Author's Note:

Hi thanks for reading! :D I love you and think you're awesome for doing so!...So, this is a "one timer" of what I hope to be a little bit of random scenes from Silwen's life, in which each one will be short and a one timer.

Note: Silwen is Severus Snape's niece, and in Hogwarts she goes by the name of "Silwen Prince" so that the students do not know who here family is. She's an orphan, her parents died when she was four, and from then on lived with "Uncle Snape". Ummm, when she was three, she almost drowned in a large cauldron of Veritaserum. She is ten years old, and a first year at Hogwarts. Her magic ability (at the age of ten) equates that of a fifth/sixth year because Snape started to teach her magic when she was only five.

I'd love to know your opinion on this, and if you like it, I have more of Silwen stories located on my profile. These take place when she's a bit older (16/17).

"So, word for word, what did you write in your Potions and Charms essays?" Draco's lips curled triumphantly. Green eyes glaring vindictively at him, Silwen had no choice but to open her mouth to tell Draco what she had written. Word for word.

It was very recently that Draco had discovered what exactly had happened to Silwen when she was three, and now he planned to take full advantage of it and copy her homework as she dictated to him her answers. "Thank you, Silly," he smirked, gathering his papers when she had finished speaking. "Now, for Transfiguration and Astronomy, word for word, what did you write?" he asked, his smirk growing larger. Soon, Silwen hoped it would crack his mouth, or remain permanent. Idiotic prick. Yet, after each time he did this, Draco erased the memory of it ever happening from Silwen's mind. He liked the delicious secret of knowing that he had power over her without her knowledge, and that when the teachers questioned her, Silwen could not give him away. To Draco, this was like a perfect, fresh, strawberry tart that kept on regenerating after each bite–without even knowing it had.

The year continued on like that, until Draco grew bored and blackmailed Silwen, threatening to tell the school her secret–the secret of her family–if she didn't 'help' him. When done that way, Silwen immediately tipped off the Professors by writing Draco's essay herself and adding things only she would know. Even before this, the teachers had long since realized some of what was going on, but Severus advised them to wait until Silwen was ready to come out of her fear and do something about it on her own. Draco realizing that his cover had blown, quickly modified Silwen's memories so that all of her memories seemed to be more like the last one–blackmail instead of down right dictation. He realized that if Snape caught on to his knowledge of Silwen's...malady, he would be severely treated.

Many teachers acted furious when Silwen confessed to it-shockingly, rather willingly and gratefully. "Why didn't you say something sooner?" or, "Didn't it occur to you that you could have saved yourself a lot of anxiety if you had confessed when it started?" to which she replied nervously, "I was scared. I'm only 10."