What the Mirror Saw
By Bandgeek252
1993 Year Two
The year had flown by as Snape stood in front of the Room of Requirement pacing back and forth concentrating on having the mirror appear. He need to see her again. It was May 23 and Lily's 31 birthday. He wanted to see her again. If only for an hour. The room did its magic and the door appeared. Snape entered to find a comfortable arm chair sitting in front of the mirror. He took a seat gazing into the cloudy mirror before Lily's face came out of the gray swirl. Her features were the same as last year, but after a year of seeing her only in his dreams, the sight before his eyes enchanted him.
"Your eyes are as beautiful as ever, Lily. I have longed to see you for so long. Maybe once my role in this world has been used up, I can see you again." he paused taking a deep breath watching her eyes smile at him.
"Your son is a much more challenging child to look after than you were." To this the red head gave him an impish grin. "The school almost closed thanks to Lucius. Oh Lily you were right about them," Snape confessed. "Those fools I called my friends, instead of seeing them for who they really were, I went along with them like a little lost first year. Idiot! It turns out those rumors we heard about the Chamber of Secrets were true. It actually exists. Apparently there is a basilisk inside it. I had never in my wildest dreams thought there was such a powerful ancient creature living in the bowels of the castle. Even the great Dumbledore doesn't know all the secrets of this castle.
"Your son, of course in Potter fashion, had to play the hero and go rescue the Weasley girl. Ever so gallant the boy you made. He didn't even figure it out. No it was Miss Know-it-all Granger who did." To this Lily had a look of concern on her face. Her features seem to darken.
"She's even more clever than you, but only slightly. She is, however, twice as foolish. I chock it up to the influence of your son and that Weasley boy. She even tried to take on a full grown mountain troll in her first year. Impertinent clever little chit. Potter will be happy to know that his son is the Gryffindor Seeker and has been since first year. He's pretty quick and just as much of a show off as his father." he added with a bit of malice. Lily gave him a scolding look and he backed off.
"Did you know he is a parselmouth? We found that out during a dueling class session. Dumbledore finds it interesting as well. I wonder if this is part of the connection between the Dark Lord and your son. Too soon to tell. I know how you don't want your son to suffer. I have given my word to protect him Lily and I will." he stated with finality in his voice.
"I should probably go, Lily. Until next year, happy birthday." he said with sadness in his heart. The mirror began to swirl removing Lily's face as Snape noticed the flash of a small girl running in the background. Her soft dark hair reminded him of someone. The little girl was about four years old with dark brown eyes almost black and dark rich wavy hair. Her face was slightly distorted, but he could see a wide toothy grin on her face. She seemed to be admiring him. Snape stood there frozen unable to speak. A child? Me? Mine? With who? As if the Mirror knew to respond to the question a woman stood next to the little girl. She was fairly short, but had a beautiful soft curvy figure. Her face was distorted, but her soft brown eyes gleamed love and affection towards him. She looks so young. I don't think I've ever seen her before. My wife? The woman simply held out her hand for his. Severus noticed a shiny gold band on her left ring finger. Who the bloody hell especially someone so young would marry me and have a family with me? The mirror simply swirled the woman and the little girl away leaving Snape with a head full of questions and no answers.
Recalling everything he had ever learned about the Mirror of Erised he remembered that the mirror only shows what people truly desire. At first he desired to see Lily, but did his feelings change and he truly desired to see his own family? The truth struck him like a bolt of lightening, "I want a family." He tried to shake it off, "I can't have a family. I'm bloody spy. I need my wits about me. Who knows when the Dark Lord will return and if He does return what will I say to him when I have a wife and family. And even if that weren't the case I am not necessarily the most eligible bachelor around. No woman really looks my way." The logic seeped into his heart trying to convince it that the mind knew better.
Fairly certain his future would end in death after being constantly on the thin edge of a blade. He had never thought about a family of his own. The first step in having a family was to fall in love, but he hadn't loved anyone since Lily. Since she had chosen Potter over him, all dreams of having a family of his own were dashed away. So he chose not to dream of those things anymore. All he wanted to do was dream of that fiery red hair and striking emerald eyes. And not think about this warm brown eyed beauty whom his heart desired.
