Chapter 2

"Well what are you staring at me for?" the boy in the painting ask looking at Jenni sticking his nose in the air.

"Ug, really, immature much," Jenni sighed, "As much as I love to continue this valuable conversation, I think that the one person that might be able to help me just walked away, so bye," Jenni said slightly sarcastically. When she was done she looked down the hall, barely able to make out Severus turning the corner. Not wanting to have to wait for him to come back, who knew if another Slythern's would come out of the portrait, she ran to catch up to him. Which was no easy feet while carrying her duffle bag, she didn't want to set it down in fear that she would never see it again. About time she turned the corner, Severus was way down the hall, all though closer than he was earlier.

Deciding that it might be easier if she called out to him she began screaming, "Severus, Severus! Wait!"

In front of her she saw Severus stop, standing stiffly in place. When she got about 5 feet away, Severus whirled toward her.

"What do you want, McAvory. For the last time my name is, Sev-er-us. Not Sev-ver-re-us," However, Sev-er-us was not looking at Jenni; he was instead staring at the wall.

"Okay, one do I sound like a McAvory. That's just wrong. Is he not a follower of Tom Riddle? The crazy person who wanted to kill all of the muggles? Even though he's not even a pure blood. No thank you. I am Jenni Christy Cole. I was hoping you could help me get home. Either that or I could save you from your future? Hm, I kinda like the second option better. Don't you think?"

Severus was definitely staring at her now, "Are you okay?"

Jenni wanted to laugh, he thought she was crazy. Hell, she felt like she was going crazy, "Listen, Look at me. I am in muggle cloths. I'm 16 years old, which would mean that I would be a 5th year student, yet you have never seen me before and I don't belong to any house. I need your help. If you help me, I will help you. Trust me Severus, if you don't take this option you will regret it for the rest of your life. Until you die. I know that you don't have to dark mark yet because you got it after school, I think. How old are you?" Jenni wanted to shoot herself; she just told Severus she would be beneficial to Tom Riddle. If Severus already had the dark mark she was so screwed; unless she brought up Lily.

"I'm 16 as well," Severus replied looking at her weirdly.

"Your still friends with her right?"

"Who?" He raised his eyebrow.

"Lily, who else."

Suddenly, Severus mood darkened, "What do you know of Lily? You stay away from her and me."

Before he could turn around Jenni blurted out, "But I don't want to hurt, Lily. Hell, I'm not the one that called her a mud blood and signed her death warrant. That was you. You're the one that going to hurt her if you don't get my help."

"What do you mean? I have never called her that name. I would never harm her!" Severus started to yell.

"Oh, really Snape because I have all the documents to prove that you will do both!"

"What document!"

"Oh, I don't know maybe the books that I have in my duffel bag!" After saying this, Jenni realized that she stuck her foot in her mouth.

Snape started to laugh, "Really books, you're crazy there are no books about me and Lily."

"Yeah, your right because it's not about you and Lily, it's about Harry freaking Potter. Harry James Potter, the boy who lived. The boy who lost his parents because of the fact that the vile creature betrayed his best friends! Ug, this is not how I wanted to explain this to you. Do you happen to know where the room of requirements is?" Looking at Severus's face she realized that he had no clue what she was talking about, "Forget about it, do you know where we could talk alone."

Severus looked at her like she was crazy, "Yeah, right how do I know that it's not a trap."

"Okay one, because I don't have any magic and two, it would be a place of your choosing."

Severus smirked, "Anywhere?"

"Yes?" Jenni replied not sure anymore.

"Okay, Follow me."

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

After traveling down plenty of hallways, Severus finally got to another portrait.

He whispered, probably trying to make sure Jenni didn't hear, "The half-blood prince."

The picture opened, it looked like a wall was there however Severus walked straight through it. Nervous, wondering if it would work if she did not have magic, Jenni walked through the wall behind Severus. Inside it looked like an everyday living room, with a fireplace and a couch and coffee table. Besides this and the few decorations, the room was empty.

"What is this?"

"Oh what, the seer doesn't know," Expecting to find a sneer on Snape's face Jenni was trying to think of a good come back only to find a small smile instead.

