Update! Okay so I think I know how this will end....but not too sure. Tell me in the end...would you want her to die? Read to discover what I mean.

Chapter 15: Defense Class and Quidditch

Friday morning and Harry was first into Defense against the Dark Arts class. Strange as it was it was true; Harry came in a full twenty minutes before class was supposed to start and laid his essay on the teacher's desk before sitting in the second row.

The chair turned to reveal Professor Snape who eye the boy and looked down at his essay.

"Will I be impressed about this?" Severus asked taking out a quill and red ink.

"Won't know until you read it…Uncle Severus," Harry smirked.

"You're too much like Alisia," Severus sighed looking over the essay.

"I'll take that as a compliment," Alisia laughed sweetly entering the room.

"Hi Aunt Lis," Harry greeted.

"Hey sweetie," Alisia greeted sitting beside him; "You know you never said how you like the manor."

"It's cool. Grandma gave me dad's old room," Harry nodded.

"Interesting…Harry did Miss Granger or Alisia help you with this?" Severus asked.

"No I took some initiative," Harry answered.

"Well I have to admit…I'm impressed," Severus nodded marking the essay and handing it back to the boy. Harry blinked as he saw a large Outstanding written on the top.

"Great job Harry," Alisia smiled kissing Harry's cheek.

"Yes I think we could use you in the demonstration today. Just what ever happens…keep your head," Severus instructed as Alisia waved her wand and transfigured herself into a young Slytherin. Harry smiled and nodded as the other students started to come in.

"Good morning everyone, essays please," Severus said walking down the aisles taking the rolls of parchments.

"He's got a big schnoze," the Slytherin whispered in Harry's ear causing him to chuckle.

"Something amusing Mr. Potter?" Severus snapped turning around.

"Nothing sir," Harry replied opening his book. Severus eyed the two but turned around and began his lecture on defending slicing spells.

"Yak, yak, yak. Man he loves the sound of his voice," the Slytherin laughed. Harry smiled but tried to shush her.

Severus eyed the two again and cleared his throat causing both to look back at their books.

The class went on for a few minutes before a note slipped into Harry's hands. He was just about to read it when it was snatched from his hands by an irate Professor.

"Let's see what it is Mr. Potter and Miss Smith want to keep from the rest of us," Severus said opening the note. Harry felt his cheeks flush and noticed enviously that Smith sat happy in her seat. Snape began reading his face contorting into anger.

"Harry, have you noticed that the more he talks about how wonderful the Dark Arts are the more you want to hit him in the head and say…'You mo-ron it's Defense against the Dark Arts. Not talk about how you love the Dark Arts you death eater."

Severus glared at the students making them silence and turned to the two students. "Ms. Smith am I to assume you do not find the lecture informative?" Severus snapped.

"No sir," she shook her head, "You should never assume any thing because it makes an arse out of you and me," she smiled as the class laughed.

"Silence!" Severus snapped, "Miss Smith, Mr. Potter kindly step to the front."

The two teenagers walked up to the professor and stood before him.

"Seeing as you both seem to already know about the defense of these spell let's try a demonstration," Severus replied pulling his wand.

"Oh gee I'd love to sir but…I don't think your wife would like it if I sent you to the hospital wing. Plus I think she'd be even angrier to know that you had Harry in danger. And isn't she pregnant? Ooh no one wants to see a hormonally angry pregnant woman," Smith shook her head as the others laughed.

Severus sniffed and crossed his arms. "You see to know an awful lot about my wife. Alisia the game is over fight me or I tell your mother who stole her cat so Brian could come in the manor," he said.

Smith gasped and put her hands on her hips as she transformed into Alisia. The students gaped and their eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare," she exclaimed.

"Try me love. I'd even inform your father who exactly turned all his favorite rainbow robes into black robes," Severus quipped.

Alisia's eye narrowed as she drew her wand and fired a spell at him he blocked it and fired one at her. She put a shield up around him but Severus found himself dangling in the air memories of fifth year flashing through his mind. Alisia blinked and turned around to see Harry with his wand pointed at his professor.

"Harry!" Alisia shrieked.

"He shouldn't shoot one of those cutting spells at you. You're pregnant," Harry said angrily.

"Harry we fight like this all the time it's fine he wasn't going to hurt me," Alisia replied.

"Get me down!" Severus bellowed as he hung upside down with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Severus calm down at least it's not like…"

"Don't you dare!" he hissed pointing to the students that were looking at all this oddly.

"Fair enough," Alisia sighed and turned to the classroom. She blinked a few times as the room began to spin.

"Se-Severus!" she called before collapsing to the floor.

"Alisia!" Severus shouted turning to Harry, "Harry let me down this instant!"

Shocked Harry immediately let his Professor down with a thud. Severus shook his head and crawled over to his wife cradling her in his arms.

"I-is she all right?" Harry asked.

"Unfortunately I think this is the preexisting condition she was telling me about last week. Class dismissed; Harry please go and retrieve the Headmaster and tell him…tell to call her mother," he sighed stroking the woman's hair softly. Harry nodded and ran out of the room the others following behind.

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Harry returned to the room with the Headmaster and Deputy right behind; all three slightly out of breathe.

"Uncle Severus I'm so sorry. I didn't…I mean I never… I"

"Harry its fine. Nothing you did caused this. Alisia's known this would happen since she got pregnant. It's probably one of the reasons she was afraid too," Severus sighed.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked looking from his Uncle to his grandparents.

"It happens to every woman in my family Harry," Minerva sighed kneeling by her daughter. Albus closed the door and warded so other wouldn't hear.

"The McGonagall women are very fertile and can have numerous children…but it's at a price. Each pregnancy makes her a little weaker because she uses so much magic to keep the child safe. So the baby feeds off her till ultimately she becomes little more than a squib only able to do simple cleaning spells nothing more," Minerva explained.

"But its worse for a very powerful witch," Albus added, "the babies get their personalities from their fathers and their power from their mothers. In most cases the babies take more than they should at different intervals and it causes the woman to experience bouts of anemia and fever."

"But you had three children and you are fine," Harry protested looking at his grandmother.

Minerva smiled sadly at him tears in her eyes. "My first two children died Harry. When ever a McGonagall child dies; if the mother is still alive then she will gain back her magic," Minerva replied, "I would gladly give up my magic again if I could have my sons back."

"So…all this power Alisia has now…she'll loose it?" Harry asked.

"Partly Harry, My children received their father's love to know and to gain more knowledge about Magic so that each took a great deal of mine…Severus was tricked into wanting power based on the fact he might gain respect. Alisia may not loose as much magic this time," Minerva answered.

A soft moan brought everyone's attention to the witch in Severus' arms. Alisia's eyes slowly opened and revolved around the room before resting on Harry.

"Fifteen points from Gryffindor for humiliating your Uncle…and ten points to Gryffindor for bringing my parents," she smiled softly. The others sighed and laughed thankful she was all right for the moment…till Severus groaned and clutched his arm.

Alisia smiled and slowly sat up to kiss his lips. "Go."

"No I'll stay with you," Severus shook his head.

"Severus it'll be far worse if you don't go see him. I have my parents and Harry. I'll be fine." She smiled sweetly.

"All right," he sighed kissing her head "be safe."

"Always," she smiled as he ran out of the room. She sighed sadly and looked at Albus. "I want to go to bed," she replied.

"All right kitten," he smiled and easily lifted her in his arms and took her down to the dungeons. The students watched it oddly but didn't say anything for fear of the Headmaster, Deputy, and Snape.