This story is about Severus Snape. I want to write a very dramatic and romantic story, so review if you have any ideas or constructive criticism. This story does not follow the Halfblood Prince, Deathly Hallows or anything related to Horcruxes. Ofcourse, I will use some ideas from those books.

This story is fanfiction, pure fantasy. De characters are the property of J.K. Rowling, I just use them to make a story. I want to thank J.K. Rowling for the beautiful HP series and I still wonder why they didn't give her a Nobel Prize for Fantasy or something like that :-p

Furthermore, this story follows the books. NOT THE MOVIE! So get that Alan Rickman guy out of your head. I admit, he's a very good actor but waaaaaaay to old to play Severus Snape. But I'll use the sexy voice :-p When I think of Severus Snape, I think more of someone who looks a bit like Adrien Brody. Younger, Severus Snape died when he was 38 (REMEMBER THAT).

No money's been made of this fic.

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Chapter 1 – A Boy Was Born

Severus Snape was born in Spinner's End, Manchester. His mother, Eileen Snape, had to go through 18 hours of labour. A friend from the neighbourhood, a simple worker named Eliza Summerfield, assisted Eileen. Eileen was a friendly, but not very attractive young woman. Her husband, Tobias Snape, wasn't at home. As usual. Ten months ago, he lost his job, because the biggest factory of Manchester had to be closed. Was he searching for a job maybe? No, he drinks, a lot. Everyday he was seen sitting in the pub. The little money they had he used to get him alcohol. He never wanted to have a wife, certainly not a wife like Eileen. But when she got pregnant, the whole village, including his own family, pressured him into doing the right thing. So he married the ugly duck.

Eileen was a good wife, he'ld had to admit that. The house was always clean, she made sure there was food on the table (albeit not so varied food) and she warmed his bed. Until she got heavily pregnant... She had to stay in bed because her frail body couldn't withstand being pregnant and she had to rest all the time. When her belly got fat, Tobias didn't want to touch her anymore and sometimes fucked some wench he found in the pub. He hated Eileen and the mutant inside her. After they wed, Eileen confessed being a witch. Tobias didn't believe her and just tried to make peace with the fact that his wife was crazy. When her pregnancy progressed he started noticing weird things. It was usual for a witch to have heightened magic displays during pregnancy. Tobias didn't know that so he got scared when furniture started moving, dust got gathered out of thin air and when a mug flew straight into his wife's hand when her back got tired. That was the moment Tobias believed his wife was a witch. A freak.

"You can really do magic." Tobias stated accusingly.

"I said that." Eileen answered calmly.

On the inside Tobias was burning up from anger. His wife had a good education, came from a wealthy family and she could do magic!

"Then why... In God's name... Haven't you magicked some money on the table yet! And food?" he spit out.

Eileen started apologizing and explaining that by magic law she couldn't forge money or make food out of nowhere.

"So you have all these powers and you still profit from my hard work?"

"No, it's not like that Tobias! I..." Eileen felt suddenly very ill, her husband came closer and hung threatingly over her. "And you expect me... To believe that shit? You can do those things and you wanted me? What a joke! Who said the child was really mine? You spread your legs so fast for me, who said you didn't for somebody else? Or even now?"

Eileen slapped her husband. "How dare you accuse me! I'm faithful, you were my first! I fell in love with the charming young man at the pub, not this bastard!"

"I seduced you! You were an easy target and I just wanted some sex! Now I'm bound to you, a crazy woman and this thing inside you! You're not exactly beautiful and I just knew you would let me in, because you're pathetic. You wanted someone to want you and I acted the role quite well. Why do you think I'm always drunk when we'll fuck? And woman, never hit me, EVER again or else..." he concluded darkly.

All her confidence was trampled and her heart broken. She really believed his charming ways in the beginning and she was blind for his faults once they married. She was naief and now she was imprisoned in this situation. Her family had disowned her for marrying a muggle.

"Or else what!" Eileen screamed, she was crying. It would have been more wise of her to just shut up, but she didn't.

Smack! Her husband slapped her in the face. From shock she righted her head again to him and he slapped her again. Her lower lip was bleeding and she could feel the swelling begin. Tobias snapped and just went on hitting his wife. Eileen ended up on the floor, pulling her knees up to protect her two months pregnant belly.

"MY WIFE. WILL. OBEY. ME! Do you understand? DO YOU?"

Eileen sobbed and screamed yes. He stopped hitting her and left his wife broken on their kitchen floor. To the pub, to find a woman he wanted and from that day on he started cheating on his wife and treating her like a dog. Even worse.

"Where's by food, bitch!" Tobias shouted when he got home drunk. This was the pattern for the next months and Eileen weakened by her pregnancy and abusive husband. The last magic she had, she used to protect the child inside her. She couldn't go anywhere. Not her own family, not Tobias family, she knew almost no one in Manchester and she was to ashamed to ask for help. She didn't even had friends from Hogwarts. Her lonely and painful existence was a trait her son would inherit and that would lead to one of the most dramatic existences ever known.

After the delivery, Eileen fell prey to a depression. Her magic had left her and she mostly stayed in bed. The house was filthy and most food was eaten raw. The only reason she had to live, was to keep her son alive and send him to Hogwarts. Hoping he would have a better life than she had. Tobias was happy with a son and because he looked a lot like his father, Tobias was reassured the child was his. The child gave him something to be proud of and for the next six years. Life got a little bit more bearable for Eileen and her son. Tobias found a job and the family Snape went on with life.

Eileen did her best to hide the budding but powerful magic of her son. One day Tobias would find out. But for now, her son was safe. Severus Snape.

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