The next few days went by quickly. Fred and George pranked Percy with the help of Dudley. Dudley had even got an approval from Dumbledore that he and Petunia were welcome at Hogwarts anytime. As the holiday came to a close Ginny and Dudley had to say goodbye to everyone. It was the evening before the students would return before Abby had decided to use her dads cloak and wander around the castle.

She couldn't remember how long she had been wandering the castle when she heard what sounded like crying. Quietly she crept towards the door that the sound was coming from. As she opened the door it squeaked, and the sobbing stopped. Frozen between the door Abby heard someone come closer and closer to the door until the person was in view of her sight. It was Severus. Tears stained his face and his black onyx eyes held so much pain. Abby dropped the cloak and it fell into a pool at her feet.

Severus was shocked by her sudden appearance. She ran and hugged him. Shocked at the sudden impact he looked down. "Abigail what are…" he began. "What's wrong Severus?" He seemed at a loss for words instead he directed her to a mirror. "What's so saddening about this mirror?" "This Abigail is the mirror of Erised also called the mirror of desire. It shows us our deepest darkest want." Snape paused as realization dawned on Abby. "For me I see your mother. Lily was my only friend in my life. I wish I could change what happened, but I can't" choked Snape. Abby stood in front of the mirror and to her shock saw her family.

The mum and dad she wished she could see and talk to. Lily looked back at her with those vibrant green eyes and James with the same messy black hair. Severus put a hand on her shoulder and she looked up to see him sadly smiling. "I see you see your mum." Said Severus. Abby nodded as she leaned into him. Severus had become more comfortable over the months with Abby. In fact, he saw her as more or less his own daughter rather than James and Lilys' daughter.

Before long he looked down to see Abby had fallen asleep standing up. Chuckling to himself he picked her up, grabbed her cloak, and brought her back to the dorm. As he tucked her in he saw that she had a photo of her mum, petunia, and him in a frame and another of her mum and dad together. Some things never changed. Lily was huge into photos of family. She believed that if they were there they would protect you and it seemed Abigail had inherited it as well.

The next morning Abby woke to find herself in her room. As she got up and got ready she noticed a book on her vanity with a letter. "Family crests and how they were made?" she looked at the letter.

Abby,

May you love the book I bought you on Family crests. Percy and Ron told me about your charm bracelet gift.

Love,

Hermione

Abby grabbed the book and went to sit by the lake side. As she paged through she found an interesting part about three chapters in.

Nothing is more interesting than the family crests. Each family old and new have crests. When each muggle born or half-blood child graduates from Hogwarts or another wizarding school one thing they do is create their family crests. For Purebloods and half-bloods that have a wizard father they add to the family crest and make it their own. Each crest has its own unique qualities one of the most famous crests is the Dumbledore family. The crest has intricate yellow and black with two wands interlocking. Each younger sibling can choose to add or keep the crest the same.

As Abby finished she went to find Severus. He was easy enough to find sitting in a comfy armchair in his office by the fire. "Severus…" He never looked up. But Abby knew he was listening. "Can you tell me about the time my mom had you over for Christmas?" He closed his book and conjured up another chair. Abby sat down and looked at him as Severus had a smile on his face.

"Well your mother found out that my Christmas was terrible at home and that I had plans to stay at school. Well Lily being the person she was wouldn't have that. She sent a letter to her parents asking for permission to bring a friend home for the holidays. After they agreed she basically had to drag me to the train in order to take me home. After I got there thought it was amazing. Everyone was kind well except Petunia, but that's a different story. Your grandparents tried so hard to make me feel welcome and at home. After some time, I got used to the fact that people genuinely cared about me I opened up a little more. By the time we went back to Hogwarts I completely trusted Lily and her family," finished Severus.

Abby hugged Severus. Although the time with him was always short she really appreciated it. Abby went to the gates with Severus to greet her friends as they returned from holiday.