As You Never Were
Chapter 1 of 1
TeaOliThe afterlife can be what one makes of it – but only if one is actually dead.
Reviewed2 May 1998
The ghost of Severus Snape did not correctly anticipate what came after. Nor did he care. At first. He expected to disappear soon enough.
A would-be husband fell, and two children winked out of the web of they called “the future”.
The ghost has remained.
He takes credit for the two lovers of lost loves who found comfort in the company of the other. With a ghost who should not exist endlessly haunting them both, they forged a new love.
Because he could not let either go, he tells himself. He is not displeased.
Until they decide to have children.
31 October 2008
Though formed in a moment of selfish longing, he is not beyond regret. He knows himself to be an abomination, a faint copy of a soul not departed. And the Weasley children were kinder than the young Snapes.
“I’ll make Real Daddy tell Uncle Harry!” Two-year-old Bertrade calls him “Smoke Daddy”, and she scolds him when he sulks. She lives up to her name, brightly bossing her parents about. She believes Harry Potter is the world’s ultimate authority.
Vadhir – barely six months old – is already a fine judge of character. The ghost fears the day the boy learns to talk.
A/N: This was originally written for the GrangerSnape100 LJ community's Afterlife Challenge. It is a deepening of the story that began with The Only Ones Who Know.
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Latest 25 Reviews for As You Never Were
5 Reviews | 6.0/10 Average
I think I see, it takes a while sometimes, this is before " The only Ones That know " I think, maybe. I love it anyway.
smoke daddy and real daddy. Really, you are living up to it, mixing the worlds and all laws of the universe.Where do the childrens names come from?well, I do not really get behind the story, might be reading it some more times. But what I understand is both mysterious and fun.
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
I'm sorry. I'm not in the habit of answering questions that can be answered either by following the hints in the story or by doing a bit of research because I don't like to spoil myteries for other readers who, like me, enjoy discovering things for themselves.I'm glad that even though you don't support my story (the idiom "get behind [idea]" means "to support [idea]"), you were still able to find parts of it enjoyable. 
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
I'm sorry. I'm not in the habit of answering questions that can be answered either by following the hints in the story or by doing a bit of research because I don't like to spoil myteries for other readers who, like me, enjoy discovering things for themselves.I'm glad that even though you don't support my story (the idiom "get behind [idea]" means "to support [idea]"), you were still able to find parts of it enjoyable.
It took me a while, but I finally got it! :)
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
Phew! I wasn't too cryptic, then?
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
Phew! I wasn't too cryptic, then?
I love the quirkiness of this. So. Very. Unique. Well done!
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
Thank you very much.
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
Thank you very much.
I had to re-read The Only Ones Who Know but I still don't understand what's going on.
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
There is a third part to the story. Some who read elsewhere understood after the final instalment was posted; others did not. So, I can't promise it will become any clearer at the end.
Response from snapify52 (Reviewer)
Ah well, I guess some of us are just denser than others. ;) You've certainly created a melancholy and mysterious mood with those stories.
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
I don't think it has anything to do with anyone being dense; it's just I like a puzzle. I'm glad you find my mood to be mysterious and melancholy, however. That's precisely what I'd been aiming for.
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
There is a third part to the story. Some who read elsewhere understood after the final instalment was posted; others did not. So, I can't promise it will become any clearer at the end.
Response from snapify52 (Reviewer)
Ah well, I guess some of us are just denser than others. ;) You've certainly created a melancholy and mysterious mood with those stories.
Response from TeaOli (Author of As You Never Were)
I don't think it has anything to do with anyone being dense; it's just I like a puzzle. I'm glad you find my mood to be mysterious and melancholy, however. That's precisely what I'd been aiming for.