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NEED TO KNOW∞ Ginny dies in the final battle, Fred doesn't ∞Harry has raised Teddy since he was three months old because of Mrs. Tonks death… she was attacked by death eaters ∞ takes place during the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I will not include a lot of details from the book because I don't feel like typing it all and my copy is at my parents' house
History is always written wrong, and so always needs rewritten. - George Santayana.
Into the Past
"One of us will be dead by the end of the week and it won't be me." Snape glowered.
"Your right perhaps we should meet after class to discuss a treaty?" Evan suggested causally hoping that Snape would realize that he wanted to talk to him in private.
Luckily Snape did pick up on it, "Very well come to my office after classes." And they turned back to their meals to finish eating in silence while the other professors wondered what just happened.
Chapter 15: Helping Hand?
It had been an excruciatingly long day, but it wasn't over yet. He was on his way down to the dungeons to talk to Snape. Evan honestly hoped that the man would have a solution to his problem.
Blimey he was worn out, and this was only the first day. He had expected teaching to be like the DA, but he must have forgotten that he would have more than one class. Add that to all of them trusting him and that most of them hoped for an easy class like they had with Lockhart. It was frustrating to no end. Oh well, he would just have to make the best of it. After all if he failed to teach them to protect themselves so many of them would die in the next few years.
Although he hoped he could end it before it started, he wasn't going to get his hopes up about it. If he had learned anything in the war and his following years as an Auror it was the truth of Murphy's Law: Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. So he may hope for the best, but he would always plan for the worst case scenario. Why else would someone teach a four year old Occlumency?
Evan arrived at Snape's office and rapped on the door. "Enter," came the silky voice of the Potions Master.
Harry did, "Hello Snape."
"What no jibe? Not using my first name? Don't tell me you really wanted to discuss a truce?" The dark man sneered.
"No, but I thought you might be a little more willing to help me if I played nice." Evan told him with an even voice
"Well, maybe you do have a brain after all. Tell me why would I ever want to help you?"
"Because I need help to kill Voldemort and end the war." Evan said imploringly.
"Then go to the Headmaster."
"No!" He responded sharply.
"Why not?" Snape inquired not showing his surprise at the boy's vehemence.
"Because he was willing to gamble with my life last time! He set me up to walk to my death believing that it was the only way to kill that monster! But, I won't believe that until I have exhausted every other option. I don't want my younger self to think his only purpose in life is to die after having all of his loved ones killed!" Evan said losing his cool. He had been bottling everything up for so long and Dumbledore had been a sore spot for a long time.
"You obviously didn't die last time." Snape returned.
"No, but that was luck nothing more." Evan let out a heavy sigh before continuing. "Do you know what a Horcrux is?"
Snape's eyes widened, "Yes, are you implying that the Dark Lord made one?"
"No, he made seven." Evan said grimly.
"What?" Snape whispered in disbelief.
"The diary that I destroyed in second year was one; I hinted to Dumbledore about a second the ring." Evan said running a hand through his hair. "Then there is Slythrin's locket, Hufflepuff's cup, Revanclaw's Diadem , and Voldemort's snake Nigina. I have gotten the locket, cup, and diadem."
"Oh and you need my help to kill the snake?" He asked disdain clear in his voice.
"No. I When Voldemort came to kill me that night in 1981 he hadn't made Nigina one yet. He was going to use my death to make one, but obviously that didn't go according to plan. Dumbledore believed that when the curse repelled back to him ripping him from his body," Evan paused getting control of his emotions, "Dumbledore believed that part of his soul broke away without him knowing and attached itself to the only living thing in the room, me."
Evan turned to look at Snape, "I have had strange dreams for as long as I can remember, but they became more frequent and vivid. It wasn't until the Christmas of my fifth year that I told anyone, and that was because I saw… I saw Arthur Weasley being fatally attacked while guarding the prophecy." He shook his head to get rid of the memories. "I was seeing inside of Voldemort's and Nigina's heads."
"Dumbledore let me track down and destroy all of the other Horcruxes before telling me I was the final one, that I had to let Voldemort kill me to save my friends, to end the war. But, because of a mixture of ancient and dark magic I didn't die. My mother gave her life for me creating a shield; when Voldemort used my blood to come back he preserved the shield. If I hadn't have died willingly and without even raising my wand in defense, I would have really died instead of just the Horcrux."
