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A/N: This is AU after fifth year. Snape's POV
The boy doesn't realize just how powerful he is, just like his mother. She was beautiful, everything about her was regal. On the train coming to Hogwarts for the first time, I introduced myself and we became quick friends. Even when she said she was muggleborn, something told me she wasn't.
Although she was sorted into Gryffindor and I into Slytherin, we remained friends. Lily was beyond intelligent, yet always modest about her achievements. I have always believed that she should have been sorted into either Slytherin or Ravenclaw, except for that thrice-damned reckless bravery she showed on occasion. She was more knowledgeable than any Ravenclaw and just as cunning as any snake.
Lily, my precious Lily, is the reason I changed sides. After she was killed, the guilt welled up. I killed my life, my love, my Lily. Harry should have been my son, not James'. I loved Lily, James merely wanted to prove he was better than me. Oh, he would never hit her. No what he did was much worse. He left her alone nearly every night to see his whores.
She knew I was a death-eater, just as I knew that her blood was as pure as Malfoy's. My flower was a descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw. Her distrust of Dumbledore, led to her passing information to me to give to the Dark Lord. And though she worked as a double agent for Lord Voldemort, she would not sacrifice her child for her own life. She may have despised James Potter more than any other being on the planet, but she would never allow an innocent to be harmed.
Harry is powerful, but that is not surprising. The Potters are descended from Godric Gryffindor. With the blood of two founders running through his veins and with the gifts of Slytherin, Harry is a force to be reckoned.
Dumbledore treated him as a child, fragile and impressionable. He acted as if Harry were glass, but left him to fight battles grown men couldn't face. He allowed himself to be fooled by a child's face, even though he looked into the eyes of an adult so many times.
I cannot help but to laugh at the Daily Prophet's headline. Last year it was "Boy-Who-Lived Insane Liar" and now after he has been proven right, at the cost of his godfather, he is once again being called savior. The wizarding world expects him to rescue them, but Harry understands power. He may not have wanted it, but he can and will use it. He will become famous, or as the case may be, infamous. But for now I must play my part and go to Dumbledore. My master and prince trust me to lead the bumbling bee astray with their carefully crafted lies. I chuckle as I glance at the paper once more.
"Boy-Who-Lived Disappears;
Dark Prince Rises"
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