"So, I think we should bring in a couple of special guests for the next chapter," Sara said. "If it's fine with Harry?"

"Are you…are you serious, Sara?" Ava asked. "Him?"

"Well, look at the chapter title," Sara said. "We should get a perspective. And Astra understands the rules, doesn't she?"

"Why should I understand the rules?" Astra asked. "What's going on?"

"You're going to invite him?" Constantine asked.

"This is Harry's call," Sara said.

Harry took a second and nodded.

"We should bring him up," Harry said. "Because, there are things that I want him to answer for when we read this chapter. And others later."

"Bring him up?" Constantine asked.

"I think it's a good idea," Harry said. "For reasons."

"Well, it's your show."

"Harry James Potter, Master of Death, calls upon the damned soul of Severus Snape!" Harry called.

From beneath, Severus Snape burst out of the ground. He looked ghoulish and malnourished. And like something had been gnawing at his flesh. Given the fact he was covered in piranhas

"Oh, right, him," Astra said. "Those are mine. I forgot about those."

"You never looked better, Snivellus," Constantine said.

"You!" Snape yelled. "And Potter? Could you not let me rest in peace?"

Harry just smiled and snapped his fingers. Snape had been returned to a more pristine face although the shackles forged by a lifetime of regret still held him into place.

"We're reading a book," Harry said. "About me."

"I was forced to witness that accursed play!" Snape snapped. "Isn't that enough?"

"We don't mention that," Kara said.

"Not for you, Snape, not for you," Sara said. "You've got a lot to answer for."

"Yes, you do," Astra said.

Snape's eyes widened when he eyed Astra.

"Keep her away from me!" Snape yelled.

"We have another guest coming on through momentarily," Gideon said.

The doors opened and Minerva McGonagall stepped into the Waverider.

"Professor McGonagall," Hermione said.

"I have been retired for five years, Ms. Granger," McGonagall said. "Snape."

"McGonagall," Snape said.

"You look rather well for a dead man," McGonagall said.

Snape just nodded, not trusting himself to say anything. He looked around and took in most of the guests.

"You were in Hogsmeade, when Black pulled that Stubby Boardmans scam," Sirius said.

"Very good, we're time travelers," Sara said. "And that was a catastrophe we had to fix."

"It's reckless to meddle with time,"Snape said. "And these are the people you keep company with."

"Well, they mess things up, but occasionally it's for the better," Malfoy said. "Professor Snape."

"Mr. Malfoy, I see you've been drawn into this nonsense," Snape said.

"Just part of paying my debt," Malfoy said. "Not all of us had a chance to be vouched for by the world's most notorious do-gooder."

Perhaps, Snape was imagining something, but he could sense a twinge of bitterness in Malfoy's voice. Surely he could not be willingly with this crew?

"Gary briefed you on the first seven chapters."

"And gave me a packet to read before I was sent up here," McGonagall said. "I have to say, I was appalled with what I read. I knew something was off with them, and yet, I did not ever consider them being as bad."

"Well, you should have," Astra said coolly.

McGonagall blinked in surprise.

"Ms. Logue? Is that you?"

"Yes, I'm surprised you were allowed to remember me," Astra said. "I trust Gary told you about my circumstances as well."

McGonagall looked like she swallowed a lemon.

"Dumbledore told me after your mother died, you had been sent away to live with your father," McGonagall said. "And it would be best if Harry was allowed to forget about it and he was much safer with his…relatives."

The word sounded like bile on McGonagall's lips.

"Albus Dumbledore blatantly lying to one of his subordinates," Constantine said. "Some things remain the same ,don't they, Minnie?"

"John Constantine," McGonagall said. "I take it that some of this mess was your doing."

"I take responsibility for much of it, yes," John said. "But, Dumbledore sending Harry to Tuney and her disgusting pig of a husband, that was all on him. And sending him back after he knew about the cupboard, that was a new low."

"I was…I was unaware about a lot of what happened regarding Dumbledore," McGonagall said.

