Chapter 10

Bonus chap every 100 stones.

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Eileen said, " It's a girl isn't it?"

I nodded. "You guessed correctly…"

"Oh I never guessed Severus, I knew it was a girl. I just asked to make sure."

I just stared at her speechless.She smiled and asked, "So tell me more about her? How is she? Is she pretty? What's her name? Where does she live?"

I sighed at this bombardment of questions, "Could you please calm down mother, why are you so excited anyway?"

"How can I not be excited? You made a friend and it's a girl at that…"

I couldn't refute that. I had seen Severus' memories and he didn't have any friends and certainly not a girl. No wonder he fell for Lily so hard, she was literally the first person he interacted with after his dysfunctional family.

"Well for starters, her name is Lily and she lives on the other side of the town. She recently moved in...I think her dad's a factory supervisor or something. But most importantly she is just like me and can use magic."

Eileen's eyes widened, "What?! Are you sure about that, Severus?"

"Yes...I saw her transfigure the colors of flowers. She also told me of some incidents where she used accidental magic."

"Wow...this is just..I mean what are the odds of this happening.." Eileen was rendered speechless by my revelation.

"She seems to be a muggleborn as her parents don't understand her magic. I told her a few things about magic and agreed to meet her tomorrow."

"Severus did you show her your magic?"

"Yes…"

She sighed, " Severus you have to be more cautious about this. You can't show your magic to people just like that. Imagine your new...friend telling her parents about it and how they might react. Muggles don't like things they can't understand and they might react like…" She trailed off but I knew what she was getting at.

She thought Lily's parents might act like Tobias and it did seem logical from her point of view but she didn't know about Lily's parents like I did. I knew they didn't fear or hate her so even if Lily did tell them, they wouldn't react violently.

Petunia was the only one who didn't like magic but she was powerless to do anything.

"I suppose but I don't think her parents will do anything. They know about her magic and don't fear it, they just don't know what it is."

"B-but still…." She began but paused to think.

"They might be nice people but I want to make sure..Tell you what Severus, try asking her if I could meet her parents. Tell her that I want to explain in detail about our world to them. I will go meet them and make sure they aren't mistreating her."

It seemed too much of a hassle but sensing her concern, I agreed. It wouldn't hurt to have her talk to Lily's parents. It might even save me the effort of explaining to them myself.

I shrugged and walked back to my room to practise magic.

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[POV change]

The sun shone in through the windows and a petite figure woke up. This figure was one Lily Evans, she stretched her arms and got off her bed.

Her mind recalled the memories of the previous day.

'So it was not a dream huh…'

She was excited to meet her new friend Severus. Never would she have thought that she would meet someone just like her in this depressing town.

When she had seen him use magic, a feeling of relief had spread through her. After all, she had been called special by her parents and her sister hated her for it.

Sometimes she felt bad for having these powers and even hated them for ruining her relationship with her sister but after meeting Severus, these feelings had faded.

Knowing that she was not the only one with magic made her happy. She wouldn't feel lonely anymore , there was someone out there who could understand her.

Clearing her head, she quickly completed her daily routine headed downstairs. Her father was sitting by the fireplace reading his newspaper and her mother was in the kitchen preparing breakfast.

"Ah...Lily you are up early today." Her father said seeing her in the hallway.

"Morning Dad." Lily greeted him.

Her father greeted her back and went back to reading his paper. This was his daily routine and he disliked having it interrupted. He was a man of timing and had a schedule he strictly abided by.

Harold Evans seemed cold and strict on the outside but he was a loving father on the inside.

….

It was breakfast time and Evan's family were sitting at their seats. Petunia had not woken up so she wasn't present much to the displeasure of Harold. He felt his eldest daughter was becoming worse as she grew. She didn't have half the manners Lily had.

"Lily dear, why are you in such a hurry today. Eat slowly." Rose Evans scolded Lily who was gobbling the food up.

"...Yes, Mum but I need to go to the park." Lily answered with some food still in her mouth.

"The park? Why would you want to go there? Her father asked.

Lily thought her words over and answered, "Well….I made a friend there and promised to meet them today."

"A friend? Who is it?" her mother asked.

"Its a boy.." Lily began. Her father's face stiffened at her words.

Before he could retort Lily continued, "His name is Severus and he lives here in town and..he.."

'Should I tell them that he is like me too..'

She couldn't hold it in any longer and decided to tell. "He is gifted like me too."

Both her parents stopped doing what they were doing and a solemn expression appeared on their face, "What did you say?" her father asked.

"H-he can use magic too…"Lily answered.

"Magic?" her mother questioned.

"Yes…" Lily took a deep breath and explained what Severus had told her. Her parents didn't interrupt and listened attentively.

After she was done, they exchanged looks with each other and turned to Lily. "Lily if what you said is true, then we must know more about magic. So when you meet the boy today, ask him if we could have a talk with his mother. You said she was magical too right?"

Lily nodded. Severus had indeed said so. He had told her that she was a muggleborn and that his mother was a witch too.

"Alright can you do that?" her father asked.

Lily thought about it and felt nothing wrong about it. She was curious about Severus' mother too so she agreed.

"Sure..I will ask him, I don't know if he will agree though…"

She got ready and left for the park.

Harold and Rose looked at each other. "So do you think its true?" Rose asked Harold.

"Well...it was too detailed so it most probably is. What do you think?" he answered.

"I think so too."

"We can't do much now except gather more information and understand more about this magical world. Hopefully Lily convinces the boy to get his mother. She must know more about this."

Rose nodded. She had a lot of things to take in and she felt worried about Lily. For now all they could do was wait and see.