[[A/N: First and foremost…this is A SEQUEL TO 'Back In Time'…my very first sequel ever written…I feel so proud! if you haven't read 'back in time' yet, make sure you do so or else you'll be confused in this book! Disclaimer, I don't own the characters besides Spencer Snape, JK Rowling does. Also…in the book, the childrens names are James Sirius and Albus Severus…I'm switching them so it's James Severus and Albus Sirius….just a heads up 3 It's short as well, but it's only the prologue :D]]
Forward In Time:
Prologue:
It consumed me, the purple light that my father had sent towards me, leaving me breathless. This time around, there was no 'falling through the sky' experience, instead it felt as if a giant weight had been placed on top of my chest, restricting my breathing.
It was painful and it was a feeling I never wanted to have to go through again.
"Who're you?"
Snapping my eyelids open, I stared directly into the sun, beyond disoriented, I turned to look at the boy who stood above me. We were outside of Hogwarts, clear blue skies overlooking us, not a cloud in sight.
"I'm Spencer…who're you?"
"Ah. I'm Albus."
I choked, having to sit up to avoid dying. Oh dear Merlin. I've gone even further back in time! "Al-Albus…Dumbledore?"
"Pfft, no! Albus, Albus Potter."
I can't be sure what had happened to me, but I'm pretty sure I fainted.
As I opened my eyes, I realized that I was still where I had fainted…if that wasn't a dream to begin with. As I saw the same boy staring at me from above, I knew it wasn't, and next to him were two more boys I didn't know, both looking older than Albus, more my age.
"Stayed lying down, we just sent Lilly to get Headmistress McGonagall."
I did as directed, waiting for one of my favorite teachers from before any of this happened to me to come to my aid.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"I found her on the ground, Headmistress and she was fine. But…then she fainted! I swear I didn't do it this time!"
This time? What I wanted to know was what happened last time! Not really the time to be thinking about that, Spencer, I said to myself. Gulping, I stared into the eyes of my old professor, wondering if she'd remember me.
"Spencer. I had a feeling I'd be seeing you soon enough. Follow me."
I pushed myself off of the ground, staggering slightly as the anchor weight hadn't completely vanished, but it was dimming slightly.
As we made it into Dumbledore's old room, the Headmaster's Office, I couldn't help but notice how different it was. The portraits of old headmasters were still there, but instead of being slightly messy and filled with knickknacks and bobbles, it was clean, extremely clean and neat. The dominant color was green, and mostly the shelves were lined with books and what looked like home photographs.
"When you didn't appear by the year 2000, we all assumed you had went a bit far into the future. Dumbledore had told me all about you and your story, I admit at first I didn't believe him, but the moment I saw you today I knew the story to be true. Severus also gave us some information, such as that he put the spell into your hand before you left, and if you went too far you could use it. He did specify, however, that if you could not figure out the spell, I wait three months before showing you how to do it. I will abide by your father's rules."
"My father…how is he?"
"I'm not sure how to say this, Miss Snape but…he's dead."
I gasped, feeling the weight on my chest pressing down on me once again, this time making it nearly impossible to breath.
"And the Maruaders?" I wanted to ask about Sirius imparticular, had he survived, but I wanted to know about all of them.
I waited impatiently for her answer.