Author's Note: I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I am sorry I took so long to update. I want to thank Flitwick124 for your offer to beta, unfortunately I do not have enough time to write at all let alone wait for a beta. I will try to do better to not contradict myself again. I will try to get a few more chapters up before the New Year. Happy holidays!
Chapter 30: New Enterprises
Hermione was one of the first students in the great hall for breakfast that morning and even had her camera with her to take some snapshots of Severus in Gryffindor colors. Colin and Dennis joined her soon after and she was glad to see Colin toting his camera with an almost evil look in his eye. "This is going to be great!" He told her. "Do you have any idea the value of a picture of Snape wearing Gryffindor color robes?"
Hermione only smiled and showed him her camera as a response making the two boys howl with laughter. Albus was wondering what the fuss was about and why the entire EDA was early for breakfast. "Is there something special going on this morning?" He asked Remus who was sitting next to him.
"Severus has to wear red and gold robes today," Tonks told him while she almost bounced in her chair in excitement. "He refused to answer a truth question last night and that was his consequence dare!" Albus chuckled and leaned over to Minerva to warn her so she could make sure not to miss it.
Severus had his most evil glare on his face as he made his way to the great hall. He couldn't believe he was wearing a bloody red robe with gold trim! He decided he really hated that damn game and wasn't going to play it anymore. It wasn't even as if he got to go back to normal tomorrow as he had 2 days without wearing his frockcoat and robes! It wasn't even breakfast yet and it was turning out to be one of the worst days ever. He stomped up to the head table trying to ignore the howls of laughter coming from the EDA who unsurprisingly were all present this early in the morning. As he turned to glare at them he was surprised by the multiple camera flashes and realized that he would never live this down. He hurried to his seat to sulk for the rest of the morning.
"Severus I must say you look lovely this morning," Minerva said thoroughly enjoying herself. "Those red robes really bring out the color on your face; you should wear them more often."
He glared at the students as they came in and started laughing as they saw him. He knew they were all too afraid of him to say anything to his face so he made sure they all realized he was in a dangerous mood and would not tolerate any comments about his new found love of Gryffindor colors. Most of the hall had settled for just looking at him out of the corner of their eye but when the post arrived it was a different story. Hedwig soared in with a bright red envelope in her talons and she deposited it gracefully in front of the fuming potions master. Everyone in the hall knew whose owl it was and was waiting with baited breath to see what it said. The howler opened and they could hear a chorus of voices yelling 'Go Go Gryffindor!" and then it paused and you could hear a girls voice yell out, 'A very special congratulations to Gryffindor's newest fan! We think you look absolutely smashing in red and gold!" the letter yelled out the chorus of 'Go Go Gryffindor' a few more times before it tore itself up and the great hall broke into the loudest laughter it had heard in years. Every house and all the teachers, minus Snape, were laughing and many had tears of mirth rolling down their cheeks.
Severus was glaring at Hermione and her friends. He recognized her voice and he knew it was Harry's owl that delivered it. Oh his little apprentice was going to pay! Over the rest of the day Hermione was congratulated for her howler as students still couldn't believe she had the guts to send it. She knew she was pushing it but just couldn't help herself. She had a feeling that she was going to be scrubbing LOTS of cauldrons.
"Can you believe she actually sent it?" Gabrielle asked Draco as they made their way to lunch. "I mean I know we made it as a joke after he left last night but I didn't think she would actually send it! It's like signing your own death warrant to push Snape like that."
"You have to admit that it was one of the funniest things to have happened this year. Things were getting a little too boring around here with everyone getting along. Besides, who would ever have believed the head girl had it in her to do that. She has to be the first one to pull a prank like that off, especially since it was obvious who did it!" Draco said with a smile. "I wonder who he would have chosen if he hadn't done the dare. I find it interesting that both times he had to choose a long-term partner he backed out. Do you think he has something going with someone already?"
"I don't think so but maybe it's an even bigger secret, something along the lines of him not even liking girls and that's why he refuses to answer!" Gabrielle said and they laughed as they sat down.
"No, I'm pretty sure he likes women." Draco said as they ate, noticing that Snape didn't turn up for lunch.
Hermione nervously entered the potions classroom for her apprentice duties that afternoon. She knew he was going to punish her and was worried about what it would entail. "Good afternoon Severus," she said as she entered the private lab to see him working over a cauldron as he had a free period. Her only response was a withering look from him before he turned back to his potion. She hurried over to her desk to go over her notes from the last potion they tried to see where it went wrong.
