Snape stared into the deep eyes of Lily Evans, feeling for the first time, joy. Passion, kindness, possibly even love. With the unstable family at home, this young girl was most likely the only thing that would ever keep him from becoming sinister. Raised in the same situation of Lord Voldemort, never having love present for eleven years of his life, Lily Evans may have saved his life. No, she didn't save his life. She changed his life.