READING 'THE VANISHING GLASS'
CHAPTER 2:THE VANISHING GLASS
"This is a strange name for a chapter", Severus said.
"I Wonder what is going on in my Baby's life", Lily said.
"Let's read and find out", Severus said.
" I will read it.", Severus said.
(Nearly ten years...report about the owls)
"Nothing happened in these years? I wonder why start now.", Severus asked.
"Isn't it obvious Severus, why it is starting now.", Lily said.
"What is obvious?", Severus asked.
"Harry will be eleven now, the age we are supposed to start Hogwarts.",Lily said.
"Oh yeah", Severus said.
(Only the photographs...boy lived in the house, too.)
"I am having a really bad feeling about this, Sev.", Lily said.
"Yeah , me too Lily. Why are there no photographs of harry?", Severus asked.
"I don't know, maybe they dropped him in an orphanage", Lily said.
"It says, there is a boy living there, Lily", Severus said.
"Ah, that is right.", Lily said.
(Yet Harry Potter ..."Up!" she screeched.)
"Stop shouting at my son!", Lily said angrily.
"Why is someone shouting, the first thing he hears?", Severus asked.
"My sister is more evil ,than even You-Know-who.", Lily said.
"Let us read about it more, maybe our impression will be wrong.", Said Severus to lighten her mood.
(Harry heard ...he'd had the same dream before.)
"He is having dreams about his past.", Severus said.
"I wonder if he dreams about me and James.", Lily said.
"Ohhhh, I certainly don't want any dream about Potter, he will turn even a good dream to a nightmare.", Severus said.
"Do you dream about him, Sev?", Lily asked curiously.
"Only when I am having a bad dream", Severus said.
" I wonder what my life was like, after marrying James.",Lily thought.
"A living nightmare for sure!", Severus said.
(His aunt was ...he have forgotten?)
"They are making my son cook!?", Lily said clearly engaged.
"Even my father does not treat me like that!", Severus said.
"I really don't blame him for forgetting the birthday.", Severus added.
"Yeah, No one remembers birthday of a junior Hippo", Lily said angrily.
Severus laughed.
(Harry got slowly...where he slept.)
"The cupboard under the stairs?!", They both shouted.
Lily was shaking with anger."How dare Tuney, keep my son under the Cupboard?", she said.
"This clearly is abuse. As i said, they are even worse than my father. I bet they hit Harry for no reason too.", Severus said.
"Noooooo... I don't want that to happen to anyone let alone my son!", Lily shouted.
"Let us hope that is not the case, Lily", Severus said.
" I will have to talk to Tuney , if that is really the case.", Lily said.
Even Severus wanted to have a talk with Petunia.
(When he was dressed...punching somebody.)
"What a spoiled, brat!", Severus exclaimed.
"He is definitely a bully at school.", Lily said.
"Definitely a Hippo ,like his father.", Severus said.
Lily laughed at this and said,"I wonder who he targets the most, these bullies always have a punching bag."
"Like how i am to Potter senior", Severus said.
"Sev! You are better than that.", Lily said.
(Dudley's favorite...skinny for his age.)
"Oh thank god! But why is he so thin? I was normal at that age, and as far as I remember even James was.", Lily wondered.
"Yeah, i agree with you Lily. It is certainly weird.", Severus said.
"School bullies are always my least favorite people. I seriously cannot believe that i married James.", Lily said.
(He looked even ...him on the nose.)
" He is an exact copy of his father, except for his eyes.", Severus said.
"He even got the poor eyesight of James.", Lily said.
"I really hope that his behavior is not the same as his father.", Severus said.
"There is no way, that is going to happen ,Sev, as he himself was bullied. I am sure that he will hate bullies, just like me. And i don't think he was raised as a spoiled brat as James.", Lily said.
Severus agreed, and thought that the fat boy was more like Potter Sr than Harry.
(The only thing Harry...when your parents died," she had said.)
"Lies! Nothing but a bunch of lies!", Lily shouted.
"How dare she? There is no way that you can be killed by a Car crash!", Severus said angrily.
"Yes, but Harry thinks it is," Lily muttered angrily.
" I seriously want to go inside the book, and shout at them.", Severus said.
"I really wonder where are you, I am scared of the fact that you are not even mentioned.", Lily said.
