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Chapter 4- The Truth Hurts

Hermione Stared straight ahead as if she was trying to block everything out around her. She didn't even notice Snape place the tray of tea right in front of her on the small coffee table.

"Hermione are you alright?"Harry asked ignoring her questions for now.

"Save your breath Potter. Miss Granger is in a state of shock at the moment. Let her come out of it at her own pace."Snape said calmly as he took a seat in an arm chair across from the girl.

'How can Snape be so calm about his daughter being in shock. I swear that man has no heart or emotion.'Harry thought suddenly coming over with renewed anger towards the Potions Master.

Harry was definitely not pleased but decided to stay quiet for now.

'My mum and dad. How could Voldemort be so damn cold hearted. That monster not only murdered my parents but also Harry's relatives as well. Those Death Eaters are going to pay for what they did starting with Snape.'Hermione thought coming out of her thoughts and pulling out her wand.

Hermione was beyond upset and in a state of mind that definitely was not healthy. Instead of crying she wanted an easier emotion to cope with and at this moment it was anger.

Snape was watching Hermione intently as she sorted through her state of shock and jumbled thoughts. Since Snape was an ex spy and Death Eater, he had thought of all the routes to how His daughter was going to react.

'She would most likely either let go of her Gryffindor pride and start breaking down with tears or she would save her tears for later and come after me like a true Gryffindor and attack me in blind anger.'Snape thought before he took action when Hermione jumped off the couch and pointed her wand at his chest.

"Hermione!What are you doing?"Harry yelled racing over to his friend who was inches away from hexing their guardian.

"Miss Granger, lower your wand."Snape said in a demanding and deadly voice as he stood over her menacingly glaring.

"No! You have one minute to tell me why me and Harry are here. After that I am going to go contact Professor Dumbledore and tell him that Azkaban is missing a dangerous Death Eater. Your Master, the 'Dark Lord' will not come and save you this time."Hermione yelled in white hot rage.

Snape had never seen this lioness so angry in all his years of knowing her at Hogwarts. He felt a twinge of guilt at her anger but would not allow himself to back down. Instead of showing the guilt on his face, he just raised his eyebrows as he smirked and quickly gazed at an astounded Harry before resuming his smirk for his naughty daughter he was definitely going to punish tonight when they were done with the upcoming conversation. If Hermione was not happy with him now she was definitely not going to like him tonight.

"Lower your wand or prepare to have it taken from you."

"Your snide remarks will not help you I am in control and I will-"

"Expelliarmus"Snape said using wand less magic to take Hermione's wand.

"Not so tough now are we."Snape said running his figures along Hermione's wand with satisfaction laced in his demanding tone.

Hermione knew Snape was powerful, but in her blinding rage forgot that Snape could do wand less magic. With Snape having her wand, she defiantly looked down at the floor as she blushed with embarrassment.

"Sit down."Snape commanded with as much authority as he could muster in his already deadly voice.

Harry had never heard such authority in Snape's voice before and was compelled to submit to it as he walked over to the couch and sat down quietly. Hermione on the other hand would not back down so she locked her eyes with Snape's trying to thrive for dominance. After about a minute, Hermione could not take Snape's authoritative glare and looked down at her feet in submission.

"Do I need to say it again or are you going to continue to disobey me and try your luck at a very severe punishment Miss Granger."

Hearing the authority laced in his tone, her body betrayed her mind and walked towards the couch and sat down next to Harry. Snape was done with being disobeyed and would not take no for an answer. He was going to say what needed to be said and that was that.

"As you are both aware of, I have been watching you for the past week at Hogwarts. I was asked by the Headmaster to watch over you because a peculiar letter that he got was addressed to him but involved me so as such he had me read it. Said letter was not one I was ever expecting to see and as such I am reluctant to say that Miss Granger, Mr. Granger is not you biological father. I am."

Hermione reluctantly heard Snape out and became angry all over again. She could not believe this man. There was no way that Snape could ever be her father. Her one and only dad was Mr. Granger(Brad Granger) and no one would convince her otherwise.

'Snape is brilliantly INSANE.'Hermione thought in disgust.

Harry was expecting Hermione to burst into tears but was solely disappointed when he saw a determined look on her face.

"You are not my father."

"Yes I am. I can prove it?"

Snape proudly smirked as he pulled out Kathy's letter and handed it to Hermione triumphantly. Hermione just grabbed it out of Snape's hand forcefully than glanced at Harry who lowered his eyes to the floor which suddenly gave Hermione chills as dread went through her. She could feel that she was not going to like this.

"Accio"Snape said summoning a hand held mirror again with wand less magic.

"What is the mirror for?"Hermione asked with a hint of panic in her voice.

"After you read that letter I want you to take a look at your appearance."Snape said sarcastically mocking her.

Snape could hear the panic in Hermione's voice and it was music to his ears. He had his daughter trapped and found he was actually loving the power he now had over the two teens.

