Here's chapter two. Please enjoy and review.

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Chapter 2: The Truth

Harry opened his eyes again, finding himself in a beautiful meadow. Various flowers covered the place and the sun was shining comfortably on him.

He felt different though. He felt so much lighter and free. He felt no pain. The stab wound was gone.

Did he die?

"No, my child, you did not die," the same voice from before said from behind him. He turned to faced a red-haired green-eyed man. He looked a lot like Harry's mother, Lily. What really got his attention was the feathered wings on his back.

"Hello Harry, my name is Karin. I'm your mother's father, your grandfather. Welcome to my world, the world of the phoenixes," the man said.

"What... I thought my grandparents on Mama, Dad, and Professor Snape's sides were dead. If you're really related to me, why didn't you take me away from the Dursleys," Harry said confused.

"Well, you see, I'm a phoenix and a pureblood wizard. Your mother, Lily, is actually your aunt's half sister. Lily's stepfather was a soldier and thought be dead at one time. In her grief, your grandmother and I got together until she found that he was alive. He took her back, knowing she had believed him to be dead. She was pregnant with your mother though. Though I knew that you were abused with your relatives, I was helpless to help you. The soul piece from the Dark Lord, Dumbledore's wards, and your glamour was keeping me from you."

"So, Mama was a half-blood, not a muggleborn?"

"No, the Evans family are actually squids. Your mother is the first witch in a long time. Her phoenix blood helped her out. So, she is really a pureblood with creature blood, which makes you a pureblood."

"I'm a phoenix too? Wait a minute, what glamour?"

"Of course, you're a phoenix. That's how you got rid of the darkness in your uncle. Anyway, James Potter put a glamour on you after he had half-blood adopted you. That's when half of the blood from your real father becomes his inside you. So you really truly have two fathers in blood, not just in your love for both James Potter and Severus Snape.

"The glamour put on you made you look as you do now and a fake birth certificate made to protect you and Severus Snape until the war was over. Unfortunately, Lily and James died before that could happen and no one, except for a few (that aren't Albus Dumbledore), knew who you truly were.

"Harry Potter never really existed. With the soul piece gone, you are no longer the one to defeat the Dark Lord anymore. That piece is what connected you to him and the prophecy. Without it, you are not the Boy-who-Lived anymore. You weren't even a boy in the first place. You are a beautiful girl with magic and phoenix blood; the daughter of Lily Evans, James Potter, and Severus Snape; Snowdrop Jamie Eileen Potter-Snape!"

"What!" Harry gaped. He wasn't a boy. He was really a girl! It may take time to get use to, but it was a way to start over and be himself... or herself.

Harry froze, thinking about his true name for his true female self, Snowdrop Jamie Eileen Potter-Snape. It all meant something and resemble his family.

Snowdrop: for Lily. The tradition in the women in her mother's side was to name the girls by flowers. Lily's grandmother (the start of the tradition) was Iris, her mother was Rose, then herself and Petunia, and now Snowdrop.

Jamie: for her second father, James. Despite being Severus's, he loved the child. He was willing share with him and risk his life the life of the child he loved.

Eileen: for her first and biological father, Severus. At this point, Severus didn't know that Harry was his, but Lily and James still wanted him with the child. Eileen was the name of Severus's beloved mother.

Potter-Snape: an attempted truce to Severus on James's part. James was a bully and was really nasty to Severus. Severus had also really loved Lily, but he took her. Lily loved both James and Severus. He regretted it all that he did now, and he let the child he loved inherited his name too.

Harry loved his real name. It was pretty and involved three of the people he loved. Two of them that loved him more than anything.

"Even though you have a true form, you have a choice. You can be Harry without the soul piece or Snowdrop."

Harry blinked. He was actually getting a choice for once. He thought that would after becoming Snowdrop.

"The thing is there is prize, I'm afraid. I wish there wasn't. If you choose to be Snowdrop, then the abusive life (not the Boy-who-Lived stuff) and depressing feelings you have will be transfer onto another child in the future. If you choose to be Harry, you will expected to completely rid of the Dark Lord and probably die or be under the expectations for the rest of your life and never be even content. No matter what you choose to be, my dear grandchild, you will have me by your side. With me, you will have true protection."

Now the poor boy/should-be girl was torn. He wanted a new life, but he didn't want someone else to go through what he did.

"Child, I want you to be selfish for once. It's the world that you owns, not them. The world took your parents, your childhood, and your happiness. Still, it's all your choice," Karin said.

"If... If I choose to be Snowdrop, at the earliest possible, you would tell me who the child is and let me have him. I had scars from abuse that hurt so much when I was little. I believed I was a freak and a nobody, someone lower than dirt (I still do). If a child must have this, then let me have him to undone the damage, to love and care for him to heal him."

"That is a sensible deal for that choice. What do you choose? Harry or Snowdrop?"

What did Harry choose?

Harry James Potter...

or Snowdrop Jamie Eileen Potter-Snape?

A boy hero with no life for himself...

or a girl with a chance for a real future?

Who will he become?

"I choose to be Snowdrop!"


Preview: Karin goes to the Order of the Phoenix to confirm the Daily Prophet that he had reported to for Snowdrop's sake. He brings surprises with him and strikes guilt in those who do love Snowdrop, a.k.a. Harry.