You Know It's Not the Same as It Was...

Chapter 2- Year 1 Through Year 5

Warning- Mentions of blood and character death.

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Year 1-

Severus POV

I would never think that I would end up with a family of my own. Considering everything that happened, James and I managed to bring two lovely babies into our life.

Of course, James could never be with them after that night. While I'm sad that my children will never know their other parents, I will do my best to raise them.

I sighed as I finished feeding Katheren while Harry was taking his nap.

Katheren doesn't seem to complain despite being young, yet she's the calmest baby I have ever seen. Maybe even from the entire world!

Then again, she might whine later when she's much older; it won't stop me, though.

Harry and Katheren are my children now, and I'll do my best to protect them...

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I thought I was doing the right thing to protect them, but it turns out: there were some consequences for my action.

When Harry turned one on his birthday, I didn't know about a certain killer on the loose.

A few months after, specially speaking on Halloween, I was brewing Wolfsbane since I finally accomplished my Mastery. It wasn't until I heard my alarm from my children's room.

See, I brought a baby monitor just in case one of the twins cries.

I saw them all right, but they didn't seem to cry. They were more frightened of the figure right in front of them.

At first, it looked like someone I didn't know, though I figured out who it was as soon as he showed his appearance.

I quickly ran towards my children's room and hoped I would make it on time.

'Not my babies, please. Not my babies! Take me instead!' I thought, fearfully running towards my children.

'Please, not them!!!'

Once I got to the door, a flash of green light erupted and threw me toward the wall.

'No... NO!!!' I thought, tears appearing.

I held my wand, ready to fight the monster, but once I opened the door, there was no one. I looked around to see if that monster was there, yet only a black robe with dust on the floor.

I heard my children crying, and I rushed over to see if they were alright. Katheren shook while Harry stared at me before looking at Katheren, trying to comfort her.

I grabbed them both and hugged them as tears finally fell.

'My children, I am so sorry,' I thought, gently rocking them as Harry began to cry.

'I am so sorry...'

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After the incident, I went to St. Mungos to check if my kids were okay.

As the nurse and doctors examined them, one of the nurses noticed my injuries and asked me about them.

I told her that someone had broken into the house and slammed me towards the wall to kill my babies.

The nurse was startled by the truth, which wasn't the full one, and asked if I contact the Aurors.

I lied and said yes, but I had no intention of calling them.