Hello this is my second fanfic. It's about Snape at 11 before and when he received his letter to Hogwarts. I hope you like it, let me know what you think. Cheers!

In his own little corner

The rain lashed against the windows, the rumbling of thunder shook the panes, then there was a sudden flash of lightning that illuminated the whole kitchen and revealed a small boy of about 10 cowering in a corner. His lank, greasy hair covering his pale, tear stained face. He sat as still as a cat with his arms wrapped around his bare, bruised legs, that had been drawn up to his chest so his chin rested on his grazed knees.

He had been sat like this for over two hours now, not daring to move. From his secluded corner he could hear the telly and his step-father’s voice shouting to his mother about how ‘the boy’ needed to be taught a lesson once in a while. He could hear is mother sobbing his defense stating that ‘the boy’ is only a child.

Severus was used to being referred to like this, but it had been a while since his step-father had hit him and the shock still froze him inside. The cut above his right eye stung and he could feel a slow trickle of blood running down his cheek and mixing with his tears. He dared not wipe it away, his ‘father’ always said it was cowardly and weak to mop up your blood, he said brave men let it flow even if it meant bleeding to death. To Severus this was stupid but still he let it flow. He was no coward.

There were sudden footsteps coming towards the kitchen. Severus suddenly went ridged, ready to with stand another kick or punch. Neither came.

“Your father says you are to go to bed now, Severus,” came the soft sound of his mother’s voice. He took his head off his knees and looked up at his mother; he stared into her lifeless eyes. Severus remembered that once there was so much life in her brilliant dark eyes, his mother was no beauty but her eyes shone with the beauty she did not physically poses. She was like a tiger that had been taken from the wild and placed in a cage, unable to run across the plains her soul had slowly begun to die.

His mother stared back at him for a moment, but at the sight of the oozing cut winced and turned away.

“You shouldn’t have gotten in the way Severus,” she said, her shaky voice full of pain and guilt that she couldn’t defend her only son against the monster she had married less than a year ago.

“I hate to see him hurt you,” said Severus, now staring at his bare feet, messing with his pajama shorts. It was true he hated to see his mother in pain, he loved her so very much and yet sometimes resenting her for being so weak. He knew what she was and yet she never used it against him.

“Why do you let him do this to you?” Severus said suddenly angry.

“Don’t Severus; please just go to bed before you annoy him more.”

He wanted to argue back but knew better, so he slowly went upstairs to his room.

Back in the kitchen Eileen broke down at the kitchen table and wept for her lost life, her lost soul and Tobias. the only man she ever truly loved but who was snatched away from her so viciously. She felt truly alone and hated everything about her life, however this was all about to change when Severus got his letter………


Post #2: Losing Control

Post #3: A Letter of Hope

Post #4: A Child’s Woe

Post #5: Nosebleeds and Last Straws

Post #6: Just When She Thought...

Post #7: Elbows and Courses

Post #8: Any one for a butty?

Post #9: The Knight Bus

Post #10: The Leaky Cauldron

Post #11: Alleys and Sparks!

Post #12: Pigs and Snobs

Post #13: The Unbreakable Vow

Post #14: Life Can't Get Any Better?!

Post # 15: Aboard the Express

Post #16: The Beginning of Something Rather Special

Wow. This is amazing. Post more soon, please!
-Allie-

here is the next part of my fanfici!let me know wot you think!ENJOY!

Loosing Control

Severus woke suddenly next morning, his head pounding from his stepfather’s latest blow. The storm from last night had blown over, the sun was shining through the gap in the curtains, and the smell of rain entered through the open window. He could hear movement downstairs. Knowing his stepfather wasn’t awake enough to be downstairs, he figured it must be his mother making breakfast.

“Severus,” came a harsh voice from the landing, “Get your lazy butt out of bed and go and help your pathetic mother make breakfast!”

