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CHAPTER 22

HOW IT SHALL COME

Summer had almost come to an end. Severus never collected the children that Katrina knew of, and was not allowed to use the floo at all. He had only allowed her a dress to wear with nothing under it.

Longing to talk to Sirius, but not being allowed to, one day she secretly sent out an owl with a note. At the end she told him how much she cared for him and that he should not reply.

It was almost lunch time and she knew where she had to be. Ascending the stairs, she collapsed with heavy pains in her abdomen. Hearing Severus apperate into their room, she tried with all her might to make it up the remaining stairs. Holding on to the railing, she held her stomach. When the railing ended, she took a few steps toward the bedroom door and collapsed again.

Thinking of how her complications with Jeremiah were, softly she cried out. "My baby." Everything went black after that.

In a frustrated mood that Katrina had not been naked on the bed for his arrival, Severus heard her fall then pass out. Walking to her he noticed blood coming from her and a path of it on the floor. Making sure she was still breathing, he grabbed her hand apperating her to St. Mungo's. They had preformed a c-section on her, taking her child before anything could happen to either of them.

Katrina woke in the evening crying. "The child is fine, Katrina." Severus aggravated voice spoke. "A female as you wanted."

"Where am I?" She choked out. "Where is my baby?"

"The child is in the care of the healers at the moment. You are in St. Mungo's. The same room you were in with all of the children." He was distant with her, but she did not care. "You chose the perfect time to give birth to this child."

Opening her yes, she searched for her husband. "You sound almost disgusted of the child I carried inside me. Why don't you just leave."

Calmly he stood from his chair, walked over to her and leaned in, almost touching her nose. He sneered. "That child is not mine. And if she ever calls me father, I will punish you for the rest of your life."

"I want to see her." She whispered. She was always afraid now, and she would not be surprised if the child looked like Sirius. "I want to see my daughter."

Pulling himself away from her, he said nothing. He just walked out of the room. Minutes later a healer brought the baby in. "She's absolutely adorable, Mrs. Snape." She walked over to Katrina and gave her a sad smile after handing her the child. "Severus was not happy I noticed."

"We've had some problems." She sighed. "I caught him with another woman, and he caught me- pregnant standing by another man." Pulling blankets down checking the babe over, she looked back up at the healer. "Is there some way that you could have a paternity test done?"

"It will ease your mind, won't it?" Katrina nodded as she touched her daughter. "I did draw blood from her earlier. I can test it with the blood Severus let me take from him when your youngest had been born.

"Thank you." Katrina said waking her little girl to try to eat. Once awake, everyone could hear her throughout the floor. Pulling her top down quickly, Katrina had her little newborn latch on to her breast. Quiet instantly over took the hallways again.

"Very temperamental this one." Dumbledore said walking in, Severus around?" She shook her head not looking at him.

Not daring to look only at her child, she heard the door close. "She's beautiful." She looked up hearing Sirius voice, but he was not there. "Oh hell. I can't hide anymore." He pulled off the invisibility cloak. "You don't know how much I have missed you."

"You shouldn't be here." Tears streamed down her cheeks. "If he returns and sees you here…he'll punish me."

"Listen to me carefully, Kat." Sirius spoke in a rush. "Dumbledore told me that he went to the Ministry. He said he was the one to marry the both of you. He thought it had been a legal binding. It wasn't Katrina! You are not his wife! You can leave him and stay with me!"

Shaking her head, she tried to stay calm for her daughter in her arms. "I am married to him." There had been a knock on the door. "Hide." she did not need to, he covered himself before the door opened.

"We have the results Mrs. Snape." This time a different healer walked in. Dumbledore behind.

"Headmaster, always a pleasure." Katrina said softly as she wiped her eyes. "What are you findings?"

The healer looked into her eyes. "Severus is the father to this child."

Her face made no attempt at changing. "Thank you."

She had checked Katrina and the child, then looked at them both. "I will be outside your door if you need me."

As soon as the healer left, Katrina started fuming. "Katrina, calm yourself." Albus said calmly. "Remember the child in your arms."

Pulling the baby from her breast, she handed her to Sirius who pulled the cloak from himself and took her in his arms to burp as if she were his. "Summon him, please. It is time for me to stop being his bitch."

Within fifteen minutes, Severus was making his way to her room. Albus had taken the sleeping child from the room, which only left Sirius and Katrina in there.

