/^~*H*~^\=Harriet's POV

/~*D*~\=Draco Malfoy's POV

/~^*S*^~\=Severus Snape's POV

/~~*L*~~\= Lucius Malfoy's POV

|~^~*3*~^~|= Third Person POV

I had thought that he didn't want me. But, now, I know that he does want me and he will be there for me. I just hope this lasts. Nothing good lasts in my life. Please let my little happiness last at least for a few more days.

Please! I begged all of the gods out there. Hopefully at least one of them heard me... please let it be so...

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Severus put his only little girl down on the top of her covers and frowned softly. This had happened once before. She was to overwhelmed and just collapsed. She didn't bang her head on stone floor though. She had fainted on carpet and Severus found her a few minutes later. He put her to bed and gave her a mild pain reliever potion and then went to bed himself.

He had been so surprised when she had called him dad. He was still in shock.

"So, do I start calling you dad or still Uncle Sev?" Draco asked him and Severus shook his head.

"I really can't deal with many more surprises today Draco." Severus said and Draco nodded in understanding. Draco had been equally surprised when Harri had called Severus Dad.

"Severus- Oh there you are- What happened?" Lucius asked walking into the room of the one and only Harriet Severus SnapeEvans.

"She fainted." Draco said simply.

"Stop acting like I am not here at all." Harri moaned slightly as she sat up.

"Do you need anything?" Draco piped up and walked to the end of the bed facing her. She was about to decline anything from him but then thought better of it.

'Can I really trust them... please... if I trust them and they stab me in the back... please... save a place for me in Heaven because I already lived in the worst hell imaginable' She thought to herself saying the silent prayer again.

"I... could use some water..." She whispered feeling very out of place asking for something. She frowned and Draco smiled and told her that she would have it in less then five minutes.

"Harri, are you alright now. Do you need any more potions."

"Please let them help you. You finally have the family that I couldn't give you Baby. Please... trust them." She smiled and a tear rolled down her cheek which she wiped away embarrassingly. She didn't often hear her mothers voice in her head, but when she did she knew she could trust her. It was always a whisper, and if she didn't concentrate on it she wouldn't be able to hear it. She had only heard it two times in her life time. She was on the verge of dying, but her magic saved herself. Her mother told her that she would live. The other time was just a few months ago when she had lost all hope, having her first thought about suicide and how easy it was. She even had the glass in her hand, ready to take her life when she heard her mothers voice again, telling her there there was hope.

"I will..." She whispered out. Little did each of them know, that all of them got a small message from Lily Evans, who was a mother, Lover/Wife, and friend that day.

"Here is your water Harri." Draco said and Harri took it thanking him.

"Yes." She said looking up at Severus. " I need... a... dream- dreamless sleep potion tonight... you know.. the one you gave me when I first came into... you care." She whispered and everyone was shocked into silence. She hadn't asked for anything willingly since either of them knew her. Severus was the first to recover and he nodded taking out a light blue flask.

"Don't take it until an hour before bedtime. I can't give it to you every night because it it addictive and if you are anything like me, it will be easy for you to become addicted to many things. Luckily I was able to stop everything when I was engaged to you mother. She would have never married me if she found out my addictive problem. She father was a drunk and often hit her. We both come from abusive pasts and I am so sorry that you had one as well." Severus explained and Harri nodded and looked down at the blankets. James was an abusive drunk as well. She would ask him later how James ended up being her mothers husband instead of her father like what was suppose to happen.

"Yes sir." Harri whispered and set it on the bedside table.

"Harri, since you feeling better, do you want to learn how to play exploding snaps?" Draco asked excitedly. Harri couldn't help but say yes.

This was what siblings were suppose to act like right? The older brother was suppose to protect the little sister and play with her and teach her new things and comfort her with her father and mother when she had a nightmare or had an every day problem. They were suppose to bandage you up if you get a cut or scrape right? They were suppose to take care of you just like a mother or father would take care of you. Was this what a family looked like? Was a family happy? Was a family suppose to be there for you? Mr. Malfoy seemed to be there for Draco and Even Severus. Severus seemed to be there for Draco and Mr. Malfoy in return, but would all of them be there for her when they knew what she was really like? When she wasn't the abused child? Would they love her even if they knew the way she looked? Would they always be there for her when they found out?

So, Draco taught Harri to play Exploding Snaps and she was quite good at it.

"Draco, why don't you take Harri outside and show her around the grounds while I talk with your father." Severus told him. Draco nodded and led Harri outside.

