The way the wind howls.
A Severus Snape story.
Disclaimer: All recognisable characters from Harry Potter belong to J. K. Rowling (You gotta love that woman) all others belong to me.
AN: I am writing this whilst in a world of morbidity and depression.
Summary: The life of Severus Snape. WARNING: Will later contain scenes of abuse, self/child/physical/mental harm so rating will be changed then.
Chapter 1
The cries of pain could be heard echoing throughout the white washed walls of the building, in the room where they were being emitted a young man with long black hair, tied in a pony tail to keep it out of the way, was losing feeling in his hands, his wife, Selina, was giving birth again. Only this time he hoped that the child would survive, because they had had 3 miscarriages so far and having a child was his life dream.
His hands had gone completely numb by now and he shut his eyes tightly as she screamed again. He felt her grip lesson slightly and he opened his eyes. The midwife held a small bundle of white towels and inside he could see a small child, with black eyes, and a slightly over sized nose.
The midwife cleaned the child up before he was given back to Selina and Sempas, her husband, who were beaming with joy.
"Oh, Sempas, it's a little boy, what shall we call him?"
Sempas' wife was covered in sweat and she looked at him earnestly, awaiting his reply.
"Severus."
He looked down at his first-born child, and smiled.
The couple and child left the hospital a week later and already baby Severus was gurgling and he had yet to cry.
The Snape manor was very large and coated in mahogany wood. It stood in the middle of a forest, with a lake right at the back of one of their many lawns. It looked homely and pleasant.
A year passed quickly since the birth of Severus, and he was loved dearly by both of his parents. He loved the lake, it was his favourite part of the house and its grounds, it had a little island that you could get to by stepping-stones, and on it stood a singletree, willow, with drooping branches, and a small cut away in the trunk.
His parents let him wander around the grounds of the manor because they had house elves to keep an eye on him when they were busy. Sempas Snape worked at the ministry as deputy minister of magic, he wasn't aiming to become minister but he wouldn't turn it down if they offered.
His wife, Selina, own a series of little shops, one in Knockturn Alley and a few in Europe and one in America. Her shop sold books on the Dark Arts, some that she wrote herself. They included titles like:
The History of the Dark Arts
All the Dark wizards and witches known to the wizarding world and their life stories
How to study the Dark arts and not get caught: teenage rebel guide
Create your own Dark arts curses and hexes
The magical items to help improve your Dark art powers
They sold very well and 'The History of the Dark Arts' was on the list of books required at Durnstrang Institute.
By the time Severus was 3 he could already speak and was showing a very deep interest in his mother's books, and in potion making.
By the age of 7 he had joined his mother in writing her books, he gave her ideas for new ones and helped her design the covers and titles of the books themselves. The ones he had come up with were:
The Art of Potion Making
The story of Grindelwald
How wizards and witches today feel about the Dark arts
Dark Arts: New spells, curses, hexes and methods of torture
At 9 Severus was creating his own spells and trying them out on captured animals, he had set up traps in the forest at the back of the manor, shrunk them and kept them in cages until they either died from the curses and hexes or perished from lack of food, every now and then, if he was dissatisfied with the work of a house elf or two, he would use them.
On his 11th birthday he received an owl from Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry, he wanted to go to Durnstrang, but his father wouldn't let him, so he had to go to Hogwarts instead. He was not best pleased about this. But agreed anyway.
His mother sent him off to Diagon Alley by himself at the end of June to collect all his school things. Saying that he needed to go out on his own to gain responsibility and learn to deal with things on his own, which unknown to her, he had been doing his entire life.
Severus walked out of Borign and Bukes (One of the shops his mothers family owned) and up the steps into Diagon alley. He already had his money so he needn't to stop by Gringott's, which was just as well because in his opinion the nasty little goblins should all be killed and they couldn't be trusted. Especially with his money. He walked into the store and bought his books required for Hogwarts. Next Severus headed to Ollivanda's to get his wand, and unlike everyone else he found his straight away. Willow, 14 ½ inches, snake scale, sturdy. Having bought everything he needed and not wanting to stay in the happy sunlight and cheerful faces, he made his way back to Knockturn alley, and explored there instead. He bought an auntinite stone cauldron, a snake dagger and a shrunken head. Happy with his purchases he headed home again, only to find that his mother and father had been killed and he was now the owner of the Snape manor and wealth. This didn't upset him in the slightest, and he didn't cry. He had never cried. Instead he wrote a letter to the ministry of magic and to Albus Dumbledore telling them what had happened.
Then having set everything in order he went to bed, and before long he was packing his trunk to catch the train to Hogwarts on September the 1st.