Severus rose slowly from his dirty sheets, and, clenching his fists, he went out onto the landing. His stepfather was standing at the bottom, making his way to the bathroom. He was a tall man, with dark hair and small dark eyes. He had been a boxer in his youth but had gone to seed a bit, due to alcohol and laziness.

“What are you staring at, boy? Need to use the bathroom, I doubt it eh? Probably wet the bed didn’t ya, ya discussing weed.”

Severus just stood in his doorway staring at the man a few feet from him, hoping that if he stared hard enough something bad would happen.

“If you carry on staring at me like that I’ll give you a crack like I did last night, now get downstairs!” the man bellowed.

Severus jumped out of his trance and ran downstairs to help his mother.

“Get the milk for me, Severus,” his mum asked sweetly as he entered the small grimy kitchen. “I’ve made you your favorite, sweet pancakes.” Severus knew she was trying to make up for last night. He smiled at her gratefully and took the plate of pancakes. He had just begun to eat when his stepfather came in. “What we ‘avin then?” he asked gruffly.

“I’ve made you bacon and Severus is having pancakes,” said Eileen timidly. She could see her husband eying Severus’s pancakes jealously.

“Oi, carry on treatin’ him special like this ‘n’ he’ll grow up weak and weedy,” he spat.

Severus never really understood why this man hated him so much. Maybe it was because his stepfather was a jealous man and Severus reminded him that he had not been the only man to enter Eileen’s life, or maybe it was just because Severus looked like his father and Eileen loved her son more than her husband who put food on the table.

Eileen stood by the kitchen sink sipping her tea. She so badly wanted to say something to defend her little boy but the words seemed trapped in her tight throat.

“Shut up!” she screamed inside her head, “Leave him alone!” She stared so hard at the grotesque man in front of him, screaming these words over and over again in her mind, that she thought she might explode. Instead the mug her husband had just picked up exploded in his hand, boiling coffee dripping from his stunned face and blistering hands. He screamed in shock and ran to the sink, pushing Eileen to the floor. She dropped to the grubby tiles, breathing hard and fast. It had been a long time since she had lost control like that. Severus rose quickly from his seat to help his mother from the floor. His eyes met hers, wide in astonishment. He saw amusement dancing in hers.

There was still hope. After the death of his real father and the cruelness of his stepfather Severus had thought his mother’s powers had begun to slowly die, but this may be a sign. There was still hope she’d set them free. He clung to this like a comforting blanket.

“Oh, yeah, I’m fine. Thanks,” said a sarcastic voice behind them. The fire went out in Eileen’s dark eyes.

“Oh…..here, let me,” she said, softly taking her husband’s scalded hand and running it under the cold tap. “Maybe we ought to go to hospital,” she suggested.

“No,” he growled. “Someone in this house has to work.” he snatched his hand back and stormed from the house, slamming the door behind him.

Laughter suddenly broke out in the tiny kitchen. Mother and son looked at each other for a moment, laughing like fools. Eileen stopped abruptly. “Go and get dressed,” she snapped.

Upstairs in his dingy room Severus got dressed, a little confused at why his mother had snapped. However this thought was put from his mind when he looked at the calendar spellotaped on his wardrobe. His stomach gave a sudden jolt. He was going to be 11 tomorrow. He never really liked his birthdays much since his mother’s second marriage. Thinking about the last one made him sick still, even though it had been a year. He had spent the whole day in the hospital after ‘falling’ down the stairs. However, not knowing how he knew, but somehow he felt this birthday was going to be different……….

Let me know what you think and I'll post my next part!

Interesting story! More please!

You might want pick a beta reader and have him/her help you proof-read, to help with your paragraph structure, spelling and punctuation (I did the first post for you when I validated it).

Thanxshow do I pick someone to do that for me?

Edit-Never mind I figured it out. Thanxs again!

Hello my invisible readers!!!here is the next part to Snape's story.........

