Disclaimer: I own this. All of it. No, not really, that would be ridiculous.
A/N: So sorry that this chapter took so long to put up, we were under siege by rabid bunnies. Well we WERE!
In the weeks after Severus was born, the garden grew for the first time in years. Severus grew as well and Evangeline protected him to the best of her ability. She loved the child although she did not love his father.
By the time Severus was four he had grown to resemble both his parents, but mostly his sire. He considered this as his mother helped him into his fuzzy black sweater one crisp day in October. She stood up and smiled at him.
"I need to go tell your father that one of his clients owled." Mother said. Severus nodded with a look of worry. It seemed that every time she went to tell him something she came back looking shaken and sometimes even bruised. "Just stay here. I'll only be a minute." She did not look certain.
"Mum!" Severus cried, attempting to delay her departure. "Can you read me something first?"
"Not right now, Severus, when I get back." She said apologetically, turning to leave the room. Severus heard her muttering something to the effect of "I'll be glad to get that boggart out of the house."
Severus wondered what a boggart was. He pondered this new addition to his vocabulary for some time, but eventually began to wonder when Mother would return. She had been gone for what he imagined must have been almost forty-five minutes.
Severus rose to his feet and walked over to the large stone door, thinking of his mother. He was becoming slightly worried about her.
"Urgh!" Exclaimed Severus, jumping up and pulling on the door handle. It opened, albeit reluctantly, and the tiny coal-haired boy stepped out into the tall stone hallway. It was dark, and he didn't know where he was going. He'd been down this way before, but all the halls looked the same. He walked for a while down the ominous corridors until he come to stairs leading down. Off to the side of the stairs there was a door, but Severus failed to notice this and assumed that down was the only way to go. Being only four, and this being a giant house, he didn't remember how he'd got to his room in the first place.
He began to climb down the stairs backward, being careful not to fall and hurt himself. Severus soon reached the bottom, turned, and looked around. The corridor there was long and full of doors.
Severus shivered. There was something unnatural about this place. He began to feel a little panicky.
"Mummy! Where are you? Are you down here Mummy?" He hollered, trying to stay calm. He advanced to the closest door and opened it. There were more stairs leading down, which he quickly followed.
The room he emerged in was full of strange objects. Severus was confused. He could not see his mother anywhere. He started to search the room, peering at the boxes and glowing orbs.
He began to yell for his mother again. Suddenly, Severus heard footsteps, and turned around, knocking over a box as he did so. Turning again to see what he had knocked over, Severus sw a giant black snake coming at him. He jumped back with a yelp, terrified, looking at the snake in horror. The writhing coils made him feel sick.
The door to the basement (which he was in) was flung open and he ran toward it. His father was framed n the doorway and Severus barreled into him. The snake slithered past them and escaped up the stairs.
"Daddy," Severus sobbed, "I asidently broke that box, and that snake came out and tried to kill me!"
"You let the boggart get AWAY?!" his father roared. "I was just about to see that damned thing!"
"Daddy, I didn't mean to! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. . . I won't ever do it again!" Severus wailed, hugging his father's knees.
"Once is enough!" his father yelled, and knocked him backwards down the stairs. Severus was shocked, but too dazed to register what had just happened. "Uhh. . ." He whimpered. His mother burst through the door.
"Septimius!" She cried. Then screamed, "AAAAAH! SEVERUS!"
"Don't you have control over our son?" Septimius hissed. "I've just lost another customer because of you!" He slammed Severus' mother down the stairs as well, and she hit the ground next to Severus with a slight yelp of surprise.
"MUMMY!" Severus screamed, a feeling of horror rushing through him. Severus' father marched down the stairs and over to Severus. Severus looked up at his father with wide eyes. His father drew back his fist and. . .
Severus awoke in his bed with his head throbbing. He started to cry, but there was no one in the room. He climbed out of bed, looking desperately around for his mother.
Severus walked over to the window and threw back the curtain. Suddenly, the sky exploded with thousands of brilliant colors. Severus gazed with a look of wonder at the explosions. They were beautiful. He blinked his eyes, looked again, and saw them more clearly. . . Fireworks.
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'K, Chess here: I get credit for the vague outline of the story and the fuzzy black sweater, and Eagle Lord gets credit for the way the chapter ends (but Eaglie, I LIKE angst!) and most of the interesting sentences. And constant nagging about the DETAILS of Sev's house!
But I'm the reason the chapter doesn't start with some nonsense about "time passing".
And out of curiosity, do any of YOU think a kid would wonder about a new word for like 45 minutes? Or what felt like 45 minutes? I don't.
P.S. I have no idea why there are fireworks. We two have had much debate about that, and we know not. Maybe some people in a nearby town were celebrating their daughter's wedding.
To star from Chess: Mother, she didn't pitch the kid because he's her SON! Her SON, see? Would you have pitched me or Eagle Lord??? Dun't think so. And she wasn't thinking very clearly. And you know what we'd have if she'd "pitched" him? A very, very short AU fic about Severus dying. That's what. As for wether he's going to be good or evil. . . Good, I say, but I'll bet Eagle Lord says evil. It's all in how you look at it.
