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This update is a filler....but shows a little bit of what Alisia can do. Remember she is incredibly smart and powerful.
Chapter 14: Potions and Transfigurations with Alisia
The rest of the summer Harry spent pleasantly at McGonagall Manor getting to know his grandparents. He found himself very relaxed by the time the school year rolled back around and was happily joking and sitting with his friends at the Welcoming feast.
Albus stood and the hall quickly quieted down. "Welcome to Hogwarts all of our new students and welcome back to the returning ones," Albus greeted, "Now we have a few changes in staff. Professor Severus Snape will now be teaching Defense against the Dark Arts," here there were lots of groans, "and his wife…" The hall gasped.
"And his wife; Professor Alisia McDore-Snape will be teaching Potions. I want you all to welcome her," Albus continued as he helped his daughter stand. Everyone gave her a polite clap and she smiled brightly before sitting back down and whispering in Severus' ear.
"Who'd of thought Snape would be married to something that beautiful;" Seamus blinked. Harry merely smirked and returned to his chocolate tart.
After breakfast Harry walked with Hermione down to his first Potions class of the day. He entered to find Alisia sitting happily on top of the professor's desk looking through the text book and humming happily to herself. Her auburn hair was held back in a cream scarf and she was wearing a cream colored muggle dress and black over robes. Harry noticed the dress was a little tight around the middle.
"Good morning Professor," Hermione greeted sitting in the front; Harry for once sat with her happily.
"Good morning Miss Granger, Mr. Potter," she greeted happily.
The rest of the class filed in not longer after them and after everyone seated she began.
"Good morning all. Just to remind you I'm Professor Snape's wife; but I prefer it if you called me Alisia. I know that's not normal but then again I'm not a regular teacher," she explained, "Now before we begin are there any questions you have for me? They can be personal or otherwise; I'm not very bashful."
A hand shot up. "Yes Miss Dawns?" Alisia said looking at a sixth year Ravenclaw.
"Um…What's it like being married to Professor Snape?" she asked timidly.
"Quiet. We spend most of our time reading or making potions; although normally when he is at school I teach music and voice in the village I live in as well as the odd veterinarian work," Alisia answered.
Another hand shot up. "Yes Mr. York?"
"Are you really Harry's aunt?" asked a Hufflepuff.
"I am in fact. James and I were separated as children and adopted by different families," Alisia answered with a wink to Harry.
There was another hand that shot up. "Yes Miss Crabgrass?" she asked a Slytherin.
"How did you get this job?"
"I'm very good friends with the Headmaster and Deputy and they asked me to fill in for awhile. I also received the job I believe by being one of the youngest Potions Mistresses on record; I finished my apprenticeship when I was twenty-two," Alisia smiled crossing her legs.
"What instruments do you teach?" asked a Hufflepuff named Allison Walter.
"I teach voice as well as piano, violin, flute, cello, guitar, bagpipes, mandolin, banjo, and piccolo," Alisia answered. The glass blinked.
"Well that's enough about me for now. Let's get started!" she clapped as writing appeared on the board. "Everyone begin the Essence of Dragon Fever; you have an hour and a half. The closest to the finished product I'll give forty house points and no homework," she smiled. The class immediately got to work.
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Thirty minutes into the lesson there was an explosion form the back of the room and thick grey smoke came out of Neville Longbottom's cauldron.
"Mr. Longbottom what happened?" Alisia snapped quickly ridding the room of the smoke.
"I-I…I don't know Professor," Neville squeaked. Others watched wondering if she would take the same form of teaching as Snape.
Neville was already cringing. He was waiting for the blow that did not come. Instead he felt a cool hand against the hot forehead he was not aware he had.
"Mr. Longbottom it appears you have made the wrong potion. By the looks of the mess you made its Essence of Fairy Fever. In moments apart from you feeling hot you will begin floating in the air," she answered as he slowly started to rise.
Alisia grabbed his foot before he went too far in the air.
"Thankfully we have just the antidote in the classroom. Mr. Potter will you please bring me the blue potion in the black bottle in the storage closet please?" Harry nodded and quickly entered the closet and returned with the bottle.
"Here you are Professor."
"Thank you," Alisia winked at him as she put the bottle on the table and slowly pulled Neville down.
"Drink this please," she said opening the bottle and thrusting it in the boy's hands.
The Gryffindor quickly began drinking the cool liquid and slumped into the woman's arms asleep.
"Let this be a warning that ill use of ingredients can cause you to get…an illness," She sighed waving her wand and cleaning the mess up before sitting the boy back on his stool and laying his head on the table.
The others nodded and went back to work.
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"Forty points to Miss Granger. Class dismissed," Alisia smiled as everyone gathered their things and headed out.
"Professor?" Hermione asked as she lingered. Harry hurried off to Defense class.
"Yes Miss Granger?" Alisia asked gathering the potions samples.
"I'm just curious why you didn't scream at Neville for getting the potion wrong."
