AN: I'm back! It might not be permanent, but I'm not sure. I've been role-playing as a Marzullo recently (see link in Bio page), and it helped me spark some juices. Also, I've been getting reviews in, and it felt wonderful. Thank you so much!

AN2: There is a bit of a jump, I might fill it in, or maybe not. You'll live with this won't you?

Fast Forward

Five years after that fateful meeting in the alley, Severus Snape found himself again at the bidding of his vampire wife. But it seemed that he had gained two more leashes, each held by one of his children. He, of course, adored his kids, but he didn't act like it. Heavens no, it would destroy his image. Just because he was a kind a caring father didn't mean that he had to act like it in public.

"When does this train leave?" Severus drawled, sounding bored. His wife, Samantha, turned and glared at him, silencing the potions master.

"You should know father," his daughter, Ivy said, scowling at him. "You do work at Hogwarts."

"Do I? I seem to have forgotten that," he said, smirking a bit.

"You two stop bickering," Samantha chided. "Do you have all of your things?"

"Yes Mum," Ivy said flatly, annoyed with her mother's question. "Because you haven't asked that a hundred times, right Eli?"

Severus' son, Elijah, remained silent during the exchange. The boy never spoke much, harking back to his days before he was adopted into the Snape family. No one outside the family and Remus Lupin even knew that the boy wasn't a born Snape. The family's secluded lifestyle enabled Severus and Samantha to perpetuate the story that she had borne twins, instead of just Ivy.

"Right Eli?" she repeated, noticing that the boy was not even paying attention. He jerked his head back towards his sister and nodded. Soon, a loud whistle broke into the family's conversation and Samantha scooped her children up in a large hug.

"Be careful kids, we'll see you around school," Samantha said, giving an extra squeeze and then releasing the two.

"Don't worry Mum, we will be," Ivy said. Eli's face told another story. "Don't look at me like that, I swear I didn't have anything to do with the exploding toilet."

Severus just sighed at the exchange. Another whistle rang out, hurrying the children forth to the large red train before them. "Come on you two, time to get on board," he said.

Ivy and Eli gave their father a hug and ran off, giving waves to their parents as the boarded the Hogwarts Express. The vampire family was lucky this day; it was overcast, allowing them to go on the train without large, bulky robes.

The two siblings moved their way through the crowded train, desperately trying to find a compartment that was empty, but no avail. The last compartment held one person, who was looked outside the window and didn't notice them.

Ivy cleared her throat to get his attention. "Excuse us," she said politely.

The boy turned around and looked upon them with bright, golden eyes. "What can I do for you?" he said.

"We were wondering if we could sit here, the rest of the train is full," she stated. "My name is Ivy Snape and this is my brother, Elijah."

"Just Eli, please," he whispered, the first time he had spoken since they left the mansion.

"Sure! My name is Ron Weasley. I hope that you two aren't like your father, I heard he's a scary teacher," the boy laughed.

"Who told you that?" she said, smiling slightly. "Let me guess, all of your brothers. Father told us many stories about the Weasley Clan."

"Hope they were good," he grinned. "Speaking of the Clan, there they are." The boy motioned outside the window at the platform. There held a large family of red-haired, golden-eyed people and what looked like one wolf.

"Should we ask about the wolf?" Ivy asked dryly.

"That's my sister," he sighed. "I'm sure your father told you that my family is the largest family of werewolves in the world, correct?" She nodded, her father ranting about the explosions the infamous Werewolf Twins did in a day. "She's obsessed with her wolf form nowadays, she won't even come out for dinner. It's just a phase, all werewolves get it when they learn to transform outside the moons."

"You have an interesting family, Ron," Ivy said, smiling as the little Weasley wolf ran around the platform, eventually running into her father and mother. Mrs. Weasley ran over to retrieve her lupine daughter and obviously was apologizing towards the Snapes.

"It only gets worse, the more you look into it," Ron said, a grin on his face. "How about you?"

"Just me, Eli, and my parents," Ivy said, shrugging. "Not much else than that. But we are vampires, so that's cool."

"Vampires?" Ron asked, his eyes lighting up. "So what's it like having immortality and all that?"

"Sucks," Eli said quietly. "Eternal life, and we can't even go to the beach."

"Don't be so melodramatic, Eli," Ivy said. "It's pretty cool. We don't really have to eat, sleep during the day, enhanced strength, speed, agility, senses, the whole package."

"Werewolves get most of that, except you know the blood and daylight thing," Ron said. "Can't enjoy a full moon though, and that gets annoying." The cabin soon fell quiet; it's occupants thinking about their gifts and curses. "So Eli, where did you get that scar?" Ron asked, noticing the thin, jagged lines that peaked out from Eli's long hair on his forehead.

"Potions accident," Eli said softly. He didn't elaborate.

"Understandable with your father," Ron said, waving it off. Again the cabin fell silent. The wolf-boy was about to start another conversation when the door to the compartment opened, revealing a panicked girl.

"Can I hide here?" she said, breathing heavily. This wasn't a normal girl by far. She had bushy brown hair, two cat ears sticking up out of the top of her head, and yellow eyes with dilated slits for pupils. Everyone in the compartment could tell she was a half cat demon.

"Sure," Ivy said. "But there isn't much room to hide."

"Don't worry!" she said, grinning. The girl quickly turned into a brown furred cat and leapt onto one of the luggage holders above the group's head.

"This day is getting decidedly odder by the minute," Ivy sighed. Eli nodded and looked up at the cat on the luggage holder. The cat in turn glared at him, silently telling him to not look at her and give away her position. Just as he did, the door slid open once more.

AN: Who could it be? Here's Chapter two reviewers:

Silver-Entrantress-Elf – Thank you so much for your reviews on all my stories. You are probably the person who made me want to start writing the most. I've had people say they like one or three of my stories, but not all of them. Truly, thank you.

Honigdrache – Here it is! Ooo…Germany…

ChildeofBlackFriday – Thanks for the review, but right now, I'm working on this. I won't continue Deletion's Creations without a complete rewrite. This story is to take the place of Crimson Nights in my heart, so you probably won't see an update on it until this is done.

Granadelc – Thanks! I try to make the most unique story out there.

Rabid-Reader-1 – Harry's past will be revealed in some flashbacks that will happen eventually.

Lady Alexandria09 – I know I should have. I really should have. But I'm back at doing kids, so I skipped ahead. Don't worry Remus will make an earlier appearance than he did in the books.

HecateDeMort – All are up for grab. No one has done work on the rewrites, so I don't care.

Shania Maxwell – Hope you did! Thanks!