A/N: So sorry that this chapter took so long to put up, we were under siege by rabid bunnies. Well we WERE!
In the weeks after Severus was born, the garden grew for the first time in years. Severus grew as well and Evangeline protected him to the best of her ability. She loved the child although she did not love his father.
By the time Severus was four he had grown to resemble both his parents, but mostly his sire. He considered this as his mother helped him into his fuzzy black sweater one crisp day in October. She stood up and smiled at him.
"I need to go tell your father that one of his clients owled." Mother said. Severus nodded with a look of worry. It seemed that every time she went to tell him something she came back looking shaken and sometimes even bruised. "Just stay here. I'll only be a minute." She did not look certain.
"Mum!" Severus cried, attempting to delay her departure. "Can you read me something first?"
"Not right now, Severus, when I get back." She said apologetically, turning to leave the room. Severus heard her muttering something to the effect of "I'll be glad to get that boggart out of the house."
Severus wondered what a boggart was. He pondered this new addition to his vocabulary for some time, but eventually began to wonder when Mother would return. She had been gone for what he imagined must have been almost forty-five minutes.
Severus rose to his feet and walked over to the large stone door, thinking of his mother. He was becoming slightly worried about her.
"Urgh!" Exclaimed Severus, jumping up and pulling on the door handle. It opened, albeit reluctantly, and the tiny coal-haired boy stepped out into the tall stone hallway. It was dark, and he didn't know where he was going. He'd been down this way before, but all the halls looked the same. He walked for a while down the ominous corridors until he come to stairs leading down. Off to the side of the stairs there was a door, but Severus failed to notice this and assumed that down was the only way to go. Being only four, and this being a giant house, he didn't remember how he'd got to his room in the first place.
He began to climb down the stairs backward, being careful not to fall and hurt himself. Severus soon reached the bottom, turned, and looked around. The corridor there was long and full of doors.
Severus shivered. There was something unnatural about this place. He began to feel a little panicky.
"Mummy! Where are you? Are you down here Mummy?" He hollered, trying to stay calm. He advanced to the closest door and opened it. There were more stairs leading down, which he quickly followed.
The room he emerged in was full of strange objects. Severus was confused. He could not see his mother anywhere. He started to search the room, peering at the boxes and glowing orbs.
He began to yell for his mother again. Suddenly, Severus heard footsteps, and turned around, knocking over a box as he did so. Turning again to see what he had knocked over, Severus sw a giant black snake coming at him. He jumped back with a yelp, terrified, looking at the snake in horror. The writhing coils made him feel sick.
The door to the basement (which he was in) was flung open and he ran toward it. His father was framed n the doorway and Severus barreled into him. The snake slithered past them and escaped up the stairs.
"Daddy," Severus sobbed, "I asidently broke that box, and that snake came out and tried to kill me!"
"You let the boggart get AWAY?!" his father roared. "I was just about to see that damned thing!"
"Daddy, I didn't mean to! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. . . I won't ever do it again!" Severus wailed, hugging his father's knees.
"Once is enough!" his father yelled, and knocked him backwards down the stairs. Severus was shocked, but too dazed to register what had just happened. "Uhh. . ." He whimpered. His mother burst through the door.
"Septimius!" She cried. Then screamed, "AAAAAH! SEVERUS!"
"Don't you have control over our son?" Septimius hissed. "I've just lost another customer because of you!" He slammed Severus' mother down the stairs as well, and she hit the ground next to Severus with a slight yelp of surprise.
"MUMMY!" Severus screamed, a feeling of horror rushing through him. Severus' father marched down the stairs and over to Severus. Severus looked up at his father with wide eyes. His father drew back his fist and. . .
Severus awoke in his bed with his head throbbing. He started to cry, but there was no one in the room. He climbed out of bed, looking desperately around for his mother.
Severus walked over to the window and threw back the curtain. Suddenly, the sky exploded with thousands of brilliant colors. Severus gazed with a look of wonder at the explosions. They were beautiful. He blinked his eyes, looked again, and saw them more clearly. . . Fireworks.
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'K, Chess here: I get credit for the vague outline of the story and the fuzzy black sweater, and Eagle Lord gets credit for the way the chapter ends (but Eaglie, I LIKE angst!) and most of the interesting sentences. And constant nagging about the DETAILS of Sev's house!
But I'm the reason the chapter doesn't start with some nonsense about "time passing".
And out of curiosity, do any of YOU think a kid would wonder about a new word for like 45 minutes? Or what felt like 45 minutes? I don't.
P.S. I have no idea why there are fireworks. We two have had much debate about that, and we know not. Maybe some people in a nearby town were celebrating their daughter's wedding.
To star from Chess: Mother, she didn't pitch the kid because he's her SON! Her SON, see? Would you have pitched me or Eagle Lord??? Dun't think so. And she wasn't thinking very clearly. And you know what we'd have if she'd "pitched" him? A very, very short AU fic about Severus dying. That's what. As for wether he's going to be good or evil. . . Good, I say, but I'll bet Eagle Lord says evil. It's all in how you look at it.