Rating
12+
Chapters
30
Words
118,934
Characters
Dumbledore, Filch, McGonagall, Pomfrey, OC, OtherCanon
Primary Relationship
Secondary Relationship(s)
Genre(s)
Humor, Mystery, Action/Adventure
Era
Pre-Hogwarts
Advisory
Mild Language, Mild Violence
Story Reviews
Status
Completed
First Published
2007-10-13 7:41am
Last Chapter
2008-05-12 3:18pm
Last Updated
2008-05-12 3:18pm
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| Ch. # | Chapter Title | Word Count | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
1. Game Interrupted Quidditch is Minerva's passion, but she has other things in the back of her mind, even as she swoops about the pitch: her mother's illness--and that dratted Hogwarts letter. |
4,249 | 3 |
| 2 |
2. Hogsmeade and Beyond Minerva has to get ready for school, and that, in her case, means a trip to Hogsmeade, which, for most Scots, is much closer than Diagon Alley. |
3,637 | 1 |
| 3 |
3. Flight Minerva survives an attack in the moonlight, but fears she may be irreparably scarred. She eavesdrops on some ancient relations, and hopes that she will someday become a real mage like them. |
4,154 | 1 |
| 4 |
4. The Cave Her friends Gig and Petey draw her into another adventure, despite her better judgment. |
3,307 | 1 |
| 5 |
5. The Hole and the Mirror Petey has abandoned Minerva and Gig, and they are lost in the unrelievable dark of the cave. |
3,870 | 1 |
| 6 |
6. Searching Minerva hears an unpleasant conversation and goes with her father to get her first wand--but not to a store. |
4,772 | 2 |
| 7 |
7. Rowdie Minerva wins her wand, but the secret she's been keeping from her father still haunts her. |
3,686 | 1 |
| 8 |
8. Minerva's Vigil There remains the problem of whether our heroine is a 'lykatrope.' How will she figure it out? |
3,835 | 1 |
| 9 |
9. First Days Minerva finally gets to Hogwarts. Will she show immediate signs of genius? |
3,558 | 1 |
| 10 |
Lessons So many teachers, so many classes. And Hogwarts may be a castle, but it's not a bit like Connghaill. |
3,950 | 1 |
| 11 |
Tryouts Minerva wants to play Quidditch for Gryffindor almost as much as she wants to see her mother again. |
3,376 | 1 |
| 12 |
Good News and Better Gig helps Minerva with her history class, Stephen Bechtel chooses his team, and Minerva gets a message from home. |
4,456 | 1 |
| 13 |
The Reckoning Minerva is leaving Hogwarts, and she is sooooo happy.... |
3,785 | 1 |
| 14 |
Many Lessons Minerva's mother is home--finally! THIS CHAPTER WAS ACCIDENTALLY LEFT OUT EARLIER--I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MISTAKE. |
6,172 | 1 |
| 15 |
A Fairytale Minerva McGonagall, a romantic softie? Well, yes, weren't we all at that age? |
3,264 | 1 |
| 16 |
Rowdie's Secret MInerva hears a dreadful rumour about her heroic cousin's life, and just has to get at the truth of it. |
6,640 | 1 |
| 17 |
Friends in Need Petey's back ,and he's in the usual trouble. Gig's still gaga over Dugald. |
3,400 | 1 |
| 18 |
The Muggle Grandmother Minerva and her parents pay a holiday visit her mother's mother, a Muggle who is suspicious of the wizarding world. |
3,229 | 1 |
| 19 |
Up the Beech Tree The full horror of her mother's secret bears down on Minerva. |
3,949 | 1 |
| 20 |
Revelations Inachus Filch and Healer Doohan contribute information to help Minerva and her father understand just what has caused her mother's illness. |
2,709 | 3 |
| 21 |
A New Teacher Minerva has been worrying that her nasty cousin Cuthbert may become her new Transfiguration teacher. Second term is starting, and she's about to find out. |
3,237 | 2 |
| 22 |
Letters Her new teacher has answered many of Minerva's questons raised more which only her father can answer. |
4,048 | 1 |
| 23 |
Runaway! Petey's in trouble--again! |
3,328 | 1 |
| 24 |
Homegoing First year is just about over. She'll be seeing her mother soon and her father... of course. |
2,928 | 1 |
| 25 |
A Burden Imposed Minerva manages a bit of magic none of the adults around her--including the odious Healer Kirk--are capable of. But it is small consolation for her loss. |
5,074 | 5 |
| 26 |
The Mourning Minerva endures the funeral and a stinging affront from the Thane. Dumbledore tries to help her. |
3,350 | 2 |
| 27 |
Final Reckoning Once again it's time for the McGonagall aunts to meet and discuss the family business, a somber occasion now with their brother gone forever. Minerva has a big stake in its outcome, but it looks as if she will have be alone in her fight since the one remaining person she could count on to support her is nowhere to be found. |
3,225 | 2 |
| 28 |
The Duel Oh, yeah, blood 'n'guts all around! |
4,788 | 0 |
| 29 |
Second Vision The answers are there... in the Seeking Glass. |
5,145 | 1 |
| 30 |
Farewells FINAL CHAPTER. There's one more secret to be revealed here, one Minerva doesn't even know exists. |
3,813 | 3 |
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