Chapter 5: Severus talks with Hailey


Chapter 5: Severus talks with Hailey

Severus knocked on the door and after a minute he got a response of "come in." Severus steadied himself and entered the room to find his daughter looking as if she had only been awake for a few minutes, but was grateful that she was awake after all he thought "she probably did not even hear a word I said to her last night and so I am going to see if she remembered anything I said."

Severus cleared his throat and said "good morning Hailey I wanted to speak with you about what I talked to you about yesterday I know that it comes as a big shock to hear those things, but I want you to know that James Potter while I did not like the man I did and still do owe him a great debt he agreed to marry your mother and raise you even though it was at great risk to him as much as your mother and you and I am sorry for the fact that he died to keep both of you safe he was a good brave man."

Hailey had never heard Snape speak of her father like that, but Hailey also thought that what Snape had told her the night before about him being her father must be true even if she did not want it to be so it did not take away from the fact that she was Snape's daughter.

Hailey said "I remember what you said and I have to ask. Why did you treat me like I was crap on the bottom of your shoe if you were my father I do not know about fathers but I do know that most fathers do not treat their little girls like they are crap just because I am in Gryffindor house and not in Slytherin?" Severus sighed and said "I never meant to treat you like a piece of crap at the bottom of my shoe but I feared that if I treated you like a princess then word might have reached somebody who would have told the Dark Lord. I know it must have hurt your feelings and for that I am truly sorry about your treatment."

Hailey nodded and said "it is ok I am not upset about you treating me differently, but why in the last 5 years did you not tell me that you were my father? Were you afraid that I was going to be loyal to Voldemort and say something to him I mean he killed my mom and I would never have turned to the dark side of magic so why?"

Severus smiled at her dedication to the light and said "first I was afraid that somebody might overhear and tell somebody connected positively to the Dark Lord as to your second statement I am very glad you would not betray the light side your mother would be very proud of you, you are truly your mother's daughter, but you do have a few characteristics of mine as well."

Hailey smiled slightly at the compliment and said "what did you want to ask me Professor Snape?"

Severus noted again how the next of his children did not feel compelled to call him: father, daddy, dad or papa but he dismissed it for the moment. Severus said "I wanted to know if you were actually afraid when you were facing the Dark Lord?" Hailey sighed and said "I was terrified but I knew he was going keep coming after me until either I or Voldemort was dead so I decided to throw caution to the wind and go all out against him." At that point Hailey started to break down and said "I…never knew that Her...Herm...ione and R…R...Ron would die as well as so many other people." Severus was suddenly up and holding his daughter as she sobbed her heart out.

After Hailey finished sobbing she managed to calm down and Severus said "Hailey I want you to go and get some sleep I am going to go and pack your trunk and then tomorrow your brother, you and I will be leaving to go to our new home in Forks, Washington." At that Hailey asked "what are we leaving? Are we coming back to Hogwarts next year?"

Severus sighed and with his eyes closed said "yes we are leaving and unfortunately no you will not be coming back next year due to the ministry believing that you are too dangerous to return or remain in the wizarding world, but it will be OK I promise to teach you everything you would learn in your 6th and 7th years and who knows you might be a master of wizardry when we are finished."

Hailey smiled and said, "father I want to know why did Draco and I not know each other growing up I mean when we started to school he came across as a jerk as somebody who I deeply resented, and then in the middle or our fourth year He simply changed his way of talking to me, but I did not and I would like to know why he suddenly changed his manner toward me and my friends?" Severus smiled and said, "I can only guess but I believe that during your 4th year at school Narcissa and Lucius decided to come clean to your brother, but I did not find out that they had done so until after both of your 5th year in school, and by then Draco had already told you that he was your fraternal twin brother.

Hailey looked at her father and said, "you seem more worried about me then you are worried about Draco. Why is that?"

Severus looked down and said, "I know that you are capable of facing any challenge that has come down the pike at you, but I want you to understand that as your father; no father wants to watch as his little girl struggles with monsters and things that could hurt her. Your brother while I do worry about him he has had parents there for him that you have never had so while I worry about him he has the stability of knowing what his limits maybe and acknowledging them."

Hailey nodded as her father continued.

"I watched as no matter what happened and no matter how often you needed somebody to hold your hand and make you feel safe you always had to do the hard thing that would make you both hero and alone, and it nearly killed me each and every time, and when it was all over and there was no more danger to be dealt with each year I knew that what you needed was for yourself to be seen as just a normal girl who would have the normal issues that all other girls go through, but as long as their was a Voldemort or his death eaters you could never be a normal girl."

Hailey nodded looking down and said, "dad I am a little tired now so I think that I want to try and get some rest."

Hailey then walked to her room where the dreamless sleep potion was and prepared for a much needed rest to put the trauma she had suffered for the last few years to finally bed.