Part 2! Please follow and comment! WARNING: Some cursing
Lily bounded down the porch steps and into the cold air. She could barely feel it however as she raced with excitement, clutching Sevs present as if it was her life line. As she approached the stump however she found a familiar mismatched figure on the stump.
A jolt of dread ran through her small heart. Something was very wrong here. She raced over to Severus and dropped the package at his side. His face was pale, and had a blueish tint to it.
Oh god please be ok
Lily racked her mind for what to do suddenly remembering that lesson in CPR.
She didnt know where the pressure point in the neck for checking pulse was so she resolved to check his chest. She leaned her ear where his head should be and heard a really faint beat, along with a shallow breath.
Praying her magic wouldn't fail her, Lily lifted up Severus finding him to be surprisingly light and boney. Magic aiding the journey, Lily carried Severus to his house on pivot drive and knocked frantically on the door.
A large staggering Tobias Snape opened the door. He had Severus's nose with ratty brown hair and extremely bloodshot eyes.
He blinked his eyes a few times unable to process anything before zeroing in on the frozen figure in Lily's arms.
"May I come in and set Severus down, he may be in really bad condition" Lily said hurriedly. Her emerald orbs had began to glaze over with unshed tears, and the sooner her Sev was alright the better.
The older man grunted and smiled creepily. Lily didn't like the feeling it came with but nonetheless she rushed in to find a place to set Severus down. To the left was the living room. The couch was littered with beer cans, empty chip bags, and the distinct smell of urine.
To the right was a small broken down dysfunctional kitchen. A dead eyed woman starred at Lily, or more correctly through Lily. Her hair was the greasy black look Severus had, and her face bore a character that might of been pretty years ago.
This is Sevs mom?
Lily always pictured Severus's mother to be this magnificent figure, a strong witch with a kind existing personality. Thats how Severus implied she was anyways.
Lily wasn't expecting the lifeless worn down Eileen Snape, nor the clearly drunk out of his mind Tobias Snape. Looking around at the state of the house she realized she never considered any of it to be the reality.
Lily shook Severus lightly, showing Eileen her son. Eileen's eyes sparked with a sudden hint of life as she glanced towards the stairs and nodded once.
Lily thanked Eileen and headed upstairs. She opened a few doors trying to find Severus's room. When she opened a small bedroom with a lone mattress on the floor, her breaking heart told her she found her destination.
Lily laid Severus down and quickly got to work. His breathing had gotten worse and his heart was sputtering sporadically. Placing her hands on his chest she began to whisper a get well song that her mother sang to her.
"I want you too get better soon
I want to see your smiling face
I want you to love my crazy tune
Even though your feeling out of place
Have a good night, morning, or afternoon
And I hope you will get better soon"
A warm feeling spread through Lilys fingers and into Severus. Slowly the color regained in his face and his eyelids started to flutter.
"Lils?" He rasped focusing in on the ginger who currently had tears streaming down her face. He sat up thumbed away the tear trails.
"Wha-what happened?"
One look at Severus's confusion sent Lily into a hysterical laugh. He really was alright.
Severus smiled at seeing Lily happy again. He quickly looked at their surroundings however and let out a gasp of recognation. He grabbed Lilys hand and tugged hard to get her attention.
"Lily we need to get out of here NOW"
He frantically half pulled, half dragged her to her feet. His heart literally stopped when he saw who stood in the doorway.
"Hello...rat," Tobias Snape drawled, licking his crusted lips.
Severus snapped his eyes back and forth between Lily and Tobias, not wanting to leave his eyes on either. Puffing out his chest he resolved to looking Tobias in the eye, attempting to look strong for Lily.
"Father we will be going now if you please"
Please move out of the way. Merlin help us. Please please please
Tobias took a long wobbly step forward. Anyone looking at it would think that it should be easy getting around this uncoordinated drunken man, but Severus knew better than anyone that his fathers hands were quick and accurate.
"You aint going anywhere you disgusting piece of shit. Why dont you tell me about this pretty girl you have behind you"
Severus's breath sucked in sharply. Lily gripped his hand tighter and hid more behind the taller boy.
"Stay away father".
