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Five years Later

"I hate him. He is nothing but a big meanie."

"He is your best friend." Severus stared down at his daughter.

El pouted. "Draco pulled my hair."

"He is just playing with you Eileen." Lily slide a cookie to her daughter hoping to brighten her mood. El glared at her mother.

"Don't try and bribe me." She shoved the cookie away. She climbed onto Snape's lap, scowling at her Mother.

"I wasn't sweetie." Lily tried not to laugh. Eileen was 'Daddy's little girl' down to the last fibre. It hurt knowing she was lying not only to Snape but to her little Slytherin daughter. It was funny to think her and James's daughter would end up in the house of the serpent but it was clear even at the age of six she was a Slytherin through and through.

Eileen let out a huff, ignoring her Mother. "When is Sal coming over? I want to play with him. He more fun then stupid Draco."

Lily found it amusing to watch her daughter bicker with the vain little Malfoy boy. Even tho they were best friends and Draco was a year older they made a stunning team. Draco would slyly be the distraction while Eileen did the dirty work. Sometimes they would switch over, Eileen was much better at pulling the wool over her fathers eyes. They were a funny little couple, fighting and plotting all at the same time. It was always so much worse when Sal came to visit. Lily hadn't been told a thing about the boy still. He just turned up over the weekends over the pass few years until he started Hogwarts this year. He had stayed a few days on the Christmas holiday and back again for this one. Lily worried for the boy. There was something very grave about the boys views on the world. He seemed to have the world on his shoulders and his life had barely begun. Whatever was going on was big but Severus wouldn't tell her. The boy was to well trained for his age, had to much knowledge for eleven. It mad Lily wonder who was raising the child when he wasn't with them.

"He will come over as soon as the Hogwarts express is back. I'll go and get him myself." Snape fiddled with El's dark unruly hair. Lily struggled with it every morning to get it up and El had a habit of ripping out before lunch.

"Can I come too?" Eileen begged.

"Not this time. I have to take him home to get some clothes."

El pouted, crossing her arms.

Lily laughed and Eileen stuck her tongue out at her Mother. "Fine I'll go play with Draco. He is going to see Uncle Vold-e-mort tonight. I want to go too."

"Eileen." Lily sighed softly. "I don't think that is such a good idea."

"Draco gets to go!"

"Next time." Lily promised.

Eileen let out another huff and hopped off Snape's knee, tracking back to the yard.

"Severus I don't you taking my daughter anywhere near the Dark Lord."

"It isn't really an option available to us anymore." Snape snarled back.

"Take my hand."

Draco extended his palm out for her to grab. She glare at it.

"No." She pouted.

"I can't do this by myself." He snared. "It's going to take two of us."

"We're not supposed to do magic." She pointed out with a grin.

Draco preformed a trick he had picked up off his father, raising a single eyebrow. The Crabbe boy cowered in fear but El burst out laughing at him every time he did it. She giggled insanely.

He scowled. "What it's ok to use magic to steal cookies but not for this?"

She sobered up. "That was for a good cause." Eileen justified.

"And this isn't?" Draco smirked.

"Good point." She grinned.

El took Draco's hand and they begun to concentrate. El and Draco scrunch up their faces as they tried to pull out power from their magical essence.

Slowly Eileen opened one eye still squinting at the can.

"It didn't work." She told Draco dropping his hand.

"You didn't try hard enough." Draco drawled.

"Did too!" El stamped her foot.

"Did not!"

"Did too!" As El yelled back the can of spaghetti in question blew sky high.

The pair of them stood still momentarily stunned.

"See." El said smugly.

"Cheating Hufflepuff." Draco cursed.

"I thought being sly and cheating was a Slytherin trait, or am I in the wrong house?"

They turned to find their favourite accomplice.

"Sal!" Eileen squealed in delight jumping on him until he hugged her.

"Salazar." Draco nodded his head politely in a truly Malfoy manner.

"So children." They both glared at him. He smirked, ruffling Eileen's scruffy hair. "Did you miss me?"

"You wish." They both snorted and Sal grinned.

"How was your first year Salazar?" Lily handed him a sandwich.

"Boring it was all stuff I knew since I was eight." He began to tucker into his food. Lily paused wondering what that was suppose to mean. she looked across the room where Severus was pretending to be playing with El and not earwigging. She silently cast a spell blocking off their conversation.

"Did your guardians teach you some magic before you went to school?" Lily pried.

"No the ord.." Sal stopped mid sentence. His eyes snapping to hers, guilt crawling all over the handsome boys face.

"Sal. Tell me." Lily demanded.

"I can't. I promised Snape."

"Promised Snape what?" Lily pushed.

"I am not, I can't." He looking pleadingly up at her. "I want to tell you but I can't. if you want to know ask Snape." He tone of his voice was sorrowful and bitter and Lily was more curious then ever.

The secret of Sal had been going on to long, tonight she was going to find out the truth once and for all.

"I will."

An. Sorry!!! Forgive me? Sorry, very sorry. Things will hopefully begin to move a wee bit faster now (story wise, my updating skills are shot sorry again.) lets us know what you think. If you don't like the jump ahead I would like to know :P