"Y-you don't think I am d-dead d-do you?", Severus asked.
"I really hope not, Sev", Lily said.
("And don't ask ...all over the place.)
"That's definitely Potter's hair.", Severus said.
"I always hated his hair, it is so dirty. And they call your hair ugly. I just regret that my son got that hair.", Lily said.
"Yeah , even i hate that unruly hair. Everyone in my house hates that too.", Severus said.
"Why is my son not allowed to ask questions? They are sooo mean!", Lily said angrily.
(Harry was frying eggs...two less than last year.")
"What a prat!", Lily said.
"Crying like a baby though he got thirty six presents! He is so greedy.", Severus agreed.
"Harry thinks his cousin is like a pig.", Lily said laughing.
"Hmmmm... unusual...", Severus said thoughtfully.
" What is unusual?", Lily asked taking a cookie from her bag.
"Hippo getting a pig as his son.", Severus said laughing, even Lily laughed with him.
(Darling, you haven't...I'll have thirty ... thirty...")
"Thirty Nine you dunderhead!", Severus shouted laughing.
"He even cannot do basic addition.", Lily said, who was also laughing.
"I bet he fails in maths in his muggle school.", Severus said.
"Definitely. If he can't even do this, then passing maths is like walking through a narrow rope.", Lily said. They both continued laughing together.
("Thirty-nine, ...computer games, and a VCR.)
" That is really too much.", Lily said.
"I wonder for what he wants all that for", Severus wondered.
"Just to show off , I am sure. James does that every Christmas in front of all Gryffindors.", Lily said.
" Your nephew behaves more like Potter than your son.", Severus said.
"I know. I also wonder what Harry gets for his birthday.", Lily said.
"I don't think he gets much, considering their behavior.", Severus said.
(He was ripping the paper... she'd ever owned.)
"They don't take him anywhere outside?",Lily said.
"Well i don't think they want to spend much money on him.", Severus said.
"They are so cruel!", Lily said.
" I always hated cabbages and their smell.", Lilt added.
"Well looks like, your son hates it too.", Severus said.
("Now what?" said ...snapped Aunt Petunia.)
"She is still in touch with that ugly Yvonne? I hate that girl. Really bad influence on Tuney.", Lily said.
" I know , she always used to tease me about my hair, at school.", Severus said, remembering that they went to muggle school together. "They really don't want Harry to come with them, do they?", Severus asked.
"Yeah, they think they are better people than him.", Lily said.
("You could just leave... sitting in it alone..)
" Accidental magic cannot blow up a house or a car!", Severus shouted.
"They are so ignorant!", Lily said.
"They are muggles anyway. They won't know much.", Severus said.
"But Tuney will know, she has seen me!", Lily said.
"You are right, but why is she behaving like this?", Severus asked.
"I think she's still jealous!", Lily said with tears.
(Dudley began...flinging her arms around him.)
"Did your sister just call him 'Dinky Duddydums'?", Severus laughed.
"I can't believe how much they are spoiling their child.", Lily muttered.
"I think , they think their son is an angel or something. I don't think they know, how much of a bully their son is.", Severus said.
"Sadly, yes",Lily said.
("I... don't... want... him...like a rat.)
" Can it be the son of Pettigrew? He also looks like a rat.", Severus laughed and said.
"Don't be so mean Severus. You are saying this only because he is a Marauder.", Lily said.
"You think he is a marauder? He is behind them only because they are stronger than him. He is not half as powerful as Potter.", Severus said.
" Are you complimenting James , Sev?", Lily asked teasingly.
"I am just stating the facts , Lily.", Severus said.
(He was usually ...from now until Christmas.)
"Don't threaten my child!", Lily shouted to the book angrily.
"Calm down, Lily.", Severus told Lily. "The piers guy looks like he is like the Black of their gang".
"Yeah, he looks like that. Like a combination of Black and Pettigrew."
"Your Brother in Law is really serious about accidental magic, isn't he?", Severus asked.
" He is just a seriously mean Hippo.",Lily laughed and said.
("I'm not going to...Aunt Petunia had sheared it off.)
"That's accidental magic!",Lily said.
"So, Harry does have magic. That means he will get his Hogwarts letter in a few days.", Severus said.
