Severus was away again 2 days after arriving, and was back a fortnight later with mild problems that needed healing. Plans were being made on getting Harry away from the Dursleys, the easiest option coming from the teen himself, via Sirius. He would simply take his headquarters Portkey. Mid-July, Mia stood with Remus and Tonks as they exchanged vows at a courthouse, cheering with them when they were declared husband and wife.

When she started getting very ill a few days before Bill and Fleur's wedding, Tonks had come to her and they'd confirmed the pregnancy. Remus was summoned and told, and then quickly hit when he started blaming himself for hurting his wife, he got over that quickly with a broken nose. The young metamorph had then been asked to be the child's godmother, Harry would be the godfather, she'd eagerly agreed.

He came to her the day before the wedding, breathless and bleeding from the nose, "Mia."

"What's happened?" The nose was easily set, the teen looking her friend in the eyes.

"They've killed Fudge, I'm so sorry," Severus caught her when her knees gave out.

With all of the losses she had had over the years, Mia had learnt to hide her tears but with Severus holding her, and no one else about, she let them free. She heard him tell her that Voldemort wanted their location, he had tortured the man but he refused to say a thing about her. He had gotten the bloody nose from Pettigrew, he'd cursed the rat when no one else was looking and the bastard had lashed out, getting him.

Composed again, Mia still held onto her friend, "Did they leave his body to be buried?"

"Yes, but you can't be there Mia, he'll have people there," Severus hated to tell her that, "I promise to you, we will go once this is all over."

"I know, you better remember that though, no going and dying on me out there," they shared a half-laugh, and she kissed his cheek before he apparated away again.

The Order found out about the death the following day, at the wedding. Harry was there under Polyjuice, while Mia faked it again, much to the wizard's annoyance. They were all at the reception when Kingsley's patronus came flying in, the Ministry had been overtaken and Death Eaters were on their way there.

The Golden Trio had said their hurried goodbyes to friends before taking their Portkeys. The Weasleys were heading to their Aunt Muriel's home, Ron's disappearance being covered by a magical dummy and curses to fake a highly contagious wizard disease, to add to the lie it was secluded from the rest of the house in a shed. They would get word a week later that it had worked.

After escaping the wedding, the trio had gotten their packs that had been waiting at Headquarters and head off. To remain safe, they were camping in forests, out of the way places where they weren't likely to run into anyone magical. Dobby got in touch with them a week after leaving, Mia had put him in charge of tracking down the locket. He had found it in a Knockturn Alley shop.

"You are not going Mia," Ron argued, "A Polyjuice will never last that long and you would be recognised in a second."

"Ron, there's something you should know about Mia," Harry started cautiously, seeing the annoyance in the witch's eyes, "What else should we do? He should have been told years ago."

Rolling her eyes, Mia changed her appearance to be identical to Ginny, causing Ron to topple backwards in fright, "Don't be mad Ron, it was a matter of not wanting anyone to know about my ability. There are only a handful who do, not even Nev knows and I've been friends with him longer."

"You're a metamorph," his shock went into narrowed eyes and an accusatory tone, "You never took that Polyjuice in 2nd, did you?"

"Would you have?"

The redhead gave a laugh, "No, suppose not. So who knows?"

"Remus, Sirius, Harry, Tonks, Severus, Dobby and the Flamels"

With no adequate reason as to why Mia couldn't go through with the plan, she had Dobby get her a large amount of gold from her vault and had gone into the alley. 3 hours and two incredibly stressed wizards later, Mia came back to the campsite, and had a more definitive piece of evidence the locket was a Horcrux when Harry's head felt as though it was going to split open.

"Were they suspicious?" Ron asked as he gave his friend a pain potion.

Laughing as she contained the locket in a ward bubble, easing Harry's pain, Mia then changed into what she had looked like. Losing the feminine curves to look like a stick, increasing her breast size, lengthening and darkening her hair and giving herself crystal blue eyes, she put her head to the side, "Think I had any issues Ronald?"

"Nope, none at all," the redhead was very happy when she changed back, "What now though? We have no way to destroy it."

