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A/N According to more than one website, Adam was a warlock in "Bewitched" and a mortal in "Tabitha". For this fanfic, he's a mortal. It just works better that way. And all due respect to anyone who disagrees.

Tabitha had very little experience in making potions, so Snape had a lot of material to cover with her. He selected the books he wanted her to read and brought the materials he wanted her to use. His teaching style was direct and abrupt. Tabitha was always tired after training with him, and he was a stickler for details. If he didn't like how she held her wand, he would move her fingers until they were in the exact position to suit him. He would make her potions vanish at the first sign of a mistake. He couldn't force her, under pain of punishment, to write numbers of lines of parchment, but he did expect her to know the material he assigned her to read between the times they met. She could see why his students were afraid of him. He was always sure to stress to her how she could be in danger if she made her potions the wrong way, and he drilled her until she could say the spells in her sleep. He also had no patience with her nose-wiggling.

"Use your wand, not your nose. Those tricks are fine for little children, but not for an adult witch."

Tabitha put a hand on her hip and answered him back. "My mother never used a wand, and her powers are stong. She's an animagus and a metamorphmagus, and all with wandless magic."

"Regardless of whatever practices you condone in the States," he said haughtily, "You are in England now, and working for the Order, and you will do it the right way. The way I teach you."

Tabitha wagged her head and mimicked him under her breath, "My way, the right way," before she emptied her cauldron using her wand. Then she continued to use her wand to clean the drips off the carpet.

Snape heard what she muttered and turned red in the face. "This is exactly why all magical children should be trained at an early age by wizards. You can't learn any manners being surrounded by muggles." He snapped.

Now it was Tabitha's turn to get angry. Pretending she hadn't heard him, she turned around with a calm expression on her face, directed her gaze to a corner of the ceiling, then opened her eyes wide. He turned to face whatever it was she was looking at, then gasped as he was hit by a couch pillow she flung at him. He turned around, furious at her.

"There. I used my wand to do that," she said calmly.

"Why you...!" He looked like he wanted to counter-spell her.

Tabitha crossed her arms and assumed her loftiest air. "Watch it, buddy. I'm pregnant and you can't do a thing to me. Against the Wizard's code, you know." She looked hard at him as he stood, silently fuming. "But don't you ever disrespect my mortal background again. I don't stand by and let my friends and family be insulted."

AUNT MINERVA TEACHES

Tabitha had done transfigurations many times during her childhood, and had frequently gotten herself and her family into trouble because of it. When she grew old enough to understand how she was different from the other chldren in the neighborhoood, she stopped transfiguring things in public. She still used her powers in private for her own amusement, but she was mortal enough to enjoy the challenge of solving her problems by using good old fashioned ingenuity. However, she always knew, in the back of her mind, that she didn't have to depend on ingenuity alone, and that gave her a sense of security.

Samantha had monitored Tabitha's growing powers, and had set strict limits on what Tabitha was allowed to use her magic for. She was not to use magic to get her homework, done, for instance, or to take tests, or to weasel out of doing her household chores. She could use her powers in an emergency, or to prevent undue suffering to somebody she loved, especially if Tabitha had somehow caused the original problem in the first place. Tabitha usually complied with these rules.

One day, when Tabitha was 12, Samantha sat her down for a serious talk. Samantha explained the reasons behind her strict rules. Witches and warlocks had an unfair advantage over mortals, she said. Therefore, it was up to the magical people not to exploit or cause mortals any suffering. Mortals could not defend themselves against spells, and to bait mortals was the same as bullying. Cruel and vicious. It was for this reason that so many witches and warlocks chose withdraw from mortal society and mingle among themselves, where the playing field was level for all. Samantha had raised Tabitha mortal so she would learn empathy and understanding.

Furthermore, magic power was not infinite. It couldn't reverse death, for instance. Mind and mood altering spells, such as love potions, only worked temporarily. In other words a witch still had to use her mind as well as her magic.

Tabitha heard the same good common sense and sensitivity towards other from Aunt Minerva. As much as Tabitha adored Grandmama Endora, she could see that Endora did have a bullying streak, as well as an unconcern for anything outside her own enjoyment. Samantha's attitudes were much closer to Aunt Minerva's.

Aunt Minerva was the most experienced and knowlegable of all Tabitha's teachers. She was also very strict, but she was aware of Tabitha's fatigue level and never let her practice to the point of tiredness. Also, because they were related, Aunt Minerva would pepper their lessons with useful anecdotes about how various family members had used the spells in different situations. These sessions were very enlightening. She had never realized how eccentric her family was. Furthermore, Aunt Minerva never bragged, but she was proud of coming from a powerful magic family and wanted Tabitha to feel proud of their heritage, too.

Something had made Minerva concerned--Severus had been furious when he arrived back at Hogwarts after Tabitha's first lesson. Somehow they had gotten into an argument. Minerva wanted to question Snape, then Tabitha, but she decided her best option was not to interfere. She hoped Tabitha would tell her what happened, but Tabitha didn't say a word. Maybe it was just Severus overeacting. After all, it wouldn't have been the first time.