Loving Lily: A Snily Story

Chapter 1 - It Should Have Been You

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Severus Snape was devastated when Lily Evans ended their friendship during their fifth year at Hogwarts.

Severus Snape continued to watch Lily from afar.

He felt the knife turn in his heart when he learned of her relationship with James Potter.

Lily was seeking a way to hide from her true feelings, her feelings that she dared not acknowledge, her feelings that had nothing to do with James.

James was handsome, athletic, wealthy, and popular.

Everyone convinced her that it must be true love.

At graduation, it seemed that Severus and Lily had both immersed themselves in the false truths they were so desperate to believe.

Lily committed herself to James.

Severus committed himself to acting as the Dark Lord's most trusted agent and he buried himself in his master's ideals.

At least, he tried.

As he stood one evening, in the aftermath of a Death Eater raid, Severus listened to Voldemort while he made a grand speech, praising his followers' success and enveloping them in his vision of a world free from all mudbloods and muggles.

As Voldemort spoke, Severus's eyes were drawn away to a vibrant mass of red hair that peeked out from some unfortunate woman who lay lifeless behind the ruined tavern's wooden counter.

Severus's stomach clenched in sympathy for the slain and his heart skipped a beat as he realized one undeniable truth.

All mudbloods and muggles......

All.

Severus understood then what he had been too blind to see when he had sworn his allegiance to the Dark Lord's cause.

If Severus continued on his path, if Voldemort wasn't defeated, then one day......one day that mass of red hair would belong to Lily.

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It was easy for Severus to betray Voldemort in favor of protecting the one he loved.

He discreetly returned to his old school grounds and presented himself to Dumbledore, which surprisingly, resulted in multiple job offers.

"Your time will be filled, Severus." Dumbledore nodded at the young man in front of him, "Slughorn is retiring....I'll need you to serve as the new potions Professor and also as my informant. Do you think that you're up to the task?"

".......Surely I'm too young to be a staff member, sir?" Severus blinked incredulously.

"Such decisions remain in the headmaster's hands, Severus. Slughorn told me he's never seen a student with such a natural aptitude for potions such as yourself." Dumbledore asked as he looked over his spectacles and asked once more, "Besides, will Tom not be thrilled to have one of his men employed here?.........What do you say?"

Severus's black eyes flooded with determination as he gazed at the headmaster.

If it meant protecting Lily Evans, there was no task that Severus Snape was not up to.

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The next months passed by in a hazy blur.

Severus was trying to maintain his positions with both Dumbledore and Voldemort while he gradually learned how to be an efficient teacher.

It was a show of his great cunning that Voldemort never discovered he was secretly working for Dumbledore.