"Oh! I want to read about how Tuney reacts when she reads the letter. She is going to be really irritated.", Lily said.
"Hope that his cousin is not one", Severus told.
"If that happens, my sister is going to be mad!", Lily said laughing.
" That certainly would be a nasty shock for her.", Severus agreed.
"Not just her, but also for Vernon.",she said.
"Yeah, him too."
(He had been given a week...back so quickly.)
"That's so cruel!", they both cried.
"They are behaving like ,how my father did when i had those bursts of magic.", Severus said angrily.
"D-did y-your father d-do these things.", Lily asked horrified.
"Yeah, he did.", Severus muttered, though the punishments given by his father were even more cruel.
"Oh Severus!", Lily said hugging Severus for a moment. Severus felt much better.
(Another time, Aunt...Harry wasn't punished.)
"Oh thank god!", Severus said.
"If he had been I will have grabbed a time turner and gone into the future, and slapped her silly," Lily said bluntly.
"Petunia is not intelligent enough to,even realize that clothes don't shrink like that normally", Severus laughed.
"True.", Lily said smiling.
(On the other hand,...him in mid- jump.)
" Oh god! Harry doesn't even think that it could have been magic. Instead he thinks that he is so thin that, the wind could have carried him.", Lily said horrified.
"Well he is very thin for his age.", Severus said.
(But today, nothing ..."MOTORCYCLES DON'T FLY!" Dudley and Piers sniggered)
"It was very stupid of him to tell his uncle that.", Severus shook his head sadly.
"He is only eleven Sev, in his age even i would have told about my dreams.", Lily said.
"Sometimes i forget that we think more maturely now, than when we are eleven.", Severus said.
"Some people never grow up, like the Marauders.", Lily laughed.
"Very true"
("I know they don't,... they bought him a cheap lemon ice pop)
"That's so selfish! My son deserves more than that.", Lily said angrily.
"Well, I am just happy that they gave him at least that", Severus said.
"They are just so... I really don't have a word to describe them. Can you help me?", Lily asked.
"Disgusting?", Severus offered.
"Better. They are just so disgusting!", Lily finished.
(It wasn't bad, either...except that it wasn't blond.)
" Ha ha. Your son knows how to compare people, Lily.", Severus said.
"Ohhh... i feel bad for him..", Lily said.
"Don't tell that you feel bad for the fat boy!", Severus said.
"No! I meant the Gorilla.", Lily laughed.
They both laughed together.
(Harry had the best...favorite hobby of hitting him.)
"Leave my boy alone!", Lily shouted.
"Lily, you are shouting so loud that, even those two jerks inside the book may hear you!",Severus said.
"That was my intention.", Lily said still with an angry look.
"There are people in the park Lily, we don't want them to hear you shouting, do we?", Severus asked.
"Sorry.", Lily said.
(They ate in the zoo ...good to last.)
"Oh, no! ", Lily turned pale.
"Something really bad is going to happen, isn't it?", Severus asked.
"It seems so,Sev. I am worried.", Lily said.
"Calm down ,Lily. It might not be so bad.", Severus assured.
"I hope so , Sev", Lily said.
(After lunch ... man-crushing pythons.)
"They have really interesting preferences for snakes.", Severus said.
"Bullies like the meanest creatures.", Lily said.
" The piers boy better be careful.", Severus said with a serious face.
"Why so?", Lily asked.
"Because snakes eat rats.", Severus said with a laugh.
(Dudley quickly found...snake didn't budge)
"See, even the snake knows , the boy is good for nothing.", Lily said laughing.
"Snakes are really intelligent creatures, hence they are the emblem of the Slytherin house.", Severus said.
" I thought it was because Salazar Slytherin could talk to snakes.", Lily asked.
"That is only one of the reasons.", Severus said.
("Do it again,...He shuffled away)
"Snakes don't listen to hippos too.", Severus said laughing. Lily was just sitting and giggling.
(Harry moved in... It winked.)
"Huh?", Lily said."Did you read correctly Sev?"
"This is what the book says", Severus said showing the book to Lily. Even he was confused.
"Why and how did the snake just wink at my son?", Lily asked.
"I have no idea.", Severus said. Severus had an idea, but if it was true, the consequences will be unbelievable.