Severus finished up his potion, a headache potion for his migraine, and decided to play with Hermione's mind. "You will be teaching my afternoon classes," he told her with a smirk as she looked at him stunned. "As an apprentice you should be able to teach all but the NEWT level classes. I trust you do not have a problem with that?" He handed her his notes and went out into the classroom to sit at his desk, smirk in place.
Hermione looked over the notes to see which potions they were brewing and hurried into the classroom to get the ingredient lists on the board. She had learned the trick he used for putting up the notes. You copy the list and press it to the back of the board. A spell then copies whatever is on the paper onto the blackboard. She finished her preparations. He was making her nervous and fidgety with the way he was following her every move. She knew he was only doing it to make her jumpy and hated herself for falling for it. She also knew he expected her to fall on her face trying to take care of the students who always seemed able to turn the easiest potions deadly.
She opened the door for the class and waited for everyone to take their seats. "Good afternoon class," she said addressing the 3rd years in the room. "Today we will be brewing the wound cleaning potion. Who can tell me its actual name?" She was glad to see a few hands raise and answer correctly. "That is correct 5 points to Ravenclaw. Now who can tell me the two main ingredients?" Only one Hufflepuff girl raised her hand and only got half the question correct even though both ingredients were in the potion. "Directions are on the board," she said with a flick of her wrist. "There will be no talking, now begin." She sighed as she watched the class scuttle around preparing ingredients and wondered if somehow it would continue at this calm pace.
Hermione hurried forward and grabbed one of the Hufflepuff boy's hand before he added frog liver to the potion which would make it explode and eat through the floor. "Frog liver is not one of the ingredients in this potion Mr. Samulson. Could you please explain to me why you felt like blowing the entire classroom apart?"
"It says to add it here in the notes my brother gave me," he told her showing her notes his 4th year brother had given him.
"15 points from Hufflepuff. You were told to follow the instructions on the board. Additionally, you did not check the notes you were given and have endangered every one in this room for your laziness. You will take your own notes from now on; there are no short cuts in potions. Understood?" She said sternly, using her best McGonagall impression.
"Yes mam," he told her looking down before going back to his potion using the directions she had given. By the end of the class she had taken an additional 10 points off Ravenclaw for the two girls being caught talking 3 different times and another 5 from Hufflepuff for a boy trying to eat his ingredients! Honestly they were 3rd years they should know not to eat ingredients!
Severus had a hard time not laughing at her as she sank into a chair between classes. He knew exactly how trying the 3rd years were and knew it would get to her. "There are some cauldrons that need cleaned between classes," he told her pointing to the row of them by the sink. "I would advise you get started so you have time to prepare for the 3rd year Slytherin and Gryffindor." He saw the look on her face as she realized she would have to teach them and smirked.
Hermione finished cleaning the last cauldron and used magic to dry them and her robes before hurrying to the front to prepare the board again with her notes before she let the rest of the little devils into the room. She wanted to kill Severus for throwing her into the fire. She took three calming breaths and then opened the door to let the students in. Even though the two houses no longer hated each other, they still liked to see the other one get points taken off. She knew she was in for a rough ride with this group.
"Good afternoon class, we are brewing the wound cleaning potion…" she was cut off as a Gryffindor girl cut in.
"Why are you teaching?" She asked.
"5 points from Gryffindor for interrupting. Now, the wound cleaning potion takes most of the class hour to complete so any more interruptions and you may not finish on time which will result in a zero for the day. Now who can tell me the actual name for this potion?" She called upon a Slytherin boy in the back of the room.
"Are you going to be teaching us the rest of the year?" He asked her with a smile and she wanted to groan.
"5 points from Slytherin for not answering my question and taking us off topic again!" She told him realizing there was no point in asking them questions. "The directions and ingredients are on the board, there will be absolutely no talking, begin." She wandered around the room keeping a close eye on the students who didn't seem to be paying attention to their work.
After the 3rd person she had to save from adding the ingredient at the wrong time she added, "The instructions for this potion are very simple, the next person who messes up due to lack of paying attention will loose an additional 15 points for their house. Now get back to work." She knew she was being harsh but there was no reason they couldn't get the potion right if the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff class could.
