I feel as if I am nothing but a soulless, destroyed body…no carcass. The person I once was is gone, that young, intelligent, and beautiful woman is gone and all that is left is an old, stupid, and ugly woman. My respect is there but only to a degree, battle after battle has left me with scars, my once creamy, smooth skin is covered in wrinkles and scars that just show my stupidity more.

The scars and wrinkles can't be hidden anymore, no matter how high I wear the collars, no matter how much make-up. Age crept up on me, one dark lord after another hid such things from me. I'm no longer the beautiful teacher that had students sending her love letters that ultimately ended with them being turned down, to now an old, strict spinster who gets ridiculed.

I love my students as if they were my own, and I love the other staff as if they were my brother and sisters, even some young enough as if they were my own children. At the end of the day though I can't go on, I have buried friends, family, students and lovers. I can't bury anymore, three wars have come and gone and as I sit here I see my dear friends tomb that tells me its now time to rest.

Rest my wise but stupid mind, rest my heavy heart, and rest my body. Just because the things I have wrote down seem dark my life has had its light moments. Life has been good to me but it has been hard and its all of those things that have in the end made me tired. I feel coldness enveloping me now so I will makes this quick.

I leave my everything I own to one of the brightest witches I know, Hermione Granger to do with the things as she so pleases. She gets my home and the land with everything on it, also everything here at Hogwarts along with the all the money in Gringotts, I know I stated everything but these things can be tricky so I thought I would elaborate. I know she will make the right decision when it comes to everything, I want everyone to know to not have guilt. Nothing, and no one could stop this.

Minerva McGonagall…..

I KNOW THIS WAS A BIT DARK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME BUT SOMETHING TOLD ME TO WRITE THIS.