A Letter of Hope

It was Sunday, and the sun newly raised, shone through the netted curtains of Eileen’s bedroom. She lay listening to the snores of the man beside her; they were so load that they drowned out the beautiful sound of the birds singing. She lay there lost in a day dream of the past…
Some one else in the house was also awake listening to the snores of his stepfather, Severus lay under the grimy covers of his bed wishing he could fall back to sleep, however something other than his step fathers snores were disturbing him from slumber. An irritating tapping sound was now at his window. He lay with his back to it mentally telling what ever it was to go away, after another five minutes of the constant tapping Severus rose and decided to see what it was. He walked across the cold wooden floor to his window and pulled back the lank green curtains and came face to face with a huge brown and white spotted barn owl. He stared into its bright orange eyes until it gave a inpatient hoot to be let in, Severus did so and the owl soared in to the room and landed with a soft thump on to Severus’ bed, who noticed that the owl had a letter for him attached to one leg. The owl held out its skinny leg until Severus took the letter from him once he had done so the owl took off into the morning.

Severus stood in the middle of his room staring down at the letter. It had his name on it, it was for him but who would send him mail? Slowly he turned it over to see a waxed shield that bore a serpent, a badger, a lion and an eagle. Severus had never seen anything like this before, he decided not to waste any more time thinking about who had sent it to him and decided just to open it. In side he unfolded two pieces of parchment one consisted of a list with objects that Severus had heard his mother speak of when he was younger, the other was a letter written in black italics that read:

To Mr. Severus Snape,
I am delighted to inform you that you have obtained a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all your academic needs, school term starts on the 1st September. The Hogwarts express will leave Kings Cross at 11:00am from platform 9 ¾, I look forward to meeting you.
Yours sincerely,
Professor A.Dumboldore
Headmaster.

Severus read this letter a least five times and what it said still made no sense. He had been invited to attend this school, he was a wizard. Well what else could he be if his mother was a witch? Suddenly it all made perfect sense and without really thinking about what he was doing he ran flat foot into his mother’s room……..

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted but I've been busy got exams and it was my birthday the other day17 and I'm learning how to drive which is soooo scary ahhhh!!!!I've only stuled once though hehehe!!! Thanx Im-a-potter-fool i apprechiate your kind words!!

Don't forget to check out my other FF Godrick's Hollow in the 'other' thread!!

Edit- O yeah I'll post more soon!

Good story! I almost feel sorry for Snape! I can't wait to read more! I am also writing a story in this section called Surprise Letter To Harry, check it out if you'd like. Keep up the good work with your story!

Hay heres the next part of Snape's story. Sorry its short but I kinda got a case of writers block,Ahhhh!!so annoying but hay hope you like it. let me know what you think.

[A Childs Woe

“Mum, Mum” whispered Severus as quietly as possible as to not wake his step-father. “Mum” he whispered again this time giving his slumbering mother a nudge, Eileen turned so fast to face her son that she pulled a muscle in her neck she let out a low hiss of pain that Severus had heard many times before.
“What’s the matter” she said quietly rubbing her neck and sitting up.
“Look” Severus handed his mother his letter. Eileen took the letters; she only had to read the top line of the first to know who it was from. She got out of bed so fast that it made her beaming son jump 6 foot in to the air. He followed her quickly as she headed down the stairs pulling on her pink faded woolen dressing gown, that she had snatched from the back of the bedroom door as she exited.
“O my” she gasped finally as they entered the shabby kitchen, she turned to her son beaming from ear to ear, Severus had never seen her so happy the almost extinguished fire in her eyes was burning once more. She suddenly began to talk so fast that Severus only caught snippets of words like ‘Diagon Alley’, ‘wand’ and ‘pumpkin pasties’
“Mum, mum slow down…... what?” Severus half shouted.
“O Severus your going to love it! Hogwarts is……..amazing, you’ll finally be away from all of this” she said looking around the dingy green kitchen.
The smile that had slowly been forming on Severus’ face suddenly vanished he could not leave his mother here, with him. Eileen read her son’s thoughts, she could tell by the look on his face that he’d worry about her and he was thinking about not going at all.
“Severus” she said softly bending down to his level “I’ll be just fine here, you can’t not go, a wizard is who you are, magic is in your blood and you need to learn how to use it properly. Hogwarts was the second place on the earth where I was the happiest, it was my second home and I know for sure you will love it just as much as I did.” She paused to survey the look of worry on her son’s young features; he looked so much like his father she found her self thinking. Severus stared back at her hardly blinking, how could she think he was scared of going? He so wanted to go, he knew since the age of four there was something about him, he wasn’t scared of going to Hogwarts, in fact he couldn’t wait to learn more about his abilities. What he feared was leaving his mother with his monster of a step-father………

