AN: I know its short, I've been really busy :(
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~~ MS POV ~~
"Mia. MIA, MIA!" I woke to Severus gently shaking me and calling my name in increasing volume. Seeing the clock behind him I leapt up and rushed to get ready and ran to double Charms. And despite almost being late I managed to appear calm and collected. After Charms I had Arithmacy, Runes, and Potions. All went well except for Potions.
Severus assigned everyone to make Drought of the Living Death, but when I stood to fetch my supplies he stopped me.
"Madame Snape, you will be doing research in the library today," he then handed me a slip of paper and walked away.
Furious I tore open the note
Mia,
This potion isn't safe for you to brew. I would like you to make a list of potions that are safe for pregnant witches to brew/take and those they shouldn't.
Love SS
Understanding the precaution I let my anger go, grabbed my bag and trotted to the library. Informing Madame Pince of my assignment she directed me to two shelves. Apparently back in the day students got pregnant during school quite often. I saw two titles that I grabbed. They were 'To Brew or Not to Brew' by Sandry Chandler and 'Your magical Pregnancy. A guide to a witches' first pregnancy' by Tegan Parkinson. Both of these book were the newest books that the library had available.
~~ SS POV ~~
I barked at the rest of the class to get started before I failed them all, even the Slytherins. Immediately they began working on the potion. Seeing them well on their way, I began grading papers. Due to the fact that Longbottom had dropped my class and Potter and Weasley were both in Auror training I was able to avoid a large amount of melted cauldrons and various explosions. I knew the peace was too good to last. As the students began bottling their attempts a hen patronus flew into the room.
"Professor Snape you are needed in the infirmary immediately," Poppy's voice seemed strained.
Shoving the class out I posted an assignment on the door and glided to the infirmary, hoping it wasn't Mia.
Arriving I found Poppy once more at her desk
"What happened Poppy?"
"A suicide attempt by one of your students. I want to know why she did it but she refuses to speak to me. I'm hoping that as her Head of House she will tell you."
Nodding I walked around the privacy screen and found myself looking at Melissa Goyle, Gregory Goyle's little sister. Upon seeing me she burst into tears, still uncomfortable with crying I simply put my hand on her shoulder. Eventually she composed herself and was able to look me in the eye. Holding her gaze I queried after the reason behind the attempt. This set her off again. But between sobs her story unfolded.
She had been attacked several times and told that she didn't deserve to live because her family had served under the Dark Lord, Naturally most of these attacks came from Gryffindor and surprisingly from Ravenclaw and even the Hufflepuffs. She also informed me that she wasn't the only one suffering from cruel behavior. After telling her tale she fell into an exhausted sleep. Frustrated I planted my head in my hands wondering how I can possibly solve this issue. A hand landed on my shoulder and I jerked around.
~~MS POV~~
So I ended up with about a five foot long list of potions I couldn't brew/take and three potions I could take and few I could brew. I could take any pre-natal potion, pepper-up, and blood-replenishing. I could only brew pre-natal potions which are all very basic and boring. I mean come on I brewed Polyjuice in my second year!
I left the library in search of Severus and ran into Draco. And he told me that Severus had been called to the infirmary, so I headed over that direction. Arriving in the wing I heard a girl's voice telling of her bullying that led to a suicide attempt. She was crying as she told it, but soon all was quite. I heard Severus sigh and that prompted me to go to him. Coming around the screen I found him sitting dejectedly beside a girl who had bandages wrapped around her arms.
Not sure what to do I simply laid a comforting had on his slumped shoulder.
