The Past and the Present

by Silverblue55

Summary: HPSS. Severus from the Marauders era travels to Harry's 7th year. Here he falls in love with his archenemy's son.

A/N: This is my first fan fiction, so be gentle.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters.

"speak" and 'thoughts'

Chapter one: The Port

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Severus Snape felt sick. How he hated his father for forcing him to join the Dark Lord. He couldn't get the pictures of the poor muggle woman out of his head. Tonights raid had been even worse than usual. The cold morning wind blew through the Astronomy tower causing him to shiver. He always went up here to relax, but it didn't help as much this morning. Dread was filling him with the thought that it was only four months left and he would be finished at Hogwarts. There would be no escape then, and he would have to fully join the death-eaters. He looked down at the mark burned into his forearm. A shiver went through him again, but not from the cold this time.

Severus was torn out of his thoughts when a bright light filled the tower. When he could use his eyes again, he saw what looked like a small silver liquid ball floating in the air. Severus stood spellbound as it started reshaping. The ball grew bigger and bigger until it suddenly stopped. In front of him was now a door glowing a shimmering silver. Before he knew what he was doing, his hand had reached out and touched it. He gasped. It was cold, and extremely so. Something pulled through him, and everything went black.

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Harry Potter was tired. He hadn't had a good night sleep in far to long. His classmates was still lying in the Gryffindor tower, and he envied them. What he wouldn't give to be able to sleep peacefully. He had learned occlumency by himself after being thrown out of Snape's office in fifth year, but that didn't stop regular nightmares to trouble his sleep. And nightmares was usually the only type of dreams he had. A soft breeze caressed his skin, and a small sigh escaped his lips. He was never more relaxed than when he was sitting here in the Astronomy tower gazing at the sky.

Suddenly the whole tower was filled with light. Harry rapidly turned and saw a body lying motionless in the middle of the room. He knelt down beside the body and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, when he saw that the person was breathing. Harry looked more closely at the body. It was obvious that it was a boy about his age. He was dressed in Slytherin clothes, but Harry was sure he had never seen him before. Realizing that he could be hurt, Harry hurriedly levitated him and ran towards the hospital wing. When he got there he laid the boy carefully on a bed and cried out for madam Pomfrey.

"What have you managed to get yourself into this time Mr. Potter?" she said when she walked into the wing. She gasped when she saw the body on the bed before she strode over to the fireplace. Grabbing some floopowder she threw it at the fire and called out for the headmasters office.

"Albus I think you should come down here" she said as soon as the headmasters head appeared.

"If you would move aside Poppy, I shall be right down." The next second Dumbledore walked out of the fireplace. He caught sight of the boy in bed and turned towards Harry.

"Ah... Harry my dear boy, I am afraid I must ask you to leave for now. I will call you up again later, but please do not talk to anyone about this as of jet. Not even to your to dear friends hm." His eyes was now twinkling madly. Harry felt confused. Everything had happened so fast, and before knew it he was standing in front of the closed hospital wing door.

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When Severus woke up, he felt sore everywhere. He opened his eyes, but regretted it immediately. The light was much to strong. He quickly shut them , and tried to relax. Sleep claimed him again, and he was soon asleep.

The next time he woke up, he felt much better. Quiet voices was talking near his bed, so he opened his eyes. This time without a sheering pain. He recognized where he was as the hospital wing. Before him in the middle of the floor stood professor Dumbledore talking to madam Pomfrey. Something about the picture wasn't right. Dumbledore looked older, but then he hadn't seen much of the man this year. Suddenly Dumbledore looked up and his twinkling blue eyes locked with Severus's.

"Ah... excellent, you're awake"

' What an astounding observation' Severus wanted to reply, but swallowed it before it reached his tongue.

Madam Pomfrey was immediately at his side, fussing over him. When she seemed satisfied, she nodded to the headmaster and walked to her office.

Dumbledore had moved himself to the chair by his bed during this time. "Lemon drop?" Severus shook his head, starting to wonder if the headmaster was going mad.

"You must be fairly confused by now"

At this Severus could only nod. When the twinkling in Dumbledores eyes increased he almost groaned.

"It seems my dear boy that you have been transported 20 year into the future."

Severus stared at him in shock and only managed to press out a small "how?".

The headmaster was by now smiling broadly. "When you touched the port it pulled you through time. It will eventually reappear, but until then you will have to stay here."

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