Hay sorry I havn't posted in a whil my computer was being dodgy!!Anyho here is the next part to Snap's violent child hood.....

Nose bleeds and last straws!!

Mother and son stared at one another for a long while, until distant footsteps from above brought them back to reality and told them that he was up and would be demanding his breakfast soon. Eileen stuffed the parchments into her dressing gown pockets and began to busy herself. Severus stood for awhile steering at his mothers back. ‘How could such a powerful women’, he thought ‘be so weak?’

Something he could not quite make out burned suddenly within the pit of his stomach, and then out of nowhere he felt a sudden sting across his left cheek.
“Don’t you ever look at your mother like that, you ungrateful brat” roared his step-father.
Severus turned to face him, he could feel his cheek throbbing. He looked up straight into the eyes of his discussing step-father.
“She’s my mother I’ll look at her anyway I wish” Severus suddenly cried out. As soon as he said it he knew he’d made a big mistake. A huge fist lunged at him knocking him off his feet into the corner of the kitchen table. Lightening pain shot up his back, he also could feel a slow trickle of blood coming from his shattered nose.
“STOP IT” Severus heard his mother scream and then saw her dive in front of her son, receiving the next blow that was meant for him. She flow sideways into the kitchen tops when her husband flung her out of the way, like a bad tempered child throwing down a rag doll.

He picked up Severus by the scruff of his neck, lifting him into the air so he could look at the fear that had crept into Severus’ dark eyes.
“You boy are weak, just like your mother and just like you pathetic father. You are a runt and should have been drowned at birth, you disgust me.” He sneered his face twisted with pure loathing.
Severus could hear his mother sobbing on the ground, she kept repeating something but it was too quiet for Severus to hear.
“WHAT?” shouted his step father, lowering Severus a bit as he turned to his wife? “What are you mumberling woman?” he asked savagely.
“It’s his birthday, stop” Eileen whispered looking up at her husband.
“O I is it now” he turned his attention back to Severus “how about a broken arm this year boy?” he sneered, throwing Severus 6 foot into the air to the other side of the kitchen. Severus felt as if he was flying in slow motion in an arch towards the cold stone wall he closed his eyes waiting for the collision, but it didn’t come. Slowly he opened his eyes, he was drifting gently towards the floor, once he got there he looked up and saw his mother brandishing something wooden like a sword, her tearstained face was livid. She turned her wand on to her husband who was stood frozen in shock and fear.
“You will never harm me or my son ever again” she advanced on her husband pointing her wand straight at his heart. “Now leave or you shall regret it”
The man before her suddenly let out a cold laugh that sent shiver up the small boys spine,
“What ya gonna do?” he mocked “poke me in the eye?”
Eileen tilted her head slightly, the way a dog sometimes does as though trying to work something out.
“You fool” she said softly “You stupid muggle fool, how ignorant you are”
“What did you just call me?” her husband asked angrily closing the gap between them slightly.
Severus stood at the other side of the kitchen, all thought had suddenly been washed from his brain, although throw the buzzing and the spinning his brain asked only one question ‘Why now after all this time has his mother decided to act and stand up to his step-father?’ he stood frozen to the spot, his mouth slightly open, with his nose dripping blood onto the already dirty tiles, confused……….

that all folks!!sorry it's so short. Let me know what you think and I'll PMS ta ta for now

Wow! This is good. post soon.
Jessica

Wooo-hooo! You go Eileen!! *gets out foam finger and cheerleader pom-poms and cheers Eileen on.* PAMS!!

