Hey Eveyone^_^ My exams are finally done and now I am free to post to my hearts content. Here is a chapter that took me ages to figure out how to do. I made a few mistakes so I am now reposting it. I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 6- Snape's Haunting Memories

Letting out the breath he didn't realize he had been holding Snape went towards the kitchen to grab himself a bottle of Fire Whiskey. For the moment Snape was pleased to have made some progress with his child and would certainly give Potter a suitable punishment when he got his rest, but for now Snape just needed time to himself to think about how he was going to deal with the children he had under his roof for the upcoming future and some of his memories from the past that he had locked away in the back of his mind.

'At least Potter no longer has that retched invisibility cloak. I now don't have to ponder on the subject of the brat sneaking around my home in the late hours of the night.'Snape thought in amusement as he rummaged through the inside of his cloak and pulled the silvery cloth out of a pocket to examine it and enlarge it.

Snape was not happy about being an ex Death Eater but he did learn skills that were quite useful. As he was in Potter's room, Snape saw Harry's small luggage sitting out on the boys nightstand during Harry's failed escape attempt. When he decided to levitate Potter out of the room, he silently did an 'accio' to retrieve the cloak.

Having his much needed Fire Whiskey in his right hand and the cloak in the left, Snape silently made his way upstairs to his private study. It only took him a wave of his wand to silently remove the complicated dark spells he placed upon the study door, then he entered the room with a grace that only Snape can accomplish before locking it and putting silencing spells up. He was not willing to have the children hear him in his moments of weakness. That would be just to much. Snape was not weak and refused to have the children think otherwise when he did not have his mask in place.

Walking briskly over to a small rectangular box sitting on a shelf of one of his many book shelves in the farthest corner of the room and on the highest shelf not in plain view, Snape 'accio'd' it to himself feeling a sense of agitation and sadness come over him.

This mysterious box once belonged to Snape's mother Eileen Prince, and held pictures and nick knacks quite dear to her inside. Among the years Snape had grown used to using this box to put some of his personal items in it as well. There were pictures of him and Lily as childhood friends, letters that Lily and Kathy had wrote to him, and now that Snape remembered, his ring from marrying Kathy was in the box as well. Snape had not opened the box since the night he got his memories taken from him by his wife and remembered arguing with Kathy about putting his ring in it for safe keeping.

Snape unlocked the lock on the box with wand less magic and took a look at its contents. Seeing his mothers things brought back a brutal memory that Snape couldn't help but think about as he picked up a muggle photograph of him as a little boy about eight years old and his mother standing in the backyard both smiling as his father grumpily took the picture of them.

-Flashback-

"Severus dear, can you help me with the garden?"

"Coming mum."Severus yelled down to his mother as he put the book he was reading down on his small bed. Severus always enjoyed gardening and loved helping his mother out with the plants. One plant he particularly loved to help out with and look at was a white lily that reminded him of his neighbour, a girl about his age named Lily Evans.

Eileen was watering one of the many tulips when Severus came outside. He smiled as his mother as she contentedly hummed to herself. When she noticed Severus standing there watching her, she smiled a sad smile that made Severus' insides clench in pain.

"Oh my dear Sev."Eileen said as she walked over to her boy and engulfed him in a hug. That was when Severus became really worried. He could see his mother was trying to be strong and hold in her tears.

"Mum, what's wrong?"Severus asked in a small soft voice afraid that if he talked to loud his mother would break down like she normally did now a days.

"Its nothing dear. Its just your father won't be in a very good mood when he comes home. He got suspended off of work for awhile and has probably gone off drinking."She said in a wavering voice as a tear silently made its way down her cheek.

Snape was scared and didn't want to show his mum he was as frightened as her so he forced himself to speak calmly.

"Mum. Why don't we go in the house and have some tea?"

Eileen just looked into Severus' eyes and willed herself to stop crying.

'Severus does not deserve to always see pain. He should be happy and enjoying his childhood not seeing me always breaking down and being abused by his father. He deserves a whole lot better.'Eileen thought as she calmly laid a hand on Severus' shoulder and forced a smile upon her face.