Stay away from Lily you bastard. Dont you dare touch her. Lily I will get you out of this. Merlin help
Tobias barked out a laugh of malice and took another step forward
"Not a chance. I want to meet your pretty friend before beating the living shit out of you"
The threat of a beating would normally scare Severus into submission, but all he could think about was saving Lily.
Severus's eyes flickered to Lilys for half a second. During that second Tobias lashed out quick as a snake and hurled Severus bodily across the room. His head connected the wall with a sicking crack.
"SEVERUS!" Lily screamed and tried to surge towards her best friend but a strong crushing hand held her back.
Severus was having the biggest world class head ache. He fought hard against the blackness and sat up. His body felt like it was fallimg through quick sand and was weighted with anvils.
Get yourself together
Lifting his heavy lids, he slowly stood up and tried to comprehend what was going on.
Lily struggled against the bigger man desperately. His breath reeked of alcohol as he leaned closer to her.
"There is no use in struggling, that little shithead cant protect you now. Now come on girl stop this"
Lilys stuggles picked up in pace and she started to punch and kick and any body part she could find.
"NEVER," Lilly spat with potent venom, "I WILL NOT STOP"
Tobias eyes flashed and he raised his fist to smack her hard across the face when he heard his son scream an inhuman scream of rage
The walls began to rattle violently and a sudden wind picked up in the room. The breath was suddenly sucked from Tobias as he was thrown and pinned to the wall. He scratched desperately at his neck for any air but found none.
Severus stepped over to his father and held his newly ten year old fist in front of his face in a threatening gesture.
"YOU-WILL-NOT-TOUCH-MY-LILY" He bellowed, pure rage contorting his features into something unrecognizable.
His father only replied with a gargled gagging noise.
A small younger hand laid carefully on Severus's shoulder.
"Severus. Sev. Stop."
Severus snapped his head towards Lily. Seeing the pure kindness in her eyes calmed his hateful heart. He visibly relaxed almost instantly. Lily let out a small smile of reassurance and pride. It shot through his head as he released his father, who slumped on the floor from lack of oxygen.
Severus felt his knees wobble a little, but before they could give out Lily caught him and guided him to the mattress. They sat in silence for a few moments recounting the recent events.
"So...I take it this is why I never got to see your home right?" Lily added, hoping to have Severus explain.
"Home" was all he said with a grimce to the ceiling above.
Signing, Severus placed his head in his hands letting out a moan of misery.
"Im...I'm so sorry Lily," Severus stated in a broken voice.
Lily put her arm around Severus in reassurance.
"Whatever for," She said smiling at their inside joke.
"Poor planning" Severus said with a half smile, half grimace.
Lily sighed and rested her head on Severus's shoulder. Both children looked at the man crumpled on the floor. Lilly slightly shivered at the thought of Severus's dad... No she didnt what to think about the possible outcomes of THAT situation.
Severus was feeling anger, guilt, relief, and above all shame. He never wanted Lily to see his house or meet his father. This was certainly one of the more horrific experiences in his short life. Not because he was thrown to the wall, not that he hadnt experienced that many times before that. It was because his father almost harmed Lily. Severus wanted to protect Lily, his light, always. He could barely protect her against his own father, a mere muggle. Severus knew there were terrible people out there in the magical world who would wish to harm Lily because of her blood status. She was a fragile flower, though she would never admit it.
"Happy Birthday Severus"
Severus looked down to Lily stunned. He had completely forgotten in all the excitement.
Lily reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out the crumpled gloves she spent so long working on.
"I made these for you, I saw you didn't have a pair and I wanted your hands to be warm"
Severus pulled the gloves on his hands. The small shy smile that seldom crossed his face appeared making Lily beam.
"Lils. I cant thank you enough. This is the greatest gift ive ever been given. I love it"
Severus flexed his fingers in the gloves, surprised at their pure warmth. Lily made this. For me. Because she cared whether or not I was cold
Tobias stirred slightly, jarring the children out of their silent thoughts.
"Um, Sev I think its time to go"
"I concur"
They tore quickly out of the room and out of the house. Racing through the cold they fell in a heap at the base of their tree giggling hysterically.
Strangly the best birthday ive ever had
Part 3 up neeext!