The Secret Potter
Prologue
Lily is fifteen and in her 5th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was friends with a group of guys: James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter. The guys were pranksters and like to mess with Severus Snape. Lily was secretly his friend… well actually they were more than friends.
One day Lily finds James levitating Severus in the air upside-down. All of his books and belongings were scattered on the grass, including his wand. As a group of students started to form a circle, Lily ordered James to stop immediately.
James listened and Severus landed on the ground with a loud 'THWAP!' Lily instinctively ran to help him up. After helping him gather all of his scattered stuff she looked up into the shocked faces of her friends. As she was about to yell at them for what they had done she felt a weird uneasiness in her stomach. Lily retched and ran for the girl's bathroom where she continued to throw up.
When she finished she felt fine. Thinking about it, it couldn't be the flu because she didn't feel feverish. Sometime she'd throw up due to her period, but she hadn't sta-… She hadn't started yet!
Nervously she half ran to her dormitory to check her calendar. She has only done it with one person and they had used protection, she and Severus had made sure to be careful.
When Lily reached her calendar she realized she was already two weeks late. She stood there for a long time pondering the fact that she failed to notice it had been that long.
The first thought that came to her head was to go to the hospital wing, surely the nurse could tell her for sure. Or maybe she should tell Severus… She just didn't know.
Reluctantly she did the first thing that came to her mind. Telling Severus and finding out she was wrong could end really badly. When she reached the hospital wing the nurse looked at her and instantly got her a drink that looked like bubbly kool-aid, a muggle juice.
"Just something to make sure the both of you stay healthy, Dear." The nurse said knowingly.
"How'd you know, am I really?... You know for sure?" Lily asked shocked.
"Of course I know for sure, dear. And from the looks of you, you just found out yourself."
"Will.. Will I get expelled?" Lily's face tear streaked as she asks.
"Expelled? Oh, no. no. You're not getting expelled, but you might want to consider adoption so you don't have to quit school to take care of her." The nursed explained.
"Her..?" Lily thought out loud to herself quietly for about five minutes. She had decided it was time to tell Severus, that the decision was theirs together. Even though Lily knew Severus better than anyone, she was still worried of how he would react.
She got up and went to her room where she wrote a letter, tied it to her owl, Starlight, and let her out the window.
The next day at the scheduled time Lily and Severus met. Lily was shaking so hard from nervousness that she was seated when Severus arrived.
"You alright, Love?" Severus's worried voice came through the hall as he walked towards her.
Lily couldn't hold it in any longer, so it came sliding out of her mouth so fast it caught Severus in shock.
"I'm pregnant." Lily said fast through tears.
Immediately he grabbed a hold of her and hugged her until her deep sobs quieted to soft hiccups.
After everything she was the first to get her voice back and they sat there as she explained their only two options. It was extremely difficult, but they decided to give her up for adoption. The agreement was signed for only a temporary adoption. Once the child was old enough to come to Hogwarts she'd be theirs again.
The pregnancy was hard on Lily. She refused to say the father, which might've been a bad thing to do because I only started more rumors. James and the rest of the group barely talked to her and Severus had been having a hard time dealing with the mood swings she had. Eventually he was pushed to far. After about five months of being pregnant, Lily receives a letter from Severus that says:
Dear Lily, my love:
After all that has happened to us I still love you the most dearly. Having to give up our baby has hurt us and I don't think we will ever be the same. I hope you find what's right for you. I love you.
-Severus Snape
Later on, Lily writes a letter to Severus. The first time she has said anything to him since his last letter. She tells him that she is sorry for everything that she has caused and she still hasn't found anyone that has made her happy like he used to. She says her final good bye and sends off Starlight with the letter. That night she woke up with major cramps. She knew it was time to have the baby and slowly began to walk to the hospital wing.
The next morning the foster parents came and took the baby, my baby away. Before they left they were kind enough to let Lily name her since it was only temporary they felt it necessary. Lily, gladly, named the baby Victoria.
At the end of Lily's years at Hogwarts, she and James developed a connection neither of them ever thought they would have. They found a house together and soon after got married. Being a powerful couple they knew their new son Harry would be the same way.
It had only been a couple years since Harry had been born and rumors of Voldemort's rise were everywhere. The most common was that he planned to eliminate all the full blooded Wizardry families, taking all the power for himself. When he came after the Potter's the surprise was limited.
He broke into their house and killed James in the act of trying to save his family. Voldemort searched for Lily and when he finally found her she gave up. She sacrificed herself to try to save Harry. The love that Lily had for her son acted as a shield saving him for the most deadly of curses. He was the only visible survivor because at the end Voldemort had vanished. The only trace of him was the lightning bolt shaped scar on little Harry's forehead.
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