Well, I decided to add another chapter. I hope that you like it!

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*Snape's POV*

With my re-found feelings I watched the little boy…Harry…run to the hospital. I decided to follow him. He ran for a few blocks before stopping in front of the hospital, St. Mary's, I noticed. I followed him through the doors and as we passed the nurses they gave him looks of pity and sadness. He walked up several flights of stairs and never ending hallways. Finally he reached a room with a pinched-faced woman standing outside of the room with a sour look on her face. Harry seemed to know her and looked up at her.

"Aunt Petunia, is Mama awake? I bought her a present." The seven-year-old held up the present. The woman nodded.

"Yes, she's awake" She said, the sour expression not wavering. He headed into the room where she lay. I had to admit, I hadn't seem Lily in years, now that I think of it, not since we graduated from Hogwarts. As I stepped past the lady and looked into the room I could not…would not believe that this pale, lifeless figure laying sprawled on the bed was the lively, active, happy, joyful, bouncy Lily Evans (now Potter). Her red hair was spread out on the pillow. Regardless of what she looked like, Harry climbed on the bed next to her and began talking to her.

"Hi Mama! It's Christmas Eve tonight…I bought you a present" he said. He took the shoes out of the box and showed them to her. She smiled.

"They're beautiful, sweetheart." She said in a hoarse whisper. She pressed a button near her bed. A nurse came in.

"Yes Mrs. Potter?" She asked. Lily smiled.

"Could you help me put these on? I want to wear them for my son." She said. The nurse smiled and came over. She helped her out of bed. I could not believe how thin she was as the nurse helped her put the shoes on. She got back into bed and opened her arms and Harry climbed into them, snuggling. I waited until I knew he was sleeping to make my presence known.

"That is one great kid you have got there." I said, stepping into the room. She looked up at me, her eyes wide.

"What do you mean?" she asked, curiously with that hoarse whisper that I knew meant she was near death.

"I was in the line behind him in the store. He said that he wanted to buy you those shoes so that you would look beautiful if you met Jesus tonight." She let out a small gasp at that "He didn't have enough money so I loaned him some. He was so happy when he saw. He just wanted to make you happy." I finished. Lily looked up at me.

"Thank you. You really made him happy…you made me happy too." She said, her voice seeming weaker by the minute. I made my excuses and turned out of the room. The pinched-faced lady glared at me from her place across the hall. I looked through the window where Harry had awoken and was talking to his Mama, who seemed unresponsive. I turned away from the window and leaned against it. He came out a few minutes later, looking happy yet sad.

"How is your Mama?" I asked, dreading the answer. He gave me a smile.

"She's great." He said. Then he looked up " I hope Jesus likes her shoes." He tried to look happy but the tears clouding his eyes gave him away. I opened my arms and gathered him into them. He cried into my shoulder. The pinched-faced lady grabbed him from me and latched onto his arm.

"What are you doing? Do you even know him? Come on! We're going home. Now that your mother is gone we are stuck with you!" She began dragging him down the hallway. He turned to me and waved but "Aunt Petunia" grasped his arm harder. I couldn't stand for that. I went over to them and spoke to her face.

"Listen, the boys mother just died! Have some compassion! Have you no heart? I can't believe he has to go live with you and your family! I will not allow it! I am taking him with me into our world where he belongs!" I was about to reach for him when her shrilly voice began yelling in my ear.

"You-you're one of them?" She hissed.

"Yes, I am a wizard. I went to school with Lily and her husband, James and I am taking him, whether you like it or not!" That left her speechless. Good. I grabbed him and picked him up.

"Harry, how would you like to go far, far away and live with people who love you?" I asked him. He nodded his head excitedly. I apparated us away

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Well? I could turn this into a huge story! I could take us al the way through his years at Hogwarts…or I could just end it here. What does everyone think?