Epilogue: Mastery

TIMELINE
SEP 1991 Harry starts Hogwarts
DEC 1997/JAN 1998 starts dating Severus
JULY 1998 Severus proposes
START OCTOBER 1999 Severus taken and declared dead
MID OCTOBER 1999 Harry taken by Voldemort
31st OCTOBER 1999 Voldemort's second defeat, Harry's supposed death
JULY/AUGUST 2015 Megan gets her letter to Hogwarts

...+ Signing

...italic...Writing

-...- telepathy

Megan Willis Potter Snape looked at the letter on the table, it was an official letter from the Mastery Board, she knew what it was of course, it was the results from her Potion Master's exam. She was sat between her fathers, both of whom were sat waiting patiently for her to work up the courage to open the envelope that had been sitting at her place when she had come down for breakfast.

It was only three days since she had completed the straining and difficult fifty hour exam but her father had assured that the examiners would have known if she had passes five minutes after she had left the exam.

'Well open it then,' her dad slurred, it had been only a year since she had first heard her dad's voice and it still made her smile every time he did. It had been her father who had finally come up with a potion that would heal his voice box and although it hadn't healed him completely and he rarely spoke to anyone but her out loud, it was amazing to hear him.

'I'm scared,' she admitted, if she opened this envelope and it said she had passed then at sixteen she would be the youngest potion master/mistress ever, even younger than her father. But she couldn't bare it she had failed, if she had screwed up so much that they had failed her.

'Don't be Megan, we will still love you, no matter what it says and if you fail then you take it again, most people don't pass until their second or third times,' her father told her, trying to reassure her.

Megan knew that, she had been told it by everyone she knew and some she didn't know in the past week. It still amazed her when perfect strangers came up to her and seemed to know more about her life than she did. Her dad had told her it was best to just ignore the papers as he had ended up doing in his last years so she had. It had been Lucian who had sent her the clipping telling the world about her attempt at becoming a Potion's Mistress.

With a sigh she picked up the envelope and fingered it before ripping it open and looking at the letter it contained, it took her another minute or two to open the letter and read it. At the bottom of the page she placed the letter on the table and looked up at her fathers sat on the other side of the table. Black and emerald eyes stared at her expectantly and she finally grinned at them.

'You passed?' her dad asked with a smile.

'I passed,' she confirmed and quickly found herself engulfed in a group hug with both men.

'Well done love, I knew you could do it,' her father said as they separated, her fathers returning to their places at the table while she stood beside them, practically vibrating in place. 'Well go and tell Lucian and Lily-Ann then, just be careful and be back for dinner.'

Megan grinned at them and rushed off to the living room where the floo had been connected. Her father had insisted that they get connected their first summer at Mirkwood and like with most things her dad had agreed. But it made it easy to get to the Burrow and tell Lily-Ann who insisted they go to Malfoy Manor straight away and tell both Malfoys.

Harry sat next to his bond mate, their fingers entwined together as they heard their daughter floo out of the house to tell her friends the good news. The friendship she had with Lucian and Lily-Ann was much like the friendship that he had shared with Hermione and Ron, the three of them would be friends for a long time to come with no war to kill off two of the trio.

-You already knew she had passed- Harry accused his bond mate, he had felt satisfaction at the letter but no surprise.

-I may have called in a favour or two to get the results and it was actually three minutes after she left that he told me she had passed.-

-And you didn't tell me- Harry sent in mock annoyance.

-You were just as excited about waiting for the letter as she was. you liked the anticipation. You always have-

-Not always-

-You love anticipation, why do you think I find teasing you so much fun?-

Harry knew he was blushing but couldn't find any reason to stop it, he did love it when Severus teased him and while he wasn't the most patient person, he did like anticipation because he knew with anticipation something would happen at the end of it.

-Are you happy?- Harry asked.

-Of course why wouldn't I be?- Severus asked in concern, turning to look his bond mate in the eyes.