"No," She laughed, "The books never mentioned this room."

"Yes, well I'm not sure what it is either really. You see a seventh year showed me this room the day before the school ended. I will give it to someone at the end of my seventh year as well."

"Aw, that's sweet. Why did you get picked?"

Severus looked uncomfortable, "Surely you know that I'm not the most popular guy around here, right," Jenni nodded her head, " Well the girl that used to have this room saw me being bullied during the school year. I guess I reminded her of herself, she was teased as well. She told me that she found solace in this room, a way from all the people that teased her. Believe it or not, she was a hufflepuff; she told me that she did not care about the houses. No one was ever really friendly to her so what did it matter, ya know. She told me that in my seventh year I had to choose a first year to have this place that deserved it. I agreed."

"Wow, I never knew that," Jenni said shocked. She knew that Severus was a good man, however to here this side of him. It was a side of Severus that Jenni never thought she would be able to see.

"Anyway," Severus's said trying to change the subject, "Where are these books you where telling me about."

Jenni nodded, sat down on the couch, pulled her duffle bag into her arms and unzipped it. Severus could tell that she had shoved all her stuff in there and all the stuff barely fit into that bag. Severus watched as she pulled out 7 books. Each of them had the title Harry Potter and the…

"What are those?"

"Oh, these are the books about Harry Potter. Also about the wizarding world, the world that I didn't think was real until today."

Severus nodded until one of the titles shocked him, looking to see what Severus was staring at Jenni followed his gaze to the 6th book; Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince.

Knowing what Severus was thinking Jenni said, "Yes, it's about you. Harry found your Potions book; it helped him through out potions. You where the best, right? He found it in his 6th year. The one thing I don't approve of is the spell you made for your enemy's. I don't care how mad you are, how could you wish to see someone stabbed then bled to death? Although I most say you had a heart attack when you found that Harry did the curse on Malfoy. He was very lucky to live."

"I um, I don't recall the spell, nor this book. You said it was his 6th year, maybe I gained it in my 6th year as well."

"Hmm, yeah I guess. Anyway, I can tell you basically anything in the book, because it can't leave this room. I wouldn't want Tom Riddle getting a hold of it. However, I want you to read the parts that show you want is to come," Quickly she opened the pages that had Harry looking through Severus Snape's memories. When he was done reading it, Severus looked like he was about to cry. Instead, he asked her to tell him the whole story. Once she was done, Severus was just looking at the wall. Not moving.

"Severus, are you okay?" Jenni said, scared that she told him too much.

"No, so that is the future, huh? What a life I live."

"You were very brave."

"Yes, only to try and right all the wrongs I made."

Jenni didn't know how to answer that so she settled for silence, she wanted to give him a hug. A feeling that she had always when someone was upset, but she also didn't think he would feel comfortable if she tried hugging him.

"I'll do it."

"What? Do what?"

"You help me change the future and I'll help you find away back home."

"Okay, but you realize that you are going have to change. Change who you hang out with, how you react to Lily, oh and I would try and avoid James and Sirius. It's not worth it, trust me."

"I'll do it, I might need help. But I can't let Lily die when I know I can help. Hell, I don't even care if she ends up with that git Potter, as long as she's happy."

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

So I realize this is not my best story. It is very late at night and it's taking everything in my to stay up to write this chapter. I hope you like how Severus and Jenni reacted to each other. The reason why I'm not having Sev act like he does with Harry is because I believe that at this point Sev is still a teenager he hasn't gotten to that dark spot yet although he's almost there. I'm sorry if it does not sound realistic I tried hard for it too, however in the end I really wanted them to have the conflict when they first talked because they don't know each other. Also, Jenni's scared and nervous which tends to make her blabber on about stuff. It also helps that after reading the last book Jenni admires Sev's character. Um, I added a room thought it would be better than acting like I remember where the room of requirement is. Also, Sev has a soft spot he's just not used to letting it show. For the most part his past takes a lot from him, like making friends easily. However, I don't think it was until after Lily stopped talking to him that Sev finally snapped and went down the rode that he did. So yeah, hoped you liked it.