Here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it. Please read and review love Hermione xxx
Lily approached Petunia's house for their meeting. So they could properly catch up. Lily had a lot of questions. She entered hugging Petunia who looked much better then she had seen her looking the other night. She was given a nice hot chocolate by Petunia who was having hers the exact same way. I guess it must be an Evans thing she thought as she sipped on her drink. "Petunia I have no choice but to ask why you didn't get in touch with me when you realised Harry did have magic?" she asked however she would probably never be ready for the answer.
"To be honest Lily I wanted to tell you but I couldn't. James made me sign something using magic that I would not get in touch with you for ten years. I gather it was binding because I couldn't do it. I do not know what the spell he used on me was but I do remember what he said as it sounded funny. He said imperio" she said as Lily gasped.
"That is a dark spell in our world for a damn good reason. Please show me what he made you sign as Petunia rose to get it from the keepsake box she kept important documents in. She brought the whole box to the table and opened riffling through for a moment until she found it. Lily read it gasping. He had made her sign a contract stating that she was not allowed to contact Lily for ten years after Harry was delivered to them. That would make it finish just before Hogwarts and would indeed explain why she had never been in touch. She couldn't do it simple as that.
"Well James is paying dearly now and that's all that matters to me. What was Harry like as a child?" she asked shocked as Petunia burst into tears which turned into gut wrenching sobs.
"Oh Lily I am so sorry sweetheart. I would go out to work and while I was gone Vernon would torment your son so much. I only found out about it because my own son was so terrified of being beaten himself that he didn't feel he could tell his own mother about it. He was eight years old and very freaked out indeed. He never should have had to worry about that at that age or any age really. Harry was always quiet and reserved. In fact sometimes he barely spoke" she said pausing to take a drink before continuing.
"I just thought he was exceptionally shy or something. Please forgive me for not seeing it sooner. I saw his body that night and I almost howled in agony. There he was my nephew black and blue under his clothes. I knew there and then I had to leave Vernon at once and that is what I did!" she said blowing her nose into the tissue she had on her person.
Lily watched her sister break down and shed some tears herself. "Well in the parental awards I can safely say we both did things we're not proud of. To be honest Vernon was vile indeed but what matters to me more is that you acted when you found out. You didn't let it continue which lets face it if Vernon was dangerous enough you may have had no choice but to do. Is there anything else you feel I should know?" she asked as Petunia smiled slightly.
"He wants to be a healer he called it. He read about it somewhere and wishes to help those all around him to heal. Given what Vernon did to him the fact that he cares about anyone else at all is a wonder in itself. Either way he does and I love him dearly for it. He grew to be so much better after Vernon left. I grew stronger. I healed emotionally slowly and met Mike. I just love him so much. Lily I wanted to ask you if you would consent being the godmother to one of my babies when they are born?" she asked her sister fearful of the response.
"Yes I would indeed be honoured. You didn't have to ask me but you did. There are rules in our world about what a godparent should do and in the case of a muggle such as yourself as Godmother it would be my job to act as Magical guardian for your child in our world. It would mean that any decision relating to their education or advice on how they should be spending their money would come from me. I could of course consult with you first if you like" she said as Petunia frowned deeply.
"No I don't want that at all. I know nothing about that world so any input I have would likely sound ridiculous. You know best and I trust you to make the best decisions for him or her. Only ask my opinion if it is a life changing decision I might actually understand!" she said as Lily gasped but not for the reason she was thinking at all.
"PETUNIA! What were you thinking of just now?" she asked sounding very panicked indeed.
"What? I wasn't truly thinking of anything at all. Are you quite alright?" she asked Lily in concern.
"Petunia you…you did…wandless magic!" she said as Petunia laughed her head off.
"Yes and my name is also Frances. Would you like to see my penis?" she asked sarcastically as Lily looked mad.
"I am not going mad. I know I saw it damn you! Ok please hear me out I want you to think of an item in this room any item you like and ask it to come to you!" she said as Petunia frowned but focused on the box of shortbread chocolate chip cookies she was craving and asked them to come to her screaming when they did. They sailed out of the cupboard and landed in her arms. Lily who had asked that Petunia's fireplace be floo connected asked if it was ready. When Petunia said it was she flooed to Severus looking highly freaked out.
"SEVERUS! SEVERUS DAMN YOU COME HERE I NEED YOU!" she screamed into the floo as he ran in from the other room.
"Lily what is the meaning of this? Why are you shouting and where are you?" he asked as she went very pale in her face.
"I'm at number 4 Privet Drive and I need you to come through at once. Petunia just performed wandless magic!" she said as he made to chuckle but stopped when he saw she wasn't joking.
"Ok then step aside and I will come through!" he said as she stood up and soon he stepped through the floo smiling at the nice décor of the living room he'd landed in. Being one of the best potions masters in Europe did mean he'd had to become a fully trained healer too. He knew everything about health in their world but only ever used it when necessary. He entered the kitchen to see a shocked Petunia sitting at the table looking highly confused.
