Disclaimer: Severus' family belongs to me. Everything else is © J.K.
Rowling.
Chapter Six
"Alexander!" Alexander's best friends, Dominic and Karlotta, called from the crowed filling the Great Hall.
"Eet is great to see you again, but, vhere vere you?" Karlotta said, her French accent standing out.
"Yeah, I went to you're manor so you could come with us to the Hogwarts Express, but you weren't there," Dominic said sitting next to Karlotta.
"My father and brother were attacked and we came here." He looked over to Gryffindor table were Dyani sat. "Dyani was here... her mother died. I want to... I want to marry her." He took the box from his pocket and showed the ring to them.
"Zat is a very big decision, Alex," Karlotta said examining it.
"I love her though, she means the world to me. I'd do anything to have her," he said closing the box. "I truly love her."
"Propose at the end of the year," said Dominic.
"I... how... I don't know..."
"You can, I know eet."
"Oh! She and I are head boy and girl!" Alex said pulling the badge from his other pocket.
"Yeah Xander!" Dominic said slapping his friend's back.
The big oak doors of the Great Hall opened and the first years entered.
"I'm so excited!" Serena exclaimed to her new friend, Daryl Potter (daughter of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger).
"Me too, I can't wait!" she exclaimed back. Minerva McGonagall silenced the crowd.
"When I call your names, you will come up, I will place the Sorting Hat on your head, and you will be sorted into your houses... Malfoy, Damien [a/n: son of Ginny and Draco Malfoy]." A tall dirty-blonde boy walked up to the hat.
"Hmm... RAVENCLAW!" there was a loud cheer from the Ravenclaw table.
"Snape, Serena." Serena quickly turned to Daryl.
"Hope we're in the same house!" Serena pushed her way through the crowd to the hat.
"Ah, another Snape. Well, let's see... hmm... GRYFFINDOR!" She smiled and went to the cheering Gryffindor table.
Nauruan, Joseph... Hufflepuff. Jacobs, Michael... Slytherin. Potter, Daryl... Gryffindor.
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Nathen sat on his father's lap through the sorting.
"Looks like you raised a Gryffindor," Vitalani said gently nudging Severus' shoulder.
"She's going to hate me the most," he sighed.
"She'll always love you, just, she will probably be extremely mad at you."
"Or maybe she'll hate you until she's out of the school," Nathen said smiling at his father. Severus playfully slapped Nathen's head.
Albus stood up and spoke. "Another new year, more new faces. First off, the Dark Forest is off limits to all students. And second, I have to introduce the new Head Boy and Head Girl. Alexander Snape and Dyani Zepler, congratulations!"
Alexander looked over at Dyani who forced a smile, but still was miserable.
"Also, our new Muggle Studies professor, Vitalani Snape."
Vitalani stood up and smiled as people cheered.
"Now that that's over, let the feast begin."
Food appeared in front of everyone in a split second.
"I bet I can eat faster than you," Dominic challenged Alexander.
"Oh no, here vee go again," Karlotta groaned.
"You're on," Alexander said putting the last of the food on his plate.
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After the feast, Alexander and Dyani stayed behind. They walked up to the head master for their private room passwords. He saw that Nathen fell asleep on Severus' lap. Albus handed them two pieces of paper.
"Here you are."
"Thanks, Professor," Alexander said pocketing his and sliding his hand into Dyani's. She smiled and took hers.
Severus watched them leave the Great Hall hand in hand. Vitalani stood up and picked up a sleeping Nathen from Severus.
"Severus, I'd say your son found true love at a young age," Minerva said to the younger man beside her. He looked at her.
"I know, at first I thought it was regular teenage love. Then, as I watched them, how their admiration for each other grew how true they were to each other... He has a ring for her," Severus sighed and Minerva gasped.
"He wants to... propose?"
"I believe that's what I said."
"He is an adult in this country, so I would suppose he would propose as a surprise at the graduation," Remus said taking a sip of his water. Two hands came from behind Severus and started massaging his shoulders. He jumped and quickly looked over his shoulder to the sight of Vitalani. She smiled and sat on his lap.
