I don't own Harry Potter. The Muggles and Sarah, I own, unless you recognize the name from Harry Potter. I also created a few students for my pleasure to give myself something to work with.

It took a couple of hours, but Severus finally managed to get control of his stomach. While he was working on it, though, the young soon-to-be first year told of his exploits in the room with the small child who'd gotten control of his inner wolf, having proved Severus and Sarah's theory correct. Once he was done, the Minister looked at Harry who nodded a confirmation. Severus finally got control of his stomach and told of his own memories of the monster in the room that Hermione and Horace were in, but described it as so horribly mutilated that it could literally do nothing but sit or lie there and growl angrily while being covered in rotting flesh. Minerva pulled out a penseive and Harry showed the Minister his memories. Severus then followed in suit, with the child finally being the last one to prove that he'd done so willingly.

"Well, everything seems to have been worked out and as has all the quirks of the Potion," Kingsley said business-like, "Sarah can send me the potion, her findings, as well as all of her study notes and notes that you all helped her with during the full moon. Given a couple more weeks after that, she can have it patented and become the youngest Potions Mistress in all of Britain. I must say, Severus, you've trained a prodigy!"

"Thank you, Minister," he said proudly, his very posture and countenance now oozing pride at his apprentice, "I took great pride in watching her work. I knew if anyone could cure Lycanthropy, it was her once she set her mind to it. She is terribly stubborn and won't quit on a task until there is literally no further option left."

"I look forward to helping her patent the potion," Kingsley said, "Now, if I may, can I get the group of you to all give your accounts to the Daily Prophet once it happens?"

"Of course," Harry and the small ten-year-old said happily. Severus grudgingly complied, on the stipulation that it was almost anyone but Rita Skeeter writing. Or rather, that he chose the writer to interview him, and that he got permission to screen the article before it was ran.

"Naturally, you'd want your privacy, Severus," Kingsley smiled happily, "I will relent. I will also try to get it in circulation while the school year is in session to keep your admirers at bay."

"That is very much appreciated, Kingsley," Severus said relieved. "I had more than enough problems the last three times my name was all over the front pages, as you'll recall."

Two weeks later, Sarah was preparing to send in her reports and a copy of her potion. She stopped short, realizing how easily anyone and everyone could have stolen her work. She frowned, and instead decided to speak with them herself. she quickly dressed in dress robes and stepped into the Floo Network. As soon as she reached the Ministry, she was shepherded into a large containment center and questioned under Veritaserum. She told the truth, of course, and turned in her papers. To her shock, Harry and the small child arrived, as well as Ron, Bill and Hermione Weasley, Horace Slughorn, and finally the small boy's parents. Each one of them were questioned in accordance to their involvement in the experimentations, and the rest of the Weasley family was shocked to hear what Sarah had done for Bill, with Fleur and Molly gasping and crying for joy and relief. After what seemed like years, everyone had testified except for Severus. He, however, was not questioned since he had been giving the Minister frequent updates and the Minister himself vouched for the former Death Eater's honesty. Sarah remained quiet and terrified, her mouth run dry and her throat tight and sore with fear.

"Sarah Naomi Denning, please stand," Kingsley said, and she hesitantly walked forward, looking fearfully into his eyes. "We, as the Wizengamot, have reached our verdict. We hereby grant you your patent to the Lycanthropy cure, alongside all of its research and necessary documentation and stipulations for use, and we hereby grant you the verdict of not guilty of murder, for which Greyback's family was trying to sue you for. We are sincerely grateful for your honorable contribution to society, and wish you the best in your future as a Potions Mistress. We also grant you permission to use this as your final test to become a Potions Mistress, and leave the remainder of your time and dealings to your Potions Master and Mentor, Severus Tobias Snape. This meeting is now adjourned."

Sarah stood in shock at his words, staring at him as though he'd just spoken a foreign language. Luckily, there was only one reporter there, who'd gotten records of all the testimonies of all of the witnesses and Sarah. Severus immediately rushed forward, putting his arms around her and granting her full permission to do as she pleased with whatever areas of study she wanted to do further during the final year of her apprentice-ship. He squeezed her shoulder gently and congratulated her, with the two happy families in her debt holding back. Severus immediately told them to meet them the next day once the initial shock wore off, and the Weasley family nodded before apparating away. The small family of three was grinning widely at them, the young first year racing up to her. He tugged on her robes gently, and she looked down at him, startled.

"Thank you for curing me," he said as he hugged her tightly. "I've wanted this for years, and now that I have it – I don't know what to do with my full moon anymore!"

