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P.S. I'm just playing in J.K. Rowling's Sandbox Sapphira is my only character.

Ch.12 – Matters of the heart

Sapphira

The sun peaked out from the window in her room showing the lake, stretching she let out a loud yawn. Her mind going to her meeting with her Papa, what did he want to talk about? She quickly showered and changed, bounding down the stairs to the great hall. She sat at the Slytherin table eating her breakfast quickly, looking around at the sleepy students. When she looked at the head table she noticed Professor Snape was absent which was strange, even the few days she had been in class at Hogwarts she could tell he wasn't a guy to be late or to be absent. She thought about it a bit more before deciding to drop it and go to visit her Papa. She made her way to her home and when she got there she came in the door and fang bounded up to her, knocking her over and licking her face. Sapphira giggled and hugged the silly dog "Hey I know I missed you too." Hagrid smiled at the scene a pulled fang off "let er up yer big buffon." he helped Sapphira to her feet and hugged her tightly "how has yer day been? I kno yer class firs' class isn't till later today" she chuckled knowing her Papa always talked about nothing, rambling when he was nervous. She touched his hand lightly and said with a soft supportive smile "Papa please, please tell me what's wrong?" He tensed a bit and then turned around to grab something, his massive hands trembling as he fidgeted with an envelope. He turned to her a gently handed her the note "don hate tha I didn't tell yer sooner." She looked at the envelope only knowing that it had something to do with her family. This could be the answer to all her questions. This could change everything she thought as she took a deep breath and opened the letter as her Papa sniffled loudly. The letter read:

Dear

If you are reading this letter something terrible must have happened. This is the hardest thing to tell you but please understand. That night that you were there for me is one of the worst and best nights of my life. I would have stayed had I not found out where your loyalties lie. I sincerely apologize for hurting you, if it did hurt when I left. But I did, I do care for you and I always will. But that is not the purpose of this letter, this letter I leave with your children. Yes that night I got pregnant and James helped cover it up but we couldn't cover up Sapphira. She looked too much like you and so we hid her from the world but you have two children. Harry and Sapphira Asphodel Potter. I apologize for keeping it from you especially considering your line of work. Please take care of Our Children. Keep them safe

With Love, Lily Potter

Sapphira's eyes watered as she read and reread the note her mother's handwriting was beautiful and it answered her questions and raised new ones. James wasn't her father and that meant her father was alive but the name was smudged. How could it be that she was so close to knowing who her father was, for being able to see him and speak to him and get to know about her mother from him? She looked up to her Papa who was blubbering like a baby. "Papa... Who is he?" Hagrid could not form sentences as he blew into his handkerchief. She waited for his response and when she noticed he wasn't ready to answer or possibly didn't know she left to her first class in Hogwarts. Her stomach was in knots as she made her way back to the castle her mind clouded with thoughts. Who was this mystery man that made her mother happy and yet upset? What caused her mother to leave? If only she was alive to ask her what was going on. She made her way to the dungeons where potions class was held. Normally she would be excited to learn about potions but her heart was thrumming as her nerves overcame her, this never happened to her. She tried to calm down as she took her seat. Harry came in sitting next to her and giving her a soft smile she barely mustered a weak smile and she tried to relax. Harry was sweet and tried to help she managed to keep it in and once she seemed ok Harry let her be. Draco came in and didn't take the seat to her left instead sitting with other Slytherin's and it stung a bit. She turned to her textbook reading the words which soothed her a bit. When the door swung open and Professor Snape appeared and started with role pausing when he reached Harry's Name. "Ah, yes," he said softly, "Harry Potter. Our new—celebrity." Snape finished calling the names and looked up at the class. His eyes were black like Hagrid's, but they had none of Hagrid's warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels.

"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making," he began. He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught every word—like Professor McGonagall, Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort. "As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even stopper death— if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach." Sapphira was in awe by him loving this class more and more everyone was silent. "Potter!" said Snape suddenly Both Sapphira and Harry turned to him. "What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" "I don't know, sir," said Harry. Snape's lips curled into a sneer. Sapphira's heart dropped why was he being so cruel. She glared at the menacing man what was he getting at. "Tut, tut-fame clearly isn't everything." She couldn't deal with that Harry was doing absolutely nothing wrong she stood up crossing her arms "you got that right I thought your class would be fun but all you're doing is ridiculing a small boy for your own gain ... Professor."

Severus:

"What was that Miss Hagrid" He stood tall his face menacing. He was furious, how dare she insinuate that he was doing anything more than teaching he wasn't having her snarky attitude. The girl stood her ground seeing her clear anger but he wasn't about to take any more disrespect. "You heard me." His eyes darkened and all the students were deadly silent. "Detention! I will not tolerate this disrespect now you will sit down or head to the headmaster's office."

Sapphira:

She watched for a bit before realizing what she did she was disrespectful to her Professor and got a detention. She sank in her chair feeling her heart drop, he will never be the same way he was last night. She sighed sadly and didn't speak the rest of the class and before class was over Professor Snape spoke up "you can go now." He didn't look up from his paper. The rest of Sapphira's classes went better despite the emotional roller coaster she was on. Harry was happy that she stood up for him and his friend Ron would not stop talking about it and by dinner time it had spread and the guilt that she felt only got worse as she made her way to dinner and heard all the whispers. She felt like she was going to be sick. She bowed her head not looking up as she ate her food. She only looked up when Grandpa Albus silenced the hall for an announcement "Attention Students I would like for you to know about something new we are doing here at Hogwarts our beloved potions master has been kind enough to take an apprentice she is a lovely woman and her name is Lila Evans" Sapphira looked up and froze in shock the woman's resemblance to her mother was uncanny. Dumbledore sensing everyone's surprise said, "She is the twin sister to Lily Potter, I expect you all to treat her with the same respect as all of our professors if not more." At that, he looked to Sapphira and she looked down for a bit but back at her beautiful aunt this was amazing her father was alive and she had another aunt. Maybe Lila knew who her father was. She couldn't wait to meet her. But first, she had to apologize to Professor Snape.

Severus:

He looked to Lily she was seated to his right and it felt like she belonged, the students murmured about her and he knew she was the new gossip. He turned his attention to the Gryffindor table and noticed that Potter was staring at Lily with wide eyes, his mouth hung open as his friends tried to speak to him and gauge how he felt about it, Severus assumed. Severus noticed that Lily was silent and when he looked to her she was watching Potter as much as he watched her. He could tell that she longed to speak to him. "Lily..." she stared at the boy a bit longer before tearing her gaze away and meeting his eyes the sadness that shone in her eyes was unbearable. "You will be in class with me starting tomorrow... and Friday Potter is in the class for double potions again so you will see him." She gave him a small smile "Thank you so much Sev that makes me feel much better." He gave her a small smirk and was surprised when the small witch hugged him. He tensed and wrapped his arms awkwardly around her small frame as the chatter among the students grew louder he figured now not only was Lily a topic of gossip so was he.

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