"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."
― Roald Dahl
Friday, Dec. 17th, 2010
He approached the castle gates with little emotion, at one point in time Hogwarts had held all he knew to be somewhat positive in his life. Lily had been his closest friend and he was in a sort of love with her back then, he had long acknowledged it had been more of an infatuation. She was the only person that had ever treated him as a true human being with emotions. He fell in love with the idea of her, not knowing that she was not the only one who could make him feel human. Appearing poor and being sorted in Slytherin in that day and age had been responsible for most of the bullying and other attention he received... anything after that was a byproduct of his own actions, like joining the Death Eaters. Now he did have what was pure love in the form of being a father, and he understood much of what he never had as a child.
Minerva met him at the gate, smiling at him, "And just where is that little Katherine of yours, Severus? We communicate regularly through owl but when you unexpectedly say you'll be visiting me after 2 years and you don't even bring your little girl for me to exclaim over."
"She is with Draco, she enjoys coddling Scorpius." He fell into step next to her as they walked through the grounds toward the looming castle.
"Good for her, she needs to spend more time with children than her ruminative father."
He had to chuckle in response to her. "Actually, she has been spending some time with a young wizard her age, you probably have met him."
She shot him a look of curiosity and spoke with a brow raised, "Who might this be Severus?"
"The young Henry Granger-Weasley." He spoke slowly, and likely more dramatically than needed but he knew she would be thrown and he wanted to take it all in. He loved shocking this friend of his, it was always for comedic effect when he did something out of the ordinary, the shock on her face was reminiscent of the shock he saw when he told her he was adopting Katherine.
"Severus Snape, you mean to tell me you have allowed your Katherine to befriend a Weasley? I am astonished..." She paused for a moment in their walking, taking in the information. "You are correct, I have met Henry, he seems much like his mother. I'd say that is enough to forge a friendship between the two, knowing your Katherine's intelligence." She paused again before adding, "But Severus, how ever did they meet? I am certain you haven't run into them in the wizarding world, and even if you were to, I can't see you making conversation with Hermione by choice, much less Ronald."
"We ran into them in the muggle world. Granger and her son are neighbours of ours now. They live a few blocks from us. Katherine and Henry met without our knowing in the library and led us to meet one another so Katherine could come to dinner at their house."
"And did you, Severus?"
"Of course I did, I couldn't stand between Katherine making a friend, especially one she can keep in our world when she starts school."
"And Hermione?"
"What about her?"
Minerva shrugged in response, they had taken a shortcut to the Headmistresses office, and were now ascending the spiral staircase.
He sat across her desk as Minerva busied herself preparing tea for them both. Giving what he thought was an appropriate pause, he waited until she was heading to pour his tea to say, "I am taking Hermione to America tomorrow."
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By Chance to Intention
Fanfiction12 years have passed since the war ended. Hermione Granger is now a divorced mother of a 10-year-old son, working from home as an author. Severus Snape has secluded himself in the muggle world with his 9-year-old daughter. When their children's path...
