Chapter 2

"I sometimes find that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind."

Finding out magic was real wasn't a big shock for Harry or Steve; they both had Steve's memories of the Tesseract and thanks to the fact that they were sharing the same body, they both knew there was something magical in the world.

They decided not to tell anyone that Steve was in Harry's head since they both agreed it wasn't normal; even for the magical world. The only being that knew was the Sorting Hat who had spoken to Steve as well as Harry during the Sorting; before sorting Harry into Gryffindor he told Steve that if he'd been a wizard he'd have suited Gryffindor perfectly.

Steve couldn't help Harry with his new studies; before he'd been able to send feelings of approval if Harry had got a question right so that they could study together. Harry was smarter than the other students in his class when he was in Muggle School since he had Steve's memories to help him.

Fortunately, Harry gained two of the best friends he could have; Ron Weasley; a pure-blood wizard whose family accepted Harry as one of their own, and Hermione Granger; a Muggle Born who was often classed as the smartest witch of her age.

Steve's nerves were worked to their limits through Harry's years at Hogwarts; starting in First year with a Defence teacher who was hiding Voldemort on the back of his head. That revelation had made Harry and Steve grateful that they hadn't ended up sharing a body that way.

In Harry's Second year he began to hear voices when all Steve heard was hissing; this fact would have helped Hermione, Ron and Harry – christened by their classmates as the Golden Trio – but Steve had no way of telling Harry what he could hear while Harry was hearing voices. When Harry began to die from a Basilisk bite, Steve too began to fade, so they realized that if Harry died so did Steve.

Third year was a blur of emotions; finding out that Harry had a God-Father but that he was the reason his parents were dead and then they found out he was framed. Steve was just as disappointed as Harry when Sirius had to go on the run, causing Harry to have to go back to his Aunt and Uncles.

Harry was sent into depression when he saw a fellow classmate die in his Fourth year; he'd seen people die in Steve's memories before and even mourned for Bucky; Steve's best friend, when he witnessed his death, but it was different to see it done in front of him.

In Fifth year, Steve was nearly discovered when Harry began taking Occlumency lessons with Snape, but he managed to cloak himself and the memories connected to himself and Snape never even suspected there was more to Harry's mind than what he could see. The link between Harry and Voldemort grew stronger but it never affected Steve; he didn't see the visions Harry saw unless he looked through his memories and Voldemort didn't know he was there.

They mourned Sirius together and Steve spent much of his time in the state he went to when he wanted to give Harry privacy. Steve accepted his death much quicker than Harry since he was more used to losing those he cared about, but he knew Harry needed more time because Steve still sometimes thought about his lost friends and of Peggy; wondering if they were alive and what had happened after he had frozen.

By the time Dumbledore died, Harry was too numb with death to feel truly affected; he was angry at the world and hid his feelings from everyone except Steve. The search for Voldemort's Horcruxes was one of the hardest trials Harry had to go through and when he found out that he had to die he was devastated.

Harry apologized to Steve as he walked to their death. He summoned his family; the ones that had been taken from him by death, with the Resurrection Stone but it didn't work when he tried to summon Steve. Steve told him that it didn't matter; he'd been ready to die years ago and it was a miracle that had saved him.

During Harry's talk with Dumbledore, Steve remained in Harry's head. Neither of them understood why Steve hadn't appeared at the 'train station' since Dumbledore told them that he knew Steve existed but hadn't found out until after he'd died. They guessed that the meeting with Dumbledore had happened in one part of Harry's head – the part that had held the Horcrux – and Steve was in a different part.

As soon as Voldemort was dead, Harry's new mission became getting Steve a new body so that he could live his own life. He started by calling together the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army and telling them everything. After using a Pensieve to prove he was telling the truth and hadn't just gone insane from his last brush with death, Hermione began organizing everything and researching.

They discovered quickly that Steve was from another universe that was similar to their own and that the best way to give Steve his life back would be to find a way to that universe. It took nearly three years before, with everyone's help, Hermione managed to create a ritual that would take Harry to the other universe.

The problem was that Harry had to kill himself for the ritual to work. According to Hermione, the ritual would send both Steve and Harry to the other universe but there was no guarantee that either of them would survive. No one wanted him to try it, not even Steve, but accepted that he felt it was the only way. Hermione reassured everyone that it shouldn't kill them but they could tell she was nervous.

By the time the ritual was ready to perform, Harry was twenty years old. He'd said goodbye to everyone he knew and left everything to the Weasley's. Steve refused to have any part of it; he didn't want Harry to risk his life for him.

Once the ritual neared the end, Harry stood in a circle of blinding light but witnesses swore when asked that they saw someone stood next to him through the light; a man dressed in red, blue and white before Harry pointed his wand at himself and completed the spell that would either take them to another universe or kill them.