The Lily That Poisons The Snake
Chapter 15
Disclaimer: You should know by now that I don't own this. I didn't magically turn into JK Rowling.
The next day, Lucius went with Severus over to his house to pick up some clothes and other things. Severus convinced the blond to wait outside in the car while he ran inside, but he wished he had allowed him to come inside with him when he heard the raised voices of Lily and James in the kitchen.
"What the hell were you thinking, Lily?" he heard James Potter demand angrily.
"I thought I was keeping myself out of jail while hurting that idiot in the process," Lily yelled back.
"As much as I would love to see Snivellus in prison for something he didn't do, if the court finds him guilty, they're going to take the brat away from him and give it to us, and I'm not raising some bastard baby. I told you this when you first got pregnant with the damned brat."
"Well, I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do."
"I'm no taking care of that thing. If you want me to stay, you'd better get rid of it."
"W-we'll figure out what to do with it after the trial, okay? You know I don't want that thing either."
They can't give my little boy to those monsters; Severus thought frantically, There's no telling what they'll do to him. Not waiting to hear any more of the conversation, he rushed upstairs to pack as much stuff as he could. Once he was finished, he rushed back downstairs and out of the house before Lily and James even knew he was there. Lucius immediately noticed the distraught look on Severus's face as he hurriedly put his things in the boot and got back into the car.
"What's wrong, Sev? What did they say to you?" he asked.
"Nothing. They didn't say anything. They didn't even know I was there," Severus said, "They were in the kitchen talking…they…if I can't prove that I'm innocent, they'll take Harry away. They'll give her custody. They can't…they can't give my son to them…They'll kill him, Luc."
"No, they won't, Sev. I won't let that happen. We're on our way to your parents' house right now to figure this out," Lucius said as they drove away.
When they arrived at Severus's parents' house, Remus and Sirius had just arrived as well.
"I don't see how I could possibly win this case," Severus said softly as his mother pulled him over to sit on the sofa with her, "They're not going to believe me. They're going to take Harry and give him to those terrible people who don't even want him and they're going to…"
"No one's taking Harry away from you, Remus said from the loveseat, "Sirius has something that will without a doubt prove our innocence."
"What could he possibly have to prove my innocence?"
"These," Sirius said, handing over a stack of photos. Looking through the stack, Severus saw that they were pictures of Lily's abuse: burns, bruises, and other injuries inflicted by his wife. Severus's face was visible in each photo, showing that he had indeed been hurt. He stared at the pictures in shock, remembering how he attained every one of those injuries.
"You took all of these photos?" Albus said in shock, "How did you…when did you take these without Sev knowing?"
"I took them whenever he stayed over at our place or whenever he wasn't paying attention. I hoped that one day Lil would finally be taken to court for what she was doing to Sev, and I wanted to have solid proof," Sirius said, turning to Lucius, "This will help Sev, won't it?"
"Are you kidding? We have visible proof of Lily's abuse. All she had is her word. I'll talk to my lawyer just to be sure, but I'd say Sev has a very good chance at winning this case," Lucius said, grinning.
"This is great," Minerva said, hugging her son and kissing his cheek.
"I really stand a chance at winning this?" Severus questioned, hope shining in his eyes.
"Yes Sev. I don't want to get you too excited but with my lawyer and this solid evidence, I don't see how you could not beat this," Lucius said. Severus looked over at Sirius as tears filled onyx eyes.
"Thank you so much, Siri. I-I can't thank you enough…"
"You're welcome, Sev, but you don't have to thank me. I'm just glad that monster can't hurt you anymore," Sirius said seriously.
"Me too," Minerva said, "I feel like a giant weight has been lifted from all of our shoulders. We can all breathe easier now. In fact, I'm going to make some cookies to go with this much lighter mood."
"I'll help," Lucius said quickly, jumping up and following her into the kitchen, causing Severus to chuckle. He is such a man-child sometimes, he thinks, shaking his head…but it's sort of cute…Wait what? Why did I just think that? What guy thinks one of his best friends is cute?
"Sev?" his father said, bringing him out of his thoughts, "everything alright?"
"Hm? Oh yeah, I'm fine." Albus nodded before going into the kitchen with his wife and Lucius. Severus immediately went back into deep thought. He didn't even notice Remus and Sirius watching him before looking at each other. Neither of them was blind to Lucius's obvious feelings or their dark-haired friend. They also hadn't failed notice the familiar deep-in-thought look on their friend's face at the moment. They imagined they'd be having a very interesting conversation with him soon.
AN: I feel like I haven't updated this story in forever. I apologize to those who thought I had abandoned it. I promise I haven't. I just got really stuck on this chapter for a while but here it finally is. Now for the next chapter: if anyone would like to help me write a court scene, the help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not sure where to even start with it. But I'll try. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review! Especially if you have any ideas for the court scene. Bye peoples!
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