Harry gasped when the professor he disliked the most, grabbed his aunt's hand and she didn't flinch or push him away like she did with Remus or anyone else that dared touch her.
"He really does have Lily's eyes" he said and Rosaline nodded.
"Yes" she agreed with a whisper and Harry looked at them, utterly lost.
"He looks like you too" Severus said and Harry frowned deeper.
"Really? He looks like a heartless Banshee?" she asked and Harry smiled slightly at her comment.
"No, like you used to look" he said and Harry gasped.
"You two really know each other?" he asked and they both nodded and Harry sat there, trying to stop Severus' bleeding as the Professor stared at his Aunt.
"I'm sorry" Severus said and Harry frowned when she stood up and paced away from them, angrily.
"Damn it Rosaline listen to me" he ordered and Harry, Ron and Hermione flinched and covered their ears when she let out a scream and Harry was stunned that the Professor just looked at her.
"Go Harry, I'll stay here" he heard his aunt say and looked at her and went to protest.
"Go Harry, now" she ordered and he nodded and the three ran from the Boat house.
Rosaline stood in the boat house, looking at Severus.
"Bloody Hell, Rose, I Love you" he said and she looked at him, with a brand new emotion, confusion. She blinked at him and then screamed again, her eyes turning fully blue.
"I love you Rose. The little boy inside me loved Lily, but as we grew up, I realized it was you. It was you all this time. My patroness is a tiger, just like yours was. I can't even look at a Chocolate Frog the same without wanting to cry. You have no idea how bad I feel. I have hated myself all these years for leaving you there. I hated myself for leaving you to die when I could have saved you. I'm sorry that I treated you like that. I was so caught up in my own pain and anger that I forgot that you really were just a child, a child that felt things so much more intensely than anyone else. I forgot your fear would be twice that of mine, the same for your anger and sadness. I love you Rose, I have always loved you" he said and she looked at him and felt the anger, the hurt, the sadness fade away. She had accepted Lily and James' death a long, long time ago. Severus' betrayal had been the thing to tip her over the edge and now she had listened to him, allowed him to tell her his side and she accepted it. She believed him.
Severus looked up at the woman he loved and the creature his actions had turned her into. He looked at her with tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe he had hurt her so much, that she'd become heartless and cruel because the pain he'd caused had made her unable to feel anything other than anger and hurt. He looked at her as she looked at him with a tear beginning to fall down her face. He stilled when her long white-blonde hair began to shorten and shoulder length, deep rich colored, curly brown hair took its place. The scary and stunning bright blue eyes changed and were replaced with a familiar warm, welcoming golden brown and the ugly, torn grey dress turned into a pair of Slytherin green shorts and a familiar muggle top he'd given her many years ago. From the stunning white-blonde Banshee a beautiful, sexy and familiar face and body emerged. Rosaline Potter was back and more beautiful than ever.
"You're back" he gasped and looked at her as the same tear fell.
"And you're dying" she said and gasped, making him frown. Severus chocked back a laugh as she pulled her wand from the waist band of her shorts with a stunned look.
"I trust you remember what to do with that" he smirked and she smiled at him and he smiled back.
"Well you were dying" she said and he looked at her and gasped as she got down to her knees beside him and began casting spells he'd never even heard of.
"I graduated with two years training with Madame Pomfrey. I was a second level healer when I graduated. I can heal snake bites" she replied calmly and he gasped as he felt and actually saw the bites shrink before vanishing altogether, leaving only spots of blood on his clothes. He lay on the stone ground as she healed him. He couldn't believe after 15 years, he finally had her back. The woman he had loved for so long was back to her old, beautiful familiar self and she was right beside him, healing him without even acknowledging the fact that there was a war going on up at the Castle.
Harry stood in the forest, feeling ready to faint when he opened his eyes and saw the four people looking at him in a circle. His parents, Sirius and Remus, who had tragically been killed only hours before along with his wife, Tonks, leaving their 7 month old son, Teddy in the care of Tonks' mother. Harry crossed the circle as his mother smiled gently and held out her hand to him.
"You've been so brave Sweetheart" Lily said softly and he looked at her, still in shock but happy to see them.
"Why are you here? All of you?" he asked, looking at them all as they smiled gently at him.
"We never left" Lily replied softly and he looked at her, wanting to sob and beg her to let him walk away, to be normal. He was sick of people dying for him, to protect him. He didn't want anyone else to suffer because of him.
"Does it hurt? Dying?" he asked Sirius who looked back at him, calmly.
"Quicker than falling asleep" Sirius said softly and Harry nodded.
"Nearly there son" his father said and Harry looked at him, debating if he should tell James that his sister was now a banshee due to the over-load of pain she'd suffered after his death.
"I'm sorry. I never wanted any of you to die for me" he said.
"And Remus, your son" he said as he looked at the calm looking man.
