(A/N: Here's my take on this challenge. I hope to post more! Let me know what you think. Please please FLAME! I haven't ever gotten one, so this has led me to the naïve belief that fanfiction is a totally benevolent place. So how can I trust people saying my writing is good when that is all I hear? I need a smaller EGO people!)
100 Stories Challenge #70- Socks
Minerva sat across from the Headmaster's chair. It was her first year, and school had only been going for 3 days, and already she had landed herself here. Minerva fidgeted in her seat, playing with a loose thread on her robes. Just then, there was the sound of the heavy door to the side opening. Minerva jumped and spun in her seat to see her deputy headmaster come out. He had a long auburn beard and hair, and his half moon spectacles were perched happily on his once-broken nose. His fluorescent orange robes clashed horribly with his hair, and he looked all the crazier for it. Minerva couldn't help but smile.
He grinned happily back, and his blue eyes twinkled happily. He said,
"Miss McGonagall, really, Bat-Bogey Hexes this early in the school year?" Minerva blushed and looked down in her lap,
"He insulted my friend Rolanda, sir." Dumbledore smiled kindly and said,
"I'm surprised any first years know that hex already. Have you been doing some extra reading?" Minerva smiled cautiously and said,
"Yes. Am I still in trouble?" Albus shook his head. He said,
"You may leave." Minerva rose and was just about to leave when she noticed something lying forlornly in the corner. She turned back to Dumbledore who was looking over the books and said,
"Professor? Do you know there's a sock over here?" Albus's face split into a wide grin and said,
"Ah-ha!" He ran over and snatched up the sock. He hugged it to his chest and said,
"Thank you, Minerva. Fawkes, my phoenix, became irritated when I forgot to feed him. In retaliation, he stole and hid my socks around the castle." Minerva looked at him in disbelief and said,
"He hid your socks?" Albus nodded,
"Isn't that horrid of him?" Minerva rolled her eyes, and Albus laughed. It was a rich sound, something you would have expected from Rubeus Hagrid. Minerva hesitated for a moment then joined in. Minerva waved,
"Good-bye sir. See you tomorrow." Albus waved after her. Fawkes flew in and landed on Albus's shoulder. Albus stroked his head and said,
"Fawkes, what has gotten into you? First you hid my socks then you don't attack a guest?" Fawkes cooed and bit his ear lightly. Albus grinned and said,
"So, now you can stand people?" Fawkes flew away and out the window.