PROLOGUE: THE WEIRD BOY

His hair was long and dirty. His clothes didn't fit properly. The other kids would never talk to him – they'd call him weirdo and leave. Even though he didn't like them either, he felt like it'd be nice to fit in. And, after long years of loneliness a chance finally appeared.

A girl lived near his house. They were about the same age. She had bright green eyes and red hair and, just like him, she was able to do things most people couldn't. She was able to perform magic.

He was watching the red haired girl, who was called Lily and her older sister, Petunia. Lily was swinging higher and higher while her sister protested.

"Lily, don't do it!" she shrieked angrily.

He knew exactly what made Petunia protest: her sister was trying to reach a great height so that she could jump and fly safely to the ground.

And he knew exactly why Petunia complained about it: like most other people, she couldn't do it at all.

After Lily landed, she picked a flower from the ground and started to make its petals open and close. However, her sister got even angrier. "It's not right," she said, but she finished with "How do you do it?"

"It's obvious, isn't it?" he said leaving his hiding spot, no longer able to hold himself in.

"What's obvious?" Lily asked, not understanding.

Excited about the moment he had been planning for, he started to explain. "I know what you are."

"What do you mean?"

"You're… you're a witch," he said quietly.

"That's not a very nice thing to say to somebody!" Lily said, affronted, and he realized his plan was going wrong.

"No!" he started trying to fix the damage, make her realize it wasn't a bad thing. 'You are. You are a witch. I've been watching you for a while. But there's nothing wrong with that. My mum's one, and I'm a wizard."

The simple mention of witchcraft made Petunia coldly laugh, and her tone was accusing. "Wizard! I know who you are. You're that Snape boy! They live down Spinner's End by the river." She said to Lily."Why have you been spying on us?"

"Haven't been spying," Severus said defensively. "Wouldn't spy on you, anyway – you're a Muggle."

Neither of the girls knew what Muggle meant, but Petunia could hear his tone and demanded that she and her sister leave immediately, who obeyed at once.

And a disappointed Snape was left alone, with quite a different outcome than what would've happened if the plan had gone right.

AN: I like the prologue, even though it's in the books. Please forgive me for any mistakes, English isn't my first language and it's been sometime since I studied it. I really hope you enjoyed it and review (:

Special thanks to shadow6116 who agreed to be my beta reader.

DISCLAIMER: Lily Evans (Potter), Petunia Evans (Dursley), Severus Snape and everything in the Harry Potter universe belongs to J.K. Rowling.