Severus sighed as he walked down the short snow covered path that lead towards the door. Sweeny had seen him quiet and deep in thought but this time something seemed off. Sweeny shook off the on his boots and followed in Severus.

''I can order something to eat for later? What do you think!'' Wright called out smiling and sitting down multiple bags.

''If you can figure it out for yourself…'' Severus called out climbing the stairs up to the bathroom. He slammed the creaking door and rushing over to the dirty mirror. He opened up the faucet and splashed it all over trying to clean it, he ripped off his scarf and began to scrub, lines forming in his forehead, knuckles turning white as he scrubbed. Finally only the corners where left a bit speckled with years of dirt and dust, but he looked into the mirror watching his reflection. Did people always see this? A boy with dark circles under his eyes, pale as a ghost, a long hooked nose and greasy hair. Though he certainly hated his eyes, black like dark empty cold tunnels. However, Snape let his face relax into a smile. Did Ophelia really like him like Lily had said, or perhaps she was just a girl and this was how they acted. Yet Ophelia was not any girl, she wasn't certainly like bright-eyed lily or cringing Mary Macdonald. She was, or as they called her, Odd, simply Odd and nothing more. It was not a nasty uncomfortable odd, it was more of an odd that warmed you up and made you see things much more differently than they really were. These people tilted your world and wore fuzzy pig socks.

As Severus gazed at his own eyes, he couldn't help and wonder if perhaps, maybe…yes...Severus opened the cabinet under the faucet until he found exactly what he wanted. He gripped a pair of large scissors in his hand and took in a deep breath of air. With a snip or two perhaps a dozen, dark long locks laid on the floor of the bathroom floor, water dripped down from short black hair now soaking wet that smelled of a sweeter fragrance of cologne he had swiped from Sweeny's trunk. Severus stared at someone new, his ears did not truly stick out as they use to when he was younger but he now knew he was certainly very pale. He had washed his face thoroughly with soap and warm water, shaved a bit of stubble growing on his chin, and plucked his eyebrows, which to his disadvantage, hurt like a bloody bitch. Nevertheless, he felt refreshed and smelled nice, his hair or skin wasn't dripping in grease anymore. He even clipped his nails!

''Ay Severus I can't really complain knowing this is your house , I would use the restroom outside but I'm somewhat sure my manhood would shrivel up in the cold and my piss would freeze midway so please it's been half an hour , let me use the restroom !'' Sweeny whined and pounded on the door. Snape looked over and rolled his eyes not before sweeping his hair back, which shone not in grease but in the cleanliness making Severus strangely swell up with pride. He rushed over before Wright relived himself all over the hardwood floor and hurriedly opened the door.

''Bloody hell mate what happened in there!'' Sweeny's half bugged out as he stared at Severus, he wanted to say more but he could feel his bladder exploding so instead without and answer he rushed into the bathroom and slammed the door closed. Severus grinned and tried to keep himself calm, he felt amazing this way as somehow a door had opened up filled with opportunities. Would people see him now, less as that nasty rude child that ended up in Slytherin and rather now, seen as a responsible man with a bright future? He had planned it sometime back in Ilvermorny after graduating he would come back to England and set a meeting with Prince's family Gringotts goblin, Hiddle where he would finally understand what he would do with his fortune.

''Good god Severus you look amazing what happened in there?'' Sweeny bounced down the stairs and stared at the other boy.

''A little boost if I must say truthfully'' Severus shrugged ''Now enough about me, we must find Daae Manor before anyone gets suspicious of where Ophelia really is….'' Sweeny nodded.

''Really should , while in Diagon Alley I asked around a bit , I got some bad looks but one person did give me a clue''

''and what was it? Spit it out boy'' Severus said impatiently, he ran his hand over his hair keeping it swept down.

''A lady told me I should keep out of trouble , but there's a small recluse village a bit farther from Ottery St catchpole called Gaunt and she told me I could find them there but she looked afraid so I suppose it isn't a really good known fact that's spread around…'' Severus raised a brow, Gaunt, Gaunt he had heard that name before somewhere. He walked over to one of the bookshelves, the books torn and tattered from his father's anger, they were wizarding books disguised as muggle ones so he never bothered to truly dispose of them. He pulled out one of the book about the family tree and went through it until he found his mother.

'Eileen Circe Snape née Prince , Born 1930 in Gaunt Village and died 1974 in Spinners End , gave birth to an only child a half-blood boy named Severus Tobias Snape at age 30 year 1960 , married only once to a muggle'

Severus read it in silence.

''My mother was from there, I think I might know how to find a way there…'' He turned towards Sweeny and grinned.