I meant to have this up last night, but something came up and I didn't get to write till this afternoon.

My Other Life chapter 6

Getting To Know Me Too

Dumbledore knew it was not wise to linger long in Godric's Hollow. If anyone connected with Voldemort saw Snape visibly upset at the gravestones of the Potters, Severus would be in even more danger. It was after all only a few months before that the dark lord had been standing not too far away from where they were. He apparated the 'new' Snape and himself back outside the gates of Hogwarts.

In his study the headmaster began to tell the Snape from the other world about the situation in the one he was in now. When Dumbledore got to the part of the story where Sirius Black spent twelve years in Azkaban, Snape broke in with, "Twelve years? You never asked Lucius to free him?"

"Lucius? Malfoy?" Dumbledore's glasses slid all the way down his nose. "He needs a bit of freeing himself these days," the old wizard joked. "He's just been sent to Azkaban himself."

Severus looked shocked, "You've locked up the Minister of Magic?"

"Oh my, you really do come from a different place. In this one Lucius Malfoy is Lord Voldemort's right hand man, or rather was." He looked to Severus' reaction. "Now you are, except you work for me, don't you."

"Do I?" Snape said this looking quite smug. "In my world I, Lucius, and Regulus spied for you when we were young, but now you work for me, everybody of any importance works for me."

The older wizard had to think on this last statement. He had seen nothing in the short excursion into this Snape's mind that would indicate that he was the dark lord of his world. "And Voldemort?"

"Voldemort? In my world he's a joke. Mediocre wizard at the most."

"I assure you in this world his not a joke. He is quite a powerful wizard." There was a bit of silence before Dumbledore asked, "So Severus, why are you the big thing in the wizarding world in your reality?"

"What would the wizarding world in this reality think of the person who ended the conflict between wizards and muggles?"

"They would think he was a great man, depending on how this was done."

"It was done by means of spells and potions; Ones that made everyone magical. No muggles. No squibs. Add a cure for lycanthropy on top of that. I could go on, but I'm not here to boast."

Dumbledore laughed. His Snape would have been all too willing to keep boasting. He had a feeling this Snape was being sarcastic. "You are rightly proud of your accomplishments. I dare say you must have received your order of Merlin?"

It was Snape's turn to laugh. "Yes, but now most wizards aspire to an order of Snape."

The headmaster of Hogwarts looked duly impressed. "A world where everyone is magical. Everyone is a witch or a wizard. Must be peaceful?"

Severus' pride was deflated. "Mostly."

"Forgive me for being so curious, but how was the potion implemented?"

"Muggle water supply. Then wizarding representatives told them to get the spell."

"Told them."

"Most came willingly."

"And those who didn't?"

"They were found, and - - got the spell."

"In other words they had no choice."

"They had a choice. Get the spell or - - " Severus didn't seem to want to say out loud or what. "I'm not proud of that bit, but after all, it was you who taught me about the greater good Albus Dumbledore-Grindelwald."

A chill went up Albus' spine. He wondered what he himself was like in the world where this Snape came from. Had he stayed quite and gone along with Grindelwald just to be happy? Or had Grindelwald listened to reason and made him happy? Or what? "There is no Grindelwald on the end of my name in this world."

"I see." Snape looked as if he felt sorry for the old man. "So - - where is Gellert in this world?"

"Nurmenguard."

Again Severus looked surprised. "You seem to have locked up quite a few distinguished wizards in this world."

"Quite a few distinguished wizards chose to follow the dark path in this world. Came close to locking you up as well."

Snape was wondering just what was this other self of his like. Were Lily and their kids safe with him, if that was where he was? Dumbledore said that the Snape from this world worked for him, and this Dumbledore seemed even more on the side of 'good' than the one from where he was from.

A question from Dumbledore asked stopped him thinking about that for a moment, "So, these people who were forced to change, are they all happy now?"

Snape's face contorted as he forced out a, "Noooo. They have an organization that is working for remugglefication."

"Is 'my' Snape in any danger from these people?"

"I dare say yes. I wouldn't be surprised if they were the ones who blew up the lab."

"Must anger you to have your 'gift' thrown back at you."

"You have no idea. My own sister-in-law and her husband are the leaders of its political wing."

The old man nearly choked. "The Dursleys? Petunia and Vernon? Terrorists?"

tbc

Twenty points to each house of those who guessed potions & spells. : D