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𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 : I only own my OC(s) in this fanfic.

All credits of the Harry Potter universe to J.K.Rowling.

𝘛𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘦,

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴.

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴.

𝘐'𝘮 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.

𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺, 1980. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴. 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭,
𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘯

Snape gawked at the parchment, reading it over and over again, then looked at the sleeping baby in the basket.

She looked a little underweight, but otherwise healthy, sleeping soundly huddled in a comical number of blankets. The baby had his features alright, he could recognise that nose anywhere.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨? Snape shook his head, as if trying to shake off the unpleasant wave of memories that started to flood back into his mind.

He'd been on the mission for the prophecy, and had stayed in the Leaky Cauldron to spy on Trelawney, when he'd encountered that...that woman.

It was a moment of weakness, a secret for him to keep admist the many others he had. Snape had never felt so embarrassed for letting his guard down, on a spying mission for Voldemort, that is!