I forgot to mention I don't own anything except Abigail. I also like to included elements from other books, movies, and games that I also do not own. Kudos to anyone who recognizes them and points them out!

September 9, 1988 - Friday

Severus felt a headache coming seemed there was at least one student every year who was stupider and more incompetent that the McAllister seemed to have taken that role to his first week he'd melted his cauldron, knocked over a fellow student's cauldron, and knocked down a whole shelf of boy wasn't any better at written twelve inch essay on the properties of chamomile was disjointed and digressive.

He set down his quill and pressed the hell of his palms into his only hope was that the boy was simply having first year would be disastrous is he was still so clumsy when they moved on to more difficult it stood, they were quite lucky the boy had only melted his he had added any more of the damned plant they'd likely have all suffocated from continuous and uncontrolled hiccoughs before he could vent out the dungeon or grab the antidote.

How the hell do you even mix up nettles with chamomile?!

"Professor Snape?"

His black eyes snapped up to see the new Muggle Studies professor entering the MacDonald approached slowly, fingers laced behind her eyes, just as penetrating as they were at the Sorting Ceremony, surveyed his room stern professional hairstyle was wavy red hair spilled over her shoulders.

He woman was dressed like a traveling mage from centuries wore loose blue-grey cotton pants and a tunic of the same pattern embroidered on the front of her chest would have told others her level of skill.A cowl was customary of low ranking had none and the pattern on her chest shimmered red, yellow, and orange just like fire; Master level.

Snape wondered if the attire was for show or it wasn't, was she overconfident or truly skilled, arrogant and prideful or simply wearing professional she actually be a traveling mage?He frowned was quite unheard of smiled at him from across the desk.

"I apologize if I'm interrupting, but Dumbledore told me you could help me with a potion I need."

"Well I am the potions instructor, MacDonald."

Her smile turned wry.

" , even an instructor would have trouble with this speaks very highly of you, by the way.A cut above the rest.A prodigy in school."

HE could not tell if she was mocking him or buttering him hand disappeared into the satchel strapped to her leather belt, disturbing the charms dangling from the front of her right of them, he noticed warily, was a miniature Foe grinned when she saw his line of sight and handed him the potion recipe.

Surely she must be joking.

"Is this something you've used before?"

"Every day for the last five years."

"Then you know what you ask of me?"How dangerous this is?"

"My migraines are is the only thing that keeps them away."

"One small oversight in making this potion and you could be irreparably and permanently have been witches and wizards rendered vegetables by this potion.I will not be held responsible when something inevitably goes wrong."

He attempted to hand the paper back, but she held up her smile was made the fine hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

"First, I always sign a waiver with whoever makes this potion for me.I have become desperate enough to take this risk.I won't have someone baring responsibility for my something go wrong you needn't feel guilty."

"I wouldn't."

" , second, do you doubt your ability?"

He blanched and she laughed.

"I have the utmost faith in trusts your abilities, so I do every Monday you can drop off my weekly supply after your first set of you can observe the first dose so you know the batch is 'll have some tea some biscuits, and then you can go. Doesn't that sound good? I will see you Monday."

Snape stared at her like she had three woman was only was she presumptuous and impertinent, but pushy to wanted to bite back with a cutting remark and wipe the grin off her opened his mouth to give just such a scathing reply, and couldn't think of anything to behavior had left him completely smiled cheekily at his gob smacked expression and sauntered out of the room.

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