Where do you want to go first. The garden, the lake, the small Muggle park, or the woods?" Draco asked her. Harri frowned not being able to decide. Draco, being prepared for this suggested that they go to the lake. It was to soon for her to be around people other then the three boys at Prince Manor.

Harri nodded and smiled softly, she loved water.

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I loved the water and was so happy when Draco suggested it. Severus always let me get into the water where ever we were before. There was a small lake there as well, but I could never go in it without his permission. I could do hardly anything without his permission, but I suppose that is was a family is about, I think. I need to ask Tom what a real family was like. He may not have had the best father, but, he had a wonderful mother that took care of him.

I walked slowly into the water and smiled as the sand washed over my toes and feet. The cool clear water reached about to my ankles. I closed my eyes and smiled, tilting my head up to the blue sky letting the sun rays be absorbed into my skin.

"I love it out here. I come out here every day." Draco said and I looked at him. He was beside me socking up the much needed son as well. " Severus cares about you, you know."

"I do. But... think about it this way. You are abused your whole life. The people that abused you tell you that some Lord Voldemort ordered it. Come to find out that Tom Riddle is Voldemort and that he doesn't want you to slowly die a painful death. You have cursed your father your whole life for killing the only person that cared about you. Then you find out that your father is alive and isn't the person you thought he was, a totally different person then who you thought. Only to have the current events place you in your fathers home, who you know nothing about, and are suppose killers and Death Eaters, who I remind you, tortured and beat me and anything you can possibly imagine. How you you feel Draco Malfoy, if all of that happened to you! Would you welcome your father with open arms, be the son that he never had, trust him with your life, after knowing him for 2 months. Then you get whisked away into Prince Manor where everything is beautiful and nice and clean... and everyone wants you to be how they pictured you..." I wrapped my arms around my stomach and crouched down so I was on the front part of my feet, tears running and dripping into the beautiful lake.

"Harriet-"

"Don't call me that! Please... don't" I whispered the last part and frowned looking up at him. Why was he still here? Can't he see what a freak I am?

"Harri," He started again speaking softly. "Its going to be okay. Severus loves you and my father loves you and I love you. I know its very hard for you to trust people. Trust me. Trust Severus and my father when we say that we love you. That we will always be here for you. Always Harri Severus SnapeEvans. I swear on my Magic and my pure blood that I will always be there for you when ever you need me, even if you don't want me." Draco said seriously and I felt my eyes widen. To swear so much like that, it was not taken lightly. He was totally and utterly serious.

"I accept." I whispered and closed my eyes when I felt Draco's magic wash over me. It was like the cool mist that I had felt earlier. What was that mist. Was it magic or something else entirely?

I flinched slightly when a thumb brushed against my cheek, but I didn't fight the hand that softly took mine, guiding me into a standing position.

"Do you want to play some Quidditch? I can teach you how to play. Its a very fun game."

"I don't think that she is physically ready for it quite yet, Draco." Severus said and we both turned to see him. I gasped softly at the soft eyes that met mine. How did I not notice them before? How could I not. They only showed love and protection. Something that I thought I would only see in Tom's eyes. " Did you have fun in the water Harri?" he asked and I nodded blushing slightly.

"Yes Sir."

"What have i told you about 'Sir.' Its Sev or Severus if you do not wish to call me anything else." I knew what he meant. But, I thought back to when I had woken up and he was holding me. I had called him dad and it had felt right. What it a shocking surprise or a surprise that he didn't want."

"What do you want me to call you?" I asked looking up at him with concern and worry.

"If you are referring to your slip up when you awoke after your fall, I was very happy, but if you are still not comfortable then you may call me Severus or Sev. Which ever one you prefer." He said and I nodded. I shivered and looked at the ground noticing that I was still standing in the water, but Draco was no where to be see. I blushed and quickly got out of the lake and wiped my feet on the soft grass before replacing my shoes.

"Its around five in the evening, what would you like to do?" He asked me and I frowned coming up short for an answer. " Why don't we head back into the manor and then we can decide. There is a surprise waiting for you." he said and I nodded, still weary of surprises. They always ended badly, but then again, Severus had given me clothing and food and a roof over my head. He healed me when it was needed. He was nice to me. I didn't have anything to fear from him right? I closed my eyes for just a moment deciding what I would do.

My mother Lily, she said that I could trust them. So, I should. Slowly.

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