"Well, ignorance can be bliss, Minerva," Harry said. "And you were pretty blissful when thinking the best of Dumbledore."

Snape muttered something hateful underneath his breath. The eyes of Astra, Sara, and Kara fixed firmly on him prevented him from saying something more overt.

"We'll have a further discussion on this later," Harry said. "And now, Gideon, if you will."

"Chapter Eight," Gideon said. "The Potions Master."

The scene of Harry being gawked at by Hogwarts.

The entire group looked unimpressed by how these people were acting.

"The absolute worst," Zari said. "All those people."

"I wouldn't be too sorry about it, he was enjoying the attention," Snape said.

"Still haven't quite gotten over the fact that you would never be good enough for her, haven't you?" John asked.

Everyone hitched in a breath instantly. Snape just scowled.

"Pathetic, as usual, Snivellus," John said.

"I can handle him," Harry said.

"To get back on the story, these are children," Lena said. "So, yeah, we should give them a pass on the attention they were giving Harry."

"The adults on the other hand, no excuse," Ron said.

"It could be a bit overwhelming," Hermione admitted.

"Yes, I agree," Astra said. "It can be. People coming at you, thinking that they know you, because they read a bunch of books about you, can be overwhelming. Especially when the information is of questionable truth."

"Books are…."

"Often written by people with biases," Lita cut in. "I'm sure we'll come back to this argument later. Gideon, if you would."

Harry's tour of Hogwarts continues along with his first impressions of the staircases and the coats of armor.

"Yes, they can walk," McGonagall told the group.

"You actually counted the staircases?" Ron asked.

"Apparently, I did," Harry said.

"And doors trolling you, only in a magical castle," Nora said. "Dad's summer home. Although that was more of a security measure to foil possible assassins than anything. Although it was kind of funny."

More about the Hogwarts ghosts and Peeves. Who had a tendency to grab someone's nose.

"It was your sainted father and Black who taught him Peeves that trick, Potter," Snape said. "And I was his favorite target."

"My father is not a saint, he's a human, and so was Sirius," Harry said.

"Never deprive Snivellus a chance to play the victim card, he'll start pouting otherwise," John said.

"Okay, that's enough out of you two," Sara said. "I thought Malfoy and Ron were bad, but you two are going to be worse."

Harry and Ron just happened to get on the wrong side of Filch, by the forbidden corridor. And just happened to be rescued by Professor Quirrell, who just happened to be passing.

Snape started to gag before saying something.

"We have a no spoiler rule here," Harry said. "There are charms enforcing it. The charm acts in certain ways depending on how much I like the person in question. And I don't like you, at all."

"Noted," Snape gasped.

"Lily would be proud of that one," Astra said.

"She would be," McGonagall agreed. "And you and Weasley have some unfortunate luck."

"You're telling us," Ron said.

Talking about the classes, leading up to Flitwick's exclamation of glee when he called Harry's name.

Everyone snickered except for Snape who looked sour.

"Unprofessional," Snape said. "And you have to encourage his ego."

"Flitwick seems pretty cool," Kara said.

"He was," Harry said.

"Regretted that he had to retire when he did," McGonagall said. "But, as I told him, his health is most important. And none of us were getting any younger. Especially considering we were the only teachers in our departments."

"Shouldn't there have been more teachers?" Lita asked. "I mean, the math doesn't add up schedule wise."

"Magic gives us leeway," McGonagall said. "Although burnout was only inevitable. And we anticipated the summers as much as the students. But, yes, Ms. Rory, there should have been more teachers. It is a point that I brought up that had fallen upon deaf ears."

"As did I, every year," Snape said. "But, Dumbledore said he would ask the Board and they never got back to him."

"Typical of Dumbledore," Malfoy said.

"I'm sure he did the best he could," Hermione argued.

"Still, even in non-magical schools, we just don't have one teacher, unless it's a very specialized niche class," Lita said.

"Money was involved, I wager," Harry said. "The Ministry officials wanted to put gold in their pockets, instead of putting them towards hiring more teachers."

"For once, Potter, I have to say is correct," Snape said.