Much to her chagrin, and Snape's pleasure, the person who messed up next was a Gryffindor boy who reminded her of Neville. She took off the points and then explained to him what he did wrong. She was sure he still had no idea what she was taking about, but tried anyway. The class was horrible and she was glad when it was time to go, "Bottle and label your potions and leave them on Professor Snape's desk on your way out. Make sure your cauldrons and workstations are clean or I will have to take off points." She wasn't about to clean up after them when they were more than capable of doing it themselves.
She turned to glare at Snape after the last student had left. She knew it wasn't over yet but she really just wanted to strangle him for feeding her to the wolves. "Once you finish grading the potions you can go for the day. Make sure all the potions are emptied and the vials are clean and put away. You are familiar with my grading practices and I expect you will grade fairly, the grade book is on my desk." He then swooped off to his office leaving a fuming Hermione behind to sit at his desk and grade potions.
She had gotten through about ¼ of the potions before someone knocked on the classroom door. "Enter," she barked out not even aware of how like Snape she sounded since she was in a grouchy mood from grading. She looked up to see a nervous 1st year Slytherin girl standing in the doorway. "Was there something you needed?" Hermione asked forcing a calming smile onto her face.
"I wanted to ask professor Snape something," she said timidly. "I was having problems on my assignment and wanted to clarify something."
"Perhaps I can help you. I'm Hermione the Head Girl." Hermione said and the girl hurried over to her with a large scroll of parchment. "What's the problem?"
"Professor Snape asked for two feet of parchment on the properties of lily in potions. There are so many properties that I can't even keep the assignment to 4 feet. I thought perhaps I didn't hear part of the assignment since I don't understand how the rest of my year is struggling with filling 2 feet!" The girl stated looking scandalized.
It was all Hermione could do not to laugh at the girl that reminded her so much of herself. "I'm sure it's because your classmates do not put near as much effort into their studies as you do. Now why don't you try and narrow your assignment down to the main properties and shorten its length to a maximum of 3 feet. I know for a fact that Professor Snape won't appreciate any more than that as I always turned in double the length until he started to mark me down for it. I would advise that you hang on to your original copy incase you need it for future assignments."
"If I keep studying this much do you think I may get to be a prefect or even Head Girl someday?" The young girl asked her.
"I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be a prime candidate as long as you continue to focus on your schoolwork. Just remember to have fun every once in a while too. Now was there anything else you needed?" Hermione asked and the girl shook her head and headed out of the room.
"That was an acceptable answer to her inquiry," Severus said from the doorway to his office, startling her. "Now hurry up and finish the grading before dinner."
"I heard you got to teach the 3rd years today," Harry said as he sat down next to Hermione at dinner. "What was that about?"
"Part of my punishment," Hermione said with a scowl up at the head table where Snape was sitting in his red robes. "They are a bunch of little brats, ugh there is no way I am cut out to be a teacher. I can handle one or two at a time and like to help but a classroom full makes me want to rip my hair out."
"So do you think that was the end of it or is he going to make your life miserable for a while?" Ron asked her with a glare at Snape. "I told you he wasn't as reformed as you all believed he was."
"I never said he was reformed Ron," Hermione told him. "He is still the same snarky man; it's that he just respects us now. It's my own fault for teasing him; it's the same as tickling a sleeping dragon."
"We have our first match against Ravenclaw this weekend are you going to be selling more merchandise?" Harry asked her with a smile trying to change the subject before his two best friends got in another fight.
"Yeah, Neville and I even made some new stuff with the twins over the summer. It's a great way to earn extra cash." She said with a laugh and pulled a small folder out of her bag to show him her list of merchandise. There were the traditional banners, buttons and rosettes. The flags and pom-poms were fun as well. She then had a line of clothes including scarves, hats and jumpers with his number and name on them. Her favorite was the line of stuffed animals. They were white stuffed stags with 'I love Harry Potter' embroidered in different colors along the back of the stag. She enlarged one and handed it to Ginny. "Here you go Ginny, the first of the stuffed stag collectables."
"These are adorable Hermione!" Ginny said giving the toy a hug which caused the boys to groan and roll their eyes. "You are a natural business woman!"
"We have to see how well they sell first," Hermione said with a smile. "I'm also helping Colin with his calendar that he is putting together for the New Year called 'Great Pranks at Hogwarts' complete with photos from his personal collection and important dates for the new year."
"Hey Colin can we see the preview for your new Calendar?" Harry asked him with a grin.
