He laid there for what seemed like eternity. His father would try to make him eat, but he would not get out of his bed. He guessed he had been in his bed for three days straight, without getting up to do anything. All he did was think about how his life had just been changed greatly. He knew that he had to be strong, but he just didn't have what it took to be strong. Or so he thought.
On that third day, he heard a knock at the door. His father answered it, of course, since Severus would not get out of bed. He heard his father talking to someone, and then the door closed. But when his father came up the stairs, he heard three sets of feet climbing. His father opened his door and said in his deep, manly voice, "Your friends are here," without smiling or revealing any movement of his lip, except the normal twitch in his father's lip that he had always had. Two people entered the room. He immediately recognized one of them as his friend Haley, and the other he did not recognize. She was very pretty with long, dark brown hair and green eyes. She was about 5' 5" and very slim.
"Hello! My name's Jessica," she said to him, very excited.
"Hello Jessica, my name's Severus," he told her, still amazed at her beauty.
"I heard what happened," Haley said to him.
"Yep," he replied.
"I'm sorry about what happened. Is there anything I can do to help?" Haley asked him.
"Not really, unless you can get me out of here," Severus told her.
"Sorry, I don't think I can do that," she replied.
"Well, then I guess there's nothing you can do," he told her.
"Severus, I was thinking maybe we could go outside and go do something. Get you out of the house and stuff," Haley told him.
"Yeah, come on, it would be fun!" Jessica said to him.
"Well, I guess we could go do something," he answered.
Haley and Jessica literally dragged Severus out of his bed and forced him to get up. They helped him down the stairs, as it was hard for him to walk, since he had been lying down for three days. He was escorted into his kitchen where they forced him to eat. He did not protest, however, since he was starving. He ate everything they gave him. "So what did you have in mind?" he asked them once he was done eating another sandwich.
"Well, you know, just take a walk. Maybe go up to the park or something," Haley told him.
"Well, I guess that sounds alright," he replied. Once he had finished eating, they walked out the front door and headed off towards the park. "So, what's been going on?" Severus asked, trying to make conversation.
"Well, nothin' really. So, what exactly happened with your mother? I understand if you don't want to talk about it much," Haley told him, looking very worried. He glanced over at her friend, Jessica, and saw that she too was staring at him with a worried expression on her face.
"Well, I had awoken to the sounds of my father yelling, which is very normal. But then my mom started to yell back, which I wasn't used to. I guess she had just gotten fed up with my father always yelling at her. Then she left," he told them both, his voice getting softer as he finished his words. His eyes were swelling up again with tears, but he fought hard to hold them back. He did not want to cry in front of his friends.
They continued to walk until they reached the park at the end of the street. He always saw a grand amount of children playing there, looking as if they were having the time of their lives. But today, all he saw were saddened kids, he did not know why. Maybe it was just all in his head, that if he was sad, then he thought everyone else would be depressed as well. He probably just felt like they were all sad, but in reality they were as happy as usual. He did not know what to think these days. Haley and Jessica looked at him very strangely, as if he was doing something very weird, but then when he asked them what was wrong, they just shook their heads and laughed.
They made their way over to a picnic table where they sat down and continued to talk. "So, Jessica, how old are you?" he asked Jessica.
"I'm nine years old," she told him.
"So you'll be starting Hogwarts the same year as us, then?" he suggested to her.
"Yep," she answered.
"So, what house do you think you'll be in?" he asked her, very inquisitively.
"Slytherin, of course! There's no other house for me!" she told him.
"That's how I feel," he agreed, "Listen, I'm glad you wanted to help, but can I just go home? I'm not feeling up to this."
"Fine! We'll take you home," Haley told him, looking very angry at his lack of wanting to have any fun. They walked with him back to his house and stopped when they reached the door.
"I'll talk to you guys later, then," he said to them as he opened the door.
"Alright, see you later!" Haley said.
"Nice meeting you!" Jessica said. He walked up the stairs and opened his door. He saw a brown tawny owl sitting on his bed. He untied the piece of parchment from its legs and the bird flew off. He knew that owl. It was his mother's.
He hastily tore open the envelope and jumped onto his bed. He unfolded the piece of parchment so he could read the letter, and immediately began to read it. His heart was racing as fast as it could.
Dear Severus,
I love you Severus, I'm sorry I had to go. It's just that your father and I haven't been getting along too well, and I felt it was time for me to move on. I just wanted you to know a few things before I leave you forever. I know your father will not tell you these things, so I feel it best if I told you now. Your father is not getting along too well with the Ministry of Magic. They suspect him of practicing dark magic. I also suspect that he will not tell you something that would cause you pain, perhaps. You are part-vampire, Severus. It comes from your father. You will not have many traits of a vampire, just some, like your skin will always be pale, and you will probably be able to change into a bat form, once you develop the skill. But Severus, you must not let anybody know these things. I just want you to know that I love you, Severus. I really do.