"Do you think my younger self can march to death knowing that I didn't die? No, we have to find another way to get rid of it without killing him, and I was wondering that if Dumbledore had told you in the original timeline and gave you time if you could have come up with something better than sending me off like a sheep to be slaughtered."
"I need help Snape. And I don't trust Dumbledore enough to go to him anymore. He has made too many mistakes where I'm concerned. He tries to protect me too hard me, but at the same time he was willing to let me suffer at the Dursley's and walk to the slaughter."
"Suffer at the Dursley's?"
"Not all my scars are from Voldemort." Evan said not willing to say anything more on the subject.
"I see," Snape replied pouring the two of them glasses of Firewhisky. He took a sip then looked back to Evan, "I will see what I can come up with."
"That's all I ask." Evan said relieved.
"You implied earlier that you knew of my reason for switching sides, were you bluffing?" Snape asked causally.
"No it wasn't. I wasn't honest when I told you that Dumbledore told me to walk to my death. If I don't change things then next summer Draco Malfoy will be marked and ordered to kill Dumbledore. Dumbledore will order you to do it for him to prevent damage to Draco's soul and to insure your place in the inner circle."
"None of the Order will trust you, but Dumbledore tells you I have to die. He doesn't tell you why, just instructs you to pass along the message. I found you during the final battle, you were dying and you gave me your memories. Memories of my mother, of why you became a spy and of when Dumbledore told you that I had to die. I haven't told anyone, not even Ron and Hermione. I didn't think you would want them to know even after your death."
"That is surprising."
"I'm not my father; I saw how he treated you in my fifth year. It wasn't right; I would apologize to you for what he did, but I don't think you would accept that."
"How did you see how he treated me in your fifth year?" Snape asked curious. This was nothing of what he was expecting when he invited the Gryffindor to his office. The information was staggering and then there was the fact that he was acting completely unexpected. He was not acting arrogant, nor was he trusting blindly. The fact that he did not trust this with the headmaster was intriguing to say the least.
"You were teaching me Occlumency, and I doubt that I need to tell you how spectacularly well that went." Evan said sarcastically. "You left me alone in your office with a pensive. I'm sure you can guess what happened, after all I am a Gryffindor."
"So, you invaded my privacy." Snape sneered.
"Yes, but I was disturbed by what I saw. It bothered me for weeks before I confronted Sirius and Remus. They tried to tell me that it was a mistake, justified it by saying that they were young. That's when I pointed out that they were my age when the incident after that owls exam. They told me they regretted their actions and knew they were wrong, but couldn't change anything."
"That was the first time I had ever been ashamed of who my father was. I questioned every time someone compared me to my father of whether or not it was a good thing. In a way it's good to know. Now he is not some idyllic dream, but a real person flaws and all. It took me a long time to see it that way though."
"So, you do not believe your father was such a perfect person anymore?"
"Not at all. He made mistakes, and so did my mum. She shouldn't have abandoned her friendship with you just because of what you called her when you were embarrassed."
"You are wrong I was the one at fault there." Snape said shaking his head. "And I don't need your pity for your father's actions against me."
"You don't have it. I know what it's like. My cousin treated me the same way my father treated you," Evan told him shaking his head. "And as far as my mother goes, yea you shouldn't have called her that, but she should have forgiven you."
"It wasn't the first time that I wronged her." Snape said sadly.
"So? Do you know how many times I have yelled at Ron and Hermione? How many times I pushed then away? How many times their lives, their families' lives have been put in danger because of me? They never gave up on me, never left my side save a few arguments that got out of hand. I don't know what I would have done without them. My mother should have stood by you. Do believe that if she had you would have joined the Death Eaters?"
"No, probably not." Snape said contemplatively.
"I know you like to idealize her, but she was human and made mistakes."
"You are not what I expected." Snape told him the thought that had been running threw his head all evening.
"No, I wouldn't think that I was." Evan replied taking another sip of his drink finishing the glass.
"You know I can act no differently towards Harry or yourself?" He asked raising an eyebrow in question.
Evan nodded as he got up to leave. He still had an hour until dinner and he wanted to relax and play with Teddy. He suspected that after dinner Harry would be in his office asking questions.
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