Autor's Note
English is not my mother tongue, so I appreciate your support for any corrections.
Aberforth was overwhelm, he was death...
Didn't die and heroic death, not even a dignify death he was kill by a snake, for Christ sake, well I'll have time for mourning, after talk to Minerva and collecting his belongings in Hogwarts I took his corpse, I'm ready to fulfill his last wishes, a simple burial, no funeral service, I only take Rosmerta with me, after all she was a friend of his and he like her, I put him in the ground next to the love of his life and order the tombstone muggle style, the groundskeeper ask me why not by magic, but I said last wish and he shut up, is only then when I catch a glimpse of her tombstone, that bloody woman, how much trouble can a woman do, uh? the Fidelius Charm is starting to vanish, finally I can speak about her, not that now I'm going to start talking about him and her, but at least I can do it with Rosmerta, that woman, the reason behind him risking is life time and time again, for which he pledge his life to my self-centered and arrogant brother, the woman he loved enough to betray and cheat the most dangerous wizard ever and even going as far as to protect the son of his only true enemy, just for her...
Now is time for fulfill my word and carry on his last wishes, he redacted the damn thing, I don't know what it says, he came in barely tree months after the beginning of the school year, with the document in hand and a Wizengamot member, then the four of us signed the thing, not only that, but he also make Rosmerta and me executors of his will, he didn't kept a copy of the document, he give it to the wizard and other copy to me and Rosmerta to execute in case of his demise, even when we don't even know what the damn thing says, I kept it, so we are sitting in this horrible chairs, pondering, and waiting for the Ministry Chief Executor of Wills and Testaments, because the wizard that sign it was kill by Death Eaters shortly after the signing, and his copy probably went into the archives and with all the chaos created by Potter and company a few months later, probably is lost, so it's easier to just present mine, but we need a high authority in order to call the persons mention in it, but we don't know who are they or if they'll come, I hope they do, he was after all, a man of few words, so I'm a little bit curious about his real assets, who he inherit and why...
Is finally our turn and we expose the situation to the wizard, he is warm and understanding, he put his hand in the envelope and with a nonverbal spell he open it and we are surprise to see that there is a parchment with the names of the heirs, but there is a second envelope with the actual will, it's not common for a wizard to take that many precautions but maybe is not uncommon for a muggle and well, he was a half-blood after all so Rosmerta and I start filling the parchments that he gives us with the legend, "You have been summon by the Ministry of Magic on the date May 20, 1998 (this is exactly 18 days after his death), at noon in the Department of Wills, Office 1, for the reading of the last Will and Testament of Severus Snape, please check your assistance in the box below so the wizard in charge has everything set up for the reading" while we are filling the names of the heirs, the wizard start to read the will and checking the additional papers, regarding the assets mention in the will or at least I assume that's what he is doing, checking all the parchments and what looks like muggle papers, suddenly I look up and his eyes start watering and he can't help but cry in silence, he is so moved that offers to force the people to come in if they don't agree willingly, also decides to personally read the will and put his name as the wizard in charge, he vows to help Rosmerta and my to fulfill his last wises on earth, I don't know what the damn thing says, but I appreciate the help, then she taps my shoulder and I noted the last two names in the list.
Rosmerta Dumbledore
Aberforth Dumbledore
My, he not only makes us executors, he makes us heirs, wait, did we tell him about our marriage? How did he know we are married?! I look to Rosmerta and she has the same questions in her eyes...
The wizard then finishes and close the will, proceed to read the names on the list and with an enchantment he adds, "the reading will be in the location selected by the deceased, be prepared for a Portkey travel" and in the notification of the muggle heir he put "the reading will be in the location selected by the deceased, Ms. I'll be coming to collected you myself a little earlier so we can travel to the location by muggle means, don't worry, the trip is barely an hour long." then put the check box of confirmation adding a little PostScript "This is an official summon for the Ministry of Magic, all of you are bound by law to attend, foreigners will be sanction with a ban-travel and a fine, for the time and amount that the wizard in charge of the will considers appropriate, citizens will be sanction with community service and a fine according to the wizard in charge." then make mine and Rosmerta parchments, everything had to be done by law, we confirm and our parchments glow just as our names in the list of Severus get a check mark then he puts the envelope and the parchment in the box mark SEVERUS SNAPE, after this he bids us goodbye and promise to see us in the reading.
We left the Ministry a little flabbergasted, not only he summons interesting people, but also a muggle, a muggle, the last name has setting something in Rosmerta head, she seems to remember it for somewhere, but she can pinpoint where she heard it...
Anyway, the heirs were given plenty of time to come and recover from the shock of being named in his will, I'm certainly am, I mean, I know almost all the names in the list, there are a couple that don't know personally, but I have heard about it, and is really interesting that they were important enough for him, I know some of them are important for the world and for their families, but for him? let's wait and see what are his wishes...
