Time For Change

Hello all!
Like so many others, I have read many fanfictions, and even written a few myself. Yet this is my "maiden voyage" on this site. I do not have a beta, so all mistakes *yes there will be mistakes because I'm a horrid typer* are my own.


AFTER READING YOUR REVIEWS, I SAW ALOT OF MY MISTAKES. I ALSO SO THAT I HAD LEFT ALOT OF INFORMATION OUT. SO I REDID IT AND HOPEFULLY YOU LIKE THE OUTCOME!

~On with the show~
p.s. this is in Snape's POV, inless specified otherwise.
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Preface

I had never messed up this badly on a potion in all my years. Sure, I have had my failed attempts. Hell, I've even blown up a cauldron or two, though I will never admit to it, yet I have never actually had something go so terribly wrong.

Now, here I am staring into the mirror in my room, and I'm looking at someone I haven’t seen in years.

My hair isn't greasy, my nose not yet broken*though still beakish*, and my many scars are gone. I know that many would kill to go back in time and correct their mistakes, but alas I can not. For you see, I have not gone back in the reality of time, only in body.

STORY

Albus, my superior, my mentor, my friend, stood in the doorway as I finished my brew.

"You know, you're doing the right thing." He told me again. It seemed as if that was all he said to me since I decided that I was going to help Potter. Potter-the thought of the elder made me cringe, but I couldn't take it out on the boy, I owed Lilly that much.

"He won't accept my help Albus, he's too much like his father, and he will never forget his past." If I were him, I would not allow myself to help him either. Even if the only way I could keep the Dark Lord happy was to be mean to the boy, my hatred grew from within. I could not stand James, and Harry is like him in almost every way.

Like so many times before, I turned my back on everything. Albus shook his head and walked out, as I started a new brew. Yet my mind was still on the boy. So much like his father, yet at just the right times, Lilly would shine through. Lilly, for so long I thought I loved her, but in reality it was lust and infatuation.

It was with thoughts of Lilly in my head that I miscounted. As the fifth drop of unicorn blood hit the potion, I became faint. In a last stitch effort, I called for Dobby.
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Dobby's POV*sorry I'm not fluent in house elf.
"Yes sir?" I called out as I came into Master Snape's lab. It wasn't often that Dobby was called, and when I couldn’t' see master, Dobby knew something was wrong. I's looked around, and saw masters potion brewing, the smell of blood in the air. I's sees Snape on the ground, head bleeding, and he on the brink of death, and I's quickly took him to the hospital wing.

I stayed with Master Snape, never left his side, I did. The people were talking, saying that they didn't know what was wrong, and that it could not be fixed. They says that Master is stuck. But I's think that is better, he's not so greasy anymore. I want him to come too, so I can get back to work, but I promised master Snape that I would never leave his side when he called. I knows how important he is to Master Harry.
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12 Days later
"where......what's?" I tried to sit up, but my head pounded so I stayed down.

"Master Snape? Are you awake?" I could hear Dobby. Dobby, that’s right I called him after the potion blew up, if I could just remember what exactly I did.
"Master, yous fine now, added to much blood you did, but yous fine, I will be going now" Dobby stated, and with that he was gone.

Too much blood....hmmm how did I add to much blood, and to what? The thoughts came rushing back as Poppy ran towards me hearing the commotion.

Severus, are you alright? Well of course you're not, here let me get you some food, its been 12 day's since you’ve had a proper meal, and potions can only do so much." She said in a motherly tone. Poppy knew how much I hated the hospital wing, ever since I was a child. So she paid extra attention to me, like a mother would. "What happened, there were some affects that can't be changed, but how?" she began to babble as she placed a turkey sandwich and pumpkin juice in front of me. “eat up.”

"Poppy, I assure you that I am fine, thank you for the food." I began to eat. "As for what happened, I was brewing an aging potion when I lost concentration and added an extra drop of blood. It caused a reaction, and I passed out after calling Dobby. What do you mean by affects?" I asked after explaining.

"Well dear, you are seventeen again. I have tried everything, but it seems that time as morphed your body. Yet the affects wore off at this age, and you will continue to grow normally." she said looking puzzled. "If I believed in divination, not that I do, but if I did, I would say it's an act of fate." With that, she turned and headed towards her office, only turning around to say, "Dumbledore will be here shortly, after that you may go."

I finished my sandwich and juice thinking about what Poppy had said. This changes everything, what am I supposed to do now? I can’t teach, I can’t just show up as a student with the same name as a professor, and even though I changed drastically as an adult, I still resemble myself.

It was with those thoughts that Albus walked in."Ah Severus, you're up that’s good." Dumbledore stated as he walked into the hospital wing. "I was worried about you. But alas, we must move forward, he said cutting straight to the point. You are no longer a death eater, for you did not receive your mark until after this point in your old life, the first thing I noticed was that your mark was gone." He stated. “It seems that you have completely changed who you once were. Severus Snape is no more. For you see when you added the extra drop of blood, the man you once were turned into Sev Stephenson, snarky potions master, and deatheater turned spy for the order. I took the liberty to spread word that you were placed into hiding, and planted a false memory in Magmeyere which had him catching you talking to me, and fleeing the seen. So Tom will think that you are in hiding also. Without the dark mark, you can not be called upon, which is an advantage for us, but now we no longer have our spy.” He said, I could tell that this was a setback, but it seemed that Albus had other plans. "This changes things, for you see I have a new assignment for you, not only will you be protecting our golden trio, but you will now become part of their group, you will become their forth, and in turn change the outcome of this war. You Severus may have just accidentally caused the light to win. You can still be Severus Snape, for as I stated, your mishap somehow altered the memory of your former self to everyone who was not in Hogwarts of the time of the accident. The ancient magic protecting the school protected the memories of the teaching staff, Poppy, and myself." He said smiling. "Lemon drop?"

