Severus Snape's Second Life

Chapter 8: You're a witch, Lily

Disclaimer: I am not J.K Rowling and I am not making money off of this. A portion of this chapter is from Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows pages 663 to 665.

A.N. I really was not happy with the way this chapter played out, so I decided to change some of it. Severus makes smarter decisions, and I overall like this chapter better. ENJOY!

20, June 1969

I woke up early before the sun came up. Excitement and nervousness floated around in my stomach like butterflies. I would be meeting Lily today. I would be speaking to her for the first time in about 32 years. Has it really been that long? I was brought out of my train of thought, by my growling stomach, demanding food. I got up and got a slice of plain bread and water. Then I went back upstairs quietly to go brush my teeth so that I would not wake my father. I had barely made it into the bathroom when I took a glance the mirror. What I saw was horrendous. I saw a young boy, with stringy, very oily hair that was well past my shoulders, Dirty mismatched clothes, and a hooked nose. No wonder people stayed away from me. I had never cared much in my past life, but now… I thought for a moment. There was nothing I could do about my clothes; they were the only ones I had. I did not have my own wand yet, and my Father snapped my mum's wand so I could not change my nose, but my hair… My parents never taught me how to have a shower, so they would not have to pay much for the water usage. I climbed into the tub. If they found out, they would probably kill me. Oh well...

Thirty minutes later, I had successfully taken a shower. Now looking at my reflection again, it was much better. My hair was still too long though… Maybe I could cut it. Using wandless magic I summoned a pair of scissors to cut my hair with. Summoning things were one of the few things in wandless magic that I was good at. Cutting hair though? Not so much. I lifted a strand of hair that was down to my shoulders and decided to cut my hair so it was not longer than my cheek. About an hour later, I looked in the mirror to see what it looked like. My hair had jagged ends and was longer in some places and shorter in others. I think I look worse than I did before. I sighed before cleaning up and then walking until I had gotten to the playground which was between Spinners End and the richer side of Cokeworth. Thankfully no one was there. I sat down behind the bushes and waited.

What seemed like an eternity later, I saw Lily running to the swing set, wearing a blue, flower print dress that was down to her knees with short sleeves, her sister trying to catch up with her.

"Hurry up Tuney" Lily giggled speeding up a little bit, her dark red hair dancing in the sun as she ran ahead of her older sister. A few minutes later they were swinging, Lily, going higher and higher than her sister with each swing.

"Lily, don't do it!" shrieked Petunia as her sister swung the highest she could go and launched herself into the air with a shout of beautiful laughter, quite literally flying. She stayed up there far too long and landed far too lightly.

"Mummy told you not to!"

Petunia dragged the heels of her sandals on the ground to make the swing to slow down, and then stop. She then got up, her hands on her hips.

"Mummy said you weren't allowed, Lily!"

But I'm fine," Lily said, still giggling. "Tuney, watch what I can do. "

Petunia glanced around to make sure there was no one there, while Lily came dangerously close to his hiding spot, and picked a flower from the bush. Petunia walked toward Lily, and when she could get a clear view, Lily opened up her palm, the flower opening and closing its petals, like some many lipped oysters.

"Stop It!" Petunia shrieked.

"It's not hurting you," said Lily, but she closed her hand and threw the flower on the ground.

'It's not right," said Petunia, "How do you do it? She added, her voice filled with longing.

As I was watching this from the bush, I realized this is the time that I should reveal myself. In three, two, one. Instead of jumping like last time, I quickly got up and walked out from behind the bush. "It's obvious, isn't it?"

Petunia did another shriek and ran back towards the swings. But although Lily was startled, she remained where she was. I did not mean to startle them, although they would probably have been startled anyway. My cheeks reddened a bit as I looked at Lily.

"What's obvious?" Lily asked.

Instead of prolonging the conversation as I did last time, I lowered my voice and said: "You're a witch."

Lily looked insulted. "That's not a very nice thing to say to somebody!"

She turned nose in the air and marched toward her sister.

"No!" I said. I did not want her to go away. I ran towards them, hoping to speak to them more. Lily and Petunia were both holding onto the swing poles as if it was the safe place in tag, one of the muggle games Lily taught me."No, it's true. "Magic is real," I said to Lily. "But there is nothing wrong with that. My mum's one and I am a wizard." "I have been watching you," I said, hoping to turn this conversation around. "You have loads of magic!" I said. "Look I'll show you-"

"Wizard!" Petunia shrieked. "I know who you are. You're that Snape boy! They live in Spinner's End by the river," She told Lily as if she considered where I live to be a poor recommendation, which it probably was. "Why have you been spying on us?"

"Haven't been spying," I said to Petunia, now feeling a bit uncomfortable.

"Come on Lily, we're leaving!" Petunia said shrilly.

Lily turned to leave with her sister, glaring at me as she left. I stayed standing there until the sun was setting in bitter disappointment as meeting Lily was so much like last time, even though I had tried to not make the same mistakes. I vowed I would change things for the better this time around.

A.N. Well this is what we have been waiting for! Snape finally talked to Lily, even if it ended up the same way. Thanks to all who've reviewed, and I will see you in the next chapter!