A Mother Must Be Strong

The tragedy showed signs from the very beginning. For Severus Snape, his tragedy began with his mother's hopeless, sorrowful love. For Shu Yao, her tragedy began when her son died unexpectedly just after coming of age. A life of despair is like a pitch-black night, like screaming at the top of your lungs but making no sound. But fate can be cruel, and sometimes compassionate. When fate suddenly takes the side of the helpless, when two tragedies overlap, where will life turn next? A little child has two parents whose souls have been switched, and a mother is given a precious gift from Heaven once more: her son. This mother will lovingly take care of every little thing for her son. This mother will straighten her back and grow as powerful as a god for her son. This mother will find boundless courage for her son. Despair, sorrow, weeping, and loneliness are gently smoothed away by a mother's hands. The best things in the world are all placed before him in those hands. A Severus Snape raised in the warmth of a mother's love, a silver-haired legend who no longer weeps with sorrow. This story is dedicated to all great mothers, and written in memory of the one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable Potions professor.