Hermione gulped then slowly started to open the letter. She was absolutely afraid all of a sudden and a burst of nervousness came over her as her sweaty hands gripped the letter in fear.

"No!"

'This can't be true. This is just a joke.'Hermione thought, but the more times she read the letter through the more she wanted to fall to the floor and burst into tears.

With the little pride she had left, she forced the tears away that she so desperately wanted to let fall and surrendered the letter to Snape who took it from her with an eased calm sensing Hermione was on the verge of a breakdown. Silenced filled the room for what felt like a minute before Hermione broke it.

"Is there anything else that I need to know about my life that has apparently been a sham and a lie."Hermione said in a numb voice.

"Here."Snape said handing Hermione the hand held mirror.

Before Hermione would look into the mirror she wanted to know if Snape and Dumbledore had done all the spells to see if the letter was real.

"Me nor the Headmaster could find any proof that the letter isn't real. We tried everything we could possibly think of, but as it stands you are my daughter. You read it yourself that the potion I gave you on the train was one that would take Kathy's glamour off you when you woke up from the coma. If you passed out from the potion that was proof that you are mine. Take a look for yourself."Snape said in a velvety smooth satisfied tone.

Hermione closed her eyes then took a deep breath. This was how she would know for sure what was the truth. She slowly lifted the mirror up to her face then gasped.

"No!Its not possible. I look different I look like him."Hermione accidentally said out loud.

Hermione now had straight black hair instead of her brown bushy wavy hair. She also had the same ears and chin as Snape did. She slowly lowered the mirror down to her chest and gasped again. Her breasts were slightly bigger than before.

"No one decided to tell me that I now look like him."Hermione stated turning around to glare at Harry.

"Well Hermione, you were so angry I just didn't know how to break the news to you. Snape told me on the train that he was your father. He had me see your mothers letter."Harry stammered as Hermione descended upon him.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER!How dare you not try to tell me as soon as I woke up. Does Ronald know too?"Hemione asked again getting angry.

"No. Ron just knows that we have to stay with Snape over the holiday. He offered to have us ask Molly if we could stay with them, but knowing what Snape told me I knew I shouldn't tell Ron anything, at least not yet and I figured you needed me with you to convince Snape to let us stay at the Burrow for the holiday."Harry explained as exhaustion started to grab hold of him once more.

'This has been one weird and tiring day.'Harry thought as he looked at Hermione then Snape.

"Mr. Potter I am keeping you and Miss Granger of should I say Snape (Hermione cringed) here for the duration of the Summer."Snape said maliciously as he saw the hope in Harry's eyes disappear and heard Hermione growl in anger and frustration.

Hermione turned away from Snape and Harry and walked with determination to the door have the intent to open it. When it would not open Hermione turned to Snape.

"Give me my wand."

"No. As it is I can not allow you or Mr. Potter to go gallivanting back to Dumbledore. My will is absolute so unless I say so you can not escape."Snape said raising his right eyebrow in amusement.

"Let me out. Harry give me your wand."Hermione yelled to him before Snape "Accio'd"his wand away form him.

Not really having all to much strength to fight Snape do to the energy the potion sucked from her when she go knocked out, Hermione glared at both Snape and Harry in rage before she stalked upstairs to where she assumed her bedroom was. She knew this was Snape's house because of all the book cases

that lined the upstairs hallway. She also saw two rooms that were warded so she assumed that they were Snape's private rooms. When she reached the end of the hall she saw three other rooms. One door said 'Hermione's room' and another door said 'Harry's room'. That meant that the last anonymous room was probably a bathroom.

When she entered 'her' room, she noticed that all the walls were lined with loads of books. She saw a window seat along with a mahogany desk, a lamp and surprisingly a computer. She also saw a nice mahogany dresser with a stereo system on top of it. She looked at a night stand that was mahogany like the headboard to her bed and saw a television sitting on it. The walls were a pale purple colour along with the rug on the floor and the sheets to her four poster bed. She slowly walked over to another door which she guessed was her closet. When she opened the door she saw that Snape had went shopping and got her all knew clothes both wizard and muggle.

'He just lives in a muggle area. No self respecting Death Eater would like anything to do with muggles.'Hermione thought just before some unwanted thoughts came to the front of her mind.

These images were pictures of what the Death Eaters had probably done to her parents while she was in the safety and confines of the walls of Hogwarts. Hermione knew she was brilliant but she also knew that Snape was to. She would think of a way to escape and she would if it was the last thing she ever did, but for now she would decieve Snape by submitting to her tears. Hermione sat in the window seat then pulled her knees up the her chest in defeat and started to cry.

Hermione cried for her deceased parents. Hermione cried for the brave people who lost their lives in the battle with Voldemort and Hermione cried for what her future might hold in store for her now that she had to live a whole other life from the lie she lived. She was a prisoner for now but she was confident that in time the tables would turn and things would change. She was ready for whatever Snape would throw at her.

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