[Comprehensive HP colleagues] That year

Severus felt that he had been really unlucky lately.Ten days ago, he was talking to Lily in a good way, but Lily's sister came to make trouble again.He used magic to break a branch and hit Petunia on the shoulder, driving her away, but Lily actually thought he had done something wrong and started a cold war with him.A few days later, he thought he had met two other young wizards, but the adults in their family insulted his parents in front of him.Although he also hated his parents for being ineffective, especially his Muggle father, it didn't mean he was willing to endure being ridiculed because of his family background!And now, his disgusting father drank and went drunk again.

"You two monsters! If it weren't for you, I would be where I am now? You are all demons, all freaks!" Tobias smelled of alcohol, and Severus was suffocated. Nausea.He was suffocating because of the cold war with Lily and being scolded by outsiders, and he was worried that he had no place to vent!

"Wizards aren't freaks! Muggles are freaks!" he shouted.

Then, in deathly silence, Irene looked at her son in horror, realizing that his son had unknowingly grown to an age of his own, while Tobia looked at his son as if he were looking at a monster.

Then, he raised the stick and swung it at his son's shoulder with lightning speed, Severus lost his footing and fell to the ground; then, Tobias hit him with the thick stick like crazy Hit Severus on the back, and soon, it was blood red.

Irene was stunned. Tobias did beat herself up from time to time. He used to scold his son a lot, but after all, he never did anything to his son...

After that, Severus vaguely felt that there was a soft body hugging him and taking the blow for him, and he thought, it should be his mother.

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Lily was very angry with Severus.It's not that she doesn't know that Sif and Petunia are hostile to each other, and she also tries to avoid seeing Petunia and Sif as much as possible to avoid conflict between the two.But Petunia didn't know what was going on, she said she hated magic, but she kept eavesdropping on her conversations with Sif.Half a month ago, she was caught by Sif while eavesdropping, and Sif hurt her as a result.

Generally speaking, when a friend quarrels with her sister, Lily helps her friend most of the time.After all, it was true that most of the quarrels were started by Penny.But this time, she could no longer speak for her friend.Even if her sister did say something wrong sometimes, at least she didn't really hurt Severus.But Seaver, how could he do that without remorse?Does he know that Petunia's shoulders are bruised!

Petunia came home and yelled at Lily to disown "that monster" or deny her sister.Lily just had a headache.On the one hand, she didn't want to lie to her sister, but on the other hand, she didn't want to really break up with Sif - he was her only wizard friend.

In order to appease her sister's emotions, Lily can only say that she will not go to see Sif again in the near future, and will persuade Sif and her sister to apologize in the future.Petunia whined and said that Lily turned her elbows out.

After holding back for half a month, seeing that Petunia's injury was much better, Lily finally felt that it was time to talk to Sif.She had never been to Spinner's End, and Severus didn't want her to go, but now that Severus didn't come to the little park, she could only go to his house to find him.

She was praying that she could find her friend's house smoothly, when she heard the sound of a huge stick being knocked in a house by the side of the road, she looked in from the window in a strange way, and then froze!

Who is that boy who was beaten on the ground but Sev? !

Lily only felt that her head was congested, and her body reacted before her mind.She rushed in and hugged Severus, while Tobias' eyes were red, and he was so drunk that he didn't even notice who he was hitting.The stick was hit one after another, and Lily made a muffled sound.

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Severus woke up a bit, he realized something was wrong, it wasn't his mother, the mother's body was not so small.He turned his head with difficulty, and met Lily's green crystal eyes.

No, no, how can this be?He never wanted Lily to see such a humble self, but now, he was protected by her.No, no, he was supposed to protect Lily, not the other way around.

Suddenly a storm blew up in the room, and both Lily and Tobia were knocked to the ground by the storm of magic violence.At this time, Irene, who was stunned, finally came to her senses. She hurried forward and hugged her son, stabilizing him with her magic power.

Half an hour later, Severus finally calmed down.

