Severus frowned as he stood over a cauldron in Slughorn's classroom. He had gotten permission to work in the afternoons if he wanted to and promised to clean up whatever mess he would happen to make. It had been that way since about second year, and now he was in his sixth year.

He glanced at his book and then his potion. That wasn't the right color. Or reactions. He was sure he had done everything right. As he glanced away again, trying to figure out what was wrong, there was a loud pop from the cauldron.

The next thing thing he knew, he was laying on his back in an empty classroom and a headache. The only thing he could see was a girl with frizzy brown hair who he didn't recognize...

"Who are you?" Severus asked quietly as he sat up, wincing slightly at the pain in his head.

The brunette smiled politely. "Hermione Granger. Are you ok? I was walked by, and I heard a crash..." she said, offering him a hand to get up. She tilted her head slightly at him as if realizing something. "You look familiar. Do I know you?"

Severus hesitantly took her hand. "I guess... My head is throbbing. And my cauldron is gone," he said awkwardly. He certainly didn't know her. "Um, I don't think so. I'm Severus Snape." He paused when he noticed her freezing at the mention of his name. What was that about?

"Um... We should probably bring you Dumbledore," Hermione said, looking completely confused.

He brushed himself off from the dirt that had gotten on him. "Why? I haven't done a bloody thing," he grumbled. He didn't care for that idea. The old headmaster had never done anything for him and he didn't see why going to see him now would do any good. He didn't even know this girl. Which was odd now that he thought about it. He should have at least seen her somewhere around school since they went to school together, and she looked like she was in his year.

"No, but apparently someone else did. Come on, s- please," Hermione cut herself off from saying something before please and instead opened the door to lead the way out. She seemed worried and cautious of how she was dealing with him for reasons that he couldn't figure out. If anyone should be cautious, it should be him. They had never met but they went to the same school.

"No one did anything. Not to me at least. I would know if someone had done something to me," the black haired boy said simply, looking at her pointedly. All he had done was have a potion mishap. Nothing more or less. "What do you think happened to me?"

Hermione frowned slightly and was obviously thinking on her feet. "Well it's complicated. My closest guess if you had a mishap with a de-aging potion because there is no other way I could be talking to a teenage version of Professor Snape," she said.

Severus froze in shock. Her professor? He didn't even want to think about being a teacher. His brain worked quickly, trying to sort this out. Maybe this was some sort of joke that Potter and his friends were pulling on him. Or something of the sort. They must be using a Polyjuice Potion to mess with him... Though how they convinced Lupin to do such a thing was beyond him since he was only one with the brains to make such a potion, but he was usually the most rational when it came to their pranks. "I haven't... What year is it?" he asked quietly, looking at her. He really hoped her answer was 1976 and this was some sort of massive prank at his expense. There was no way he could be in some other time.

She bit her lip and looked at him for a long moment, leaving him hanging for a moment. "Um... It's 1996," she said quietly, looking at him worriedly.

"It can't be! It's 1976. There is no bloody way to travel forward in time," he said quickly, Severus's brain snapping with what he knew and what had happened. It didn't match up. "This has to be a prank. Where's Potter and Black? This is some elaborate scheme set up by the two of them isn't it? It's a really sad excuse for one too though I'm amazed those two idiots managed to make a decent Polyjuice Potion. They're horrible at Potions." His brain just couldn't comprehend what had happened yet. There was no way for him to understand it. Twenty years in the future... It wasn't possible.

It couldn't be possible.

He still had to fix his fight with Lily from last year and try to be friends with her again. If this was twenty years later, she might be married. Might have a child.

Hermione shook her head slightly. "No. It's 1996. I promise. Which is why I'm thinking we should go see Dumbledore... And maybe your older self," she said gently, trying to soothe him. "We'll figure it all out. With his help. Ok?"

Severus shook his head slightly and just looked away. "Just let me think. This isn't possible," he muttered as he tried to organize his thoughts. He ran a hand through his hair as he tried to think. It took a few moments before his thoughts were coherent again, and then his brain started to work. If this really wasn't a prank, she wouldn't be so insistent to take him to Dumbledore and figure this out. Neither would she look so sincere... He prided himself on being able to read people while he usually tried to remain calm or at least no show as much emotion. Unless it was around Lily but that didn't count. He finally decided to follow her but he didn't want to see his future self. "Ok. We can go see Dumbledore. But let's keep my future self out of this if we can."

The girl gave him a soft smile. "Good. Then I'll lead the way," she said simply. It was a lot more polite than most people were too him. Maybe he was nicer in this time... Though he honestly doubt it.

Following her cautiously out of the room, Severus looked around. Everything seemed the same around the school except for the people. He remained quiet as he followed her, but he took in every single detail, hoping to find someone he knew and prove this was a prank. Sadly, he didn't, and they reached Dumbledore's office a few minutes later. They were let in with a warm welcome.

"Miss Granger. What a pleasure to- oh," Dumbledore cut off mid sentence when the sixteen year old Severus Snape entered. "I see... Well sit down and explain what happened."

(For May(The person this Fan fic is for)- I hope you enjoyed this May! I will get the next chapter up as soon as possible, probably the next day or so. I know I'm running late and I do apologize.

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