Great Post!!! Can't wait to read more. I hope his mother gives that man much more thgan a bat-boggy hex! PAMS!

WOW!!! thanxs every1 for your nice coments!!
Imiss SERIUS/DUMBOLDORE-I did get insperation from what Harry saw in the pensieve, I think your the first person to notice
I'll be posting more soom I promise. Mybe somtime today. We'll have to see

Ps There may be some changes in the old posts coz I've had my FF beta read.(just to let you know)

hello, i just read this and i really like it! it's great how you took that image from the pensieve and put it in a story..i can't wait for more!

Well as promised here is the next part of Snape's story. It's quit short but I hope you like it.

Just when she thought....

The scene in the kitchen looked like a western showdown, apart from the obvious fact there were no guns.

“I’m so sick of you, you dirty mud blood, thinking you can treat me like some sort of skive! Eileen paused collecting her thoughts “Well I have news for you darling” she said sneering into her husbands face. “I will NOT have it anymore….I want a divorce!!” she screamed making both Severus and his step father jump.

“O really” replied her husband “and who do you think will provide for you and your……erm precious son” he said now glaring at Severus as though it was his fault his mother was brandishing a branch at him. Severus could suddenly hear laughter from the other side of the kitchen.

“You really don’t have a clue do you” mocked Eileen “I’m a witch sweetie, I’ll be just fine.” she said in a mock sweet voice.

Eileen felt suddenly alive, better than she had ever felt in nearly two years. However she also felt suddenly sick to the stomach at the thought she nearly had lost her powers. Why had she taken it for so long? Why hadn’t she left the moment he turned on her and then on her son, drunk and looking for an argument? Eileen like most battered wives suddenly blamed herself and thought she couldn’t leave because she ‘loved’ him. ‘Ha’ she thought ‘love him, how could any one love such a pig!?’ Eileen was not the usual battered wife, she was a witch!! She could have easily transfigured him or even killed him, but she was afraid, if she turned on a muggle she would have been sent to Azkaban Prison quicker than you could say ‘hocus pocus’ and she couldn’t bare the thought of Severus alone in some dingy orphanage. She couldn't leave him either, where would she go, she had no money, no family. All she gad was Severus. Now thing were going to be different Severus was going to start at Hogwarts, a new start for him, Eileen also wanted a new start and it didn’t involve a man, especially not a muggle.

Severus noticed his step father slowly getting over the shock of what he had just been told, slowly he saw him look at the wand then back to Severus then he put two and two together. 4 had suddenly become a terrifying number. Before Severus could even open his mouth his step father suddenly lunged at Eileen knocking her off her feet and making her throw the wand down so she could stop her self from any serious damage.

There was a sudden flash of silver, Eileen let out a shriek. Her husband had slashed her as she had reached for her wand; she slid down the wall holding her bloody arm to her chest. Severus ran over to her, but before he could get to her his step father grabbed him holding the sleek silver kitchen knife to his neck, Severus could feel the cold steel against his throat.
“NO” shrieked Eileen “Please let him go, there’s no need to hurt him”
“Y……you’re a…a witch so that would make him...” he said gripping Severus tighter “a what? Warlock?”
“Wizard” Eileen sobbed. Her wand lay a meter away but she was too afraid to reach for it incase he noticed and hurt her son, she had to think fast, what was she going to do??…….

TaTa

Awesome!!!!!!

"Wow, what a terrible man! I hope she still gets the better of him, Snape too! Can't wait to read more! PAMS!!!