"I'm still deciding which photos are the best. I'll bring it to an EDA meeting when I get it laid out." He told them with a grin and went back to talking to Neville.
"Neville is going to run our Potter Incorporated business once we get out of school so I can focus on my schoolwork." Hermione told them, "I already have ideas for products once you decided if you're going to play for a team other than just the national team."
"You are enjoying playing off my celebrity aren't you?" Harry asked with a smile. "But at least it's someone I know exploiting my fame. I wouldn't want anyone other than my friends getting rich off my famous face."
"Why Neville?" Ron asked trying to hide the hurt from not being included.
"He wants to run a business when we get out of school, along with his greenhouse he's going to take on this." Hermione said not wanting to have to tell Ron it was because he has absolutely no business sense.
"Have you decided which university you want to go to yet?" Harry asked her, once again trying to avoid a row between his best mates.
"I have applied to all three but want to go to the Magical Academy in Rome." She told them with a far off smile imagining college life. "They have the best programs for both Transfiguration and Spell Creation but none of them are all that great for potions which is a shame since it's my passion." She had a misty far off look on her face that made her two friends smile.
"It's good to see you're still the same old Hermione," Harry told her with a grin. "I was beginning to wonder since you haven't been spending that much time in the library this year."
"That's because I've read all the books in the library that would be helpful in my research and have moved on to the ones in Professor Snape's personal library as well as the headmaster's library and the other professors collections." She told them with a grin as the boys just laughed that she had used up all the books in the library.
"You should just let them give you a pass to the restricted section then," Ron told her.
"I had one and there are not that many potions books in there that they will let me touch without supervision. I am reading a few while researching with Professor Snape." She told them went back to her dinner when the boys turned their conversation back to Quidditch.
Severus was in his office grading essays when Sylvester Spinnet and his friend Thomas Averil came in looking upset. "Sir, Thom got a letter from his father that I think you should look at," Sylvester told him while Thom handed him the parchment.
Son,
I hope everything is going well for you at school. Remember not to listen to anything that crazy muggle loving Headmaster says. I heard that he even forced your head of house to take on a mudblood as an apprentice. I want you to keep me posted on how that progresses. Remember that no one can be trusted unless you know they are loyal to our lord. I look forward to your visit at Christmas; perhaps you will be able to attend a revel.
Father
"I need to reply to his letter sir or he will be suspicious." Thom said looking distraught. "I don't want anything bad to happen to Hermione so what should I write?"
"Just write a short note about how you heard I was forced to take her on since she has the highest marks and that both I and Malfoy were complaining about the favoritism the headmaster shows Potter and his friends. That should sound good enough for your father to not be suspicious. I will bring this to the headmaster's attention since somehow this information had leaked out to the outside world. Thank you boys," He said and then hurried off to Albus' office, activating the command group of the DA using the galleon that Hermione had given him. He knew he needed to brief them after his meeting with the headmaster.
"There is a leak in the protection grid Albus," Severus told him showing the letter. "Somehow the information that Hermione is my apprentice got out and now the dark lord will hear of it. What am I supposed to say to him?"
"Partial truth is always the best course," Albus told him. "We simply tell him that she wishes to obtain her mastery in potions and since she is such a brilliant student I assigned her as your apprentice. She is working on her own research and helping you grade essays and prepare ingredients. I'll leave the two of you to decide what exactly her research consists of so it sounds more plausible."
"What about the leak?" He asked worried about both his and the DA's roles getting out to the public.
"I will work on that with the other professors while you meet with Hermione and the rest of the officers of the DA." Albus told him and Severus hurried out of his office and towards the head common room.
He walked into the common room to see the EDA all assembled and was pleased that the summons worked so well. They hadn't needed to use it for a while since they could actually discuss the DA in public now. "We have a small problem," he told them. "It was brought to my attention by Mr. Spinnet and Mr. Averil that Averil's father has found out about Hermione's apprenticeship. This means we have a leak in the protective field around the school and must be on guard until Albus can rectify this gap."
"What about Hermione? Is she safe?" Ron asked looking to his friend.
"As safe as she can be Mr. Weasley. I have instructed Mr. Averil to write his father that Albus forced me to take her on. Hermione and I will have to put together some fake research for when I am summoned which I am sure will be soon." He told them.
"What can we do to help?" Luna asked him.
