Double Important: This chapter has been edited by the best beta on Fanfiction : Lasernarwal
Important: I have rewritten this chapter because it was horribly written and was probably deterring a lot of people from reading more.
A.N: So basically I love Snape and I wanted to give him a new life ;). Might be a SS/LE idk it depends I guess.
Disclaimer: JKR owns it all, I'm just borrowing the characters
Tobias Snape was a working class man who frequented the pub a few times a week, he was muscular and would be considered handsome if one didn't consider his abnormally large hooked nose and greasy hair.
On one of his annual visits, Tobias was feeling confident and strolled over to the bartender, he asked for a date which the woman agreed to.
"What do ya mean yer pregnant" roared Tobias once he found out the bartender he had supposedly shagged last night was conceiving.
Eileen Prince was a sallow faced woman with sharp black eyes, they looked like a never ending pool and looked full of life. They were quite beautiful in Tobias' opinion but he didn't care at the moment. Eileen had a slender figure with mild curves yet definitely noticeable.
Eileen noticed Tobias staring at her assets and sighed. "There will be much more of that if you marry me."
Tobias looked thoughtful, he had always wanted a family and a beautiful woman to shag would be a bonus none of his mates had.
Tobias proposed to Eileen the next day with his mother's wedding ring, the couple didn't have a ceremony but they did make it official at the local church.
The next few months were a blur for the newlyweds and soon it was time for Eileen to give birth.
On 9th January, 1960 Severus Snape was born. Tobias had insisted he be named after his grandfather Charlie but Eileen was hearing none of it, Eileen had quickly used the confundus charm on Tobias when he wasn't looking. Tobias ,confused, had agreed to the name reluctantly.
Tobias had just come home from a rough day from the mill and decided to spend some quality time with his son. "Severus, come down 'ere will ya." Severus sighed as he began to walk down the stairs of his old house at Spinner's End. "Yes dad?"
Eileen had quickly told Severus he was magical once he was starting to perform his 'accidental' magic on purpose, Severus would make his few ragged toys fly down towards him. Severus' most noticeable work of magic was that he would sleep in the air as to the undersized crib he had.
Eileen's heart had swelled finding out her son was a wizard but knew Tobias would react harshly towards it and made Severus promise not to tell his father.
Severus had quickly devoured the books he had found in Eileen's trunk and now looked at his father in disdain now knowing he was a muggle.
Severus was pulled out of his thoughts when a drunk Tobias demanded him to know what he did at home. "I did nothing of recognition seeing as you can't afford a simple book" Severus coldly said. Tobias screamed out of drunken fury and threw his beer bottle at Severus. The bottle stopped mid air and broke into sharp shards of glass.
Before Tobias could process what was happening sharp glass shards were being hurled towards him.
"NO SEVERUS!" Eileen screamed and the glass fell down with a flick of her wand.
"WOMAN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS HOUSE?" Tobias shrieked demanding to know what had happened. Before Eileen could reply however an owl hooted and dropped off a letter with the seal signifying it was from the Ministry of Magic. Eileen slowly opened the letter and what she saw shocked her.
Dear Mrs Snape,
A hurling charm was performed at your house at precisely 9:01 pm, seeing as it was cast at the same time as an movement stopping charm it must have been cast by another magical presence. Severus Snape who fits this category must have performed the hurling charm or the movement stopping charm. As he isn't eleven years old yet you must have purchased an illegal wand, by request of Mr. Abraxas Prince we are letting you off with a warning this time. Please ensure this doesn't occur again or else Mr. Snape will not be allowed to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Sincerely,
The Ministry of Magic.
Eileen gasped, Severus ,at 4 years old, was performing accidental magic on par of an eleven year old casting with a wand.
"Well what does it say woman?"
Eileen grimaced "and now for the hard part..."
An hour later Tobias Snape was as informed about magic as a drunk muggle could be and was now screaming, Tobias had taken the belt holding his ill fitting pants together and tried to hit Eileen and Severus. Eileen winced as the belt grazed her arm "Don't do magic Severus…argh...or you won't be able to go to Hogwarts." Severus quickly restrained his magic at the thought of not being able to go to Hogwarts.
Tobias passed out after a few hours of thrashing his family while drinking as much as he could.
Eileen quietly vowed to not use magic until Severus was safely in Hogwarts. Severus had an angry wound on his back where his father had slapped his belt. Eileen healed it as best as she could and retired to her room, Severus did as well, although both didn't grasp sleep for a long time.
Severus got up early the next morning and kicked his sleeping father who was sprawled out on the living room floor. Severus loved the fresh air and most of all he loved flying. Flying helped him forget the poverty, the sneers he got when people look at him, and it made him forget about his father most of all. Severus wished he could fly forever and never come back to his shabby home at Spinner's End.
Severus first found out about flying when he had a nightmare one night and fallen on his backside. It had hurt but he had figured if he could fly while he was unconscious then he could do it consciously as well, this led to hours of practice behind his house and soon Severus had mastered flying.
Severus had a spot by the tree where he would hide and look at all the happy children playing in the park and by the pond.
This day two girls came by he had never seen before.
"That one looks like a weasel" he mused to himself. The redhead however took his breath away, she was beautiful, she had small freckles decorating her nose and cheeks, her long lush red hair complimented her green eyes immensely and her easy smile was the icing on the cake.
