"Dad!" Harry called, wandering through the halls of Severus's chambers at Hogwarts.
"Yes, Harry?" Severus asked, once again reading the newspaper in the kitchen.
"It's ten o'clock." Harry said. Severus looked at him blankly. "So we should go to Spinner's End, or we're gonna run out of time."
Severus sighed. "Fine. Go collect the others that you invited."
"Dad, you do know that I was just kidding, right? Nobody else is coming. We were just messing with you." Harry explained. Severus glared at him.
"Fine, then. Go collect anything you need, and then we'll leave."
"Then we should just leave now, because I don't need anything else." Harry said.
"Then come on." Severus beckoned, heading to the door. "We'll go to Hogsmeade, and then we'll apparate to Spinner's End."
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With a crack, Harry and Severus arrived in a small, dark street in Spinner's End. Harry looked up at the houses.
"Well, this is a nice place to grow up." he said flatly.
"It was very much dark and bleak, and extremely monotonous." Severus agreed. "Until the arrival of a certain person."
"Who?" Harry asked.
Severus looked at him strangely. "Lily."
"Oh, yeah! My mum lived here, too!" Harry said. "Were you friends?"
Severus hesitated. "Yes, we were quite good friends." he finally said.
"Where did she live?" Harry asked, interested.
"Follow me."
Harry and Severus walked down a few streets until they reached an area that was brighter, happier, and more colorful. Severus pointed at a lovely, pale yellow house with a beautiful garden in front.
"She lived there." he stared up at it for a few moments. "It hasn't changed a bit."
"How did you meet her?" Harry asked.
"We met at a playground." Severus said. "She and Petunia caught me spying on them."
"What was she like?"
Severus smiled slightly. "She was the kindest person I'd ever met. She could light up a room just by entering. Anyone who met her couldn't help but like her. She had a beautiful smile, and was never mean to anyone. Except James and his friends a couple times when James wouldn't stop hitting on her."
Harry laughed. "What was Petunia like?"
Severus stiffened. "I won't talk about her."
Harry frowned. "Why not? You won't talk about her, you won't tell me why you won't talk about her, and you won't tell me why you had to 'rescue' me when I was three! She was my aunt, what was so bad about her?
Severus's face hardened. "We're not talking about this. And we're going back to Hogwarts now."
Severus grabbed Harry's arm, and they disapparated.
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