AU SS/LE. Whatever Happened to Severus Snape and Lily Evans? James Potter stumbles on the unexpected and shocking answer when he answers an unexpected summons. One-Shot which imagines how things would have turned out if Lily did not join the Order, if she and Sev had to fend for herself and if the prophecy only allowed Voldemort one choice.

Mild M. They called him inhuman and a killer, they called him poor orphan boy. But T. M. Riddle has them in his hands and he will have his cake and eat it. The moments that defined him - hatred, anger and vengeance, who went further than any. COMPLETE

Lily and family share a brief moment of companionship outside Godric's Hollow and live under assumed names. Her mind is pre-occupied with fear, loneliness and death and there is only so much James, Harry and Remus can do...