Chapter 5: Secret Wishes~
The summer of our Third Year at Hogwarts was the best summer I had ever had. That year we decided that staying in the neighborhood was overrated. We took long walks to the creek where we'd watch the fireflies light up the night sky. Those nights seemed to be magical. That was the night Severus had given me this journal. He had so much talent at such a young age, I knew he would be a powerful wizard.
Harry sat at the edge of a boulder looking down at his mother and Snape. Together they had seemed blissful and he realized that she brought out a side in Snape he had never been shown. It was odd for Harry to think of Snape as anything other than a cold ruthless Professor. His mother seemed happiest when she was around him but he had to wonder if she was in love with his father yet. Why had he only seen memories of Snape and not his father?
Lily was dancing in the moonlight as Snape sat laughing at her silliness when he stood up and walked away. At first Harry thought he left her there alone but when she just stood there waiting he knew she wasn't worried.
Snape appeared with a small package that appeared to have been wrapped by a child but Lily just clutched her hands in awe and said, "For me?"
"Of course its for you, who else is out here?"
Lily bounced over to him and gently reached out for the gift.
"What is it?"
"Open it."
As Lily unwrapped the silver paper, she discovered the same black journal with silver pages as Harry had found in the box.
"It's a Pensive Diary. I invented it myself. It's the same as a Pensive only you can write your thoughts along with the memories you choose to save."
"This is the best gift I have ever received, thank you."
Lily leapt into his arms and gave him a huge hug.
"Well its time to walk back now, I don't want to get in too late, you know how my father gets." Snape replied.