In the morning Vivien woke up by some voices coming from the kitchen. She went there and saw Albus' head at the floo connection.
"Good morning professor" she said with coldness in her voice.
"Vivien? It can't be true? But how?"
"That is the last spell I cast to be known death in the wizarding world."
"Why?"
"Why not? Albus Why not? I have nothing left in this world and I don't want to be visited by any of you. You failed me. You didn't give Harry to me and now you came here and ask me why. You bloody well know why!…"
"Language young lady. Do not forget that I am like your second mother and you can't speak like this in my kitchen." Mrs. Weasley said.
"Excuse me Molly" Vivien said and closed her eyes to calm a little bit and continue talking without arguing with Dumbledore.
"Professor I am still angry to you but now I am here and I am going to fight for the sake of Harry and of course I have some revenge to take."
At that moment Dumbledore looked at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley with a question in his blue eyes. They both shake their head to tell no and he understand that Vivien doesn't know. He too thought that he is not his place to tell her either. In fact he doesn't know how to tell her all of these and nobody is sure about her reaction.
"Ok. Vivien" he said and turned to Mr. Weasley "We don't have a meeting till next week. We can meet at Grimmould Street next Thursday"
"Ok. Albus we will be there. Good day."
"Good day and Vivien welcome back"
By these last words his head disappeared. And they don't meet until next week. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley are both silent for the same reason. Next Thursday will be the big day. Vivien will meet with him after 20 years and when she last saw him it wasn't a good one. She was raped by her best friend, tortured and nearly killed. He knew her as death and that will be a shock for him too.
***
Vivien spent the most beautiful week of her life near Weasley family. She told stories about her school days and children told their own stories at Hogwarts. By chance or the game or fate they talked about their Potions Master as professor, they don't tell his name and Vivien can't learn that the man she loved by hearth is a professor at Hogwarts and his loyalties now near Albus Dumbledore.
After spending their week at Burrow, Thursday came and they prepared to leave for going to Order's meeting. They wake up before the rise of the sun and they flied to this secret place. Children are really happy to find a chance to use their Firebolts, so they don't even argue about walking up early. When they reached there the sun is rising. They told the spell, which makes the Number 12 visible and knock at the door. Lupin opened the door.
"Welcome back Molly, Arthur, children and… Oh my… Vivien"
"Remus nice to see you again."
And they hugged each other like a brother and a sister.
"You are alive. I can't believe it but how? Why the Ministry told us that you are death?"
"I arrange this Remus. I cast the 'Lost Spell' and made them think that I am death."
At this moment one of the twins coughed and they realized that they are still standing at the door. Lupin invited them to the kitchen and Mrs. Weasley started to prepare a breakfast for all of them.
"Meeting will be hold afternoon so why don't you go and open your packages." Lupin said to the children.
"We will call you when the breakfast will be ready."
"Where is the bathroom Remus I want to wash my hand and face." Vivien asked by a disgusted look to her hands.
"The polish of my broom spread to my hands"
"It is at the end of the second floor Vivien." He said.
After Vivien left the kitchen. Lupin's face whitened.
"Oh my God. Did you… Did you tell her about S-Snape"
"No!" they said in union. "No and we think we can't manage to tell her until they meet."
"Is this a good idea? She can kill him"
"No she won't she loved him by his hearth and if you ask me she still loves him. You know she wasted all of her life for only him and to make him happy. She can't kill him."
"You are right his reaction to see her alive. You know the last time they saw each other…Oh I don't want to remember. Albus showed what happened to me via a pensieve. I saw nightmares for months. She…"
"Shhh! Somebody is coming."
And indeed they heard footsteps and after a second the kitchen door opened and Vivien entered.
"Children finished their settlement. What about breakfast Molly? I am as hungry as a Hippogriff. Let me help you for preparing it. Ok?"
"Hý-hý Vivien it will be great."
"Are you ok guys? You look like you saw a ghost. I know these robes doesn't suit me but hey it is not that bad."
"No no Vivien it isn't about you! Come on help me with breakfast."
***
When breakfast is ready they call children and they eat their breakfast at a total peace and joy. After an hour they heard a girl's voice at the hall and Ron, Ginny and Harry cried "Hermione!" altogether. When she came to the kitchen Vivien saw a bushy-haired pretty girl and don't miss the brightness at Ron's face. Hermione smiled to him and they all welcomed her.
'These two are in love but even they don't know it, with a little push everything will be great' Vivien thought and smiled to herself.
"Hermione come and meet my aunt. Vivien Potter."
"Nice to meet you Miss. Potter. But I don't recall another Potter in Gryffindor. I read Hogwarts: A History twice and your name is not in the list. Are you a Ravenclaw or a Hufflepuff?"
