Wall – Minerva McGonagall
Minerva was in the Gryffindor Common Room, helping with the restoration of Hogwarts. Everything was just about in place, but she couldn't figure out what was missing. She was certain that Gryffindor Tower was back to its original glory, but as she stared at the wall in between the girls and boys staircases, she couldn't help but feel as if something wasn't right about the place.
Of course nothing was right about Gryffindor Tower anymore, in fact that could be said about the entire school. Minerva sat down in one of the arm chairs and stared aimlessly at the wall recalling all that had happened in the school in just one night. How so many brave, young heroes could be killed when she herself had already lived a full life?
Minerva smirked; it was ironic to be thinking about bravery while in the Gryffindor Common Room; but as she thought more about it being brave could no longer be a trait reserved just for Gryffindors.
Brave was playing a double agent even when the side you were fighting for thought you a traitor.
Brave was going against the Ministry and its Muggle-born registration laws.
Brave was rescuing younger students from cruel forms of punishments.
Brave was lying to the very face of evil and telling him that his worst enemy was died, when in fact he was very much alive.
Brave was watching your friends and family members fall in front of your eyes as you continued to fight for a better world.
Brave was attending funeral after funeral for those same friends and family members for a week and half straight.
Minerva sighed as she continued to stare at the wall. So many people from all four houses had shown bravery that night, and while many who had been there and survived would say that the real brave ones, the true heroes were the ones who had lost their lives; she disagreed.
Standing from the arm chair, Minerva crossed the length of the Common Room and stood in front of the blank wall. After muttering a few spells, she stood back and inspected her work.
Gryffindor House of the Brave and Courageous
In honor of those that proved to the world that bravery doesn't come from a Hogwarts House
Following the inscription, Minerva added all the names of everyone who had fought or died in the war against Voldemort. While no one other then Gryffindors would ever see this, Minerva was satisfied with her work and felt that Gryffindor Tower was complete now that the proof of bravery was written forever on the Common Room wall.
