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A series of "Professors' Notes" concerning Harry and life in and around Hogwarts

This is a complete short story set during the Philosopher's Stone year. The story covers several Hogwarts characters and how they are each touched by an unknown student who has a beautiful voice and whose songs means something different to everyone. This story is just short of too cute, and in just a little less sweet than a trip to Honeydukes at Christmas time. But I believe the ending makes the ride worthwhile. So read. Enjoy. Then go hug a warm puppy. Don’t let the puppy pee on you. I mean, don’t you hate when that happens?

While deciding on who shall be Head Boy for the upcoming year, Albus and Minerva must make a choice.

The first year was the hardest, and it didn't get much better from there. Ron never understands why it's so special when I get a letter from my parents. He doesn't realize that in the past six years they've only sent me twelve: five on Christmas, four before exams and three when I was petrified. That's right: they didn't send me anything my entire first year, and that wasn't my fault...really. Hermione reflects on how her religion affected her life in the Wizarding World.

Dumbledore has just died, following the events after the hospital wing insodent Tonks and Lupin retire to McGonagall's room to sleep, but they do much more than that!! racy in bits, a fan fic your unlikly to forget, someone gets an eyefull!

Minerva McGonagall can see a lot of herself in Hermione Granger, and so, when she catches her skipping a Charms class, she decides not to punish her, and instead takes her into her confidence. That decision is the beginning of a friendship that will carry them through triumph and disaster, as Hermione grows up in one of the most turbulent times the Wizarding World has ever known. Spoilers for everything!

A missing scene from Barb's Triangle Prophecy Chapter 30. The final battle has been fought, but not without a heavy price. Professor Minerva McGonagall reflects on her love for her students and the heart-breaking price of victory. In a rare moment of quiet candor with a physically and spiritually wounded Harry Potter, she gains some much-needed perspective. Part of the Psychic Serpent Missing Scenes Challenge

An alternate look of what could have happened if Professor McGonagall had overheard Draco Malfoy calling Hermione Granger Mudblood. After he refuses to apologize Professor McGonagall administers his first ever spanking.

Two of the professors think they're hexed, but is it all true? Or have they really fallen for each other? MM/SS.

Set just after Harry begins life at the Dursleys. Minerva McGonagall satisfies her curiousity about something that's been bothering her for a while... AD/MM

Meet Blaise Zabini. A first-year Slytherin with anger management issues and an obssesion with cartoons and toaster ovens who curses more than a sailor.

Minerva McGonagall reflects on her lost daughter.

How do you defeat a Dark Wizard? By thinking like one, of course - and how do you think like one? You become one. Two children were selected from the flock that year, by the slim, once beautiful hand of a woman who had also once been Tom Riddle's lover...

(Addition to the "Stuck in a Room with You" series.) Although everyone is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, the one with the earmuffs will prevail! Also featuring a house made of chocolate.

"Minerva McGonagall was a woman who knew her own weaknesses, and Xiomara Hooch looked set to play merry hell with all of them." Set many years before Philosopher's Stone. Femslash.

Remind me not to answer any more questions when you have me pinned against a wall in a random broom closet.

Stuck in the hospital, Minerva McGonagall is horrified to hear what has happened in her absence from Hogwarts. Guilty and miserable, she remembers another time that she let Dumbledore down, in the worst possible way.

McGonagall finds a new kind of music to get into. She is rapping going down the corridor when Harry, Ron and Hermione are in the same corridor. Oh no!

"Your problem is that you still haven't forgiven yourself. Without that ... how can you expect us to do so?" In the days after Voldemort's return, Christmas Eve brings a moment of reflection for a solitary soul, and an unexpected empathy from one of the least likely individuals.

Minerva hasn't been able to heal the grief inside her and Harry and Ginny are having their first child. But what if a certain deceased returns in a way that will push Minerva to the brink? ADMM with a twist!

Something happened to Minerva McGonagall in her seventh year at Hogwarts to change her into the strict, no-nonsense professor she is now, and Headmaster Albus Dumbledore is finally going to find out what. AD/MM.

The Media never lies: agreed? I don't think so... Sometimes the lies published in the tabloids can seem so plausible; believable even; and these lies can then become convincingly like the truth if you are searching for someone to blame. Natural human responses will tell us this much as we have all blamed someone unfairly at some point in our lives. But what happens to the people on the receiving end of the false accusations? And what are the consequences when those affected are driven away by those who they once counted as friends? Sometimes, only when the physical pain is starting to fade do the deeper scars begin to reveal themselves. And some scars take a long time to heal.

