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Squib curse is no more! Treatments to regain magic existed in America and are now coming here!

The headlines brought a bittersweet realization to many, especially Lily and James Potter who no one knew had a third child ...

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"Excuse me, do you mind if I sit with you?" Severus looked up from the files he was reading in one of the common areas in Decoction and saw a shy looking young woman with mousey brown hair and black glasses hiding brown eyes holding some papers.

"It's quite alright, you may sit. I'm Severus Snape." Severus said. Personally he prefers to sit alone, but he wasn't going to start shunning people here of all places.

"Thank you, I'm Amy Hopkins ... I just began interning as a medi-witch in lab 7 and I ... you don't have to, but I was asked to send forms to potion masters in the building to test a product from someone here. We aren't allowed to say who, but it's geared to potion masters who suffer from potion residue in the hair. It's a salve that should prevent the buildup ... NOT THAT YOU HAVE GREASY HAIR! I ... just asked if you'd like to try it." Amy squeaked softly.

Severus blinked, he could tell she meant on offense, but the woman was so shy that it made his most timid students he has seen seem brave ... and that's including the ones who fainted, "It sounds interesting. What do I have to do?"

Amy smiled and with slightly shaky hands she handed Severus a form, "This is a list of the  allergy related ingredients. The exact recipe is private, but-eep!" Amy squeaked as she dropped several papers and she frantically tried to pick them up, "I'm so sorry-"

The UK representative sighed and got up to help her, "Just breathe slowly and calm down. There's no need to panic especially when you're only informing me of the facts." Severus said calmly as he handed her some of the papers. It was by far the calmest and kindest he's ever been when dealing with people like this. Perhaps being away has helped him relax a bit.

"He's right, Amy. Just chill, it's only your first day. We're all dedicated potion masters and herbologists here ... which of course means we are all anti-social and socially inept to some degree making us quite understanding." Both Severus and Amy stood up and looked over to see a young man with black hair that had blue tips and blue eyes wearing a grey coat, "I was asked to find you, Amy. The lab 7 healers have a side effect warning to add." He said as he grabbed a sheet and signed it with a pen in his pocket. When he handed the sheet to Amy he blinked as he saw both Severus and Amy staring at him oddly. "What?"

Amy blinked in confusion as she looked at the form she was given "Ummm Trent ... you just said there was a side effect ..."

Trent shrugged, "Yep."

"But you signed up anyways?" Amy said more than a little baffled at Trent's actions and frankly so was Severus, but he started to understand when he noticed that Trent hasn't stopped looking at Amy for more than a second since they met even when he signed ... did he even realize he signed something?

"Yep." Trent casually answered again leaving the girl a little more puzzled.

Severus's lip twitched in amusement and decided to cut in, "What is the side effect?"

"Huh?" Trent glanced at Severus as if he only just realized he was there, "Oh right! There's a hair growth factor that causes a sudden growth of 6-12 inches of the hair on the head. Oh, and Heather realized she forgot to give you your contact badge in the commotion with Wyatt. Here." Trent reached into his pocket and handed her a white and red badge. Severus noticed Trent stiffened like he was struck by lightning when Amy's hand brushed his as she took the badge, "Going now." He said quickly, but seemed frozen in place for a moment before finally turning on his heels and walking away, "I have to stir the cat and feed the cauldron."