One Week in Heaven
Chapter Six- The Future Without You
AN- Okay. ^^
Number one- I'm writing this all late tonight to update tomorrow. Add to that the fact that my left hand is wrapped about double its size with ice because I think I sprained it during basketball... yeah, sorry if there's a few typo's.
And there are only really three more chapters, and an epilogue. So we're more than halfway done. And as you'll take notice... yes, I finally made up 'review reviews'. Funfun. ^^
I'll leave you to the chapter then.
Enjoy.
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~It does not do well do dwell on dreams, and forget to live.
~Do you think the ones we love ever truly leave us?
~Albus Dumbledore
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"The power is these two. I know it is. Because as long as they're here, I'll win."
The two professors froze, as the reunited family lay down on the couch together. "We're going to sleep here, if it's okay, professor. We want to be together."
And Dumbledore silenced Snape, nodded, and the two walked out on the doomed family; sleeping without a care in the world.
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Sunlight filtered through the tiny window in the corner of Dumbledore's room, and Lily opened her eyes slowly, enjoying the feeling of James' arms around her and her future son resting his head on her stomach. Heaven... she thought gently, watching for a long time the sun rise above the hills and mountains lining the sky. She shifted gently after a moment, resting Harry's head upon her boyfriend, and stretching as quietly as possible as not to wake them.
Walking down to the Great Hall, however, she caught sight of Severus Snape walking in the same direction. He looked up to her, and gestured gently towards the small transfiguration classroom that they had shared once long ago. The two of them walked in, and sat down at two desks across from each other.
Lily craned her neck to copy down more notes, and the Slytherin by her side laughed at her. She turned and faced him. "What?"
"You just look stupid, that's all, mudblood." She glared.
"Go die, Snape."
She hated him.
He hated what she was.
"Lily, I have to talk to you about something, and I'm going to have you tell James after."
He raced after the redhead, embarrassed still at the event that Potter had caused him moments earlier. She had tried to defend him, and he owed her an apology. She came into view.
"I'm sorry Lily."
She glanced up.
"That's the frist time you've called me that... first time I haven't been just a mudblood to you..."
She hated the way he used to make her feel about herself.
He hated the way he was changing for someone 'not worthy'.
She glanced up, and looked into the eyes of her former friend.
Snape was sitting alone at the table, and Lily leapt over to him. He glanced up and smiled.
"What's made you into the happy bunny, Lil?"
"James just asked me out, Sev! I'm going out with James Potter!"
She hated that he could make her laugh more than the one she loved.
He hated the fact that she changed who he was sometimes.
"Anything, Severus. What's going on?"
"There's something I have to show you." Severus said in a low voice. She nodded, and the two of them excused themselves from the Great Hall.
He pulled his sleeve up, and showed her the Dark Mark.
"Severus... what is that? Why do you have a tattoo?"
But he didn't answer.
She hated not knowing him as well as she used to.
He hated the thought of letting her down by being who he was.
"The potion that allowed all of this to happen; we did a number of experiments with the phoenix tears and such."
The two of them sat across from one another at the table, laughing at a joke Lily had just thrown out. Finally, after a moment, Severus took Lily's hand and looked at her eyes. She was floored- he'd never looked her directly in the eye before.
"I love you, Lily."
He hated what she had done to his life in the darkness.
She hated herself for not feeling the same.
"Alright... what happened?"
It was the graduation dance, and Severus disappeared with Lily into the Forbidden Forest so they wouldn't be overheard.
"What's so important, Sev? James is going to kill me if I'm not back soon..."
He looked at her, in her spectacular dress robes, and smiled.
"Lillian Catherine Evans, will you marry me?"
He hated his past.
She hated her future.
"He added seven extra tears. You've been here for five days tonight. You two have two days left alive."
Severus looked at the morning paper, as he always did. Being a Death eater, he had to keep up with all of the news that surrounded the war and such; however boring it was.
He turned the page, and froze.
Lily waved, wearing her wedding gown, holding James.
She hated not giving anything up for him.
He hated giving up everything for her.
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The loud bell rang, and Harry happily gathered his books and headed for the common room. Sixth year meant only two or three classes a day, and Harry was lucky to have them all right in a row earlier, giving him from lunch on with only free time.
He caught Hermione's eye and the two of them began to walk down to the Great Hall, laughing about their Care of Magical Creatures lesson that morning which had ended with Ron being attacked by a pixie. He was less than amused when he saw the two from inside the hall, and raced over to shut them both up amidst much laughter.
Luna and Neville walked over from the Ravenclaw table, and the three friends made smooching noises under their breath until Neville threw a roll at Harry. He smiled. He was happy.
Ginny came in, and walked straight over to the group. Harry turned a shade of red remembering their last encounter with his parents the day before, but she took his hand and dragged him away before he could say anything.
"The headmaster needs to talk to you, Harry." Their paces quickened. "He's with Snape and your parents down in the dungeons."
The two of them walked together, and Harry looked down to see her hand at her side. With a quick breath, he took it in his. She slowed and gave him a quizzical look, but then smiled, and the two stopped outside the dungeons.
"Ginny, why are you here? You have classes in a few, shouldn't you be eating when you have time?"
She smiled, and threw her hair back. With a slight grin, Harry remembered when she used to giggle incessantly, and was glad she grew up a bit.
"I can eat anytime. I think that it's better to be here with you then to be up there watching my four best friends all over each other..." He nodded, and sucked in air. This was his chance.
"Ginny, I have to ask you something."
She turned a bit more red, and nodded.
"You were right the other day when you told me that I should love. Ginny... I was so afraid of losing someone that I loved that I was afraid to love in the first place. But you were right."
He smiled a genuine smile, and turned so he was looking into her eyes. "Ginny, I..."
The door to the dungeons flew open, and out came two shocked teenagers and a very pale potion's master.
Harry swore under his breath, and looked to Snape.
"What?"
Dumbledore came out, and looked to Harry, who was horrified to see tears in the old man's eyes.
The potion's master spoke with a voice of nothingness. "The potion was an anomaly. The effects will only last one week, or only until the night after tomorrow."
Harry froze, still holding Ginny's hand, and whispered. "Meaning?"
"Wednesday, October 31, at 10:34 p.m... Lily and James Potter will go back to their natural time. They will cease to exist here."
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Darkness settled, and hours passed. The night saw a boy, sixteen, sitting on an empty plot of land; simply watching the stars. Finally, the two adults that watched him walked over, and the three of them sat together, looking to the ground before them, where two gravestones shone in the moonlight.
Author's Notes- POLL!!!!!!!
Read this and then answer in a review. The ending chapter is the one after next. There are two versions; one is the typical, happy ending; it's fun and will make you smile.
Then there's another ending, where you will cry and cry; and enjoy I hope. It's more realistic, and all.
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