I will warn you I wrote this while on flu medicine. So it might be really stupid, sorry.
Severus laid in his bed waiting for the clock to chime one. He was trying reading a book but he was more focused on the clock downstairs. He had been mumbling to himself since that old fool left. He was fine alone, why would anybody care if he had somebody. He heard the clock downstairs chime one. He put his book down and looked around the room. Nothing. Well this was great he stayed up till one and no sprit. Severus laid down and turned off the light. He put his head on his pillow when he heard a noise.
"Blasted, Severus." It sounds as if someone had fallen. He shot up in bed and flicked the light on. In front of him was Lily. "You could have kept the light on. I was only a few minutes late." She had on a white dress and her red hair flowed down her back.
"Lily? You are the ghost of Christmas past?" He whipped his eyes.
"Who did you want, James?" She put her hands on her hips. "Now get up we have a lot to do and not much to do it in." She extended her hand to him. He got out of bed grumbling and took her hand. They were transported in front of his house.
"You know we could have walked outside." He looked at her.
"We are in your past, you stupid fool. When did you become such a grump?" He snorted at her. "That was pleasant." She glared at him. She walked through the door into the house, he followed her. She was looking around. There wasn't a tree, any decorations or even a table set up for dinner. "Maybe we aren't in the past." She looked at him.
Severus watched as his father made his way down the stairs. "Severus." His father was screaming.
"Oh we are in the past all right." He shuddered as the man lifted the bottle to his mouth and took a huge drink of alcohol.
"Severus!" The man screamed again.
A small boy around seven crawled out from under the table. "Yes Sir." He looked down at his oversize clothes and shoes.
"What did I tell you boy about doing magic in this house. I will not have some freak for a son." The man slapped the boy across the face. The boy grabbed his face and started crying. "Boy you will not cry in this house." He slapped the small child again. The small child fell on the floor as the man towered over him. The man took his belt off and started swinging it at the child. The sound of Severus cried filled the house.
Severus watched as his mother walked in the room. She looked at the floor at the welts that were starting over the boy. She had one small wrapped present in her hand. "Eileen your boy is a monster. I told you I didn't want this in my house." He took another swig from the bottle, it was empty. He threw it at the women in front of them. The bottle fell to the floor shattering cutting the women's legs. "You should have gotten rid of it when you found out." Severus watched as his eyes got colder. The man walked out of the room and back upstairs.
"Here, Marry Christmas Sev." The women bent down and kissed his head. She was so old looking for only thirty two. She had the face of a sixty year old at times.
"Thank you momma." The boy took the gift.
"Now run upstairs and I will call you when the turkey is done ok?" She patted his head. "Oh and lock your door."
The boy held the small gift in his hands as he watch his momma clean up the broken glass off the floor. They were standing in the room as they watched the boy listening to the voices yelling downstairs. He opened his gift, it was a small used book. He heard a loud crash as he looked into his book. The boy fell asleep on the floor of his room without dinner.
"Oh." Lilly looked at him. "I forgot how cruel your father was, sorry." She was rocking on her heels.
"Yeah I guess that happens when you're dead." He glared at her.
"That's rude to point out someone is living impaired." She glared at him. "Are you ready to see more?"
"No, I am ready to go to sleep." He glared at her. She touched him and they were outside in a field. There was snow on the ground and more coming down. They watched as a ten year old Severus was hiding behind a tree crying.
"Do you remember this Christmas?" Lily looked up at him smiling.
"Yes." He almost smiled at her.
A red head girl ran past them crying. "What are you doing by my tree?" She was whipping the tears from her face.
"Your tree? You don't own this tree." The boy stood up whipping his face. "Why are you crying?"
"Why are you crying?" She put her hands on her hips.
"You wouldn't understand." He glared at her.
"My sister is picking on me, she says I'm a freak." The girl sat down on the cold ground.
"My dad says the same thing." He sat down next to her.
"My name is Lily Evans. What's yours?" She put her hand out.
"Severus Snape." He took the girls hand.
"We had many nice Christmas together." She smiled at him, she thought he almost smiled back. "But your heart became cold."
They were standing at Hogwarts in the great hall. Lily and Severus were in the corner talking. "I don't care what your excuse is, you called me that." She was turning from him.
He grabbed her hand. "I said I was sorry, James had me." She put her hand up.
"Don't blame James. I know what he was doing was wrong but you said it not him." She glared at him.
"Oh right we mustn't blame the sainted Potter." He growled some.
"It your friends Severus." She looked at him. "Lucius and them they are corrupting you."
"So you are going to blame Lucius for what happened? But I can't blame the person who has tormented me since I got here." He was yelling. "You like James don't you? That is what this is about? I knew it. Lucius said that was why you weren't talking to me."
"See Lucius again." She yelled back.
"Don't bring him into. He is my only friend." Lily took a step back in shock.
"Really your only friend?" She shot him a look.
"Oh you know what I mean."
"No I don't, I don't know what has gotten into you but you have changed. I miss the boy I knew back Cokeworth." She looked sad.
Severus was furious. "I see you would rather that scared child whose father abused him. I have gotten stronger and have found myself here. That's your problem if you don't understand you Mud." He stopped before the words came out.
"That's all I will ever be to you and your friends." Lily said quietly and walked away.
Lily looked at Severus. "You are enjoying this aren't you?" He growled at her.
"I'm only showing you the things that have been. They are what they are do not blame me." She looked at him.
"How very Dickens of you." He sneered. "Leave me alone."
"We haven't got to your years as a Death Eater, or the years as a spy. All those cold and lonely years being pulled in multiple directions. Your years teaching and the contempt you gave to anybody who crossed your path. Your years of building wall around your heart, not letting yourself love or be loved."
"ENOUGH!" He shouted at her. She bowed her head and in a moment he was in his room again. The coldness went around him as he shivered some.