Authors Notes

First off, I would like everyone to know that it is my first Hermione/Severus fan fiction. So please, please be easy on me if I don't get the fundamentals of the pairing right at first. Though, I have been reading fan fiction, to get a better grip on the pairing.

Summary Hermione dies two years after she and Severus marry. All Severus has left of her is the little girl she left behind. What he doesn't know is that she still lives.

Disclaimer:I do not own Harry Potter and co. They all belong to the all and wonderful J.K. Rowling. I'm only hired to twist their lives into misery.

Has not been beta read. I do need a beta reader for this pairing. (If you are on please anyone who does support HGSS as well as DMHG and HPDM - not so much HPDM - beta for me? I'll explain more in detail about this at the bottom)

Warning! There is citrus in the beginning of the chapter, so please if you are disturbed you are warned. Do not report me!

Prologue

Hermione ran her nimble fingers, through his silky ebony locks. The woman sighed in bliss, as she felt his moist cavern take in her already hard nipple.

"Severus," she moaned rubbing her body against him.

"Hermione," the baritone voice reached her ears, making her shiver. The man smirked, and lowered his head to her ears. "Scream my name Hermione," he ordered, feeling her shudder beneath him. "Scream it."

He thrusted into her, he felt her fingers grab his hair as she screamed out in pure pleasure. His nose nuzzled her cleavage; he pushed into her again, and again, and again. He groaned in pleasure, as he came into her. Coming out of her, he nestled in the crook of her neck, smiling slightly at her ragged breathing.

"How did you like that, love?" he questioned, placing butterfly kisses along her neck. She moaned in response, her body itching for more. The man above her chuckled to himself, "Quite well I guess," he murmured running his fingers through her curly locks.

"Severus," she managed to croak out, "I - I need you."

He growled in response. Placing himself at her entrance, he hovered over her for a second. He bent down, and roughly claimed her lips. He ran his tongue against her bottom lip, asking for entrance. Opening her mouth, he plunged his tongue into her moist cavern. Moaning silently into the kiss, his fingers found her erected nipple.

Rubbing his index finger and thumb against it, he could feel her getting wet (since his knee was placed at her entrance). Not hesitating any longer, he rammed into her. She clutched onto his shoulders, bliss clearly written on her face.

"Oh Gods, Severus!" She cried.

- - -

She woke up that morning, to find sheets strewn across the bed. Along with some knotted sheets on the floor. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion at first, until she remembered what happened last night. She looked to her left, to find him sleeping. Moving the sheets carefully, she got out of bed. She felt a hand grip onto her arm. Frowning, she turned around, only to face him.

"Where do you think you're going Mrs. Snape?" Severus questioned.

Hermione shivered in the cold bed. She had known the consequences of marrying Severus Snape, yet that hadn't stopped her. She didn't regret her decision of marrying the man. He was wonderful, and a loving husband and father. To both she, and her daughter. 'Liana,' she thought painfully. She gasped as another feeling of pain, coursed through her already frail body. Damn that Karkaroff!

The stupid Headmaster of Durmstrang had put her under the Cruciatus Curse for 12 hours. It was a miracle that she had survived. 'It's not my fault,' she thought bitterly to herself, 'I was just in the wrong place, at the wrong time.'

She barely heard the doors of the hospital wing swing open. She felt a strong, masculine hand; cup her chin. Opening her eyes, she looked at the one who had caused her disturbance. She saw, icy dark onyx black eyes stare down at her. Her lips twitched upward, she looked at the individual that was placed upon his hip. 'Liana.'

"Sev," she whispered, her weak arm stretching out towards him. "I've missed you," she murmured.

He placed a finger to her lips, silencing her. "Don't talk love," he said in his commanding tone of voice, "you must rest."

Hermione shook her head vigorously, though instantly regretted it as she was rewarded with her head aching. Gasping at the pain, her hand instantaneously reached for her the tip of her forehead. Severus grimaced at the pain he saw, that was etched perfectly onto his wife's face.

"Hermione," he whispered taking a seat on her bed.

He placed his small two year old daughter, on his lap. She was gurgling, as she looked up at her father. Clapping her hands, the child wrenched herself from her father's grip, and bounced onto her mother. Hermione cried out as her daughter bounced onto her abdomen. Severus snatched his daughter instantly. The little girl's big chocolate brown eyes widened, as she saw her mother turn in pain. The little girl's bottom lip started to tremble. Sensing that his daughter was about to cry, he started patting her back softly whispering to her.

