I would quickly like to thank everyone who has favorited, followed, and reviewed this story. It's my first one, so all the feedback is amazing. I would especially like to thank those who informed me that the previous title was misleading, and it has now been changed. If anyone else sees any errors, feel free to point it out.

Also, there is a timeskip of several days since the end of the last chapter. And in the middle of this chapter there is a time skip of a couple years.

Chapter 1:

Diagon Alley

"So are both your parents wizards? You know too much about magic to be like me," The redhead said. Severus had been expecting this question for a while. Nearly a week had passed since he had first met Lily Evans, a Muggle-born witch whose talent at magic was prodigious. Since then they had become friends and he was telling her everything he knew about the magical world.

"No," Severus answered, "My father is a Muggle, but my mother is a witch. She told him during their honeymoon."

"Wow, your father must have been amazed."

Severus frowned and stared at his hands, making Lily look at him in confusion. "Actually my father hates magic, even if it can't be controlled." The quietness that followed meant that Lily had grasped the hidden meaning in his reply.

"I'm sorry, Sev. I wish you could come live with me, my parents would love you. They were so excited when they first saw my abilities." Severus smiled, Lily was perhaps the closest thing he had to family.

"It's fine," He said. "Now let's see, what to talk about next. Ah! I know..." And for next several hours he held Lily in rapt attention, telling stories he had heard about Hogwarts and the four houses. He was in the middle of telling her a story he heard about a man named Dumbledore facing a dark wizard named Grindelwald. However he then noticed that it was starting to get late.

He didn't want to think about what would happen if he was late to dinner.

"Sorry, I should get home. I'll finishing tell you the story next time." With that, Severus stood up and began to walk back home.

"Hey, wait," Lily called out, stumbling up and chasing after him. "I'm sure you could stay for a little bit longer."

Lily suddenly stopped when she felt two fingers poke her forehead. Severus gave her a small smile.

"Forgive me, Lily," He said. "I'll finish it later." Lily pouted, but didn't argue. Severus watched her run down the street until she disappeared around the bend. He then continued his own walk back home. Along the way he noticed an young teen playing with his little brother. Memories of his past life and Sasuke surged into his mind.

He didn't know why, but lately he had been thinking about Itachi more and more. Even though he tried hard not to think about it, wanting to start with a clean slate. Although, Severus guessed that a life like Itachi's wouldn't be so easy to forget. Oh well, in a couple of years he and Lily would be starting school at Hogwarts. And he doubted that he would have ample time to think about his past life then.

Two years later Severus was waiting with Lily outside of her house, and soon one of the Hogwarts staff would be here to take them to get their school supplies at Diagon Alley.

Well technically it was mainly for Lily, but Severus had decided to tag along. He already had enough money to get his supplies, and then Lily would exchange her Muggle money for Wizard money at Gringotts.

Severus was just glad to be away from home. His father had been even angrier and more spiteful ever since Severus had recieved his letter from Hogwarts. As a result he had been hitting both Severus and his mother more often. The young boy still had blackish-purple bruise on his back.

He listened to Lily chattering excitedly beside him, and tried to fet her to calm down slightly. Luckily, a crack resounded through the air and a woman was standing in front of them. Her eyes held a confused glance in them when she saw Severus, but he quickly told her his name.

"So you must be the one who told Ms. Evans so much about the magical world," The woman's tone was not condenscending, she was just stating a fact. "Saved me some trouble, I suppose. Now then, my name is Minerva McGonagall. I am one of the professors at Hogwarts, and will be helping you to gather your supplies."

The name rung a bell in Severus memory. "My mother talks about you quite frequently."

"Oh really?" She asked. "I had the distinct impression that she despised me."

"She does. She constantly talks about her hatred of you, calling you a stupid, goody-twoshoes Gryfindor."

"Hmm... I expected more," Professor McGonagall stated.

"Yes, but I am not too keen on getting detention before the school year has started," Severus replied, noticing the corners of her mouth twitch up briefly. Lily tried to hold back a bit of laughter.

The professor then told the two to hold on to her left arm, and she held her wand in her right. Once Severus and Lily had grabbed hold, she waved the wand. Instantly Severus felt like he needed a trash bag. It felt like he was spinning violently, or was that just an illusion. He didn't dare open his eyes to figure out. Soon the horrible feeling stopped and the three of them were standing in an alley.

He saw the pitying look on Professor McGonagall's face as Lily fell to the ground. "I forgot how hard that can be on a person's first time." Severus was wishing they had taken a different route here. Even his memories of his first shunshin wasn't this bad, and Severus almost found himself releasing the contents of his stomach onto the ground.

Professor McGonagall waited for Lily and Severus to regain their ability to walk straight and then she led them into a nearby brick wall. She took out her wand and tapped a certain brick. Almost instantly, the wall seemed to disappear, and they walked into an area filled with dozens of shops. Many people were milling about, and it was obvious that they were magical if their clothes were anything to go by.

