A/N: I know, a long wait for a short chapter but something is better than nothing, and I am posting this in the middle of a very busy week for me instead of waiting for the upcoming Thanksgiving break. If you want more consistent updates I am looking for a beta to kick me in the butt to keep me writing. If you would like to beta for me send me a PM.
Disclaimer: If I owned this I wouldn't be writing AU fanfictions about my work.
Chapter 8
Severus got up and pulled a photo album from his bookshelf. He wordlessly handed it to Harry before sitting down again. Harry opened the album and looked at a bigger picture of the Snape crest. The next few pages had photos of a young couple growing up together throughout their Hogwarts education. Harry stopped at a picture of the couple enjoying a picnic next to the lake.
Harry focused on the woman first. She had wavy black hair that was so long that it pooled in a pile behind her on the blanket. She had regal facial features with flawless skin, that looked as soft as a flower petal. Her eyes shone with happiness and love for the man with her.
Harry then looked at the man and was shocked by how familiar he was. Harry had already assumed that the couple was Severus' parents, and he wasn't surprised that the man looked like a younger version of the man he had seen in Severus' memories. What surprised Harry was that the man looked strangely like a younger Tom Riddle.
It made no sense. Why would a picture of Tom Riddle be in Snape's family album? Harry shook off the similarities as a coincidence and moved on to examining the photo again.
It seemed like the couple didn't know that a picture was being taken as they went from looking at each other to jumping and looking at the cameraman before laughing with eachother. Harry was shocked to see that the woman had bright green eyes, not unlike his own.
Hermione straightened up suddenly and stared at Severus with a look of utter astonishment.
"I find it unsurprising that Miss Granger has managed to figure it out already. Would you like to enlighten Mr. Potter or shall I?" Severus said casually taking a drink of his tea.
"What?" Harry looked at Hermione the question showing in his eyes. Severus waved his hand for Hermione to go ahead and explain.
"Harry, who does that man look like?" Harry looked back at the picture and shook his head. It couldn't be. "That's him. That's Tom Riddle."
"He's my father; I am really Severus Riddle."
A/N: It's short but I realized that I work better with short chapters than I do long ones. Hopefully, this realization will help me update faster, but we'll see. Please REVIEW and let me know what you think and what I need to do to make this story better.