Chapter 1- Snape's Nightmare
His eyes enlightened at the beauty and elegance of Lily Evans. Not even the darkest Slytherin grabbed the attention of Severus Snape. There was something about that long, wavy, red hair and emerald eyes that transformed even his true misery from the neglect from the daily bullying he faced into a renewed feeling of pure joy.
"Having a nice day Miss Evans?" Severus asked Lily as she approached him sitting under an oak tree.
"Of course, how about you Severus?" She asked, smiling. He thought for a moment. Honestly he hadn't had the best day, for that morning he received a 'toilet twerlie' from those horrid Gryffindoors, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and a few others. However, not wanting to have Lily feel sorry for him, he simply replied, "My day has been fine, thanks."
She smiled, then took a seat next to him under the tree. It was spring of 1975 and it was warm and quite comfortable outdoors. Severus had just begun reading a play of Shakespeare's, after finishing studying an entry from his potions book for the final exam.
A few minutes passed before Lily had asked something unexpected, and displeasing to Severus. "So I think this guy in my house, James, likes me. I think I might like him too, but I heard he's a bit of a bully, and I wouldn't go out with a bully. Yet, I suppose if he turns out to be nice, I might consider befriending him. Do you think I should get to know him?" She asked, innocently.
Severus didn't know how to respond. He despised James Potter more than his own father. He didn't want to hurt Lily's feelings however, so he decided to answer her in a calm, yet suitable way in his viewpoint.
"I think you should probably not Lily." He answered, seeming to disappoint and confuse her a bit.
"Are you sure? Why not?" She asked. He thought fast. He didn't want to tell her exactly what James did to him day in and day out, but it would offend him greatly if she hung around such a moron.
"Well, because Lily, he's not the nicest person to befriend, and I believe he does bully, rather ominously in fact." He told her. She didn't say anything more.
As time went by it seemed as if Lily had 'ignored' Severus's warning about James, for she couldn't help but grow an attachment to him. As he matured he came to grow into a nicer, more genial being. He was beyond the bullying, and his care for Lily was far more valuable to him than gaining entertainment from torturing some innocent nerd.
After an incident where Lily tried helping Severus from a severe bullying from James Potter and some other Gryffindoors, his fury and anger towards her pushed him to call her a mudblood. Their friendship had inevitably ended after that.
After James and Lily's 7th year at Hogwarts, they almost immediately got married, to Severus's great dislike. For he had come to fall in love with Lily Evans, and had strongly hoped to take her hand in marriage after graduating. However, it wasn't just the fact that Lily couldn't seem to forgive Severus after the 'mudblood' incident, but his deep and seemingly obsessive interest in the dark arts had been unappealing to her.
Severus could barely consume the fact that his mortal enemy and his true and only love had been together. The stress was too much to bare without some kind of distraction, or hobby to forget about them. He decided that his love for the dark arts was strong enough to become a follower and worshipper of the Dark Lord, Voldemort. After all, it was what the other Slytherins were getting into, so Severus at the time saw no harm in taking part in this activity.
Regret and fear took over Severus after making the mistake of his life. After telling Voldemort about 'the prophecy' which happened to involve the Potter family, Lily, James, and their baby, Harry, Severus had come to realize that Lily was to be killed in the process. He had no choice but to turn to Dumbledore, in order to attempt to keep the Potters' safe.
Unfortunately, Albus Dumbledore had failed to provide true protection for the Potters, and Lily and James were killed on the night of October 31, 1981. Lily's protective love charm over her son had saved him, only resulting in the Dark Lord's ability to leave a lightning shaped scar on his forehead. Severus had shown up not too long after Voldemort had left, to his despair finding the dead Lily. He'd always hold her in his arms and sob hardly over her death before he'd wake up.
It was as if the betrothal and death of Lily haunted him so much, it repeated over and over in his sleep. He'd always wake up covered in sweat, and relief that the nightmare had ended.