"What do you mean?" "You're\a133you're a witch,"...
"What do you mean?"
"You're\a133you're a witch," whispered Snape
She looked affronted
"\iThat's\i not a very nice thing to say to somebody!"
She turned, nose in the air, and marched off toward her sisterHe was highly colored now, and Harry wondered why he did not take off the ridiculously large coat, unless it was because he did not want to reveal the smock beneath itHe flapped after the girls, looking ludicrously batlike, like his older self
The sisters considered him, united in disapproval, both holding on to one of the swing poles, as though it was the safe place in tag
"You \iare\i," said Snape to LilyI've been watching you for a whileBut there's nothing wrong with thatMy mum's one, and I'm a wizard
Petunia's laugh was like cold chloe white water
"Wizard!" she shrieked, her courage returned now that she had recovered from the shock of his unexpected appearance"\iI\i know who \iyou\i areYou're that Snape boy! They live down Spinner's End by the river," she told Lily, and it was evident from her tone that she considered the address a poor recommendation"Why have you been spying on us?"
"Haven't been spying," said Snape, hot and uncomfortable and dirty-haired in the bright sunlight"Wouldn't spy on \iyou\i, anyway," he added spitefully, "\iyou're\i a Muggle
Though Petunia evidently did not understand the word, she could hardly mistake the tone
"Lily, come on, we're leaving!" she said shrillyLily obeyed her sister at once, glaring at Snape as she leftHe stood watching them as they marched through the cartier watches playground gate, and Harry, the only one left to observe him, recognized Snape's bitter disappointment, and understood that Snape had been planning this moment for a while, and that it had all gone wrong\a133
The scene dissolved, and before Harry knew it, re-formed around himHe was now in a small thicket of treesHe could see a sunlit river glittering through their trunksThe shadows cast by the trees made a basin of cool green shadeTwo children sat facing each other, cross-legged on the groundSnape had removed his coat now; his odd smock looked less pecular in the half light
"\a133and the Ministry can punish you if you do magic outside school, you get letters
"But I \ihave\i done magic outside school!"
"We're all rightWe haven't got wands yetThey let d & g fashion you off when you're a kid and you can't help itBut once you're eleven," he nodded importantly, "and they start training you, then you've got to go careful
There was a little silenceLily had picked up a fallen twig and twirled it in the air, and Harry knew that she was imagining sparks trailing from itThen she dropped the twig, leaned in toward the boy, and said, "It \iis\i real, isn't it? It's not a joke? Petunia says you're lying to mePetunia says there isn't a HogwartsIt \iis\i real, isn't it?"
"It's real for us," said SnapeBut we'll get the letter, you and me
"Really?" whispered Lily
"Definitely," said Snape, and even with his poorly cut hair and his odd clothes, he struck an oddly impressive figure sprawled in front of her, brimful of confidence fake birkin in his destiny
"And will it really come by owl?" Lily whispered
"Normally," said Snape"But you're Muggle-born, so someone from the school will have to come and explain to your parents
"Does it make a difference, being Muggle-born?"
Snape hesitatedHis black eyes, eager in the greenish gloom, moved over the pale face, the dark red hair"It doesn't make any difference
"Good," said Lily, relaxingIt was clear that she had been worrying
"You've got loads of magic," said SnapeAll the time I was watching you\a133"
His voice trailed away; she was not listening, but had stretched out on the leafy ground and was looking up at the canopy of leaves overheadHe watched her as greedily as he had watched her in the playground
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