The traditional climax of the Dark Wizards' Ball is the waking of the Imbolc Serpent. As the "Dark Wizards" are strictly fancy dress and the Serpent doesn't exist, Harry isn't too worried ... until the Imbolc Serpent actually turns up.

This is a compilation of four humorous cookies involving AD/MM, Snape, Harry and Ron.

Draco is a 7th year while Ginny is a 6th year. They both show up for a transfiguration class that McGonagall is setting up and after an unfortunate incident when a 3rd years mouse is turned purple they are forced to work alone together. This is their day together: will they be able to avoid killing each other? Will they maybe have a conversation? Only time will tell...

Once upon a time, in a lovely garden, a lonely werewolf met an elegant lady...

Minerva returns to Hogwarts after her convalescence at St. Mungo's.

When the Slytherin seventh-years organise a bake sale, Professor McGonagall suspects something is wrong. The Slytherins have obviously gone quite mad. However, what she finds out almost gives her a heart attack. A rather ridiculous one-shot exploring Draco/Ginny.

Madam Pomfrey leaves the infirmary in the capable hands of three of her esteemed colleagues while she visits her ill sister. With the Quidditch season yet to begin and no lessons over the weekend, what could possibly go wrong?

No Devil will darken her doorway while Minerva McGonagall takes the watch. Warnings for mentions of past sexual abuse, and recovery thereof.

In the aftermath of the battle in the Ministry, two Hogwarts professors try to come to terms with the year's events, their conflicting loyalties, and their own uneasy relationship (Sinistra/McGonagall, femmeslash).

It's nearing Christmas at Hogwarts, but the year has been a little less than warm and toasty for the Hogwarts staff as they gather in the staff room for tea or, in some cases, a milkshake. Facing the dangers of Christmas--mistletoes and old classic Christmas tunes--they manage to confuse themselves with a horrific combination of irritability, Christmas spirit, and somber exhaustion.

Madame Trelawney clears her head.

Cool--it's what the new Brooms instructor has, and what Minerva McGonagall is quickly losing. In her first year as Deputy Headmistress, Professor McGonagall has more than she ever dreamed of to deal with.

When Madam Hooch gets a new job as Head Coach of the Tornadoes, they must find a new Quidditch teacher, and everybody's favorite magical nanny gets the job, to the horror of the Quidditch team.

Young Minerva has everything together, but Tom's interest in her may prove fatal to everyone she cares about. Now, also plagued by visions surrounding the founding of the school, what does all mean?

Mary-Sue Potter has come to Hogwarts, inspiring questions: Who is she? What's her secret? And why doesn't she have violet eyes? (Parody)

Have you ever wondered what happened after Harry left McGonagall and Umbridge alone, after his career councelling session? Here is my idea of what might have happened.

Minerva promises to come back to teach at Hogwarts and be with Albus.

Did you ever wonder what pet young Master Snape had in his first year at Hogwarts? Find out in this little one-shot, featuring Snape, Professor McGonagall and ...

After everything that's happened on the night of the third task, Professor McGonagall has a lot she should be doing. So why has Albus sent her to the pumpkin patch to look for a dog?

"To stand together, always, no matter how few of us remained, that was what we swore." Severus and Minerva, together at the end.

What would you do on your last night on Earth? What happens when it turns out not to be your last night?

Minerva was sent to school two years before the world went to hell. (Minerva McGonagall, the ghost of Albus Dumbledore, and the importance of appearances.)

Minerva McGonagall's thoughts during a memorial for James and Lily.

Once upon a time, she had a family. Twice upon a time, she had everything stolen from her. Thrice upon a time, she was lost and found. Now she must prove herself, and either fall to the darkness or rise to the light. (Post HBP, Spoilers abound.)

Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. -- Kindness, Naomi Shihab Nye Oh yes, he has lost things. Lost his friends, lost his family, lost his love and his world. He has lost his direction. Lost his dreams, lost his faith. Lost his temper, lost his mind. The war is won, and Remus Lupin is lost. --- After Voldemort's defeat in 1981, Remus Lupin is left alone, and he is an angry and bitter young man. But out of loss, kindness can grow, and sometimes an unlikely person provides the opportunity for redemption. This fic covers the years 1981-1997.

What happened to Professor McGonagall to make her resign from Hogwarts? Why is the Headmaster so cold? What does Aberforth have that Dumbledore wants?

In St. Mungo's, Minerva McGonagall receives a visitor with dreadful news. Snape/McGonagall.

He will see that she is in the best of hands... Minerva McGonagall is transfered to St. Mungo's by an unusual road.

Dobby is remodeling the headmaster's quarters for McGonagall. In the process, he moves Dumbledore's Old Bedroom Mirror down into storage with McGonagall's New Bedroom Mirror. What thus ensues? Read and find out!