End chapter 1.
A Severus Snape story.
Disclaimer: All recognisable characters from Harry Potter belong to J. K. Rowling (You gotta love that woman) all others belong to me.
AN: I am writing this whilst in a world of morbidity and depression.
Summary: The life of Severus Snape. WARNING: Will later contain scenes of abuse, self/child/physical/mental harm so rating will be changed then.
Chapter 1
The cries of pain could be heard echoing throughout the white washed walls of the building, in the room where they were being emitted a young man with long black hair, tied in a pony tail to keep it out of the way, was losing feeling in his hands, his wife, Selina, was giving birth again. Only this time he hoped that the child would survive, because they had had 3 miscarriages so far and having a child was his life dream.
His hands had gone completely numb by now and he shut his eyes tightly as she screamed again. He felt her grip lesson slightly and he opened his eyes. The midwife held a small bundle of white towels and inside he could see a small child, with black eyes, and a slightly over sized nose.
The midwife cleaned the child up before he was given back to Selina and Sempas, her husband, who were beaming with joy.
"Oh, Sempas, it's a little boy, what shall we call him?"
Sempas' wife was covered in sweat and she looked at him earnestly, awaiting his reply.
"Severus."
He looked down at his first-born child, and smiled.
The couple and child left the hospital a week later and already baby Severus was gurgling and he had yet to cry.
The Snape manor was very large and coated in mahogany wood. It stood in the middle of a forest, with a lake right at the back of one of their many lawns. It looked homely and pleasant.
A year passed quickly since the birth of Severus, and he was loved dearly by both of his parents. He loved the lake, it was his favourite part of the house and its grounds, it had a little island that you could get to by stepping-stones, and on it stood a singletree, willow, with drooping branches, and a small cut away in the trunk.
His parents let him wander around the grounds of the manor because they had house elves to keep an eye on him when they were busy. Sempas Snape worked at the ministry as deputy minister of magic, he wasn't aiming to become minister but he wouldn't turn it down if they offered.
His wife, Selina, own a series of little shops, one in Knockturn Alley and a few in Europe and one in America. Her shop sold books on the Dark Arts, some that she wrote herself. They included titles like:
The History of the Dark Arts
All the Dark wizards and witches known to the wizarding world and their life stories
How to study the Dark arts and not get caught: teenage rebel guide
Create your own Dark arts curses and hexes
The magical items to help improve your Dark art powers
They sold very well and 'The History of the Dark Arts' was on the list of books required at Durnstrang Institute.
By the time Severus was 3 he could already speak and was showing a very deep interest in his mother's books, and in potion making.
By the age of 7 he had joined his mother in writing her books, he gave her ideas for new ones and helped her design the covers and titles of the books themselves. The ones he had come up with were:
The Art of Potion Making
The story of Grindelwald
How wizards and witches today feel about the Dark arts
Dark Arts: New spells, curses, hexes and methods of torture
At 9 Severus was creating his own spells and trying them out on captured animals, he had set up traps in the forest at the back of the manor, shrunk them and kept them in cages until they either died from the curses and hexes or perished from lack of food, every now and then, if he was dissatisfied with the work of a house elf or two, he would use them.
On his 11th birthday he received an owl from Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry, he wanted to go to Durnstrang, but his father wouldn't let him, so he had to go to Hogwarts instead. He was not best pleased about this. But agreed anyway.
His mother sent him off to Diagon Alley by himself at the end of June to collect all his school things. Saying that he needed to go out on his own to gain responsibility and learn to deal with things on his own, which unknown to her, he had been doing his entire life.
Severus walked out of Borign and Bukes (One of the shops his mothers family owned) and up the steps into Diagon alley. He already had his money so he needn't to stop by Gringott's, which was just as well because in his opinion the nasty little goblins should all be killed and they couldn't be trusted. Especially with his money. He walked into the store and bought his books required for Hogwarts. Next Severus headed to Ollivanda's to get his wand, and unlike everyone else he found his straight away. Willow, 14 ½ inches, snake scale, sturdy. Having bought everything he needed and not wanting to stay in the happy sunlight and cheerful faces, he made his way back to Knockturn alley, and explored there instead. He bought an auntinite stone cauldron, a snake dagger and a shrunken head. Happy with his purchases he headed home again, only to find that his mother and father had been killed and he was now the owner of the Snape manor and wealth. This didn't upset him in the slightest, and he didn't cry. He had never cried. Instead he wrote a letter to the ministry of magic and to Albus Dumbledore telling them what had happened.
Then having set everything in order he went to bed, and before long he was packing his trunk to catch the train to Hogwarts on September the 1st.
End chapter 1.