Omen

"Really?" Lily's emerald-green eyes lit up.

She was a Gryffindor through and through.

Ginny's words gave her an excuse.

An excuse to secretly scout out Number 23 Spinner's End.

Beside her, Ginny ignored Ron's complaints and repeated, "Really! It's a common flaw among slovenly boys!"

So Lily made a decision.

But before that, she had to deal with those friends she had not seen in many years.

Snape found it very strange.

His master, the great Kronos, God of Time, must surely have been prepared to reveal Himself to the world.

He had friends far and wide, and had even persuaded two of the Hindu Trimurti to help create incarnations for His servants.

He certainly would not have cared about revealing Himself to the world.

Just as He had not cared when He killed Voldemort once before a blabbermouth merchant.

Thus, Snape had long since prepared a speech on how to extol his master's greatness and benevolence.

But it seemed he had miscalculated.

Dumbledore was not at all curious or suspicious about how he had known of Lily's resurrection in advance.

Even Harry, who was strongly opposed to Snape and Lily taking their relationship any further—at least according to Lily—was equally free of suspicion.

What he did not know was that both of their magic was connected to love.

In their magical philosophies, both believed love to be the greatest power.

It could create every miracle.

In their hearts, the fact that Snape's Patronus had remained the same as Lily's for so many years,

that Snape, who bore such unforgettable love, had foreseen the time of Lily's resurrection was perfectly normal.

Just as Grindelwald had actually foreseen this scene long ago.

He simply had not known when it would happen.

This was what Harry worried about as well.

He had