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Severus Snape was prepared to die on the floor of the Shrieking Shack. He had made his peace with it — or something close enough to peace that the difference no longer mattered.
He was not prepared to wake up.
Flung back to 1967 with an adult's memories, an adult's magic, and a seven-year-old's body, Severus has no interest in second chances. He has a mission. The Horcruxes. The war. The names and faces of everyone who will die if he does nothing.
With Dumbledore's reluctant help, he fractures himself into three: Professor Ignatius Blackwood, the uncompromising Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who takes the position before Voldemort can curse it. Auror Phileas Thorne, hunting Horcruxes in the shadows before the Dark Lord's power can fully take root. And Alaric Stone, the mysterious ally building an Order of the Phoenix years before anyone knows they'll need one.
Three names. Three faces. One dead man holding the future in his hands.
He didn't ask for this. He doesn't think he deserves it. But if it must be done, it must be done properly.