What Severus saw next almost made him perform magic himself from shock, the redhead was performing magic, she made a beautiful white lily bloom and clearly was proud of it.
What Severus observed next made him sneer in disgust. The weasel resembling girl called the redhead a freak.
Severus supposed he might as well talk to the redhead while he had a chance.
He approached from the bushes as the weasel asked "how do you do it?" Severus replied startling the two girls "It's obvious isn't it?" The nice girl asked "What's obvious?" Severus was excited now "I know what you are", the redhead asked him what he meant. Severus excitedly told her "You're a witch." The girl looked affronted and ran away with her sister despite Severus' pleas.
The next day however she came back to the park alone and called out to him hesitantly. She asked about what he had said yesterday and soon two hours had passed before they knew it, talking about magic and Hogwarts.
Lily she had told him her name was, Lily waved goodbye and ran off. They had decided to meet here again tomorrow and soon they were meeting whenever they had spare time. Lily invited Severus over for dinner one night and Severus accepted reluctantly."See ya tomorrow Sev."
Severus went home with a determined look that night. He went to his room and got out his best clothes, which could pass as middle class play clothes and tried acting as a gentleman.
Severus found that doing something called occlumency (a topic he had found in his mother's books) would help him act more polite and not show his obvious disgust for Petunia.
At 7 pm, the next day Severus went to Lily's house and knocked as softly and politely as he could. A woman who looked like Lily opened the door and ushered him in.
The woman had red hair like Lily and had an easy smile. The woman had thin lips like Petunia although while Lily had slightly pouty and full lips.
Petunia huffed and ran upstairs at the sight of Severus.
Dinner was quickly served and Mr. Evans arrived from work. He said a quick hello to Severus as Mrs. Evans set his dinner down.
"So Severus what does your father do?" Mr. Evans asked "He works at the mill" Severus replied indifferently trying to show he didn't approve what his father did for a living yet wasn't going to suffer any comments on it. Mr. Evans cocked an eyebrow but said no more. "Lily tells me you both can do magic and are going to go to Hogwarts" Mrs. Evans asked with a hint of skepticism. "Yes, she will get a letter when she turns 11 and all the specifics will be stated there". "And how do you suppose we believe all this nonsense son" asked Mr. Evans asking the unspoken question.
Severus knew he wasn't allowed to perform magic but decided a small demonstration wouldn't hurt. "Do you want some dressing on that salad Mr. Evans"? Severus made the bottle of dressing fly towards him with a flick of his hands. Mr. Evans sputtered an apology and excused himself from the table.
Mrs. Evans grew very warm towards him and always offered Severus comfort when Severus came from a beating, Lily had tried talking Severus into running away from home but Severus had made it clear he wasn't leaving his mother behind.
Things at number 12 Spinner's End grew worse, Severus father always came home drunk, empty pocketed because he gambled his money away. Tobias blamed his family for the loss and beat Eileen and Severus if he could get his hands on them.
Soon Severus started considering Lily's family more of his own then his real family except his mom who would try and save Severus from his father's wrath as much as possible.
September 1st, 1971 Severus made the trip from his hometown of Cokeworth to Kings Cross Station.
He was mesmerized by all the movement and his eyes that he had inherited from his mother soaked it all up with greed.
Lily and Severus board the train excited and found themselves a compartment.
"…You better be in Slytherin" Severus was telling Lily when two rude boys came and the one with glasses rudely said "Slytherin? I'd leave if I was in Slytherin". "My whole family has been in Slytherin" the other boy replied, "Blimey, and I thought you were alright" exclaimed the boy with glasses. "Maybe I'll break the tradition" grinned the other boy.
Lily having enough put her nose up "C'mon Severus let's find another compartment".
The boy with glasses smirked, he made kissing sounds and finished with a "later, Snivellus".
Severus groaned as Lily got sorted into Gryffindor and walked up to get sorted when he heard his name called.
As soon as the sorting hat was placed on his head his mind automatically employed occlumency as a reflex. "Hmm, such a brilliant young mind. Ah, but such strong shields of someone so young, you remind me of Salazar himself." The Sorting Hat mused. "SLYTHERIN!" cried out the hat and a polite applause followed.
A blonde prefect led him to a seat and coldly introduced himself as Lucius Malfoy.
Severus quickly found himself being bombarded with questions towards his last name and when he said he was a half-blood the table was in an uproar.
The blonde prefect showed the first years to their dormitory and sneered at Severus as he left. Severus ignored the rude gesture and got ready to embrace his life at Hogwarts.
Severus foresaw trouble as his roommates eyed his trunk maliciously and discreetly muttered a charm he created which would give them painful boils if they touched it and the same over his bedding area.
A scream woke Severus up and he saw a crying Evan Rosier with boils. "Touching what isn't ours Rosier?"
The prefect from the feast came over and looked at Rosier with surprise.
"Who did this?" he unsympathetically relayed his story of trying to destroy the "half-blood filths" trunk when he erupted with boils.
"Mr. Snape, I must ask what charm you performed"? "A charm I have created and one which I refuse to give the counter curse to ." Malfoy eyed him warily and told rosier to go to the hospital wing.