-Because Megan is now the youngest person with a Potions Mastery instead of you-

-Harry I couldn't be any happier, I am with the man I love more anything in this world, my daughter is the youngest person in the world with a Potions Mastery. I have done what every parent in the world wants to do, I have taught my skills to my child and she has surpassed me-

-You're really happy with your life?- Harry asked nervously, trying to pull his hand free but giving up after only a couple of seconds when Severus wouldn't let go. Severus had been back in his life for nearly six years, they shared a bond between their minds and hadn't spent more than a night apart since they got together but he still sometimes worried that Severus didn't want to be part of their family.

Severus pulled the other man onto his knee, he knew Harry couldn't stay there long without his legs going dead but he knew it was the best place for his bond mate to get comfort. Harry buried his face in Severus neck and shoulder while strong hands stroked his back.

-You are a silly, silly man, you know that if I didn't want to do something then I wouldn't do it. I am here because I love you, I love Megan and there isn't anywhere I would rather be. Now that Megan has finished her Mastery and has only one year left at Hogwarts I have handed in my resignation, I won't return to teach at Hogwarts in September-

-What will you do?-

-I will stay at our house with you, I will experiment with my potions, help you with your books and have sex in any place I can imagine.-

Harry chuckled down their bond way, -I think I will like that-

-I know I will- Severus sent and then pounced on his bonded, kissing the younger man as deeply as he could. The pair staggered towards their bedroom, willing to keep their adventurous kitchen sex until after they were certain Megan would return and catch them.

Megan sat in the Leaky Cauldron with Lucian and Lily-Ann, she was holding Lucian's under the table, they had been dating for six months and everyone was happy for them, especially Lily-Ann who herself was dating a Gryffindor called John Thomas. "Were your dads happy?" Lucian asked.

"Over the moon, I bet they are having sex as we speak."

"Ohh gross Megan, I know you dad is cut and all but I don't need that picture in my head," Lily-Ann cried in a disgusted voice.

"You only have you imagination, I have worse, I've actually seen them, heard them on the nights that they forgot the silencing spells. I swear they have more sex than a pair of teenagers."

Lucian chuckled and squeezed her hand, "My dad says that they are just making up for lost time when they were apart."

"But they got back together over six years ago, how can they still be making up for lost time?" Lily-Ann asked in disbelief. She loved Megan and thought of Harry and Severus as uncles but talking even thinking about them having sex was even worse thinking about her parents having sex. It was even worse than the time she had walked in on Lucian's Grandfather and uncle Remus kissing in the living room of her fathers' quarters.

She could remember when naked pictures of Harry had gone around school in their third year, she had been more embarrassed than Megan. When she had asked her friend why she wasn't bothered by the photos, Megan had just pointed out that it wasn't her dad's body. Lily-Ann had still felt embarrassment on her friend's behalf.

"They just love each other Lily," Megan replied.

There conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Tom with their drinks, "Theses are on me, a congratulations Ms Snape, the youngest Potion's Mistress." She had been Ms Snape for three years since her fathers had married, both her and her dad had taken her father's name.

"Thank-you Tom, but how did you find out?" Megan asked in confusion. She had only known for an hour and although the masses seemed to know more about her than she did, but the results of her potion's mastery should have still been fairly unknown.

"I have a friend in the Mastery office, he let me know."

Megan smiled, "Thanks for the drinks and the congratulations but can you not tell anyone, we're trying to keep it a secret if only for a few days until the papers find out."

"Of course I won't Ms Willis, please enjoy your drinks."

"If I haven't already told you Megan, I am so proud of you," Lucian said and leaned across the table to give her a kiss, "I also have this for you." He took a box out of his pocket and opened it, all without letting go of her hand. In the small red box there was two silver rings, "They were my grandparents, they aren't engagement rings, sort of an engagement to get engaged. Only if you want to of course."

Megan leaned over and kissed her boyfriend, "Of course I want to."

There was a flash as Lucian put the ring on Megan's finger, they both looked up to see Lily-Ann with a camera. "Your grandfather and your fathers would kill us if we didn't have pictures of this wonderful moment. We should go and tell everyone."

"Your grandmother first," Megan said forcefully, "She is the only person I want to tell who I know we won't walk in on having sex."