Your Loving Mother,
Mercedes Weathersworth
"OH MY GOD!" Severus yelled out loud after reading the letter. "How come they never told me this?" he thought to himself, "My life is ruined." Just when he thought that he would be able to function again, they give him this horrible news. He couldn't believe he was a vampire, or at least a part-vampire. He laid down on his bed and grabbed one of the books he had stolen from his father's library of magical books. He began to read it, he turned the page and saw something that interested him. It was a picture of a vampire. He began to study the photograph. "So this is what I'll be like?" he asked himself. He continued to read the passage on the page next to it, eagerly wanting to learn about what he was.
His father called him downstairs, and Severus got up from his bed and walked down the steps. His father was sitting on the couch talking to a man, who was obviously another wizard. "I'm going to be gone for a few days Severus," his father told him, "So you're going to be here by yourself. I will be leaving now." His father got up from the couch with the other man, and they both walked out the door without saying another word to Severus. They didn't say where they were going, what they were doing, and didn't even give him time to be ready. They just got up and left. But Severus knew that things were going to be a little different these next couple of days without his father home. He wouldn't be forced to do any work around the house, or do anything that he didn't want to. He would be able to do whatever he wanted.
He walked up the stairs and went inside his father's library. It was huge, and had books on any subject imaginable. He found one about the history of Hogwarts. He couldn't wait until next year. He didn't even have a full year left before he went off to Hogwarts. It was October 21st, and he knew that Hogwarts started in September. He began to read the book on Hogwarts, quickly learning all about the school, including where everything was, and who the headmaster was. He had heard of the man who was Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. He knew his father didn't like Dumbledore, but as he read the book, he did not know why his father would not like that man. It was probably just because Dumbledore liked muggles, and he used to be Head of Gryffindor House.
He read about Slytherin house, and all about Salazar Slytherin, its founder. He read about how Salazar Slytherin was the one who left Hogwarts during the time when they were still designing it, since he had a problem with Godric Gryffindor. Severus was amazed at all of this. He couldn't wait to start Hogwarts. He was very eager to learn. He knew that he would be learning a lot of magic that he would be able to use in order to become the most powerful wizard ever like he had always dreamt about.
On that third day, he heard a knock at the door. His father answered it, of course, since Severus would not get out of bed. He heard his father talking to someone, and then the door closed. But when his father came up the stairs, he heard three sets of feet climbing. His father opened his door and said in his deep, manly voice, "Your friends are here," without smiling or revealing any movement of his lip, except the normal twitch in his father's lip that he had always had. Two people entered the room. He immediately recognized one of them as his friend Haley, and the other he did not recognize. She was very pretty with long, dark brown hair and green eyes. She was about 5' 5" and very slim.
"Hello! My name's Jessica," she said to him, very excited.
"Hello Jessica, my name's Severus," he told her, still amazed at her beauty.
"I heard what happened," Haley said to him.
"Yep," he replied.
"I'm sorry about what happened. Is there anything I can do to help?" Haley asked him.
"Not really, unless you can get me out of here," Severus told her.
"Sorry, I don't think I can do that," she replied.
"Well, then I guess there's nothing you can do," he told her.
"Severus, I was thinking maybe we could go outside and go do something. Get you out of the house and stuff," Haley told him.
"Yeah, come on, it would be fun!" Jessica said to him.
"Well, I guess we could go do something," he answered.
Haley and Jessica literally dragged Severus out of his bed and forced him to get up. They helped him down the stairs, as it was hard for him to walk, since he had been lying down for three days. He was escorted into his kitchen where they forced him to eat. He did not protest, however, since he was starving. He ate everything they gave him. "So what did you have in mind?" he asked them once he was done eating another sandwich.
"Well, you know, just take a walk. Maybe go up to the park or something," Haley told him.
"Well, I guess that sounds alright," he replied. Once he had finished eating, they walked out the front door and headed off towards the park. "So, what's been going on?" Severus asked, trying to make conversation.
"Well, nothin' really. So, what exactly happened with your mother? I understand if you don't want to talk about it much," Haley told him, looking very worried. He glanced over at her friend, Jessica, and saw that she too was staring at him with a worried expression on her face.
"Well, I had awoken to the sounds of my father yelling, which is very normal. But then my mom started to yell back, which I wasn't used to. I guess she had just gotten fed up with my father always yelling at her. Then she left," he told them both, his voice getting softer as he finished his words. His eyes were swelling up again with tears, but he fought hard to hold them back. He did not want to cry in front of his friends.