"I was a Sylitherin in fact" Vivien said and all of the children quieted like a silencing charm is casted in the room.
"But why?" asked Harry.
"My choice Harry maybe I will tell the whole story one day to you!"
Children went to Hermione's room to help her and to speak about their summer.
The members of the order started to come one by one. When they saw Vivien the same scene is happened. First shock and then joy to see an old friend.
"Is everybody here?" asked Mad-Eye Moody.
"No Severus is not here." Answered Tonks.
Vivien didn't hear the answer because she went to cellar to bring butterbeer to members. When she returned to kitchen, at the same time the kitchen door is opened and Severus Snape entered.
Their eyes met and all the butterbeer bottles fell and broken. The usual pale face of the Potion Master became a deathly white. Albus Dumbledore decided to break the silence:
"Severus Snape is our Potion Master at Hogwarts and a spy for the order."
"Since when?" asked Vivien with a deadly cold voice.
"That is not the point…"
"Since when Albus?" she asked with such a power, everybody in the room was shaken.
"Since 6th June." Answered Snape instead of Dumbledore.
Vivien's eyes filled with tears with a realization and the memories of 6th June.
"Ok. Then Mr. Snape or should I tell Professor Snape? Oh maybe you will ask the same question: How am I alive? Don't waste your time let me answer it before you ask. I cast a Lost Spell and make all of you believe that I am death. But now I am here for the sake of the last member of my family, which I forgot for a long time for nothing. It is time for me to pay my debts."
"I see…" is the only answer she can get from the dark haired man.
The meeting went as good as it can be under these circumstances. Snape told some of the future plans of Voldemort. Voldemort's attacks increased since the prophecy has broken and Ministry now accepted his return.
"He plans an attack to Hogsmeade after school starts in one of the Hogsmeade visits of children. He wants to learn how is our defense and by killing muggle-born children he wants to give an example of what he is going to do. He wants to avoid them to come to the school. Albus I don't know what to do. If we cancel all Hogsmeade visits, he will be suspicious about me and may be he will understand that I am a spy. If we won't cancel it lots of children will die. He even didn't tell me the exact time, that means he still has some doubt about my loyalties. We can increase the security, but that will hold suspicion too. It is too complicated."
"Don't worry Severus we will find something." Said Dumbledore.
"We must indeed but we don't have enough time Albus."
Vivien really shocked to see Severus too worried about the sake of the children. And she found a solution.
"Why don't we arrange a Hogsmeade visit and cancel it at the last minute. May be when all the students come to the door. Because of a crucial event a fire may be or something more serious and Death Eater's children won't have time to owl their parents and there will be an attack indeed but the children won't be there. After the attack we will have a very good reason to cancel all the other Hogsmeade visits."
Nobody spoke for minutes.
"Ok. It is only an idea." said a very disappointed Vivien.
"No Miss. Potter…" said Mad-eye Moody but Vivien cut.
"Mrs. Skew now."
With that sentence Severus raise his head. His face has whitened more than usual and turned his head to someone else not to show his emotions.
"Ok. Mrs. Skew I think it is a good idea, but we must find 'an important reason' to be satisfactory."
The following part of the meeting went well. Vivien wanted to go to her room and cry all the night. She can't stand his sight. She loved him and she admitted to herself that she still love him. But he changed a lot. These emotionfull dark eyes are now empty black eyes. His face is paler and his nose looks like broken a few more times since she saw him last time. There is a mask on his face. In the past she could manage to read all of his emotions from his face but now mask hides all the emotions.
She didn't realize that she was staring at his face until their eyes met for the second time in the night. And for a moment she saw all of his emotions. She saw the broken man behind the mask. But after a second the masked face was back and she can't realize whether these are real or her imagination.
At the end of the meeting they arrange another one for the next Monday. And members of Order started to leave. She can't stand up. So she continue sitting and took her head between her hands. When she raise hear head she saw him. He is leaving and when he came to the door, he returned back. Their eyes met for the last time in the night. He looked at her as if he wanted to memorize her face. He opened his mouth to tell something but closed it and leave without telling any words.
And she wept. All the stress of the night fell from her eyes. She is at the end of her resistance point and cried by all her hearth. When Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione and twins found her, her eyes were red and she was a mess.
"What happened?" Harry asked.
"Why didn't you tell me that Severus is your Potion Master at school?"
"Why? Did you know him?"
"He is the guy Harry. He is the guy I loved and chose to be a Slytherin."
"But… No it is impossible."
"It is possible indeed. It is 20 years ago…" and Vivien started to tell the children her story with their Potion Master. This a story of 6 years love and 20 years pain. A story of Severus Snape, Vivien Potter and Lucius Malfoy.
(The following chapters will be about this story starting with first year of Vivien and second year of Severus)