Title :Second chance in Alternate Universe

CHAPTER 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything associated with it. J.K Rowling owns everything

Summary : Severus Snape was given a second chance to live.

He fought for breath, the last of his dying memories spilling out of him, pools of blood spreading quickly around his neck. .

"Look at me," he rasped. Green eyes met black.

"You have your mother's eyes.". His body went numb and all he knew was darkness.

The blackness slowly turned white, so blindingly white. In front of him stood a figure with a blue eye twinkling. Albus Dumbledore.

"Hello Severus," greeted Dumbledore.

Severus stood, he stared at Dumbledore. He can't believe he able meet this person again, the man he loved like a father.

He tried to reach his trembling hand to his mentor to ensure the person in front of him was real but Albus grabbed his hand and pulled him into an embrace. Severus couldn't deny that he did miss this old man. He smiled as he clung to his mentor.

"You're brave man, my boy, you are the son I never had", Dumbledore held his face with gentle hand.

"But still, you asked this 'son' to kill you," said Severus looked away.

Dumbledore looked at him sadly. "You know i had no choice. Come sit with me, my boy", Dumbledore pulled him to the nearest bench.

"So, am i dead.. now?" Severus said softly.

"It depends. The fates have decided to give you another chance if you like to live again," said Dumbledore with eyes twinkled.

"A second chance?" repeated Severus, stunned.

"Yes, to go back and fix some of your mistakes, but in another universe," informed Dumbledore.

"What do you mean by that?," Severus asked curiously.

"It means that our current universe still continue. Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore still dead, Harry Potter lives. In another universe, Severus Snape might choose different way, Lily Evans might be alive", replied Dumbledore smiled warmly towards him.

Severus stared at his mentor, considered it for a second. Dumbledore once said that death was another adventure.

"Will I able to remember my other life?", asked Severus. Dumbledore nodded.

"Alright, i'll take it," said Severus.

Dumbledore put a hand to his shoulder. "Now close your eyes. Please don't be so hard on my other person, Severus, let him help you." Severus nodded.

"Good Luck, Severus." said Dumbledore and pulled him to hug one last time.

"Wait, Albus!!", but Albus already disappeared.

'I forgot to ask in what year he will go, is it after I was born?' was Severus's last thought before he closed his eyes and scene changed.

He could hear sound of laughter. Then, he heard. "Shut your mouth, Snivellus".

He opened his eye and felt a soap in his mouth. He was being dangled, in midair, by his ankles. 'Not again', he thought. He spat a bit. He was not going to let them bully him again.

He countered the jinx and righted himself, floating up to the tree. Now, he stood confidently on the tree branch, his left hand was on the tree trunk. When he looked down, the crowd who were laughing at him earlier, gaped in utter shock, mouth open. Lupin who was pretending to read also staring at him.

He silently summoned his wand, ignoring the shock in marauders' faces.

"Potter, you should stop acting like a five year old child. You should be ashamed of yourself. Always need your friends to back you up. And yet, you dare to call yourself a brave gryffindor," he sneered shook his head.

He turned to Lupin. "You should throw away your prefect's badge, Lupin. I thought gryffindor is noble, but here you just ignore your friends to commit bully. You're afraid of your friends, that's why you don't want to interfere your friends mischief", sneered Severus.

Lupin who acting reading book, look up feeling embarrassed, glanced around saw the other students looked at him in disgust.

"Shut up Snivelius", yelled Black.

He saw Black raised his wand to curse him.

Wind began to swirl around him, in a second he vanished into thin air. Before he vanished, he saw a certain red hair running.

He appeared back at the astronomy tower. He immediately fell to his knee due to this was the first apparation after his second chance to live.

'idiot, how can I forgot Lily was coming. This is all Potter's fault', he thought angrily. He stood, looked at his hand, he could feel Hogwarts 'magic pulsing through him. He couldn't believe that he able to apparate inside Hogwarts.

He doesn't understand why, he was no longer the headmaster. Currently, the Headmaster was Dumbledore. He sighed

He looked down to where he stood. Just near the edge of the tower. He realised he stood at the place where Dumbledore last stood before got killed by him.

"Mr. Snape?", a new voice behind starlted him. As he turned around, his eyes widened, he stepped backwards a bit and fell from the tower.

--NEAR THE LAKE--

Potter and his gang recovered from their gaped.

"Where is he", asked Potter looked around searching for Snape.

"I don't know", answered Black.

"Maybe he apparate", said Petergrew looked fear that Snape suddenly appeared behind him.

"Impossible, no one can apparate in hogwarts, BIack said tried not to acknowledge Snape even if he suspected.

"i don't think he has the invisibility cloak as well," murmured Potter softly only his friends can hear.

Then he saw Lily running towards him.

"Potter!! , where is Sev? You torment him, didn't you?", she said with eye narrowed, she pointed her finger to Potter.

"Couldn't you leave him alone, why are you always torment him?," Lily hissed angrily.

"We didn't do anything to him. Look, he's not even here", said Black innocently.

"But be was here right?", asked Lily angrily.

Potter sighed. "Yes, Lily, he was here. Then, he just disappeared", Potter said in defeated. He also afraid if something happened then, the teachers will blame them since there were many witnesses.

"What do you mean he just disappeared?!" asked Lily confused.

Professor Flitwick came with few Prefects followed behind him.

"What has happened here?" demand Flitwick.

Potter and Lily tried to give their version but Flitwick raised his hand to stop them.

"All of you follow me, including you Mr Lupin", ordered Flitwick. Lupin stood, looked ashamed of himself.

"But Sir, Remus wasn't involved", protested Black.

"He should stop all of you, not just sitting there." said the professor firmly.

Dumbledore was sitting at his office, working on paperwork. There was a stack of paper beside him. He put the quill down, pinch the bridge of his nose and pouring himself a cup of tea.

He brought the cup to his mouth and drink it. Then..

"Albus!!"

Startled, Albus choked his tea and spilling it on his beard. He cleaned up and looked up to the Potrait of Phineas Black.

"There is a student apparate inside hogwarts ground."

Albus's eyes widened as he heard this. Only Headmaster can apparate inside hogwarts because the Headmaster can feel hogwarts magic itself. He stood and asked, "Who is the student? and where is he or she now?"

"He at the Astronomy Tower now. His name Severus Snape", answered Phineas. Then, Albus eyes widened as he heard the name and quickly apparate himself to the tower.

Once arrived, he saw the boy standing near the edge of the tower. 'Does this boy want to commit suicide by jumping off the tower?' thought Albus.

He approached the boy who seemed lost in thought. He wanted to touch the boy's shoulder but afraid the boy will startle. Instead, he called the boy, "Mr Snape?"