The Beautifully Tragic Life of Kassandra Snape

chapter 32- mother

I think I was starting to improve, the talk with Lucius had encouraged me to confront the truth about what had happened in the graveyard for the first time, but there was still this one issue I couldn't get my head around.

To find out that not only was my mother alive, but that she too was there that night, she had called my name, but she too was definitely a death eater. I didn't want to believe it but I couldn't deny that it was my eyes, mirrored in hers when she approached me that night.

I needed to know the truth and I was determined to get my father to talk...

"She was there that night you know." I state out of the blue, leaning against the kitchen counter, arms folded as my father steps into the kitchen.

"Selene-" He warns but I'm not ready to let it go. Not this time.

"No dad, I'm not going to drop it this time. She was there, she stood next to him. She spoke to me and you will tell me the truth about her or so help me I will be packing our stuff and me and Arabelle are leaving!" I pound my fist down on the table.

I immediately regret threatening my father the second it came out of my mouth. But, I needed to let him know that this time I won't be budging. I need answers if I am ever to be able to put this nightmare behind me, this was the only way to show him that.

My father sighs and thinks about how to proceed and I stand there, patiently waiting for him to speak.

"Selene, Alecto and I were incredibly young when we had you. Not as young as you and Lorenzo were, but still too naive. Like with you, it only happened one time."

I interally cringe from the thought.

"We loved you though, but Alecto loved power more. She would follow the Dark Lord everywhere she could. You see, she isn't like other followers. Some are threatened, some out of fear of death, some to protect their loved ones, but not her. Alecto and your Uncle Amycus, joined him because they live for the torture and torment of others. Relish in it even. Not matter how much she loved you, it wasn't enough to quench her need for violence. She is dangerous Selene. Never trust her. Never allow her access to Arabelle. One day she had left and never came back, that's all I know Selene. That is the truth."

There is no doubt that this was in fact the truth. My father is many things, but a liar is not one. This must have been hard for him, and my heart breaks for him, but there was no avoiding it anymore.

I'm not sure how to react to the information though, I think that my heart had figured it out but a part of me had hoped, prayed that maybe she was like Lucius, staying out of fear not love for chaos.

I place a hand on my fathers shoulder, we aren't big on hugs but we don't need to, to support eachother.

"Thank you" I whisper as I leave the room. Head spinning from the information but I know this...

I have always had a kind and loving father. I didn't need her back then
and I never will. I have no time for mothers that can abandon their child. Some kind of mother....