The Transfiguration Professor reflects on a Narcissa Malfoy's golden hair. Dark reflective ficlet about thwarted sapphic desire, regrets, choices, and.... Death Eater stuff.

Companion piece to "Fat Kid." In a world where the Dark Lord has won, and Muggles are treated no better than livestock, the tattered remnants of The Order of the Phoenix do their best to restore peace and sanity to the Wizarding world. Hermione Granger and her former teacher are a part of that underground movement. Tomorrow, they're on the run again. But tonight, they rest.

Some of Hogwart’s professors get together after a busy school year and let their hair down… a little. This short story takes place at the end of Fred and George’s first year.

Alastor Moody has just recovered from being locked in a trunk for nine months. Being a prisoner was bad enough, but what he’s about to do for love is far more difficult. Alastor hasn’t seen her for over fourteen years, and during that time he’s lost a leg, an eye, and any good looks he might once have had. But then, war changes everyone, not just Aurors. And for a Gryffindor who once dreamt of single-handedly saving the world through his constant vigilance, things aren’t turning out the way he’d like them to. In times of war, though, even a moment’s hard-won peace can sometimes be enough.

Severus is overstressed and does not take care of himself, so Poppy Pomfrey and Minerva McGonagall have to. SS/MM

Hogwarts has shut down for good, leaving five homeless and seeking a future at Beaxbatons Academy. But Harry, Severus, Minerva, Dobby and Hermione end up seeking instead the answer to a riddle to find the greatest treasure of all.

A group of Hogwarts students go on an Animagus training for a week during the summer holidays just before the beginning of their sixth year, accompanied by Professors McGonagall and Snape. Completely AU, partly OOC, sick!Harry

Excerps from the mental brainstorming session between Minerva McGonagall, an author with a headcold and writer's block, and a few meandering fictional characters looking for party snacks.

The Order of the Phoenix is bound together by the things they know, bound by secrets, dreams, and nightmares. Sometimes friends and lovers, but always allies, their strength is in the knowing. Moody/Tonks, Snape/McGonagall, Lupin/Black.

McGonagall visits number 4, Privet Drive, in the first week of November 1981.

Minerva McGonagall struggles with her feelings for Xiomara Hooch. A reflective, romantic "first-time" femmeslash story.

Remus Lupin returns a book he borrowed from Minerva McGonagall but gets a little more than he originally bargained for... Remus/Minerva, set during POA.

Five women, each with a man on her mind, but not, perhaps, the men you'd expect.

For the March2007 challenge. Fudge pays an unexpected visit to Hogwarts.

Your name is Minerva McGonagall. You are thirteen. And you are scared.

When a mysterious dog appears on the Hogwarts grounds, Professor McGonagall is forced to seek temporary shelter with Professor Flitwick. Written for the hp_friendships challenge on LiveJournal.

Professor Marchbanks of the Wizarding Examination Authority has a little score to settle with Dolores Umbridge.

In Hogwarts, like in all the other Wizarding schools of the world, the staff must confront trouble with the Love Potions frequently. In a castle packed with teenagers it only seems to be inevitable.

While Professor Snape and McGonagall await the Dursleys and the Malfoys to arrive, they learn strange things about each other and mull over grief and the future. Sequel to Let it Pour

Percy finds himself, after the War, caught up in a case of smuggling and worse, and the pawn, it seems, of numerous dodgy organisations and Ministry factions...

Some need more than words to tell their story. Gen -- Features Minerva McGonagall & Severus Snape.

“Might I ask you to escort Sibyll back upstairs, Professor McGonagall?” “Of course,” said McGonagall. “Up you get, Sibyll...” Sometimes, when it is darkest, what you need is not a friend, but a colleague. And sometimes, that colleague needs something too.

Vauxhall Orphanage housed many children. One of those children was a boy with jet-black hair by the name of Tom Riddle. During the course of a summer he met a velvet-clad stranger by the name of Albus Dumbledore, and it was through him that Tom learnt his true wizarding identity. This started off the chain of events that led to Tom attending Hogwarts, and this story follows that fateful journey.

Written for LJ community hp_gen_ch September challenge: Education. Minerva McGonagall performs the traditional ritual for a new Headmaster/Headmistress's first day of first term.

Lady Andromeda Mallory has finally received her Hogwarts letter - six years late. However, this year is going to be a little more exciting than she planned on.

Post HPB, Minerva puts Albus' chessboard back in order, and comes to some conclusions about the rules of war.