"We know it wasn't a DA member that leaked the information or they would have shown signs of the secrecy charm being breached. We need to compile a list of all non-DA members and begin surveillance. In addition I believe it is time to start the Junior DA for the younger students. We can have Hermione and Arley Filtch teach them self defense and perhaps some simple defensive spells. We will have them sign the secrecy petition as well so that most of the school is under its gag order." Harry said taking charge of the meeting with the ideas he had for some time.
"We said we wouldn't involve the younger years but it is stupid to not include them in the secrecy petition. We left ourselves wide open for them to write home to their parents," Gabrielle chimed in.
"Will you ok this course of action?" Harry asked Snape who gave his nod of approval. "Alright, we'll use the prefects of each house to contact the younger years. We will have a meeting in each house to get them to sign the paper. After that we can organize them into training groups by year so that when they reach 4th year they are ready to step into the DA."
Their meeting continued for another hour working out the details of the junior DA. It was decided that the younger ones would not be trusted with any real information. Their self defense training would be enough information and the secrecy petition would take care of any leaks from that angle. They decided to hold the meeting for JDA the rest of that week to get the petition signed as quickly as possible.
"We need to determine what you have been researching," Severus told Hermione as they cleaned the lab of all their research and placed it in heavily warded cabinets just in case someone decided to snoop around. "It needs to be something the Dark Lord will buy as well as something non-threatening to him. We don't want him coming after you for your research."
Hermione smiled, she had been keeping an idea in the back of her mind since the beginning of 6th year but hadn't wanted to take the time to work through it since it wasn't important to the cause. "I have an idea for my research, in fact I already have quite a bit of information about it stored in my head from all my research on other subjects. It is kind of silly though and I didn't want to waste my time on something that wouldn't do the cause any good."
"Spit it out Hermione," he told her entertained that she was embarrassed about what she wanted to research.
"Hair care potions," she said not meeting his eyes. "I have an idea for a few different potions that should be able to manage my messy mane of hair and if it can manage mine then it can handle anyone's. It was something I was looking into for university as a side business."
"You want to manufacture your own beauty products," he said with a smirk. "I think that is exactly the kind of research the dark lord would care less about. Let's get started." He waved her over to the bench and tried not to smirk at how she was still red with embarrassment.
"I know you think it's a waste of potions, but they will be a great start for a beauty product line. My parents haven't told me if they are planning on supporting me through university and my Potter Incorporated merchandising business is only making pocket change until he graduates." Hermione informed him as she scribbled out her ideas onto parchment.
"What did he think of the stuffed stag?" Severus asked her, smirking at the thought that it was his idea.
"He was a bit embarrassed but Ginny loved it so I'm sure it will be a top seller," she told him. "I have an idea for three different women's products and at least two men's. The one that I am almost ready to start testing is the potion that should turn any messy mane of hair into soft gentle waves of curls. It will be a shampoo that will fully activate with the drying charm. The other is a sleeking shampoo that will turn any hair type sleek and smooth. I was also researching a shine and volume enhancing potion that would make the hair vibrant and shiny as well as add volume. It would be a spray on potion for after washing."
"When did you have time to complete all this research?" He asked as he looked over her notes that were way farther along than he would have guessed.
"I've been thinking about this product line since the beginning of 6th year when I decided that I didn't want to wrestle with my hair the rest of my life. While I did assignments and other research, if I came across anything helpful I would note it in my mind so that I would have the information for when I got around to doing the research. I figured I would have time after the war or during university since I already know all the university potions and have read the entire first, second and third year books." She told him.
"Impressive," he told her with a smile. "What else have you envisioned for this product line?"
"I want a man's shampoo that will clean and soften any hair type. It will be a universal shampoo that will keep the hair soft, light and clean, just like women like it. Also I envision a spray on tonic that would keep the hair from being mussed from wind or rain or other elements, ideal for Quidditch players or even potions professors." She laughed at the glare he sent her way. "I was also thinking of a styling potion for both sexes to replace gels and hairsprays that would sculpt the hair without making it firm or sticky to the touch."
"Well, let's get started on that first potion you mentioned and see if we can get it to work. At least then I'll have something to show the dark lord should he ask to see your research to check its validity." He told her and they finished working out the kinks in her potions formula.
"Now all I have to add is the Cylindrica Root Extract and stir counter clock wise 20 revolutions and it will be ready once it's set on low heat for 15 minutes." She said and added the final ingredient. She was very happy with the consistency and texture of her shampoo, it was pearly and perfect. She lowered the heat on the caldron and made her way back to the table with her notes to work on the next potion.
