(A/N: This is my first story on fanfiction dot net, I also have the story on MNI under the name FeltonLuvr4ever. Please review and I know that it's not all going to be wonderful story, keep writing, so here's the first chapter.)

The Truth Behind the Lies: Severus Snape's Story

"Wham!" The door flew open and nearly shattered the vase on the coffee table. It was Leonidas Snape arriving home from work, his temper raging, as usual. His hair was slicked back and slimy; not a hair out of place.

"What happened?" inquired Leonida's wife, Melitta. She had cold eyes and black hair, like her husband, except her hair was long and wavy.

"It's not what happened...it's what didn't happen! The Dark Lord's plan was foiled once again!" replied Mr. Snape, "We need more Death Eaters! There are too few of us,"

As usual, Mr. and Mrs. Snape were always bickering, but their son, Severus Snape, had had enough of all the yelling. Severus was a 13 year old boy with slick, greasy hair like his father and cruel-looking eyes like his mother. He sat in the corner of the room, crying; his hands were clamped over his ears in an attempt to block out the shouting between his father and his mother. Severus stared at the old wall, peeling wallpaper, dusty cobwebs, and a small spider.

Summer vacation was almost over and Severus had not enjoyed himself over the vacation at all; he should have, finally being away from Potter and his friends Black and Lupin. But the truth was that Severus belonged at Hogwarts; that was where he could be away from his parents and their bickering for months at a time.

The Snapes were purebloods, and like many pureblood families, Severus' parents supported the Dark Lord. Severus did not like this idea, nor did he like his father's friends, such as the Malfoys. Severus especially despised Lucius Malfoy.

"Severus Marcus Snape!" called Mr. Snape.

His voice had startled Severus from his thoughts and he turned his head to see his father's leer.

"Will you join the Death Eaters?" Out of nowhere, he answered,

"And if I refuse?"

"Oh, you won't because this is a rhetorical question; in other words, you don't have a choice in the matter," responded Mr. Snape in a deadly whisper.

"I think it is my choice what I do with my life, the last time I checked," sneered Severus, averting his eyes away from his father.

"Well, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Mr. Malfoy didn't have this problem with his son. Lucius wanted to join the Death Eaters right after his father had mentioned it. Now boy, what will it be?" questioned Mr. Snape in a cruel tone of voice. "

I refuse!" Severus exclaimed.

"Why? Is it the mark you have to get on your arm? Or is it you're not exactly friends with my fellow Death Eaters sons? Or maybe you just want to join that muggle-loving fool, Dumbledore?" interrogated Mr. Snape.

"No son, no!" gasped his mother.

"It's ok Melitta. He won't join the Mudblood-lovers. Not on my watch," announced Mr. Snape.

"Isn't your watch almost over?" teased Severus.

"That is not amusing. I've had enough of it! I'm sorry Melitta, but I have to do it. He is our son, yes, but don't you see he needs to be kicked into shape. So you see how I must," declared Mr. Snape.

"Please don't! On our own son it makes it a crime. Even though it is already illegal, on our son it would be...be..." she pleaded with her husband, bursting into tears.

Mr. Snape tried to comfort his wife, but he knew he must do it no matter what she said.

Severus was bewildered and couldn't think straight. What was his father going to use? He tried to put the clues together, but it seemed as if his brain had been turned off.

It was illegal. What was illegal to use?

Finally, it clicked: the Three Unforgivable Curses.

Oh no! What to do? What to do? The only thing he could think of was to sneak out the door and head for Hogwarts.

Severus' parents were distracted with their arguing and did not even know Severus was still there. He grabbed his wand off the coffee table and tried to elude his parents by slowly walking to the door. Severus' plan was to take the Knight Bus to Hogwarts. He snuck out of the front door and ran as fast as his legs would take him.

All of a sudden, he remembered his trunk was still in his room. He was glad he had never even unpacked since June or he would never have escaped.

"Accio, trunk!" he commanded.

The trunk hovered down the staircase of his home, and flew right through the window, breaking the glass. Quickly, Severus thought of a repairing spell.

"Reparo!" commanded Severus. Of course Mr. Snape had noticed what was going on and quickly raced out the door after his son. He sprinted down the block to where Severus was looking over his shoulder in a panic, his greasy hair in his face. There was a field around the Snape house, which was in the middle of nowhere. If you looked above you could see mountains looming above, touching the heavens, and a dark forest bordered the very edge of the vast field.

"Imperio!" Mr. Snape yelled. At once Severus felt a surge of pain in every part of his body, especially his head. He thought he was going crazy because he was hearing voices inside his head. But it was not many voices; it was one voice: his father's possessive voice.

The first thing Severus heard were the words, "Come back inside the house," Young Severus felt compelled to walk back to the house, but he knew it was not where he truly wanted to be.

He looked down and saw his leg moving towards the house, but he screamed out loud, "NO!"

"Yes! Go into the house!" the voice said.

"No, that is not where I want to be!" he yelled.

"Would you rather go home or go straight to the Dark Lord?" the voice questioned inside his head .

"Home! I mean Hogwarts! I don't want to stay here! I don't belong here!" answered Severus.

"Hogwarts! Well that's your little plan! In that case, forget home. I'm taking you to the Dark Lord!" the voice replied.

For the first time, Severus looked around. He saw his father was no where in sight, but he could hear his father's annoying humming. When Severus looked ahead of him he saw he was walking towards Petrify Forest!

(A/N: If you think this is completely idiotic than stop now or review and read one more chapter. The next chapter is an adventure from the past where we find out why Severus is so frigtened of Petrify Forest.)