"Hello," he said as she buried her face in his neck.
"Did you hear your son wishes to marry Miss Zepler?" Minerva asked Vitalani as she made herself comfortable on Severus.
She quickly looked up.
"He wants to what?"
"Marry her," Severus said rubbing his wife's back.
"And you knew this for how long?" she asked her husband.
"I knew he had the ring the morning of the attack," Severus said taking his wife's hand in his.
"He really does love her," Albus said smiling.
"Well, I'm happy for him," Minerva said.
"Me too, he's a very intelligent young man," said Remus.
"They really are meant for each other," Vitalani said standing up. "Now I'm going to bed."
"Me too," Remus said standing up along with Severus and Minerva.
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Nathen walked into his parents' room, but it was empty. He started to panic and searched every room in the chambers.
"MOMMY!" he screamed.
He ran out of the dungeons into the halls of the school. There was a flash of green light and Nathen saw his parent lying dead before a cloaked figure.
"MOMMY, DADDY!" he cried. Alexander appeared with Serena at the other side of the hall.
"AVADA KEDVRA, AVADA KEDVRA!" the thing cried. His siblings fell dead to the ground.
"ALEXANDER! SERENA!" he screamed. The cloaked figure turned to him.
"Nathen, join me," it hissed.
"No!" he screamed.
"CRUCIO!" Nathen fell to the ground in so much pain. "AVADA KEDVRA!"
Nathen woke up drenched in sweat.
"MOMMY!" he cried.
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Vitalani and Severus woke to their child's screams and rushed into his bedroom.
"Nathen, I'm coming!" Vitalani called from the halls, Severus close behind her.
She rushed in and took her son in her arms.
"Shh," she whispered. Severus stood at the door and watched. His right hand suddenly moved to his left forearm. Vitalani and Nathen looked at him.
"Daddy no!" he cried running into his father's arms.
"I shall return," he whispered in his son's ear.
Chapter Six
"Alexander!" Alexander's best friends, Dominic and Karlotta, called from the crowed filling the Great Hall.
"Eet is great to see you again, but, vhere vere you?" Karlotta said, her French accent standing out.
"Yeah, I went to you're manor so you could come with us to the Hogwarts Express, but you weren't there," Dominic said sitting next to Karlotta.
"My father and brother were attacked and we came here." He looked over to Gryffindor table were Dyani sat. "Dyani was here... her mother died. I want to... I want to marry her." He took the box from his pocket and showed the ring to them.
"Zat is a very big decision, Alex," Karlotta said examining it.
"I love her though, she means the world to me. I'd do anything to have her," he said closing the box. "I truly love her."
"Propose at the end of the year," said Dominic.
"I... how... I don't know..."
"You can, I know eet."
"Oh! She and I are head boy and girl!" Alex said pulling the badge from his other pocket.
"Yeah Xander!" Dominic said slapping his friend's back.
The big oak doors of the Great Hall opened and the first years entered.
"I'm so excited!" Serena exclaimed to her new friend, Daryl Potter (daughter of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger).
"Me too, I can't wait!" she exclaimed back. Minerva McGonagall silenced the crowd.
"When I call your names, you will come up, I will place the Sorting Hat on your head, and you will be sorted into your houses... Malfoy, Damien [a/n: son of Ginny and Draco Malfoy]." A tall dirty-blonde boy walked up to the hat.
"Hmm... RAVENCLAW!" there was a loud cheer from the Ravenclaw table.
"Snape, Serena." Serena quickly turned to Daryl.
"Hope we're in the same house!" Serena pushed her way through the crowd to the hat.
"Ah, another Snape. Well, let's see... hmm... GRYFFINDOR!" She smiled and went to the cheering Gryffindor table.
Nauruan, Joseph... Hufflepuff. Jacobs, Michael... Slytherin. Potter, Daryl... Gryffindor.