"Actually, we do," placing the locket into her handcrafted purse, Mia smiled at her brothers in spirit, "Remember the diary?"

The wizards shuddered, "Yes, hard to forget that."

"Well, what destroyed it?" She saw the second they figured it out, the recognition glowed in their eyes, "Exactly."

"So how do we get another fang?"

"Boys, you're going to have to take a back seat again"

She saw them share a look, one that they had shared many times over their friendship, and she just laughed, being joined after a second.

When term started back up, none of the trio were going, it was far too dangerous. Severus got in touch and told her that he had been given the Headmaster position, it was to help the students because Dolohov and Rookwood were taking over as the DADA and Potions professors respectively, they were also dual deputies. It had been a decision that Albus had made initially but, after getting cleared with his fellow Heads of House, no one had challenged him. For everyone's safety, they were still acting as though he was guilty, not that hard on the part of the students who knew different because they did dislike him anyway.

Now that he was in the position of headmaster, Severus wasn't being tortured, a bonus but both he and Mia were missing their evenings together. So despite the danger associate with it, he had eagerly accepted her request to come to the school.

She came by Floo into his office, and was instantly pulled into an embrace, "I am glad you are safe."

"Same Severus, it is nice to know you aren't being tortured," revelling in the warmth, Mia looked and saw the happiness in his eyes but also the worry, "What has that worry in your eyes?"

"Our new 'professors'," he spat, "Rookwood hasn't got a clue about potions and is teaching these children, they're all going to have to repeat whatever time they are here for. And Dolohov wants to do nothing but use his curses on the students."

Shaking her head, the witch sat with him, "Just try and keep them safe, that's all you can do."

"I know. Now why do I have the pleasure of your company?"

"I need to get into the Chamber of Secrets…" Mia was cut off by a voice above her.

"Going for a fang are you my dear?"

It was Albus' portrait, he was sitting at a poker table with a few of the other headmasters, getting a raised eyebrow from his former student, "Yes, I am."

"Wonderful, knew you would work out a method to destroy them. I raise Black," he put more chips into the pot, "Don't forget the sword though, it has the venom imbedded in it."

"Thank you sir," turning back to face Severus, her face said it all.

"He had it ordered before his death, Minerva is less than pleased…"

As they sat there, the sound of the griffin door scraping and quickly moving feet startled them. Mia reacted instantly. She changed her clothes into little black dress with nice lingerie, very high heels, and made herself into her Knockturn image. Moving to sit astride the shocked man, she then pulled down the straps of her dress to bunch around her stomach, "Just go along with it Severus."

"Right," instinctively he put his hands on her hips, and murmured, "You look better your normal way."

She blushed gently but it was hidden in his neck as the office door swung open, revealing the two Death Eaters. In a just loud enough murmur, she said, "I thought we were going to be alone lover. I don't do voyeurs."

"What do you want Dolohov? Rookwood?" Severus growled.

"Our apologies Snape, didn't know you had company," Dolohov leered at Mia, "Got some bastard Gryffindors again."

"2 weeks in the forest," seeing the pair not moving, he snapped at them, "I wish to be alone. Leave!"

They didn't seem to want to leave but did, the older Death Eater taking the other with him. As soon as they were gone, Mia changed everything back to it had been and didn't even bother hiding her blush. She moved off of his lap but felt what she had done to him, the blush growing in intensity.

Neither of them said anything until Severus softly said, "That was close. Where did you…?"

"I used to read things other than textbooks, and Hogwarts doesn't exactly teach sex education"

"Used to?"

"Yes, I have had more important things I would rather do the past few years"

Severus squeezed the hand he still held and summoned over the sword from where he had hidden it when taking the office, "I'm glad."

"Thanks Severus," shrinking the sword, she kissed his cheek and head to the door, changing her appearance and clothes to be a Ravenclaw, "I'll see you later."

The man groaned as soon as she was gone and threw himself back into his work, not knowing that the witch had groaned too, both were starting to have things come back that they wanted to keep well hidden.