Ipsa scientia potestas est

by Quinn the Penguin

Disclaimer: I don't own JK Rowling's Harry Potter. I do own however a very cute hamster :3

My first proper fan fiction so all reviews are greatly appreciated! All questions in this chapter will be answered later on, because what's a story without a bit of mystery? (; And remember it's an AU story!

[Prologue]

4 Years Earlier

"Sev, I wish you wouldn't say that about her. She's actually quite nice when you get to know her," Lily had pleaded, hoping to change Severus' views on her older sister Petunia. Like many young girls she idolized her sister. However Severus was not to be persuaded. When he looked at Petunia he saw a precocious, judgmental child. How could he begin to like her if she wouldn't accept the fact that there were witches and wizards? Petunia liked to see everything in black and white. To her wizardry was bad, she couldn't seem to grasp that there could be a middle ground.

Petunia had known about magic for a few years now and the more signs that Lily displayed made her grow more and more frustrated. She was the older one, so in Petunia's narrow mind it was unfair that Lily got the 'magic powers'. The closer Lily and Severus got, the more Petunia tried to drive them apart. Her only motive? Jealousy. She thought that if Severus never told Lily she was a witch then she could easily hide the letters that Petunia had longed for a few summers ago. But time was running out and Severus was sure to tell Lily of her abnormality in the next few days. So Petunia did what Petunia did best. Be sneaky and deceitful. She wrote a letter to Severus, a particularly nasty letter one might add, to Severus explaining things about his past that no ten year old should have to know about their family. So when Severus saw this letter he was presumably furious. He rushed to where he knew Lily would be and started screaming and yelling and sporting cruel words directed at Petunia. Lily was shocked and saw the letter that Severus wrote, but refused to believe that her older, perfect sister could be so callous and cold-hearted. She claimed that Severus was trying to break Lily and Petunia's friendship, which left Severus speechless. How could she be this oblivious? When Severus left their meeting spot he felt numb. With no friends and with a shocking revelation about his family he didn't know where to go, or what to do.

When Lily arrived home, Petunia was happy to listen to her sister rant about Severus' accusations and nodded along claiming she was 'better of without him.' When Lily's powers began to become even more noticeable over the following weeks, Petunia persuaded her Dad to enroll Lily somewhere where she would become a proper lady and iron out all of her 'abnormal features'. Mr. Evans agreed half-heartedly. Ever since his wife had died a few years back he was more withdrawn and let Petunia take charge, which Petunia thoroughly enjoyed.

She intercepted all of Lily's Hogwarts letters and on September 1st when Lily should be at Platform 9 and ¾ she was in a car, on the way to 'Miss Ashford's Institution for Young Lady's'. Being completely disconnected from the outside world, and it stayed this way for the next 2 years. Lily moved back to her childhood home before she started what would have been her third year at Miss Ashford's due to insufficient funds to pay for the tuition. So the red haired, green-eyed girl attended her local high school. Unaware of the world she should have been in.

Thank you for reading! I am going to try and do updates every Friday so watch this space! Remember to review, QtP xo