Title: Morrigan Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rating: T
Summary: AU/FemHarry. Morrigan Potter, the-girl-who-lived, comes to Hogwarts with no supplies and wearing someone else's robes. Sorted into Slytherin, Snape tries to hate her, but when Hermione tells him what Morrigan told him he makes a vow to protect Lily's daughter against an enemy that's worst then the Dark Lord.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of Rowling's Harry Potter characters and I'm making no money.
Chapter 16: A Present For Severus
Morrigan was headed to the Library to get a book that would help her with her Defense work when she heard McGonagall and Snape talking. She stopped to hear what they were saying.
"Come on, Severus, it's almost your birthday," she said. "Don't you want a present?"
"No, I don't," Snape hissed, "I don't celebrate dumb things like birthdays. It just reminds me that I'm getting older and can't stop it."
"You know that Albus is going to get you something."
"Which he can take back," Snape countered.
"Severus Tobias Snape, I can't believe that you would even suggest that Albus take something back that he most likely is going to get you."
Morrigan heard nothing and then, "Fine, but don't expect me to wear it, read it, or think about why he did it."
"That's all I'm asking."
Morrigan turned and headed back to her common room.
"Did you hear?" Morrigan asked Pansy and Tracy when she got back.
"What and I thought that you were going to the Library," Tracy said.
"Never mind that," she said, "I found out that it's Snape's birthday soon."
"Of course it is," Pansy said, "He was born near the beginning of February."
"Yeah, well I didn't know."
"So what are you going to do, Morrigan?" Pansy asked.
"I was thinking about buying Snape something," Morrigan said, "You know, for his birthday."
"He's not going to like it," Pansy warned, "Draco said that he hates his birthday to death. I bet he didn't get any presents when he was little."
"Well I'm going to get him something," Morrigan said, "Is there anything that Malfoy knows about him."
"He likes old books, that's all," Pansy said.
"Then I'll get him an old book," Morrigan said.
"It has to be one of a kind, really valuable," Pansy said.
"And how do you know this info, besides what Malfoy told you."
"Because he told me," Pansy answered.
Tracy shook her head and said, "That's not really an answer."
"Okay, so who do we go to for old books?" Morrigan asked.
"There is a bookseller in Knockturn Alley," Pansy said, "We could floo there and see if he's got any old books, tell him who it's for."
"Pansy, Professor Snape is not going to allow us to go to Knockturn Alley."
"How about writing a letter to him, telling him that we are looking for really old and valuable books," Morrigan suggested.
"Sounds like a great idea," Tracy said, "He can give us a quote and then we can pay for one."
"Then lets get going," Morrigan said and they ran up the stairs to get their letter started.
To the Manager of Black Arts Shoppe,
We are looking for some old, and valuable, books that our Potions Master may not have. Let us know which books that you have in stock and send us a price quote. Money is not important.
Morrigan Potter
"Sounds good," Pansy said.
"Thanks," Morrigan said, grinning, and then they hurried off to the Owlery.
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"I'm most disappointed in you Mr. McLaggen," Dumbledore said, his tone holding complete contempt. "The only reason that you're here is that there's evidence, by your own mouth, that you attacked Miss Granger."
"I did it because she's not a true Gryffindor," he said, "She spends way too much time in the Library, acts like she's so smart, and hangs out with that snake, Potter."
"Who Miss Granger spends her time with is none of yours or anyone else's business," McGonagall told him, "How dare you think that you have the right to act like this. Attacking Miss Granger because she's smart and spends time with Morrigan, who happens to be my ward?"
McLaggen said nothing.
"Are you even going to say that you're sorry?" Moody demanded.
"No, because I'm not," he said, "I don't care what any of you say, she deserved what she got."
Dumbledore saw McGonagall getting mad and said, "Take him away, Alister."
"As you wish, Albus," he said and he dragged the former Gryffindor out of his office.
Ten minutes later Miss Granger was in his office. McGonagall explained who had attacked her and Miss Granger looked shocked.
"I know that people in Gryffindor hate me, but I didn't think they would do this," she said.
"What happened to you wasn't your fault," McGonagall said, "And I blame our past for this. If we didn't have this belief that only Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw were better than Slytherin then we wouldn't have these problems."
"What's going to happen now?" Miss Granger asked.
"He's going to be going to Azkaban for what he did," Dumbledore told her, "And hopefully the school will be a lot safer."
Miss Granger nodded and McGonagall said, "I'm sure that you would like to tell your friends what happened."
"Naturally," Miss Granger said.
"Then you can go," McGonagall told her and Miss Granger left.
"This has to stop, Albus," McGonagall told him.
"And how do you suggest that we do this?" he asked her.
"Simple," said that hat, "Get rid of the house system."
"WHAT!" Dumbledore shouted.
"You heard me, get rid of the house system," the hat said, "If there is no house system, but ranks, then everything will be fine."
"It will be a complete nightmare," Dumbledore said.
"You said that you wanted this to stop," the hat said to McGonagall and she nodded, "Then getting rid of the house system is the only way. The Founders only set up the house system so that people would be around others that were like them. McLaggen acts like a Slytherin and even said that he attacked Miss Granger based on the fact that she didn't act like a true Gryffindor. This tells us that the system is outdated."
"The students aren't going to like this," Dumbledore told the hat.
"That's not my problem," the hat told him and then it fell silent.
