A/N: I really don't know if I have managed to capture Harry's personality. I never particularly liked Snape but if Harry can forgive Dumbledore manipulations then he can forgive a man who was, in many ways, manipulated under far more severe circumstances.
Snape,
It's strange to be writing to you, especially considering that you are gone. That I would never have dared wile you were here.
In your last few moments you helped just as you had from the moment I entered Hogwarts. You hated me but still tried to make up for a mistake you made against my mum. Although you helped me only due to the love you had for her, thank you anyway.
It was your own foolishness that caused my mom to leave you but I hope that she has since forgiven you. From the moment you realised that Voldemort you worked endlessly against him. I know that Dumbledore asked or rather forced you to help but I believe that the love you held for mum was also a large factor. After all if you truly did not want to destroy Voldemort you would not have helped me in the end.
I do hope, however that mum forgives you for the way that you treated me. I never really knew, did you really hate me as much as you seemed to? Or was it mostly an act?
I never understood why people thought I took after my father so much. It seemed that nobody wanted to look and see the real me, especially you. It pains me that you were never able to see through your hate. Did you wish that I was yours? That it should have been you marrying Lily Evan? That you should have been the one to have a child with her?
Even if it's true I wish that you could have seen the real Harry Potter. Not James' son. Not Lily's son. I wish that I could have known you better, the brave unnoticed man who could have told me so much about the parent I was never exactly told about.
None the less I forgive you. I can understand that I must have been difficult to look at me and see the eyes of Lily looking at you but never as you wanted.
I believe that we had more in common then you liked to think. We were both manipulated by Dumbledore, though I suspect that you forgave him, as I have. After all it was for the greater good. Neither of us had a brilliant home life either. I wonder if had you known, would you have taken me away.
There is so much that I want to say but I am finding the words difficult to come by. We lost so many at Hogwarts, the final battle. I wish that you efforts had been more successful.
Goodbye, Severus Snape. You are the unsung hero, shrouded in darkness. You possessed all the best qualities of Hogwarts in the end. You were the sly Slytherin, the brave Gryffindor, the intelligent Ravenclaw, and the loyal Hufflepuff.
Goodbye Severus Snape
Harry's voice cracked slightly as he said his final goodbye and looked up from the podium. He slowly gazed at the sombre faces. 'Ultimately,' spoke Harry quietly 'despite his faults, Severus Snape was a great man. I hope that you will all remember and respect him. It is no more then he deserves.'
As he left the raised platform both Molly and Minerva embraced Harry. Both women were weeping though Minerva managed to choke out 'I am proud of Harry, we all are.'
Harry smiled softly and patted the women awkwardly on the back before puling away and moving over to Ron, Hermione, and Ginny. The three of them smiled. No words were needed as Harry took Ginny's hand and walked away.
A/N: I couldn't figure out how to end this. It's not too bad I hope.