'You're getting closer… Oh, you've almost found me… What can I do to make it anymore obvious where I am? SHIT!'
"Ha! I found you!" Lily stuck out her tongue at Severus, her eyes closed in triumph.
"Oh, alright. You win this time Lily." The boy replied, a smile on his face. "But I'm going to find you! You've got five seconds to hide!"
"Five?" the redhead asked, appalled, "But I gave you ten!"
"You wasted your first five! And you just wasted your other five, so ready or not, here I come!"
The raven-haired boy dove at his friend who squeaked and started to run away.
"You'll never catch me Sevie!" Lily called happily.
"Will too!" he called back, laughing despite himself.
She was a faster runner then he, and he eventually lost sight of her as she ran deeper into the woods where they always played. This part of the forest grew darker and the undergrowth was thicker, but it only made the game more fun.
After a few minutes, Severus grew tired and bent over with his hands on his knees, breathing heavily. "Come out come out, where ever you are!" he called, laughing lightly through gulps of air. There was no reply. The boy chuckled to himself and regained his posture. "We can play it the hard way, if you'd like!" he shouted, cupping his mouth with his hands. Still no reply. His brows furrowed. She normally replied to that one…
Suddenly, there was a high-pitched scream from Severus' left. He turned quickly and yelled, "Lily?" Another scream bounced off of the trees. Severus took off at a run towards the sound.
"Leave me alone! Get away from me!" howled Lily from what seemed liked miles away. A shrill laugh was her only answer that made the hairs on Severus' neck stand up. He ran faster.
After what seemed like a lifetime, he reached a clearing where he stopped short. There before him was a door. He stared at it momentarily before another scream ripped through the air. He reached out for the door and tore it open to see a full-grown Lily Potter holding a little baby in her arms. She was shielding it from a man with a pitch-black cloak and a hood, through which shown crimson red eyes.
"Prepare to die, Potter." sneered the cloaked man, yielding his wand.
Lily backed up an inch before turning quickly and depositing the baby in a crib. She then stood defiantly in front of this intruder.
With another laugh, the man said the two life ending words; "Avada Kadavra!"
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Severus Snape sits up in his bed, a cold sweat running down his body. He looks around his room and realizes it was all just a dream. Shaking, he lays back down. "Lily…" he whispers, turning on his side, closing his eyes and seeing her beautiful face in his minds eye, "Lily…"
He saw her beautiful green eyes staring back at him, full of kindness and warmth. But, suddenly the warmth turned to loathing and hate as Lily's features transformed to a man's. James Potter. His arch enemy… Yet, he still had Lily's wonderful eyes. He then realized that this was the last Potter alive. Harry, who loathed him because Severus loathed his physical appearance. His father's appearance. All except his eyes.
He sighs as he thinks of those once loving eyes now showing only loathing that is possible in himself. He hates himself for what he did to Lily. That poor, innocent, attractive woman, called derogatory things by his house. He wants to be forgiven but knows he can't because she's dead. And it's all his fault for not convincing his master to spare her.
He blames himself.
A/N: I own nothing.