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With his hair clean and his pants magically lengthened, Severus made his way to the playground down the road. He was almost gleeful that his mother unlocked the wand case that was hidden away in her night stand. In his past life, Eileen never did magic; in fact, Sev only knew she was a witch because she had said so. He thought that this was certainly a good sign. While he didn't entirely care about his home life, Severus thought it would be nice to not get beaten up by his father. Maybe his mother unlocking her wand was a good sign that things were going to change.
As he got closer to the playground, the scene started to feel more and more familiar. This day was somehow important in his last life, though he couldn't remember much else than that. Even when he concentrated, no memory would come back like he'd hoped.
"Lily, don't do it!" Severus heard a girl call.
Severus rushed to a big bush and crouched behind it. He peered through the branches to see two young girls playing on the swing set. The older one had blonde hair and what looked like permanently pursed lips. The other girl had the most beautiful red hair, falling to her mid-back and an ever-smiling face. Severus was transfixed on the young red-haired girl. The feeling felt familiar, but he could not remember why.
The young girl swung higher and higher. Giggling, the she flew off of the swing and floated lightly in the air. She glided back down to the asphalt and landed without making a sound. Severus realized at once that she was a witch as the scene grew more and more familiar.
"Mummy told you not to!" the older girl sneered and stopped swinging. "Mummy said you weren't allowed, Lily!"
"But I'm fine," said Lily. "Tuney, look at this. Watch what I can do."
Before Severus had time to prepare himself, Lily was walking towards his hiding place. She bounded at him fast, and that is when he first saw her startlingly green eyes.
But it wasn't the first time, and he knew that now.
He remembered everything- The first time they met, this day in his last lifetime. Going to Hogwarts together, becoming friends and teaching her everything he knew about the magical world. Getting sorted into separate houses, but still managing to be friends. Slowly growing a part. Severus himself placing a wedge between them, and of course that awful afternoon he called her a Mudblood. He remember that he was responsible for her death...
Severus fell backwards with a little grunt; a grunt that Lily heard. She backpedalled away from the bush. Severus tried his hardest to get back on his feet without scaring her, but as his head peeked over the bush, Lily rushed toward her sister who was back at the swing set.
"Lily, wait!" Severus called as he climbed through the bush.
"How did you know my name?" She screamed.
"Freak!" Petunia yelled.
Severus chuckled a bit. He recalled Petunia's liking of the word freak. "Your sister. She was calling you Lily," he shrugged.
Lily stepped forward and Petunia scoffed. "Who are you?" Lily asked.
"Severus Snape, and can I just say that was an astounding little piece of magic you just performed," he bowed his head in appreciation.
"You're that Snape boy!" Petunia accused.
"Yes Petunia. Severus Snape from Spinner's End. Since I know you're thinking it, no I wasn't spying on you,"
Petunia started sniffling, about to cry, and turned to leave. "Lily, come on, we're leaving!" she cried.
"What do you mean, magic?" Lily asked, staring at Severus, obviously perplexed.
He stared into her beautiful eyes, hoping desperately that he wouldn't mess things up this time.
"You're... you're a witch, Lily," he whispered.
"That's not a very nice thing to say to somebody!" She yelled as she turned to run towards her sister, who was already far from the playground.
"No! It's a good thing! My mum's a witch! And so am I. Well... a wizard I mean," he spluttered, blushing.
Lily stopped trying to catch up to Petunia. "You're serious?" She asked, her eyebrows raised.
"Yes, of course I am!"
"Tell me more," she said, climbing up on to the swing.
Severus took a seat on the swing next to her, and knew that this was much more the reaction he expected from Lily Evans the first time around.