This helped her somewhat. She had managed to release herself from her father's grip again, and crawled quietly to her mother. Hermione's face was scrunched up in pain, which her daughter subconsciously did to her.

She felt chubby little fingers touch her cheek. Moving slightly, she turned to face her daughter's big brown chocolate eyes. Her bouncy black curls, were up to the ends of her ears. She smiled at her mother, showing a pair of white baby teeth.

"Mama," little Liana said happily, clapping her hands seeing that her mother was okay.

"Liana," Severus said softly, though he still somehow managed to give his daughter a bit of a fright. Hermione gave him a pointed glare, he shrugged it off. "Liana, apologize to your mother."

The little girl frowned at what her father had just said. "Gize?" she finally said with a smile on her face. Hermione laughed softly.

"Yes, say sorry to your mother," Severus said.

Liana nodded her head, and looked at her father for a second, before looking to her mother.

"Ory er!" Liana said, and then burst into a fit of giggles.

Severus groaned slightly, and lifted his giggling daughter from her mother's chest. Hermione just smiled, even in the darkest of moments, her daughter was always able to make her smile. She was glad that it was summer though, or else she wouldn't have been able to stay in the hospital wing of Hogwarts, close to her family. The students of the school, would have just given her odd looks.

Severus looked his daughter in the eyes, who had stopped giggling. She tilted her head to the side, and looked at her father.

"Say, sorry," Severus said.

"Orry," she repeated.

"Mother."

"o'er!"

Severus crinkled his nose, at her, "That's good enough, I suppose."

Hermione chuckled, as the little girl repeated what she just said. "Severus, she's only two years old," she reprimanded.

"She's still a Snape," Severus said haughtily. "Snape's excel in everything."

"Go find Grandpa," Severus said to his daughter. The girl didn't listen to him though, as she pinched his prominent nose. She giggled as her father gave her a dark look. Putting her down, he pushed her slightly towards the opened door. The little girl looked confused as she looked back to her father.

"Liana, go find Grandpa," he said pointing towards a picture. Liana's eyes lit up as she saw the picture. The old man in the picture, had a silver beard with half mooned spectacles. Behind those, were twinkling sky blue eyes.

"Grandpa!"

"Yes, yes," Severus said in a hurry, "find Grandpa."

The little girl hurried out of the room. A silver glow surrounded her, before she set off on her mission.

Severus instantly turned around to face his distraught wife. Taking his seat next to her, he held her hand, his eyes held pity in them. Hermione took no regard to the look, and smiled at her husband. She knew it was her time to finally part with the world. That scared her, she didn't want to leave Severus behind, or her little girl either. How would they hold up without her?

"How are you feeling?" Severus asked, trying to make conversation.

Hermione sighed, "Not good," she answered truthfully. "Severus, I'm afraid, I won't make it," she whispered the last part.

Severus felt his heart constrict in pain. No! She couldn't leave him! She was too young to die! Twenty-six years of age, she … just couldn't. He knew he must have been sounding incredibly selfish, at the present moment. Yet, he had never been in this situation before. He didn't know, what it felt like losing someone you loved. He had never gotten to know his mother, only his father. Severus could very well say, without feeling guilty, that he wouldn't consider Samuel Snape his father.

"Hermione, don't think that way," Severus finally said, "You'll make it. You're a Snape - -"

"That has nothing to do with it," Hermione said, placing her other hand on his.

He looked at her, he saw tears start to well up in her eyes. Just as the first tear started to fall, he wiped it away without a second thought. "You'll get better," he said with determination. "I promise you, that you will. I'll get you the best healers money can buy."

Hermione shook her head slightly, "Severus, don't start making promises to me, when you know that you can't keep them." Severus opened his mouth to object, she held up a firm hand silencing him. "Listen to me Severus, I'm dying. You can't deny it, I can't deny it. You just have to accept it," she stated. "Ever since I was found on the floor of Karkaroff's office, everyone was shocked that I survived this long. I've been put under the Cruciatus Curse for 12 hours. Be thankful that I've at least survived thus far," she said tears streaming down her eyes. "Don't worry though, you'll have Liana."

Severus shook his head, not wanting to let her truthful words sink in. Though, they were already taking affect. "I will refuse to hear you speaking so negatively Hermione, you will survive through this."

"No, I don't think I will Sev- -oh!" Hermione gasped in pain.

"Hermione!" Severus called as he jumped from the bed. He watched his writhing wife, as a spasm of pain took over her body. "Hermione!"