"Good afternoon Petunia. I am a healer and Lily's life long partner Severus Snape. I am sure you remember me from our youth. I am a trained healer can I please take a sample of your blood for a test I will perform here!" he asked as she nodded yes. He removed it magically and it didn't hurt her at all. He put the vial on the table and cast spells on it at rapid succession so much so they didn't really know what he was doing. He summoned a parchment and quill and dipped it in the blood. The quill then shot out of the vial and wrote on the parchment before stopping.
Due to magical pregnancy with magical twins both already having a core of ninety percent which will be ninety eight percent when they are born Ms Petunia Evans core which was at ten percent due to being a squib is now at fifty percent. Her babies it would seem gave her this core to help support them. She will always have this core level now. A muggleborn student usually has a core from sixty five to seventy five percent. Half bloods have a core from seventy five to eight five in level. Purebloods usually have a core from eighty five to one hundred in level. Petunia Evans is no longer a squib but can now consider herself a weak muggleborn.
He read the results before asking if he could do the same thing to Lily. He was shocked beyond belief when Lily's core showed up at a level of eighty five. She was half blood it would seem. This would explain Petunia's current situation as well. He allowed them both to read both results and Lily cursed.
"What the fuck? Who the fuck was the magical parent and why the fuck was I lied to!? All these years fucking wasted!" she snapped as Petunia looked shocked.
"It was mum. I saw her doing some things as a child and she asked me never to tell anyone about it because of a dangerous war going on so I never did. I only didn't tell anyone about it because she said her and daddy's lives were in danger. I didn't want them to die. For some reason I don't know I only just remembered it now!" she said as Lily looked at her older in awe.
"What was mum doing?" Lily asked as Petunia thought.
"She was making a potion and used her wand to heal some cuts she had on her hands and arms from something. I saw it disappear and I promised never to tell anyone about it because I didn't want to lose them. She told me some maniac called Tom Riddle was after everyone and was killing everyone who didn't follow his path with them!" she said as Lily screamed as she watched Severus faint out cold. She revived him and he looked paler then she'd seen him in many years.
"What it is Severus?" she asked as he was handed a summoned calming draft and consumed it quickly to still his racing heart.
"I know who that man is! Lily! Tom Riddle was a half blood and his chosen name which he fashioned for himself was Voldemort. I know something about Tom Riddle I shouldn't have but I was a fool as a youngster and I thought if I tried legillimency on Professor Slughorn I could find out all of his potions secrets. It was foolish of me I know but he didn't seem to notice I was there so I looked around for what I could find but then a memory about Tom Riddle surfaced. He was telling Horace he'd created seven horcruxes and I know what some of them are and even where he placed them. He trusted me with this information because he knew or so he thought that I didn't know what they were" he said pausing to collect his thoughts calmly.
"I spent many years researching them to figure out how to destroy them and could only come up with fiend fire which I cannot accurately cast myself and or basilisk venom of which I have no access to. I have them all in one place at the moment. I have replaced them all with replicas with the exact same protections on them he'd placed on them to avoid suspicion. I had hoped to learn how to control fiend fire but I never could so I have been keeping this secret until I learned how to master the spell. In my position I could never ask for help as it would have outed me and gotten me a cell in Azkaban!" he said sounding very panicked.
"Ok Severus. I want to try something out alright. Harry told me told me I have access to his home and I know Petunia does too. I know when you went there you sorted his potions for him but I also know that you didn't touch any of the accurately labelled ones. There are thousands of them. I know that only because he told me. I will be back!" she said flooing to his house. Lolly greeted her and received a hug from her master's mother who immediately went to the potions store and looked around. Severus had no idea what she was planning but could wait if it meant this situation would eventually get resolved. He knew Lily couldn't control the fiend fire. The only person who could have was Voldemort himself. She looked though all the bottles becoming very annoyed. They had been dark so it stood to reason they would have dark potions ingredients.
"Accio Basilisk Venom!" she called out as after a while a tiny vial of it appeared in her hands. It would seem it had come from the attic. She asked Lolly if she could take it home with her.
"I am not sure Ms. Let me ask sir and I will be back!" she said leaving to ask Harry about it.
"Well yes she can have it of course Lolly but tell her to be careful. I put it in the attic for good reason because of how vial it is!" he warned as she returned again.
"Sir says you can have it but be careful as it is very dangerous and he had it in the attic for this reason. Do you need anything to eat or drink?" she asked as Lily smiled at her sons wonderful elf.
"No thank you Lolly not today. I will call by during the week for some lunch if you like. I gather you would like the company!" she said as Lolly jumped for joy.
"I would love the company Ms thank you!" she said as Lily left once more.
"Severus I have it. I knew they were a dark family so would definitely have it. Harry said I can have it just to be careful with it as she gave the small vial of green liquid to him. This was a most interesting development.