Bursting in, Severus noticed Sirius on the bed with Katrina. "What do you want now? I see your little play thing is here visiting his daughter." He spat.

Sitting up in bed, Katrina held out her hand, face set and chanting at the man she thought to be her husband. "You knew we weren't married, didn't you? Over the past months, as I carried our daughter within me, you abused me- broke me into a million pieces. You treated me worse than a house elf!" Sirius attempted to get her to stop, but failed. "You took my wand! You told me I had become nothing but a whore to you!" Severus had fallen to his knees at Katrina's hand, but said nothing. "Get my children I bore out of love for you, Severus. I need to speak with them." She had pulled her hand away, watching him stand.

Straightening his robes, he looked at the two. "It has come to my attention that my four children want nothing to do with their mother."

"And why might that be, Snivelus?" Sirius spoke before Katrina could. "Oh, yes. If I remember correctly, you had forbidden them from contacting her. Or, if they tried, you would punish them. Hell, you even turned them against me."

"I never forbade my children anything." Severus spat. He left the room in a hurry, not even saying a word to Dumbledore as he walked in.

Shutting the door, Albus walked to the new mother. "He will be sending the children here, that I am sure of."

Sighing, she could feel tears prickling in her eyes. "How much do they hate me?" By this time, Sirius pulled her to him, holding her in his arms. "How much damage have they gone through?"

Sitting on the other side of the bed facing her, Dumbledore rubbed her leg. "Amelia was susceptible to her father. She wasn't at first but…"

"He took her and Jeremiah to my mother's room on the third floor." Sirius interrupted. "He used an unforgivable on them both-at separate times of course. And, he threatened those of us who were there that if we ever said anything about missing you, he'd kill us without a second thought."

Watching Sirius as he spoke to her, she became angrier by the second. "He crusioed my children? He will come to realize that he has harmed the wrong woman's children."

"I should leave." Sirius kissed the top of Katrina's head. "I will come back later."

She could only nod as he stood. They held hands and he knew what she wanted. Leaning in, he lingered against her lips. Her hands cupped his face. "I'll hold you to that, Mr. Black."

Time had passed slowly after Sirius left. Dumbledore consoled her as best he could until the children walked through the door. When she saw the looks on their faces, tears fell from her eyes.

"Father said you wished to see us, mother." Amelia's tone sounded so much like her father's. "We have been warned not to be deceived by your lies."

Wiping her eyes, she could not show them what exactly their father did to her. "Did you see your baby sister?"

Severus junior spoke. "That thing you carried within you came from that filth of a man, Black. It is not our sibling, nor will it ever be."

Little did they know, Jeremiah slowly made his way to his mummy. "Why did you never come get us, mummy? Daddy said you didn't want us anymore." Once said, Katrina started to cry as she had seen her sons lips quiver.

"I'm so sorry for everything, sweetheart." he squeezed him in her arms rocking him as he climbed up on the bed with her. She turned to look at the other three who had dead stares at their mother. "Where is your father?"

"Waiting in the hallway." Amelia said with her head held high and a look of loathing worse than the others at both her mother and traitor brother.

"Well, don't just stand there, Amelia." Katrina's anger surfaced. "Call-him-in." she became deadlier as she looked at her own daughter. "My sweet little man. I need you to get up for me, please." As she looked at Jeremiah, her voice tender and he obeyed.

Propping herself on the edge of the bed, she attempted to stand. Severus walked in seeing her. "Headmaster if you would give us a few minutes alone." Dumbledore nodded and walked out watching Katrina as he closed the door. "What is it you want now?"

Staring straight into his eyes, Katrina slowly walked to him. "Have you told them that you and I were never legally married? Did you fail to mention they are all illegitimate as your child who lay sleeping outside this door?"

"That is not my child!" He spat out in disgust.

Smiling, she nodded. "Oh, my dear Severus. She is your child. I had tests done. They had a vial of your blood from when Jeremiah had been born. And that little girl out there is most definitely yours."

"You lie." He growled walking up to her.

"Sev, would you kindly ask one of the healers for their findings?" He did not move. "Severus Ignatius Snape, I asked you to do something." She turned to her son with a glare that meant she would inflict punishment if he did not do as she asked. "Believe me or not, I think you should be aware of the enlightening information."

Young Severus walked out the door to the healers while Severus and Katrina just stared at one another. The eldest son walked back in his mother's room handing a paper to his father.