"It's not good for your mental health," Kara said. "You should have had at least three teachers for each subject. Shouldn't you have?"

"At least," McGonagall tersely agreed. "But, it was also rather difficult to find qualified teachers. Which is why I kept teaching Transfiguration while acting as Headmistress for three years."

"No wonder you were burned out," Harry said.

"Yes, indeed," McGonagall said. "Let us continue."

More about McGonagall and also about Quirrell.

"He taught Muggle Studies before he was Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher," McGonagall said. "Knowing what we know now, I am curious about Albus's choice of giving him that job."

"Given what came next year, he looked quite competent indeed," Harry said. "And in year five."

McGonagall's lips grew thin as he remembered those teachers.

"How did you learn anything that year?" Sara asked.

"We didn't really learn anything for the first couple of years," Ron said. "Teachers switching every year caused a lot of trouble."

Harry and Ron make it to Breakfast without getting lost for once.

Everyone applauded.

"You know, my high school gave Freshmen a map," Lita said. "Hogwarts, really should do something like that to first year students."

"With all of the magic at your disposal, you could do that," Lena said.

"The school keeps changing, though," Hermione said.

"We know it's possible," Harry reminded her.

"It never came up," McGonagall said. "It's part of the learning experience to navigate your way around the school."

"And did any students ever get lost over the years though that experience?"

"The ghosts and the portraits always kept an eye out for them," McGonagall said. "They would never have been in any danger."

"Danger, at Hogwarts?" Harry asked sarcastically. "Perish the thought."

McGonagall winced. She walked right into that one.

"Well, there's no danger for those who do not meddle in things that do not concern them," Snape added.

"Well, I would not be so concerned, if the adults who were supposed to keep us safe did their job and did not play games," Harry retorted.

"We would have kept you safe if you didn't…"

Snape started to gag once again.

"Spoilers, dude," Lita said. "Spoilers."

Snape just responded by hatefully glaring at Harry.

Ron makes his comment about Snape favoring Slytherins.

"I do not favor the Slytherins," Snape said.

Everyone in the room looked at Snape in disbelief. Even Malfoy. Even Draco Malfoy thought that statement was pure bullshit. Actually, he knew it was.

"Really?" Harry asked.

"I just don't worship the ground the Gryffindors walk on like the rest of the school does," Snape said.

"He really thinks that, doesn't he?" Kara asked.

"Snape will believe he's the victim, no matter what," John said.

Hagrid's letter and Harry's statement about the Potions class being the worst thing.

Astra instantly braced herself for what was going to come. McGonagall turned to Snape.

"This is going to suck," Kara muttered.

"Oh, it's…oh damn," Hermione murmured.

She remembered that first Potions class and braced herself for more embarrassment.

Snape performing rollcall and his comment about Harry, our new celebrity.

"It's almost like he's already made up his mind about you," Lena said. "Regardless of what you do."

"Of course he has," Harry said. "And he knows where I was sent. Don't you, Snape?"

Snape refused to respond. He knew no good would come out of it, with this group.

"Let's see what else this loathsome cockroach has to say," Astra chimed in.

Snape's speech follows, ending with him calling his students dunderheads.

This had been the first time McGonagall heard this and she turned her eyes towards her colleagues.

"Your speech was perfect," McGonagall said. "Up until the part where you called your students dunderheads."

"I had to ensure I had control of the classroom," Snape said. "I do not tolerate foolishness."

"You know, if they're dunderheads year after year, that might be a reflection of the teacher," Zari said.

The comment about Hermione providing she was not a dunderhead followed.

"Of course," Kara said with a sigh. "Of course."

Hermione just cringed and could only tell this would reflect badly on her.

Snape started to ask his questions.

"Fifth year, at the very earliest,and not in the first year textbook," McGonagall said.

"I call upon students to assess their knowledge," Snape said. "Potter should have known. I know his godmother taught him these things. Natalie had Lily's old journals."

Yes, Snape was right. Although, Harry did not know at the time.