"Your right dear. Let's go inside and have some tea."

Severus did not want to see his mother start crying again so he quickly ran off into the house to put the kettle on. Just as he was about to poor the tea, he and his mother both jumped as they heard a car door slam. They were both sitting in the kitchen staring at each other with wide frightened eyes as they both knew who was making heavy footsteps towards the house.

"Quickly, but quietly can you please go up to your room Severus?Please."Eileen begged as she stared her pleading eyes into Severus' dark ones knowing full well that she knew that Severus knew about her and his fathers 'disagreements', as Tobias would say to the neighbours as to convince them that nothing was wrong.

Severus nodded his head and headed upstairs just as his father Tobias Snape, came tumbling into the house in a drunken fashion.

"Eileen?Eileen?EI...LEEN!"Tobias yelled in a slurred drunken tone as he grabbed a hold of the worn brown couch that had patches all over it.

The Snape's were a family that did not have very much money by any means and what they did manage to salvage, Tobias would go and spend it on alcohol. They only had hand me downs and did not have very much food to go around. Whatever money was saved was only because Eileen would sneak it from Tobias while he was doing something to keep his barely there mind occupied and would give it to Severus or get some food when Tobias forgot to get some for forgetting they were even there. They had a child yet Tobias refused to acknowledge that.

"Yes d dear."Eileen stuttered in a shaky voice as she approached her drunk husband.

What Eileen didn't know was that the upcoming conversation was being overheard as Severus sat on the landing sneaking glances downstairs and listening intently to what would soon be a full on row between his parents.

Tobias was a man that was quite massive in weight but also quite tall compared to the petite woman cowering in front of him. Eileen had long straight and flowing black hair with the most chocolate brown eyes you could ever imagine. Tobias had a scruff of a moustache that was a Gray colour from the signs of letting himself go and ageing. He also was almost bald with Gray patches on his head and had black eyes. Tobias had a temper that Snape later learned he had inherited and was a force to be reckoned with. You might think that taking down this great fat pig of a muggle would be an easy task considering Eileen and Severus are wizards, but Tobias did not take well to his family being freaks and took Eileen's wand away from her and yelled at Severus for once encountering some Accidental magic stating that freaks did not belong in his home. Tobias was mean and controlling which is how the man became so intimidating. Since Severus had yet to get a wand, he was pretty much useless and had to depend on his mother to protect the both of them which obviously was not going to happen.

"G...et me some...thing t..t..to eat?"Tobias slurred and grumbled as he went to lay on the couch and turn on the telly.

Eileen didn't say a word as she stalked to the kitchen to see if they had enough food to make her husband a sandwich. Eileen could not help but think about why she had married this man as she put some margarine, a small slice of cheese and a piece of ham on the two slices of bread.

"Are y...a done yet?"Tobias yelled in clear annoyance and impatience.

"Yes dear. H..here dear."Eileen stuttered as she raced out of the kitchen to give the man his sandwich.

Snatching the sandwich forcefully from her, her took a bite out of it than spit it out in clear disgust.

"Ya call th...is food?It is al...ways t...he same thi...ng. Are you so la...zy that y...ou can't even make som...ethi...ng decent?"Tobias yelled in rage as he got up from the couch and stood over Eileen menacingly.

"I'm s...sorry. We just don't have a lot of f...food."Eileen stuttered as she looked down at the floor while trying to hold her tears in.

"That's your e...xcu...se, we don't have f...oo...d. Well th...en I guess you wouldn't mind if I d...id this now would you?"Tobias slurred as he pulled out Eileen's wand from a jacket he was wearing. Grinning evilly, Tobias took the wand in both hands than snapped it in half.

"No!That's my wand."Eileen yelled as tears started to flow down her face in helplessness.

"May...be now you can fig...ure out what is more im...por...tant."Tobias said as he drunkenly made his way over to the fire burning in the fire place and tossed the wand pieces into the flames. Eileen just watched the fire in hopelessness as she was trying to piece together why she deserved her wand to be destroyed as it had been.

