Title: Innocent Ideas
Author: Nesma
Disclaimer: I, obviously, do not own Harry Potter or the characters, all that goes to JKRowling.
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 first time Lily was exposed to the word 'Mudblood' was right before an Astronomy class with the Ravenclaws in her first year.
Ravenclaws. Not Slytherins.
It all started out surprisingly innocent. She was talking about her parents with Remus Lupin (who was a very nice boy). Though she had Sevy from home, she still missed the simplicity of the Muggle life at time. She missed how people used brooms and stovetops instead of charms and caldrons. And while Sevy tolerated these talks, she could tell that he was more in love with the wizarding life. It was nice to have Remus, who looked like he needed a friend, to discuss these simple muggle things.
It was right when they started having an enthusiastic discussion about cars that a Ravenclaw boy decided to join in.
"Cars? Cars?" He repeated nastily, and started to advance forward. Lily started to get scared as she noticed that he was not so kind about muggle items as everyone else in Gryffindor. She noticed that there was a disgusted snarl twisted on his ugly, fat, small face (adjectives that get wilder and wilder as Lily grew up).
"What are you two? Mudbloods?" He said with a sneer as his little gang started laughing and grinning.
But the Ravenclaws, especially overly eager First Years, were no match against the bold Gryffindors.
Sirius Black and James Potter immediately drew their wands and started threatening. With feeble curses under their belts, they were hardly a threat but at the tender age of eleven, everything is a big deal. And there were hexes thrown about, and lots of shouting. And despite that chaos, Lily was able to grasp the meaning of the word. She was supposed to be hurt by the words the Ravenclaw called her (she honestly never bothered to learn his name).
She was more hurt that Severus Snape neglected to clue her in on this blood purity that was a thing in the wizarding world. How many other lies did he feed her to protect her world vision?
And why didn't he tell her the truth?