They continued to walk until they reached the park at the end of the street. He always saw a grand amount of children playing there, looking as if they were having the time of their lives. But today, all he saw were saddened kids, he did not know why. Maybe it was just all in his head, that if he was sad, then he thought everyone else would be depressed as well. He probably just felt like they were all sad, but in reality they were as happy as usual. He did not know what to think these days. Haley and Jessica looked at him very strangely, as if he was doing something very weird, but then when he asked them what was wrong, they just shook their heads and laughed.
They made their way over to a picnic table where they sat down and continued to talk. "So, Jessica, how old are you?" he asked Jessica.
"I'm nine years old," she told him.
"So you'll be starting Hogwarts the same year as us, then?" he suggested to her.
"Yep," she answered.
"So, what house do you think you'll be in?" he asked her, very inquisitively.
"Slytherin, of course! There's no other house for me!" she told him.
"That's how I feel," he agreed, "Listen, I'm glad you wanted to help, but can I just go home? I'm not feeling up to this."
"Fine! We'll take you home," Haley told him, looking very angry at his lack of wanting to have any fun. They walked with him back to his house and stopped when they reached the door.
"I'll talk to you guys later, then," he said to them as he opened the door.
"Alright, see you later!" Haley said.
"Nice meeting you!" Jessica said. He walked up the stairs and opened his door. He saw a brown tawny owl sitting on his bed. He untied the piece of parchment from its legs and the bird flew off. He knew that owl. It was his mother's.
He hastily tore open the envelope and jumped onto his bed. He unfolded the piece of parchment so he could read the letter, and immediately began to read it. His heart was racing as fast as it could.
Dear Severus,
I love you Severus, I'm sorry I had to go. It's just that your father and I haven't been getting along too well, and I felt it was time for me to move on. I just wanted you to know a few things before I leave you forever. I know your father will not tell you these things, so I feel it best if I told you now. Your father is not getting along too well with the Ministry of Magic. They suspect him of practicing dark magic. I also suspect that he will not tell you something that would cause you pain, perhaps. You are part-vampire, Severus. It comes from your father. You will not have many traits of a vampire, just some, like your skin will always be pale, and you will probably be able to change into a bat form, once you develop the skill. But Severus, you must not let anybody know these things. I just want you to know that I love you, Severus. I really do.
Your Loving Mother,
Mercedes Weathersworth
"OH MY GOD!" Severus yelled out loud after reading the letter. "How come they never told me this?" he thought to himself, "My life is ruined." Just when he thought that he would be able to function again, they give him this horrible news. He couldn't believe he was a vampire, or at least a part-vampire. He laid down on his bed and grabbed one of the books he had stolen from his father's library of magical books. He began to read it, he turned the page and saw something that interested him. It was a picture of a vampire. He began to study the photograph. "So this is what I'll be like?" he asked himself. He continued to read the passage on the page next to it, eagerly wanting to learn about what he was.
His father called him downstairs, and Severus got up from his bed and walked down the steps. His father was sitting on the couch talking to a man, who was obviously another wizard. "I'm going to be gone for a few days Severus," his father told him, "So you're going to be here by yourself. I will be leaving now." His father got up from the couch with the other man, and they both walked out the door without saying another word to Severus. They didn't say where they were going, what they were doing, and didn't even give him time to be ready. They just got up and left. But Severus knew that things were going to be a little different these next couple of days without his father home. He wouldn't be forced to do any work around the house, or do anything that he didn't want to. He would be able to do whatever he wanted.
He walked up the stairs and went inside his father's library. It was huge, and had books on any subject imaginable. He found one about the history of Hogwarts. He couldn't wait until next year. He didn't even have a full year left before he went off to Hogwarts. It was October 21st, and he knew that Hogwarts started in September. He began to read the book on Hogwarts, quickly learning all about the school, including where everything was, and who the headmaster was. He had heard of the man who was Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. He knew his father didn't like Dumbledore, but as he read the book, he did not know why his father would not like that man. It was probably just because Dumbledore liked muggles, and he used to be Head of Gryffindor House.
He read about Slytherin house, and all about Salazar Slytherin, its founder. He read about how Salazar Slytherin was the one who left Hogwarts during the time when they were still designing it, since he had a problem with Godric Gryffindor. Severus was amazed at all of this. He couldn't wait to start Hogwarts. He was very eager to learn. He knew that he would be learning a lot of magic that he would be able to use in order to become the most powerful wizard ever like he had always dreamt about.