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Chapter 2- The Unexpected
At first nothing happened. Hermione could see that Harry was holding his breath and Ron was glaring at Snape while they waited for the potion to take effect. When it did, all Hermione could hear was a gasp from a shocked Harry before she became dizzy.
"What's happening to me?"Hermione asked suddenly scared.
She didn't even hear any response to her question as her vision became blurry and darkness engulfed her. Hermione had blacked out.
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Snape knew Harry was protesting unsuitable comments while Ron continued to glare at him, but he just simply ignored them as he looked at Hermione with worry in his eyes. Of course he still had his same cold mask on, not wanting to show his emotions, but he could not help but show his worry through his eyes as he looked over at the thirteen year old know-it-all Gryffindor girl who was his daughter. Lucky for him, Harry and Ron were so far into their own anger, they didn't even notice the worry or how far away Snape's thought were. Of course Ron couldn't speak so Snape payed no mind to his body gestures. All that Snape could think about was a conversation he had with Dumbledore about Hermione being his daughter.
-Flashback-
"You wanted to see me Headmaster?"Snape asked with his mask up displaying his disdain and coldness as he pierced Dumbledore with his obsidian eyes.
"Yes my boy. Do you want a lemon drop?"Dumbledore asked clearly unaffected by Snape's vial mood as he smiled and held out a small bowl.
Snape couldn't help but clench his teeth as he replied to Dumbledore's offer.
"No I do not want any lemon drops. You know I do not like sweets."Snape said automatically.
Every time Snape went to see Dumbledore, he was always offered the same sweet. He was really getting tired of it.
"Severus my boy, I remember when you were younger. You absolutely loved sweets!"Dumbledore stated as he continued to smile at Snape serenely.
"For the last time, I have said no. I will never want one so stop offering them to me. Now, can you be so kind as to explain to me why you wanted to see me?"Snape asked getting quite annoyed.
"Well, I have called you down here because we have quite a matter we need to discuss. It's about Mr. Potter and Miss Granger."Dumbledore said moving over to his desk with a sudden grave look on his face.
Snape knew something was terribly wrong because of Dumbledore's sudden mood change so he took a seat in front of the Headmasters desk.
"What about Mr. Potter and Miss Granger?"Snape asked unwavering in his cold mask to hide his emotions.
"Well, I assume you know that Death Eaters intruded on Harry's relatives and Hermione's parents."Dumbledore said as he looked at Snape.
"It was just in the Daily Prophet. Apparently, the dark lord issued an attack which caused the death of Potter's uncle, aunt and cousin along with the Granger's at the same general time. As to what importance is this to me?"Snape asked raising a questioning eybrow.
"I want you to go to both Mr. Potter's and Miss Granger's homes to confirm this information, then I want you to keep an eye on Miss Granger for this week."Dumbledore said before he reached out for a letter sitting on his desk.
"Why does it have to be me. Couldn't another member of staff do it. Maybe their Head of House, Minerva."Snape said quirking up his eyebrow in annoyance.
"Minerva is quite busy with her duties as Headmistress, so I am quite positive it has to be you. I even have a letter here that I think you should read."Dumbledore said trying to hand Snape the letter.
Snape looked at the letter in confusion for a split second before he took the letter from Dumbledore and began to read it.
Dear Dumbledore,
If you have received this letter, then that means that me and Mr. Granger are dead. Despite these unfortunate events, I have a confession to make. Mr. Granger was NOT Hermione's father nor am I really Mrs. Granger. My name is Kathy Ginavive Snape. My real husband is Severus Snape.
When we were young, about 16 years old, we fell in love. I loved Severus then and I still love him now. The reason Severus was not aware of our love or our child is because I took his memory of us. I wound up seeing his Death Eater mark and I knew that bringing Hermione into that kind of mess was not a smart idea. We wound up marrying one another which was one of the happiest days of my life, but as I said, being with a Death Eater was not the ideal life I could have imagined for our dear Hermione. So in order to protect her, I pretended to be a muggle in hopes that our daughter would have a happy life. I wound up escaping the magical world and arranged a fake marriage with Mr. Granger. So Hermione is not muggleborn. I am a half blood witch so that would make Hermione's blood status different.
Now that I am dead, Hermione Jean Snape will need her father. I am sorry about the unexpected news, but please help my daughter. Please let her know who her true father is? She deserves to know the man I have given my love to. It will make me happy to know Hermione will know the truth.
