What Time Cannot Destroy

Chapter 1 - Lily

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In her seventh year at Hogwarts, Lily Evans Potter made the mistake of inviting James Potter into her heart.

Less than two years later, eight months pregnant and living with her parents once more, Lily Evans Potter paid dearly for her error after James Potter broke her heart for the final time and filed for divorce.

While she recovered from the birth of her daughter, Harriet Potter, she wrote a letter one afternoon to battle the crippling guilt and remorse that plagued her spirit.

Dear Severus,

I hope you've received the previous letters I've sent you. Although I haven't received a reply, I know that you must be well, I've heard about your classes. Congratulations on securing a position at Hogwarts! That's lovely!

Please know that I am profoundly, truly, sorry for everything that's happened. If I had access to a Time-Turner and I could erase what I'd done, I would undo all my mistakes.

I wish you all the best in life.

Love,

Lily Evans

She sniffed as she wiped away the tears that had gathered in her eyes before she packaged the letter in an envelope and sent it off with an owl.

Lily had fallen victim to the idea of being in love even as the one who had captured her heart had managed to slip past her under a tumultuous torrent of misunderstanding and fear while she had been dazzled by James Potter's charisma and sweet promises.

"WAAAAA!"

"WWWWAAAAAA!"

She cursed under her breath as she stood from the desk in her childhood room and hurried over to the bassinet that had been jammed between her bed and nightstand.

"There's no need to cry, Harriet, darling. Mummy's here.........Mummy's here." Lily sighed tiredly as she lifted her screaming baby into her arms to comfort the tiny girl.

Baby Harriet's wild screeches settled into disquieted little grunts as she cuddled against her mother's warm breast.

Lily looked out the window just in time to watch the owl that had taken her letter disappear beyond the backyard's trees.

Abandoned and alone, a single tear dripped down Lily's fair face as she contemplated how very different her world would have been if she had only had the wisdom to have made the correct choice.

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At the age of twenty one, Severus Snape had already become quite accomplished as the youngest professor in Hogwarts' recent history and Lord Voldemort's most trusted servant.

Few people knew that he had also managed to secure himself a dangerous position as Albus Dumbledore's most important spy.

One afternoon in the middle of August, he stood in his home at Spinner's End while he chatted with Bellatrix Lestrange.

His parents had divorced and gone their separate ways the previous year.

To his dismay, he had been left with the house in his care.

The property he had prematurely inherited became the least of his worries while Bellatrix did her best to trap him in a lie as she stalked through his living room like a predator.

Severus maintained his Occlumency while the most recent letter he had received from his dear, darling Lily lay hidden in the pocket of his long, black robes.