It's common knowledge that Snape hates Harry Potter because he is the son of the girl he loved, or is he.
The real reason why Snape resents that boy is because his wife was kindapped that cold October night. She was taken while protecting her nephe...
As Harry passed through the dungeons to get to potions one day he could have sworn he heard professor Snape crying. What he didn't know was that he had heard right, Severus was crying because they still hadn't found his wife after 11 years and wanted to proclaim her dead. He wouldn't Stand for it. He would have his wife back and they would go surprise their nephew over the summer break at the Dursleys. He had it all planned out. His life would be complete again. Now if he could only find out what Quirrell was up to, he was livid when he found out it was him that tried to kill his nephew.
He ran his finger's over the photo of his wife and him on their wedding day, Another photo of her and Lilly stood side by side with Lilly's hands resting on her sister's just noticeable baby bump smiling, young Harry was in the arms of his aunt. She was so happy she was going to be an aunt, but that happiness was cut short.
Realising his potions class would be waiting he made his face look stern and emotionless drying his eyes of any tears before walking into the classroom, throwing back the doors with a bang, staring at the small portrait he had in the classroom of his wife in a blue dress he smiled, she gave him the strength to deal with these kids every day.
After the news of wanting to pronounce his wife dead, he was especially moody, even to the Slytherins. This made Harry and the rest of the trio worried on what had made their usually Slytherin biassed potions teacher be ruthless on his own house. It was because a lot of death eaters were Slytherins and they, along with Voldemort, had been the ones to cause him this pain. He was quick to leave when potions finished to get towards the great hall for dinner. He sat at the teacher's table with a sigh and pushed his food around his plate, not touching any of it. Minerva knew why he was like this, she too was livid at the thought of Lavender Snape being pronounced dead so she extended her hand and placed it on his.
"She will come back to us Severus. I just know it."
Dinner went by uneventfully, Severus ever so slowly eating his food on the prompts of the Gryffindor head of house when a bang could be heard, 2 figures dressed in cloaks walked in, the smaller one cradling the taller one who seemed to be limping with a trail of blood following her.
"Please, help my mummy." the young girl cried out, pulling off her hood, she looked no older than 10. McGonagall stood up and walked to the child kneeling before her and the hunched over figure who she assumed to be the girl's 'mummy'.
"What's your name dear."
"Xena miss. Mommy said dad wanted that name if i was a girl." Minerva's eyes widened. Severus had mentioned the same thing to her and Lavender when she first fell pregnant. Taking on the brave soul her house represented she lifted the hood of the older cloaked figure to see none other than Lavender Snape.
"Oh my god, It's Lavender." she cried out, not a second Later Severus was off of his chair and running to the middle of the hall. Shocking all of the students. Severus cradled the ginger in his lap as she weakly opened her eyes and laughed.
"We never did find a way to make your hair less greasy eh love." He smiled a little then turned to his child and held out his arms. She realised who he was based on her own looks and ran into his arms. Severus had never been happier in his life. Dumbledore was in tears, which shocked a lot more people. He had the girl he though of as a daughter back, she wasnt dead as the ministry wanted her to be. Severus produced several healing potions from his pocket and let them slip down her throat until she was completely unwounded and it was like nothing had ever happened. When he did this she immediatly threw her arms around his neck and hugged him harder than ever before. This added to the shock of ever student in the hall, what shocked them the most was that he buried his head in the crook of her neck and wrapped his arms tightly around her waist, Xena was in the middle of them both.
"Severus why dont you take Lavender to the dungeons with Xena and tommorow we can get her sorted." He smiled and nodded escorting his wife and child away to his room, once they were changed they settled down on his bed, Xena snuggled between the two of them. That was the best sleep Severus had ever had.
The next morning, Severus changed into his robes while Lavender changed into the usual blue dress. Xena was dressed in her mother's old Gryffindor robes that would be changed after the sorting. She loved how they smelled of her mother, the woman who protected her for 11 years of her life from death eaters.
The three of them walked to the great hall, a stool stood at the front with a wrinkly old hat. Lavender pushed her daughter over to the chair and McGonagall sat the hat on her head.
"What an unusual parentage my dear, such different houses your parents were in. Your aunt, uncle and mother all in Gryffindor, yet your father a Slytherin. Now where to put you." the hat worked through her mind before shouting.
"GRYFFINDOR."
Severus couldn't help but be proud of his little girl, even if she wasnt in his house." Xena ran over and hugged her mother before running over to the table and sitting next to twins she knew so well. They were only 3 when she dissapeared. Walking over to them she hoped they would remember her.
"Hello there my little devil twins." she said with a smile. Their eyes lit up remembering the nickname the woman that had dissapeared when they were three gave them. Both of them jumped up and hugged her making her chuckle.
"Aunty Lavender."
"She is your aunt?" Harry asked.
"Nah we just call her that, her and mum are good friends. You were about 1 when she disspeared Harry, Ron you were that age two."
Lavender sat between her daughter and the twins pulling out a plate.
"Which reminds me aunt lav, where were you."
"I was at Godric's Hollow with Harry. Lilly she was my world, my best friend. We did everything together growing up and god fucking damnit if i didnt even try to help her i would have killed myself. I was kidnapped by voldemort and placed in the care of death eaters. Poor Xena was born in a prison below the dungeons of Voldy-no-nose's headquarters been there ever since, i only just managed to escape. Now something else you need to Know, watch youself around turban boy over there, i sense danger around him. Dont let his stutter fool you. Now, Xena you make some friends dear and im going to go say hi to my old teachers and friends."
Lavender smiled, rubbed the boy's shoulders and walked away.
"She was part of the Marauders you know. They called her Majesty, she gave us this photo. if we ever ran into you. Someone else has a copy, and she wanted you to have one.." Fred said showing the photo of her and Lilly, with Lilly's hands over her bump and Harry in Lavender's arms. Harry smiled and took the photo. It was a muggle none moving one. Xena looked at them, they were lucky to know her mother, if she cared she would not let anything happen to you.
