Severus Snape was dozing by a warm fire in his favorite armchair. He
used to be the most feared teacher by all of the students. Once he was
full of fire and venom, but that fire had long since died out. He taught
as well as he used to, even though his world had changed. He was still the
best damn potions maker the wizarding world had ever seen. But he refused
to care anymore, not since he had cast out the one woman to love him, to
give him his sight back and to care for him in his darkest moments.
The slim black haired woman cried softly as he spoke to her. "I just can't give you my full love," he said in a somewhat cruel voice. "Now that my Alexandra has returned, I do not have enough love for you.
Amy had sobbed into her hands, but she was full of anger. "Why would you do this to me? What have I done besides love you and tend to you and your daughter?"
He laughed cruelly, "Don't flatter yourself. You have done nothing but amuse me until my true wife returned." He didn't mean any of that, but he needed her to leave. He grabbed her arm and marched her down to the courtyard, not paying any attention to the crowd of teachers and students. With all of his supernatural strength he threw her across the lawn. "Just go, before you embarrass yourself more than you already have. I have no wish to see you slobbering over something you never truly had."
Amy sat where she landed staring up at the man she had given her heart and soul to. She couldn't see into his mind and knew no reason why he would be so cruel. She had been so sure he would turn Alexandra away at the door.
Suddenly a dark figure knelt beside her and pulled her to her feet. It was Victor and he was brushing the dirt off her clothes. "Amy," he said gently, "come with me."
She shook her head, blinded by her tears. "I want to be with him."
"You can't be with him anymore," he said. He looked at her closely, "Does he know about..."
"No," Severus stated coldly, "nor do I care to. Victor, I beg you to get her away from here. Be sure she knows she is never welcome back."
Amy turned to face him and gave him a fleeting smile. "I kept you safe all of these years, and you still have my soul."
Severus bolted up right. He noticed tears streaming down his cheeks and he wiped them away angrily. "Why would she have come to find me again? I never deserved her in the first place." He walked to the window and looked over the dark grounds of the school he had always called home. He would be leaving soon, and he would never look back.
Over the courtyard he could see three figures moving quickly past the front gates. He gathered it was Draco and Harry with Violet perhaps, or some random date Harry had found in Hogsmeade. He closed the shutters and went into the kitchen to make himself a cup of tea. He hoped if anything came out of his mistakes, it would be that his daughter would live a happy life. If she found it with Draco, so be it. He could only pray that she stayed away from the world that brought him nothing but pain.
Nataliya and Liliya followed Draco into the warm halls of the school and up several winding stairs to a long dark corridor. He pointed them to the left as they came to another staircase. "I live down there with Violet. Would you...like to see your sister? Have you even met her?"
Nataliya looked at Liliya before answering. "I will meet her later. As of now my sole concern is alerting our sire to our existence."
Draco nodded and extended his hand. "It was nice to meet you both. Perhaps we will see each other for breakfast."
Nataliya lifted her eyes to the ceiling. "There are students here," she stated simply. "School is in session?"
"Yes. We usually meet in the Great Hall for breakfast. I don't suppose Dumbledore knows you are here?"
Nataliya shook her head. "I have never heard that name. Perhaps we will have the pleasure in the morning." With that, she took her sister's arm and started up the stairs.
The door to Severus' rooms was just at the top of the stairs. Nataliya knocked and waited for an answer.
"I'm busy tonight," called a deep silky voice. "Call on me tomorrow."
"This isn't acceptable," Nataliya said to her sister. She looked at the door and used her power to push it open. The twins strode into the middle of the room and stared their father in the face.
The slim black haired woman cried softly as he spoke to her. "I just can't give you my full love," he said in a somewhat cruel voice. "Now that my Alexandra has returned, I do not have enough love for you.
Amy had sobbed into her hands, but she was full of anger. "Why would you do this to me? What have I done besides love you and tend to you and your daughter?"
He laughed cruelly, "Don't flatter yourself. You have done nothing but amuse me until my true wife returned." He didn't mean any of that, but he needed her to leave. He grabbed her arm and marched her down to the courtyard, not paying any attention to the crowd of teachers and students. With all of his supernatural strength he threw her across the lawn. "Just go, before you embarrass yourself more than you already have. I have no wish to see you slobbering over something you never truly had."
Amy sat where she landed staring up at the man she had given her heart and soul to. She couldn't see into his mind and knew no reason why he would be so cruel. She had been so sure he would turn Alexandra away at the door.
Suddenly a dark figure knelt beside her and pulled her to her feet. It was Victor and he was brushing the dirt off her clothes. "Amy," he said gently, "come with me."
She shook her head, blinded by her tears. "I want to be with him."
"You can't be with him anymore," he said. He looked at her closely, "Does he know about..."
"No," Severus stated coldly, "nor do I care to. Victor, I beg you to get her away from here. Be sure she knows she is never welcome back."
Amy turned to face him and gave him a fleeting smile. "I kept you safe all of these years, and you still have my soul."
Severus bolted up right. He noticed tears streaming down his cheeks and he wiped them away angrily. "Why would she have come to find me again? I never deserved her in the first place." He walked to the window and looked over the dark grounds of the school he had always called home. He would be leaving soon, and he would never look back.
Over the courtyard he could see three figures moving quickly past the front gates. He gathered it was Draco and Harry with Violet perhaps, or some random date Harry had found in Hogsmeade. He closed the shutters and went into the kitchen to make himself a cup of tea. He hoped if anything came out of his mistakes, it would be that his daughter would live a happy life. If she found it with Draco, so be it. He could only pray that she stayed away from the world that brought him nothing but pain.
Nataliya and Liliya followed Draco into the warm halls of the school and up several winding stairs to a long dark corridor. He pointed them to the left as they came to another staircase. "I live down there with Violet. Would you...like to see your sister? Have you even met her?"
Nataliya looked at Liliya before answering. "I will meet her later. As of now my sole concern is alerting our sire to our existence."
Draco nodded and extended his hand. "It was nice to meet you both. Perhaps we will see each other for breakfast."
Nataliya lifted her eyes to the ceiling. "There are students here," she stated simply. "School is in session?"
"Yes. We usually meet in the Great Hall for breakfast. I don't suppose Dumbledore knows you are here?"
Nataliya shook her head. "I have never heard that name. Perhaps we will have the pleasure in the morning." With that, she took her sister's arm and started up the stairs.
The door to Severus' rooms was just at the top of the stairs. Nataliya knocked and waited for an answer.
"I'm busy tonight," called a deep silky voice. "Call on me tomorrow."
"This isn't acceptable," Nataliya said to her sister. She looked at the door and used her power to push it open. The twins strode into the middle of the room and stared their father in the face.