To say Severus Snape was surprised to see a familiar crow in his home office was not a way to describe it. Severus approached the bird in mortified fear. The bird belonged to his Master, Voldemort. And in its beak was a letter.

Severus took the letter and opened it, then began to read.

I, Thomas Marvalo Riddle, Hearby state on my magic and life, that every word in this letter to one Severus Tobias Snape is true, So mote it be.

I understand this will be a shock, but i have to tell you this. Harry Potter is really Harry Snape. Dumbledore force fed Lily a love potion in your 7th year to make her love james. She was already pregnant with Harry when she married James, Harry was a month late to birth due to the potion making complications.

If your not on the floor passed out already, then good. now here comes the bigger Holy merlins Underpants moment for you. You may want to get some firewhiskey and sit in a chair if you haven't already.

To answer your question: Yes, I had a twin brother. He died saving me in the war with Grinderwald, but at the hands of the light. Dumbledore never liked my brother and I and decided to split us up. He was suposed to go on to become a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, While I went on to become minister of magic... Instead i chose to pursue his dream and mine. As you can tell, it backfire and I never achieved either one of our dreams. Instead i became a dark lord to try and take over the wizarding world by force. Hadrian died at the age of 14, and from there I went looking for a way to become immortal long enough to see to it that the wizard world changed. Once again, it backfired. My horcruxes split my sanity until i basically as of now have none left.

I took my diary and went to the house of my father and confronted him for leaving the two of us alone... He laughed at me, and the end wasnt pretty. I used our Uncle Morffin and had him kill our father and his parents, at the same time i made my first horcrux.

As I have lived through a few wars, and waged one of my own, I only as you this, Severus, as a friend. I ask you to protect My brother, you're son, with everything you have.

I never intended to kill Harry. When wormtail told me where the potters were i only wanted to take Lily and Harry away from dumbledore and Potter. As we both know THAT did not work out well either. after knocking Potter out i went to lily and offered her my hand. When she did Dumbledore crashed through the door and fired the killing curse at Lily, James, and Myself. The gryffindore pendant i wore was struck and broke, releasing the horcrux inside. It attached itself to Harry in the form of his scar. I fear what that horcrux could do however since it is just a meger part of my mind, and not all sane. Even now I'm not all sane.

Even if you are Skeptical, I ask that you judge for yourself if im right, or not. For the record, at the moment, I'm in Bulgaria, possesing a wizard to write to you While i am sane with my memories.

Harry should be 9 by now, See if you can find him by any means nessecary... I'm afraid dumbledore may have left Harry to an abusive family to have a 'weapon' against me. Steal the child if you must, just KEEP HIM SAFE! or it will be your Hide on my wall!

Yours,

Thomas Marvalo Riddle.

P.S., could you keep Ruby safe for me? she looks much too thin if you ask me...

Severus looked from the letter, tothe bird who gave the equivalent of a shrug, before Severus reread the letter and Promptly Fainted.

Meanwhile, in Potter Manor, Harry Snape-Potter Just woke up from dreaming about a Giant snake battling with a fiery Orange bird.

A/N: Whew. Okay, i know some people were looking forward to an update to my Story All too Human, but to be honest i hit a wall there on wether or not i should go back and make it a lemon or not...

On another note, I've read alot of authors who have done something similar to what i want to do to this story, and i apoligise if it seems like im copying people. a few authors have really really inspired me here. I want to thank a few in this chapter. my thanks go .Xanda., the angels cry in blood, Spirit of the shrine, and blueorchid2 for some wonderful Harry Potter stories that i haunt waiting for updates.

I also thank SwordSlasher, a friend of mine, for helping me to come up with the title.

Special thanks to my Boyfriend and big sister for supporting me on this idea and also helping me come up with a title.

Later on i will be adding a poll so that you, the viewer, can give me your feedback on what you think should happen next.

Also, i do now own Harry Potter in ANYWAY! ALL CREDIT GOES TO MISS J. .

I apologize for the short chapter, and lack of dialog. Its gonna be like that for a few chapters sadly. Later on i should have more talking going on. also please excuse any and all typos, mispellations, and uncapped or wrong capped words... i rushed this chapter out and i hate spell check.. it dosnt give me the ones i NEED to correct! DX

-SelenWolf