Develouptments

"Mummy, Mummy," Norah McGonagall yelled as she came running towards her mother. Minerva smiled at her as the six year old girl came running towards her.

"Yes, my little witch," said Minerva and smiled at her daughter.

"You know what I learned today?" she asked, her teal green eyes were shining with excitement.

"No, sweetheart, what did you learn?" asked Minerva and smiled at her.

"I finally managed to spell my full name," she said proudly.

"You did, that's wonderful," said Minerva, knowing she had been trying to do that for some time.

"I know, I will show you when we get home," said as she waved goodbye to her friends. Once outside the room Minerva grabbed her daughter's backpack, making sure everything was in it. Then she took her daughter's hand and apparated to Hogwarts ground.

"When do I get to go to the school?" Norah asked as they were slowly approaching their chambers.

"Not for another five years," Minerva answered, passing through the corridors while greeting some of the many students on their way.

"Will I be a Gryffindor like you and ma?" she asked Minerva, looking at her with questioning eyes.

"I don't know yet, my little witch, that is up to the sorting hat," said Minerva.

"But every house is equally good?" asked her daughter?

"Yes they are, great people has come from each of the four houses, I have had the pleasure of both knowing and teaching many of them. There are different qualities attached to the four houses and no matter which house you ended up in they would gain a great pupil. I wouldn't love you any less. You know, my little witch, it is not about people telling you what you are, it is about what you do about those qualities, and not about their interpolation of it," Minerva answered wisely.

"You're sure you would love me even if I was a Slytherin?" she asked.

"Of course I would," said Minerva and lifted her up to give her a hug, just as they came to the door outside their chambers. Norah giggled happily by this. Minerva smiled also before setting her down saying, "We better go inside, before ma starts wondering why we are taking so long."
"Yeah," said Norah, and pushed the door open yelling, "Ma, ma, guess what I finally managed to do today?"

Hermione appeared in the doorway asking, "What?"

"Write my name out fully, wanna see?" Norah asked excitedly.

"Of course I do," said Hermione, equally excited.

Their daughter ran into the living room, where she found pen and paper and wrote, "NorAh McGonaGall," then showed it to her mothers. Both smiled and told her proudly that it was very good. Neither were to comment on big and small letters, as they knew she would have it right in time, right now they were more than satisfied by her having her full name right, for the very first time.

"I want to owl Hugo and Rose to show them," she said with a proud smile.

"Of course you can, sweetheart," said Hermione in a soft tone, giving her two pieces of parcel to write on.

"Can we work on my reading when I'm done?" she asked, looking at her mothers with hopeful eyes.

"Of course," Minerva said and smiled at her, her wife just nodded at that. Their young one was slowly learning to read very simple children's books. The story about the fountain for fair fortune was her favorite. Norah smiled at them as she ran over to the dining room tables to do the writing.

"She's growing up so fast," said Hermione with a sigh.

"She really is, I can't believe how fast it has gone, one day she's doing the ABC for the first time, and now she's writing letters," said Minerva and smiled.

"Then again her mother is a very bright witch also," said Hermione and smiled at her beloved.

"As are you, sweetheart," said Minerva and leaned to give her a soft kiss. The younger woman blushed shyly saying, "Thank you, but I think she got most of her skill set from you."

"I think she got a little from both of us, you know what she asked on the way here?" Minerva said, looking over at Norah, that were happily writing on one of the parcels.

"No what?" Hermione asked curiously, as it wasn't unnatural for her to ask about the strangest things.

"If I would love her as much if she was put into the Slytherin house," said Minerva, making Hermione frown.

"I do hope you told her no to that," Hermione said calmly.

"Of course, I would love her no matter which house she would be put in," said Minerva and Hermione nodded to this before she said, "I'm actually surprised she did not ask about school sooner, after all she is born and raised here."

"True, but she won't be starting for some years yet," said the older witch, smiling at her younger wife.

"I'm done with the letters can we get and own to mail them?" Norah suddenly interrupted their private moment. She was looking at them with hopeful eyes.

"I can take her," Hermione said to Minerva, which nodded. Norah turned to look at her coat and made it come to her. This wasn't unusual though as she had been able to do it from when she was very young.

As they walked towards the owlery, Norah holding her mother's hand, seeming puzzled. Hermione seemed to notice and asked, "Is something wrong little witch?"

"It's just we were talking about animals today and I always noticed there are a lot in the summer like now, where do they go in the winter?" she said, looking at her mother for an answer.

"Well animals like mice and worms dig holes under the ground and sleep there to keep warm, and bigger animals like bears sleep in caves," said Hermione.

Norah nodded, figuring it made sense, then she asked, "But if the animals sleep all winter because it is cold, why don't we?"

"Because we are made so that we can manage to live and work in the winter, all you have to do is dress warm," said Hermione.

"I still don't like winter," said Nora and shook her head at this, so her bush back her swayed from side to side.

"I know you don't," said Hermione with a soft giggle as they walked up the steps to the owlery.

"Can we ask Hugo and Rose over soon, I miss them," Said Norah, she very seldom did see her siblings as they tended to be too busy, as were her parents.

"I promise I will talk to them about it, so can you find our owl?" Hermione asked her. The young girl nodded and went over to get a grey own by the name of.

Hermione attached gave him the letter and sent him of flying, while Norah waved bye to him. Hermione just shook her head and said, "So are you ready to do some reading."

"Yeah, raise you to the chambers," said Norah and set off, before Hermione could really react.

Hermione shook her head, knowing she as always would have to follow. They had been playing chase through the grounds of the school for the last three years. Minerva wasn't a huge fan of that, she did however play hide and seek with her daughter from time to time, but the hiding in the room of requirement was by now banned.

The middle-aged with smiled by the thought of the first time had found Norah in that room before the restoration after looking for her for hours, before she hurried after her through the corridors of the castle.