New Friends and Broken Beginnings

The warm summer air was around the playground as Lily and her sister Petunia played. To Lily no person was ever as important as Tuney was. She was everything a younger sister could ask for in a role model or a best friend. But Lily would soon realize that sometimes things that happen out of our control can make people change for the worse.

Severus had noticed this girl before. She wasn't like the other girls his age. With brilliant red hair and beaming green eyes, she of undoubtedly stood out. But that wasn't why she was so intriguing. He felt an instant connection with her, even though he hadn't spoken a word to her or didn't know I she knew of his existence. He would watch her and what looked like her sister play for hours on end while he was sneaking glances whenever he could. He didn't know how but he was determined to meet this girl and find out why he was so drawn to her.

In the summer before her fourth grade year Lily and Petunia had become accustomed to visiting the community garden to play and enjoy the flowers. As time passed she started to notice a young boy with long black hair that always seemed to be alone reading. There were times she thought she might have caught him looking over at her. She thought she might know him, after all he lived in her neighborhood but she never caught his name. Always the one to try and make new friends, Lily thought she would invite him to play.

"Tuney, do you know who boy is? He's always sitting by himself" Said Lily.

"Sevinal, Seminal, something weird like that. But who cares? He's alone for a reason." Replied Petunia.

"And what do you mean by that, Tuney." "I mean that he looks like he is going to kill our cat. And he is always staring at us, it's starting to creep me out" Petunia said with a chuckle.

"Well I'm going to say hello, mum and dad always said to never judge a book by its cover" Lily said sternly.

"Fine, I'll watch from here and if he tries anything, it's running.

Suddenly Severus saw the pretty girl walking toward him. Internally his stomach was in knots. Did she notice him staring? Was she going to tell him off? He squirmed and tried his best not to make contact with the red head. A million thoughts ran through his mind, but nothing would prepare him for what would happen.

"Hi" Lily said tenetivly. "My name is Lily, my sister and I wanted to know if you wanted to play with us" Lily pointed over to Petunia, who quickly looked away as if she didn't know what was happening.

Severus just stared at Lily. She was even prettier up close. Her hair looked like fire as the afternoon sun hit it and he face had light freckles that could only be seen up close. He hadn't even noticed what she had said and was still waiting for the inevitable exile.

Lily stared into his dark eyes waiting for a response. He looked as if he were in a trance. "What's wrong with this kid" She thought. But trying to be polite she repeated herself. "So you want to?" Severus broke from his train and thought.

"Wait, want to what?" He asked.

"Do you want to play with us, if you don't that's fine we just thought..." Severus cut her off. "Of course I would love to."

"Great, so what's you name" Lily asked.

"Severus….. Severus Snape, I know you already told me but what was your name again?

"It's Lily Evans and my sister is Petunia."

Petunia noticed Lily and the strange boy approaching. "Why did she have to be so nice to the freaks" she thought. "Hey Tuney, this is Severus" Lily said with a smile. Severus grinned and waved at Petunia." It's nice to meet you, thanks for inviting me over" She just replied with a force smile and a non friendly "Yeah, no problem."

Over the next few years Severus and Lily became very close. They had seen each other almost every day. In that time two things were discovered.

That Lily was in fact a witch

Petunia did not want to associate with her because of the first

With the help of Severus, Lily came to discover that the many times that weird and unexplainably events occurred it was because of her abilities. Naturally this discovery was exciting for Lily and she spent all summer asking Severus everything there was to know about the magical world. He had told her about Hogwarts, a school where she could learn how to control her magic, which made her even more excited to be eleven. When letter arrived her parents and Severus were overjoyed.

But sadly for Lily, this new revelation wasn't all wonderful. When Petunia heard of Lily's abilities she was anything but happy for her little sister. Lily had become accustomed to the blank stares and being ignored by her once best friend. On the night before her first day at Hogwarts, Lily was a ball of nerves. Severus had taken her to Diagon Ally to get all the necessary supplies, she was all packed but something was eating at her. She wanted to make things right with Tuney before she left.

Lily slowly opened her sister's door "Tuney, I wanted at have a talk before I leave."

Petunia didn't look up from the paper she was writing. "Nothing you say is going to matter" she replied.

"I know that" Lily said quietly. "But I wanted to say my peace in private, so I thought I would do it now"

"Fine, have at it"

"I know that finding out I was a witch was hard on you. And that since then we had started to drift apart"

"Well that's not my fault, is it? You chose to do this. You and Severus with your little club"

"Tuney, I didn't choose this, I was born this way."

"No Lily, you chose to leave me! You chose him over me, what kind of sister does that? You were supposed to be my best friend, and you decided it would be more fun to run off with him to some place I can never come. Get out of my room you freak!"

Lily slammed to door trying to keep from crying. How could she say something like that? Lily jumped into her bed and hid is her blankets. They soon became soaked in her tears, but she had to calm down. She had a big day tomorrow. No matter what Petunia said, she was going to Hogwarts and her world was about to change.

A/N: So this is just a preface of what is to come. I hope this is a good start. It more just Lily's introduction to magic and how it all effects her. The next Chapter will start off In their 5th Year so Time jump :) Please Review