"Now to make sure th...at your freak...yness has been stamped out of ya, I'm going to teach you a lesson?"Tobias growled unbuckling his belt and removing it from the loops on his jeans.

Severus just watched as his father removed the belt, then he could no longer just sit and watch the scene. Severus watched the horror and tears on his mothers face as her wand got destroyed and could not take it anymore.

"Put the belt down."Severus stated as he came down the stairs to his moms aid.

"Oh, its the little freak. I forgot about you."Tobias said as he watched Severus with a twisted sort of glee on his face.

"Severus, no get away. Go back upstairs."Eileen yelled desperately in hopes to protect her son from the abuse she was going to get.

"No. Leave my mum alone. She has done nothing to you."Severus yelled at the monster who was supposed to be his dad.

"So little pipsqueak, ya wanna play do ya?"Tobias said starting to sober up.

Severus just stood his ground by wearing his new found courage as a type of shield. He was not going to go down without a fight.

"Severus go. Please honey don't get mixed into this. Tobias please just let Severus go."Eileen pleaded just before Tobias kicked her in the stomach.

"Shut up you little wench. If the boy wants to be taught a lesson who are we to deny him the opportunity. He will finally learn his place."Tobias said in amusement as he took the belt in hand then descended upon Severus.

Severus looked at the belt with fear in his eyes but knew he did the right thing. He was not a coward by any means and as such was not going to back down and was going to take what was dished out upon him.

When Tobias was close enough to Severus, he grabbed a hold of him by the arm and tore the shirt he was wearing off his body before raising the belt and hitting Severus across the centre of his back.

"No!Severus. Please not my Severus."Eileen wept as Tobias continued to rain blows of the belt upon her little boy.

When the first blow hit Severus he could not help but grunt in pain. It really hurt,but as Tobias continued to whip him his grunts turned into cry's than eventually full out screams.

-End Flashback-

Snape just could not allow that memory to go further as he tried to push it back to where it belonged,to the deepest recesses of his mind locked away. Snape was on the verge of tears but made a promise that he would not shed them. He always had asked himself why his mother ever took a fancy to the atrocious monster that abused them and even asked her about it one time. She just told him that the only reason she stayed with Tobias is because of him. That just made Severus' insides churn as he thought about the lashes from the belt that had evidently left scars on his body.

To get his mind on something else, Severus went looking into the box again and fished out the wedding ring he received for marrying Kathy.

'We were both so young and happy. We even had a child together. Why her and not me?'Severus thought before another memory came and swept his mind away for the second time this night.

-Flashback-

"Kathy, don't get to carried away. The baby isn't even here yet."Severus said to his darling wife who was trying to pick out a name for there daughter that was due in about another three months.

"I'm sorry Sev but I'm just so excited. What do you think we should name her?"Kathy asked as she stared up at Severus from the black leather couch she was sitting on.

After graduating, Severus and Kathy went back to Severus' place to settle down before having the baby. They both wound up falling in love with each other at the age of sixteen just as Lily started to drift away from Severus. Severus would go seek out this beautiful girl he had first seen sitting under a tree by the Black Lake. That is when Severus soon started to except that Lily was in love with his arch enemy, James Potter. He didn't like it but knew he had to except it. Since both of Severus' parents were no longer around due to Tobias murdering Eileen while he was at school and then later himself taking revenge in becoming a Death Eater and killing his abusive father with the killing curse, Severus now had the family house as his own on Spinners End. Having his father not around anymore, Severus allowed for Kathy's help in redecorating the place. He later got a job at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the new Potions Master after the unfaithful massacre of his first love Lily Evans. That's when he soon got the job to spy on Lord Voldemort and bring back useful information for The Order of The Phoenix and Headmaster Dumbledore.

"I might have a name for her,but its not something you would probably like."Snape said passively in his monotone voice as he stared at his beauty form the living room doorway.

"Awwww Sev, just try me."Kathy said giving him her pouting face.

"No!I think not. Its not important."Severus said as he watched his soon to be wife's face go from a pout to one of anger.

"What do you mean it doesn't matter?This is our child."Kathy yelled at him.

