Shattered hearts (Severus Snape)

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I woke up in Hogwarts...the hospital wing...? Was I in a coma...? I wondered to myself. My eyes fluttered open as they began to adjust from the blurriness.
I turned my head to see Dumbledore, the head master greeting me with a bright and warm smile as he held my hand firmly.

"Where am I...?"

"You're in Hogwarts, the hospital wing my dear"

The head master's warm voice always soothed me, just as his smiles, even when I was a child.

"How long have I been asleep...?"

I sat up using my pillow to prop myself up as I looked into his calm eyes.

"Three years..."

Holding my small hand in his, his words spoke like clouds in the summer.

Albus was hiding something...he always kept secrets but this one seemed different.

I looked at the soulmates dragon mark on my left wrist. It was still there, clear as day.

Albus sat next to me for the next hour. It was the last period of the day before the students went to dinner. He asked me how I was feeling and what I remembered. I felt broken and empty, my heart felt shattered after losing my daughter and giving up on finding my soulmate. I never found someone whose mark matched mine.

"I know how much you used to love making potions when you were young...how would you like to be our second potions professor at Hogwarts?"

He asked with another warm smile beaming on his face. I nodded giving him a forced smile.

*Time skip (dinner time)*

I looked around the room filled with students. They stared at me as I walked to the table and sat with the other professors, some students smiled, others glared, and I even caught an eye at a group of boys who whistled at me.

I wore a black button down  sleeveless shirt, a black formal, form fitted skirt that rose just above my knees and black heels with a red underside thanks to miss Rita Skeeter, she let me have.

I sat at the far end of the table hoping I wouldn't need to talk to anyone. I watched the head master stand and raise his glass as the students in the room fell silent.

"I'm pleased to welcome my adopted daughter who will be a professor starting tomorrow. Please welcome, professor Irene kang who will be our second potions professor!"

All the students clapped, it oddly made me feel more at ease even when I hated being in front of crowds.

I couldn't help but to notice a man dressed in all black at the other end of the table, he cocked his head to Dumbledore when he announced I would be the second potions teacher.

I waited for everyone else to finish eating as I sat back into my chair. Minerva McGonagall who was sitting next to me tapped me on the shoulder diverting my attention from Dumbledore onto her.

"Some final year boys can be quite annoying to a young new professor."

She chuckled, gesturing to the same group of boys that whistled to me earlier.

I chuckled and shook my head.

"But don't worry, you can always tell me or even Severus. He always manages to keep those boys under control."

"Severus?"

I raised an eyebrow as I still did not know the other teachers names.

"Severus snap, he's head of the Slytherin house."

She said, gesturing to the dark mysterious man on the other side of the room who cracked his head to Dumbledore earlier.

He seemed like a cold hearted teacher who would give detention to anyone who Crosses paths with him and honestly, I was kinda worried to work alongside him.

"Severus is all bark and rarely any bite, so don't worry"

Said Minerva. I looked back down at my empty plate as Severus glanced my way.

"You'll get to introduce yourself after this. You'll get to know all of us teachers here as well."

I smiled at a first year who waved at me. It felt nice to be back at Hogwarts, but boy did this new corset not feel very comfortable.

"Have you found your soulmate yet?"

I looked over at her as she had a giddy look on her face. I've known Minerva just as long as I've known Dumbledore and when she has that look it usually means something.

"No, I gave up on looking years ago"

"Well that's sad to hear... hopefully you find them soon"

When the students were dismissed after dinner, I watched as they retreated back to their dormitories for bed.

"It's time to introduce yourself"

Said Hagrid on the other side of Minerva.

The evening went on with me Introducing myself and shaking hands with the teachers, exchanging hugs with some and learning their names to work with them more easily.

It came down to Severus's turn. I pressed my lips together into a thin line as I expected him to shrug me off. From the way he looked down at me with his soul Piercing black eyes, I could tell he did not like me at all.

However, he sighed and extended his hand, introducing himself properly just as the other teachers did.

"Pleasure to meet you Professor Snape"

"Indeed..."

He looked like he had to get out of there as soon as he could, and it made me more uneasy. Hence I just wanted to shake his hand and let him leave, when he really did not want to be there with me.

But I shook his hand, his skin touched mines, the Dragons mark on both our wrists glowed with a bright light as suddenly the world around me disappeared and it turned into memories... happy memories...he would be in my future...? I wondered to myself.

Severus Snape was in my future.

It unfolded too quickly and before I knew it, it all vanished into thin air and I was back in the room. My hand was in Severus's bigger one. The feeling was unreal, as it was the first time I felt that happy in years. He was my soulmate...

I thought I was imagining things, but upon seeing the look on his face, I knew he felt it too. He stared at me, his jaw dropped slightly but no words came out. I could not help but to wonder what he felt when he knew I was his soulmate.

He dropped my hand and glared at me with his dark cold eyes.

"You're the reason I lost her"
He spat, I didn't expect his words to hurt as much as they did after what I've been through. He walked out the room, rage was filled in his stone cold dark eyes. I stood there, unable to comprehend what just happened.

"Are you alright dear...?"

Miss Trelawrey asked resting her hand on my shoulder.

I almost forgot the other professors were there, witnessing everything that just happened.

That night the memories of my daughter filled my head. I told myself it would be better tomorrow. Perhaps I could be happy again. With tears rolling down my face and nightmares that accompanied me throughout the sleepless night once again.