Title: Innocent Ideas
Author: Nesma
Summary: It's hard to predict the results of words and actions at such a young age. It's difficult to fathom that an idea formed without much logic or reasons at a young age will carry on through to adulthood. It's terrifying and exhilarating that the ideas and stories from childhood have such curious results in adulthood. And this could be no truer than with the case of Lily and Petunia Evans and Severus Snape.
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The harsh reality that Lily faced in the coming months was the fact that Severus and Petunia could not see eye to eye. It puzzled her why the two people that she loved so much, from Severus kind spirit and cute-yet-awkward-social skills to Petunia's generous soul and quick brain, would hate each other so much.
Why did it matter that one was magical and the other wasn't? Was it truly necessary for Petunia to poke fun at Severus' clothes even though she knows his family could barely afford it? And was it acceptable that Severus made fun of Petunia's desire to be a witch? Honestly, Petunia did need to point out the hideousness of Severus' father's drinking problem? And maybe it made sense for Severus to point out Petunia's attempts (as pitiful as they were) to trail after the boy she liked the nieghbourhood over?
And it went on, and on, and on until Lily's anger took over. There were several days when Lily's head snap back and forth between the fighting of the two as if she was watching a tennis match. Many times she opened her mouth only to hear the shrieking and yelling from the other side. And though she tried to step in between them, she somehow always got shoved to the side. It was only when she lost control of her magic and blew up a vase or spilled water or yanked the carpet from underneath their feet or something that made them shut up and stomp away.
What Lily didn't realize was the seriousness of the fights. She didn't realize that these fights only reaffirmed Severus' beliefs of pureblood rights. She didn't realize that these fights would cause a deep wound in Petunia's soul that would only make her terrified of the magical world. And such thoughts only lead to worse things for humanity rather than the better of it.