Now it's time to get into the nitty gritty of Cilwenu's mother. Let's start it off… AFTER Cilwenu decides to mouth off to Snape. In other news: how many of you actually visit my profile? i put updates on the status of my MAIN stories at least ONCE A WEEK to let you know what might be going on.
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Chapter Nineteen: (SHORT)
Severus didn't know how to act. He didn't know how to answer. He wasn't sure just how to lie, when Cilwenu stared holes into his own. She mirrored him in so many emotions, while favoring her mother with every passing year.
Had she somehow figured out the puzzle? Did Cilwenu put the pieces together, or was she just standing there demanding, like she had only years before. Cilwenu never asked about her mother, she knew better than to bring it up, knowing her whole life that her mother died giving birth.
Being a lie.
"You know what happened to-"
"I have memories!" Cilwenu yelled.
Severus had to swallow the saliva built up in his mouth, while flicking his tongue nervously behind his cheeks. He kept staring, not knowing where to start, other than the next most obvious question, "Memories of… what?"
Cilwenu could hear her heart pounding in her ears, while suffering the lack of air flowing into her lungs. She wanted to know, she was owed that much.
Or so, that's what she thought.
"Why do I have memories of my mother in the first place if she died before I could even see her face?"
"I don't-"
"Do not tell me you don't know, Professor! I know you do! Tell me!"
They stood there for a moment, silence befalling around the entire room. Detention would start rather soon, but it didn't matter to either of them. Cilwenu was trembling, the previous memories dancing inside her head like a broken record. She parted her lips to speak more, although the words never came out. Her heart was pounding so hard that she could hear it louder than ever. She had to know. If Cilwenu didn't find out just why she could clearly see these memories, she might just crack under the pressure of everything else.
Who would be there to glue her back together if it happened?
"Your mother was exceptionally good with Divination." Severus finally said. He looked defeated, but kept his equally dark eyes down at his one and only daughter.
Cilwenu twisted her fingers into a knot, focused on every word that came out of his mouth. It was coming. The truth. The reason.
"I met her three months before she became pregnant with you."
Note: so sorry about the late update D: i am so busy lately. more soon, i promise