"Have you ever considered," Sarah whispered but Snape cut her off with a glare. "Never mind, forget I said that. I look forward to having you in Potions Class. You're most welcome, and I thank you for volunteering to be my test subject – I really couldn't have done it without your help. Thank you."

"I think that makes us even then, right?" he asked, and she nodded before Severus apparated them away to Hogwarts. This next school year would be very, very interesting.

When dinner rolled around the next day, however, Sarah was still in shock. She seemed to need constant verification that she wasn't dreaming or hallucinating on what Kingsley had said to her, and Severus finally got tired of her pestering him and brought her into a rough kiss. He held her tightly to him, gently requesting permission with his tongue. Sarah relented, and the two were soon in a battle for dominance, which Snape naturally won as he managed to cause her to get weak-kneed with a tiny twinge of force upon her hair.

"Do. Not. Doubt. Me. Again," he growled into her ear, and she nodded dizzily. "Good. Now, dinner."

She stared at the two clans in front of her, unsure of what to do or say. Severus smirked, having taken the head seat since the Headmistress so blatantly left it wide open for him since Sarah was still the apprentice to him, and looked around before clapping and making the food appear. Silvana was there as well, with Rocky (who was grumbling and constantly glaring at Sarah as though she'd sprout a canine muzzle momentarily), while the tiny soon-to-be first year was happily asking his soon-to-be Professors what subjects they would teach and what house they were affiliated with.

Sarah, meanwhile, was morose, and rarely talked throughout the whole meal, and was rather aloof. Her mentor took note of her gloomy expression, and was quickly shooting Rocky a fix-your-attitude-before-I-fix-it-for-you glare (glare #36). Rocky shot him back one, before almost firing off another Unforgivable curse. He refrained, though – he remembered what had happened last time he had. Rocky, still fuming, stood up and left, much to the confusion of some of the guests, who looked to Severus for answers. He waved it off, and the others all went back to their meal. Sarah suddenly bolted upright before racing to the dungeons, and Severus froze. Her wards must have gone off, meaning that the animal side of Bill had gotten out.

"Rocky!" he shouted angrily. "Wait until I get my hands on you! The rest of you, stay here and don't leave this room until I give you permission – we've got a canine on the loose. I swear, she should have just killed it but no, she wanted to train it!"

Severus raced through the dungeons, not knowing where it was. Rocky was smiling and happily guiding the canine form of the wolf out of the castle. He cast a disillusionment charm on himself and the wolf, sneaking it out of the front door. The two began to make their way to Hagrid's hut before the boy finally realized that he'd left Sarah behind, and didn't know where she was.

"Sorry, big guy," Rocky glared as he looked over his shoulder to find his guardian racing towards him, "I don't want to, but I have to. Avada Kedavra!"

There was a yelp and the wolf version of Bill crumpled to the ground lifeless.

"What the bloody hell were you thinking?" Severus yelled angrily as he jerked his ward back into the Great Hall. "You could have died, you could have let that thing free, you could have possibly been turned into a werewolf because of that thing! We don't know what powers it hand, and now we never will because of you! What. The. Bloody. Hell. WERE. YOU. THINKING?"

"Get rid of a threat," Rocky said with a shrug, before Sarah raced in with the Animal-Bill in tow.

"I got him!" she grinned triumphantly. "Such an obedient omega…"

"You-how-what?" Rocky sputtered.

"Transfiguration," Sarah shot back, "I did so on a dying canine that smelled like death and looked worse than it. worked quite well, too, since you never noticed the difference. No, this big guy was hidden in a different classroom. I've been changing this guy's classroom every day."

"You-you-you!" Rocky stammered angrily.

"Bitch?" Sarah asked with a smirk, "Why thank you. Alpha bitch of the Hogwarts werewolf pack, at almost nobody's service."

"Genius," Severus said smiling. "I love you. Merlin's beard, woman, I have just one thing to say to you."

"Oh really? What's that?" Sarah asked hyperactively.

"you should marry Snape," Ron yelled out, "Considering you've been shagging him for a better grade!"

The Snape siblings paled further as Sarah fainted onto Severus in shock.

Okay, I know Sarah's fainting probably is a bit overdramatic, but keep in mind she is already still in shock from being made a Potions Mistress, Snape saying he loves her, Ron saying she should marry Snape, and the fact that she's having hormone issues at the time (well, sort of. Stress puts hormones out of balance sometimes, doesn't it?)

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