You guys know the drill harry potter does NOT belong to me only to JKR

Seven Years Too Late

It was a gruesome battle between harry and Voldemort. They dueled until one of them fell. the way they dueled was scenic really to anybody who was watching them. After Harry had killed Voldemort with a reverse killing curse of his own creation, the great hall had erupted with laughter and cheer. Everybody was chatting merrily but Severus Snape, the potions master was looking at the boy-who-lived. He looked lost and broken, there was a sense of hopelessness in his eyes which shocked Severus. Why wasn't he celebrating ? , Why wasn't he seeking attention? , Why was he looking at the dark lord's body with tears in his eyes? , Why was he looking at Lucius Malfoy's body? , Why wasn't he demanding to be taken to the infirmary? . After all he was bruised and battered, he could barely walk! Then he saw Potter look at the Gryffindor table , Snape followed his gaze , Hermoine was looking at Ron and laughing , hugging and kissing him . Snape averted his gaze back to Potter and saw potter give a faint rueful smile. He painfully picked up his wand with his shaky hand , courtesy of the Cruciatus and he simply limped out of the hall . So to say that Snape was shocked would definitely have been an understatement . That was the last time Snape had seen Harry . It was like he'd vanished off Earth's surface. Whatever Harry was doing to hide himself was working very well. Two years after the war Harry Potter was declared dead and a funeral had taken place, even Severus and Draco had attended it but Snape knew Potter was very much alive and hiding.

Present Time ( seven years since war)

'Draco don't add too much acotine the potion will turn into a deaging potion' said Snape in his deep silky voice.

'Okay Uncle Sev, I'll take care of it ' said Draco. Draco was Snape's godson and now currently working as Snape's apprentice. Lucius' death had affected Draco but he realized that people die in a war and there was nothing he could do about it and besides had he been alive he'd have been rotting Azkaban for his loyalty towards the dark lord , Things were better this way. Draco and Severus had been cleared of all charges for they had always been with the light side , They even gave their testament under the influence of veritaserum. All in all life was good for them.

'Are you going to visit Granger this afternoon?' asked Severus in a somewhat amused tone.

"yes, You know the Weasley boy was no good for her , always drinking like a mongrel . Honestly, such a burden to his family' said Draco. He and Hermoine were dating now and thinking of getting engaged. Snape looked at Draco with Pride in his eyes and said "You have come such a long way Draco, You truly have"

"you too Uncle Sev, You too" Draco said and grinned at Snape. "Oh listen Sev, When I'm out with Hermione, I want you to look for some muggle drugs. It's for a potion I'm working on. I have kept my list on the table" he said.

Snape looked thoughtful "Okay Draco I'll see to It, you may leave to visit Hermoine" he stressed. Draco blushed causing Snape to let out a chuckle.

"Okay if you're done teasing me I'll be leaving now bye" he said and left. Snape shook his head and looked at the list and thought about 'why on Earth does he require muggle drugs'

Snape disguised himself in a muggle attire and apparated himself in front of a pharmacy store. That's when he heard a very familiar voice it said "Oh come on! Lizzie you can't deny a dying man his cigar." Snape's eyes widened Potter! That voice belonged to Potter the one declared dead 5 years ago by the ministry ! he knew it was Potter's voice . He had taught the boy for 6 years and he never forgot a voice , Thanks to his spying abilities. What did Potter mean by ' dying man ' Snape was itching to know so he leaned in closer "Be that so" he heard a female voice. "You call me your sister do you not ?. Then it is my duty to take care of my brother's health. Whether he be dying or not" she said . Snape heard potter mutter something about 'meddling overprotective sisters' which caused the girl to chuckle and that was when Snape decided to step inside.

"Good morning Sir can I help you with something?" the lady asked. The man had yet to look up.

"yes actually I want these items" he said handing over the list . She skimmed through it and nodded and left the room . Snape took his time to look at Potter. He looked very skinny and worn out, a side of his head was bald , he was leaning heavily on a cane. There were scars covering his hands and face , He appeared to be packing something. Snape needed to confirm this was Potter. "were you involved in a war?" he asked . He froze when dazzling emerald green eyes pierced into his own. 'Lily' he thought . So far Potter had made no sense of recognition . "yes, I was deployed in Afghanistan" the young man said . 'when did you learn how to lie potter ' he thought and inwardly smirked this was going to be fun. He had missed not tormenting Potter for so many years.

"I see now you work here." He asked innocently.

"Oh no my namesake sister runs this place. She'd go mad if I was not here" he said.

"Why would that be ? " Snape asked genuinely intrigued

"I have Cancer and I'm going to be dying soon, So she prefers to know when I'm in distress" he said . Snape kept his mask up cancer he thought incredulously potter had cancer?. Was all this a part of his story ? but then again Potter certainly looked ill and haggard, He also was bald at one side which made sense now but if Potter really had cancer his carefree disregard towards dying irritated the potions master.

" Don't you think you regard your illness too liberally ?" he asked harshly . The young man looked up with shock clearly reflecting in his eyes. 'Always wearing his heart on his sleeve' he thought and sneered.

"well at least someone other than me told him that " she said and placed the items on a table. Potter simply scoffed and said "I'll be leaving liz meet me at the hospital" .

"of course" she said. Snape watched Harr-no Potter clutch his cane and by what looked like great difficulty strut out of the store. So Potter had sustained very serious injuries in the battle no wonder he was limping the day he left the hall too.

"who was he " Snape asked the lady and mentally patted himself this way he'd be getting more information.

"His name is Harry Evans or at least that's what he says. I found him bloody and unconscious in a London street. I took him to the hospital asked him whether I could contact his family members , said they were all dead and he had no friends . I couldn't let him go after that" she said fondly and smiled "To this day he still tags along he absolutely doesn't have anyone else , refuses to make friends" she said

Snape thought of pondering upon her words later for they had seriously shocked him and simply nodded payed the price and left

Guys ! did you enjoy the first chapter ? This is my first time writing a story I hope this works out !