Hey, this is the prequel to my story, Forgiveness and undying love. If that confused you at all, you should read this one. It should be short.

Enjoy!!

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Lily Potter sat in he bedroom in Godcric's Hollow changing her one-year old son, Harry. His gfreen eyes were watching the multicolored bubbles blossoming out the end of his father's wand.

She had finished her last year at Hogwarts and married James Potter. They now lived in a house his parents had lived in before, but they passed away.

Something was still nagging her though, and she knew what it was.

For as long as she could remember, her best friend had been a wizard named Severus Snape, and she had loved him. He called her a mudblood, joined the Dark side and acquired a twisted sense of fun from his motley friends shortly after arriving with her, and she decided to turn him away.

Whenever she saw her old friend these days, he was looking mmore forlorn, pale and depressed than ever, and she thought she knew why. Why had she been so cold and unforgiving? Why had she let what other people thought of their friendship get to her?

She had taken a chance last time she visited the Ministry of Magic. She had stolen a Time Turner. She couldn't bear the thought of living herhappy life with her husband and young son without knowing if it may be the only path she had had. She just didn't know exacly what she was thinking of doing. Was she really going to leave Harry behind with James and go apologize to her childhood friend in the past?

She looked at it nearly every day, until she could bear the temptation no longer. She decided to do it that very night, Halloween.

But there was a catch.

She was upstairs in her bedroom, and James was downstairs plahying with Harry when she heard him shout upstairs.

"Lily! It's him! Take Harry and run! I'll hold him off!" she heard her husband shout. Surely, there could only be one "him" that would instill so much fear for their son. Lord Voldemort had found them at last.

James ran upstairs but was cut down from behind by a killing curse. Baby Harry spilled from his arms, and Lily, screaming for her dead husband, rushed down, scooped up her son, and ran back into her bedroom, fearing the worst.

She would die this night.

"Not Harry! Take me, kill me instead!" she yelled defiantly, shielding Harry with both arms spread wide. She held the Time Turner in her left hand, carefull not to let him see it. She had confidence in what would happen. She would save her son by dying for him. But she would use the Time Turner before her body hit the floor, affording him her loving pretection, and destroying the Dark Lord once and for all.

"Stand aside, silly girl!" he yelled, and the look in his evil red eyes was terrible to behold. He raised his wand and Lily got ready.

"I love you, Harry. I'll never leave you," she whispered to him, and Voldemort shouted, "Avada Kedavra!"

She screamed and began falling, feeling her soul rushing from her body, and she turned the Time Turner back to her sixth year.

In the distance, she could hear Voldemort trying to kill her son, but his scream as he was ripped from his body. Next thing she knew, it all went black.

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What do you t hink for a first cvhapter? May only be a couple more, then I'm going to her journal entries during her eight years married to Severus... or maybe I should save that for the sequel? Review and let me know!!