I have sent a small package along with the letter. The package contains Severus' memory of us and a potion that will reveal Hermione's looks when she awakens after taking the potion. When the potion takes effect, the glamour charm I have placed on her will shatter. I am warning you that the potion will knock her out due to exhaustion. She needs to sleep to regain energy before the potion takes effect. That will be proof that she belongs to us. Know that I love you both very much and I hope that you can get along.
Sincerely, Kathy G. Snape
Ps. Treat her well Severus!
Severus just looked up from the letter in silent shock staring at the Headmaster who had the twinkle back in his eyes.
"Well, Severus my boy, I suggest you take the potion to gain your memory back. Hermione needs you."Dumbledore said smiling radiantly. "Hermione is your daughter."
'I can't believe this. How can the know-it-all, one half of the 'Golden trio', and the Gryffindor princess be my daughter?'Snape thought reluctantly drinking the memory potion.
"This can't be happening."Snape said in outright shock as he saw images of his past.
He saw the small ceremonial wedding and Kathy conceiving Hermione.
"I am sorry to say it can. I have tried all the tests I could possibly think of to try and prove that Hermione is not your daughter, but I can't."Dumbledore said simply smiling and watching Severus.
"What do you suppose I should do. I know she hates me. I have treated her like all of the dunderhead
Gryffindor's that claim to be her friends. I am not a nice person and I have no idea of how to raise a child."Snape said in a tone that claimed he was not pleased with the turn of events.
He just simply did not know he had a daughter and he was content to think so. Now that he knew, he felt like he needed to protect Hermione. He was absolutely disgusted with himself to say the least.
"Since we have established that you will look out for Miss Granger, I don't want you to tell her the news until her and Mr. Potter are on the Hogwarts Express. Over this summer holiday, I want Mr. Potter to stay with you and Miss Granger at Spinner's End. Or should I say Miss Snape."Dumbledore said in a serious tone but was still smiling.
"No Headmaster! I refuse to have any children in my home at all. I do not want Harry bloody Potter in my home. That is completely unacceptable."Snape stated suddenly glaring at Dumbledore.
"Harry has nowhere to go. His relatives are dead and I am sure Hermione would feel quite lonely. Her parents just died, so I think having Harry around to cheer her up is a great idea."Dumbledore said becoming more serious.
Knowing that Dumbledore was done with this conversation, Snape reluctantly said 'good day' to the Headmaster, then left his office to do his task Dumbledore assigned for him to do. He had to go check up on his daughter.
-End Flashback-
Coming out of his thoughts at last, he noticed that Ron had actually fallen asleep and Harry was absently staring out of the compartment window. While Snape was lost in thought, Harry gave up on his angry comments towards the man because he knew Snape was no longer listening. Since Ron couldn't speak or get Snape's attention, he got bored and fell asleep. Harry just started to look out the window as his thoughts trailed to Hermione and her loss of parents. Since he still had the sticking charm on him, he could not move very far resulting in him ignoring Snape.
Snape just watched Harry for a minute before he spoke, wondering what he was thinking about. His guess was that Harry was thinking about Hermione and both of their living arrangements.
"Mr. Potter, you and Miss Granger will be staying with me for the summer."Snape said while staring at Harry.
Watching Harry snap out of his thoughts, he noticed Harry was not shocked or surprised.
'Great!Living with people I didn't like before was bad so of course I get landed with my second least favourite person."Harry thought before he replied.
"Sir, I kind of figured that I would have to stay with you, but why?"Harry asked in a calmer voice as he looked at the unconscious form of Hermione, who was asleep sitting up due to the sticking charm.
"Since your relatives are no longer alive, the Headmaster believes that I should be your guardian for the summer so you can help cheer Miss Granger up along with keeping her mind from dwelling on the Granger's."
Why are you and the Professor Dumbledore so worried about Hermione?"Harry asked while looking Snape in the eyes.
"You insolent little pr-"Snape started to growl but was cut off by Harry.
"No sir. Hermione is my best friend and I know something more is happening then what you are actually telling me. You were constantly spying on her all week. Then you come in here and give her this mysterious potion that knocked her out. What is the actual reason?"Harry yelled getting angry again.
Knowing that the train was almost at Kings Cross station, Snape would need Harry's compliance to help move Hermione, so he reluctantly gave an answer.
"Mr. Potter, I would refrain from yelling at me. I am going to need your help to remove Miss Granger when we get to the station. If you must know, and it will stop you from asking me infuriating questions, Miss Granger is my daughter."
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