"Miss Granger, Mr. Longbottom tried his best and made a good attempt. True it ended badly but he tried and that's all that counts. In a world where people hate you for not being perfect I find it better for children's self-esteem to not degrade them," Alisia replied, "Now you better run off before my husband takes away the points I just gave you." She smirked.
"Yes professor," Hermione nodded running out of the room.
The days went by rather calmly. Alisia quickly became the fastest loved Professor since Albus started teaching. She was calm, understanding, and helpful. She did what she could and actually helped her students learn.
Today she had been sitting on the edge of Minerva's desk since she had wrapped up her classes early. Minerva still had one more.
It was November and really staring to get cold. Alisia was now six and a half months along and just starting to really show. It was clear she just wasn't going to gain much weight; especially since she ate like a teenage boy.
"Alisia are you sure everything is going all right?" Minerva asked putting a hand to her daughter's slightly protruding stomach.
"Yes," Alisia nodded, "some women just don't gain a lot of weight when pregnant. I've seen a healer friend and he says the baby is perfectly healthy; the baby is just not very big."
"You're still not going to tell anyone what it is?" Minerva asked.
"Bingo was his name-o. Not even Severus gets to know," Alisia laughed as the door opened and the sixth year students came in.
"I better go," she said hopping of the desk.
"Actually I think you could be of use today," Minerva said standing.
"Oooh do I get to be the guinea pig!?" Alisia exclaimed clapping her hands rather child like.
The class laughed lightly but hushed when Minerva looked at them all. "I was thinking something else," the professor answered.
Alisia nodded and sat at her mother's desk while the professor addressed the students.
"Today the lesson is on how performing wandless Transfiguration skills. Only very powerful witches and wizards can do this and it takes a great amount of concentration. The slightest distraction can have disastrous consequences.
The students sat up straighter with this and waited. "Miss Granger as you have made the most progress I'd like you to assist in this," McGonagall said looking at the Gryffindor. The girl nodded and came up to the dais and stood there before the professor.
"Now I'm sure all of you are by now aware of Professor McDore's accomplishments. So I decided today you could be treated to some of her more…interesting talents," the professor explained giving a small smile as she stepped to the side.
The students looked on curiously. "Miss Granger if you trust that I will not harm you; drop your wand please," Alisia replied as she stood and circled around to the front of the desk and sat on top of it.
Hermione looked a little unsure; but a nodded from Harry and she put her wand on the desk.
"All righty then. Let's have some fun," Alisia said clapping her hands.
"Um…o-okay," Hermione nodded. Alisia smirked and flicked her hand at the girl.
Hermione felt a tingling sensation in her lower abdomen and heard the classroom gasp. Hermione looked down at her hands and blinked seeing she was green and scaly.
"Bloody hell!" Seamus exclaimed.
"She's an alligator!?" a Ravenclaw screeched.
Alisia waved her hand and Hermione saw herself turn from green and scaly to brown and furry.
"It's a bear," cried a Hufflepuff.
"Miss Granger can we have a growl please," Alisia replied. Hermione nodded and turned around to face the class give a loud growl.
"Professor McGonagall would you mind if I showed them something even more challenging?" Alisia asked sliding of the desk and petting the bear's coat.
"Not at all," Minerva replied from the corner of the room.
"Excellent," Alisia smiled as she tapped Hermione with her own wand and she changed back to normal.
"Miss Granger you may sit down…and twenty points to Gryffindor," Alisia smiled handing the girl back her wand.
"Thank you Professor," Hermione nodded and went back to her seat.
"All right I need two assistants. Any volunteers?" Alisia asked. Many hands shot up but Alisia already had two in mind.
"Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Potter," she called.
The boys looked ominously at each other but stood and approached the Professor.
"You two are from opposite houses. Do you get along?" she asked. A lot of snickering was heard from the room forcing Minerva to silence everyone.
"Not particularly," Harry answered truthfully.
"I see…well let's see what happens when I do this!" Alisia exclaimed clapping her hands and waving her arms at them.
Ron's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he watched the two boys morph into one body. "Merlin's beard!"
Harry turned his head and hit noses with Malfoy's.
"Potter get off of me!" Malfoy snapped.
"Like I can," Harry snapped.
"How the hell did you do that?" Ron asked.
"Mister Weasley language," Minerva snapped. Ron's ears colored greatly but Alisia smiled at him.
"Mr. Weasley if you can Imperio and transfigure to Professor McGonagall's standards then even you could morph to bodies together. All that is needed is a mind insane enough to willingly want to do it," she answered before returning the boys to their former state.
"Twenty points to Slytherin and Gryffindor boys. Now if you will excuse me…I think I'll go ask to sit in on the Defense class tomorrow," Alisia bowed.
"Thank you for the demonstrations Professor. I'm sure we all learned some valuable lessons and even some good examples for the three foot essay I'll assign for homework," McGonagall replied. There were a few groans from the students but the majority clapped for Alisia as she exited the room.
By the way. Anyone have an opinion of when you wnat me to end this?