Persephone McGonagall glared at her three daughters,
"I have just been to see Cassandra and she has predicted that one of your daughters will marry a Black."
"A Black? Never! That is preposterous!" Athena exclaimed, her younger sisters exchanged glances and Minerva only just managed to keep a straight face,
"The day when a Black ends up outside Slytherin is the day when a daughter of mine can marry a Black." Diana stated,
"The day when a Black ends up in Gryffindor is the day from a daughter of ours can marry him." Minerva finished, to reassure their mother, they had all heard of the Black reputation and the likelihood of any being in Gryffindor was very slim.
"All the same, keep your daughters close." Persephone warned and swept upstairs to have a lie down.
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The recently hired Transfiguration Professor, Minerva McGonagall, placed the Sorting Hat on the small three-legged stool, reaching for the list of first years she cleared her throat,
"Abercrombie, Peter" he came forward to be sorted,
"Hufflepuff"
"Black, Andromeda" she walked forward slightly nervous, there was a pause,
"Ravenclaw" the hall was stunned, Ravenclaw began cheering and welcoming her as she made her way to their table.
'Oh dear,' Minerva thought after the ceremony, 'a Black is outside Slytherin, in Ravenclaw no less. Diana will be disturbed.'
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Professor McGonagall smiled slightly as she led the first years into the Great Hall, she had recognised her two favourite nieces among the crowd. When she looked at the names list worry coursed through her but she still read the names out,
"Black, Sirius."
"Gryffindor!" Minerva's rational mind took over and read out the names for the first years to be sorted, her inquisitive side only resurfaced to note a red headed green eyed girl being sorted into Gryffindor then it was her nieces that she viewed with her heart, firstly Diana's daughter Elizabeth then Athena's daughter Isis who both were placed in Gryffindor. As she finished the names Minerva noticed all the first years sitting by another of her nieces, Artemis who was in her third year along with Benjamin, glancing along the table Minerva spotted Michael with his 6th year friends, David with his 5th year friends, Anne and Jacob with their 4th year friends and Oliver with his fellow 2nd years. It was only Nicholas left to join the school and he would be coming next year.
The other first year Gryffindors apart from her nieces were Sirius Black, Lily Evans, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Rosanna Harding and Peter Pettigrew. She watched in pride as Michael led them up to Gryffindor tower.