A/N:  Yay, I finished another chapter.  I'm happy because my writing urges sprung right at the right time.  This is finals week for my classes, but the next exam I have to study for isn't until Thrusday and I stressed myself out way too much last night for taking the one I took this morning so I thought tonight was a good time to chill out and not think about anything with school.  That and I had to stick back in my room because my mother was having a Christmas party thing going on.  I'm still very happy to get another chapter done quicker than I thought I would.  Thank you to all whom have reviewed. I'm happy to hear that it seems I'm doing well.

Randomness of the moraco:  Voldemort is actually a pimp who wears a phoenix feather pimp hat and goes by the code name Big Voldy.  The real reason he went after the Potters was because Lily, one of his former employees owed him some money she'd ran off with.  He threatened to hurt James to get the money back, but she proceeded to swear to protect James because he's her baby's daddy.  We all know what happened after that and now Harry's mad cause he killed Voldemort and he didn't get any extra money or any whores, and professes that he wish he hadn't done it because all he got out of it was a big ol' scar on his forehead and having to live with stupid muggles.

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The Young And The Hopeless
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Chapter 4
Cloud Age Symphony
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            Things went as planned with keeping Severus under cover as Simon.  A few people asked some questions and made some comments, but nothing much beyond things like "Why would someone transfer to Hogwarts in their 7th year?".  The other Gryffindors treated Simon kindly because they of course thought him to be one of their own.  Harry had noticed occasionally that Sev didn't much like sitting around in the common room because people seemed to flock to him.

            The third day since Severus' arrival, he sat in the Gryffindor common room, in a very comfy chair in the corner, trying to read a book while Harry and his friends had gone to eat lunch.  Severus didn't regularly eat in the Great Hall.  He'd agreed with Dumbledore not to because there would be less chance in anyone possibly noticing that he looked a lot like his older self who was regularly present for meals.  As he read his book he'd noticed out of the corner of his eye some third year girls sitting on the couch in front of the fire talking and giggling amongst each other and occasionally looking over at him. 

            One of the girls got up and started heading in his direction.  As she stepped up to him about to open her mouth to say something he asked, 'What do you want?'

            'What makes you think I want something?' she asked.  'I didn't even say anything.  How rude.'

            Severus placed his bookmark on the page he'd been reading, closed his book and sat it down on his lap.  'If you didn't want anything then why did you come over here?'

            The girl sighed.  'Okay so maybe I wanted to ask you a question.  We were just wondering where you transferred from and if you'd left some girl behind where it was you came from?'

            'Psht.  What makes you think you or any of your friends have a chance?  Can't you just leave people alone to read their books in peace?!'  Severus decidedly stormed out of the common room and out into the hallways of Hogwarts.

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            After Harry had come back from lunch he went upstairs to the dormitory to find Severus after not seeing him in the common room.  He looked around not to find him.  Three days ago he thought the only way he'd ever seek out Severus Snape to try to make friends with him he'd have to be completely and utterly out of his mind.  Harry was trying his best not to see Sev, as he liked to refer to him since that's what he first called him and it helped him think more of the young Severus rather than the old, as the greasy git he'd become in his later years in life.  Sev was not yet Professor Snape.  He still had a smart mouth and snarky attitude, but he seemed to still be capable of making friends with a person. 

            Harry came back down from the dormitory after not finding Sev, and asked to the common room, "Has anyone seen Simon?"

            The girl who'd talked to Severus earlier spoke up.  'The new guy?'

            'Yes,' Harry replied.

            'Oh.  He was rude and got angry for no reason and stormed out,' she told him.

            'Do you have any idea where he went?'

            'I could care less.'

            'He was very rude to her,' said the girl sitting next to her which was obviously her friend.

            Harry walked back through the portrait hole and stood in the hall trying to think of which way to go as the portrait of the fat lady closed behind him.

            'Maybe you should have decided which way to go before you walked outside the common room, Mr. Potter,' said the Fat Lady.   

           Harry turned back around facing the portrait.  'Excuse me but do you know where Simon Edwards went?  New guy, kind of longer black hair.'

            'I'm not sure of where he went, but he headed in that direction,' she replied pointing to her right.

            'Thank you, at least I know I'm heading in somewhat of a right direction,' Harry said.

            He went to the left (since she pointed to her right and for Harry facing her it was his left) and thought as he was walking.  The path he was taking passed by the entrance to the dungeons.  Maybe he went down to the dungeons.  He is truly a Slytherin after all.  Maybe he feels more at home there.

