Severus's Daughter

[A/N PLEASE READ, Severus Snape never was a death eater in this story and he didn’t love Lily Evans he was just her friend.]

1980

Severus Snape stood and shushed his child to sleep, thunder struck loudly and the infant began to cry some more.

He thought back to that night…

Severus and Maria had gotten very drunk, had sex and by time he awoke she was gone. Nine months later (tonight), a dark figure appeared outside his front door, a hood covering their face; they placed a kiss then softly they placed the sleeping child on his door step; she was wrapped in a black silk blanket, with two letters placed on her chest. One addressed to him the other to the sleeping babe.

The letter addressed to him read;

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Dear Severus,

The babe’s name is Jasmine and she is our daughter. I cannot care for my child and I beg and beseech you to care for her. When she is older tell her how much her mother loved her. How much she wishes she was here with her, and how much I loved you.

I am being hunted by the Dark Lord and will be dead by dawn.

She looks so much like her father; she has your black hair, your eyes, and your pale skin. From me she has her nose, lips and eye shape. She has a birth mark on her neck; a sandy wolf with a black snake on her left leg. Those animals represent her parents and I cannot tell you how much I regret not being with you to watch her grow up.

I love you with all my heart, and want you to know how I wished to be your wife,

Maria Snape x

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Attached were pictures of her and him when they were drunk, before when they just started dating, pictures of the pregnancy and Jasmine’s birth certificate.

To the babe her letter read;

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My darling Jasmine,

I am sorry that I cannot be with you. That I cannot watch my babe grow or lie with your father and watch you.

I wish I was with you and I love you always. Know that I will always love your father. I am hunted by the Dark Lord and will be dead by dawn.

You look so much like your father; you have his hair colour, his eyes and his pale skin. From me you inherit my nose, lip and eye shape. You bear a birth mark on your neck; a sandy wolf with a black snake on her left leg. They represent your father and me. The wolf is me because I’m an animagus; the snake is your father.

Be brave for me and your father, I know you will make me proud. I will watch over you both from heaven.

Love always,

Maria Snape x

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Severus thought of crying along right with his babe, but instead just let a few tears seep from the corner of his eyes as he thought about Maria.

Maria Snape

She wanted to be his wife. She wanted to be his to hold and love for the rest of their lives. Now the only reminders of her were his daughter, the pictures and a letter.

He cursed the Dark Lord for taking his Maria away. Their daughter would never feel the comfort of her mother’s arms just one more time, never feel the warm kiss of her mother’s lips on her head a she says good night. Their daughter would never know her mother.

An hour or so later the infant Jasmine was asleep, Severus looked down at his daughter and tentively placed a kiss on her soft hair. He transfigured a chair to a crib and made it permanent, then he transfigured two cushions one as a mattress the other as padding and added those to the crib, he made those also permanent.

He had unwrapped Jasmine from her silk blanket earlier and so once he had placed the sleeping babe in the crib he place the thick black silk blanket over her tiny frame.

"Good night Jasmine."

He then went to bed himself.