Mary and Carolyn sat down and watched their father pacing back and forth. "Girls, it looks like you guys already know that your mother didn't really die of a heart attack," he said. "I have no idea how to say this."

"Daddy, why did that man kill Mommy?" Carolyn asked.

"I- I- I don't know. I'm sorry girls."

"Daddy, you do know," Mary said. "We're not the little girls that used to pretend they were fairy princesses anymore. We're not your little princesses. We're old enough to know what's going on."

"Mary's right," Carolyn agreed with her sister.

"All right," their father said solemnly. "You see, after I became a Death Eater, I became partners with Lucius Malfloy. The problem was that he and I became Death Eaters while we were still in school. But, do you girls know why I became a Death Eater?

"It was because of my family. My father used to be a friend with Voldemort's father, but then, he betrayed them. My father was a lunatic back then, so he could've killed Voldemort's father. And he did. Voldemort became so mad, he vowed that he would kill all of my family.

"But when I became a Death Eater, he promised that if I worked for him, he wouldn't harm any of them. But when I realized about all the murders, I made him believe I worked for him, but then all the pain was just too much. I had to quit.

"After that, I met your mother in the Order. We fell in love, got married, and had you two. But Voldemort was very upset and went back to his vow that he would kill my family. That was when your mother was attacked. The man who attacked your mother, he was Lucius."

"That's it!" Mary screamed madly. "It's bad enough that Malfoy won't leave Mary and I alone! But now his father kills our mother! What did he do?"

"Well, Lucius broke into our house and found your mother. He started to chase her around, but he finally caught her. He grabbed out a dagger and stabbed your mother. But when the pool of blood appeared, Lucius cleaned it up, to look like your mother died of a heart attack or something."

"That's right," Carolyn said. "Mother was sick before she was murdered."

"But how come we didn't hear them?" Mary asked.

"I don't know," her father said solemnly. "I really don't know. Listen, girls, if I knew why we didn't hear Lucius or your mother or anything, I would've told you. But, I don't know."

"Daddy, why didn't you tell us? Why didn't you tell us that you knew what really happened to mother?"

"Because, I didn't want to scare you two. I know, it's a very stupid excuse."

"You bet," Carolyn said. Mary looked at her sister and laid a hand on her shoulder. Suddenly, an owl swopped in from the window, dropping a letter onto the table right by the ice cream. Snape turned to the letter, opened the envelope, and after he read it, he gasped.

"Oh no!" he said.

"What is it?" Carolyn asked.

"Daddy?" Marry asked.

"Girls, we're leaving tomorrow," he said. "We have to leave, for Diagon Alley."

When they got into the car, Mary and Carolyn noticed that their father looked as worried as when he got off the train on that day. He looked so worried that he was driving as slow as possible. Mary sighed, looked at her father, and exchanged glances with her sister.

"When their father stopped, they looked to see where they were. "We're here," their father said.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny waited impatiently for the important meeting at The Three Broomsticks. They waited after receiving the letter that they had to meet. "What do you think is going on?" Ginny asked.

"Don't know," Ron said to his sister. "Don't care."

"Ron's right," Harry agreed with his friend. "Dumbledore said that he needed to see us. This must be really important." Hermione tapped her friends on the shoulders so they could look at what she saw.

Dumbledore walked in with Snape and his two daughters. Mary and Carolyn looked at the four friends, then moved their faces away so that they wouldn't see them. Snape and Dumbledore sat at the table where Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were sitting.

Mary and Carolyn stood behind their father's chair, starring at the four friends. "Us adults must discuss something in private," Dumbledore said.

"Mary, Carolyn, why don't you go out into Diagon Alley and meet us back here soon?" Snape asked his daughters.
"Okay Daddy," Carolyn said.

"We'll go with you," Hermione announced. The six children walked out of the pub. Harry looked at the two girls and sighed. "Look, we're sorry," he said.

"About what?" Mary asked.

"About our last meet," Ron said. "When we realized who your father was."

"Oh, then. Look, I can't control who my father is or what his actions are to you. But if I had a choice to change my father, I would keep him."

"So would I," Carolyn said. "You guys might not be very fond of him, but he's our father. And we love him."

"We understand," Hermione said.

"We were wondering if, uh, we could be friends again?" Ginny asked. Mary and Carolyn smiled and nodded their heads.

"Hey, Louges!" Mary and Carolyn turned around to see Malfloy standing with his hands on his hips. Mary and Carolyn stepped up to Malfloy. Mary had her face only an inch away from his face and said, "The name is Snape."