenty of time outside. There are the gardens and I have large yard. You can do what you like so long as you don't try to kill the mailman. You can play with anything inside the house. You will look at your schoolbooks a little bit, I do believe in getting good grades. Well I think that's all, you two ok?" They nodded. That was the best summer that Severus ever had. The summer went too fast, as all good things do, and they were very sad to say goodbye to their "dear Aunt Maggie".
"Oh no!" Lucy turned to see a trunk fall and all the clothes that were in it go flying. She ran over to help a redhead pick it all up.
"Thanks." She said, her green eyes grateful.
"No problem." Lucy said. "My name is Lucy Snape." She put out her hand.
"Lily Evens." Lily said as she took it. "Nice to meet you."
"You tw..." she was stopped by a boy falling into her from behind. He looked concernedly at her. He had brown hair and gray eyes. He was also pale and shy looking.
"Smooth move, Remus." A tall, black haired boy said. He put an arm around the boy who stood next to him, this one had short messy black hair, and said, "I had no idea that our dear friend was so forward, did you James?" The other smiled good-naturedly at Remus and helped him up.
"Shut up, Sirus. Are you alright?" he took Lucy by the hand and picked her up with startling ease for someone as thin as he was.
"Yes I'm fine, thank you." She said and gave him and the one who had run into her a reassuring smile. "How about you?"
"I'm fine, thanks." His voice was soft and he frowned at the longhaired boy who was grinning widely at everyone. "I'm Remus Lupin, that's James Potter and the idiot who pushed me is Sirus Black." Lily and Lucy smiled
"I'm Lucy and this is Lily."
"Lucy and Lily." Sirus said with a laugh.
"Did someone give him a cheering charm or something?" Lucy asked.
"No, Si just has a high metabolism and it tends to make him hyperactive. Don't worry, he's basically harmless." James said.
"Unless you want a joke killed that is." Remus said with a smile.
"Hay I resemble that remark." He made like he was going to hit Remus who flinched. "Ha, two for flinching." Sirus said as he hit Remus in the arm playfully.
"Lu, come here." Lucy smiled.
"That's my brother, but I'll see you later." She called as she ran into the train, pigtails flying. She heard Sirus chanting
"Remus has a girlfriend, Remus has a girlfriend..."
"You only have one life to live Sirus, don't push it." Severus frowned at the thought of someone liking his sister but smiled when she came on. When they got off the train they were booth ill at ease though. In the Snape family you were in Slytherin. If you were sorted somewhere else than you were disowned. That was that. They stood in the Great Hall and weighted their turn to be sorted. Lucy was called first. Severus gave her hand a squeeze and she walked over and put on the hat. He held his breath than let it out when the hat screamed
"GRYFINDOR!" The siblings looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes. Lucy smiled weakly and Severus got the message. She was going to write their father that night.
"Snape Severus." He walked to the hat and she walked the opposite direction to her table. He put on the hat.
"Ah, anther Snape. Well let's see. Brave yes. Lots of ambition. A lovely temper; let me guess you got that from your father. Blinded when it comes to anger. Hmm, better be SLYTHERIN!" Severus took off the hat and walked to the Slytherin table. Lucy sat with her hands folded on her lap. Lily and the others came over and sat down next to her.
"Lucy, what's the matter?" Remus asked gently.
"My father isn't going to be happy about this." She said. Sirus looked somberly at her. Lucy saw and giggled.
"What?" He asked, looking around.
"That look didn't suit you at all." Lucy said. Sirus smiled widely and leaned across the table.
"So Lucy, did ya ever hear the one about the house-elf and the giant who got so drunk at the ..."
"Ok Si, I have to draw the line there. Common there are ladies present." James said.
"Ladies where? I don't see any ladies." He said as he looked around the room. Lily punched him in the arm. "Oh, my arm! Oh the pain! Here James you might have to amputate it." He said as he handed James a butter knife. Lucy smiled. Sirus saw and beamed. "Look! I made her smile. I did it and the rest of you pathetic losers didn't. Oh ya, I am the master of the universe..."
"Si, are you going somewhere with this because you're here," Remus said and pointed on the table "where you want to be is here," he pointed in front of where he'd originally pointed "but your circling around in here." He drew a circle to his far left. Lucy lost it than. Remus smiled at Sirus.
"Don't look so smug, you had to use me to make a joke." Sirus said.
"Ah, your just an easy target." James said. Watching this Severus knew that Lucy would be ok. The next day their father came and told Lucy that she was to take Aunt Maggie's name and go live with her. He made it clear that she and Severus were no longer brother and sister and to act as such. Lucy's friends didn't understand this and they hated Severus because he didn't fight it. He hated them because they got to be around his sister. He stayed with his father till he graduated. He than became a teacher at Hogwarts. Lucy became an auror and a few years later she was killed. Snape had been devastated to lose his sister again. His father died soon after. He became a spy in honor of his sister. She'd worked so hard to put Voldamorts people away so Snape could think of no better way to honor her memory. Snape looked at the snow that was falling on the ground. No. He would not celebrate Christmas this year.
Sorry that it was sad. I couldn't help it. This is only my version of Snape's life, so don't think that it's gospel. Thanks and please review.