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After life

Harry wakes up and he is looking at a glowing woman with long silver hair, "You are Lady Magic." The woman nods, "I am. Welcome Harry Potter to the Afterlife." Harry has so many questions, "I died? Why didn't you help? Why did you let Albus do all these things? Why didn't you save Snape?" She comes to sit next to him, "Fate and Destiny forbade me. By the time they realised their mistake it was too late. We could only sit back and watch. You and Severus were destined to be together but when he died, Destiny was shocked. She wanted to nudge you together in your fifth year but Fate told us it would all work out but it didn't. The bond was healing when Snape came to care for you on his own during your Occlumency lessons. If Fate would have been right, the war would have been avoided and all the fated couples would have gotten together. Fate is rarely wrong and this was one of those times. She was upset when Snape died because the future she saw was lost in this world. The reason you had to live this life was because we needed you to find out the truth while you were alive and see the consequences. I am sorry, my child for all that you suffered. If we could have saved you, we would have." She won't tell him that in other worlds, he was saved from The Dursleys or that Dumbledore never got his hands on him. It will only hurt him to know that he is happy in other universes.

He looks down and plays with the hem of his shirt. He has more questions but there is one thing he wants more, "Can I see Snape?" She chuckles, "Death will be here with him soon. He knows. I showed him the truth. He didn't take it very well, as you can imagine." Harry laughs, he can just imagine the foul mood Snape was in when he learned of Dumbledore's treachery, "What happens now?" Lady Magic softy says, "That is up to you. Severus will tell you more."

Harry closes his eyes and thinks back on his life. Life? More like a book written by someone else. Did he ever make a decision on his own without influence? He doesn't even realise he is crying until he feels someone wipe away his tears. He opens his eyes and looks into black eyes, "Sev?" Snape nods, he is still stroking Harry's cheek. Harry launches himself into Snape's arms and cries. Snape just holds him while he cries and cries and cries until he falls asleep.

Snape is running his fingers through Harry's hair, he still can't believe that Harry is his soulmate let alone everything Dumbledore has done. It was quite a shock to him when Lady Magic, Death, Fate and Destiny revealed all to him. A bigger shock was when he found out what the meddler did to Tom. But what broke his heart was finding out Harry's fate or better known at the life created for him by the meddler and the backstabbers. Looking back, he wishes he would have acted on his impulse to kiss Harry in his fifth year. Maybe it would have changed things. He can feel Harry stir and he wakes up, bright green eyes are looking at him. He could get lose in those eyes.

Harry sits up, taking the hand that was in his hair, in his hand. He looks at Snape, he looks younger, unburdened, "I don't know what to say or where to start." Snape runs his thumb over Harry's hand, "It is a lot to take in. I had a considerably longer time to digest everything but I am still not really believing it. One thing I know, the empty feeling in me has gone since you came here." Harry has a soft smile on his face, "Mine is gone too. I feel whole, at peace. What happens now? Will we spend the Afterlife together?"

Snape is silent for a few moments, "We can do that or we go back in time." Harry looks at him, "What do you mean?" Snape takes a deep breath and lets it out, "Some of us have been offered a second chance by the higher powers. You see, our lives weren't supposed to turn out like they did. Lady Magic told you that Fate was wrong, magic was never supposed to die out. Everything that could go wrong, did in our world. Are you familiar with the concept of the multiverse?" Harry nods and he continues, "In every other world where Dumbledore broke our bond, we sooner or later found out. In those worlds we repaired our bond and took him down. Our bond was starting to heal in this world. I came to care for you and Fate thought we were on the right track but something happened that changed our course and I died. There was a moment in your fifth year, after an Occlumency lesson when I wanted to kiss you but I didn't. Maybe that was the moment it all went wrong. When I died, it was too late to change the future and they couldn't interfere anymore. Needless to say everyone is shocked at the turn of events and that is why we are getting an opportunity to create a better world."