The world felt both familiar and alien to Serena as she opened her eyes. It only lasted for an hour before the fever had finally subsided, leaving only the pounding in her head as a reminder of its existence.
She found herself in a state of profound introspection. It was as if the remnants of her past life as Severus and her current existence as a female omega had intertwined, merging into a new amalgamation of emotions, desires, and reactions. Serena doesn't know how to feel about it. Not yet anyways. The innocence of Serena and the guilty crimes of Severus. The naïveté and the dark experiences, the beauty and the ugly, all mixed together. One body, two personas combined. It's no use overthinking, she'll get through it when she reorganizes her Occlumency wards. Hopefully.
She was lying in a small, quaint room that was both hers and not hers. The walls were a deep fading gray, the bed was thin and broken from the frames, and the window overlooked a view that was distinctly Spinner's End. It was her room, but not the one she remembered. It was somewhat neater and cleaner, with a few extra old, worn out toys displayed on a small wooden desk, in the corner of the room. The combination of two personas within Serena was a curious blend as she still felt an attachment towards the toys while fully being aware that she or he - as Severus, was not at all interested in tattered dolls.
She's Serena Snape now, a female Omega version of her former self, Severus Snape. Her reflection in the mirror was a paradox. Snow White was the first thing that came into her mind. She saw red cherry lips, bigger sable onyx eyes, snowy white smooth skin, the same sharp features, but softened with a feminine touch, framed by long, silken locks of black hair with bangs, and a small button nose. Serena was clearly an adorable little girl. She was still a bit malnourished but less than when she was a boy. Eileen, in this world, did her best at feeding Serena as fully as she could, only so her appearance wouldn't get affected by the lack of food. The change was jarring, but it was still her.
She sat on the edge of the bed, her fingers tracing the soft sheets, lost in her thoughts. Lily. She's alive. A lot of people who she knew to be dead were alive. But sweet Lily was once her only true friend. In this world, she was still Serena's friend, and for that Serena was grateful. Their bond was deep, deeper than people had ever understood. They had mistaken Serena's affection for Lily as romantic love, but it wasn't. It was a connection between two souls who had found solace in each other's company, and nothing more. And here, Lily was a Beta, a different dynamic but the same bond. Serena was relieved to know that she's already friends with Lily, and has yet used that terrible slur against her. That's one aspect she didn't have to worry about. Facing Lily as a child is definitely not the way she wanted to see her again. But she wasn't going to complain, she missed her too much. And this time, she won't mess it up.
On the other hand, understanding the secondary genders was a complex task. According to her mother, the wizarding world has 20% Alphas, 70% Betas, and 10% Omegas. Last to Eileen's knowledge, only 25 omegas were currently in Great Britain, which was already saying a lot. As an Omega, Serena was faced with a reality that had never existed for her before. The heat cycles, the physical and emotional turmoil they would bring... she shuddered at the thought. The idea of the submission, the dependency, it was terrifying. She had always prided herself on her independence, her self-sufficiency. But now, it seemed, Serena would have to find a way to maintain it in a world that was designed to take it away from her.
And then there were The Marauders. The tormentors of Serena's past life. Would they be the same in this one? Would the change in her gender make any difference to them? The thought of reliving the bullying was a bitter pill to swallow. Would they see her as just another classmate? Serena couldn't predict their actions, but she could control her own. Serena's hatred towards them had mostly diminished due to her experiences with Harry and both wars, draining her emotionally exhausted as Severus. It seems the best course of action is to avoid their attention, keep herself off their radar and establish relationships with classmates from a different house. She couldn't afford to let them distract her from her bigger mission - preventing the rise of Voldemort.
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IN ANOTHER LIFE (James Potter x Severus Snape)
Fanfiction(OMEGAVERSE) Severus finds himself rising from his near deathbed into the past, as a female 10 year old version of himself in another parallel world, where secondary genders exist. (Also uploaded in Fanfiction & Ao3)