Liana stumbled as she walked into a very hard figure. Landing on her bottom, her bottom lip started to tremble.

"Darling girl," a majestic voice reached her ears, "what are you doing without your parents?"

She looked up to find the very person she was looking for. "Grandpa!"

The old man chuckled, and pushed the sleeves of his robes up. His long fingers wrapped around her tiny waist, and hoisted her up onto his hip.

"Hermione!"

He frowned hearing the frantic voice of his potions teacher. He looked at the little girl, who was turning her head from side to side looking for the voice.

"I think we should go see what Daddy's doing, shall we?" Dumbledore asked the little girl. She nodded her head, and giggled as Dumbledore started bouncing her on his hip.

The two arrived at the hospital wing, to see five people around a certain stretcher. Dumbledore frowned, there were Harry, Ron, Severus, Poppy and Minerva. His frown deepened, when he heard the strangled cry of pain. The little girl he was holding, noticed her mother's voice. As they neared, Liana started to cry seeing her mother in pain.

"Mama!" She cried, her arms stretching out towards the young woman. Tears started streaming down the little girl's cheeks, when the object of her affection didn't respond to her desperate cries. So she tried again: "Mama!"

Dumbledore held the little girl in the same position, not paying heed to her frantic cries for her mother. He let out a little breath of relief, when the young woman stopped writhing in pain.

Hermione opened her closed eyes suddenly, her eyes were big and round. She looked around, searching for her husband. Spotting him, she reached out her hand, "Severus," she groaned.

Severus rushed to be by her side, not paying attention to his daughter at the moment. "What is it love?"

"Take," Hermione shuddered her breathing was ragged, "take care of Liana and yourself, for me," she whispered bringing a small hand to his face. She caressed it lovingly, and smiled. "Kiss me," she said suddenly, "kiss me one last time."

Severus obliged, he brought his lips down on hers. He kissed her, his tongue found hers. He couldn't help but think, that this would be his last time … kissing her like this. She pulled away, and looked to her crying daughter. Her frail arms reached for her daughter. Dumbledore brought her the crying little girl.

Hermione took her into her arms, and shushed her. '

"'Mione," Harry whispered, on the other side of her. "'Mione, this doesn't mean …" he trailed off, not wanting to finish his sentence.

"Sorry Harry, Ron," Hermione said, her attention straying from her daughter. "I love you both though," she murmured her eyes shining with unspent tears, "you both were like brothers to me."

"'Mione," Ron cried, tears streaming over his freckled face. "You can't leave 'Mione!"

"Ron," said Harry pointedly, he took hold of his friends arm and tugged him to the other side. Though, before going, the two gave her both big hugs.

"Mama," Liana said, finally getting Hermione's attention.

Hermione smile down at her daughter. She sat her daughter on her abdomen, however painful it felt. "Liana," she said firmly. "Mommy loves you, don't forget that okay?" The little girl just stared at her mother. She gurgled again, and clasped two chubby hands against her mother's cheeks. She shook her mother's head from side to side, but with little force. "That's enough," Hermione said taking her daughters hands within her own, and brought them to her side. "Mommy's always going to be with you, no matter what, okay?"

Her daughter didn't get a chance to respond, as another wave of pain shot at Hermione. Hermione cried out, Minerva quickly reached towards the little girl, and pulled her off the crying woman.

"Mama! Mama!"

Minerva brought the howling girl outside of the hospital wing. She tried comforting the little girl, who was distraught and calling for her mother.

"Liana, hush now," the Transfigurations Professor said in a frantic voice, as she swayed from side to side. Once McGonagall was sure that the sounds from inside the hospital wing had deceased, she brought a sniffling Liana in. The sight before her, was a sight to see.

She thought that she would never see the day, when she would find Severus broken. Yet, there he was. Crying into his wife's chest, which was unmoving, and devastatingly pale.

"Albus, what happened?"

"She's dead Minerva."

"Albus she - -"

"She is."

- - -

Hermione opened her eyes, only to be faced with three tunnels. She blinked confused, the one she came out of, was blocked with a huge rock. She looked to the other two. One held blue light, the other held extremely bright white light. She started walking towards the intersection. There was a sign.

"Welcome to the three tunnels. The tunnel that you cannot go into, is the one blocked. Please choose your path carefully."

(: End Prologue: )

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I know that it was an extremely long prologue! I am sorry, though I had to do this. Chapters will be longer, don't fret! I don't make short chapters, it just disturbs me.

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