At this time Tobia had already fainted, while Lily looked at Snape mother and son tremblingly, not knowing what to say.

It was Irene who spoke first: "Both of you are injured, I'll get you the potion to heal your wounds."

After 1 minute, she came out from the back room and handed Severus and Lily a bottle of potion each. Severus took it and drank it in one gulp, but Lily didn't move, she held the bottle tightly, I feel a fire in my heart.She looked at Irene with burning eyes and said: "Mrs. Snape, hello, whether you have heard of me before or not, this is the first time we meet, I think I should introduce myself, my name is Lily Evans , is a good friend of Sif, and also a witch. I regret that I saw such an unpleasant scene when we met for the first time, but I don't understand, you are an adult witch, you are fully capable of stopping your husband , how could you let him hurt your son like this!"

Irene felt the anger that Lily was trying to suppress, and she avoided Lily's eyes and said, "I, I never thought that Tobia would do anything to Sif, he wouldn't before..."

"Mrs. Snape, you don't have to hide it from me. Although Sif doesn't want to say it, it doesn't prevent me from knowing that your husband often commits domestic violence from other sources. It's fine if you don't want to resist, Sif Why follow you to suffer like this?! You..."

"Lily!" Severus interrupted Lily, "You don't have to say it, do you think I haven't said the same thing, it's useless, she only has my father in her eyes, not me at all." There was infinity in the voice self-deprecating.Anyway, Lily has seen the most embarrassing side of him, so she might as well let her know more.

"She only has my father in her eyes, not me at all..." These words echoed in Irene's mind over and over again, and she closed her eyes in pain.She used to think that love was everything, and if she lost Tobia, she would have nothing, and Severus would also face a broken family, so she insisted on refusing to divorce.But now, Tobias hit Sif!She thought that no matter how much he hated herself, he still cared about her son.She was wrong, that man was already insane.Even if there was no divorce, the family would have been broken a long time ago. All these years, she had devoted herself to her husband, and she had indeed neglected her son.

"Sev, it's mom who's sorry for you." As she said, she used the levitating spell to get her unconscious husband onto the bed in the room, and closed the door.It was the first time since her marriage that she had used a wand outside of brewing potions.

When Tobia woke up, the first words Irene said to him were: "Tobia, I promise to divorce, and I will set you free."

Tobia left Spider's End Alley with nothing on the second day, without the slightest nostalgia.And Irene seemed to have aged dozens of years overnight.

But Severus was very happy, he finally didn't have to endure this Muggle father who didn't care about him at all, and after this incident, he and Lily reconciled, and Lily was very understanding and never mentioned anything that happened that day. things, as if nothing had happened.

The fly in the ointment is that my mother is getting more and more haggard because of my father's departure, her health is getting worse and worse, and she has no energy to take care of him.Of course, he doesn't need it, he can take care of himself.It's good enough now, and he has no ability to pray for more.

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two months later.

Severus opened his mother's subscription to the Daily Prophet, and the front page headline jumped into his eyes: "Former Muggle-born Minister Nobby Rich Killed, Who-Know-Who Claims Responsibility".

He curled his lips, he couldn't show too much sympathy for the murder of an unknown person, but he was a little interested in that "mysterious man".

Just then, there was a knock on the door.He hurriedly hid the newspaper and went to open the door.

The person who came was Lily.

Lily greeted with a smile on her face: "Hello Aunt Irene, Sev, happy birthday! This is a gift. I bought it with the money I earned from part-time work. It's not expensive, but it's my heart."

Severus opened the gift box and saw a silver-green pen and a bottle of ink inside.

"I know you like to use a quill, but I still think that a fountain pen is more convenient than a quill, and you don't have to dip in ink anytime, anywhere. You won't blame me for making my own decisions, will you?" Seeing Severus' expressionless face, Lily thought he didn't like it This gift, said with some trepidation.

