Severus stared with curious eyes at the teen that sat beside. He looked strange, very different from any other person, magical or not, that the young five-year-old had ever seen. His hair was messy and a bright purple and his eyes were a distant shade of violet. He also wore strange clothes, which was saying something since the child had walked by many people today who dressed strangely. He seemed to be wearing some stretchy, full body purple and black suit and a white and purple helmet seemed to be attached to his hip.
He had all sorts of things on his face and some weird purple tear drop attached to his cheek. Severus squirmed nervously in his seat. While the teen spoke in a calming and comforting voice, his very presence seemed to be pushing everyone away and was cold. Severus stared anxiously at the teen. Skull, if he remembered correctly, was just staring at him, his eyes distant and he bit his lower lip chain in thought.
Severus tilted his head. Why was there a chain attached to his face? There were many things attached to the teen that the young child didn't know about and it irritated him greatly.
Skull blinked suddenly and turned to stare into Severus' onyx eyes, startling him. Immediately, the child turned away and stared down at the table. Skull sighed sadly before smiling. "Hey. Do you wanna go shopping real quick before I take you home. I haven't been there in years so its probably a mess," Skull said with a grin. Severus remained quiet and staring at the table.
Skull frowned as he gently tapped the child on his head. Severus jerked and stared up at the other with wide eyes. "You okay kid?" he asked. Severus bit his lip and nodded. The violet didn't seem to believe the child, but didn't say a word about it.
Skull stood and motioned for the child to do the same. Severus did as he was told and followed the teen out of the shop and back into Diagon Alley. Skull reached down and took hold of the child's small hand.
Severus flinched and looked up stunned at the tall violet. Skull grinned down at him before leaning down to whisper into the child's ear. "If you get tired just tell me and I'll carry you," Severus blushed at the thought of getting carried and scowled at the man, as if daring him to do so. Skull chuckled as he straightened and started forward.
It wasn't too long before Skull had led him into some sort of bank by the looks of things. But the people behind the desks looked weird. He had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and, Severus noticed, very long fingers and feet. They only seemed to be a head taller than Severus himself with black eyes staring holes into him and his lips curling into a snarl.
"I'd like to enter my vaults please," Skull said respectively and pulled out a tiny golden key with some family crest on it. Skull glanced down at Severus for a moment before going back to the goblin. "And I'd also like to set Severus up with his own vault," he continued. The person (Thing?) nodded and took the key, looking it over with a critical eye.
He finally nodded and turned slightly. "Algott!" he shouted out. A person (What are they, they surely weren't human?) walked up. He looked startling similar to that of the other. Skull glanced down with a smirk. "They are goblins," he whispered to the frustrated child.
Algott sneered at the two wizards. The first goblin wasn't even looking at the other when he spoke to him. "Lord de Mort would wish to visit his vault and set up a vault for the child," he spoke. Algott nodded and motioned for the two to follow him. Skull, still holding Severus' hand, followed the goblin.
Severus was very much confused at this point. His mother never took him into the magical world or even spoke of it before today. Now he was immersed in it and he didn't have any info.
The goblin led them into a little office. With a snap of his bony fingers, chairs appeared in front of the desk. Skull nodded pointedly at them and took a seat, Severus taking the other one. The goblin never smiled at them nor did he even try to lighten the mood. He straight into it, much to Severus' confusion.
"We will start with the account for the child," Algott said. Skull nodded, any form of a smile or grin gone from his face. This fact unnerved the five-year-old.
In the short time that he knew him he had seen many emotions float across the emotional teen. He had been angry, nervous, happy, confused, distant, sad and so much more in a little under two hours. But this emotionless mask that he seemed to wear made Severus tense and slightly afraid. The distant look in his eyes was much more visible now than ever before.
"The child's name is Severus Snape," Skull said, his cold and detached. Algott nodded, the small makings of a smirk gracing his pointed face. "My mistake, Lord de Mort. We shall start with the vault for young Mr. Snape," Algott corrected.
The two, Algott and Skull, then went and spoke in long and complicated words that went right over Severus' head, much to his chagrin. Skull looked down and stared at Severus for a moment. "I would also like adoption papers written up and have them sent to the Ministry and Eileen Snape nee Prince for my charge here," he said calmly. Severus blinked up at him with wide eyes. The goblin and the violet continued on with this topic.
Severus quickly got fed up with not understanding and decided to zone out. By the time the "adults" finished speaking, the boy was nearly asleep. He barely even twitched when Skull nudged him.
Skull let his mask slip and he smiled down at the tired child. "It is a pleasure doing business with you, Algott," he said, standing up. He picked up Severus, holding him close to his body protectively. Algott smirked at him and nodded towards the young lord.
Severus quickly walked out of Gringotts with Severus and apparated to the long since abandoned Arcobaleno safe house. It was a simple five bedroom, three bath muggle house with a large kitchen, dining room, living room, and Verde's laboratory in the basement.
Skull suddenly thought of the dilemma of not having a room for Severus, but shrugged it off and decided to face that problem in the morning. He quickly went upstairs and placed the child in Mammon's room. Skull shivered if Mammon ever found out. He cried anime tears at even the thought of the price.
He went towards his own room that he shared with Colonello and fell face first onto his bed. He felt his eyes closing but he felt his troubles growing now that he finally had time to stop and think. He groaned tiredly and fell into blissful sleep.
I've decided that I want Harry to be born so James x Lily will happen along with Draco's parents being end game as well. Also, do you want Severus to remain in Slytherin? If you don't it will change to Ravenclaw, but I just want your opinion on this. I, personally, want him to remain in Slytherin.
End Game Pairings
Reborn x Skull
James x Lily
Lucius x Narcissa
Arthur x Molly
Frank x Alice
If you have any pairings that isn't listed above, review what it is and the more popular pairings will be listed. I don't know who Severus should be paired with. I don't know what to do! DX