"Can you add Shea Butter instead to add a healing element to the potion?" He asked her as he realized she was working on the man's shampoo. "Many men have damaged hair from exposure to the elements as well as that we don't take care of it."
They worked for another hour on the man's shampoo and found a formula they both agreed upon. Severus was impressed with her knowledge of potions as he only had to make a few suggestions and that was only to increase the properties not to fix any mistakes. "Would you use it?" She asked him as they finished brewing it as well. It was the same color and texture as the woman's potion but was unscented, which he found to be a good trait.
"Depending on if the price is comparable I see no reason why not. I am looking forward to seeing the results of your tests." He told her and watched her as she summoned some bottles from her room.
"I got these over the summer in case I had a chance to try my theories," she said showing him the plastic bottles. They were made of a thick cream colored plastic with a mother of pearl finish. The lids were silver with a pop top. "I will make labels for them once I decide on a logo and I want to charm them with a stasis charm as well."
"They look very nice but perhaps we should test your potions first?" He asked her with a smirk and she glared at him.
"I just wanted to have the bottles on hand so we don't have caldrons of my products lying around," she told him with a sassy grin. "So who are we going to test them on?"
"I believe you should test your own on yourself as you said that if it can tame your hair it definitely works." He said enjoying her narrow her eyes at him. "And I suppose I could be persuaded to try your other one. Just remember you will owe me if anything goes wrong."
Hermione pulled out her camera and took "before" shots of both of their hair before conjuring a beauty parlor sink to wash their hair. She started with herself as Severus refused to be the first guinea pig. She was quite relaxed as he massaged the shampoo into her scalp with his nimble fingers. The smell of her shampoo was very subtle but nice. It would fade after washing so it would not interfere with any scents a woman may wear. Severus finished rinsing the potion from her hair and wrung it out with his hands. "Now for the test," he told her and performed the drying charm. Her hair fell in soft curls along her back; there was no sign of frizz or out of control curls. Her hair looked sleek and elegant. "Perfect," he said with approval as they examined her tresses and took and "after" photo for her records.
"Your turn!" She told him excitedly as she pushed him into the chair and wetted his hair before massaging in the potion. She knew he washed his hair regularly, unlike what Ron thought, and knew his 'greasy git' look was due to the fumes of the caldrons he was over all day in combination with naturally oily hair. She rinsed the shampoo out and smiled before performing the drying charm. "Looks good," she told him as he turned to see the reflection in the mirror. There was no trace of oil or potion fume residue and his hair was soft and looked like it had some volume. She took an 'after' photo and started bottling the potions.
"What have you thought of naming this little enterprise of yours?" he asked her.
"I was thinking of going with a cliché name for them such as Princess Potions for the woman's line and Princely Potions for the men's' line. What do you think? I even have a sketch of what I like for the logo." She showed him her sketch of a large capital letter P with a crown on the letter and a snake crawling up the P. "It's because they have started calling me the Slytherin Princess, I thought it would be a nice touch." She said at his inquiring look at the snake.
They called Dennis down so he could refine her drawing so they could label the bottles before filling. They worked on adding the stasis charms while Dennis perfected the drawing. "What do you think?" He asked them showing them the completed logo.
"I love it!" Hermione said with a huge grin. "Thanks Dennis, it's exactly what I was envisioning. What do you guys think of calling my company 'Royal Endeavors Ltd.' to go with the whole prince/princess thing?"
"Very nice," Severus commented. "Now just finish the labels and you can head back to your common room. I'm sure this is enough to convince the Dark Lord of your research endeavors. You can work on the other ideas when it seems like you should have researched it enough."
Hermione finished listing the ingredients in the potion for the back label. She wanted it to resemble muggle shampoo as much as possible so it could be marketed in both worlds. Without using the drying charm the potion is not as effective, but still works well. She charmed the labels onto the bottles and filled them with the two potions. Each batch made about 25 bottles and she knew in the future she could easily double or triple each batch by using a larger caldron.
"All done," Hermione said as she started packing the bottles into a box. "I am pleased to announce the launch of Royal Endeavors Ltd. and its initial products, Gentle Curlz Shampoo as well as Clean & Soft Shampoo."
"Congratulations and good luck," Dennis and Severus told her before they cleaned up for the night.