"Damit Albus, I can not, should not, and WILL not become a Gryffindor. I am Slitherin to the core, I would not survive, as for being part of the golden trio there is no way it would work. AND STOP IT WITH THE LEMON DROPS, THEY CAN'T SOLVE EVERYTHING." I began to rant.

"Calm down my boy. It is for but a year that you will have to enter the Lion's den. In that time, I wasn’t you to protect them, you are still Severus, only your body has been changed by time. You still have your memories, though no one will remember you as you were, the vision they have of Sev Stephenson is that of a tall brunette, he was snarky like you used to be, but did not have the same features. Trust you to mess up but make it so that we can work with it. Voldemort will no doubt look for you, but hopefully that will give us time to set everything up.” The tone in his voice finalized his opinion and brought back the topic at hand, Voldemort.

"Sir, how did my mess up accidentally win the war? It's not like Potter will just up and trust a new comer, and you know how he can be, he often hexes before thinking." I stated.

"Ah, but it is not Potter who will meet you first, you Severus, are now Head Boy, and get to share the honor with non other than Hermione Granger." That damn twinkle, reared its ugly head, this man is meddling, I don't know how, I don’t know why, but he is. "Your things are being moved into the Head's suit as we speak, I will show you to your new rooms, and we will chat about the rest of the year there. Until then, I think you should write a letter to Miss. Granger telling her of her status as Head Girl, and introducing yourself. I have taken the liberty to create story for you. You are Severus Snape, and you were home schooled until now. You have joined Hogwarts due to the death of your parents in a death eaters attack. You are head boy due to your grades at home school, your strength, and the fact that I have known you all your life." He smiled and headed towards the door, "Are you coming to your new room, or should I call for Dobby to show you later?" He asked.

"Tell Dobby, it seems that I have a letter to write." I stated as I grabbed paper and a quill from the table next to me.

Severus reached across the bed to the table next to him and grabbed a few pieces of parchment and a quill and began to write. After a few drafts, he finally got it semi right.

Hermione Granger,
Hello, my name is Severus Snape, and I have the honor of telling you that you are the new Head Girl of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Normally it would be the Headmaster telling you that you have received such an honor, but as the new Head Boy, Headmaster Dumbledore thought it best that I tell you. You see, I am a new student. This may seem odd, considering I have reached Head Boy status, but believe me when I say that my grades have proved I deserve the spot. The headmaster has known me practically since birth, and can testify that my home schooling was sufficient. Unfortunately, my parents were killed as a result of the war, when they turned down the Dark Lord. I feel the need to explain my self to you, in hopes of becoming friends. We will be sharing duties, as well as a common room through our last year, and in hopes of a peaceful year, becoming friends would be the best option. If you are wondering, I am in Gryffindor, like yourself. Though I have only shared a bit about myself, I hope to share more when we meet. Until then.
Yours truly,
Severus Snape

"I have never had to so, I guess you could call it nice, before in a letter to a student. Hell, I've never had to write a student a letter. This was just plain weird. Miss. Gran....Hermione, I have to call her Hermione or everything will be ruined." Severus said out loud. "UGH Why am I talking to myself? This must end" and with that he threw the quill down and summoned an owl. "To Miss Hermione Granger's residence." he told it and watched it fly away. "Well, onto my new rooms. Dobby" he called.


So, how do you like it??? Better stuff to come....that is if you think I should continue. Please review and tell me what you think, both good and bad, so I know what work on.

Is it better now? Did I cover all your questions? I'm going to wait to look at your reviews before I post the next chapter, I have it written and ready to go I just want to be sure that I have everything added that needs to be in it.
~Cait

as you requested, I am addint the A/N here so that I can make the next one be chapter two.
okay. I want to clear some things up.



I tried to fix the first chapter and hopefully it worked, but just incase here is summary of what happened.



Severus Snape messed up big time. While thinking of Lilly, he added an extra drop of unicorn blood to an aging potion. The 5th drop of blood caused a reaction which changed time. Severus is now 17 and his former self has completely changed. Everyone who knew him, besides those at hogwarts *the teaching staff, poppy, and dumbledore* now remember him as Sev Stephenson, snarky potions master, brunette, and with different features than he once had. In short, the potion changed everyones memories. The ancient magic within the castel walls allowed those within at the time of the accident to remember him how he was before



Dumbledore left false memories in a low ranking deatheaters head, so to convince Voldemort that Snape was found out to be faithful to the Order, and is now in hiding. Thus making Severus Snape never exist, but instead have Sev Stephenson take his place.



Severus is keeping his name, to make it easier to write. HE is now head boy and hopefully friend of Harry Potter, and the new fourth part of the golden trio.



I changed it to make it easier to write, and hopefully easier to fallow.



I have the next chapter written, I am going to make sure it fallows all my changes, and post it as soon as possible.



Please review, I want to know your thoughts. If you have any ideas that you think would make this fic great feel free to say them, I will try to add them in at some point.



Sorry it's not an update, but hopefully it cleared up some of the confusion. If there is still confusion, please review and I will try to fix it.



Good Night

~Cait