"Others will tell him what his mother and father died for. One day he'll understand…I imagine Rosaline getting some joy from that. If only fleeting" Remus replied and Harry saw Sirius, James and Lily frowned.
"What do you mean, if only fleeting?" James asked and Harry sniffled slightly.
"Aunt Rose…she…" Harry stuttered.
"She's alive" Sirius said and James and Lily gasped.
"Alive?" they asked and Harry sighed.
"After you and mum were killed, Lord Voldemort took her away. He…he…Aunt Rose is…" Harry stuttered.
"Aunt Rose is a banshee" he gasped and they all gasped as Remus sighed.
"What?!" James and Sirius shouted.
"The pain of losing you and Mum and then what happened with Snape…" Harry began.
"Snape? What did he do to her?" James demanded.
"He left her. She begged him for help and he just walked away and left her. Voldemort used another Banshee to create Aunt Rose. I'm so sorry dad" Harry cried and James took a deep breath as Lily walked over to stand beside him.
"She is safe and Alive, James" She said softly and he sighed.
"I guess that is all that matters" he agreed and she smiled softly and nodded.
"You'll stay with me?" Harry asked.
"Until the end" his father promised with a gentle smile.
"And he won't be able to see you?" he asked.
"No, we're here, see" Sirius answered and Harry nodded.
"Stay close to me" he said.
"Always" Lily replied gently and Harry dropped the Resurrection Stone as he began walking into the forest, the four adults behind him. Harry entered the forest where he was to die.
"Harry! No! What are you doing here!" called the stunned voice of Hagrid as he was held under control with ropes.
"Quiet" snapped one of the death eaters.
"Harry Potter, the boy who lived come to die" Voldemort said calmly and Harry just blinked at the man. He could feel the warmth of his family around him, the only people missing were safe up by the castle, burying those they loved. His Aunt Rose, he hoped had stayed with Severus until the brilliant, brave man had died before going to help at the castle.
"Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort yelled and Harry felt the world go black as he dropped to the ground. Harry came to just as he heard a woman's voice whispering to him.
"Is he alive? Draco? Is he alive?" she whispered and he thought about it and then realized it was simply a mother terrified for the fate of her child and so he nodded, slightly.
"Dead" he heard her say and wanted to hug the woman for her risky lie that saved his life.
Rosaline stood in the window of the Headmaster's office, looking down at the scene in the courtyard.
"He can't be dead" she said and saw Severus looking at her with a frown.
"How do you know? He just said so and Hagrid is carrying his limp body" he replied softly and she shook her head.
"I can feel him. He's alive. He's just waiting for the right time. Brilliant, brilliant boy" she said and heard Albus Dumbledore chuckle.
"Funny, I remember James saying the same thing about you, Miss Potter. By the way, it's nice to have you back to normal, the screaming was a little too much for my poor ears" he said and she smiled at the portrait before looking back at the scene below them. She almost fainted when she saw the world's most awkward hug take place between Draco Malfoy, Severus' godson, and Lord Voldemort.
"I am so happy I can feel things now because that is just too much" she said and let out a tiny giggle as Severus rolled his eyes at her but the look on his face told her, he was just as amused as she was.
"People die every day. Friends, family, yeah we lost Harry tonight, but he's still with us, in here, so is George, Remus, Tonks, all of them. They didn't die in vain" she heard a male say and looked at Severus when he smiled.
"I knew that boy wasn't the spineless twit he appeared to be" he said and she looked at him and he shrugged.
"But you will, coz you're wrong. Harry's heart did beat for us, for all of us" he said and she gasped when she saw the glint of the sword he pulled from the sorting hat.
"It's not over!" he shouted and she smiled, feeling the boys fear and Bravery. She gasped and cheered when she saw Harry jump out of Hagrid's arms and cast a fire curse at the snake before running through the ruble and into the castle.
"Show time" she said and Severus grabbed her hand.
"You are not going anywhere" he said and she looked at him.
"Why not?" she demanded.
"I just got you back and you want me to let you go into a war zone?" he asked and she looked at him.
"My nephew is out there, he is the only family I have left. There is no way in hell I'm leaving him alone" she said and pulled back her arm and stormed out of the room, she hated that she could no longer fly as she was forced to run through the ruble to find and protect Harry. She froze when she found him, cornered by Voldemort.
"Hey!" she shouted and both men looked at her.
"Get away from him" she hissed and Harry frowned as Voldemort smirked at her.
"Hello again Beautiful, long time no see" he smirked as she glared at him before they began dueling.
"No!" Harry yelled as Voldemort pushed her over the edge of the Astronomy Tower and she screamed as she began falling. Rosaline gasped when she felt someone catch her and saw Severus's furious look.
"And this is why you should listen to your elders" he said and she smiled softly at him as he flew around the castle, half human and half mist and landed in the tower where he'd locked her up.