"Those memories were wiped along with the rest of Harry's time with my mother and me, you greasy piece of shit!" Astra yelled. "Dumbledore removed them all."

"I was under the assumption you moved away," Snape said coldly.

"You were there when Dumbledore had Harry in the Hospital Wing," John said.

"Then, Dumbledore must have wiped my memories as well," Snape said.

"It doesn't give you an excuse to be such a glorified man child!" Astra yelled. "How dare you take your own inadequacies out on Harry? Because, you were just a creepy obsessed stalker, who lusted after Aunt Lily, and when you couldn't get your prize, you joined him, didn't you? You have to take out your aggressions on children because you can't face adults head on. You are pathetic, a coward!"

"Don't you dare call me a coward," Snape said.

"You're worse than Petunia!" Astra practically spat.

"I'm nothing like her!"

"Sit down, Snape," John said. "And you too, Astra."

"Yes, calm down," Sara said. "I thought this might be a bad idea."

Harry moved over and pulled Astra over towards him.

"I'm fine," Astra said.

"No, you're not," Harry said.

"Apologize," Sara told Snape.

"What?"

"You should, Snape," McGonagall said.

"Or what?" Snape asked. "What can you do to me that hasn't already been done?"

Time stopped and Harry walked over to Snape. He leaned into her.

"I will make you relive that day," Harry said. "Over and over again. The day where you showed your true colors and called my mother a Mudblood. I'm not going to condone what my father and his friends did to you. They took things too far. But, you didn't get that little tattoo on your arm by selling girl scout cookies either. We both know what you've done. And Astra was right. My mother was a prize you thought you were entitled to. And it really got on your nerves to see James did eventually grow up and you were still the same pathetic, greasy, creep that you were as a child. And you will apologize to me. Or else."

"You're as arrogant as your father, Potter," Snape said.

"And you're as much of a disgusting, abusive bastard as yours," Harry said. "We can play that game too, Snivellus."

Harry paused.

"And I hold the coin to your soul. So I can do far nastier things to you if you push me. And you've given me plenty of excuses, Snivellus."

Harry snapped reality back.

"I'm sorry I targeted you, Potter," Snape said.

"See, that wasn't so hard, was it?" Sara asked.

"Why do I have a feeling I just missed something?" Mick asked.

"Snape and I had a private chat," Harry said. "It felt good to clear the air."

"Wow," Kara said.

"He apologized," John said. "I don't believe it."

"Good," Astra said. "I really hope he's not sticking around for too much longer."

"The feeling is mutual, Logue," Snape said.

"And did you know those questions, Malfoy?" Lita asked.

"The Bezoar one I knew, the other two, I didn't," Malfoy said.

"And yet, you and the two lumps found it amusing that I didn't,' Harry said.

"Well, I was still sore from the train, so anything to see you taken down a peg," Malfoy said. "Although, I'm certain if you did know, Snape would have found a way to penalize you. You couldn't have won. Not with him."

"Is Malfoy right?" Ava asked.

Snape decided to stiffly nod.

"Not biased in favor of the Slytherins, Severus?" McGonagall asked.

"Minerva, it's been years," Snape said.

"That's what you should have told yourself regarding my father and his friends," Harry said curtly.

Harry's comment about Hermione potentially knowing had been said.

"Oooh," Zari said. "He won't be thrilled."

"Sounds like something out of Lily Evans playbook right there," John said. "Which means he really won't be thrilled because he wants to see James Potter."

"Didn't you understand he wasn't going to call on you?" Nora asked Hermione.

"I…I wanted to impress everyone, because those were such advanced questions," Hermione said.

"I did not ask those questions for you to make a spectacle out of yourself, Ms Granger," Snape said.

"No, only to make a spectacle out of your own biases towards Harry," Astra said.

"I apologized," Snape said. "What more do you want?"

"Your head," Astra said coldly. "On a pike."

The room grew silently at Astra's matter of fact declaration.

"Okay, moving swiftly along," Sara said.

Snape's lecture and his comments about them not writing what he said down. And one point from Gryffindor.