"What do you think?" Dumbledore asked her.
"I think the hat has something," McGonagall said, "If we got rid of the house system then there would be none of this 'oh Slytherin is evil because You-Know-Who was in it' or 'Gryffindor's are all brave.' Look at Sirius Black and all."
Dumbledore nodded in agreement and said, "I'll do the spell to remove the patches."
"And I'll work on reorganizing things," McGonagall told him and she left.
That night the entire school was told to meet in the Great Hall. When they arrived everyone saw that the house tables were gone, replaced with chairs. They all took their seats and waited. Dumbledore and the others appeared and sat down.
"Welcome, all students," Dumbledore said, "We have something that's very important. Many centuries ago the Founders created the four houses that each of you is a member of. However with the attack on a Gryffindor by another Gryffindor we feel the need to abolish the house system."
Everyone was shocked and Malfoy jumped up, saying, "Wait until my father hears about this."
"Sit down, Mr. Malfoy," Snape snarled.
"The house system is no longer valid and the governors have agreed to have this done. As a result the castle will magically change and those that are in one year will sleep together as well as go to classes together. No longer will you judge others based on their house but on their personality. There will be seven forms, a adviser to each form. For form one I'm most pleased to say that Professor Lupin will take that post. For two will be Professor Snape, form three will be Professor McGonagall, form four will be me, form five will be Professor Sprout, form six will be divided between Professor Flitwick for those that have passed their O.W.L's and Professor White for those that have not, and form seven will Professor Flitwick again for those that have passed their O.W.L's and Professor Hooch for those that have not. Anything that you do will be reported to your advisor. Also, we'll have Quidditch based on one form against another. The form team that has the most points will be in the final. That's all!
"Have any questions; go to your form advisor."
He sat down and the Prefects came around with where they were going. Dumbledore hoped that this would work out, but he had a feeling that there would be those that didn't like it.
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"So where do we go?" Pansy asked.
"The first floor," Morrigan answered, "South tower!"
"I don't know why Dumbledore got rid of the house system," Pansy said, her voice telling the others that she didn't like this.
"Maybe if people within a house didn't think they were better than others then we wouldn't have this problem," Tracy said, "Anyway, I'm willing to give this a shot."
"Me too, as long as Weasley leaves me alone," Morrigan said and they started on their way.
Thankfully South Tower wasn't hard to find. The door was open when they arrived and they saw Professor Lupin handing out instructions to the new form Prefects. Weasley was form Prefect for the first years and he nodded as he read what he had been given.
"Your room is in there," Lupin told them.
"Thanks," Morrigan said and they walked through a door and found themselves among thirty something other people.
And they were all mad.
"WHO DOES DUMBLEDORE THINK HE IS?" a girl that had been in Ravenclaw asked, "I WANT TO BE BACK IN RAVENCLAW."
"Yeah, who wants to hang out some filthy snakes?"
"BE SILENT!" Lupin bellowed and everyone stopped talking and looked at him. "That's enough, all of you. This is the reason why you're here. You think that the world only has one kind of people, then you're wrong. Now get ready to study. You have ten minutes."
And he left.
Everyone glared at him, except Morrigan.
"I'm going to the Library," the girl said and she grabbed her things and left.
"Me too," said another and Morrigan had a bad feeling that this was going to be one long remainder of the term.
The grumbling about the new forms continued for the remainder of the month. Finally the owner of the shop sent Morrigan a response, listing books that he had for sale and how much he was willing to part them with. She found a book on Potions from the eleventh century at seven million galleons.
"He better not give you detention after you give him this book," Tracy said when Morrigan told her that she intended to buy the book.
"He better not," Morrigan said, "I'm going to have the owner send the book to him, for his birthday."
"He's going to freak out," Pansy said as Morrigan sent the request for the book to be sent to Snape, with a slip that allowed seven million galleons to be taken out of her vault.
The owl flew away and Morrigan went back to her work.
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Snape hated today, and that wasn't because he had to contend with form two fighting because they thought there were different houses still. No, today was his blasted birthday. He got up, showered, dressed, and then headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. There was no way that Dumbledore was going to allow him to eat alone. That man thought that everyone should be celebrating their birthday.
When he sat down he glared at the Headmaster, who looked as though something exciting was about to happen. Lupin was yawning, recovering from his transformation.
"Hello, Severus," Lupin said.
"Whatever," Snape muttered.
"Severus, why are you acting like that?" McGonagall asked him.
"Because I want to," Snape answered.
The owls floated in and Snape noticed one of them landed in-front of him. It had a package on his leg and looking as though it wanted to get rid of it. He took it and noticed that there was a note on it. Pulling it off, the owl flying away, he opened it.
Dear Professor Snape,
Happy Birthday, enjoy your present.
Morrigan Potter
"Ooh, someone got a present," Lupin teased.
"Shut up, Lupin," Snape snarled, but he opened it and almost had a heart attack.
It was the book that he had been wanting for years, but could never afford it. He at once opened it and saw potions that he had been dying to try.
"Now this is an interesting development," McGonagall said. "Looks like Miss Potter gave you a present, and an expensive one at that."
Snape said nothing, just started reading.
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"Looks like he got your present," Tracy said, grinning.
"Yep, Happy birthday," Morrigan said and then she went back eating.
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A/N: Wow, that was one long chapter. I hope that you all liked it.