"Wait out in the hallway, children." Severus told his children. "I will be out soon. One by one they filed out the door. Severus looked at the paper, looked at Katrina, then back at the paper again.

"There is no denying it, Severus. She is your daughter." Slowly she walked closer to the man she thought she was married to. "This paper does not lie."

All he did was look from Katrina to the paper. Quite a few times. It took him a few minutes to answer. "You slept with Black."

"And you slept with a death eater whore. Another child of yours." Katrina spat out with pleasure.

"Katrina." He kept staring at the paper, but grabbed her hand walking her to the bed. "Sit, please. You look as if you're about to faint." He helped her into bed, this time with more compassion as he covered her with the blankets. Sitting beside her, he put the paper on the table and put his hand in hers. "I believed it had been you that I'd been making love to. Now…now I am more than certain that she had used polyjuice potion." He whispered showing regret on his face. "Yes, I did have sex with her. I cannot fathom why I had thought it had been you. I have never been this unknowing to not knowing." Moving one hand to her face he started to break down. "I love you, Katrina. I never would have cheated on you." He watched her as he continued. "I understand why you did what you did. I am truly sorry I hurt you. I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you in one way or another."

Sitting up, she placed her hand on his cheek. "It will always hurt, Severus. We hurt each other very much. Maybe…maybe we just stopped loving each other. I had been busy with raising the children, and you…"

"I love you, Katrina." He leaned in to her. "I meant what I said when all of you stayed at the castle. I am truly sorry for the way I treated you throughout the pregnancy. As I waited for them to deliver the child…"

"Our child, Severus. I would carry no one else's child but yours."

"Our child." He smiled. "As they were taking her from you, I asked for them to tie your tubes. I didn't want anything to happen to you." He touched her stomach gently.

Someone knocked, then the healer entered with the baby in her arms. "I'm sorry for intruding. But, the babe is ready for another feeding." She handed the baby girl to Katrina and left.

"She has your eyes, you know." Katrina whispered as she started feeding her newborn. "When she's done eating, I want you to hold your new daughter."

Smiling, he finally looked at the child that was his. "She's beautiful. Have you named her yet?"

Shaking her head she looked from her nursing daughter to her father. "I wanted you to help me name her. I still love you, but things are complex about our…relationship."

"It doesn't matter, sweetheart. We will work on fixing our marriage, then we will figure out the rest in time."

As she fed the babe in her arms, she looked into Severus eyes. "The entire time I had been pregnant with her, you never…" She looked down at his lips.

Knowing what she was asking for, Severus leaned in placing the most loving kiss upon her lips.

Katrina had been released days later. Severus spent the entire hospital stay by her side, sending the children to stay at the Weasley's. Upon arriving at the Cottage, it was full of people greeting the new child and mother home.

"You're looking exhausted, Katrina." Severus whispered into her ear a short time after arriving home. "If you would allow me to escort you to our room and help you prepare for bed?"

Slowly she turned to face him. "Yes. I would appreciate it." She did not want anyone to know, but as she started walking she lost her balance.

Grabbing her before she fell, Severus held her in his arms. "Katrina, let me carry you upstairs." Picking her up, he walked past everyone. Once in their room, Severus lay Katrina on the bed. "Sweetheart, what is wrong?" He wiped stray hair from her head, touching her forehead. " You're burning up, love. You should have told me it was too much for you. I would have brought you in her sooner. I will go to the bath and get you a cool cloth. Hopefully that will break your fever."

"I'll be fine." She slowly whispered.

"I will not have you over exerting yourself anymore." He stood from the bed. "I will be back momentarily." He walked out then walked back in with a cloth for her. She did not know what to think as he sat back on the bed and dabbed her forehead with the cool cloth.

"Go tend to our guests. I will be fine." For some reason her voice was hoarse. Closing her eyes, she drifted off to sleep.

Severus went down to see everyone starting to leave. Bidding them farewell as they left, he went up to their room to check on his wife. He had seen the sheets soaked and Katrina shaking. "Severus! Amelia!"

Quickly they walked into the room to their father. "Yes, sir." Amelia asked.

"I need to take your mother back to St. Mungo's." He wrapped new blankets around her body. Picking her up, he continued. "Take care of your brothers and sister while we are gone. If you need any assistance, floo Mrs. Weasley at once."

Apperating the both of them, he arrived with Katrina in his arms at St. Mungo's rushing her into the building instantly being greeted by healers. "This way, Professor Snape." One of the healers said.

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