"Snape must have been in a really good mood that day," Lita said.

"Really?" Harry asked. "I didn't notice."

"Well, you could have been a bit more polite," Hermione said.

"Well ,he could have been a bit more professional," Harry said.

"And a bit less of a raving asshole," Mick added.

"A whole lot less of that," Ron agreed.

"Not possible without an exorcism," John said.

"Is this really necessary for me to be here, if all they're going to do is rip into me for things that happened years ago?" Snape asked.

"Depends, was it necessary to take out the sins of the father, on his son?" Harry retorted.

"I would rather be back down there," Snape said.

"Oh I think this is actually brilliant," Astra said. "If I knew this would torment you, I would have done it to you a long time ago."

"Take your medicine," McGonagall said. "We all have some bitter pills to swallow."

Hermione responded with a solemn nod. Boy didn't she know.

The rest of the Potions lesson, regarding Snape's shameless sucking up to Malfoy and Neville's Potion mishap along with Harry taking another point off of Harry for it.

"Because, maybe, just maybe, it's the job of the teacher to keep an eye on that sort of thing," Harry said.

"So, that explains a certain…fear of Mr. Longbottom," McGonagall said.

"Perhaps, I shouldn't have blamed Potter," Snape said.

"Oh, good thing you're up here, Astra," John said. "Because, you would have needed a pretty damn good winter coat because Hell's frozen over if Snape admitted he was wrong."

"Glorified street magician," Snape snidely sniped.

"Greasy pile of bat droppings," John said.

"I want to hear Snape apologize to me," Harry said.

"Yes, Potter, it wasn't your fault," Snape said. "Are you happy?"

"A little," Harry said. "Although what you said to Neville is worse."

"He was an idiot for not following basic instructions," Snape said.

"An eleven year old child," Kara said. "Who you decided to bully just to make yourself feel like a big man."

Snape knew he was not winning this argument as the entire said.

"Well, a terrible teacher and a terrible human being," Astra said. "Dumbledore sure knows how to pick them."

"Yes, well, we weren't exactly burdened with qualified Potioneers," McGonagall said. "It was just Severus Snape and Preeti Patil."

"Parvati and Padma's mother?" Hermione asked. "She works for St. Mungos now."

"Yes," McGonagall said. "And Dumbledore felt Snape would be the better fit."

Harry snapped time and looked McGonagall in the eye.

"He thought Snape would be better because he used Hogwarts as his own twisted witness protection program," Harry said.

"Yes, Harry," McGonagall said. "He did."

Harry unsnapped time.

"Aunt Lily would have been amazing as a Potions teacher," Astra said.

Snape nodded slowly.

"She would have enjoyed teaching students," Snape admitted. "Although, she had her heart set on getting her mastery in Charms."

"Makes sense," Harry agreed. "And Preeti Patil would have been better at teaching Potions than you."

"I would have preferred she received the job, and I would have gotten…the other post, yes," Snape agreed.

"Something tells me you wouldn't have been happy teaching with any job," Lena said.

Snape could not dispute that fact.

Ron's comment about Snape turning nasty was shown.

"Yes," Astra said. "I would hate to see how worse he could get."

"I've seen it," Harry said.

"And we'll all see it," Zari said.

Snape kept his mouth shut.

Ron and Harry took their trip to Hagrid's house and they meet Fang.

"Fang sounds like a sweetheart," Kara said.

"He really is," Harry said.

"A loyal companion as well," McGonagall said. "It was sad when Hagrid had to put him down. Even though he lived a good long life."

"Sorry to hear about that," Hermione said.

"Hagrid never was the same after losing his dear friend," McGonagall said.

Hagrid's comment about chasing the Weasley twins away from the Forest.

"Well, yes," Ron said. "Fred and George made it more times than they were caught."

"I'm not surprised," Sara said. "With what I know about those two. If they get caught, it's to set up something else."

"Unfortunately," Snape said.

More of the visit to Hagrid's hut and Hagrid's comments about Snape not liking any of the students and trying to deflect Harry's statement about Snape seeming to hate him.

