hi, I'm Clyme, and this is my first fanfic, so please don't hate on me! I got my inspiration from this fanfic I read about Snape being reincarnated in Harry Potters body, and I thought I'd do something opposite: What if Harry is reincarnated in the childhood body of his mother's best friend?

I'm gonna label this as T, probably cuz I don't know what I'll add here!

please rate and review, but no hate please

Those who had never met Death would think of a tall man, more skeleton that human, vaugely resembling Lord Voldemort, covered in a tattered black cape with the hood pulled all the way down and a giant reaper ax thingy.

Those who had met Death would laugh.

For Death used they/them pronouns, wore flannels, hoodies, and depending on their mood, miniskirts, had a bright green mullet, and a deadname they hated. They were also somehow in charge of receiving the souls of the recently dead and redirecting them to their destinations.

Death was also on the verge of getting fired from their job for Heaven, inc. if they messed things up one more time.

So when the soul of Harry James Potter, killed by Avada Kedavra, came before them, they had a full blown panic attack.

"Fuck you, Harry Potter! You weren't supposed to die now! Shit! God isn't going to like this!"

Death paced back and forth in their cramped cubicle, trying to figure out a plan, but then looked over his file for loopholes. If there was any way they could have the soul of Harry James Potter not return to his desk for at least 35 years, they would use it.

And Boom! Their loopholes was right there! Harry Potter had killed himself with the intention of Seeing his mother again, not with the intention of Death. If they would exploit that, they could place Harry Potter in the body of anyone who had seen his mother, Lily Evans, and hopefully not see him for a while.

For a second they debated on placing him in some random muggle who passed his mother in the street once, but decided they weren't that cruel. The best person they could think of would be Severus Snape, one of the few wizards who combined massive magical power with brilliant genius. A sad man, with a sad life, but with a good heart buried deep inside.

Death had it. They would put the soul of Harry Potter inside the body of 11 year old Severus Snape, with just a few vauge memories of his previous existence, and a strengthened magical bond of friendship between them this time. It would be beautiful. The soul of Harry would unconsciously be able to meet his mother, while Severus would get the advantage of somehow knowing to never let his friendship with Lily Evans break up. It would be perfect.

"Death! Get over here! You bastard, we had an appointment half an hour ago and you didn't show up!"

Lucifer was not in a good mood today, and it would probably not be a good idea to delay any longer. Death pushed the file of Harry Potter down to the menial workers to deal with, together with a reincarnation form.

There was just one issue that Death had overlooked. They had forgotten to check the box for "Vauge Ideas Of Future Problems" in the memories section and had instead checked "Put All Memories Of Future Events, But Retain Consciousness Of Original Soul"

Not much of a problem, but a small mistake that would most certainly create a disruption in the timeline and create a while new future.

In the last house of Spinners End, a shabby two floor home that had definitely seen better days, in a tiny bedroom with a dented metal bedframe covered with a hard mattress, a splintery wooden closet, and reclaimed school desk and chair, Severus Tobias Snape slept.

That night, his dreams were quite vivid, and he followed the life of a young boy with a childhood as bad as his own, but in a different time. His dream followed the boy to Hogwarts, where Russ was going to start just tomorrow morning. Russ watched the boy be sorted to Gryffindor, and followed him through the ups and downs of a life that was quite sad. Russ watched the boy in a class with a teacher who looked and acted much like his father, saw the escapedes of Harry Potter as if it was he himself. Russ finally realized that this was more than a dream when when Harry saw the teacher with his name's memories, and saw the first time he's met Lily at the park near the river.

Russ woke up with a start when Harry James Potter killed himself, then saw a scene of a person with green hair sending Harry to Severus's body.

Russ was very confused for an eleven year old boy on the first of September, 1971.

look, it's pretty confusing, but basically, Snape had a dream in which he experienced Harry Potters whole life. he's not exactly sure if it was true or not, but he's definitely going to start taking it seriously once things ready adding up.