What if Harry had a different Head of House in spite of being sorted into Gryffindor? Completely AU, will probably be a longer story following most canon events from first year until the end of fifth year but with a twist. Partly OOC, sick!Harry.

Written in a moment of not only Harry's, but also the author's confirmed insanity. Busted bashing, stupid!Harry, and McGonagall snogging a whippersnapper with scary eyebrows. Harry sits on Snape's knee and is bottle-fed. Hilarious!

One-shot dealing with how Minerva and Albus met.

Minerva, with Dumbledore's help, discovers a special magical prowess. BeST's response to the September/October 2007 FA/Quidditch Pitch challenge. UPDATE: Winner of the FA/QP challenge.

Ginny didn’t know when things had changed. Maybe there wasn’t a specific time or place that it happened. Maybe it had simply been there all along, under the surface, waiting for the right moment to come back and kick her in the head. And it had done so, with a vengeance.

His heart is given over to Death these long years now, and whatever warmth she may steal from him is far more transitory and fleeting than even the briefest of affairs. Follow-up to Penance; Minerva McGonagall reflects on similarities, differences, and the strange relationship she and Severus Snape have.

Professor McGonagall enters Dumbledore's office after Dumbledore tells Harry everything he should have told him years ago. AD/MM

Incomplete story based on the theory at the website Knight2King. Check it out, it's quite interesting. ``Anyway, this story is still in the middle of being written, but I thought that I'd ask all you nice people out there for some feedback. Thanks!

He would only give, never take. If Albus Dumbledore had wanted to be worshipped, Minerva would not have admired him so much... but working for the good guy isn't always easy.

Sequel to "Cool." Xiomara Hooch, the new Flying Instructor at Hogwarts, has had her share of adventure. But the Deputy Headmistress has got her rattled. When a misunderstanding threatens their tenuous beginnings of a friendship, Hooch goes to great lengths to heat things back up.

Watch the transformation of shy, innocent Minerva Duncan into the formidable Professor McGonagall. Her story so far!

Little Harry asks Santa to take him to someone, who loves him. Will Harry be able to find a home in the magical world? Time travel to the Founders' time and back to modern time's Hogwarts! Partly childfic, partly OOC, Completely AU! Abuse!Dursleys.

Ruled by a muggle's wants, this story takes place with our dear wizard and witch friends and foes. It twists romance and humor together like no other. Be prepared to face an explosion of laughs, shocked faces, steamy imagery, chickens, and many cliff hangers.

Minerva McGonagall was too late to save her friend Myrtle from an untimely death in a dismal bathroom, but she was certain she knew who had committed the murder. Over fifty years later, she remembers her two old friends--the one who was ripped from life at fifteen, and the one whodunnit. Lord Voldemort's first murder.

Slytherin House. It is where his legacy is; his family has always been in the serpentine House, save for an occasional Ravenclaw. He grew up learning about Salazar Slytherin and seeing the green and silver colours of one of Hogwarts' Founders. There was simply no other option for one of his blood. But is that really the truth? Is it possible for there to be a lion in the midst of snakes?

Sixth year. Draco finds a scale of unknown origins that brings a whole host of problems to him. With a sneaky house elf in tow (Fink) and a 'Beauty girl. Hair like Fieries' taking the role of Professor McGonagall during his Christmas hols, Draco soon realises that Harry isn't the only one with a destiny.

Minerva McGonagall loves, and hates, sometimes the same people at the same time. A PG-rated look inside her head during OotP. How exactly was she feeling throughout the reign of Umbridge? A bit of implied het. There are spoilers for OotP.

Every first year Hogwarts student learns about potions and spells, but there are a few things that are not on the curriculum. Muggle born Eleanor Howard comes to Hogwarts with more than her trunk, diary, and a wand. She suffers from a seemingly innocent ailment in her eyes, but her parents and new teachers refuse to discuss it with her. How can the magical world cope with a disability that cannot be mended with a spell or potion? Set in the era of Voldemorts first rise to power when tolerance and acceptance were not appreciated.

Because of fainting spells, eight year old Harry is taken to Hogwarts. What do the elements have to do with his problem? Completely AU, partly OOC.

Who has been leaving candy at the white tomb? Minerva stumbles upon the solution to a mystery. Can she bring a lost soul home? A response to the Third Floor Corridor Fanfiction #3 challenge: "Write about something that either occurs in or starts in the staff room, between staff members or grown up characters." Takes place five years after HBP. ONE-SHOT. [rated PG-13 just to be safe]

Most of the accounts ascribed her more valiance than she felt, and they put many more words – noble words – in her mouth than she remembered speaking.

The songs parodied in the work are the property of Tom Lehrer, a writer of humorous songs that have entertained for over a half-century.