A/N this is my first fic so tell me what you think it is a severitus fic but that's all I have decided please excuse and spelling errors this time and tell me if you find any major errors.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters but the story is mine.

By the way things in means Harry's thoughts

Chapter one: A Truth Revealed

Tonight was Harry Potter's sixteenth birthday. Any normal boy would have been extatic that it was his birthday but harry potter was anything but normal in fact he is a wizard, the only known wizard to survive the infamous killing curse that has killed hundreds all over the world including his parents. Harry grew up in his aunt and uncles house where he was locked up in the cupboard under the stairs and told nothing about his parents or the wizarding world. His relatives blamed him for every little thing that went wrong in their perfect muggle household.

This all changed on Harry's eleventh birthday when Hagrid came and took him to Hogwarts where he discovered magic and true friendship. In his first year harry defeated Quriell and saved the Philosophers stone. In his second year harry killed the basalisk and destroyed Tom riddles diary. In his third year harry rescued his godfather Sirius Black from the dementors. In his fourth year harry won the trywizard tournament and in the process killed Cedric diggory and returned the dark lord to his body. Last year Harry's fifth year he managed to get tricked by Voldamort and get his godfather killed leaving harry guilt ridden and alone after that fatal mistake Harry's summer has been awful. Harry has spent all of his summer so far sitting at his dest staring out the window. Not sleeping for fear on nightmares not eating because the Durslys didn't bring him food and he didn't bother to go and get any. Every three days he would send Hedwig to the order as promised, each time he would write the same note

'I am fine

Harry'.

Tonight found Harry Potter sitting in front of his window watching the clock, it read 11:59 that meant that in exactly one minuet he would be sixteen years old. Wonder who ill get killed this year harry thought to himself as the clock changed to midnight. Suddenly an owl flew in through the window and dropped a gold envelope onto the desk in front if harry. Curious harry picked up the envelope and read the address

Harry Potter

Delayed post 16 years

Wondering who would send him a delayed post harry opened the envalope and took out a single piece of fancy parchment that read;

Dear harry

If you reading this it means that James and I have died. Firstly I would like to inform you that we love you very much and that James especially loves you as his own. Now I must tell you that James is not you natural father, I assure you that I was not unfaithful to James and that I did love him. Before you were born I was deeply in love with another man but it would have been impossible for us to marry and have a child because of the Dark Lord so we went to Dumbledore and he came up with a plan. I was to marry James potter and then have a child by the man I truly loved and charm him to look like jamses child. The plan worked without fail and when you were born you looked exactly like your father Severus Snape we instantly charmed you and before anyone saw you you resembled James.

Harry stopped reading for a moment as he let his mothers words sink in I have a father that's alive that's what I have always wanted I'm so happy I don't even care that its Snape. Suddenly returning to the letter.

The charms that we have placed upon you will begin to wear of gradually after your sixteenth birthday and you will start to look like your father. I urge you to go to Dumbledore and find out if it is safe for you to meet and get to know your father. It is possible that he is dead or unsafe to approach as he is/was a death eater.

Good luck my beloved son and I hope Severus treats you well.

Your loving mother

Lilly Potter/Snape.

Unfortunately for harry Hedwig was away hunting and he couldn't contact Dumbledore until she got back leaving harry no choice but to sit and ponder the contents of the letter.

Mean while at Hogwarts, Severus Snape was sitting in the Headmasters office. They were discussing the urgent matter of his son who right now be reading Lilly potters letter and discovering who his father is. "What should we do now Albus" "ahh severus there is only one thing to do and that is to get him ad bring him to Hogwarts. He can live with you and we can asses how quickly he changes and then come up with a plan"

"Do you mean that I should go to his house and get him so he can live here with me"

"Yes that is exactly what I mean"

"Now"

"Of course Severus, Here is a portkey just say fizzing wizzbee and it will bring you straight to my office."