Dream On

Chapter 1: The Only Place She Called Home

"Well, we've come a long long way, and there's no turning back. The road ahead is clear at last. We can search our whole life through. Never knowing what we'll find, but we can make it if we try. 'Cause every cloud has a silver lining. Just believe that the sun will shine..." Shiva was listening to Dream Street, her favorite muggle band.

Shiva was getting ready for her first year at Hogwarts. She would be put with the sixth years because of her age. Shiva had been home schooled in the summer by her father and sometimes her mother, but now she was finally getting to go to a school. More importantly Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Her mom had to argue with her dad about going because her dad preferred her home schooled.

Shiva had long, thick, pitch black hair. It was naturally wavy and hung down her back making her pale face stand out. Shiva had big hazel eyes that were big on her face making her look intelligent, yet unusually beautiful. She got the pale skin and black hair from her father and the large hazel eyes and waviness of her hair from her mother.

"Shiva," Shiva's mother called up the stairs to her daughter's room, "breakfast is ready."

"Coming, mom!" Shiva called back. She made her way downstairs in her new robes for school.

"Turn around, Shiva. That's right. You look beautiful in your new robes! While I set the table, could you get your father and tell him breakfast is ready?"

"Yes, mother." Shiva walked into her parents where her father was looking himself over in the mirror. "Father, breakfast is ready." He grunted in reply. Shiva turned and started to leave when her father called her back, "Shiva! Come here for a minute."

"Yes, father?" Shiva turned around and walked back to her father.

"You look good in your new robes. Tell your mother I'll be there in a couple of minutes. Go," Shiva's father said as grumpily as ever. Shiva walked back to her mother and sat down at the table.

"Severus! Breakfast, now!" Shiva's mother called.

"Father, said he'd be here in a few minutes." Just then Severus walked out of the bedroom in his teacher robes.

"I'm here. No need to worry, Maine," Severus said sarcastically sitting down at the table. (Little Phantomette: I know. Who would have thought mean, old, grumpy Snape had a wife and child? Well he does, but he still has his grumpy personality. Too bad, really. I should get a doctor to prescribe him some chill pills! .;.;.;.;.;. Severus: That wasn't nice! I'm not that mean!)

"I wasn't worried! I just wanted everyone to be here for breakfast because I won't be seeing you, Severus until summer and I won't be seeing Shiva until Christmas vacation."

"It's ok, Maine. At least Shiva will be far away from you till then. Now she won't be getting mental problems with all the things you tell her!" Maine glared at him, stood up, left the table, went to their bedroom, and slammed the door.

"Let's go, Shiva. I am going to be late for my job. Come on!"

"No," Shiva said quietly knowing she would get in trouble.

"What!"

"I said no."

"I am your father. You are going to do as I say!"

"Not until you apologize to mother!" Shiva said getting angrier. She had a short temper. Shiva inherited that from her father.

"I'm not apologizing, so if you want to go to Hogwarts then you are going to come with me. Now!"

"Father, if you hate me and mother so much why did marry mother and have me! Can you answer that question or am I not good enough to you to get an answer?" With that Shiva fled from the room. She went outside and to the only place she has ever called home. As Shiva ran down her street and into the forest that her father had told her never to go into Severus stared in shock at where Shiva was sitting just a moment ago.

As Shiva climbed over stumps and branches she tried hard to hold back her tears. Her robes were not getting ruined as she walked farther and farther into the forest. The reason for this was that her mother had put a spell on them after they bought them so they wouldn't be ruined before school started. Shiva soon saw smoke coming from a chimney up ahead and the small cottage she was looking for.

Over the summers that passed her parents were fighting more and more so Shiva had ran from the house one day to get away from her parents. She had run into the forest to come upon a cottage. She made friend with the person who lived there.

Now she ran up to the door and knocked. The door opened and Shiva saw her only friend, Sirius Black. Sirius had talked to her and comforted her when she was sad. This was one of those times. Shiva had come here so many times and felt that she belonged here. Shiva had always treated this place as her home.

When the door opened Sirius smiled at her and welcomed her in. "Shiva! How nice to see you. Aren't you supposed to be late to Hogwarts if you're here?"

"I don't care. I don't care about anyone any more." Shiva let the tears she was holding back flow from her eyes.

"What's wrong? Are your parents fighting again?" Shiva nodded. Sirius hugged her. "Tell you what. I'll take you to the train station for Hogwarts, k?"

"Ok."

"Good. Let's go." Sirius soon left with Shiva following him.

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