Aaargh, I'm aching for an update here! Great job so far!

Oh I hope Severus has a plan and wasn't just being impulsive when he took Hydra. I don't think Voldy or Bella are going to just let this go. Loved the "Daddy".

YAY SNAPE!  \O/Although with Bellatrix as a mother, groomed to be docile or not, she's not going to take his constant insults for very long...

Ha!  lovely

"Daddy?"Lovely! This is so well done.  I am enthralled he went for the gusto and snatched her.  What a fate, Voldy...EW. *shiver* More please.Thank you again for sharing~

LOL.  Fun!

omg! that is SO cute!  hehe i wonder what Severus' reaction to "Daddy" will be? hehe thank you so much for the update, it was wonderful

Poor kid, she's so anxious to have someone in her life that's not totally crazy.  

That went well!  I was surprised that Severus decided so quickly to fetch his daughter, and I'm not certain he would have seized the opportunity if Dobby hadn't told him he would be "honored" to take him to visit Miss Hydra whenever he wanted to go.  Then "Bob's you uncle," and he was sitting in his quarters having tea with his own child.  I'm delighted that Severus chose to bring Hydra to his home before Bellatrix could "present" her to the Dark Lord, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how they get on, if she will begin study at Hogwarts, and if Voldemort will want to hex him every way but loose.Nifty update!  Thanks.Beth

 I really thought it was going to be Draco.  Other than the whole cousin thing (and the purebloods aren't particularly averse to inbreeding), he at least seems a logical match for her....I like the pragmatic Lestrange.  He's still a jackass I'm sure, but he's coming across as more human than I've seen him played before.And Snape is a force to be reckoned with.  I don't think Bellatrix is fully aware of that.  Voldemort probably underestimates him also, but not as much. Intriguing story, and I look forward to read more.  Very original premise, and a nice pace and mix of the darker elements without being too dark.

I shudder every time I think about Bellatrix's plans for Hydra.  Being married to the Dark Lord is a fate worse than anything.  I dearly hope Severus will be able to think of a way to interrupt these plans.  Perhaps even Rodolphus will agree to help him, but how they could pull it off is beyond me.  It's going to be interesting to see where you take this story!  Well done!Beth

ooooh! Snape is dangerous! scary and exciting at the same time. great chapter!

Wow!  Amazing chapter!  Very exciting and a bit scary.  I can't wait to read more.

holy smoking cows! what exactly just happened?!? *Brain catches up with me* oh, well, he's Severus Snape so i won't worry about him. now bella bella hmm lets hope she doesn't end up killing someone when she finds that her secret is out great chapter and thank you very much for the update. :D

....And then Snape is hurt very badly by either Rodolphus or Bellatrix....

Interesting development.. I think Snape knows Lestrange well enough to know what works and what not in telling him things.. Obviously he thought being honest was the best way to deliver the message. I do hope they will become allies in preventing that Hydra will become Voldemorts bride. Lestrange is powerful otherwise he wouldn't stand a chance in any interaction with his wife. So as long as he can be convinced that it's quite a perverse idea to let his stepdaughter marry the dark lord, there is a chance Snape can convince him to help him preventing it.

Wow Severus really let everything out of the bag. That's not like him so I imagine there is some sort of plan. Can't wait to find out what it is. I appreciated the information on the name Hydra also. Thanks.

Well, Rodolphus hasn't killed him yet, but there's always the next chapter.  At least Lestrange knows it happened before he and Bella married.  I hope Rodolphus will hear Severus out and decide to help save Hydra from the fate her mother has in mind for her.Beth

Finement joué Séverus !

Oooooh crap!  Well, if he's going to survive this I expect honesty with Lestrange may end up being a good thing.  AGGG!  Wow, excellent chapter.  I can't WAIT to see what happens next.

*chokes on drink*

“And your father?” he asked, trying a different tack. “What does he say to all this?”“I've never met him, either,” Hydra said. “Mother calls him the 'Potions master', but she's never said a name. I think she thinks I'll try to find him, if I know who he is, and she doesn't want that.”OMG!  Now he knows that she is his daughter, and that Bellatrix is getting her ready to marry... "Mother says that he's very important, and is going to be even more so shortly, and that I will have to be prepared to become an essential part of his life and legacy,”  Great Lord!  That crazy bitch is about to marry off Snape's daughter to Voldemort!  Holy shite!How can Severus go for another week before he see's his child again.  How can he prevent her being "gifted" to the most evil wizard in Britain?  What will Dobby say when he finds all this out?This is a very clever tale, RedHH.  Well done!Beth

Arrrggghhhh!  Well, he still doesn't know how old she is, but he knows she is Bella's daughter.  That's good.  I think. 

Will he tell Rodolphus what he has discovered?  Or will he play his cards close to his vest for a while longer?  Questions, questions, and more questions!

Beth

Yay! for Dobby!  The only thing Severus didn't think to do was find out how old Hydra is.... and I hope he does that in the next chapter.  But what on earth will he do when he realizes that she might be his own child? 

Beth

Great chapter!  The were two times that I laughed out loud. Once when Severus told Rodolphus that his wife had left something behind and the "worried" husband replied, “Well, we can't have her going without...” He trailed off as Snape opened his fist. “Her button?”   And the second was when Severus was Apparating on Brouny's coattails and found himself "slamming against a brick wall. Snape bounced backwards, finding himself sprawled across a stretch of pavement..."

Lucius seems to have his own set of problems to worry about if Draco can't get that Vanishing Cabinet repaired in short order. 

I wonder if the Dark Lord knows that Bellatrix gave birth to Severus' child.  Hummmmm.  That would put an entirely new spanner in the works.  At least Severus has found that there is a secret kept house where Bella goes and that there is a young witch lives who lives there.  Very interesting, indeed.

Beth