Title: The Unoriginal Story

Summary: Snape's daughter is a half vampire, and will be entering Hogwarts. Lots of fluffyness, lots of humour, and the family of Severus Snape has arrived!

Ships: HP/HG; DM/GW; RW/OC

Genre: Action/Adventure/Romance

Rating: PG-13

Major Characters: Harry Voldemort (Potter), Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Severus Snape, Crystaline Snape, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Ginny Weasley.

Minor Characters: Cornelius Fudge, Narcissa Malfoy.

A/N: Takes place in Harry's fifth year. Is now AU.

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Crystaline's point of view

Marie introduced me to all of her friends when we got over. Maddy, a small and tan girl, was quiet and seemed to exist to compliment Marie. Lyla, a squib, was blonde and had green eyes and wore almost as much make-up as Marie. Julie was rather annoying because she kept butting in, but she wasn't mean. The only girl I would be able to spend any amount of time with without going insane, commiting murder, or both was Tam-lin, who didn't seem to have any real reason to be here. She wasn't really interested in the topic of conversation(boys), and she didn't seem to be related to any of them closely.

"Hey, Marie," Julie butted in, "maybe you ought to change your make-up. I think that I see a gnat stuck in there."

"What?! Where?" Marie gasped, and ran off to the ladies room, franticly.

"That was really mean, Julie," Maddy said. Julie just sneered and stalked off.

"Hey, Crystaline, what kind of make-up do you use? It looks really good," Lyla asked.

"Um, none. It takes too long to put on."

"Not even lipstick?"

"No."

"Eyeshadow?"

"No."

"Foundation?"

"That usually qualifies as make-up, Lyla."

"Okay, okay. Hey, I'm going to go get something to eat. You all want something?" Tam-lin and I shook our heads no, but Maddy grinned.

"Race you to the table!" she cried, and ran off. Lyla chased after her quickly, leaving Tam-lin and I alone.

"So, Crystaline, where are your parents? I've never seen you before, but I don't notice any one else new."

"Oh, my dad's over there." I pointed him out. He was speaking to a stern looking couple, and was looking rather uncomfortable.

"Which one…Severus? That would explain why you're never at the reunions. He doesn't come often," she said thoughtfully. Still looking in that direction, she started to frown. "Oh, no."

"What?"

"Great Aunt Brunhilde, well, your grandmother."

I turned to look where she was staring, and saw a very tall, stern looking witch coming our way with dad trailing behind. He looked a bit worried, but it didn't look too bad. When the stern witch came over to us, Tam-lin shrank back a few paces behind me. The witch ignored her, and started to bombarde me with questions.

"So Crystaline, how are your studies, top five percent of your class I hope?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Excellent. How many friends have you?"

"Um, none, really."

"None? Tut, tut. That must change. Really, how do you get your homework done?"

"I do it myself so that I can be sure of it being correct. It is how I managed to get into the top five percent."

"Yes, but Crystaline, don't you need anyone to fall back on?"

"No."

"Hm, well I suppose that things can change, but I still think that it is a big mistake not to sort you."

"But I don't want to be sorted."

"Yes, but don't you want to make new friends?"

"No, not really. I'd rather just be able to study without constant interruption."

"Crystaline, have you ever made a friend?"

"Yes, I have," I replied quite forcebly. I made two, actually, but I really didn't like to think about it.

"I see," she said. "Do you expect to do well at Hogwarts?"

"Yes ma'am. I certainly hope so."

"Good. I hope so. Well, why don't you come over and open your presents?"

"Okay! Lalalalala," I sang as I skipped over to the table with presents on it. Dad shook his head at the sudden change of personalities and followed. Brunehilde just looked stunned.

On the table was a mound of presents. They weren't just from dad, either. I grabbed the nearest one, which was about twenty inches long and thin. When I tore away the brown paper that encased it, I found a plain white box(just what I always wanted). Inside was a long slender rod. It was cool to the touch but made me feel warm inside. The smooth surface felt like stone, but looked for all the world like a wand of pure darkness. Next to it was a note that read:

"This is the Rod of Darkness. It was used by Kraig of Notan to create the castle of darkness and help destroy the ring of destruction. Also enclosed is a book titled, "Magical Items: History and Uses". Please read it before trying anything with the Rod." It was signed, Tom. I didn't see 'Tom' anywhere, but dad told me not to worry- some people hadn't made it to the gathering.

"Cool," I said. I had never heard of the rod, but I could tell that it was magical. Very magical.

The next present was a square box from Grandmother Brunehilde. Inside was a long, blood red cloak with a black clasp, which was shaped in the form of a hawk and a snake. The Snape family crest. The inside was lined with pockets, which were spelled to look empty no matter how much they held. It was exactly like dad's except from the color. Where mine was red with a black clasp, his was black with a green one. After that came a small, perfectly round, pure white stone from my grandfather, Siegfried. According to him, it was a truth tester. If you concentrate on a person, and question them, the stone would shine white, if they were telling the truth, grey, if they were were not lying, yet not telling the whole truth, black, if they were completely lying, and red if the stone was unable to tell.

Next, from the twins, Bob and Tybalt, came an assortment of items. There were a few items from a joke shop, called Zonkos(whatever that meant), some ink that changed colours, and a talisman to keep away evil spirits. I couldn't tell if it would really work. I could feel an odd tingling to it, but that could have been just the magic of the metal. The talisman was a small circlular pendant was a silver alloy inlaid with bronze. The inscription read Umbrae Necāte. It hung on a leather thong.

Aunt Kali got me a bunch of books and some dice. The books were all part of a series called Dungeons and Dragons that dad said was something called a RPG. Kali grinned, and muttered to me, "Don't worry, he'll explain in much greater detail when you get home; mother just threatened him with disembowlment if he started rambling. He's a bloody fanatic." Dad glared at her.

"Am not!" he exclaimed. Aunt Kali just stuck her tongue out at him.

From Marie's family came a small set of magical items. There was a small tin of mints that were supposed to grant you immunity from the cold for one day, a small wooden drum called a bodran with a tipper that could produce any emotion in anyone if I wanted to. Along with the bodran was a flute that was supposed to act like a pheonix-install fear in the hearts of the wicked and courage in the hearts of the good.

Finally, dad got me a muggle video game set and some games. It was a playstation 2, and the games she got with it were Joust, Gauntlet: Dark Lineage, Dark Cloud, and Soul Caliber. He also got me three memory cards.

Just as I had torn the wrapping paper from the last present, The door to the Stars slammed open, and two men and a dog entered.

A/N: I think I'll leave it there, for now. Um, this story is AU, by the way, in case you didn't read the first Author's note.

~Crystaline Snape, Creator of Chaos, the Hyper Assassin, signing off.