Fan Fiction ❯ Everlasting Sacrifice ❯ Returning Memories ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: Of course, I don't own Harry Potter, just the plotline, until it gets into book-like events, then I don't own those either, then it's just the original character...

Returning memories

***Flash***

~Katy's 5th year~

"Lily, what's up?" She asked happily towards me.

"Ever since you've been dating Severus, you do seem to be peppier!" I observed.

"Is that a bad thing? I'm sorry," she muttered and all I could do was laugh.

"You should know better than to ask me that. It's not a bad thing. Besides, I can't talk; I'm going out with James!" I said.

"Yeah, and you're graduating this year Miss Head Girl, and I'm going to be alone again!" she exclaimed. I gave her a hug.

"You'll never be alone hun. We promised to stick together forever, I mean, we are," I said, then dropped to a lower tone, "family…"

"Shouldn't you two be in class?" A very familiar voice popped up.

"Professor Dumbledore? Were you listening in?" I asked, afraid he had overheard. Katy and I had promised ourselves that we wouldn't tell anyone that we were cousins.

"No, of course not. Everyone has a right to keep secrets, some more than others, but still, you had better head off to class. I chose you as my head girl Miss Evans, and you too Katy, as a Prefect, so it doesn't put a bad mark on teacher's abilities to choose or not choose suitable candidates," he said.

"Aye, Aye, sir!" Katy smiled, and ran off, dragging me with her. Things were so simple…

***Flash***

I looked around the dimly colored room. It seemed familiar, and yet, it was entirely different. Different in that I didn't remember it at all. I didn't even know who I was.

"Oh, my word!" I heard a voice speak behind me. I turned only to see an old man with a graying beard.

"Who are you?" I asked, for I think he looks familiar, but I'm not sure.

"I'm Albus Dumbledore, of course. Don't say you actually have forgotten me," he said, smiling.

"Mr. Albus, I don't know you. Well, I shouldn't say that, you look familiar, and yet, you aren't!" I explained.

"My word, it seems you have lost your memory. Well, what can I say except well, you have been dead for 10 years," he said, stepping forward one step.

"Ten… I don't remember anything… if I am at all even supposed to be here. Am I supposed to be dead? I'm sorry," I said, sinking to the floor.

"I'm not judging fate dear. But tell me this, are you sure you don't remember anything? Not even Severus, Remus, um, Lily and James? Do you even remember your name?" he asked. I shook my head sadly.

"I don't even remember my own name," I muttered.

***FLASH***

"We are here to discuss the disastrous fate of Katherine Anne Forest/Snape, and whether to give her certain honors she has been nominated for," Barty Crouch said.

"I vote that all of her prescience to be stricken from all records," a male voice said.

"I am here to speak on behalf of Miss Forest; she should be put on a Witches and Wizards card!" Mrs. Weasly said, "She not only fought You-Know-Who and won numerous times, but she invented numerous spells and potions!"

"You are forgetting that simple fact that she married a former Death Eater and always was going against the ministry," Fudge said, "and furthermore, no one but her seemed to test these new spells of hers."

"She was a hero!" a voice came from somewhere.

"She was a nuisance!" another voice said. Severus and Dumbledore sat in a corner, watching the arguments. Severus looked depressed, staring at his hands more than forward.

"Let's take a vote!" came one voice, and many murmured in agreement.

"Then let me say something first," cam Dumbledore's soft and reasonable voice.

"Very well Albus," Fudge said, and Severus looked up at Dumbledore as he stepped forward.

"No one doubts that she did unconventional things, but she did it for the best of reasons. She married out of love, and that is something few can say, because she married full well knowing that Severus was prone to trouble, but he changed, out of his love for her. You may not think it very possible, but she was the kind of person everyone loved on some sort of level, and just because you might `Ban' all her records; it does not mean people will forget about her, for she showed them all what hope, love and true happiness can be. She was never overconfident, and the only thing she was proud of was her cooking and her potions, both of which some of us know all too often coincided," he said, and listened to the admiring chuckles of some of the listeners.

"She was kind to all animals, and she even saved some of your lives, twice," he continued, "Even if you decided to ban all things of hers and lock what you can in the Hall of Mysteries, she will live one in the hearts and minds of many people, and whether you like it or not, that is more powerful than any thing, for when people remember, miracles can happen." Dumbledore sat back down next to Severus, who no looked no longer really depressed, but in a sort of peace with what Dumbledore had said. The vote was taken, and all things that they could hide of Katy's, they would put it all in the Hall of Mysteries, and that would be the end of it. It never was.

***FLASH***

"Well, since you don't remember your own name, we do have a bit of a problem. Let's see… well, I shall have to find you a temporary one at the moment, goodness knows if anyone knew you were alive, they'd freak and then realize you had no memory and be very depressed, so…" Mr. Albus paused, "Well, then we shall enlist you as a student. You can relearn some things that you may have forgotten, and I can keep an eye on you, and try to help you recover your memory." He looked to me like he just had the most brilliant idea in the world. It was scary in a way. I nodded, I didn't think I had anything else to do, and well, I might like `school'.

"What are you going to call me?" I asked, hoping it wouldn't be a dumb name.

"I think Crystal Umi Riyusaki will suffice. You once wrote a story about a girl named as such, I find it very suitable for the moment, is that alright?" he asked, and I nodded.

"Now what?" I asked.

"Come with me to the school, and the other teachers and I shall help you get situated. The school year is about to begin and I think we need to get you some supplies," he said, and offered his hand. I took it, not knowing what was ahead. I hoped I wasn't going to be any trouble…

***FLASH***

"Severus, you're never going to leave me, are you?" I asked as he held me gently.

"Now that I have you forever? No, why should I?" he asked, "And you better not leave me either. I don't know what I'd do if you died on me." I smiled and snuggled closer into his arms.

"I don't plan on leaving you anytime soon," I said, "I don't want to leave you. You're so warm."

"And you're so playful," he replied and held me close, and then kissed my hair. I began to relax into his arms, and fall asleep.

"I love you Severus," I muttered.

"I love you to Katy," he replied, and I drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

***FLASH***

Promises that were not kept

Time and time again it wept

That which now will come to pass

Never again will time ever last

If a different choice had been found

A different way a different sound

There will be a different song to sing

And in its everlasting ring

Love, hope and faith will be

Along the way to eternity

A/N~ that's all, so I hope this chapter's okay, not much happened, I know, but I needed to set the stage and answer, well, hopefully answer some questions that were asked.