(Harry stared...that all the time.)
The duo was shocked at this. They both were lost for words.
"M-my s-son is a p-parslemouth?", Lily asked.
"I-it c-certainly appears s-so.", Severus was shocked to find his theory being true.
"How is that even remotely possible? I am not a parslemouth. As far as i know James is also not one. If he was, he will not be in Gryffindor, would he?", Lily asked.
"I know, this certainly is strange.", Severus said.
"I don't care, I still care about my son.", Lily said.
("Where do you come...both of them jump.)
"Well that is certainly a weird conversation.", Severus said.
"Yeah, my son just made a friend with a snake!", Lily said astonished.
"Well we cannot call it friendship. They just had a decent conversation, that's all.", Severus said.
"Yeah , that's all.", Lily said.
("DUDLEY! MR. DURSLEY!... Harry in the ribs.)
"I told you to leave him alone.", Lily shouted again. Severus had to cover his ears,so as to protect him from the loud noise.
"Lily ,do you mind not shouting every now and then.", Severus asked.
"Really sorry,Sev. I just lost it.", Lily said.
(Caught by surprise,... tank had vanished.)
"Accidental magic again!", Lily said happily.
"He was provoked very badly.", Severus remarked.
"I really want to see the look on the faces of those bullies,at that time.", Lily said laughing.
"You know sometimes Lily, i think there is a Marauder inside you too.", Severus said.
Lily stuck out her tongue at him.
(The great snake ... Thanksss, amigo.)
"Told you, they're friends," Lily said.
"This still does not imply that", Severus said. "I think your son certainly is a born Marauder, he just pulled a prank, even though unknowingly."
"Ugh! I certainly don't want that to happen.", Lily said.
(The keeper of the... weren't you, Harry.)
"That stupid dunderhead!", Lily said angrily.
"Stop using my words lily!", Severus said laughing.
"He wanted my son in trouble!", Lily said.
"I know Lily, he certainly is a dunderhead.", Severus said.
(Uncle Vernon waited... a large brandy.)
"You stupid Hippo of a man.", Lily shouted. Even Severus was angry. "How could anyone do this to a child?", he thought. Even his father did not stop him from eating meals.
"Someone has to call the muggle cops!",Severus said. "No! He should be tried under wizarding law and put in Azkaban!".
"I also feel the same Severus. This man has to stop!", Lily agreed.
(He'd lived with the ... green light and a burning pain on his forehead.)
"Oh my god! T-t-thats-", Lily struggled.
"The killing curse.", Severus muttered fearfully. Lily was again close to tears.
"Oh my poor baby! At least he has a feeling that his parents weren't killed by a Car Crash!", Lily said.
"Yeah, I certainly agree,", Severus said.
(This, he supposed,...his only family.)
"He has no memory of me and his father!", Lily cried with tears in her eyes.
"Why didn't i take him?!", Severus asked in a low voice. Even he was filled with sadness. He did not know where was he,or even if he was still alive.
"Where are the bloody rest of the Marauders? Why did they not take him! Where are you? Why didn't Dumbledore give the baby to you?", Lily said still crying.
" I don't know Lily, Please calm down. If you want we can stop reading.", Severus said.
"No Sev, I want to continue.", Lily said wiping her tears.
(Yet sometimes he... get a closer look.)
"The first one was certainly Dedalus! Oh i take back everything i told about him. He is now the second best wizard for me Sev.", Lily said.
"Who is the first, Lily?", Severus asked with a slight hope.
" It is you Sev! You are my best friend!", Lily hugged him for a moment and released him. Severus felt very happy. He read on.
(At school, Harry had ... with Dudley's gang.)
"Oh my poor son.", Lily said sadly.
"The Dursleys have become the people i hate the most in the world, after you-know-who and my dad.", Severus said.
" I hate my sister.", Lily said. "She is so cruel and selfish.".
"I know Lily, but i am sure we can change all that now. We now know at least some part of what is going to happen.",Severus said.
"Yeah Sev, we know.",Lily said.
One hour had passed since they started reading. It was half past eleven now. They still had so much of time to read.
"Well do you want to read next chapter?", Severus asked.
"Yes Sev, i will read.", Lily said taking the book from Severus.
Chapter Three: The Letters from No One.