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Do Spare the Lies
"Minerva Jean McGonagall-Riddle, you have been found guilty of all charges. You shall hereby spend the rest of your life in one of the cells in Azkaban."
Minerva McGonagall stood straight with her wrists tied together, she was clad in green prison attire, and her hair was in a loose bun. After all, it is rather hard to keep oneself well kept if one spends some time in a prison cell with floating Demenetors just mere inches away.
"Professor! No, say something. This cannot be true!" A voice of one Hermione Granger could be heard from the audience. Yes, many people have come to see the trial. Lots of them came to see if the rumours had been true, some of them were now openly smiling at the sentence. So it is true, the-always-perfect Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, the Head of Gryffindor House, the leader of the Order of the Phoenix, the youngest ever registered Animagus, the renowed Transfiguration expert, the right hand of Albus Dumbledore, and the most powerful with of her age had been found guilty of all charges. It was simply scandalous.
The Professor turned her head to see the young witch. Hermione reminded her so much of herself when she was young-she was spiritual, courageous, powerful, intelligent, and naïve. The latter had meant her own downfall.
Now even other people had started shouting. Many of them used to be her former students or co-workers and it shocked them to the bone to see their respected Professor and colleague in such a position. To all to whom Minerva McGonagall represented a strong character, will, and motivation this trial seemed like a very bad comedy show when someone would jump up and shout April's Fool and they would all laugh. But no such thing had happened.
"I will have order!" Shouted the Judge and motioned for the guards to take away the prisoner. The shouting got, however, even stronger. So many people had been sickened by the happenings during the trial.
The trial had been open as a public one but the revealed things were so scandalous that the Judge had been forced to declare it a secret trial and only the final sentence would be heard also by the audience.
Minerva took one last look at the people that had come to see the trial. There were her friends, her foes, her allies, former students, even her former lovers, and also people she didn't know. But all of them, even her enemies, thought the same thing: "How can this be?" Minerva sighed and the guards took hold of her arms and led her to the massive doors that inevitably led to her cell which would be her home until she took her last breath.
Should I continue? The next chapter would be about the things that Minerva had done to deserve such sentence. Do let me know if it's worth it. THANXXXX Helen