"Good guy, terrible liar," Zari said.

"Never could get those rock cakes right, could he?" Ron asked.

"Never," Hermione said.

"They were good projectiles though," Harry said.

"Why do I think there's a story there?" Astra asked.

"Not much of one, just hurling rock cakes at Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle," Harry said.

"Yes, I recall," Malfoy said.

"That was quite childish," Snape said.

"Well, I was twelve at the time," Harry said. "And they hexed a first year."

"Crabbe and Goyle ate the bloody things," Malfoy said. "They'll eat anything."

Ron and Harry knew this. But they would get to that later.

Harry finding out about the Gringotts break-in is shown next.

Everyone looked at this, gobsmacked.

"Well, leaving that out in the open," Sara said. "A coincidence for sure."

"Mmm," McGonagall said while pulsing her lips. "Hagrid needed to be a bit more careful."

"Oh, I disagree," Harry said. "He was as careful as Dumbledore needed him to be."

"The thief was right there, in the Alley on that day," Astra said. "They might have followed Hagrid into the bank."

"Oh, they were close," Harry said. "Very close. But no spoilers."

Astra folded her arms. Harry playfully kissed her. And Kara did the same thing.

"So adorable when she pouts," Kara said.

"Not as adorable as you," Lena said.

"Put out a few bread crumbs, and the mouse goes for the cheese," John said. "Oh, I know what he did. And you know what he did."

"Um, the person who owned the vault?" Nora asked. "He had…"

The spoiler charm caused Nora's tongue to become tied.

"Nora, we'll discuss this later," Harry said.

"Right," Nora said. "Right."

Astra's curiosity had been piqued. She could hardly wait.

"Thieves were sloppy," Mick said. "They were very lucky to get away."

"Given what the goblins said about high security vaults, I'd say so," Lena reminded them.

"Of course, if there was nothing in that vault," Ava said. "Then, there is no need for security."

"Not sloppy," Harry said. "Arrogant."

"The goblins can be as well," Ron reminded Harry.

Harry nodded. This was true.

Harry's final muses finished about Hagrid not quite being truthful about Snape.

"If I only knew," Harry said to Snape.

"It would have changed nothing," Snape said. "You would have believed you were in the right. Just like your father."

Harry snapped his fingers and Snape vanished into a burst of hellfire.

"Good," Astra said. "I can't stand him for any longer."

"Oh, he'll be back, maybe," Harry said.

"It's up to you," Sara said.

"I'm going to have to think about it," Harry said.

"I can't believe you defend him," Ron said to Hermione.

"Read the books and let's make our judgment on Snape's case," Hermione said. "The evidence is there."

"Is it?" Harry asked. "We'll see what else he's done. And Dumbledore."

Harry knew Hermione had a tendency to believe she was right until something really bluntly smacked her in the face. And Harry intended to beat her with the force of a brick. Hermione never admitted she was wrong about her parents. About sending them off and modifying their memories.

"So, that was quite the chapter," Zari said.

"Can't believe someone would be so awful," Astra said. "Not sure if I buy his explanation about why he was so hard on Harry."

"It doesn't cast him in the best light, either way," Sara said. "I regret asking you to invite him."

"As you said it was my choice," Harry said. "I would like you to stick around for the next chapter, Minerva. And invite you back for a couple more chapters later."

"If you insist," McGonagall said.

She knew precisely what events Harry would like to hear her perspective on as well. And Minerva McGonagall was not sure if she could justify what happened later that year. It disgusted her thinking back of it.

"Our next guest is coming for the next chapter," Gideon announced. "His name is Oliver Wood. For five years, he played on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. And really, he didn't have to become something else, someone else, so this joke doesn't really work like I intended."

The former Gryffindor Quidditch captain and keeper showed up. The burly man walked over and greeted his former Star Seeker.

"Harry, it's good to see you," Wood said in his booming voice. "It's been a long time!"

"It really has," Harry said. "Sit down. And let me introduce you to everyone."

To Be Continued.