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Day 3: Mary Did You Know?
Severus sat alone at his kitchen table and took a long drink from his glass of firewhiskey. He had just gotten back from a meeting at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters. Actually, it wasn't so much a meeting, but rather a Christmas get together. Dumbledore believed that it would bring them all closer together or something. Severus hated every minute of it.
He hated social gatherings. He hated being in large crowds. Being the new Potions Master at Hogwarts didn't help his hatred of crowds seeing as the school had so many children. The night had been tortuous. The only good thing from tonight had been that Severus had got to see Lily.
She seemed happy. She was even willing to make small talk with him. She had found him sitting in a corner by himself and had brought him a drink. After several silent, awkward moments, she finally asked him how he liked teaching at Hogwarts and how his potions were going. In return, she told him about life in hiding with her young son and her husband.
They had been talking amicably for several minutes, but then Potter had come in with their son. The boy had been awake, but had been looking happily around. Lily had held out her arms and Potter had swiftly given the boy to her. He gave Severus a brief nod, and then left the room.
Severus had studied the small baby. The boy looked just like his father. He was already growing a tuff of unruly jet black hair and his face looked like Potter's. However, the boy's eyes were different than Potter's. The boy had Lily's eyes.
Lily started to hum and rock the boy while Severus just sat there watching her. She had looked up at him after several moments and smiled. "Would you like to hold him, Severus?"
He shook his head. "I would rather not hold the boy. I don't think that Pott—your husband would appreciate it."
"James has gotten over his grudge against you. He even feels sorry for what he did to you all those years."
Severus snorted. "I highly doubt it."
"Well, think whatever you like, but James is a changed man." Her gaze had shifted back to her son. "His name is Harry."
He looked at her, feeling startled. "What?"
"My son's name is Harry. Would you like to hold Harry?"
Her greens gave him a look of longing. He couldn't deny those green eyes, especially when a second pair was also looking at him. "I…don't know. I've never held a child this young. Only Draco and he's months old than…Harry is."
She smiled at him. "Don't worry. I promise you won't break him." She showed him how to hold his arms and then placed the baby in them. Severus looked down at the boy and almost smiled.
The more he studied the boy, the more he realized how much he looked like Lily. However, it was those eyes. Those eyes that looked up at him in such innocence that Severus had never seen before. He reached a hand down and stroked the child's face. "Those eyes will let you get away with anything, Harry Potter." He had whispered. "At least with me if nothing else."
The boy had smiled up at him and then let out a huge yawn. He handed the boy back to Lily and she rocked him to sleep. He had left shortly after that, wishing Lily a Merry Christmas.
Now he sat at his table, alone with nothing but his thoughts. That little boy that Lily had held in her arms was destined to do great things. Did she even know what the boy was going to get into?
Did she know that he was going to defeat the Dark Lord less than a year later?
Did she know that the boy would face great dangers when he started his own education at Hogwarts? That the boy would fight trolls, three headed dogs, and even a basilisk?
Did she know that he would help a prisoner escape?
Did she know that he would face the Dark Lord time and time again?
Did she know that he would suffer great loss but keep fighting?
Of course she didn't. Lily reminded him of the Virgin Mary, a woman that his grandmother often spoke of when he was younger. Mary bore a savior, a messiah. She knew that he was destined for great things, but she had no idea what was to come.
Lily's child may not be the Great I Am, but the child was destined for great things.
Mary did you know?
Of course she didn't, and neither did Lily.
There's day number three for you! Please review and tell me what you thought!
