Slytherin Queen

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 25:

Athena sat in Severus lap,her head tucked firmly under his chin and hands clinching the front of his robes as he slowly rocks them back and forth.

The man had found her not even ten minutes after sobbing into James arms. She doesn't remember much,just a lot of yelling and then she was in the Slytherin common room,the man muttering reassuring words.

She's okay now. Everything's okay. She's fine. She's not with James anymore. She was safe. She was with her da-

She tightened her hold at that thought.

When did that start happening? Doesn't matter,even if she thought of him as...that,he'd never think of her as anything other than a burden. She didn't blame him. She was always do clingy and annoying and-

"...Shhh,sweetheart. Everything's okay. I got you now. Your safe. It's okay. Shh-"

Everything's okay. She's okay. She's fine. It will be fine.

She melts into the hold,tired eyes slowly fluttering shut and within seconds she was asleep.

Severus looked down at the girl in his arms. She looked so much more smaller curled up in his lap,cheeks flushed from crying and tears glistening like diamonds in the fireplace light. It was at times like this that reminded him she was just a kid,a baby really.

It was hard to forget that with how mature she was but that was usually always the case with abused children. When the adults fail them they have to look after themselves and many adults had failed H̶i̶s̶ k̶i̶d̶  Athena.

It was slightly frustrating when the only time he was able to help her was when she has a break down but he would never blame her for that. It was just what she was taught. She didn't have anyone to care about her before she came to Hogwarts. He understood that more than he would like.

He just wish she'd let him help more. It was torture waiting for her cracked pieces to shatter so he could help.

He wanted to wrap her up in bubble-wrap and protect her from the world but he knew she wouldn't allow that. She was a strong girl and it would be hell for her to sit back as people she cared about suffered. She was destined to do great things,he wouldn't be the one to stop her from accomplishing them.

He sighed. There was nothing he could do until he gets custody of her. He had been working on adopting her since she had revealed her past but unless something happened to her recent foster parents there wasn't anything he could do.

There's no point worrying on that now.

He slowly shifted until he was laying down on the green plush couch,adjusting the girl so she was in a more comfortable position on his chest before reaching over the back and grabbing a black woolen blanket,throwing it over them.

He gently brushed brown curls out of the girls face,thumb messaging the crease in her brow and watching her expression relax with a soft smile.

He would do anything to protect her.

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Athena sat between Severus feet under the high table, letting her head fall back as she let out a large yawn.

She sighed when she felt a hand touching her head, fingers lightly scratching at her scalp as she relaxed.

Athena turned her head, resting it on the side of his knee as she looked at the professors shoes.

She grimanced when she saw the headmasters brightly colored shoes, the toe of them having little jingle bells that didn't even seem to work since the old fool pops out of no where.

She slowly glanced up, checking to see if Sev was watching before she slowly reached her hand out and tugged on Sirius' pants.

She smiled sweetly when his head popped under the table, his dark eyebrows raised.

Athena didn't say anything, just pointed at Dumblewhores shoes and up at Severus.

The corner of his mouth tilted, his handsome face lighting up as he disappears and not even a second later she could hear Severus scolding the man.

With his attention now turned away from her she took this chance to slowly crawl closer to the head masters shoes, slipping her wand out from the holster around her thigh.

Knowing Sirius couldn't keep Severus attention for long she quickly but gently tapped the end of his shoe with her wand before sliding back to her rightfully place.

It seemed like she was just in time too when the man popped his head back under, brows furrowed in stress. "Would you like to grab something to eat before leaving?"

She slowly shakes her head, hesitantly and his lips tilt slightly in reassurance. "It's okay. I'm going to class now, would you like to come with me or your friends?."

"I'll go with you" Athena decides and the professor nods, scooting back and allowing the girl to crawl out.

Severus ignores the Blacks and waits politely to the side as Athena gives them hugs goodbye, glaring at Sirius who was smirking at him.

He was about to question the man when the headmaster stood up, opening his arms to give an announcement.

It took him a few seconds to figure out why Sirius and Athena were now giggling, hands covering their mouths with red cheeks. Replacing the headmasters normal bright shoes we're a pair of pink slippers and instead of the tiny bells there were springs with Voldemorts head bobbing around.

He slowly turned to Sirius and Athena who were now collapsed on each other, his eye twitching as they slowly stopped.

Athena gave the man a nervous smile before she slightly turned to Sirius,"Run?"

"Run"

Athena instantly went into action, jumping over the table with Sirius behind her, and Severus following close behind.

"SORRY SEV!" Athena called, her voice cracking from trying to hold in her laugh.

She wished she could always feel this happy.

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(⚠️Rape⚠️)

I'm sorry this is kinda a short chapter and that I haven't posted in a while. A guy from my school raped me so I've been dealing with coping and the case. I will try to update more often now though, thank you all for being so patient ❤️