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A day and a night passed, and still Hermione was weak. You would think that being with Snape would have re-energized her, made her will to live stronger. But one effect of Time traveling is that the body rebels against the new environment; the environment was different back in 1973 then in present day. Hermiones body was used to 2001, and it was not for 1973. Dumbledore noted this, and he couldnt change the way time travel worked, no matter how powerful of a wizard he was.
Dumbledore sent for Snape that afternoon, and when Snape came into his office, there was a worried look on his face. Dumbledore nodded, and Snape sat down.

'My dear boy, I do not know if your aware of this, but Hermione is not from this time,' Dumbledore stated. Snape looked confused.

'Sir, I dont follow you.'

'Severus, Hermione is from the year 2001. In that day and time, I am headmaster of Hogwarts, and you are to be the Potions professor there. Hermione was a student of yours,' Dumbledore continued. Snape listened attentively.

'You were a bitter man. Lonely, in desperate need of someone on your life. I knew that Hermione was to be your soulmate so to speak, but unfortunately for a glitch in time, she was born too late. She is 16 when you are practically middle aged, but that is the fault of whos in charge. I sent her back in time because I knew that without her, neither you or she would ever have love in your lives, and love is the most important thing. But, unfortunately at the time I did not realize the effect of time travel. Surely you know of that,' Dumbledore said. Snape nodded, his face drained of any color.

'I have only a few choices. To send Hermione back to the future, where she would forget about you, and the future Severus would have no idea of all this. Or, I could have Hermione spend her last days with you, and youd both remember each other. If I sent her back, all these memories of yors will be erased, and you will be put back in the mindstate you were before you truly knew her, and you will live your life as a lonely and bitter man. Yet, if I have her stay with you, she will die, and you will still have no one. I will make it up to you to decide,' Dumbledore said solemnly.

'It is better to have loved then not loved at all, Professor Dumbledore. I do not want to forget Hermione. And I do not want her to go into the future again, living a life of no love. Now I see that it it better to die then to not love at all. I wish for her to stay with me,' Snape stated, looking Dumbledore straight into the eyes. He nodded.

'Hermione will have no idea that she is dying. I want her to be as happy as possible while she goes,' Dumbledore said, and Snape agreed. With that, he got up from his chair, and he walked briskly out of Dumbledores office. Dumbledore wiped a single tear from his eye, and he got back to work.

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