Wow, I finished it!
Harry poured the memories Audrey gave him into Dumbledore's old pensieve. He plunged his head in, then saw a much younger Snape being harassed by his father, and Sirius. Later, there was Snape, cutting his own arm, with tears brimming in his eyes.
Later, there he was, on the train because it was Christmas. When he finally got to King's Cross, there was a maybe six year old Audrey.
"What's it like at Hogwarts, Uncle Sev?" she asked.
Snape looked into her wide, blue eyes. "You don't want to know, trust me"
She nodded carefully.
The memory switched again. An eleven year-old Audrey standing on platform 9 3/4 being patted on the shoulders, as a trunk was hoisted onto the train. She got on the train, in a compartment, all alone. During the whole ride, no one cared to join her.
She got to Hogwarts. Harry heard the word "Slytherin!" as Audrey sat on the stool. Later, there she was, sitting on a bed with green drapes, writing a letter. No one cared to be her friend.
The memory switched. There was the same eleven year old Audrey, sitting next to a 21 year old Snape. They were on a park bench, Audrey was chucking pieces of bread at ducks while muttering "Stupid Leanne Wolf" through gritted teeth.
The scene switched again. Same Audrey running in terror, from a hooded figure. Lots of green light hit her, and she crumpled to the ground.
Harry looked at Snape's memories. There was one of the older Snape, tearing the photo in two and keeping Lily's half. Another memory showed that same Snape, sitting a green armchair, looking at a moving photograph of the girl, wearing jeans and a green shirt, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail, smiling and waving at an unseen person.
That memory didn't seem too long ago. Harry watched all Snape's moments. Dealing with all that grief, he had to be one of the bravest men Harry ever knew. No wonder Snape always seemed so biter. He had all these feelings bottled up inside him
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