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Nathen sat on his father's lap through the sorting.
"Looks like you raised a Gryffindor," Vitalani said gently nudging Severus' shoulder.
"She's going to hate me the most," he sighed.
"She'll always love you, just, she will probably be extremely mad at you."
"Or maybe she'll hate you until she's out of the school," Nathen said smiling at his father. Severus playfully slapped Nathen's head.
Albus stood up and spoke. "Another new year, more new faces. First off, the Dark Forest is off limits to all students. And second, I have to introduce the new Head Boy and Head Girl. Alexander Snape and Dyani Zepler, congratulations!"
Alexander looked over at Dyani who forced a smile, but still was miserable.
"Also, our new Muggle Studies professor, Vitalani Snape."
Vitalani stood up and smiled as people cheered.
"Now that that's over, let the feast begin."
Food appeared in front of everyone in a split second.
"I bet I can eat faster than you," Dominic challenged Alexander.
"Oh no, here vee go again," Karlotta groaned.
"You're on," Alexander said putting the last of the food on his plate.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After the feast, Alexander and Dyani stayed behind. They walked up to the head master for their private room passwords. He saw that Nathen fell asleep on Severus' lap. Albus handed them two pieces of paper.
"Here you are."
"Thanks, Professor," Alexander said pocketing his and sliding his hand into Dyani's. She smiled and took hers.
Severus watched them leave the Great Hall hand in hand. Vitalani stood up and picked up a sleeping Nathen from Severus.
"Severus, I'd say your son found true love at a young age," Minerva said to the younger man beside her. He looked at her.
"I know, at first I thought it was regular teenage love. Then, as I watched them, how their admiration for each other grew how true they were to each other... He has a ring for her," Severus sighed and Minerva gasped.
"He wants to... propose?"
"I believe that's what I said."
"He is an adult in this country, so I would suppose he would propose as a surprise at the graduation," Remus said taking a sip of his water. Two hands came from behind Severus and started massaging his shoulders. He jumped and quickly looked over his shoulder to the sight of Vitalani. She smiled and sat on his lap.
"Hello," he said as she buried her face in his neck.
"Did you hear your son wishes to marry Miss Zepler?" Minerva asked Vitalani as she made herself comfortable on Severus.
She quickly looked up.
"He wants to what?"
"Marry her," Severus said rubbing his wife's back.
"And you knew this for how long?" she asked her husband.
"I knew he had the ring the morning of the attack," Severus said taking his wife's hand in his.
"He really does love her," Albus said smiling.
"Well, I'm happy for him," Minerva said.
"Me too, he's a very intelligent young man," said Remus.
"They really are meant for each other," Vitalani said standing up. "Now I'm going to bed."
"Me too," Remus said standing up along with Severus and Minerva.
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Nathen walked into his parents' room, but it was empty. He started to panic and searched every room in the chambers.
"MOMMY!" he screamed.
He ran out of the dungeons into the halls of the school. There was a flash of green light and Nathen saw his parent lying dead before a cloaked figure.
"MOMMY, DADDY!" he cried. Alexander appeared with Serena at the other side of the hall.
"AVADA KEDVRA, AVADA KEDVRA!" the thing cried. His siblings fell dead to the ground.
"ALEXANDER! SERENA!" he screamed. The cloaked figure turned to him.
"Nathen, join me," it hissed.
"No!" he screamed.
"CRUCIO!" Nathen fell to the ground in so much pain. "AVADA KEDVRA!"
Nathen woke up drenched in sweat.
"MOMMY!" he cried.
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Vitalani and Severus woke to their child's screams and rushed into his bedroom.
"Nathen, I'm coming!" Vitalani called from the halls, Severus close behind her.
She rushed in and took her son in her arms.
"Shh," she whispered. Severus stood at the door and watched. His right hand suddenly moved to his left forearm. Vitalani and Nathen looked at him.
"Daddy no!" he cried running into his father's arms.
"I shall return," he whispered in his son's ear.