Revival of a Lily in Summer
Author : Salim Shariff
I do not own Harry Potter. Nor do I own any of the Characters and places within the Potterverse.
I can only wish I did.
Chapter 1: A potion, a Spy and a Redhead
It was a night unlike any other. In every corner of every street, in all of the halls and corridors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry the air was thin and cold, crisp like a horde of Dementors had stormed the entirety of Wizarding Britain.
Two men in robes the same hard black as the night around them approached the Ministry. Through the doors concealed in what seemed to be a cloak, a cloak that rendered them invisible. Careful to avoid places they knew had active Caterwauling charms they navigated their way to the golden doors to the Department of mysteries.
"For merlins sake "Severus Snape almost spat under his breath "Wormtail if you insist upon stepping on my feet one more time there shall be dire consequences "Walking forwards the two walked through the doors and into the department.
"What exactly are we looking for Severus? " Peter Pettigrew with his hunched and rat like features squeaked out
With a sigh Severus slapped the daft idiot upside the head "The Dark Lord has asked us to retrieve a potion Wormtail, you had better perform or it won't be me you will have to worry about "
They walked up to a shelf with what appeared to be boxes, both small and rather large they contained either prophecies or items thought to contain prophecies except for one and this is what they were looking for. Within the box was a small vial and a clear liquid, as clear as fresh water from a spring.
Grabbing the vial they proceeded to retrace their steps and exit the Ministry. Now started the next bit of their mission. The mission Severus was worried about the most, potions especially unknown ones were dangerous, their properties could easily cause an explosion, ( Something which his student Seamus Finnigan in Gryffindor house seemed to be particularly talented at causing ) , or even change something around them from exposure to the elements and the earth around the liquid. He was worried because they had to test the potion, to see if it was a weapon.
" Come on we don't have all day Wormtail," Severus barked as he removed the cover of the vial and read the note attached ' Caution one drop spilled can have devastating repercussions '
That certainly did not make Severus feel any calmer and he carefully held on to the vial so as not to spill it and cause devastating things to occur , his previous command had though caused Wormtail to run and catch up and the vial fell as the running Peter bumped the Potions master from behind.
It was as if the sound of the glass breaking was the only thing that he could hear, not the sound of muggle cars around them and people out late at night clubbing and talking, with a jolt Severus grabbed Wormtail's Shirt and pulled it hard as he ran for his life and only when a safe distance away did he turn.
He almost collapsed. He almost fell right there, a plume of red smoke and erupted as the vial fell and there stood Lily and James Potter. Her hair was as red as the day they met, the same green eyes that he had grown used to seeing on her son but had forgotten how beautiful they looked on her, James Potter next to her with messy terribly terribly messy hair , just as young as Lily but both looked older than they looked when they were murdered.
With that he knew he would have to keep this hidden from the Dark Lord, luckily they hadn't seen him there, Dumbledore would have to be told but nobody else could know he was a double agent and still carried out missions for Voldemort as a spy for the Order.
Before Wormtail could see the scene before him Severus Snape grabbed him and dissaparated, the two figures disappearing into the night.