"My little sister's name was Sabine."

Jill blinked in response and all at once the room began to spin and she began to remember the time when she found the picture of the mysterious dark man.

"Mama, who is this?" A young Jill asked her mother as her mother was cleaning up the library. Her mother turned and took the picture from her daughter and smiled sadly.

"This is my brother, I haven't seen this picture in ages."

"But mama you never said you had a brother."

"It's a tough subject to discuss Jill Remus, I haven't spoken to him since you were about a year old. Before-b-before-" Sabine cut off and Jill knew what her mother was trying to say.

"Before your father left."

"Do you know where he is now? What was his name?"

"I really don't know where he is now but...his name was Severus Yuan. If you ever meet him will you tell him that I'm sorry?"

"Is your name Severus? Severus Yuan?" Jill had lost all of her formality and Snape smirked to himself.

She must be Sabine's daughter to know my middle name and to have such guts to talk to me in such a manner.

"Yes, my name is Severus Yuan Snape. Your mother, my little sister, was Sabine Yurika Snape. Are you satisfied?"

Jill was taken aback at this question, What does he mean by that? He was the one asking all the questions to begin with, what is wrong with this man? Why is he so...so...rude?

"I am, are you?" Snape laughed in spite of himeslf, man this girl had spunk.

"I am. Thank you for putting up with the interrogation. I-I suppose we can discuss this further in the future, meanwhile you should head up to Great Hall supper shall be starting shortly."

"Oh yeah. Um thank you sir." Jill bowed and walk to her seat, grabbing her bag on the way but before she headed out the door she said.

"My mother wanted me to tell you something, should I ever meet you."

"Oh, what was that?" He said disinterestedly.

"She wanted to tell you that she was sorry, sorry for what she said." Snape looked up at the girl in a shock he couldn't cover up, she knew. She posessed a power that he posessed as well, Legilimency. With that she stepped out and shut the huge dungeon door behind her.

Snape continued to stare at the door for a long time before he was able to pry his eyes away. Thoughts of his sister swam through his head and his mind creating an image of her, how she would look after all those years telling him those words, "I'm sorry."

He began to write something on a new piece of parchment but his thoughts were not really on what he was writing. In his mind he was reliving the last time he spoke with his dear little sister.

"I don't care if you love him Sabine! He is a taitor to all pure-blood families!"

"Why, because he refuses to join the Dark Lord like you did? To save our reputation?"

"I am only trying to protect you, Sabine. You know how powerful the Dark Lord is, you know what he is capable of. If you value your life and the life of your child you will leave Black and you will come back to us."

"No Severus! I only pretended to be in leagues with the Dark Lord to save you but now I see you don't want to be saved. I have a family to worry about now Severus! I can't go galloping off to save your hide everytime you get in trounble! I'm not a little girl anymore, I no longer have only you in my life, you are a grown man and it is obvious you can take care of yourself."

"I am not saying this for my benefit Sabine. I love you and I love my niece, I don't want to see the two of you hurt."

"Oh yeah? And how hurt do you think she and I will be when we are told that you were killed by an Auror, huh? Have you ever, once considered that maybe you've been hurting us from the begining?"

"You can't mean that. I love you and I am trying to keep you safe."

"You try to keep your place with the Dark Lord! You care for nothing that gets in your way to fame."

"N-no Sabine-"

"I loved you once brother but now you're dead to me already, I hope you do not expect us at your funeral pyre after you have died. I suppose no one will come, you've pushed away all that have tried to get close to your heart, even Kotori couldn't get past your cold desire for power."

"Don't speak her name!" He bellowed and Sabine flinched but she tilted her head and looked into his cold eyes with anger making her eyes flame.

"I will speak her name, once and always and you remember this now, think of Kotori, think of Jill and most of all think of me when you are accomplishing your deepest desires and remember that you failed all of us." Severus, to his own horror watched his hand strike his sister and go for a second time before a hand wrapped around his wrist and twisted his wrist up his back. Hot air rushed into his ear as the gruff voice of his enemy and his brother-in law hiss.

"Don't you dare hit my wife! Don't you even dare to raise a hand to her!" Severus was thrown to the ground on the steps of the Black Manor.

"Now don't you ever think about coming here again or I will kill you with my bare hands!" And with that the door was slammed leaving a suddenly saddened Severus.

Snape shook himeslf from his memory and felt a tear flow down his cheek and brushed it away irratibly with a sniffle. He sat back in his chair and images from his memory flashed.

"Sabine." He whispered and closed his eyes as another lone tear flowed down his pale cheek.