Snape's Daughter (Book Two)

Chapter Six : The Marley in me

"You left him?" Ellia asked, her jaw dropping.

"Yeah, I couldn't risk him being hurt so I just left with Marley," Aurora explained to Ellia, cradling a now crying Marley.

"Aurora, how could you just leave him? At the start or whatever of a war?" Ellia scolded Aurora.

"Well what was I supposed to do, he has a family at home he needs to look after," Aurora tried I argue back.

"But you two are his family, you and your daughter," Ellia snapped.

"But it was your father who blasted off George's ear, Fred needs to look after him. Not sit here worrying about me," Aurora shouted, covering Marley's ears.

"Then why take Marley with you? You being here will just worry him even more!" Ellia shouted, not noticing Eileen was now stood at the door.

"Well I came here to find you, to make sure you're safe..."

"I'm fine here with my grandmother, it's Fred who needs you..."

"Then come home," Aurora finished.

"Let me have Marley quick, I'll feed her for you," Eileen said, almost snatching Marley from Aurora's hands.

"Urm, thank you," Aurora said, before turning back to speak to Ellia," Just come home."

"I can't. It's too dangerous," Ellia said.

"It can't be no more dangerous than you being here by yourself, with no protection," Aurora said.

"I have protection, I'm safe," Ellia said, crossing her arms and flashing Aurora a stern look.

"I don't care. I miss you, Fred misses you, everybody misses you," Aurora said.

"We're going to Remus Lupin's," Eileen piped, turning to see Aurora and Ellia.

"We... We are?" Ellia asked her, a brief smile planted on her lips for everybody to see.

"Yeah. He went back to where he was staying yesterday so we're going there, then back to the Wealsey's for Bill and Fleur's wedding," Eileen informed them.

"That's not too long away," Aurora said, thinking of an idea in her head.

"I wouldn't know, just exactly how long away is the wedding?" Ellia asked.

"It's in a couple of days, that's all. Marley's supposed to be bridesmaid," Aurora sighed, glancing over to her daughter.

"Why don't we go now?" Ellia asked her grandmother.

"We can't just go right now Ellia, it's not safe," Eileen said, finishing feeding Marley.

"But we're safe nowhere fully, so we might as well leave here and go to Lupin's," Ellia argued her point, desperately wishing to see Lupin.

"Yes but when I left Malfoy Manor I informed Narcissa that you would be safe with me," Eileen snapped back at her arrogant granddaughter.

"But I'm not at the Manor anymore. And I will be safe .... With Lupin," Ellia snapped back, as Aurora watched the two family members argue.

"Well how would you get there then?" Eileen asked Ellia, still wanting the best protection for half of her only surviving family.

"I can apparate with Aurora. It's not hard. Then I can leave with Lupin as my guardian and go to the Wedding," Ellia snapped back quickly, having it all planned out in her head.

"You know what then Miss Snape, you certainly do take after your father. You're arrogant and never do the right thing," Eileen snapped, before covering her mouth and regretting the words she had said.

"Well that's fine then because I might as well just go and sit on my father's lap like a little girl and say 'oh daddy, well done for killing Dumbledore'," Ellia snapped back in anger.

"I never said that!" Eileen shouted.

"But you implied it that I was just like him!" Ellia shouted back, before silence broke through the tent. Aurora snatched Marley from Eileen's arms, before stepping back and holding Ellia's arm. Ellia picked up Eileen's wand from the side counter, and now was clutching on to it.

"Remus Lupin can now be your guardian, Ellia. After all, I shouldn't be supporting you when I have a son to support," Eileen started, before her eyes turned to a glum purple shade, " You'll be dead within months of your 16th birthday. At the hands of the one who will fall on the exact day of your death. Your guardian shall die and so shall the last member of your family. Be prepared for the spiders." Eileen's final words glued in Ellia's head, her, Aurora and Marley apparate for out of the tent to outside a small cottage. There Ellia fell to the floor, the words spinning through her mind.

"She just gave you... She just gave you a prophecy," Aurora said, wide eyed as she looked around for some help for Ellia.

"She predicted my death, somebody's downfall, my guardians death and my family's death," Ellia trembled, unable to understand.

"I'll find Tonks and Lupin," Aurora said, sitting Marley down next to Ellia. It didn't make sense why Eileen would suddenly change her attitude towards Ellia, her own flesh and blood. She didn't understand either how Eileen was able to make a prophecy.