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Chapter One: Just How Special

"A freak, you're a freak, Lily!" yelled a small, dark haired, pointed face girl.

"I'm not a freak, Petunia!" Lily screamed back with tears in her eyes. "I can't help it that I can do strange things."

"Whatever, I'm going to tell Mummy!" Petunia yelled. She turned on her heels and ran as fast as her little legs would allow her to the small house in the distance.

"Petunia, please don't!" Lily screamed after her. The screaming was useless, it was too late. Petunia was already out of sight. Lily had been trying to keep the strange happenings to herself, she had only told one other person before today. She knew it'd be a mistake to show Petunia. Lily put her hands over her eyes, her blazing red hair falling over her shoulder.

"Don't worry, she's only jealous," a soft boyish voice sad behind her.

Lily jumped a little at the sound, but turned to look at the pale familiar face, his slick black hair falling almost to his shoulders. "That's mean, Severus," she said with a smile.

"But it's true, she's ordinary and you're special." Severus said with a smile. "Come on, let's go down by the lake and play. It is a special day after all."

Lily's cheeks turned pink with excitement. He remembered! "Really, and why is that?"

"Why, Lily Evans, don't tell me you've forgotten it's your birthday today!" Severus said with a crooked smile, "it's not everyday you turn eleven you know."

Lily bounced in excitement, "what have you got planned, Severus?"

Severus smiled and grabbed her hand, "you'll just have to come with me and see." He told her, and together they ran through the open field.

Lily stumbled to the ground in front of the lake, laughing so hard she couldn't breath. "Oh, Severus I love this place!" Lily exclaimed through giggles, "it's so beautiful." She collapsed to the ground and rolled over on her back.

Severus grinned and lay down beside her. He took her hand and told her, "Lily, you honestly have no idea how special you are yet. Today really is a very special day."

"What on earth are you talking about, Sev?" Lily said with a smile.

"You'll find out soon enough, I know you will." Severus said in a matter-of-fact tone, "but for now, close your eyes."

Lily gave him a look, but did as she was told. She trusted Severus, he was her best friend and had been for her entire life. Their whole life he had been telling her that she was special, just like him. That she was different from her sister and her family. She knew he was always talking about the strange things both of them could do, but Lily Evans had no idea just how different she was.

"Alright then, open your eyes Lily," Severus said gently and squeezed her hand.

Lily giggled and fluttered her eyes open. There were lilies flying around the entire lake, flapping their pedals as if they were wings. "Oh Severus, that's extraordinary!" Lily exclaimed as she hopped on her feet. Laughing excitingly she danced in the flying lilies.

"Happy Birthday, Lily." Severus said with a smile. Lily grabbed both of his hands and spun both of them in circles. They spun and laughed until the inside of their heads were spinning as well. They collapsed back on the ground in fits of laughter, their head still spinning.

For a long time they laid just like that, on their backs in a patch of grass. A hoot brought them back to reality. They sat up and watched as a barn owl came flying towards them. At first Severus thought it might be his, and was a little worried. He hadn't told Lily that he knew he was actually a wizard. As the owl got closer he recognized it as the same type of owl that had brought him his Hogwarts acceptance letter just a few weeks ago. This made him smile brightly. He knew why the owl was here.

The small barn owl perched itself on the ground right beside Lily, a creamed colored envelope in it's beak. "Well that's a little strange isn't it?" Lily said curiously as she took the letter from the owl. "Goodness, it's addressed to me!"

"Well go ahead, open it!" Severus encouraged her.

"You don't seem very surprised by this, Sev." Lily looked at him strangely.

"I told you that you would find out just how special you were," Severus explained slowly, "and that letter will explain."

Lily was very confused, but she opened the letter nonetheless. She read out loud,

"Dear Miss Evans,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress"

Lily squealed with excitement, "I'm a witch!" Lily flung her arms around Severus in a hug, "and you knew didn't you? All this time?"

Severus smiled at her, "I sure did, and I'm a wizard. Lily, we're going to be going to Hogwarts together!"

Lily laughed, and everything made sense to her at that moment. "You will come help me explain this to my parents, won't you?"

Severus thought for a minute, and nodded his head. Her parents seemed to like him well enough, he had known them his whole life after all. "Of course, anything for you, Lily." He stood up and held his hand out to her, and together they ran towards the small house in the distance that Petunia had ran to hours before.

A/N: As you may have noticed, I took this scene from Snape's memories in the Deathly Hallows. I just couldn't resist, it seemed like the perfect place to start everything. I am going to try and go by how the Marauder's story was generally described in Harry Potter. I was really happy with this and I hope you will be too! Review please!