(a/n - here is my mmad fic, and it is au as in it the info etc isn't correct... And the chapters are all incredibly short but please leave me alone as this is my first chapter fic. I think that's about it really... Please R and R and I'll try to update regularly... If I don't please let me know and I'll quite probably have a good reason for my absence! Enjoy!)
Always look for the obvious.
Chapter 1 - The Journey Begins...
It was December 1956. Minerva Mcgonagall smiled to herself. She was home. She looked up at the large stone steps that lead inside the building she had called home for many years before leaving just before her 18th birthday. She was now 21, and she was back. The only difference was that now she wasn't at the school as a student. She was here to fulfil her dreams. She was here to be a professor. And not just any professor. She was to be transfiguration professor. She sighed contentedly at the thought. She still couldn't fathom how or why Dumbledore had asked her to be transfiguration professor once he was made head. Dumbledore - head! She wasn't too surprised, really. Dumbledore was the greatest wizard of all time, and he was now 75, although this was still a young man in terms of wizardry. He had taught her when she was a student, and he had made her life at Hogwarts wonderful.
She could remember her first transfiguration lesson like it was yesterday. Minerva had started her first day at Hogwarts discussing lessons with her fellow Gryffindor friends Poppy Pomfrey and Alastor Moody.
"I know what you're saying Minerva, but defence against the dark arts has got to be the hardest subject" Alastor had interrupted Minerva; she didn't like to be interrupted . Minerva was a bit of a perfectionist, and she had been worrying about transfiguration which was supposedly the hardest subject. She didn't have time to respond to him as at that moment Poppy cried "ooh our timetables are here!" Suddenly there was a great rush of people's hands grabbing their timetables. Minerva was dismayed to see that she had transfiguration first with the hufflepuffs. She got to her feet and left for the lesson with her friends.
Her worry soon disappeared however when she walked into the classroom and saw the professor. He had glowing auburn hair and the most wonderfully long beard, and his eyes were a sparkling blue colour. Minerva and her friends sat near to the front where they were joined by a shy looking girl from Hufflepuff who didn't seem to get on particularly well with those in her house. After they all introduced themselves they found out she was called Pomona Sprout. The lesson went wonderfully for Minerva. She was the only one in the class who had successfully turned her matchstick into a pin thus earning her praise from Dumbledore. She exited the class feeling full of joy; not only was she good at transfiguration, but she had made a new friend aswell! Her day just got better from there, in defence against the dark arts with the ravenclaws they made friends with Septima Vector and Aurora Sinistra, and in the library at lunchtime they met 2 slytherins who weren't that bad called Irma Pince and Rolanda Hooch.
After that, Minerva Mcgonagall settled into life at Hogwarts very well.
(a/n - so there it I guys! Chapter 1! Let me know what you think.)