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An AU-story

A Question of Honor.

Chapter two. Waiting...

Hours after Eileen Prince's Death...

Severus woke to the door being thrown open and his Grandfather Lord Tiberius Claudius Prince walking in while his two uncles and small cousins hung back in the doorway.

"Get up!" the man ordered the confused boy who looked around for his parents.

"Well your fool of Father went and got himself killed! One less squib for us to worry about!" the Wizard sneered while his sons smirked.

"What! You're lying!" Severus shook his head looking around in alarm. His parents couldn't be dead. They were going home! His Father had promised so!

Lord Prince sneered cruelly and reached for the dark-haired boy, "I said off the bed!"

"Where's my Mother? I want to see her!" Severus shouted scrambling away from the Wizard's grasp.

"You little brat! Come here!" the Wizard shouted reaching for Severus and grabbing him by his short hair.

"AHHHH!!! Let me go! I want my Mom! You're lying! Father isn't dead! You're lying!" The boy shouted wriggling from his Grandfather's grasp.

"Really! Is that what you think?" The Old Wizard pulled his wand out while his sons and other grandchildren looked on with more than a little interest. "Accio Severus!"

Severus felt a force pull him forward and before he knew it his body slammed against his Grandfather's legs.

With a an angry smirk Lord Prince grabbed the small boy by the arm and pulled him out of the bedroom. He walked down the corridor, his boots sounding loudly on the hard wood floors, ignoring Severus cries as he half-dragged the boy down the stairs and up to a pair of large double doors. His relatives followed close behind them.

"You think I'm lying? You little half-blooded squib!" The Wizard shouted shaking Severus by the shoulders until the boy thought he was going to faint. "Answer me!"

"Yes! Yes! You're lying! He's not dead! He's not! We're going back! He told me so!" The dark-haired boy cried stubbornly.

"Not only is your father dead! Not only did he succeed in getting himself killed!" Severus looked away pressing his hands against his ears...it wasn't true! "Look at me you little half blood! LOOK AT ME!" the Wizard grabbed Severus' face and forced him to look at him. "NOT ONLY IS HE DEAD...BUT HER TOO!"

"NO!!!! NO!!!NO!!!" Severus cried, his heart breaking in two. Wanting to hurt someone for the death of his only daughter, Lord Prince threw the doors open and pushed the boy inside. "Look at what your Father's done!" The man shouted before closing the doors.

Seconds after the doors closed a terrified scream was heard. It was quickly followed by another and another.

Inside Severus stood cowering in a corner. His mother's bloodied-dead body floated before him suspended by an eerie light.

The screaming finally stopped when Severus fainted.

The next day...

An unconscious Severus was picked up and carried from the room while his Mother's body was taken for burial. The boy awoke later that evening in a room different from the one he had had, but he didn't notice. He had to wait. His father was going to take them home. He had told him so. He had to! He had to! He thought looking around desperately...Oh God his family was dead! His mother was dead! His father was dead! NO HE WASN'T! NO HE WASN'T! Severus sat very still in the small bed waiting for his father to come and get him but he never did.

At Snape Manor...

After Lord Prince refused to have Tobias Snape's body buried next to his daughter it was delivered to Snape Hall where it was received by one of the house elves and one of his attorney's, Kermit Saturnous. The Wizard had been in the Snape Family's service for well over fifty years and dutifully made the funeral arrangements. That evening his late Master was laid to rest next to the Uncle, Tobias had hated so much. No one but Kermit Saturnous, Crowley Malfoy Lord Malfoy's first cousin, and the family's house elves attended.

At St. Mungus...

Lord Abraxas opened his silvery eyes to find his son and wife looking at him with worried faces.

"Abraxas!" The tall blonde woman cried clutching her husband's hand in hers.

"Father!" Lucius sighed in relief.

The injured Wizard grimaced slightly as he tried to speak. "The muggle who saved my life?"

Eugenia Malfoy bit her lip worriedly and was about to answer when Lucius cut in. "He died, but he wasn't a muggle. He was a half-blood, Lord Tobias Snape. He was married to Eileen Prince..."

The old Lord stiffened at the mention of his old enemy's name. The Princes and the Mafoys had had a feud that had so far encompassed three generations. Noticing his son had paused, he nodded for him to continue, "...his wife ...killed herself when she heard about his death...jumped from her room...they left a son. His name is Severus Claudius Snape Prince, he's ten. Everyone knows what he did for you Father so I asked cousin Crolwey to attend the funeral. I would've gone myself but since I'm just fourteen ...I thought an adult going would be more appropriate."

Severus...the Wizard nodded in understanding. Lord Tobias Snape had died with his son's name on his lips.

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AN: I know that Severus is technically not a half-blood in my story. The insult will be explained further down the road.

Hope you enjoy the chapter...be nice and review...please.

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