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            Severus sat in the astronomy tower staring out into the cloudy sky, his book forgotten beside him as he sat in the large window sill.  He was so caught up with his thoughts in his own mind that he did not hear another person enter the room.

            'Yes it looks like it might rain today,' said a voice that sounded not too much different but reasonably deeper than his own.

            Severus turned his gaze to meet none other than this time period's Severus Snape.  'What do you want?  We're not supposed to see each other often or talk too much.'

            'Dumbledore is just worried I'll let something slip and you'll make one decision different from what I made when I was you, causing everything to change and a possible complete implosion of the world as we know it,' Severus said.

            'That's completely impossible.  I know that now, and you should obviously know it as well,' Sev replied.

            The older Severus chuckled and sat down in the window sill next to his former self.  'It was a joke.  I still have some sense of humour as do you.'

            'Whatever.  I came up here to be alone.  Of course you would already know that unless you're going senile,' Sev said.

            Severus chuckled once again.  'Now that's what I was talking about, and no I'm not getting senile.  I may be older but I'm not THAT old.'

            'So, what did you come up here for then?'

            'I came to double check that you had received your wand and that it was still working properly.  I know that it is, but this was something this me did when I was you.  I am also making a choice to give you a piece of advise, and this is one thing you can decide to do or not, but it was a decision I made when I was you and I hope you'll do the same for our sakes,' Severus told him.

            'And what is that, and how much will I screw up if I decide differently?'

            'First of all, I don't know how much of a real difference it will make because now I'm living what I left behind when I went back to your time,' he said.

            'Well, get on with it.  I've been trying to read my book and you're interrupting that time.'

            'First off, you're not going to finish reading that book for another twelve years.  What I came to tell you though is that, you're going to fall in love while you're still here in this time.'

            'Fall in love?  I'm not capable of such things,' Sev stated.

            'Yes you are.  You just think you aren't, but you will fall in love, mark my words.  When you do though, let them know how you feel about them, and before you leave back for your own time let them know even now decades later after so long you still feel the same way, because you'll never be able to get that person out of your head, and along the way do some pretty terrible things to try to make yourself not think of them the way you once did or rather once will now.'

            'I've become very confusing in the future, I see,' Sev replied.

            'You'll always have that smart mouth of yours as well, but with age you'll learn when it's best to keep it shut.'  Severus stood.  'Well, I've told you what I came to tell you.  I should get back to work now.  I've still got some essays to grade before tomorrow afternoon.'  Professor Snape left his previous self sitting slightly confused in the astronomy tower and headed back for the dungeons.

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            Harry had looked around every bit of the dungeon he knew parts of.  He didn't dare venture to parts he wasn't familiar with and dodged every Slytherin he could to keep out of trouble and being questioned of his presence in the dungeons.  He was heading up the stair case to take him back to the first floor of the castle when he ran straight into professor Snape.

            'Watch where you're going Potter!'

            'I'm sorry, Sir,' he replied.

            As Harry began to head in the opposite direction Snape grabbed his arm.  'What you're looking for is in the astronomy tower.'

            'How did you-?'

            'I have my redeeming qualities at times.  Now make your way out of my sight quickly or you may never see anything resembling helpfulness come from me ever again,' Snape said.

            Harry walked as quickly as he could toward the astronomy tower.  Severus watched him for a brief moment and let out a sigh.  'All I have is hope,' he whispered to himself.

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A/N:  Despite the fact that noting actually happens this chapter was fun to write mainly because of the over amusing humourous (to me anyway) dialogue between Severus and himself.  I really hope you all enjoyed this chapter and will continue reading the fic as I keep updating with more chapters.  Hopefully with winter break coming I will get some more writing inspiration and get more out.  Though I must admit this is actually a longer chapter for me.  I guess it's because usually my first chapters are usually the longer chapters and then following chapter update little bit by little bit as I think of things to add.  Oh well, let me know if all of you who've been reading and reviewing this fic still like it or not.  
Small World Report A/N:  I'm writing this special A/N just because it shows how small the world can be sometimes and how many various people in life write HP slash fic and post it of ff.net.  I found out this past weekend that one of my supervisor's sisters is also ff.net author and that we've both read some of each others fics as well. Even though we all know the world is big it can seem kinda small sometimes.