"Of course not, I like this gift very much." I really like it, Severus said in his heart, this is the first gift he received in his life, not from his mother.In Severus' mind, Lily's gift was nothing like Roseanne Mac's handouts.

And Irene looked at Lily as if she was looking at her own daughter. She knew in her heart that this little girl was Sev's only source of happiness.

"Sev, that..." Lily said tentatively, "My parents said they wanted to meet you, you see, we have known each other for more than half a year, and if it weren't for you, my parents and I would not know me It's a witch. They all want to thank you."

Severus frowned immediately when he heard that, he knew he hated Penny Lily, why did Lily want him to go to her house?

But Irene didn't know the kindness and resentment between her son and Lily's sister. She was very happy that her son was invited by Lily's parents. She always felt that her son was too gloomy and didn't have any friends except Lily, so she immediately agreed.

So Severus reluctantly followed Lily to her house, and Lily explained to him as she walked: "Don't worry, Petunia will go to school to rehearse a play today, and she won't be at home all day. And last time Petunia I have already explained to them about being injured by a tree branch, you didn’t do it on purpose. Besides, I told my parents that today is your birthday, and they want to celebrate it for you. My parents are very kind Well, it’s very enlightened, you don’t have to worry about them not liking you. They even made you a beef patty specially for you today.”

Just like that, they reached the door of Lily's house. Lily just took out the key and wanted to open the door, when a sharp voice came: "What are you doing here? You kidnapped my sister, and are you going to kidnap my parents? My parents You won't be deceived by you as easily as Lily! Or your poor parents have no money to buy food, and your family is out of food, so they come to our house to eat."

Lily was stunned, didn't my sister go to school?Why did you come back so soon?

As soon as Petunia said these words, Severus' face turned pale. He was about to curse back when the door opened and Evans' father stood at the door.He obviously heard what the eldest daughter said just now, so he said sternly: "Petunia, why are you talking like that? Is this what a well-educated child should say? Apologize immediately!"

When Penny was yelled at by her father, her eye circles immediately turned red. She was just a little angry at school, thinking that she would be comforted by her parents when she came back, but not only was there no comfort, her father also reprimanded herself for being an outsider!

"I will not apologize. Many of my friends know that this Snape is a freak at all, his father is an alcoholic, and his mother spends all day picking up food in the garbage dump. I will not be with such a person. Apologize!" Petunia said as she rushed into the house and ran upstairs, and then everyone heard the sound of the door slamming.

Evans' father looked upstairs with a livid face, while Evans' mother hurried over to round the field and said to Severus, "This child is really ignorant. It's because we didn't educate him well. You...don't worry about it." .”

Lily looked at Severus nervously, only to see that he clenched his fists, turned his head and ran away without saying a word.

Lily winked at her parents, then turned and chased Severus until Evans was out of sight.

"Sev, I'm sorry, I apologize on behalf of Petunia." Lily said out of breath, "You know, Petunia is that kind of person, today is my fault, I shouldn't invite you to my house today, I'm really sorry, really, don't be angry, okay?"

Severus was silent.

"How on earth are you willing to relieve your anger? Tell me, I will do what I can." Lily was so anxious that she was about to cry, she really didn't want to lose this friend.

Hearing Lily's plea softly, Severus felt less angry.He turned his head and said with a stiff expression: "Don't worry, I won't be angry with you, you are you, she is her, but you have to ensure that that disgusting woman will not come to us again to make trouble."

Lily felt sick when she heard the word "disgusting," but Petunia was her sister anyway.But she thought, from Sev's point of view, it was understandable that he used the word to vent Petunia's insult to him.So she said: "Don't worry, I will definitely avoid her when I meet you again in the future."

Hearing this, Severus finally smiled at Lily.

The author has something to say: Some people who hate Lily think that Lily is sorry for Snape, and some think Lily is sorry for Petunia.But Petunia and Snape are in conflict, she must always offend one of them, right?

I wonder if everyone would be on Petunia's side or Snape's side if they were Lily.