Chapter 6

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The Dark Lord got up from his seat and started pacing the length of the room. The roaring fire, burning bright in the fireplace behind him cast deep shadows upon his face, preventing Severus from seeing him clearly. Since he had first shown up at Malfoy Manor, he had told his master the prophecy six times and which each time, the Dark Lord grew more and more agitated.

"Tell me again," he hissed.

"My Lord, you know it as well as I do now," Severus said softly. Voldemort barely acknowledged him as he continued to walk. Without stopping, he raised his wand and sliced through the air, collapsing the table in his anger. Severus jumped out of his chair to avoid being crushed.

"My Lord!" he exclaimed.

"Tell me AGAIN!"

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not..." Severus repeated with a rushed tone. Both men fell silent, the sound of the fire popping filling the room.

"Very good, Severus," he whispered. There was a long pause before Severus deemed it okay to talk.

"So, what are you going to do?" he asked cautiously. Voldemort sighed and turned himself so he was facing the fire.

"I'm going to destroy him." He slashed his wand through the air once more and the fire was extinguished. When Severus' eyes adjusted, he looked around, trying to find his master, but he was gone.

Severus' mind was completely empty. He had not slept all night, as he had been with Voldemort since he had heard the prophecy. Even though he was exhausted, he didn't feel like going home. Without much thought, he thought of a random place and turned on the spot.

Much to his surprise, he landed in the village of Hogsmade, the town where he had spent much time in his later years at Hogwarts. The streets were pretty much empty because the school year didn't start yet. Severus sighed to himself. When he was younger, August was always the longest month of the year. Hogwarts was his home and any time spent away from it was hard. As he continued to think, he started walking down the street until he found himself at the door of Honeyduke's Sweetshop.

He was never able to buy anything from the old sweet shop when he was young, he never had extra pocket money to spend on frivolous things. He felt in his pocket today; however, and found he had some change to spare and decided to find out for himself how good Honeyduke's candy really was. He opened the door and heard the ding of the bell as it opened. Surprised at the number of people, he headed off to a semi-empty corner of the shop where there was an odd variety of sweets meant for vampires and other creatures. He silently wondered to himself what they could possibly taste like when he heard the laugh of a small child.

"See, Harry? Look at all the bright, colorful candy!" Said a woman.

Severus turned on a dime and faced Lily Evans and her son, Harry.

"Lily?" He said before he could stop himself. She turned her head to face him, still perfectly balancing Harry on her hip.

"Oh, hello."

"Is this your son?" he asked, advancing towards them. At the mention of her son, Lily's face broke into a smile, a completely different reaction than the last time Severus had talked to her.

"Yes, this is Harry," she said, turning her head towards the little boy. He had wild black hair and the exact green, almond shaped eyes as his mother. "Say 'hi' to Sev, Harry." Sev. Severus pretty much melted on the spot. Lily hadn't called him that since their Hogwarts days. Harry blushed and turned his head towards his mom.

"Hi," he whispered and Lily laughed, bouncing him higher in her arms.

"Harry's a little shy," she explained and Severus smiled, unsure of what else to do.

"I've never really been in this shop before." He said randomly, reaching in the dark for some conversation.

"Really?"

"Yeah I never really had enough… I never really came down here." Unmistakable understanding floated into her eyes, for she, as Severus knew, understood his past better than anyone else.

"Well, it's Harry's first time too," she said, "I thought he might like to see all the candy"

"How old is he?"

"Turned one at the end of last month." Severus froze for a second, why did that one statement cause him momentary panic?

"He has your eyes."

"Yea, he does." Lily looked down at her watch them back up at Severus. "I'm sorry Sev but I have to go, James and I are meeting up with the Longbottom's for dinner, you remember Frank and Alice right?" Severus nodded and she continued, "Anyways I have to go get ready. It was nice seeing you again."

"And you." Severus said politely.

"Say goodbye to Sev, Harry!" Harry waved and Lily laughed and waved bye as well as she headed out the door. Severus picked up a piece of candy that Harry had been playing with, a Pumpkin Pasty, and played with it in his hand. He was so young, just turned one at the end of July, he had so much life ahead of him.

The end of July. Why hadn't he thought of it before? Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... Severus knew that the boys parents were in the order and for all he knew they could had defied his Master three times. He must not think on it though, it would not do well for his Master to discover the boy's birthday, Harry's birthday. Severus would not be the reason the boy who was so young with so much life would be killed.

Severus was getting ahead of himself. He did not know all the facts and he tried to shake off his thoughts as he left the shop and stepped out into the rain. There was no way it was Harry in the prophecy, Severus wouldn't be able to bare it if it was true.