Dark Sister

Chapter 4 Severus's shadow

Severus had not had a good first term. He had thought many things were going to happen and that things would get better but they did not. His first ever friend was sorted into Gryffindor while he was sorted into Slytherin. All of the boys on the train whom had teased him were in Gryffindor with her, which made it very difficult for him to spend quality time with her.

He was getting teased, hexed and jinxed on a daily basis by the four boys whom called themselves the marauders. Even the students in his own house didn't like him. Why should they? He was a half-blood. He was the only one in Slytherin house, who was, since everyone else in Slytherin was pure-blooded. The only thing that had gone right for him thus far was that he loved the classes.

He had decided to return home for Christmas break although he didn't have much hope of receiving any gifts from Father Christmas, much less his family. He awoke early Christmas morning in his slime green room to the sounds of his parents downstairs arguing again. He buried his face into his pillow and attempted to make the sound of their fight go away. When that didn't work he decided that perhaps he would have a better day if he just left and went to spend his Christmas with Lilly Eavens.

He put on the cleanest pair of torn jeans that he had and slid on an oversized jumper over his head before he left his room. As he walked downstairs his father threw a large moth-eaten jacket at his head. He caught it and gave his father a quizzical look. "Happy Christmas Toby," he said gruffly. "It's all I could afford, this time. I hope that it keeps you at least a little warmer while you're out," said Tobias as he glared at his wife, and dared her to speak.

"Thanks for the Jacket, Dad," said Severus as he cringed at being called by his first name. His mother looked at him with pleading eyes. She didn't want him involved in the argument any further than he was. She mouthed the words," Happy Christmas, Severus," and nodded slightly toward the front door of the house.

As Severus stepped to the front door his parents resumed their argument as loud as before. He opened the door and thought that he briefly saw two people across the street watching him from behind the large Oak tree by the dirty little stream that ran passed his home. He turned to close the door behind him and when he turned around and looked again the two people were gone.

He scratched his head for a second then decided that his eyes were playing tricks on him. The wind blew cold and he shivered as if the Jacket wasn't much use, then he took off at a run as the sound of something breaking inside the house was heard behind him.

Voldemort disapparated with Eden by his side to a small forgotten park that had a small dirty river running through it. They hid behind a large Oak tree, and listened to the sounds of angry voices coming from inside the little house across the road. Eden looked up at her father questioningly and gestured her hand toward the house.

"This my princess is the house that you were born in. The voices that you hear coming from the house are those of your birth mother and the filthy muggle that she chose over you," said her father coldly. Eden turned and looked at the house suspiciously as the sounds of arguing suddenly stopped. She watched on as the arguing started back up seconds before the front door of the house opened to reveal a skinny sallow skinned boy about the age of her adopted brother Sirius with greasy shoulder length black hair.

"Daddy, who is that boy," she asked as her father quickly cast a disillusionment charm on the two of them, so that they would not be seen." "That my princess is your half-brother. He is a half-blood like I am," admitted her father as he reached for her hand to apparate away. Eden leaned closer to the tree and watched the oily headed boy scratch his head and stare at the tree with penetrating black eyes for a few seconds. She watched as the wind seemed to blow right through the boy and he took off down the road at a run as something shattered in the house behind him.