The needed message and lesson notwithstanding, I say this chapter deserves a follow-up. I love your inventions: the many charms, devices, and potions Snape and Pomfrey use to help Harry. Though you make me weep at Minerva's lack of backbone (my fave character), I forgive it because of the care you take to satisfactorily explain the AU-ness of the plot.
Cheers!