So Rhianna Potter grew up as Lily Snape. Severus Snape told know one where she had come from nor who her mother was... and not many asked; for Snape was a very private man. To Albus Dumbledore he'd said that he'd adopted the little girl from a muggle orphanage because she looked so like Lily, that he had too.

To Rhianna herself, he said that he'd adopted her from a muggle orphanage.

Dumbledore had believed him.

Rhianna had believed him.

Lily Snape was loved much more than her brother. She got attention all the time.

Lily was spoiled, but not overly. She knew all about the wizarding world, all the wizards and witches at Hogwarts loved her and Snape's kindness torward Rhianna (Lily) never ceased to stump the students.

Lily would explore the castle, the grounds, or just meet up with Peeves and give him some ideas. Lily's life was extremely happy and carefree, for Snape couldn't bring himself to disapline her. He tried to give Lily as normal a life as possible... but it really didn't work out that way.

Lily loved Hogwarts... and looked forward to each school year as much as the students. During the summer she was stuck at Spinner's End in a little old house. So, the great castle of Hogwarts was pretty welcoming to her.

She didn't know she was a witch, but she really, really, wished she was. She would wish on every star, every birthday, every chance she got.

So, when she was seven years old and Camille McDonald's pretty brown hair changed to bright blue after Camille had said that Lily was only a stupid girl and was as good as a squib... but with less right to know about the magical word, Lily and Camille were both more than a little shocked. No one else was around who might've done it, after all.

Right away she told her "father" who wasn't surprised, but he pretended to be just the same. When Lily asked if there was a slight chance that she just might be a witch, Snape had only answered, "Well, Lily, it's... I don't want to get your hopes up, but it's possible."

Lily had been SO excited to hear this.

"But Lily, please don't tell anyone."

"But why?"

"Well... you might not be."

"You mean be a witch?"

"Yes."

"Oh, Father!" she sighed, "But I might be! That would SO amazing!"

"Maybe."

Snape turned away and that closed the subject.

Another incident happened when Lily was eight, and her badly-chose muggle clothes earned a teasing from a muggle. The muggle ran away screaming when his face suddenly broke out in pus-filled boils.

Another time, when Lily was ten, she was listening outside Professor Flitwick's classroom door; eavesdropping on a first year Charms lesson on how to make things fly. (Whimgardium, Leviosa - Swish and Flick) She waved a wand (she had nicked it from a student during their Potions lesson) and tried it. To her amazement and utter surprise, the bag she'd been carrying jerked a little. She took out a piece of muggle-paper she'd bought that summer and tried it on that. It floated into the air.

She couldn't tell Snape, because then she'd have to admit she'd nicked the wand in the first place. So instead, she kept it in the back of her mind, and told no one.

She felt sure she was a witch... she must be! How else would the paper have floated?

Not long before Lily's eleventh birthday, she got a letter.

She was sitting at the small table at Spinner's End, (where she and Snape lived during the summer) when Minerva McGonagle knocked at Snape's front door, looking both a little nervous and a little excited.

"Yes?" Snape answered cooly.

"Well, Severus, it is... it seems as if your Lily is a witch!" She seemed barely able to contain herself.

Snape surveyed her coldly. He'd never seen her that excited before.

"So why are you here?" Snape asked, trying not to sound too rude.

"Well, I'm sent to tell Muggle-borns and there families all about our word, but, obviously, you can do that for me in this case."

She handed him an envelope. He took it, and then McGonagle left.

"...your Lily is a witch!"

Snape had known this of course, but the words your Lily echoed in his head. He loved the way that sounded. your Lily. She really was his Lily, wasn't she?

The corners of his mouth turned up a little.

And so Snape casually walked into the sitting room and handed Lily the envelope.

She took one look at it, and screeched.

"Do you know what this means? I'm a witch! Oh, I'm a witch, I really am!!" By now she began to prance around the room chanting, "I'm a witch! I'm a witch! Really, I'm a witch!"

Snape let her carry on for a few moments, but then he interrupted, "Alright Lily, the neighbors will hear if you don't quiet down now."

Lily stopped and tore open the envelope.

On the inside, the letter said that she needed to buy a pewter caudron, The Standard Book of Spells Grade One and other materials.

Lily was SO excited!! Finally, she'd be off to Hogwarts! But this time, she'd be a student!!

How exciting! A witch!

Lily couldn't believe it. She was ecstatic! Since the "wimgardium leviosa" incident, she'd felt sure she was a witch, but she just might have been mistaken. This was proof! She really was a witch! She had to tell everyone!

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