Where Your Loyalties Lie - {Severus Snape x Reader}

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Huh? My eyes shoots open. And all I can see is white. Confused what happened, I blink few times faster. And soon, I see that I'm not in the Forbidden Forest anymore. Nor in Hogwarts. I'm... On a train station? But it's all empty and grey-ish white. Feeling a bit awkward, I bring hands closer to one another while looking around:"Um... Hello?". My voice echoes all over the place. What is this? Is this... Is this one of Voldermort's tricks? Then, I look down to my hands - only to see I'm wearing new clothes. Grey-ish white pants and long sleeved shirt. Not only that, my hands looks a bit... Different, yet so familiar. "What the..?" I take better look at my whole body and realize; I'm back being a child! What?!

I start turning my head around while yelling:"Ha..- Harry? Hagrid?! Where are you?!". No answer. Only the sound of my own - seven years old - voice echoes until it naturally fades away. "What the hell is going on?" I whisper to myself. "It's not proper for a young lady use that kind of language." a male voice calmly tells. Sharply, I turn around where the voice came:"Wha..-?". My heart makes a jump and eyes widens. It's Albus Dumbledore!!! He's also wearing white, only in a robes he would normally be in. Can't believe what I'm seeing:"Albus Dumbledore... What are you..-", "You've come a long way, (Y/N). I'm proud of you, you know that?" the old man hums with gentle smile. Still a bit hesitant what to believe here, so I struggle:"Ah... Um, I..-", "Let us walk." he suddenly interrupts. And with that, we slowly began to walk side by side.

Won't take long before I ask:"So, uh... Professor, where are we? What is this place, exactly?". "I was going to ask you this for myself. Where would you say we are?" Dumbledore looks slightly up, turning his head to look around. Without my notice, every few meters we walk, I turn one year older. "Well, it looks like we are in a train station. King's Cross, to be exact. Only, there are no people or any trains. And it's all white." I tell, wondering if he truly can't see what I'm seeing. "King's Cross, is that right?" he wonders little bit amused. I stop walking and give him more serious tone in my thirteen year old form:"What is all this? Did I die?". Right after that, I hear this fade voice echoing somewhere in the distance and my head quickly turns to look. Huh?

But there's no one there. It almost sounded like someone was calling my name. Dumbledore stops after couple more steps and turns to look at me while having his hands behind his back:"Around three years ago, I received your application when you applied for the job to cover up for Professor Sprout. Isn't that right?". I turn to look at him, little bit confused and continue to walk with him:"Yes?". "And around three years ago, you were standing at the King's Cross, waiting for your adventure in Hogwarts to begin? Or should I say, continue." he continue. "...Yes." I breath out. He again looks around:"Curious. Curious, indeed.". "..-/N)." the voice once again calls and I look over the shoulder. Nothing.

Dumbledore continues to speak, like he can't hear what I'm hearing:"I have a confession to make, (Y/N).". "What's that?" I ask and turn to look at him - now as in seventeen years old. "After seeing your application, I didn't look all the others that I received." he tells. Both of my eyebrows raise:"Why?". He lets out a soft chuckle without looking at me. We walk a little bit in silence. There are many questions and wonders circling around. But I'm not sure what's the main thing I want to bring out. Then, I shook my head and try to make some sense in all of this:"Voldemort has the Elder Wand. And we don't know what the last Horcrux is. All of this... It feels like I'm living in a bad dream.". "Do you regret it?" he ask all of sudden. "Huh?" I stop walking as my now current age and look at the man next to me confused. "Do you regret coming back in Wizarding World, (Y/N)?" he reframed the question. Shooking my head with a frown:"No. No, I've never regretted it.".

Slowly, Dumbledore nods few times:"Good... Good. It would be such a pity send you back to the beginning. After everything.". I stare at the old man now even more confused. "You could go back, you know? Back to Hogwarts Express. Back when Remus woke you up after you fell asleep, for example." he gives a small smile. "Wh..-? How you know all about that? What is this? Am I dreaming right now?" I wonder. Dumbledore chuckles amused:"Of course you are dreaming, (Y/N). You hit your head, after all.". Huh?! Right after that, I hear that voice again, only this time a lot stronger. "(Y/N)!" Again, I look around and see no one. This time, Dumbledore shift his eyes to the direction the voice came from, then back to me. "I believe there's someone waiting for you to wakeup." he hums with slight smirk. My head snaps at him:"Waiting?". He gives me a wink and began to walk away:"Take good care of him, will ya?". Before I can say anything, everything around me turned pure and bright white, that I had no choice, but close my eyes.