Without pausing, Professor McGonagall took them into a large marble building that towered over all the other shops. Inside, she took Lily to one of the many goblins sitting at a desk. After a few minutes, as the goblin counted the Muggle money spread in front of him, Lily walked away with enough knuts, sickles, and galleons to buy her supplies.

The professor then dropped Severus and Lily off at Madam Malkin's to get their robes. Meanwhile she went to collect their cauldrons. Severus and Lily stood on stools as Madam Malkin measured them and began work.

By the time Professor McGonagall returned, Severus and Lily had their robes and hats ready. Then with cauldrons in hand they went to grab their school books and potion supplies. While looking for their books Severus and Lily ran across a peculiar named one.

"'Dangerous Creatures for the Insane and Suicidal.' That's a weird name," Lily said. Severus nodded in agreement, noticing many other books with similarly disturbing title. They were soon pulled from that store to their next stop, their wands.

The building was very old, with a sign that read, "Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since A.D. 382." Inside was very much the same, very old and it had a strange smell. Standing next to a single chair was an old man with white hair and pale eyes.

"Oh yes, more first years coming to get their wands. One of the many reasons I love this time of the year," The man, who Severus assumed was Ollivander, said eccentrically, before walking over to them. He inspected the two of them closely, discerning eyes digging into them. He turned to Severus. "I remember your mother very clearly. She was a difficult customer, went through quite a few wands before choosing one. Or perhaps I should say, before one chose her. After all the wand chooses the wizard. Now, which hand is your wand hand."

Severus held up his right hand, and Ollivander thrust a wand into his hand. At the man's command, Severus gave it a quick wave. Nothing happened and Ollivander brought another one out. This time, the wand gave off a shower of sparks. Ollivander smiled,

"Thirteen inch Cedar wand with a dragon heartstring core. Not very many people have Ceder wands. They are extremly loyal to their owners. You will do great things with that wand.."

Next was Lily's turn. After being told what a wand hand was, she held out her hand and got her wand on the first try. This one spilled some kind of liquid with a strange smell shot from the tip.

"Um... Does this always happen?" Lily asked, the wand starting to slow down its liquid production. Ollivander smiled.

"Yes, differents wands will do different things. Let's see... Willow, ten inches, unicorn tail hair core. This kind of wand will excel in charms," He said. "Now that will be seven galleons a piece."

They forked over the coins and walked out of the shop with their new wands in hand. Lily waved hers around a little bit before it began to spew out more liquid again.

"Professor, please help. Sev, stop laughing, it's not funny!" Professor McGonagall waved her wand and the liquid disappeared. "Thank you. I hope that doesn't happen again." She turned to glare at a chuckling Severus.

"Once you get used to your wand things like that won't happen like that again,'" Professor McGonagall informed. "You two have just enough to get something else. Students at Hogwarts are allowed to bring an owl, a cat, or a toad with them."

A few minutes later the three were walking out of their final shop. Lily was an extremely fat -or fluffy. Severus couldn't tell- black furred cat. They had stopped at the owl emporium right before that and Severus had picked up a great horned owl. The bird sat in a cage and was sleeping despite the racket.

They were currently standing in the Leaky Cauldron, waiting for Professor McGonagall to set up a temporary floo network to their houses. Lily scratched her cat, which had recently been named Sparta, behind the ear.

"So what are you going to name her?" She asked, gesturing to the owl.

Severus thought about it, he hadn't really decided on a name. He turned to look at the owl, who was still fast asleep. Surely it would be okay if he had one reminder of his past life.

"Mikoto," he whispered low enough so only Lily could hear. "It means nobilty. A name fitting for an owl beloging to the great Half-Blood Prince." He saw Lily smile at the joke on his nickname, but she would never know the true connonations of why he chose that name. For even in this new life, Severus was still unable to escape from the guilt of killing his parents.

Soon Professor McGonagall returned and told them how to use the floo. Saying a quick farewell to his friend, Severus went first and soon reappeared out of the fireplace in his home. However once he caught sight of his fathers twitching eye, he quickly wished he had mispronounced the location.

He looked around and saw his mother in the corner of the room, she had a black eye and was covered in red marks. Severus decided that he would no longer allow his father to bully them around. He took out his wand, hoping that his father didn't know that he couldn't actually use it legally, and pointed it at the man.

"Don't ever touch my mother or me ever again. If you do I shall use this to do things that will make beg for death." He saw the fear flash across his father's eyes and repressed a smirked. From now on, he had his father in the palm of his hand.

Another chapter done, and sorry for the major time skip ithe middle of the chapter. I wanted to get a little bit of coversation between Lily and Severus during their childhood, but I couldn't figure out how to have an entire chapter out with that. So instead, I made this chapter mistly about the trip to Diagon Alley.