a different ending, please

letters to Snape

POV Snap

When I was in my room I looked at the letters on the table and asked myself if I should open them or not will I be happy with what I read. But I owe Lily for what I did. I grab the letter that my old friend Lily wrote and open it.

Dear Severus

I am so sorry I can't tell you this myself. But if you are reading this it means I am gone and I have so much to say to you more than I can fit in a letter so let me start here.

I am sorry I was so angry with you I know why you said it and how much you loved me but I have never seen you as anything more than a brother. And it saddens me that you thought otherwise. I wish we had more time to make it right but as I write this just after I went into hiding I want you to know that I forgive you and hope you are doing the best with your life. I know you can do a lot for our world.

I must ask that you do not believe or trust Dumbledore. In case you see this in the aftermath of our deaths. It means James was right and we should have gone to the Potter family home. For now a week after we went into hiding we wish we had chosen a different place with more protection. With the help of a portkey, we went to Gringotts yesterday both me and James had sheets of potions and compulsions in us under the name of the headmaster.

I can only ask if you please look after my daughter for you are also her godfather. She can learn a lot from you. I know you work for the Dark Lord and if it wasn't for the Prophecy we would now also be on his side or Neutral.

I hope you forgive me and find a new love.

With the love that only a sister can give.

Lily Potter

When I'm done reading I have so many questions but I also can't believe that she forgave me for so long. I was her brother? Why doesn't she trust Dumbledore, Potions, and compulsion? Did she know that I was the one who carried the prophecy to the dark lord?

I look at the letter from the person who did so much to me one more time. I sigh and open it

Dear Severus

I can only hope that this letter will reach you in some way.

Know that I must die, I leave this world with regret. Regret that I was not better to you in our school days. As I write this, Lily and I have been in hiding for over a year and free from Dumbledore. I know that what I have done can never be forgiven but I hope that for my daughter, your goddaughter we will be best to each other when we see each other again before I know that in 2 months. Me and Lily will greet my ancestors.

Not many know it but my family can talk to our ancestors and learn from them. In life after death, there is no time they can see the future. So I know that I will die All Hallows Eve together with Lily. But our daughter will survive. This is as it should be for a better world.

I hope that you can help Iris to create that world

With all the best wishes to you and a long life to you.

James Potter

Again I had questions. Potter knew that he would die with Lily and did nothing to change it. How can he talk to people who are Dead? Why does he think that this makes the world better and if so he wouldn't want to live in a world without Dark magic? I knew my questions would not be answered, so I chose to fulfill Lily's wishes and protect her daughter.