Severus was still trying to get used to the fact that they were together and would soon be getting married next month, let alone have a brat of his own to deal with. He already had to teach dunderhead children and did not want his to be like most of the children he had to teach.

"There is still time to pick out a name. We do not have to rush things."Snape calmly stated as he walked over to the couch and sat next to her.

"I know this, but as I was in Gryffindor my curiosity naturally gets the best of me."Kathy stated as she looked into Snape's obsidian eyes.

"I will tell you what?I will tell you the name if you promise me you will pick out a middle name if you like it."Snape said watching Kathy's face light up with happiness.

"You have a deal Severus."

"Okay. I have been thinking about it and I think our little girl should be called Hermione."Snape stated as he watched Kathy's eye's start to water and a grin spread across her face.

"Severus, that is an absolutely beautiful name. Hermione sounds so enchanted. Its perfect."Kathy stated as she threw her arms around Severus' neck and kissed him passionately. Severus just melted into the kiss and started dominating it as his tongue sought entrance into Kathy's mouth as their tongues sought out one another. When Severus and Kathy Pulled away for air, Kathy had the name she wanted.

"From now on our babies name is Hermione Jean Snape."Kathy said before Snape hugged her to his chest in obvious agreement to their child's name.

Snape was beyond happy that they were using his name for their little girl that he thought of nothing else for the entire day as they made love to each other on the couch.

-End Flashback-

Severus let his mask down for that moment remembering the faithful day he named his daughter and actually let a small smile grace his face before he put the mask back in place.

Really not wanting anymore memories to invade his mind any longer, he folded up the invisibility cloak then placed it in the small box before sealing it it shut again by locking it. He then did the banishing charm 'depulso' to make the box go back up to the spot it had been placed before.

'No more trips down memory lane. I need to go and check on the brats to make sure they are in bed.'Snape thought as he put his Fire Whiskey down on a table in his study before taking his wand out and using it to remove all the charms on the door. Once he had it relocked with the wards no one could get through but him, Snape started to head towards Potter's room.

When he opened Potter's bedroom door he saw Potter laying on his bed with the covers kicked off it. Potter was sleeping with his hands under his pillow and his arse in the air. It was quite an amusing image. Snape just wished he had a camera so he could tease Potter in the future and have proof about how the boy slept. He knew that when Potter woke up and started to look through his luggage that he would see what wasn't there and would more than likely come storming to him about his father's cloak missing. Snape honestly couldn't wait until Potter would do that because he had so many punishments he wanted to try out and Potter was definitely the perfect target.

"Potter will learn that he is only allowed to behave in a certain manner and will not misbehave like his so called father.'Snape thought before he took one last look at Potter, smirked than left the room closing the door behind him as he went to check on his daughter next.

When Snape tried to open the door to Hermione's bedroom he couldn't get in. He knew his daughter was going to be difficult but didn't know to what extent. Hermione had warded her bedroom door with some wand less magic of her own so no one would be able to invade on her privacy and obvious plans. Snape was not oblivious to his daughters intentions and was looking forward to their little game of wits.

Using his wand to remove the wards on his daughters bedroom door, he saw the girl fast asleep not on her bed but at her desk. She was up to some thing and he would find out eventually but for now he wanted Hermione to sleep in her bed. Snape took his wand in hand once more and used the spell 'Levicorpus' to genteelly move her to her bed. When she was lying down, he placed her purple comforter on her than left her room with his robes billowing behind him.

Snape was not even going to bother putting Hermione's wards back up. He wanted her to know that he was on to her. He was determined to win this little game and make Hermione see that there is no way around her being his daughter. She would learn that he was the one in charge and would have her obediently following him before long.

'I will have these children knowing my authority and I will have them following my rules or they will get punished. Since they are mine I can do what ever I please to get this information to stick in their heads.'Snape thought as he headed to his bedroom to go to bed as well. Snape was exhausted from his day with the children and even more exhausted from the memories that assaulted his stressed out mind. Snape got a nightshirt on and slowly slipped into bed thinking about what punishment he wanted to try out first. With that thought he drifted off to sleep feeling more light at the thought of punishment for one Gryffindor brat known as Potter.

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